Lausanne, June 11, 2008 – The Drawing of Lots to determine the order of matches in the Preliminary Round of the Men’s and Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournaments took place on Wednesday in Beijing.
The 12 qualified National Teams in each tournament were divided equally into Pools A and B, with China in Pool A and a serpentine system based on world ranking as at January 5, 2008, used to determine the composition of the Pools. The distribution was as follows:
Women’s Tournament
Pool A: 1. Japan, 2. Venezuela, 3. Poland, 4. Cuba, 5. China, 6. USA
Pool B: 1. Algeria 2. Serbia, 3. Italy, 4. Russia, 5. Kazakhstan, 6. Brazil
Men’s Tournament
Pool A: 1. USA, 2. Italy, 3. Bulgaria, 4. China, 5. Japan, 6. Venezuela
Pool B: 1. Serbia, 2. Brazil, 3. Poland, 4. Germany, 5. Egypt, 6. Russia
The draw for the day by day calendar of matches followed and was conducted in accordance with the Berger Table.
The Drawing of Lots set up the following Women’s and Men’s matches for the competition:
Women
Saturday 9.8.2008
JAPAN – U.S.A. (1 - 6)
VENEZUELA – CHINA (2 - 5)
POLAND – CUBA (3 - 4)
ALGERIA – BRAZIL (1 - 6)
SERBIA – KAZAKHSTAN (2 - 5)
ITALY – RUSSIA (3 - 4)
Monday 11.8.2008
U.S.A. – CUBA (6 - 4)
CHINA – POLAND (5 - 3)
JAPAN – VENEZUELA (1 - 2)
BRAZIL – RUSSIA (6 - 4)
KAZAKHSTAN – ITALY (5 - 3)
ALGERIA – SERBIA (1 - 2)
Wednesday 13.8.2008
VENEZUELA – U.S.A. (2 - 6)
POLAND – JAPAN (3 - 1)
CUBA – CHINA (4 - 5)
SERBIA – BRAZIL (2 - 6)
ITALY – ALGERIA (3 - 1)
RUSSIA – KAZAKHSTAN (4 - 5)
Friday 15.8.2008
U.S.A. – CHINA (6 - 5)
JAPAN – CUBA (1 - 4)
VENEZUELA – POLAND (2 - 3)
BRAZIL – KAZAKHSTAN (6 - 5)
ALGERIA – RUSSIA (1 - 4)
SERBIA – ITALY (2 - 3)
Sunday 17.8.2008
POLAND – U.S.A. (3 - 6)
CUBA – VENEZUELA (4 - 2)
CHINA – JAPAN (5 - 1)
ITALY – BRAZIL (3 - 6)
RUSSIA – SERBIA (4 - 2)
KAZAKHSTAN – ALGERIA (5 - 1)
Men
Sunday 10.8.2008
U.S.A. – VENEZUELA (1 - 6)
ITALY – JAPAN (2 - 5)
BULGARIA – CHINA (3 - 4)
SERBIA – RUSSIA (1 - 6)
BRAZIL – EGYPT (2 - 5)
POLAND – GERMANY (3 - 4)
Tuesday 12.8.2008
VENEZUELA – CHINA (6 - 4)
JAPAN – BULGARIA (5 - 3)
U.S.A. – ITALY (1 - 2)
RUSSIA – GERMANY (6 - 4)
EGYPT – POLAND (5 - 3)
SERBIA – BRAZIL (1 - 2)
Thursday 14.8.2008
ITALY – VENEZUELA (2 - 6)
BULGARIA – U.S.A. (3 - 1)
CHINA – JAPAN (4 - 5)
BRAZIL – RUSSIA (2 - 6)
POLAND – SERBIA (3 - 1)
GERMANY – EGYPT (4 - 5)
Saturday 16.8.2008
VENEZUELA – JAPAN (6 - 5)
U.S.A. – CHINA (1 - 4)
ITALY – BULGARIA (2 - 3)
RUSSIA – EGYPT (6 - 5)
SERBIA – GERMANY (1 - 4)
BRAZIL – POLAND (2 - 3)
Monday 18.8.2008
BULGARIA
– VENEZUELA (3 - 6)
CHINA – ITALY (4 - 2)
JAPAN – U.S.A. (5 - 1)
POLAND- RUSSIA (3 - 6)
GERMANY – BRAZIL (4 - 2)
EGYPT – SERBIA (5 - 1)
Algeria