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8 teams competing last 4 spots for Beijing Olympic in 2008. This tournament is hosted by Japan. Below was the schedule of Japan team :
Day 1 vs Poland
Day 2 vs Puerto Rico
Day 3 vs Kazakhstan
Day 4 vs Dominican Republic
Day 5 vs South Korea
Day 6 vs Thailand
Day 7 vs Serbia
2003-2008 Japan head coach was Shoichi Yanagimoto. Since 1997, Japan volleyball went into dark era given no good players and coach, 2000 even failed to enter Sydney Olympic, the unprecedented incident in Japan volleyball history. Yanagimoto bought Nippon to Olympic in 2004 and this was his 2nd attempt in 2008.
Post-Match Commentary :
Kurihara (24), Kimura (22), Araki (24), Sugiyama (28), Takahashi (28), Takeshita (30) and Sano (29) were the starting lineup players. Libero Yuko Sano award the best digger and receiver while Yoshie Takeshita the best setter. Before this match, Japan got 6W0L record and confirmed qualified for the Beijing Olympic. Serbia lost to Poland so 5W1L.
The lineup didn't change as the coach decided to get all wins. I would say Nippon not scare of European teams by that time and Serbia even was 2006 WCH bronze medal holder, it wasn't too strong. After wining 2 sets, mentally and physically speaking, Nippon players started dropping. With slower speed made Serbian blocking easier. As well, Serbians attack was reckless style made the game a total turnover.