Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Palau d'Esports Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron Palau Sant Jordi
Date	29 July – 8 August
Competitors	96 from 8 nations
Medalists
Cuba Unified Team United States

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.

Qualification

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	17 October 1986	Lausanne	1	Spain
1988 Summer Olympics	20–29 September 1988	Seoul, South Korea	1	Soviet Union
1990 World Championship	22–31 August 1990	Beijing, China	1	China*
1991 Asian Championship	14–21 September 1991	Bangkok, Thailand	1	Japan*
1991 NORCECA Championship	1991	Regina, Canada	1	Cuba
1991 South American Championship	1991	Osasco, Brazil	1	Brazil
1991 European Championship	28 Sep – 6 Oct 1991	Rome, Italy	1	Netherlands*
1991 World Cup	8–17 November 1991	Osaka, Japan	1	United States*
Total			8

* Notes:

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
Japan	Brazil
Spain	China
Unified Team	Cuba
United States	Netherlands

Squads

Main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's volleyball team squads

Venues

• Palau d'Esports, Barcelona, Spain
• Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
• Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain

Preliminary round

(S)	Advance to semifinals
(Q)	Advance to quarterfinals
(P)	Advance to 7th place match

Group A

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	Unified Team	3–0	Spain	15–3	15–0	15–3			45–6	Report
29 Jul	United States	2–3	Japan	15–13	11–15	12–15	15–8	13–15	66–66	Report
31 Jul	United States	3–2	Unified Team	9–15	17–15	15–12	4–15	15–11	60–68	Report
31 Jul	Japan	3–0	Spain	15–9	15–1	15–6			45–16	Report
2 Aug	Unified Team	3–0	Japan	15–13	15–11	15–11			45–35	Report
2 Aug	Spain	0–3	United States	4–15	5–15	10–15			19–45	Report

Group B

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	Netherlands	1–3	Brazil	9–15	3–15	15–11	7–15		34–56	Report
29 Jul	China	1–3	Cuba	15–13	11–15	9–15	11–15		46–58	Report
31 Jul	Netherlands	3–2	China	6–15	15–17	15–13	16–14	15–6	67–65	Report
31 Jul	Brazil	1–3	Cuba	11–15	15–3	13–15	9–15		48–48	Report
2 Aug	Cuba	3–0	Netherlands	15–11	15–11	15–13			45–35	Report
2 Aug	China	2–3	Brazil	9–15	15–7	11–15	16–14	12–15	63–66	Report

Final round

7th to 8th place

	7th place match
	A4	Spain	0
	B4	China	3

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Aug	Spain	0–3	China	1–15	3–15	3–15			7–45	Report

Final

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Aug	United States	3–1	Netherlands	15–11	11–15	15–8	15–7		56–41	Report
4 Aug	Japan	1–3	Brazil	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
5 Aug	Netherlands	1–3	Japan	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
6 Aug	United States	2–3	Cuba	15–8	9–15	15–6	5–15	11–15	55–59	Report
6 Aug	Unified Team	3–1	Brazil	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
8 Aug	Brazil	0–3	United States	8–15	6–15	13–15			27–45	Report

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Aug	Unified Team	1–3	Cuba	14–16	15–12	12–15	13–15		54–58	Report

Final standings

Place	Team
	Cuba
	Unified Team
	United States
4	Brazil
5	Japan
6	Netherlands
7	China
8	Spain

1992 Women's Olympic Champions
Cuba First title

Individual Awards

• Best Spiker: Irina Smirnova (RUS)
• Best Blocker: Magaly Carvajal (CUB)
• Best Setter: Lori Endicott (USA)
• Best Receiver: Cintha Boersma (NED)
• Best Digger: Ichiko Sato (JPN)
• Best Server: Ana Moser (BRA)
• Best Scorer 167 points: Caren Kemner (USA)
• MVP: Paula Weishoff (USA)

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cuba 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	Unified Team Valentina Ogienko Natalya Morozova Marina Nikulina Batukhtina Irina Smirnova Tatyana Sidorenko Tatyana Menchova Yevgeniya Artamonova Galina Lebedeva Svetlana Vasilevskaya Elena Chebukina Svetlana Korytova	United States 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

External links

• Results
• Final standings (1964–2000) at FIVB.org
• Official results (pgs. 415, 431–438)