1982 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

1982 FIVB Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Peru
Dates	12–25 September
Teams	23
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Officially opened by	Fernando Belaúnde Terry
Champions	China (1st title)
Runners-up	Peru
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament awards
MVP	Lang Ping
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The 1982 FIVB Women's World Championship was the ninth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 12 to 25 September 1982 at six venues in six different cities in Peru. The finals were held at the Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru.

Qualification[]

Squads[]

Pools composition[]

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1978 FIVB Women's World Championship.^[1]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Peru (Host, 10th) Canada (14th) Indonesia Nigeria	Cuba (1st) Hungary (13th) Netherlands Argentina	Japan (2nd) Bulgaria (9th) Mexico Spain
Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Soviet Union (3rd) ~~East Germany (8th)~~* Australia ~~Czechoslovakia~~**	South Korea (4th) Brazil (7th) West Germany Paraguay	United States (5th) China (6th) Italy ~~Dominican Republic~~***

*: Withdrew and replaced by Peru junior team, its result did not count in the championship.
**: Withdrew and replaced by Chile.
***: Withdrew and replaced by Puerto Rico.

Results[]

First round[]

	Advanced to second round 1st–12th pools
	Advanced to second round 13th–23th pools

Pool A[]

Location: Lima

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Peru	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	21	6.429
2	Canada	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	106	66	1.606
3	Indonesia	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	64	111	0.577
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	28	135	0.207

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
12 Sep	Peru	3–0	Indonesia	15–2	15–0	15–3	45–5
13 Sep	Canada	3–0	Nigeria	15–3	15–0	15–4	45–7
14 Sep	Canada	3–0	Indonesia	15–2	15–7	15–5	45–14
14 Sep	Peru	3–0	Nigeria	15–0	15–0	15–0	45–0
15 Sep	Nigeria	0–3	Indonesia	8–15	6–15	7–15	21–45
15 Sep	Peru	3–0	Canada	15–1	15–11	15–4	45–16

Pool B[]

Location: Trujillo

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	141	65	2.169
2	Hungary	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	137	98	1.398
3	Netherlands	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	75	109	0.688
4	Argentina	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	65	146	0.445

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
13 Sep	Hungary	3–1	Argentina	15–6	11–15	15–4	15–10	56–35
13 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Netherlands	15–10	15–6	15–2		45–18
14 Sep	Netherlands	0–3	Hungary	4–15	5–15	3–15		12–45
14 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Argentina	15–5	15–3	15–3		45–11
15 Sep	Netherlands	3–0	Argentina	15–12	15–6	15–1		45–19
15 Sep	Cuba	3–1	Hungary	15–9	6–15	15–6	15–6	51–36

Pool C[]

Location: Tacna

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	26	5.192
2	Bulgaria	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	109	127	0.858
3	Mexico	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	129	122	1.057
4	Spain	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	37	135	0.274

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	Mexico	7–15	15–13	16–14	4–15	15–10	57–67
13 Sep	Japan	3–0	Spain	15–0	15–2	15–0			45–2
14 Sep	Spain	0–3	Bulgaria	3–15	7–15	5–15			15–45
14 Sep	Japan	3–0	Mexico	15–2	15–12	15–3			45–17
15 Sep	Mexico	3–0	Spain	15–5	15–7	15–8			45–20
15 Sep	Japan	3–0	Bulgaria	15–3	15–0	15–4			45–7

Pool D[]

Location: Ica

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	90	11	8.182
2	Australia	3	1	1	3	4	0.750	56	78	0.718
3	Chile	2	0	2	1	6	0.167	38	95	0.400

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
13 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Australia	15–4	15–1	15–1		45–6
14 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Chile	15–3	15–1	15–1		45–5
15 Sep	Australia	3–1	Chile	15–7	15–6	5–15	15–5	50–33

Pool E[]

