Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The 1996 women's Olympic volleyball tournament was the ninth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee. It was held from 20 July to 3 August 1996 at the Stegeman Coliseum of The University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia and at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] 12 teams competed, up from eight in 1992.

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueUniversity of Georgia Coliseum
Omni Coliseum
Date20 July – 3 August
Competitors144 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cuba (2nd title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil
← 1992
2000 →

Qualification

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Qualifiers Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host Country 18 September 1990   Tokyo 1   United States
1995 Women's World Cup 3–17 November 1995   Japan 3   Cuba
  Brazil
  China
European Qualification 1   Germany
North American Qualification 1   Canada
South American Qualification 1   Peru
Asian Qualification 1   South Korea
African Qualification [2] 1   Russia
1996 Olympic Qualification Tournament 26 May −2 June 1996   Tokyo, Japan 3   Netherlands
  Japan
  Ukraine
Total 12

Format

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In 1991, the International Olympic Committee alongside the FIVB decided to increase the number of countries participating in the women's volleyball tournament at the Summer Olympic Games from 8 to 12 and thus equalize the number of athletes in the two tournaments.As the men's event, the tournament was played in two different stages. In the Preliminary round (first stage), the twelve participants were divided into two pools of six teams. A single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool. The four highest ranked teams in each pool advanced to the Final round (second stage) and the two lowest ranked teams took no further participation (with pool places 5th and 6th being ranked in the final standings as joined 9th ad 11th, respectively).

The Final round was played in a single elimination format, with placement matches determining the top eight positions. Starting at the quarterfinals, winners advanced to the semifinals while losers advanced to the placement matches (5th–8th semifinal).

Pools composition

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Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their ranking as of January 1996.[3]

Pool A Pool B
  United States (hosts)   Cuba (1st)
  Japan (4th)   Brazil (2nd)
  China (5th)   Russia (7th)
  South Korea (6th)   Germany (8th)
  Netherlands   Peru
  Ukraine   Canada

Rosters

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Venues

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   China 5 5 0 10 15 3 5.000 256 181 1.414 Quarterfinals
2   United States 5 4 1 9 13 5 2.600 241 198 1.217
3   Netherlands 5 3 2 8 10 7 1.429 211 179 1.179
4   South Korea 5 2 3 7 10 9 1.111 249 222 1.122
5   Japan 5 1 4 6 3 12 0.250 158 199 0.794
6   Ukraine 5 0 5 5 0 15 0.000 89 225 0.396
Source: [citation needed]


20 July 1996 Netherlands   0–3   China
(10–15 ,5–15, 7–15)
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20 July 1996 Japan   0–3   South Korea
(10–15, 12–15, 10–15)
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20 July 1996 United States   3–0   Ukraine
(15–8, 15–5, 15–11)
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22 July 1996 China   3–2   South Korea
(17–16, 16–14, 2–15, 13–15, 15–13)
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22 July 1996 Ukraine   0–3   Japan
(9–15, 5–15, 4–15)
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22 July 1996 Netherlands   1–3   United States
(15–12, 10–15, 15–17, 7–15)
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24 July 1996 Japan   0–3   Netherlands
(3–15, 10–15, 3–15)
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24 July 1996 United States   1–3   China
(8–15, 2–15, 15–12, 12–15)
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24 July 1996 South Korea   3–0   Ukraine
(15–3, 15–10, 15–7)
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26 July 1996 Netherlands   3–1   South Korea
(15–11, 15–12, 7–15, 15–8)
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26 July 1996 China   3–0   Ukraine
(15–4, 15–4, 15–6)
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26 July 1996 United States   3–0   Japan
(15–11 ,15–7, 15–12)
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28 July 1996 Japan   0–3   China
(14–16, 11–15, 10–15)
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28 July 1996 South Korea   1–3   United States
(15–10, 13–15, 9–15, 3–15)
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28 July 1996 Ukraine   0–3   Netherlands
(3–15, 5–15, 5–15)
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Brazil 5 5 0 10 15 1 15.000 238 121 1.967 Quarterfinals
2   Russia 5 4 1 9 12 4 3.000 217 140 1.550
3   Cuba 5 3 2 8 10 6 1.667 196 156 1.256
4   Germany 5 2 3 7 7 9 0.778 163 191 0.853
5   Canada 5 1 4 6 3 14 0.214 156 239 0.653
6   Peru 5 0 5 5 2 15 0.133 129 252 0.512
Source: [citation needed]


