Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	University of Georgia Coliseum Omni Coliseum
Date	20 July–3 August
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
Cuba  China  Brazil

Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Tournament	men	women
Rosters	men	women
Beach
Tournament	men	women

The 1996 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the ninth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee. It was held from July 20 to August 3, 1996 at the Stegeman Coliseum of The University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia and at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1]

Qualification

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	18 September 1990	Tokyo	1	United States
1995 Women's World Cup	3–17 November 1995	Japan	3	Cuba
				Brazil
				China
European Qualification			1	Germany
North American Qualification			1	Canada
South American Qualification			1	Peru
Asian Qualification			1	South Korea
Wild-Card			1	Russia
1996 Olympic Qualification Tournament	26 May –2 June 1996	Tokyo, Japan	3	Netherlands
				Japan
				Ukraine
Total			12

• Africa was invited to participate in this edition, but since no African team showed interest, Russia —then the best ranked of "wild-card teams"— was invited to participate the Olympic Games.

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the Preliminary round (first stage), the twelve participants were divided into two pools of six teams. A single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool. The four highest ranked teams in each pool advanced to the Final round (second stage) and the two lowest ranked teams took no further participation (with pool places 5th and 6th being ranked in the final standings as joined 9th ad 11th, respectively).

The Final round was played in a single elimination format, with placement matches determining the top eight positions. Starting at the quarterfinals, winners advanced to the semifinals while losers advanced to the placement matches (5th-8th semifinal).

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
China	Brazil
Japan	Canada
Netherlands	Cuba
South Korea	Germany
Ukraine	Peru
United States	Russia

Squads

Venues

• University of Georgia Coliseum, Athens, United States
• Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, United States

Preliminary round

Group A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China (Q)	10	5	0	15	3	5.000	256	181	1.414
2	United States (Q)	9	4	1	13	5	2.600	241	198	1.217
3	Netherlands (Q)	8	3	2	10	7	1.429	211	179	1.179
4	South Korea (Q)	7	2	3	10	9	1.111	249	222	1.122
5	Japan	6	1	4	3	12	0.250	158	199	0.794
6	Ukraine	5	0	5	0	15	0.000	89	225	0.396

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	Netherlands	0–3	China	10–15	5–15	7–15			22–45	Report
20 Jul	Japan	0–3	South Korea	10–15	12–15	10–15			32–45	Report
20 Jul	United States	3–0	Ukraine	15–8	15–5	15–11			45–24	Report
22 Jul	China	3–2	South Korea	17–16	16–14	2–15	13–15	15–13	63–73	Report
22 Jul	Ukraine	0–3	Japan	9–15	5–15	4–15			18–45	Report
22 Jul	Netherlands	1–3	United States	15–12	10–15	15–17	7–15		47–59	Report
24 Jul	Japan	0–3	Netherlands	3–15	10–15	3–15			16–45	Report
24 Jul	United States	1–3	China	8–15	2–15	15–12	12–15		37–57	Report
24 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Ukraine	15–3	15–10	15–7			45–20	Report
26 Jul	Netherlands	3–1	South Korea	15–11	15–12	7–15	15–8		52–46	Report
26 Jul	China	3–0	Ukraine	15–4	15–4	15–6			45–14	Report
26 Jul	United States	3–0	Japan	15–11	15–7	15–12			45–30	Report
28 Jul	Japan	0–3	China	14–16	11–15	10–15			35–46	Report
28 Jul	South Korea	1–3	United States	15–10	13–15	9–15	3–15		40–55	Report
28 Jul	Ukraine	0–3	Netherlands	3–15	5–15	5–15			13–45	Report

Group B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil (Q)	10	5	0	15	1	15.000	238	121	1.967
2	Russia (Q)	9	4	1	12	4	3.000	217	140	1.550
3	Cuba (Q)	8	3	2	10	6	1.667	196	156	1.256
4	Germany (Q)	7	2	3	7	9	0.778	163	191	0.853
5	Canada	6	1	4	3	14	0.214	156	239	0.653
6	Peru	5	0	5	2	15	0.133	129	252	0.512

