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) Barcelona, Spain
Date 29 July–8 August
Competitors  from 8 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s)  Cuba
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Unified Team
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 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 WomenVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1 Spain
1988 Summer Olympics1 Soviet Union1
1990 World Championship1 Cuba
1991 Asian Championship1 China
1991 NORCECA Championship1 United States
1991 South American Championship1 Brazil
1991 European Championship1 Netherlands
1992 World Qualification Tournament2 1 Japan
Total8

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

Group A
Group B

Squads

1992 Women's Olympic Volleyball Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

TEAM MP W L SW SL PF PA PTS RS RATIO
 Unified Team 3218315810152,66671,5644
 United States 3218517115351,60001,1176
 Japan 3216514612751,20001,1496
 Spain 303094113530,00000,3037
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
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
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 3309215112964,50001,1705
 Brazil 3217617014551,16671,1724
 Netherlands 3124813616640,50000,8193
 China 3035917419130,55560,9110
Netherlands  1 – 3  Brazil 9-15, 3-15, 15-11, 7-15
China  1 – 3  Cuba 15-13, 11-15, 9-15, 11-15
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
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-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
1992-08-04        
  United States  3
1992-08-06
  Netherlands  1  
  United States  2
1992-08-04
    Cuba  3  
  Cuba  –
1992-08-08
 already qualified  –  
  Cuba  3
1992-08-04
    Unified Team  1
  Japan  1
1992-08-06
  Brazil  3  
  Brazil  1 Third place
1992-08-04
    Unified Team  3  
  Unified Team  –   United States  3
 already qualified  –     Brazil  0
1992-08-08

Final standings

Place Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Cuba
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Unified Team
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  United States
4.  Brazil
5.  Japan
6.  Netherlands
7.  China
8.  Spain
 1992 Women's Olympic Champions 

Cuba
First title

See also

References

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