Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the 8th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Barcelona, Spain from 26 July to 9 August 1992.

Men's volleyball at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Palau Sant Jordi, Palau dels Esports de Barcelona and Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron
Date	26 July – 9 August
Competitors	142 from 12 nations
Medalists
Brazil (1st title) Netherlands United States

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	17 October 1986	Lausanne	1	Spain
1988 Olympic Games	17 September – 2 October 1988	Seoul	1	United States
1989 World Cup	17–26 November 1989	Japan	1	Cuba
1990 World Championship	18–28 October 1990	Brazil	1	Italy
1991 African Championship	July 1991	Cairo	1	Algeria
1991 Asian Championsnip	11–16 August 1991	Perth	1	Japan
1991 European Championship	7–15 September 1991	Germany	1	Soviet Union
1991 NORCECA Championship	25 August – 3 September 1991	Regina	1	Canada
1991 South American Championship	14–22 September 1991	Brazil	1	Brazil
1991 World Cup	22 November – 1 December 1991	Japan	1	South Korea
1st World Qualifier	10–15 May 1992	Montpellier	1	France
2nd World Qualifier	10–15 May 1992	Rotterdam	1	Netherlands
Total			12

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Spain (Hosts)	Algeria
Canada	Brazil
France	Cuba
Italy	Netherlands
Japan	South Korea
United States	Unified Team

Rosters

Main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Venues

Main venue	Sub venue	Sub venue
Barcelona, Spain	Barcelona, Spain	Barcelona, Spain
Palau Sant Jordi	Palau dels Esports de Barcelona	Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron
Capacity: 17,000	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 2,500
		No Image

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	4	1	9	13	5	2.600	253	192	1.318	Quarterfinals
2	United States	5	4	1	9	13	8	1.625	287	257	1.117
3	Spain	5	3	2	8	11	12	0.917	283	299	0.946
4	Japan	5	2	3	7	10	12	0.833	277	291	0.952
5	Canada	5	1	4	6	10	12	0.833	286	279	1.025	9th place match
6	France	5	1	4	6	6	14	0.429	200	268	0.746	11th place match

Source:

26 July 1992	Japan	3–1	United States
	(8–15, 15–11, 15–10, 15–13)

26 July 1992	Italy	3–1	France
	(9–15, 15–5, 15–8, 15–2

26 July 1992	Spain	3–2	Canada
	(13–15, 15–7, 9–15, 15–12, 15–13

---

28 July 1992	United States	3–2	Canada
	(15–12, 15–12, 10–15, 11–15, 16–14)

28 July 1992	France	3–2	Japan
	(15–8, 9–15, 15–11, 10–15, 15–9)

28 July 1992	Italy	3–0	Spain
	(16–14, 15–6, 15–7)

---

30 July 1992	Italy	3–0	Japan
	(15–13, 15–7, 17–15)

30 July 1992	Canada	3–0	France
	(15–7, 15–8, 15–6)

30 July 1992	United States	3–2	Spain
	(15–6, 14–16, 12–15, 15–10, 15–11)

---

1 August 1992	Spain	3–2	Japan
	(15–8, 5–15, 15–17, 15–7, 15–13)

1 August 1992	Italy	3–1	Canada
	(15–11, 8–15, 15–12, 15–7)

1 August 1992	United States	3–0	France
	(15–5, 15–12, 15–8)

---

3 August 1992	Japan	3–2	Canada
	(11–15, 15–17, 15–11, 15–13, 15–10)

3 August 1992	Spain	3–2	France
	(10–15, 11–15, 15–9, 15–9, 15–12)

3 August 1992	United States	3–1	Italy
	(9–15, 16–14, 15–11, 15–13)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	248	165	1.503	Quarterfinals
2	Cuba	5	4	1	9	13	5	2.600	231	180	1.283
3	Unified Team	5	3	2	8	11	7	1.571	229	205	1.117
4	Netherlands	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	218	181	1.204
5	South Korea	5	1	4	6	3	12	0.250	142	212	0.670	9th place match
6	Algeria	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	100	225	0.444	11th place match

Source:

