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 (1st title) Unified Team  United States
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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 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.^[1]

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.

Compared to four years earlier, the format of the tournament underwent some changes.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 in a single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position. At the Final round (second stage) the first placed teams in each group qualified directly for the semi-finals, while the second and third placed teams in the Olympic crossover system would face each other in an extra round consisting of a single elimination round with the winners advancing to the semi-finals and those eliminated playing a game to define fifth place. The winners of these two games faced those already qualified for the semifinals and while the winners played in the final, the losers played in the bronze medal match.

Pool A	Pool B
Unified Team	Cuba
Spain	China
United States	Brazil
Japan	Netherlands

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

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

29 July 1992	Unified Team	3–0	Spain
	(15–3, 15–0, 15–3) Report

29 July 1992	United States	2–3	Japan
	(15–13, 11–15, 12–15, 15–8, 13–15) Report

31 July 1992	United States	3–2	Unified Team
	(9–15, 17–15, 15–12, 4–15, 15–11) Report

31 July 1992	Japan	3–0	Spain
	(15–9, 15–1, 15–6) Report

2 August 1992	Unified Team	3–0	Japan
	(15–13, 15–11, 15–11) Report

2 August 1992	Spain	0–3	United States
	(4–15, 5–15, 10–15) Report

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

29 July 1992	Netherlands	1–3	Brazil
	(9–15, 3–15, 15–11, 7–15) Report

29 July 1992	China	1–3	Cuba
	(15–13, 11–15, 9–15, 11–15) Report

31 July 1992	Netherlands	3–2	China
	(6–15, 15–17, 15–13, 16–14, 15–6) Report

31 July 1992	Brazil	1–3	Cuba
	(11–15, 15–3, 13–15, 9–15) Report

2 August 1992	Cuba	3–0	Netherlands
	(15–11, 15–11, 15–13) Report

2 August 1992	China	2–3	Brazil
	(9–15, 15–7, 11–15, 16–14, 12–15) Report

	7th place match
	A4	Spain	0
	B4	China	3

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

First round

Semifinals

Final

6 August

4 August

A1

Unified Team

3

A3

Japan

1

B2

Brazil

1

8 August

B2

Brazil

3

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

4 August 1992	United States	3–1	Netherlands
	(15–11, 11–15, 15–8, 15–7) Report

4 August 1992	Japan	1–3	Brazil
	(16–14, 13–15, 13–15, 9–15) Report

5 August 1992	Netherlands	1–3	Japan
	(0–15, 15–11, 13–15, 10–15) Report

6 August 1992	United States	2–3	Cuba
	(15–8, 9–15, 15–6 ,5–15, 11–15) Report

6 August 1992	Unified Team	3–1	Brazil
	(15–10, 13–15, 15–5, 15–5) Report

8 August 1992	Brazil	0–3	United States
	(8–15, 6–15, 13–15) Report

8 August 1992	Unified Team	1–3	Cuba
	(14–16 ,15–12, 12–15 ,13–15) Report

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 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 Head coach Eugenio George

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cuba (CUB) 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 Head coach: Eugenio George	Unified Team (EUN) Valentina Ogienko Natalya Morozova Marina Nikulina Batukhtina Irina Smirnova Tatyana Sidorenko Tatyana Menchova Yevgeniya Artamonova Galina Lebedeva Svetlana Vasilevskaya Elena Chebukina Svetlana Korytova Head coach: Nikolay Karpol	United States (USA) 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 Head coach: Terry Liskevych

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

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