Location: Arequipa

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	148	67	2.209
2	Brazil	5	2	1	7	3	2.333	136	98	1.388
3	West Germany	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	94	113	0.832
4	Paraguay	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	35	135	0.259

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
13 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Paraguay	15–1	15–1	15–7		45–9
13 Sep	South Korea	3–0	West Germany	15–8	15–4	15–6		45–18
14 Sep	West Germany	0–3	Brazil	16–18	7–15	8–15		31–48
14 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Paraguay	15–1	15–2	15–3		45–6
15 Sep	West Germany	3–0	Paraguay	15–10	15–4	15–6		45–20
15 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Brazil	15–13	13–15	15–12	15–3	58–43

Pool F[]

Location: Chiclayo

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	56	2.411
2	China	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	116	62	1.871
3	Italy	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	67	118	0.568
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	53	135	0.393

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
13 Sep	China	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–0	15–1	15–8	45–9
13 Sep	United States	3–0	Italy	15–4	15–5	15–5	45–14
14 Sep	China	3–0	Italy	15–3	15–1	15–4	45–8
14 Sep	United States	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–5	15–7	15–4	45–16
15 Sep	Italy	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–12	15–12	15–4	45–28
15 Sep	United States	3–0	China	15–6	15–9	15–11	45–26

Second round[]

The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the second round.

	Advanced to final round finals
	Advanced to final round 5th–8th places
	Advanced to final round 9th–12th places
	Advanced to final round 13th–16th places
	Advanced to final round 17th–20th places
	Advanced to final round 21st–23rd places

1st–12th pools[]

Pool G[]

Location: Lima

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	9	4	1	13	3	4.333	210	114	1.842
2	Peru	9	4	1	12	4	3.000	224	142	1.577
3	South Korea	9	4	1	12	4	3.000	202	154	1.312
4	Brazil	7	2	3	7	11	0.636	197	224	0.879
5	Bulgaria	6	1	4	4	14	0.286	154	250	0.616
6	Canada	5	0	5	3	15	0.200	149	252	0.591

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Sep	Canada	0–3	South Korea	8–15	2–15	4–15			14–45
18 Sep	Japan	3–0	Brazil	15–5	15–10	15–9			45–24
18 Sep	Peru	3–0	Bulgaria	15–10	15–8	15–12			45–30
19 Sep	Bulgaria	1–3	Brazil	6–15	15–13	12–15	4–15		37–58
19 Sep	Canada	0–3	Japan	5–15	9–15	9–15			23–45
19 Sep	Peru	0–3	South Korea	14–16	11–15	12–15			37–46
20 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	Canada	10–15	10–15	15–12	15–5	15–10	65–57
20 Sep	South Korea	0–3	Japan	0–15	3–15	5–15			8–45
20 Sep	Peru	3–0	Brazil	15–10	15–4	15–6			45–20
21 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Bulgaria	15–6	15–4	15–5			45–15
21 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Canada	15–10	15–12	7–15	15–2		52–39
21 Sep	Peru	3–1	Japan	15–4	15–5	7–15	15–10		52–34

Pool H[]

Location: Trujillo

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	9	4	1	14	3	4.667	243	150	1.620
2	China	9	4	1	12	3	4.000	206	102	2.020
3	Cuba	9	4	1	12	6	2.000	221	188	1.176
4	Soviet Union	7	2	3	6	9	0.667	166	166	1.000
5	Hungary	6	1	4	4	12	0.333	149	200	0.745
6	Australia	5	0	5	0	15	0.000	46	225	0.204

