FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament

Japan

Date: May 17-25, 2008

Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

Hosts Japan are joined by Thailand, Korea, Kazakhstan (best-ranked teams at the Asian Continental Championship), Serbia, Poland (best world-ranked teams from CEV), Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (best world-ranked teams from NORCECA) in the Tokyo tournament. The round-robin competition doubles up as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament and so the best three teams plus the best Asian team (even if any of the best three teams are Asian) will book the final four tickets for the Beijing Olympic Games Women's Volleyball Tournament.
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Japan

Thailand

Korea

Kazakhstan

Serbia

Poland

Dominican Republic

Puerto Rico

Match schedule * All times are local Saturday, May 17 Thailand vs. Dominican Republic (11:05) Korea vs. Puerto Rico (13:05) Serbia vs. Kazakhstan (15:05) Poland vs. Japan (18:00) Sunday, May 18 Dominican Republic vs. Serbia (11:05) Korea vs. Thailand (13:05) Kazakhstan vs. Poland (15:05) Puerto Rico vs. Japan (18:00) Monday, May 19 – Rest Day Tuesday, May 20 Thailand vs. Puerto Rico (11:35) Serbia vs. Korea (13:35) Poland vs. Dominican Republic (15:35) Japan vs. Kazakhstan (18:30) Wednesday, May 21 Thailand vs. Serbia (11:35) Puerto Rico vs. Kazakhstan (13:35) Korea vs. Poland (15:35) Dominican Republic vs. Japan (18:30) Thursday, May 22 – Rest Day Friday, May 23 Kazakhstan vs. Dominican Republic (11:35) Serbia vs. Puerto Rico (13:35) Poland vs. Thailand (15:35) Japan vs. Korea (18:30) Saturday, May 24 Puerto Rico vs. Dominican Republic (11:05) Serbia vs. Poland (13:05) Korea vs. Kazakhstan (15:05) Thailand vs. Japan (18:00) Sunday, May 25 Dominican Republic vs. Korea (11:05) Kazakhstan vs. Thailand (13:05) Poland vs. Puerto Rico (15:05) Japan vs. Serbia (18:00)   Eleonora Dziekiewicz of Poland  spikes during the World Cup 2007   Italy, Brazil, USA, Algeria, Russia, Cuba 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. 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.