Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue(Palau d'Esports, Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron, Palau Sant Jordi) Barcelona, Spain
Date29 July–8 August
Competitors from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cuba
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Unified Team
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
← 1988
1996 →

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 July 29 to August 8, 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

Volleyball Women Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Spain
1988 Summer Olympics 1  Soviet Union1
1990 World Championship 1  Cuba
1991 Asian Championship 1  China
1991 NORCECA Championship 1  United States
1991 South American Championship 1  Brazil
1991 European Championship 1  Netherlands
1992 World Qualification Tournament2 1  Japan
Total 8

1 The USSR qualified automatically as the 1988 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament Champions, but as the USSR collapsed in 1991, they were replaced by the  Unified Team.
2 An African team was invited to participate in this edition, but no African teams entered, so a World Qualifier was held in Japan.  Japan won the tournament and secured the final berth.

Teams

Squads

1992 Women's Olympic Volleyball Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

TEAM MP W L SW SL PF PA PTS RS RATIO
 Unified Team 3 2 1 8 3 158 101 5 2,6667 1,5644
 United States 3 2 1 8 5 171 153 5 1,6000 1,1176
 Japan 3 2 1 6 5 146 127 5 1,2000 1,1496
 Spain 3 0 3 0 9 41 135 3 0,0000 0,3037
  • 1992-07-29
Spain  0 – 3  Unified Team 3-15, 0-15, 3-15
United States  2 – 3  Japan 15-13, 11-15, 12-15, 15-8, 13-15
  • 1992-07-31
United States  3 – 2  Unified Team 15-9, 15-17, 12-15, 15-4, 15-11
Spain  0 – 3  Japan 9-15, 1-15, 6-15
  • 1992-08-02
Japan  0 – 3  Unified Team 13-15, 11-15, 11-15
Spain  0 – 3  United States 4-15, 5-15, 10-15

Group B

TEAM MP W L SW SL PF PA PTS RS RATIO
 Cuba 3 3 0 9 2 151 129 6 4,5000 1,1705
 Brazil 3 2 1 7 6 170 145 5 1,1667 1,1724
 Netherlands 3 1 2 4 8 136 166 4 0,5000 0,8193
 China 3 0 3 5 9 174 191 3 0,5556 0,9110
  • 1992-07-29
Netherlands  1 – 3  Brazil 9-15, 3-15, 15-11, 7-15
China  1 – 3  Cuba 15-13, 11-15, 9-15, 11-15
  • 1992-07-31
Netherlands  3 – 2  China 6-15, 15-17, 15-13, 16-14, 15-6
Brazil  1 – 3  Cuba 11-15, 15-3, 13-15, 9-15
  • 1992-08-02
Cuba  3 – 0  Netherlands 15-11, 15-11, 15-13
China  2 – 3  Brazil 9-15, 15-7, 11-15, 16-14, 12-15

Final round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1992-08-04
 
 
 United States3
 
1992-08-06
 
 Netherlands1
 
 United States2
 
1992-08-04
 
 Cuba3
 
 Cuba–
 
1992-08-08
 
already qualified–
 
 Cuba3
 
1992-08-04
 
 Unified Team1
 
 Japan1
 
1992-08-06
 
 Brazil3
 
 Brazil1
 
1992-08-04
 
 Unified Team3 Third place
 
 Unified Team–
 
1992-08-08
 
already qualified–
 
 United States3
 
 
 Brazil0
 

Final standings

See also

References

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