FIVB
Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournament
Japan
Date: May 31 to June 8,
2008
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
Hosts Japan are joined by Algeria, Argentina, Italy
as well as Australia, Korea, Iran and Thailand, the
four best-ranked teams at the Asian Continental
Championship, in the round-robin event that doubles up as the Asian Olympic
Qualifying Tournament. The winner of the tournament
plus the best Asian team (even if the winner is
Asian)
will qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Men's Volleyball Tournament.
Japan |
Algeria |
Argentina |
Italy |
Australia |
Korea |
Iran |
Thailand |
Match schedule
* All times are local
Saturday, May 31
Australia vs. Thailand (11:05)
Korea vs. Argentina (13:05)
Algeria vs. Iran (15:05)
Italy vs. Japan (18:00)
Sunday, June 1
Thailand vs. Algeria
(11:05)
Argentina vs. Australia (13:05)
Italy vs. Korea (15:05)
Japan vs. Iran (18:00)
Monday, June 2 – Rest
Day
Tuesday, June 3
Algeria vs. Argentina
(11:35)
Australia vs. Italy (13:35)
Iran vs. Thailand (15:35)
Korea vs. Japan (18:30)
Wednesday, June 4
Argentina vs. Iran
(11:35)
Korea vs. Australia (13:35)
Italy vs. Algeria (15:35)
Japan vs. Thailand (18:30)
Thursday, June 5 – Rest
Day
Friday, June 6
Thailand vs. Argentina
(11:35)
Iran vs. Italy (13:35)
Algeria vs. Korea (15:35)
Australia vs. Japan (18:30)
Saturday, June 7
Korea vs. Iran (11:05)
Australia vs. Algeria (13:05)
Italy vs. Thailand (15:05)
Japan vs. Argentina (18:00)
Sunday, June 8
Thailand vs. Korea (11:05)
Iran vs. Australia (13:05)
Argentina vs. Italy (15:05)
Algeria vs. Japan (18:00)
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Paul Carroll (left) of Australia spikes
against Yung-Suk Shin and Young-Soo
Shin of Korea at the 2007 World Cup
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The allocation of teams for the Men's World
Olympic Qualification Tournaments was decided
after the drawing of lots in Tokyo on March 3.
Tokyo has hosted many prestigious FIVB events
over the years, and the first Olympic Volleyball
tournaments took place in Japan's capital city
during the 1964 Summer Games.
Brazil, Russia, Bulgaria, Egypt, Serbia, USA and
Venezuela have already booked their tickets to
Beijing through the FIVB 2007 World Cup or
Continental Qualification Tournaments, while
China have qualified as the host country.
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