Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
| Volleyball at the XII Paralympic Games | ||||||||||
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 Paralympic sitting volleyball | ||||||||||
| Venue | Helliniko Fencing Hall | |||||||||
| Dates | 21–27 September 2004 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged at the Helliniko Fencing Hall from 21 to 27 September.[1] Two sitting volleyball team events were held, one for men and one for women. The sport is performed sitting down, on a smaller court with a lower net.[2]
This was the first Summer Paralympic Games without standing volleyball events, which had been included from the introduction of volleyball in 1976 (when sitting volleyball was a demonstration event) through 2000.[3]
The tournament brought Bosnia and Herzegovina their first ever Paralympic gold medal. Their team consisted of players injured in the War of 1992-95.
Men's tournament[]
| Volleyball - Men at the XII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Helliniko Fencing Hall | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 21–27 September 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's tournament was won by the team representing 
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[4]
Results[]
Preliminaries[]
For ranking purposes - no elimination
| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Sets | Points | IRI | GER | FIN | JPN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iran |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9:0 | 6 | x | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | |
| 2 |  Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6:3 | 5 | 0:3 | x | 3:0 | 3:0 | |
| 3 |  Finland |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3:6 | 4 | 0:3 | 0:3 | x | 3:0 | |
| 4 |  Japan |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0:9 | 3 | 0:3 | 0:3 | 0:3 | x |
Group B[]
| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Sets | Points | BIH | EGY | USA | GRE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9:0 | 6 | x | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | |
| 2 |  Egypt |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6:3 | 5 | 0:3 | x | 3:0 | 3:0 | |
| 3 |  United States |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3:7 | 4 | 0:3 | 0:3 | x | 3:1 | |
| 4 |  Greece |
3 | 0 | 3 | 1:9 | 3 | 0:3 | 0:3 | 1:3 | x |
Competition bracket[]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
| Germany
| 3 | ||||||||||
| United States
| 0 | ||||||||||
| Germany
| 0 | ||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
| 3 | ||||||||||
| Japan
| 0 | ||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
| 3 | ||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
| 3 | ||||||||||
| Iran
| 2 | ||||||||||
| Iran
| 3 | ||||||||||
| Greece
| 0 | ||||||||||
| Iran
| 3 | Third place | |||||||||
| Egypt
| 0 | ||||||||||
| Finland
| 1 | Egypt
| 3 | ||||||||
| Egypt
| 3 | Germany
| 2 | ||||||||
Classification 5–8[]
| Semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
| Greece | 0 | |||||
| Finland | 3 | |||||
| Finland | 3 | |||||
| United States | 0 | |||||
| United States | 3 | |||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| Greece | 1 | |||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||
Team lists[]
| Iran |
Germany Siegmund Soicke |
Finland Matti Pulli |
Japan Atsushi Yonezawa |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina Sabahudin Delalic Asim Medić |
Egypt |
United States |
Greece Christos Konstantakopoulos |
Women's tournament[]
| Volleyball - Women at the XII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Helliniko Fencing Hall | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 21–27 September 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's tournament was won by the team representing 
China.[5]
Results[]
Preliminaries[]
| Qualified for final round |
| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Sets | Points | CHN | NED | USA | SLO | FIN | UKR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China |
5 | 5 | 0 | 15:1 | 10 | x | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | |
| 2 |  Netherlands |
5 | 4 | 1 | 13:3 | 9 | 1:3 | x | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | |
| 3 | United States |
5 | 3 | 2 | 9:12 | 8 | 0:3 | 0:3 | x | 3:2 | 3:2 | 3:2 | |
| 4 |  Slovenia |
5 | 2 | 3 | 8:10 | 7 | 0:3 | 0:3 | 2:3 | x | 3:1 | 3:0 | |
| 5 | Finland |
5 | 1 | 4 | 6:14 | 6 | 0:3 | 0:3 | 2:3 | 1:3 | x | 3:2 | |
| 6 |  Ukraine |
5 | 0 | 5 | 4:15 | 5 | 0:3 | 0:3 | 2:3 | 0:3 | 2:3 | x |
Competition bracket[]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| China | 3 | |||||
| Slovenia | 0 | |||||
| China | 3 | |||||
| Netherlands | 1 | |||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||
| United States | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| Slovenia | 1 | |||||
| United States | 3 | |||||
Classification 5/6[]
| Finland |
1 – 3 | Ukraine
|
Team lists[]
| China Chen Yu Ping Li Li Ping Zhao Jin Qiu Zhong Hai Hong |
Netherlands Paula List Jolanda Slenter Petra Westerhof Karin Harmsen Djoke van Marum |
United States Allison Ahlfeldt Gina McWilliams Allison Aldrich Bonnie Brawner Kendra Lancaster Hope Lewellen Lora Webster Lori Daniels Brenda Maymon Penny Ricker |
Slovenia Bogomira Jakin |
| Finland |
Ukraine Ilona Yudina Olena Yurkovska Galyna Kuznetsova |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Schedules and Results - Volleyball (Sitting)". Official Website of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 9 December 2004. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ^ Ng, Kwok (2012). When Sitting is Not Resting: Sitting Volleyball. Bloomington, IL: Authorhouse. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-4772-1789-4.
- ^ "Standing Volleyball". worldparavolley.org. World ParaVolley. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Volleyball: Men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ^ "Volleyball: Women". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
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- 2004 Summer Paralympics events
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