Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
The 1984 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 6th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Long Beach, California, United States from July 30 to August 7, 1984.[1]
Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Long Beach Arena | |||||||||
Date | 30 July – 7 August | |||||||||
Competitors | 96 from 8 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Qualification
Qualifiers | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host Country | 18 May 1978 | Athens | 1 | United States |
1980 Olympic Games | 21–29 July 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union | (1) | Soviet Union* |
1982 World Championship | 12–25 September 1982 | Lima, Peru | 1 | China |
1983 NORCECA Championship | 12–16 July 1983 | Indianapolis, United States | (1) | Cuba* |
1983 South American Championship | 2–6 August 1983 | São Paulo, Brazil | 1 | Peru |
1983 European Championship | 17–25 September 1983 | Rostock, East Germany | (1) | East Germany* |
1983 Asian Championsnip | 10–17 November 1983 | Fukuoka, Japan | 1 | Japan |
Wild card | – | – | 1 | Brazil* |
Replacing boycotting nations* | – | – | 3 | Canada |
South Korea | ||||
West Germany | ||||
Total | 8 |
* Notes:[1]
- 1. Cuba was the 1983 NORCECA Championship runners-up (champions United States, were already qualified as hosts), but together with East Germany (1983 European champion), Soviet Union (1980 Olympic champion) and other countries, boycotted the games.
- 2. Canada, South Korea and West Germany replaced Cuba, East Germany and the Soviet Union.
- 3. Brazil was invited.
Format
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. A single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool. The Final round (second stage) was played in a single elimination format, where the preliminary round two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the semifinals and the two lowest ranked teams advanced to the 5th–8th place semifinals.
Pools composition
Pool A | Pool B |
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Brazil | Canada |
China | Japan |
United States | Peru |
West Germany | South Korea |
Squads
Venues
Preliminary round
(A) | Advance to 1st–4th semifinals |
(a) | Advance to 5th–8th semifinals |
Group A
Pts | Matches | Sets | Points | |||||||
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Rank | Team | W | L | W | L | Ratio | W | L | Ratio | |
1 | United States (A) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 167 | 139 | 1.201 |
2 | China (A) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 144 | 101 | 1.426 |
3 | West Germany (a) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 93 | 126 | 0.738 |
4 | Brazil (a) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 120 | 158 | 0.759 |
Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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30 Jul | China | 3–0 | Brazil | 15–13 | 15–10 | 15–11 | 45–34 | Report | ||
30 Jul | United States | 3–0 | West Germany | 17–15 | 15–8 | 15–10 | 47–33 | Report | ||
1 Aug | West Germany | 0–3 | China | 5–15 | 6–15 | 3–15 | 14–45 | Report | ||
1 Aug | United States | 3–2 | Brazil | 12–15 | 10–15 | 15–5 | 15–5 | 15–12 | 67–52 | Report |
3 Aug | Brazil | 0–3 | West Germany | 9–15 | 14–16 | 11–15 | 34–46 | Report | ||
3 Aug | China | 1–3 | United States | 13–15 | 15–7 | 14–16 | 12–15 | 54–53 | Report |
Group B
Pts | Matches | Sets | Points | |||||||
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Rank | Team | W | L | W | L | Ratio | W | L | Ratio | |
1 | Japan (A) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 143 | 73 | 1.959 |
2 | Peru (A) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 123 | 125 | 0.984 |
3 | South Korea (a) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 137 | 125 | 1.096 |
4 | Canada (a) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 55 | 135 | 0.407 |
Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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30 Jul | Peru | 3–0 | Canada | 15–9 | 15–10 | 15–4 | 45–23 | Report | ||
30 Jul | Japan | 3–1 | South Korea | 8–15 | 15–11 | 15–2 | 15–7 | 53–35 | Report | |
1 Aug | Canada | 0–3 | South Korea | 10–15 | 1–15 | 3–15 | 14–45 | Report | ||
1 Aug | Japan | 3–0 | Peru | 15–8 | 15–7 | 15–5 | 45–20 | Report | ||
3 Aug | Peru | 3–2 | South Korea | 15–8 | 15–6 | 7–15 | 6–15 | 15–13 | 58–57 | Report |
3 Aug | Japan | 3–0 | Canada | 15–6 | 15–6 | 15–6 | 45–18 | Report |
Final round
5th to 8th place
Semifinals | 5th place | |||||
5 August | ||||||
South Korea | 3 | |||||
7 August | ||||||
Brazil | 1 | |||||
South Korea | 3 | |||||
5 August | ||||||
West Germany | 0 | |||||
Canada | 0 | |||||
West Germany | 3 | |||||
7th place | ||||||
7 August | ||||||
Canada | 0 | |||||
Brazil | 3 |
5th–8th place semifinals
Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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5 Aug | South Korea | 3–1 | Brazil | 13–15 | 15–13 | 15–9 | 15–10 | 58–47 | Report | |
5 Aug | Canada | 0–3 | West Germany | 5–15 | 7–15 | 1–15 | 13–45 | Report |
7th place natch
Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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7 Aug | Canada | 0–3 | Brazil | 9–15 | 3–15 | 8–15 | 20–45 | Report |
5th place match
Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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7 Aug | South Korea | 3–0 | West Germany | 15–10 | 15–10 | 15–2 | 45–22 | Report |
Final
Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||
5 August | ||||||
Japan | 0 | |||||
7 August | ||||||
China | 3 | |||||
China | 3 | |||||
5 August | ||||||
United States | 0 | |||||
Peru | 0 | |||||
United States | 3 | |||||
Bronze medal match | ||||||
7 August | ||||||
Japan | 3 | |||||
Peru | 1 |
Semifinals
Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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5 Aug | Peru | 0–3 | United States | 14–16 | 9–15 | 10–15 | 33–46 | Report | ||
5 Aug | Japan | 0–3 | China | 10–15 | 7–15 | 4–15 | 21–45 | Report |
Bronze medal match
Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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7 Aug | Japan | 3–1 | Peru | 13–15 | 15–4 | 15–7 | 15–10 | 58–36 | Report |
Gold medal match
Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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7 Aug | China | 3–0 | United States | 16–14 | 15–3 | 15–9 | 46–26 | Report |
Final standing
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Medalists
Awards
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References
- "Volleyball at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
External links
- Volleyball
- Final standings (1964-2000) at FIVB.org
- Official results (pgs. 591-599)