Volleyball at the Friendship Games

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Volleyball at the Friendship Games was contested in two events. Men's event took place at the Ciudad Deportiva in Havana, Cuba between 18 and 26 August 1984. Women's event took place in Varna, Bulgaria between 8 and 15 July 1984.

Men's event[]

Six teams competed in a round-robin tournament.

Team Pld W L Sets won Sets lost Points
Gold medal icon.svg  Soviet Union 5 5 0 15 4 10
Silver medal icon.svg  Cuba 5 4 1 13 5 9
Bronze medal icon.svg  Poland 5 3 2 12 8 8
4  Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 8 10 7
5  Bulgaria 5 1 4 6 12 6
6  Hungary 5 0 5 0 15 5

Results[]

Results Soviet Union Cuba Poland Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Hungary
Soviet Union  3:1 3:1 3:1 3:1 3:0
Cuba  1:3 3:2 3:0 3:0 3:0
Poland  1:3 2:3 3:1 3:1 3:0
Czechoslovakia  1:3 0:3 1:3 3:1 3:0
Bulgaria  1:3 0:3 1:3 1:3 3:0
Hungary  0:3 0:3 0:3 0:3 0:3

Women's event[]

Ten teams were drawn into two groups.

Group A[]

Team Pld W L Sets won Sets lost Points
 North Korea 4 3 1 11 3 7
 East Germany 4 3 1 9 4 7
 Bulgaria 4 3 1 10 6 7
 France 4 1 3 4 9 5
 Czechoslovakia 4 0 4 0 12 4

Results[]

Results North Korea East Germany Bulgaria France Czechoslovakia
North Korea  3:0 2:3 3:0 3:0
East Germany  0:3 3:1 3:0 3:0
Bulgaria  3:2 1:3 3:1 3:0
France  0:3 0:3 0:3 3:0
Czechoslovakia  0:3 0:3 0:3 0:3

Group B[]

Team Pld W L Sets won Sets lost Points
 Cuba 4 4 0 12 4 8
 Soviet Union 4 3 1 11 3 7
 Hungary 4 2 2 7 9 6
 Poland 4 1 3 5 10 5
 Netherlands 4 0 4 3 12 4

Results[]

Results Cuba Soviet Union Hungary Poland Netherlands
Cuba  3:2 3:1 3:1 3:0
Soviet Union  2:3 3:0 3:0 3:0
Hungary  1:3 0:3 3:1 3:2
Poland  1:3 0:3 1:3 3:1
Netherlands  0:3 0:3 2:3 1:3

Final round[]

  Semifinals     Final
                 
  A1  North Korea 1  
  B2  Soviet Union 3    
       Soviet Union 1
       Cuba 3
  B1  Cuba 3    
  A2  East Germany 0   Third place
 
 North Korea 0
   East Germany 3

Final[]

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
15 Jul Soviet Union  1–3  Cuba 8–15 16–14 5–15 6–15   35–59

Classification 5th–10th[]

  5th-8th place     5th place match
                 
  A3  Bulgaria 3  
  B4  Poland 2    
       Bulgaria 3
       Hungary 1
  B3  Hungary 3    
  A4  France 1   7th place match
 
 Poland 3
   France 0
9th place match
   
A5  Czechoslovakia 1
B5  Netherlands 3

Winning teams' squads[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
 Soviet Union
Yaroslav Antonov



Yuri Panchenko
Aleksandr Savin
Yuri Sapega
Pavel Selivanov

Oleksandr Sorokalet
Vladimir Shkurikhin
Viacheslav Zaitsev
 Cuba
Osvaldo Abreu
Rodolfo Guillén
Eugenio Ortiz
Luis Oviedo
Águedo Páez
Antonio Pérez
Roberto Pérez
Carlos Ruíz
Carlos Sánchez
Abel Sarmientos
Manuel Torres
Raúl Vilches
 Poland
Wojciech Drzyzga






Włodzimierz Nalazek



Zbigniew Zieliński
Women's
 Cuba
Josefina Capote
Ana María Crespo
Imilsis Tellez
Norka Latamblet Daudinot
Josefina Fonsera
Alejandrina Hernández
Teresa Hernández
Lazara González Martínez
Mercedes Pomares
Nancy González
Lusila Savon
Rubinelda Henry
 Soviet Union
Viesma Aistere
Yelena Kundaleva
Vyera Bondar
Yelena Chebukina
Irina Kirillova
Liubov Kozyreva
Olga Krivosheyeva
Valentina Ogienko
Olga Pozdniakova
Irina Rizen
Tatiana Shapovalova
Elena Volkova
 East Germany
Maike Artl
Monika Beu
Andrea Heim
Catrin Heydrich
Grit Jensen
Ramona Landgraf
Heike Lehmann
Karia Mügge
Ute Oldenburg
Ariane Radfan
Martina Schwarz
Dörte Studemann

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Cuba). The second host nation, Bulgaria, won no medals.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba (CUB)*1102
 Soviet Union (URS)1102
3 East Germany (GDR)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
Totals (4 nations)2226

See also[]

References[]

  • Chmielewski, Zbigniew; et al. (1987). Na olimpijskim szlaku 1984. Sarajewo, Los Angeles (in Polish). Warsaw: Sport i Turystyka. pp. 201–203, 227–228. ISBN 83-217-2610-0.
  • Trzciński, Tomasz; et al. (1985). Gwiazdy sportu '84 (in Polish). Warsaw: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. p. 91. ISBN 83-03-01177-4.
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