Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Olympic rings with white rims.svg
VenuePalau d'Esports
Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron
Palau Sant Jordi
Date29 July – 8 August
Competitors96 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cuba (1st title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olympic flag.svg Unified Team
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
← 1988
1996 →
Olympic pictogram Volleyball.png

The 1992 women's Olympic volleyball tournament was the eighth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee. The competition in Barcelona, Spain was held from 29 July to 8 August 1992 in three venues in the city: the Palau d'Esports, the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron and the Palau Sant Jordi, where the semi-finals and finals were played.[1]

Qualification[]

Qualifiers Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host Country 17 October 1986 Switzerland Lausanne 1  Spain
1988 Summer Olympics 20–29 September 1988 South Korea Seoul 1  Soviet Union
1990 World Championship 22–31 August 1990 China Beijing 1  China*
1991 Asian Championship 14–21 September 1991 Thailand Bangkok 1  Japan*
23 August - 2 September 1991 Canada Regina 1  Cuba
September 1991 Brazil Osasco 1  Brazil
1991 European Championship 28 Sep – 6 Oct 1991 Italy Rome 1  Netherlands*
1991 World Cup 8–17 November 1991 Japan Osaka 1  United States*
Total 8

* Notes:[1]

1. China was the 1990 World Championship runners-up (champions Soviet Union, were already qualified as 1988 Olympic champions).
2. Japan was the 1991 Asian Championship runners-up (champions China, were already qualified as 1990 World Championship runners-up).
3. The Netherlands was the 1991 European Championship runners-up (champions Soviet Union, were already qualified as 1988 Olympic champions).
4. The United States was fourth at the 1991 World Cup (champions Cuba, runners-up China and third place Soviet Union were already qualified through other tournaments).

With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, most of its now independent Republics formed the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and competed together as the Unified Team.

Format[]

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the Preliminary round (first stage), the eight participants were divided into two pools of four teams. A single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool. The Final round (second stage) was played in a single elimination format, with the preliminary round pool positions set as:

Pool winners advanced to the semifinals.
Pool second and third placed advanced to the quarterfinals.
Pool fourth placed advanced to the 7th place match.

Pools composition[]

Pool A Pool B
 Japan  Brazil
 Spain  China
Olympic flag.svg Unified Team  Cuba
 United States  Netherlands

Squads[]

Main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's volleyball team squads

Venues[]

Preliminary round[]

(S) Advance to semifinals
(Q) Advance to quarterfinals
(P) Advance to 7th place match

Group A[]

Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1 Olympic flag.svg Unified Team (S) 5 2 1 8 3 2.667 158 101 1.564
2  United States (Q) 5 2 1 8 5 1.600 171 153 1.118
3  Japan (Q) 5 2 1 6 5 1.200 146 127 1.150
4  Spain (P) 3 0 3 0 9 0.000 41 135 0.304
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jul Unified Team Olympic flag.svg 3–0  Spain 15–3 15–0 15–3     45–6 Report
29 Jul United States  2–3  Japan 15–13 11–15 12–15 15–8 13–15 66–66 Report
31 Jul United States  3–2 Olympic flag.svg Unified Team 9–15 17–15 15–12 4–15 15–11 60–68 Report
31 Jul Japan  3–0  Spain 15–9 15–1 15–6     45–16 Report
2 Aug Unified Team Olympic flag.svg 3–0  Japan 15–13 15–11 15–11     45–35 Report
2 Aug Spain  0–3  United States 4–15 5–15 10–15     19–45 Report

Group B[]

Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Cuba (S) 6 3 0 9 2 4.500 151 129 1.171
2  Brazil (Q) 5 2 1 7 6 1.167 170 145 1.172
3  Netherlands (Q) 4 1 2 4 8 0.500 136 166 0.819
4  China (P) 3 0 3 5 9 0.556 174 191 0.911
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jul Netherlands  1–3  Brazil 9–15 3–15 15–11 7–15   34–56 Report
29 Jul China  1–3  Cuba 15–13 11–15 9–15 11–15   46–58 Report
31 Jul Netherlands  3–2  China 6–15 15–17 15–13 16–14 15–6 67–65 Report
31 Jul Brazil  1–3  Cuba 11–15 15–3 13–15 9–15   48–48 Report
2 Aug Cuba  3–0  Netherlands 15–11 15–11 15–13     45–35 Report
2 Aug China  2–3  Brazil 9–15 15–7 11–15 16–14 12–15 63–66 Report

Final round[]

7th to 8th place[]

7th place match
   
A4  Spain 0
B4  China 3

7th place match[]

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Aug Spain  0–3  China 1–15 3–15 3–15     7–45 Report

Final[]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
4 August 6 August
A1 Olympic flag.svg Unified Team 3  
A3  Japan 1  
B2  Brazil 1   8 August
B2  Brazil 3  
  Olympic flag.svg Unified Team 1
6 August
4 August    Cuba 3
A2  United States 2
A2  United States 3  
B1  Cuba 3  
B3  Netherlands 1  
Fifth place Third place
5 August 8 August
 Netherlands 1  Brazil 0
 Japan 3  United States 3

Quarterfinals[]

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Aug United States  3–1  Netherlands 15–11 11–15 15–8 15–7   56–41 Report
4 Aug Japan  1–3  Brazil 16–14 13–15 13–15 9–15   51–59 Report

5th place match[]

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Aug Netherlands  1–3  Japan 0–15 15–11 13–15 10–15   38–56 Report

Semifinals[]

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Aug United States  2–3  Cuba 15–8 9–15 15–6 5–15 11–15 55–59 Report
6 Aug Unified Team Olympic flag.svg 3–1  Brazil 15–10 13–15 15–5 15–5   58–35 Report

Bronze medal match[]

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Aug Brazil  0–3  United States 8–15 6–15 13–15     27–45 Report

Gold medal match[]

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Aug Unified Team Olympic flag.svg 1–3  Cuba 14–16 15–12 12–15 13–15   54–58 Report

Final standings[]

Medalists[]

Gold Silver Bronze
 Cuba (CUB)
Tania Ortiz
Marlenys Costa
Mireya Luis
Lilia Izquierdo
Idalmis Gato
Raisa O'Farril
Regla Bell
Regla Torres
Norka Latamblet
Mercedes Calderón
Ana Fernández
Magalys Carvajal
Head coach: Eugenio George
 Unified Team (EUN)
Valentina Ogienko
Natalya Morozova
Marina Nikulina
Batukhtina
Irina Smirnova
Tatyana Sidorenko
Tatyana Menchova
Yevgeniya Artamonova


Elena Chebukina
Svetlana Korytova
Head coach: Nikolay Karpol
 United States (USA)
Tonya Sanders
Yoko Zetterlund
Kim Oden
Lori Endicott
Paula Weishoff
Caren Kemner
Tammy Webb-Liley
Elaina Oden
Janet Cobbs
Tara Cross-Battle
Liane Sato
Ruth Lawanson
Head coach: Terry Liskevych

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Volleyball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

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