Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's volleyball; at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Minor Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium; and Druzhba Multipurpose Arena
Date	20 July – 1 August
Medalists

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the 5th 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 Moscow, Soviet Union from 20 July to 1 August 1980.[1]

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	23 October 1974	Vienna	1	Soviet Union
1976 Olympic Games	18–30 July 1976	Montreal	1	Poland
1978 World Championship	20 September – 1 October 1978	Italy	1	Italy
1979 African Championship	November 1979	Tripoli	1	Tunisia *
1979 Asian Championsnip	16–23 December 1979	Manama	1	China *
1979 European Championship	5–13 October 1979	France	1	Yugoslavia
1979 NORCECA Championship	21–28 April 1979	Havana	1	Cuba
1979 South American Championship	21–26 April 1979	Argentina	1	Brazil
World Qualifier	20–27 January 1980	Bulgaria	2	Bulgaria
World Qualifier	20–27 January 1980	Bulgaria	2	Romania
Total			10

*

Libya and

Czechoslovakia replaced Tunisia and China, who withdrew from the tournament because of the US-led boycott.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Soviet Union (Hosts)	Brazil
Bulgaria	Libya
Cuba	Poland
Czechoslovakia	Romania
Italy	Yugoslavia

Rosters

Venues

Main venue	Sub venue
Moscow, Soviet Union	Moscow, Soviet Union
Minor Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium	Druzhba Multipurpose Arena
Capacity: 8,700	Capacity: 3,500

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Semifinals
	Qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals
	Qualified for the 9th place match

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	8	4	0	12	1	12.000	193	122	1.582
2	Bulgaria	7	3	1	9	5	1.800	171	149	1.148
3	Cuba	5	1	3	6	9	0.667	181	178	1.017
4	Czechoslovakia	5	1	3	6	11	0.545	180	230	0.783
5	Italy	5	1	3	4	11	0.364	145	191	0.759

Date	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Jul	DMA	Cuba	3–0	Italy	15–7	15–8	15–6			45–21
20 Jul	MAC	Soviet Union	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–13	15–10	13–15	15–7		58–45
22 Jul	DMA	Italy	3–2	Czechoslovakia	8–15	15–5	10–15	15–8	15–7	63–50
22 Jul	MAC	Bulgaria	3–1	Cuba	15–7	15–8	6–15	15–8		51–38
24 Jul	DMA	Bulgaria	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–12	15–5	15–7			45–24
24 Jul	MAC	Soviet Union	3–0	Italy	15–2	15–7	15–10			45–19
26 Jul	MAC	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Cuba	15–11	13–15	2–15	16–14	15–9	61–64
26 Jul	MAC	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–6	15–8	15–10			45–24
28 Jul	MAC	Bulgaria	3–1	Italy	15–9	15–9	6–15	15–9		51–42
28 Jul	MAC	Soviet Union	3–0	Cuba	15–10	15–13	15–11			45–34

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	7	3	1	11	5	2.200	221	172	1.285
2	Romania	7	3	1	10	5	2.000	215	138	1.558
3	Brazil	6	2	2	9	8	1.125	215	196	1.097
4	Yugoslavia	6	2	2	8	8	1.000	189	177	1.068
5	Libya	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	23	180	0.128

Date	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Jul	DMA	Romania	3–0	Libya	15–3	15–1	15–1			45–5
20 Jul	MAC	Poland	3–1	Yugoslavia	15–11	11–15	15–3	15–7		56–36
22 Jul	DMA	Yugoslavia	3–2	Brazil	8–15	15–12	10–15	15–4	15–12	63–58
22 Jul	MAC	Poland	3–1	Romania	9–15	15–12	15–13	15–13		54–53
24 Jul	DMA	Poland	3–0	Libya	15–1	15–3	15–1			45–5
24 Jul	MAC	Romania	3–1	Brazil	13–15	15–4	15–12	15–3		58–34
26 Jul	DMA	Brazil	3–0	Libya	15–1	15–2	15–6			45–9
26 Jul	DMA	Romania	3–1	Yugoslavia	15–9	14–16	15–8	15–12		59–45
28 Jul	DMA	Brazil	3–2	Poland	13–15	18–20	17–15	15–11	15–5	78–66
28 Jul	DMA	Yugoslavia	3–0	Libya	15–2	15–1	15–1			45–4

Final round

9th place match

Date	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	DMA	Italy	3–0	Libya	15–2	15–1	15–4			45–7

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

30 July

Cuba	2
		1 August
Yugoslavia	3
		Yugoslavia	2
30 July
		Brazil	3
Czechoslovakia	0

Brazil	3
		7th place match

		1 August

		Cuba	3

		Czechoslovakia	1

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	DMA	Czechoslovakia	0–3	Brazil	14–16	11–15	9–15			34–46
30 Jul	DMA	Cuba	2–3	Yugoslavia	15–12	15–5	12–15	14–16	2–15	58–63

7th place match

Date	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Aug	DMA	Cuba	3–1	Czechoslovakia	14–16	15–7	15–10	15–6		59–39

5th place match

Date	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Aug	DMA	Yugoslavia	2–3	Brazil	16–14	9–15	15–8	10–15	8–15	58–67

Final four

Semifinals		Gold medal match

30 July

Soviet Union	3
		1 August
Romania	0
		Soviet Union	3
30 July
		Bulgaria	1
Bulgaria	3

Poland	0
		Bronze medal match

		1 August

		Romania	3

		Poland	1

Semifinals

Date	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	MAC	Bulgaria	3–0	Poland	15–13	15–13	15–7			45–33
30 Jul	MAC	Soviet Union	3–0	Romania	15–6	15–10	15–5			45–21

Bronze medal match

Date	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Aug	MAC	Romania	3–1	Poland	15–10	9–15	15–13	15–9		54–47

Gold medal match

Date	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Aug	MAC	Soviet Union	3–1	Bulgaria	15–7	15–13	14–16	15–11		59–47

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	Bulgaria
	Romania
4	Poland
5	Brazil
6	Yugoslavia
7	Cuba
8	Czechoslovakia
9	Italy
10	Libya

1980 Men's Olympic Champions
Soviet Union 3rd title

12–man Roster

Panchenko, Zaytsev, Savin, Dorokhov, Ermilov, Seļivanovs, Moliboga, Kondra, Chernyshov, Lashchonov, Kryvov, Loor

Head Coach

Platonov

Medalists

References

"Volleyball at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

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[1] "Volleyball at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union (URS) Yuriy Panchenko Vyacheslav Zaytsev Aleksandr Savin Vladimir Dorokhov Aleksandr Ermilov Pāvels Seļivanovs Oleg Moliboga Vladimir Kondra Vladimir Chernyshov Fedir Lashchonov Valeriy Kryvov Viljar Loor	Bulgaria (BUL) Stoyan Gunchev Hristo Stoyanov Dimitar Zlatanov Dimitar Dimitrov Tsano Tsanov Stefan Dimitrov Petko Petkov Mitko Todorov Kaspar Simeonov Emil Valtchev Hristo Iliev Yordan Angelov	Romania (ROU) Corneliu Oros Laurenţiu Dumănoiu Dan Gîrleanu Nicu Stoian Sorin Macavei Constantin Sterea Nicolae Pop Günther Enescu Valter Chifu Marius Căta-Chiţiga Florin Mina Viorel Manole