26 July 1992	Cuba	3–1	Netherlands
	(15–12, 17–15, 6–15, 15–10)

26 July 1992	Unified Team	3–0	Algeria
	(15–8, 15–7, 15–4)

26 July 1992	Brazil	3–0	South Korea
	(15–13, 16–14, 15–7)

---

28 July 1992	Cuba	3–0	Algeria
	(15–4, 15–2, 15–3)

28 July 1992	Brazil	3–1	Unified Team
	(15–6, 15–7, 9–15, 16–14)

28 July 1992	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea
	(15–5, 15–5, 15–7)

---

30 July 1992	South Korea	3–0	Algeria
	(15–8, 15–11, 15–12)

30 July 1992	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands
	(15–11, 15–9, 15–4)

30 July 1992	Cuba	3–1	Unified Team
	(8–15, 15–10, 15–12, 15–5)

---

1 August 1992	Unified Team	3–0	South Korea
	(15–9, 15–6, 15–11)

1 August 1992	Netherlands	3–0	Algeria
	(15–2, 15–5, 15–4)

1 August 1992	Brazil	3–1	Cuba
	(15–6, 15–8, 12–15, 15–6)

---

3 August 1992	Unified Team	3–1	Netherlands
	(8–15, 15–9, 17–16, 15–12)

3 August 1992	Cuba	3–0	South Korea
	(15–5, 15–7, 15–8)

3 August 1992	Brazil	3–0	Algeria
	(15–8, 15–13, 15–9)

Final round

11th–12th places

11th place match

5 August 1992	France	3–0	Algeria
	(15–4, 15–9, 15–9)

9th–10th places

9th place match

5 August 1992	Canada	1–3	South Korea
	(10–15, 15–12, 10–15, 10–15

Final eight

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	5 August
	Italy	2
					7 August
	Netherlands	3
					Netherlands	3
	5 August
					Cuba	0
	Spain	0
									9 August
	Cuba	3
									Netherlands	0
	5 August
									Brazil	3
	United States	3
					7 August
	Unified Team	1
					United States	1
	5 August
					Brazil	3			Bronze medal match
	Japan	0
									9 August
	Brazil	3
									Cuba	1
									United States	3

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	6 August
	Italy	3
					7 August
	Spain	0
					Italy	3
	6 August
					Japan	0
	Unified Team	2
	Japan	3
					7th place match
					7 August
					Spain	2
					Unified Team	3

Quarterfinals

5 August 1992	Italy	2–3	Netherlands
	(9–15, 15–12, 15–8, 2–15, 16–17)

5 August 1992	Spain	0–3	Cuba
	(14–16, 9–15, 6–15)

5 August 1992	Japan	0–3	Brazil
	(12–15, 5–15, 12–15)

5 August 1992	United States	3–1	Unified Team
	(12–15, 15–10, 15–4, 15–11)

5th–8th semifinals

6 August 1992	Italy	3–0	Spain
	(15–4, 15–12, 15–4)

6 August 1992	Unified Team	2–3	Japan
	(8–15, 15–9, 13–15, 15–12, 16–17)

Semifinals

7 August 1992	Netherlands	3–0	Cuba
	(15–11, 15–13, 15–9)

7 August 1992	United States	1–3	Brazil
	(15–12, 8–15, 9–15, 12–15)

7th place match

7 August 1992	Spain	2–3	Unified Team
	(14–16, 15–12, 8–15, 15–5, 12–15)

5th place match

7 August 1992	Italy	3–0	Japan
	(15–2, 15–7, 15–13)

Bronze medal match

9 August 1992	Cuba	1–3	United States
	(15–12, 13–15, 7–15, 11–15)

Gold medal match

9 August 1992	Netherlands	0–3	Brazil
	(12–15, 8–15, 5–15)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Netherlands
	United States
4	Cuba
5	Italy
6	Japan
7	Unified Team
8	Spain
9	South Korea
10	Canada
11	France
12	Algeria

1992 Men's Olympic champions
Brazil 1st title

12–man roster

Marcelo Negrão, Jorge Edson, Giovane, Paulão, Maurício, Janelson, Douglas, Carlão, Amauri, Pampa, Tande, Talmo

Head coach

Zé Roberto

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Brazil (BRA) Marcelo Negrão Jorge Brito Giovane Gávio Paulo Silva Maurício Lima Janelson Carvalho Douglas Chiarotti Antônio Gouveia Amauri Ribeiro André Ferreira Alexandre Samuel Talmo Oliveira Head coach: Zé Roberto	Netherlands (NED) Martin Teffer Henk-Jan Held Ron Boudrie Marko Klok Ron Zwerver Avital Selinger Edwin Benne Olof van der Meulen Peter Blangé Jan Posthuma Martin van der Horst Ronald Zoodsma Head coach: Arie Selinger	United States (USA) Eric Sato Jeff Stork Steve Timmons Bryan Ivie Douglas Partie Bob Samuelson Scott Fortune Dan Greenbaum Brent Hilliard Nick Becker Carlos Briceno Bob Ctvrtlik Head coach: Fred Strum

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Marcelo Negrão

• Best spiker

  Marcelo Negrão

• Best blocker

  Ruslan Olikhver

• Best server

  Ron Zwerver

• Best digger

  Scott Fortune

• Best setter

  Maurício Lima

• Best receiver

  Bob Ctvrtlik

See also

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

External links

• Final Standing (1964–2000)
• Results at Todor66.com