Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Volleyball Hall
Date	27 August - 7 September
Competitors	from 8 nations
Medalists
Soviet Union Japan North Korea

The 1972 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 3rd edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Munich, West Germany from August 27 to September 7, 1972.

Qualification

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	–	–	1	West Germany
1968 Olympic Games	October 13–26, 1968	Mexico City, Mexico	1	Soviet Union
1970 World Championship	Sep. 22 – Oct. 2, 1970	Varna, Bulgaria	3	Japan North Korea Hungary
Asian Qualification Tournament	1972	Unknown	1	South Korea
1971 European Championship	Sep. 23 – Oct. 1, 1971	Milan, Italy	1	Czechoslovakia
1971 Pan American Games	July 31 – Aug. 11, 1971	Cali, Colombia	1	Cuba
Total			8

Pools composition

Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Pool A

• Soviet Union (roster)
• South Korea (roster)
• Hungary (roster)
• West Germany (roster)

Pool B

• Japan (roster)
• North Korea (roster)
• Cuba (roster)
• Czechoslovakia (roster)

Venue

• Volleyball Hall, Munich, West Germany

Preliminary round

Pool A

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Aug	Hungary	3–0	West Germany	15–8	15–11	15–9			45–28
27 Aug	Soviet Union	3–1	South Korea	11–15	15–8	15–7	15–7		56–37
29 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Hungary	15–7	15–13	15–11			45–31
29 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	West Germany	15–5	15–7	15–9			45–21
31 Aug	Soviet Union	3–1	Hungary	15–12	15–2	13–15	15–9		58–38
31 Aug	South Korea	3–0	West Germany	15–2	15–8	15–2			45–12

Pool B

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Aug	North Korea	3–0	Cuba	15–1	15–8	15–3			45–12
28 Aug	Japan	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–1	15–7	15–9			45–17
30 Aug	Japan	3–0	Cuba	15–2	15–3	15–5			45–10
30 Aug	North Korea	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–3	15–7	15–8			45–18
1 Sep	Cuba	3–1	Czechoslovakia	6–15	15–12	15–10	15–13		51–50
1 Sep	Japan	3–0	North Korea	15–3	15–2	16–14			46–19

Final round

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	September 3
	Japan	3
					September 7
	South Korea	0
					Soviet Union	3
	September 3
					Japan	2
	Soviet Union	3
	North Korea	1
					Bronze medal match
					September 7
					North Korea	3
					South Korea	0

5th–8th places bracket

	5th–8th places				5th place
	September 2
	Cuba	3
					September 7
	West Germany	0
					Hungary	3
	September 2
					Cuba	2
	Hungary	3
	Czechoslovakia	2
					7th place
					September 7
					Czechoslovakia	3
					West Germany	0

5th–8th places

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Sep	Hungary	3–2	Czechoslovakia	15–9	13–15	11–15	15–10	15–11	69–60
02 Sep	Cuba	3–0	West Germany	15–11	15–13	17–15			47–39

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	North Korea	15–10	16–14	7–15	15–8		53–47
03 Sep	Japan	3–0	South Korea	15–3	15–5	15–9			45–17

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	West Germany	15–13	15–4	16–14			46–31

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Sep	Hungary	3–2	Cuba	13–15	14–16	16–14	15–5	15–11	73–61

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	North Korea	3–0	South Korea	15–7	15–9	15–9			45–25

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	Soviet Union	3–2	Japan	15–11	4–15	15–11	9–15	15–11	58–63

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	Japan
	North Korea
4	South Korea
5	Hungary
6	Cuba
7	Czechoslovakia
8	West Germany

1972 Women's Olympic Champions
Soviet Union 2nd title

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union (URS) Vera Galushka-Duyunova Tatyana Ponyayeva-Tretyakova Nina Smoleeva Roza Salikhova Lyudmila Buldakova Tatyana Gonobobleva Lyubov Turina Galina Leontyeva Inna Ryskal Tatyana Sarycheva Lyudmila Borozna Nataliya Kudreva	Japan (JPN) Sumie Oinuma Noriko Yamashita Seiko Shimakage Makiko Furukawa Takako Iida Katsumi Matsumura Michiko Shiokawa Takako Shirai Mariko Okamoto Keiko Hama Yaeko Yamazaki Toyoko Iwahara	North Korea (PRK) Ri Chun-Ok Kim Myong-Suk Kim Zung-Bok Kang Ok-Sun Kim Yeun-Ja Hwang He-Suk Jang Ok-Rim Paek Myong-Suk Ryom Chun-Ja Kim Su-Dae Jong Ok-Jin

External links

• Final standings (1964–2000) at FIVB.org
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com
• Results at Sports–Reference.com
• Official Results pg. 454