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Australia	15–6	15–0	15–7			45–13
18 Sep	Cuba	0–3	China	8–15	9–15	2–15			19–45
18 Sep	Soviet Union	0–3	United States	6–15	6–15	13–15			25–45
19 Sep	Hungary	0–3	China	2–15	7–15	2–15			11–45
19 Sep	Australia	0–3	United States	0–15	3–15	3–15			6–45
19 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Soviet Union	15–10	15–10	15–10			45–30
20 Sep	Hungary	0–3	United States	5–15	14–16	13–15			32–46
20 Sep	China	3–0	Soviet Union	15–6	15–3	15–12			45–21
20 Sep	Australia	0–3	Cuba	6–15	2–15	7–15			15–45
21 Sep	Hungary	0–3	Soviet Union	7–15	8–15	10–15			25–45
21 Sep	United States	2–3	Cuba	15–5	10–15	10–15	15–11	12–15	62–61
21 Sep	Australia	0–3	China	2–15	2–15	2–15			6–45

13th–23rd pools[]

Pool I[]

Location: Arequipa

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Mexico	10	5	0	15	0	MAX	225	69	3.261
2	West Germany	9	4	1	12	3	4.000	204	106	1.925
3	Paraguay	8	3	2	9	7	1.286	175	159	1.101
4	Spain	7	2	3	7	9	0.778	155	191	0.812
5	Indonesia	6	1	4	3	12	0.250	136	201	0.677
6	Nigeria	5	0	5	0	15	0.000	56	225	0.249

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
18 Sep	West Germany	3–0	Spain	15–0	15–5	15–3		45–8
18 Sep	Paraguay	3–0	Indonesia	15–6	15–2	15–13		45–21
18 Sep	Mexico	3–0	Nigeria	15–1	15–0	15–3		45–4
19 Sep	West Germany	3–0	Indonesia	15–13	15–7	15–8		45–28
19 Sep	Spain	3–0	Nigeria	15–6	15–3	15–6		45–15
19 Sep	Paraguay	0–3	Mexico	4–15	4–15	2–15		10–45
20 Sep	West Germany	3–0	Nigeria	15–0	15–1	15–4		45–5
20 Sep	Mexico	3–0	Indonesia	15–1	15–9	15–1		45–11
20 Sep	Spain	1–3	Paraguay	15–10	12–15	10–15	0–15	37–55
21 Sep	West Germany	0–3	Mexico	6–15	10–15	8–15		24–45
21 Sep	Spain	3–0	Indonesia	15–12	15–7	15–12		45–31
21 Sep	Nigeria	0–3	Paraguay	1–15	2–15	8–15		11–45

Pool J[]

Location: Ica

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	8	4	0	12	2	6.000	204	127	1.606
2	Italy	7	3	1	11	3	3.667	206	148	1.392
3	Argentina	6	2	2	6	8	0.750	175	177	0.989
4	Puerto Rico	5	1	3	5	8	0.625	176	208	0.846
5	Chile	4	0	4	1	12	0.083	93	194	0.479

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Sep	Chile	0–3	Netherlands	1–15	6–15	7–15			14–45
18 Sep	Argentina	3–2	Puerto Rico	15–5	13–15	16–18	15–10	15–13	74–61
19 Sep	Chile	0–3	Italy	0–15	2–15	12–15			14–45
19 Sep	Netherlands	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–13	15–13	15–2			45–28
20 Sep	Chile	1–3	Puerto Rico	6–15	9–15	15–13	14–16		44–59
20 Sep	Italy	3–1	Argentina	15–8	15–12	5–15	15–2		50–37
21 Sep	Chile	0–3	Argentina	8–15	1–15	12–15			21–45
21 Sep	Italy	2–3	Netherlands	9–15	13–15	15–12	15–11	14–16	66–69

Final round[]

21st–23rd places[]

21st–23rd semifinals		21st place



Indonesia
		25 September – Lima
Bye
		Indonesia	3
24 September – Lima
		Chile	2
Chile	3

Nigeria	1

21st–23rd semifinals[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	Chile	3–1	Nigeria	15–10	15–1	11–15	15–3		56–29

21st place match[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Indonesia	3–2	Chile	6–15	15–7	8–15	15–4	17–15	61–56

17th–20th places[]

