Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Date	20 July–9 August
Competitors	from 8 nations
Medalists
China United States Japan

The 1984 Women'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 July 20 to August 9, 1984.

Qualification

Volleyball Women	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	United States
Moscow Olympic Games	1	Soviet Union*
1982 World Championship	1	China
1983 Asian Championsnip	1	Japan
1983 NORCECA Championship	1	Cuba*
1983 South American Championship	1	Peru
1983 European Championship	1	East Germany*
Wild Card	1	Brazil**
Total	8

* Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany withdrew from the tournament because of the Soviet-led boycott. They were replaced by West Germany, South Korea and Canada.

** An African team was invited to participate in this edition, since there was no Women's African Championship at the time and no African team showed interest, the final berth was given to Brazil as Wild Card.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Canada Japan Peru South Korea	Brazil China United States West Germany

Squads

Main article: Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's volleyball team squads

Venues

• Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, United States

Preliminary round

Team qualified for the semifinals

Pool A

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	Peru	3–0	Canada	15–9	15–10	15–4			45–23
30 Jul	Japan	3–1	South Korea	8–15	15–11	15–2	15–7		53–35
1 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Canada	15–10	15–1	15–3			45–14
1 Aug	Japan	3–0	Peru	15–8	15–7	15–5			45–20
2 Aug	Peru	3–2	South Korea	15–8	15–6	7–15	6–15	15–3	58–47
2 Aug	Japan	3–0	Canada	15–6	15–6	15–6			45–18

Pool B

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	China	3–0	Brazil	15–13	15–10	15–11			45–34
30 Jul	United States	3–0	West Germany		15–15	15–8	15–8		45–31
1 Aug	China	3–0	West Germany	15–5	15–6	15–3			45–14
1 Aug	United States	3–2	Brazil	12–15	10–15	15–5	15–5	15–12	67–52
2 Aug	West Germany	3–0	Brazil	15–6	15–14	15–11			45–31
2 Aug	United States	3–1	China	15–13	7–15	16–14	15–12		53–54

Final round

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	1984-08-05 – Long Beach
	Japan	0
					1984-08-07(09-->07 according to my ticket) – Long Beach
	China	3
					China	3
	1984-08-05 – Long Beach
					United States	0
	United States	3
	Peru	0
					Bronze medal match
					1984-08-07 (09->07 on my. Ticket stub)– Long Beach
					Japan	3
					Peru	1

5th to 8th places bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	1984-08-05 – Long Beach
	South Korea	3
					1984-08-07 – Long Beach
	Brazil	1
					South Korea	3
	1984-08-05 – Long Beach
					West Germany	0
	West Germany	3
	Canada	0
					Bronze medal match
					1984-08-07 – Long Beach
					Brazil	3
					Canada	0

Semi-finals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Aug	Japan	0–3	China	10–15	7–15	9–15			26–45
07 Aug	United States	3–0	Peru	16–14	15–9	15–10			46–23

5th to 8th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Aug	South Korea	3–1	Brazil	13–15	15–13	15–9	15–10		58–47
05 Aug	West Germany	3–0	Canada	15–5	15–7	15–1			45–13

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Canada	15–9	15–3	15–8			45–20

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Aug	South Korea	3–0	West Germany	15–10	9–10	15–2			45–22

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Aug	Japan	3–1	Peru	13–15	15–4	15–7	15–10		58–36

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Aug	China	3–0	United States	16–14	15–3	15–9			46–26

Final standing

Rank	Team
	China
	United States
	Japan
4	Peru
5	South Korea
6	West Germany
7	Brazil
8	Canada

1984 Women's Olympic Champions
China 1st title

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
China (CHN) Hou Yuzhu Jiang Ying Lang Ping Li Yanjun Liang Yan Su Huijuan Yang Xiaojun Yang Xilan Zhang Rongfang Zheng Meizhu Zhou Xiaolan Zhu Ling	United States (USA) Jeanne Beauprey Carolyn Becker Linda Chisholm Rita Crockett Laurie Flachmeier Debbie Green Flo Hyman Rose Magers Kimberly Ruddins Julie Vollertsen Paula Weishoff Susan Woodstra	Japan (JPN) Yumi Egami Norie Hiro Miyoko Hirose Kyoko Ishida Yoko Kagabu Yuko Mitsuya Keiko Miyajima Kimie Morita Kumi Nakada Emiko Odaka Sachiko Otani Kayoko Sugiyama

External links

• Volleyball