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	Russia	3–0	Germany	15–5	15–10	15–7			45–22	Report
20 Jul	Canada	0–3	Cuba	8–15	8–15	5–15			21–45	Report
20 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Peru	15–7	15–1	15–5			45–13	Report
22 Jul	Russia	3–0	Canada	15–1	15–7	15–9			45–17	Report
22 Jul	Germany	3–0	Peru	15–11	15–6	15–3			45–20	Report
22 Jul	Cuba	0–3	Brazil	11–15	10–15	4–15			25–45	Report
24 Jul	Canada	0–3	Germany	5–15	12–15	6–15			23–45	Report
24 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Russia	15–3	15–11	15–13			45–27	Report
24 Jul	Peru	0–3	Cuba	2–15	5–15	10–15			17–45	Report
26 Jul	Russia	3–0	Peru	15–11	15–8	15–1			45–20	Report
26 Jul	Germany	0–3	Cuba	6–15	8–15	4–15			18–45	Report
26 Jul	Canada	0–3	Brazil	6–15	6–15	11–15			23–45	Report
28 Jul	Brazil	3–1	Germany	15–4	13–15	15–6	15–8		58–33	Report
28 Jul	Cuba	1–3	Russia	15–10	6–15	7–15	8–15		36–55	Report
28 Jul	Peru	2–3	Canada	17–16	6–15	15–11	9–15	12–15	59–72	Report

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finsl
	30 July
	China	3
					1 August
	Germany	0
					China	3
	30 July
					Russia	1
	Netherlands	1
									3 August
	Russia	3
									China	1
	30 July
									Cuba	3
	United States	0
					1 August
	Cuba	3
					Cuba	3
	30 July
					Brazil	2			Third place
	South Korea	0
									3 August
	Brazil	3
									Russia	2
									Brazil	3

	5-8th place				5th place
	31 July
	Germany	2
					1 August
	Netherlands	3
					Netherlands	3
	31 July
					South Korea	0
	United States	0
	[[South Korea women</b>'s national volleyball team|South Korea]]	3
					7th place
					1 August
					Germany	1
					United States	3

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	China	3–0	Germany	15–12	15–8	15–8			45–28	Report
30 Jul	Netherlands	1–3	Russia	15–10	7–15	9–15	10–15		41–55	Report
30 Jul	United States	0–3	Cuba	1–15	10–15	12–15			23–45	Report
30 Jul	South Korea	0–3	Brazil	4–15	2–15	10–15			16–45	Report

5th–8th places

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Jul	Germany	2–3	Netherlands	12–15	15–9	15–13	9–15	10–15	61–67	Report
31 Jul	United States	0–3	South Korea	12–15	5–15	11–15			28–45	Report

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Aug	Germany	1–3	United States	16–17	6–15	15–5	6–15		43–52	Report

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Aug	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea	15–9	15–9	15–13			45–31	Report

1st-4th places

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Aug	China	3–1	Russia	12–15	15–5	15–8	15–12		57–40	Report
1 Aug	Cuba	3–2	Brazil	5–15	15–8	10–15	15–13	15–12	60–63	Report

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Aug	Russia	2–3	Brazil	13–15	15–4	14–16	15–8	13–15	70–58	Report

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Aug	China	1–3	Cuba	16–14	12–15	16–17	6–15		50–61	Report

Final standings

Place Team  Cuba  China  Brazil 4  Russia 5  Netherlands 6  South Korea 7  United States 8  Germany 9  Canada  Japan 11  Peru  Ukraine

1996 Women's Olympic Champions  Cuba Second title

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cuba Yumilka Ruiz Marlenis Costa Mireya Luis Lilia Izquierdo Idalmis Gato Raisa O'Farril Regla Bell Regla Torres Taismary Agüero Ana Fernández Magalys Carvajal Mirka Francia	China Lai Yawen Li Yan Cui Yongmei Zhu Yunying Wu Yongmei Wang Yi He Qi Pan Wenli Liu Xiaoning Wang Ziling Sun Yue Wang Lina	Brazil Ana Moser Ana Ida Alvares Ana Paula Connelly Leila Barros Hilma Caldeira Virna Dias Márcia Cunha Ericleia Bodziak Ana Flávia Sanglard Fernanda Venturini Hélia Souza Sandra Suruagy

Individual awards

• Best Spiker:  Cui Yongmei (CHN)
• Best Blocker:  Magaly Carvajal (CUB)
• Best Server:  Henriëtte Weersing (NED)
• Best Setter:  Riëtte Fledderus (NED)
• Most Valuable Player:  Cintha Boersma (NED)

See also

• Men's Olympic Tournament

References

External links

• Results
• Final standings (1964-2000) at FIVB.org
• Official results (pgs. 376, 405-416)