Olympic Volleyball

The volleyball competition at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics will take place from August 9 to August 24. Indoor volleyball events will be held at the Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium. Beach... [more]

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All About Volleyball at the Olympics

The volleyball competition at the Olympics is competed in by both men and women, in the indoor and beach volleyball events. A National Olympic Committe may enter one men's and one women's qualified team in the indoord competition, and two men and two women's qualified teams in the beach volleyball tournament.

Twelve men's and 12 women's teams will compete in the indoor volleyball tournament, and 24 men's and 24 women's will compete in the beach volleyball tournament.

Indoor
The competition has two phases, the first is the qualification round, where teams are ranked by the FIVB World Rankings, then divided into two pools of six teams, with the host nation ranked first. In this round, each team plays one match against all other teams inits pool, top four teams in each pool advance, the remaining two, are out of the competition.

The second phase or the final round, teams play quarterfinals, semifinals and finals. Matches are organized according to the results obtained in the qualification round. Winners of quarterfinals play each other in the semifinals, then the winners of semifans play for gold and silver, while the losers play for bronze.

Beach
Teams are divided into six pools of four teams each. The top 16 teams after pool play go on to a single-elimination tournament, witha play-off for third place.

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Gold Again for U.S. Women's beach Volleyball

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May-Treanor, Walsh first duo to win back-to-back golds China's Xue, Zhang earn bronze By the Associated PressPosted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:45 PM ET BEIJING (AP) - Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor were prepared for the downpour, just as they were for a young Chinese team that was the latest to challenge their four-year reign over women's beach volleyball. A look back at May and Walsh's historic win. "This is just another reason why we play in bathing suits," May-Treanor said. Ignoring the rain that drenched their uniforms and left them squinting into the sky where the sun should be, Walsh and May-Treanor won ... Read Full Story

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Women’s Beach Volleyball

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The Sport of Women’s Beach Volleyball. Written by Ethan D Orman The sport of women’s beach volleyball is more than just fun in the sun on the sandy beaches of the American coastline. It may have started out that way, but over the last twenty years, the game has grown into a full-blown sport that is now a Summer Olympic sport. A hybrid of indoor volleyball, beach volleyball - especially on a competitive level - is only played with two people instead of a team of six. The rules are little different and they include some interesting hand signals to help the players. Here ... Read Full Story

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[PICTURES] Olympics Day 3 in Pictures

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(L-R) Giovanna Trillini of Italy and Nam Hyunhee of South Korea compete in the semifinals of the women's individual foil fencing event at the Fencing Hall on Day 3 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 11, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts) Li Wenquan of China celebrates during the men's archery team round at the Olympic Green Archery Field on Day 3 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 11, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images AsiaPac) Natalie Golda #6 of the United States goes after the ball as Wang Yi #9 of China grabs her ... Read Full Story

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The Iron Hammer Goes Soft

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U.S. women's volleyball coach Jenny Lang Ping scares the key-rap out of me. Probably because she has my mother's hair ( Do all of our mothers go to the same hairdresser to get that unnatural red color and that moonface-inducing bob? ) and my father's pursed-lip, nonplussed expression. Her face reminds me of how my parents looked when they read my diary in 7th grade (in which I called my mom every name in the book, mostly to practice my curse words) or when I choked on the PSATs sophomore year; it's a face shimmering with disappointment and incapable of understanding insubordination or failure. ... Read Full Story

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More on the Todd Bachman Muder in China

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The mother-in-law of the US men's volleyball coach remained critical on Sunday after a stabbing attack that left her husband dead, as the stunned team struggled to come to terms with the murder. Head coach Hugh McCutcheon's father-in-law, Todd Bachman, was killed on Saturday after being attacked by an unemployed Chinese man at Beijing's Drum Tower monument while sightseeing with his wife and daughter Elisabeth. Your Ad Here Their daughter was not hurt, although police said the Chinese guide who was with them was injured. The attack has raised new fears about security at the Games. Australian Olympic athletes have been urged to wear ... Read Full Story

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Barstow's Bachman leads Baker into semis

Paul Bachman never played volleyball and knew next to nothing when he became a volleyball coach nine years ago. He’s learned a few things about coaching, including how to put together a winning program, since that time. After upsetting Wildwood in...

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