Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's Volleyball at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Date	18–30 July
Medalists
Poland    Soviet Union    Cuba

The 1976 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 4th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Montreal, Canada from 18 to 30 July 1976.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Hosts	12 May 1970	Amsterdam	1	Canada
1972 Olympic Games	27 Aug–9 Sep 1972	Munich	1	Japan
1974 World Championship	12–28 Oct 1974	Mexico	1	Poland
1976 African Championship	1976	Tunis	1	Egypt
1975 Asian Championsnip	17–28 Aug 1975	Melbourne	1	South Korea
1975 European Championship	18–25 Oct 1975	Yugoslavia	1	Soviet Union
1975 NORCECA Championship	3–8 Aug 1975	Los Angeles	1	Cuba
1975 South American Championship	26 Nov–3 Dec 1975	Asunción	1	Brazil
World Qualifier	15–23 Jan 1976	Italy	2	Czechoslovakia
				Italy
Total			10

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Canada (Hosts)	Brazil
Cuba	Egypt
Czechoslovakia	Italy
Poland	Japan
South Korea	Soviet Union

Venues

• Montreal Forum, Montreal, Canada
• Paul Sauvé Arena, Montreal, Canada

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Semifinals
	Qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	8	4	0	12	5	2.400	235	172	1.366
2	Cuba	7	3	1	11	4	2.750	208	142	1.465
3	Czechoslovakia	6	2	2	8	7	1.143	182	177	1.028
4	South Korea	5	1	3	6	9	0.667	146	187	0.781
5	Canada	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	88	181	0.486

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Jul	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Canada	15–4	16–14	15–11			46–29
18 Jul	Poland	3–2	South Korea	12–15	6–15	15–6	15–6	15–5	63–47
19 Jul	Poland	3–0	Canada	15–4	15–7	15–6			45–17
19 Jul	Cuba	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–6	10–15	15–5	15–6		55–32
21 Jul	Poland	3–2	Cuba	13–15	10–15	15–6	15–9	20–18	73–63
21 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Canada	15–7	15–5	15–8			45–20
23 Jul	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–5	15–6			45–15
23 Jul	Poland	3–1	Czechoslovakia	8–15	15–11	15–5	16–14		54–45
25 Jul	Czechoslovakia	3–1	South Korea	15–9	15–9	14–16	15–5		59–39
25 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Canada	15–10	15–9	15–3			45–22

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	63	2.143
2	Japan	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	118	89	1.326
3	Brazil	4	1	2	3	8	0.375	118	142	0.831
4	Italy	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	81	158	0.513
WD	Egypt*	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

* Egypt withdrew from the tournament because of the Congolese-led boycott after they lost to Brazil 1–3 (5–15, 5–15, 15–13, 9–15) on 18 July. The result of that game was annulled.

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Jul	Soviet Union	3–0	Italy	15–6	15–3	15–6			45–15
20 Jul	Soviet Union	3–0	Brazil	15–7	15–11	15–2			45–20
20 Jul	Japan	3–0	Italy	15–6	15–2	15–6			45–14
22 Jul	Japan	3–0	Brazil	15–13	15–8	15–9			45–30
24 Jul	Brazil	3–2	Italy	15–8	11–15	12–15	15–6	15–8	68–52
25 Jul	Soviet Union	3–0	Japan	15–9	15–10	15–9			45–28

Final round

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	26 July
	Czechoslovakia	3
	Italy	0
					27 July
					Czechoslovakia	3
					South Korea	1
					7th place match
	26 July			27 July
	South Korea	3		Italy	0
	Brazil	2			Brazil	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Jul	South Korea	3–2	Brazil	15–12	12–15	7–15	15–6	15–5	64–53
26 Jul	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Italy	15–7	15–8	15–7			45–22

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Jul	Italy	0–3	Brazil	8–15	6–15	8–15			22–45

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Jul	Czechoslovakia	3–1	South Korea	15–9	10–15	15–2	15–9		55–35

Final four

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	29 July
	Poland	3
	Japan	2
					30 July
					Poland	3
					Soviet Union	2
					Bronze medal match
	29 July			30 July
	Cuba	0		Japan	0
	Soviet Union	3			Cuba	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Jul	Cuba	0–3	Soviet Union	12–15	7–15	8–15			27–45
29 Jul	Poland	3–2	Japan	15–17	15–6	15–6	10–15	15–10	70–54

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	Japan	0–3	Cuba	8–15	9–15	8–15			25–45

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	Poland	3–2	Soviet Union	11–15	15–13	12–15	19–17	15–7	72–67

Final standing

Rank Team  Poland  Soviet Union  Cuba 4  Japan 5  Czechoslovakia 6  South Korea 7  Brazil 8  Italy 9  Canada WD  Egypt

1976 Men's Olympic Champions  Poland 1st title 12–man Roster Stefański, Bebel, Łasko, Skorek, Wójtowicz, Gawłowski, Rybaczewski, Lubiejewski, Bosek, Sadalski, Zarzycki, Karbarz Head Coach Wagner

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Poland (POL) Włodzimierz Stefański Bronisław Bebel Lech Łasko Edward Skorek Tomasz Wójtowicz Wiesław Gawłowski Mirosław Rybaczewski Zbigniew Lubiejewski Ryszard Bosek Włodzimierz Sadalski Zbigniew Zarzycki Marek Karbarz	Soviet Union (URS) Anatoliy Polishchuk Vyacheslav Zaytsev Yefim Chulak Vladimir Dorokhov Aleksandr Ermilov Pāvels Seļivanovs Oleg Moliboga Vladimir Kondra Yuri Starunsky Vladimir Chernyshov Vladimir Ulanov Aleksandr Savin	Cuba (CUB) Leonel Marshall Victoriano Sarmientos Ernesto Martínez Víctor García Carlos Salas Raúl Vilches Jesús Savigne Lorenzo Martínez Diego Lapera Antonio Rodríguez Alfredo Figueredo Jorge Pérez Vento

External links

• Final Standing (1964–2000)
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com
• Results at Sports–Reference.com
• Medalists at Olympic.org