Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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 different 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]
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| Venue | Palau d'Esports Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron Palau Sant Jordi | |||||||||
| Date | 29 July – 8 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 96 from 8 nations | |||||||||
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Qualification
| Qualifiers | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host Country | 17 October 1986 |  | 1 |  |
| 1988 Summer Olympics | 20–29 September 1988 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1 |  |
| 1990 World Championship | 22–31 August 1990 |  | 1 | |
| 1991 Asian Championship | 14–21 September 1991 |  | 1 |  |
| 1991 NORCECA Championship | 1991 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1 |  |
| 1991 South American Championship | 1991 |  | 1 | |
| 1991 European Championship | 28 Sep – 6 Oct 1991 |  | 1 |  |
| 1991 World Cup | 8–17 November 1991 | | 1 |  |
| 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 |
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Squads
Venues
Preliminary round
| (S) | Advance to semifinals |
| (Q) | Advance to quarterfinals |
| (P) | Advance to 7th place match |
Group A
| Pts | Matches | Sets | Points | |||||||
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| Rank | Team | W | L | W | L | Ratio | W | L | Ratio | |
| 1 | |
5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 158 | 101 | 1.564 |
| 2 | |
5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1.600 | 171 | 153 | 1.118 |
| 3 | |
5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 146 | 127 | 1.150 |
| 4 | |
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 | ||
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| 29 Jul | Unified Team |
3–0 | |
15–3 | 15–0 | 15–3 | 45–6 | Report | ||
| 29 Jul | United States |
2–3 | |
15–13 | 11–15 | 12–15 | 15–8 | 13–15 | 66–66 | Report |
| 31 Jul | United States |
3–2 | |
9–15 | 17–15 | 15–12 | 4–15 | 15–11 | 60–68 | Report |
| 31 Jul | Japan |
3–0 | |
15–9 | 15–1 | 15–6 | 45–16 | Report | ||
| 2 Aug | Unified Team |
3–0 | |
15–13 | 15–11 | 15–11 | 45–35 | Report | ||
| 2 Aug | Spain |
0–3 | |
4–15 | 5–15 | 10–15 | 19–45 | Report |
Group B
| Pts | Matches | Sets | Points | |||||||
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| Rank | Team | W | L | W | L | Ratio | W | L | Ratio | |
| 1 | |
6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 151 | 129 | 1.171 |
| 2 | |
5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 170 | 145 | 1.172 |
| 3 | |
4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 136 | 166 | 0.819 |
| 4 | |
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 | ||
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| 29 Jul | Netherlands |
1–3 | |
9–15 | 3–15 | 15–11 | 7–15 | 34–56 | Report | |
| 29 Jul | China |
1–3 | |
15–13 | 11–15 | 9–15 | 11–15 | 46–58 | Report | |
| 31 Jul | Netherlands |
3–2 | |
6–15 | 15–17 | 15–13 | 16–14 | 15–6 | 67–65 | Report |
| 31 Jul | Brazil |
1–3 | |
11–15 | 15–3 | 13–15 | 9–15 | 48–48 | Report | |
| 2 Aug | Cuba |
3–0 | |
15–11 | 15–11 | 15–13 | 45–35 | Report | ||
| 2 Aug | China |
2–3 | |
9–15 | 15–7 | 11–15 | 16–14 | 12–15 | 63–66 | Report |
Final round
7th place match
| Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 5 Aug | Spain |
0–3 | |
1–15 | 3–15 | 3–15 | 7–45 | Report |
Final
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| 4 August | 6 August | ||||||||||||
| A1 | |
3 | |||||||||||
| A3 | |
1 | |||||||||||
| B2 | |
1 | 8 August | ||||||||||
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| 4 August | |
3 | |||||||||||
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| A2 | |
3 | |||||||||||
| B1 | |
3 | |||||||||||
| B3 | |
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| Fifth place | Third place | ||||||||||||
| 5 August | 8 August | ||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals
| Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 4 Aug | United States |
3–1 | |
15–11 | 11–15 | 15–8 | 15–7 | 56–41 | Report | |
| 4 Aug | Japan |
1–3 | |
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 | ||
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| 5 Aug | Netherlands |
1–3 | |
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 | ||
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| 6 Aug | United States |
2–3 | |
15–8 | 9–15 | 15–6 | 5–15 | 11–15 | 55–59 | Report |
| 6 Aug | Unified Team |
3–1 | |
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 | ||
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| 8 Aug | Brazil |
0–3 | |
8–15 | 6–15 | 13–15 | 27–45 | Report |
Final standings
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Individual Awards
- Best Spiker:
- Best Blocker:
- Best Setter:
- Best Receiver:
- Best Digger:
- Best Server:
- Best Scorer 167 points:
- MVP:
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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 |
Valentina Ogienko Natalya Morozova Marina Nikulina Batukhtina Irina Smirnova Tatyana Sidorenko Tatyana Menchova Yevgeniya Artamonova Galina Lebedeva Svetlana Vasilevskaya Elena Chebukina Svetlana Korytova |
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 |
See also
- Men's Olympic Tournament
References
- "Volleyball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
External links
- Results
- Final standings (1964–2000) at FIVB.org
- Official results (pgs. 415, 431–438)
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