Eight teams played in the 2004 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament from Saturday May 8 to Sunday May 16 in Tokyo, Japan, which also doubled as the Asian Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament, with the hosts joined by three Asian teams South Korea, Thailand and Chinese Taipei, and four non-Asian sides being the highest ranked non-qualified teams as per the FIVB World Rankings: Italy and Russia (Europe), Nigeria (Africa) and Puerto Rico (NORCECA). Nigeria replaced Argentina.
The competition system was a single round robin with 28 matches in total. There were four Olympic spots at stake for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Alle matches were played in the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
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