Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's Volleyball (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium from August 9 to August 23, 2008.The twelve competing teams were split equally into two pools of six teams. Each team played all other teams in their pool with the winning team gaining 2 points and the losing side 1 point. The top four teams from each pool progressed through to the quarter-finals. The rest of the tournament was a single-elimination bracket, with a bronze medal match held between the two semifinal losers.