Volleyball World League 2004

The 2004 season of the World Volleyball League was the 15th edition of the competition. It started on June 4th and ended on July 18th. Brazil won the title for the fourth time.

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The preliminary round ("intercontinental round") was held in three groups of four teams each. The group winners and hosts Italy qualified for the final round. In the final round there were initially two games. The winners met the losers of the other game in the semifinals.

Preliminary round

space	team	sentences	Points
Group A
1.	Russia Russia	36: 6	24
2.	Greece Greece	22:25	17th
3.	Spain Spain	19:26	16
4th	Portugal Portugal	12:32	15th

space	team	sentences	Points
Group B
1.	Bulgaria Bulgaria	31:13	21st
2.	France France	29:17	21st
3.	Poland Poland	22:24	18th
4th	Japan Japan	8:36	12


June 4th	Greece	Brazil	0: 3
June 5th	Spain	Portugal	3-0
6th of June	Spain	Portugal	1: 3
	Greece	Brazil	2: 3
June 11th	Greece	Portugal	3-0
June 12	Brazil	Spain	3: 1
June 13th	Brazil	Spain	3-0
	Greece	Portugal	3: 1
18th of June	Spain	Greece	1: 3
June 19th	Brazil	Portugal	3-0
20th June	Brazil	Portugal	3-0
	Spain	Greece	0: 3
June 26th	Brazil	Greece	3-0
	Portugal	Spain	1: 3
June 27th	Brazil	Greece	3-0
	Portugal	Spain	0: 3
2nd July	Spain	Brazil	2: 3
3rd of July	Portugal	Greece	3: 2
July 4th	Spain	Brazil	0: 3
	Portugal	Greece	3-0
July 9	Greece	Spain	3: 2
10th of July	Portugal	Brazil	0: 3
July 11th	Portugal	Brazil	1: 3
	Greece	Spain	1: 3


June 4th	Bulgaria	France	2: 3
June 5th	Japan	Poland	1: 3
6th of June	Japan	Poland	2: 3
	Bulgaria	France	3-0
June 11th	Poland	Bulgaria	3: 1
	France	Japan	3-0
June 12	Poland	Bulgaria	1: 3
	France	Japan	3-0
18th of June	Poland	Japan	3-0
	France	Bulgaria	0: 3
June 19th	Poland	Japan	3-0
	France	Bulgaria	3: 1
25th June	France	Poland	3: 2
June 26th	Japan	Bulgaria	1: 3
	France	Poland	2: 3
June 27th	Japan	Bulgaria	2: 3
2nd July	Bulgaria	Poland	3-0
3rd of July	Japan	France	0: 3
	Bulgaria	Poland	3-0
July 4th	Japan	France	2: 3
July 9	Poland	France	1: 3
10th of July	Poland	France	0: 3
	Bulgaria	Japan	3-0
July 11th	Bulgaria	Japan	3-0

space	team	sentences	Points
Group C
1.	Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro	34:14	22nd
2.	Italy Italy	27:19	19th
3.	Cuba Cuba	18:29	16
4th	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	14:31	15th


June 4th	Italy	China	3-0
	Cuba	Serbia and M.	1: 3
June 5th	Cuba	Serbia and M.	3: 2
6th of June	Italy	China	3: 2
June 11th	Serbia and M.	China	2: 3
	Italy	Cuba	2: 3
June 12	Serbia and M.	China	3-0
June 13th	Italy	Cuba	3-0
18th of June	Serbia and M.	Cuba	3: 1
	China	Italy	1: 3
June 19th	Serbia and M.	Cuba	3-0
	China	Italy	0: 3
25th June	Italy	Serbia and M.	2: 3
	China	Cuba	3: 1
June 26th	China	Cuba	3: 1
June 27th	Italy	Serbia and M.	1: 3
2nd July	Cuba	Italy	2: 3
3rd of July	China	Serbia and M.	2: 3
	Cuba	Italy	0: 3
July 4th	China	Serbia and M.	0: 3
July 9	Cuba	China	3: 1
10th of July	Serbia and M.	Italy	3: 1
	Cuba	China	3-0
July 11th	Serbia and M.	Italy	3-0

Final round

The final round was held in Rome ( Italy ) from July 16-18 .

first round
16th of July	Serbia and M.	Italy	0: 3
	Brazil	Bulgaria	3: 1

Semi-finals July 17th		Final July 18th


Brazil Brazil	3
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and M.	0


		Brazil Brazil	3
		Italy Italy	1

		3rd place July 18th

Italy Italy	3	Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and M.	3
Bulgaria Bulgaria	0	Bulgaria Bulgaria	1

Final score

1.	Brazil Brazil
2.	Italy Italy
3.	Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
4th	Bulgaria Bulgaria
5.	France France
	Greece Greece
7th	Cuba Cuba
	Poland Poland
	Spain Spain
10.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China
	Japan Japan
	Portugal Portugal

Awards

Best scorer	Andrea Sartoretti	Italy Italy
Best attacker	Samuele Papi	Italy Italy
Best blocker	Luigi Mastrangelo	Italy Italy
Best server	Matei Kasiski	Bulgaria Bulgaria

Web links

Information from the FIVB (English)