Puzzle Completed For Women’s Volleyball Olympics

Kazakhstan have taken the final spot for being the 2nd best Asian team in the last Qualifying Tournament in Tokyo, Japan. After the Japanese women’s team qualified for the olympics within the same tournament, by getting into the top three. The race was on between Korea, Thailand and Kazakhstan to become the best Asian Qualifier.
With the last day of play, both Korea and Thailand needed a win to advance themselves. If Korea had won which they didn’t, they lost to Dominican Republic 3-1. Korea could have cleared both Thailand and Kazakhstan. With Korea losing, Thailand faced Kazakhstan and Thailand could elevate themselves into the Olympics with a win. But it was Kazakhstan who nudged both Korea and Thailand out of the way by defeating Thailand 3-1.

Read more with the FIVB.

Women’s Teams Qualified For 2008 Beijing Olympics
	Qualified Country	Tournament	ZONE / Host Country
1	China	Olympics	China (Automatic Entry)
2	Italy	1st World Cup	Japan
3	Brazil	2nd World Cup	Japan
4	USA	3rd World Cup	Japan
5	Algeria	COQT	AFRICA / Algeria
6	Kazakhstan	COQT	ASIA*
7	Russia	COQT	EUROPE / Germany
8	Cuba	COQT	NORCECA
9	Venezuela	South America	CSV / Peru
10	Japan	WOQT	Japan*
11	Serbia	WOQT	Japan*
12	Poland	WOQT	Japan*

   
* The Asian Continental Qualification Tournaments are played combined with the World Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Japan
COQT = Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament
WOQT = World Olympic Qualification Tournament

More info on Women’s Qualified teams with FIVB.