Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Qualification

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	17 October 1986	Lausanne	1	Spain
1988 Summer Olympics	20–29 September 1988	Seoul	1	Soviet Union
1990 World Championship	22–31 August 1990	Beijing	1	China*
1991 Asian Championship	14–21 September 1991	Bangkok	1	Japan*
1991 NORCECA Championship	23 August - 2 September 1991	Regina	1	Cuba
1991 South American Championship	September 1991	Osasco	1	Brazil
1991 European Championship	28 Sep – 6 Oct 1991	Rome	1	Netherlands*
1991 World Cup	8–17 November 1991	Osaka	1	United States*
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
Japan	Brazil
Spain	China
Unified Team	Cuba
United States	Netherlands

Rosters

Venues

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

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Unified Team	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	158	101	1.564	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	1	5	8	5	1.600	171	153	1.118	Quarterfinals
3	Japan	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	146	127	1.150
4	Spain	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	41	135	0.304	7th place match

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	151	129	1.171	Semifinals
2	Brazil	3	2	1	5	7	6	1.167	170	145	1.172	Quarterfinals
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	4	4	8	0.500	136	166	0.819
4	China	3	0	3	3	5	9	0.556	174	191	0.911	7th place match

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

First round

Semifinals

Final

6 August

4 August

A1

Unified Team

1

6 August

Cuba

3

4 August

A2

United States

2

A2

United States

3

B1

Cuba

3

B3

Netherlands

1

Fifth place

Third place

5 August

8 August

Netherlands

1

Brazil

0

Japan

3

United States

3

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 1st title 12-woman roster Magalys Carvajal Head coach Eugenio George

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Magalys Carvajal Head coach: Eugenio George	Elena Chebukina Svetlana Korytova Head coach: Nikolay Karpol	Tammy Webb-Liley Elaina Oden Janet Cobbs Tara Cross-Battle Liane Sato Ruth Lawanson Head coach: Terry Liskevych

See also

• Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
• Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

References

External links

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