20 July 1996 Russia   3–0   Germany
(15–5 ,15–10, 15–7)
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20 July 1996 Canada   0–3   Cuba
(8–15, 8–15, 5–15)
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20 July 1996 Brazil   3–0   Peru
(15–7, 15–1, 15–5)
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22 July 1996 Russia   3–0   Canada
(15–1, 15–7, 15–9)
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22 July 1996 Germany   3–0   Peru
(15–11, 15–6, 15–3)
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22 July 1996 Cuba   0–3   Brazil
(11–15, 10–15, 4–15)
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24 July 1996 Canada   0–3   Germany
(5–15, 12–15, 6–15)
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24 July 1996 Brazil   3–0   Russia
(15–3, 15–11, 15–13)
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24 July 1996 Peru   0–3   Cuba
(2–15, 5–15, 10–15)
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26 July 1996 Russia   3–0   Peru
(15–11, 15–8, 15–1)
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26 July 1996 Germany   0–3   Cuba
(6–15, 8–15, 4–15)
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26 July 1996 Canada   0–3   Brazil
(6–15, 6–15, 11–15)
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28 July 1996 Brazil   3–1   Germany
(15–4, 13–15, 15–6, 15–8)
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28 July 1996 Cuba   1–3   Russia
(15–10, 6–15, 7–15, 8–15)
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28 July 1996 Peru   2–3   Canada
(17–16, 6–15, 15–11, 9–15, 12–15)
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Final round

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
30 July
 
 
  China3
 
1 August
 
  Germany0
 
  China3
 
30 July
 
  Russia1
 
  Netherlands1
 
3 August
 
  Russia3
 
  China1
 
30 July
 
  Cuba3
 
  United States0
 
1 August
 
  Cuba3
 
  Cuba3
 
30 July
 
  Brazil2 Third place
 
  South Korea0
 
3 August
 
  Brazil3
 
  Russia2
 
 
  Brazil3
 
 
5–8th place5th place
 
      
 
31 July
 
 
  Germany2
 
1 August
 
  Netherlands3
 
  Netherlands3
 
31 July
 
  South Korea0
 
  United States0
 
 
  South Korea3
 
7th place
 
 
1 August
 
 
  Germany1
 
 
  United States3

Quarterfinals

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30 July 1996 China   3–0   Germany
(15–12 ,15–8 ,15–8)
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30 July 1996 Netherlands   1–3   Russia
(15–10, 7–15, 9–15, 10–15)
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30 July 1996 United States   0–3   Cuba
(1–15, 10–15, 12–15)
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30 July 1996 South Korea   0–3   Brazil
(4–15, 2–15, 10–15)
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5th–8th places

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Semifinals

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31 July 1996 Germany   2–3   Netherlands
(12–15, 15–9, 15–13, 9–15, 10–15)
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31 July 1996 United States   0–3   South Korea
(12–15, 5–15, 11–15)
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7th place match

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1 August 1996 Germany   1–3   United States
(16–17, 6–15, 15–5, 6–15)
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5th place match

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1 August 1996 Netherlands   3–0   South Korea
(15–9 ,15–9, 15–13)
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1st–4th places

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Semifinals

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1 August 1996 China   3–1   Russia
(12–15, 15–5, 15–8, 15–12)
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1 August 1996 Cuba   3–2   Brazil
(5–15, 15–8, 10–15, 15–13, 15–12)
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Bronze medal match

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3 August 1996 Russia   2–3   Brazil
(13–15, 15–4, 14–16, 15–8, 13–15)
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Gold medal match

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3 August 1996 China   1–3   Cuba
(16–14, 12–15, 16–17, 6–15)
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Final standings

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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze

Individual awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Volleyball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ Russia was transferred to play in this zone. No more African teams were interested to play. Initial host had to be Egypt. They withdrew due to lack of funds. Nigeria had to play in the Intercontinental Qualifications in Japan Olympics Women OQ 1996. Withdrew and was replaced by Romania. The 2 African teams played after a protest at the inclusion in the Africa zone of Russia. https://web.archive.org/web/20150628215914/http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Africa/Women_OQ_1996.html
  3. ^ FIVB (January 1996). "FIVB World Rankings – Women".
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