17th–20th semifinals		17th place

24 September – Trujillo

Paraguay	1
		25 September – Trujillo
Puerto Rico	3
		Puerto Rico	3
24 September – Trujillo
		Argentina	2
Argentina	3

Spain	2
		19th place

		25 September – Trujillo

		Paraguay	3

		Spain	1

17th–20th semifinals[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	Paraguay	1–3	Puerto Rico	14–16	15–4	8–15	10–15		47–50
24 Sep	Argentina	3–2	Spain	15–6	13–15	15–7	12–15	15–4	70–47

19th place match[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Paraguay	3–1	Spain	14–16	15–7	15–11	15–10		59–44

17th place match[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Puerto Rico	3–2	Argentina	15–10	9–15	5–15	15–12	15–5	59–57

13th–16th places[]

13th–16th semifinals		13th place

24 September – Arequipa

Mexico	3
		25 September – Arequipa
Italy	2
		Mexico	3
24 September – Arequipa
		West Germany	2
Netherlands	0

West Germany	3
		15th place

		25 September – Arequipa

		Italy	3

		Netherlands	2

13th–16th semifinals[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	Mexico	3–2	Italy	12–15	15–11	11–15	15–8	15–12	68–61
24 Sep	Netherlands	0–3	West Germany	6–15	2–15	5–15			13–45

15th place match[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Italy	3–2	Netherlands	17–15	13–15	15–12	8–15	15–10	68–67

13th place match[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Mexico	3–2	West Germany	9–15	15–12	15–12	4–15	15–13	58–67

9th–12th places[]

9th–12th semifinals		9th place

24 September – Ica

Bulgaria	3
		25 September – Ica
Australia	0
		Bulgaria	3
24 September – Ica
		Hungary	2
Hungary	3

Canada	0
		11th place

		25 September – Ica

		Australia	0

		Canada	3

9th–12th semifinals[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Australia	15–5	15–4	15–3			45–12
24 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Canada	15–11	15–10	15–8			45–29

11th place match[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Australia	0–3	Canada	7–15	7–15	7–15			21–45

9th place match[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	Hungary	9–15	15–6	13–15	15–10	15–9	67–55

5th–8th places[]

5th–8th semifinals		5th place

24 September – Lima

South Korea	0
		25 September – Lima
Soviet Union	3
		Soviet Union	2
24 September – Lima
		Cuba	3
Cuba	3

Brazil	2
		7th place

		25 September – Lima

		South Korea	3

		Brazil	0

5th–8th semifinals[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	South Korea	0–3	Soviet Union	13–15	9–15	10–15			32–45
24 Sep	Cuba	3–2	Brazil	15–6	10–15	15–6	12–15	15–10	67–52

7th place match[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Brazil	15–11	19–17	15–10			49–38

5th place match[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Soviet Union	2–3	Cuba	4–15	15–9	15–7	6–15	12–15	52–61

Finals[]

Semifinals		Final

24 September – Lima

Japan	0
		25 September – Lima
China	3
		China	3
24 September – Lima
		Peru	0
United States	0

Peru	3
		3rd place

		25 September – Lima

		Japan	1

		United States	3

Semifinals[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	Japan	0–3	China	8–15	7–15	6–15			21–45
24 Sep	United States	0–3	Peru	12–15	12–15	10–15			34–45

3rd place match[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Japan	1–3	United States	5–15	15–2	8–15	6–15		34–47

Final[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	China	3–0	Peru	15–1	15–5	15–11			45–17

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
	China
	Peru
	United States
4	Japan
5	Cuba
6	Soviet Union
7	South Korea
8	Brazil
9	Bulgaria
10	Hungary
11	Canada
12	Australia
13	Mexico
14	West Germany
15	Italy
16	Netherlands
17	Puerto Rico
18	Argentina
19	Paraguay
20	Spain
21	Indonesia
22	Chile
23	Nigeria