Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's Volleyball; at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Long Beach Arena
Date	29 July – 11 August
Medalists

The 1984 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 6th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Long Beach, California, United States from 29 July to 11 August 1984.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	18 May 1978	Athens	1	United States
1980 Olympic Games	20 July – 1 August 1980	Moscow	1	Soviet Union *
1981 World Cup	19–28 November 1981	Japan	1	Cuba *
1982 World Championship	1–15 October 1982	Argentina	1	Brazil
1983 African Championship	December 1983	Port Said	1	Egypt
1983 Asian Championsnip	23 November – 1 December 1983	Fukuoka	1	Japan
1983 European Championship	17–25 September 1983	East Germany	1	Poland *
1983 NORCECA Championship	13–17 July 1983	Indianapolis	1	Canada
1983 South American Championship	27–31 July 1983	São Paulo	1	Argentina
World Qualifier	4–8 January 1984	Barcelona	1	Bulgaria *
Total			10

*

China,

Tunisia,

Italy and

South Korea replaced Soviet Union, Cuba, Poland and Bulgaria, who withdrew from the tournament because of the Soviet-led boycott.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
United States (Hosts)	Canada
Argentina	China
Brazil	Egypt
South Korea	Italy
Tunisia	Japan

Rosters

Douglas Dvorak Dave Saunders Steven Salmons Paul Sunderland Rich Duwelius Steve Timmons Craig Buck Marc Waldie Chris Marlowe Aldis Berzins Patrick Powers Karch Kiraly

Venue

All matches
Long Beach, United States
Long Beach Arena
Capacity: 13,609

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Semifinals
	Qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals
	Qualified for the 9th place match

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	7	3	1	10	4	2.500	191	144	1.326
2	United States	7	3	1	9	4	2.250	168	117	1.436
3	South Korea	7	3	1	9	6	1.500	203	162	1.253
4	Argentina	5	1	3	7	9	0.778	184	207	0.889
5	Tunisia	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	64	180	0.356

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	15–7	15–7	15–7			45–21
29 Jul	United States	3–1	Argentina	15–6	15–7	10–15	15–8		55–36
31 Jul	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	15–8	15–8	16–18	15–13		61–47
31 Jul	United States	3–0	Tunisia	15–3	15–2	15–3			45–8
02 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	15–5	15–9	15–2			45–16
02 Aug	United States	3–0	South Korea	15–13	15–9	15–6			45–28
04 Aug	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia	15–9	15–7	15–3			45–19
04 Aug	South Korea	3–1	Brazil	15–4	15–13	13–15	15–8		58–40
06 Aug	South Korea	3–2	Argentina	15–6	14–16	13–15	15–7	15–12	72–56
06 Aug	Brazil	3–0	United States	15–10	15–11	15–2			45–23

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Canada	7	3	1	10	3	3.333	167	122	1.369
2	Italy	7	3	1	11	4	2.750	210	143	1.469
3	Japan	7	3	1	9	5	1.800	179	162	1.105
4	China	5	1	3	3	9	0.333	124	160	0.775
5	Egypt	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	90	183	0.492

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Jul	Japan	3–0	China	15–9	15–9	15–8			45–26
29 Jul	Italy	3–1	Canada	10–15	15–4	15–6	15–7		55–32
31 Jul	Canada	3–0	Egypt	15–10	15–9	15–3			45–22
31 Jul	Italy	3–0	China	15–5	16–14	15–13			46–32
02 Aug	China	3–0	Egypt	15–3	15–5	18–16			48–24
02 Aug	Japan	3–2	Italy	5–15	11–15	15–10	15–10	16–14	62–64
04 Aug	Japan	3–0	Egypt	15–6	15–10	15–11			45–27
04 Aug	Canada	3–0	China	15–8	15–7	15–3			45–18
06 Aug	Canada	3–0	Japan	15–10	15–8	15–9			45–27
06 Aug	Italy	3–0	Egypt	15–4	15–7	15–6			45–17

Final round

9th–10th places

9th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Aug	Tunisia	3–2	Egypt	15–13	15–9	5–15	13–15	15–5	63–57

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

8 August

South Korea	3
		10 August
China	1
		South Korea	3
8 August
		Argentina	1
Argentina	3

Japan	1
		7th place match

		10 August

		China	0

		Japan	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Aug	South Korea	3–1	China	15–4	15–11	6–15	19–17		55–47
08 Aug	Argentina	3–1	Japan	9–15	15–10	15–10	15–11		54–46

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Aug	China	0–3	Japan	14–16	9–15	6–15			29–46

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Aug	South Korea	3–1	Argentina	15–13	9–15	15–9	15–7		54–44

Final four

Semifinals		Gold medal match

8 August

Brazil	3
		11 August
Italy	1
		Brazil	0
8 August
		United States	3
United States	3

Canada	0
		Bronze medal match

		11 August

		Italy	3

		Canada	0

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Aug	Brazil	3–1	Italy	12–15	15–2	15–3	15–5		57–25
08 Aug	United States	3–0	Canada	15–6	15–10	15–7			45–23

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Aug	Italy	3–0	Canada	15–11	15–12	15–8			45–31

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Aug	Brazil	0–3	United States	6–15	6–15	7–15			19–45

Final standing

Rank	Team
	United States
	Brazil
	Italy
4	Canada
5	South Korea
6	Argentina
7	Japan
8	China
9	Tunisia
10	Egypt

1984 Men's Olympic Champions
United States 1st title

12–man Roster

Dvorak, Saunders, Salmons, Sunderland, Duwelius, Timmons, Buck, Waldie, Marlowe, Berzins, Powers, Kiraly

Head Coach

Beal

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Steve Timmons

Best Scorer

Kang Man-soo

Best Spiker

José Montanaro

Best Blocker

Hugo Conte

Best Server