Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
| Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||
| Venue | (Palau d'Esports, Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron, Palau Sant Jordi) Barcelona, Spain | ||||||
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| Date | 29 July–8 August | ||||||
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The 1992 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the eighth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee. The competition in Barcelona, Spain was held from July 29 to August 8, 1992 in three different venues in the city: the Palau d'Esports, the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron and the Palau Sant Jordi, where the semi-finals and finals were played.
Qualification
| Volleyball Women | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host Nation | 1 |  Spain |
| Seoul Games | 1 |  Soviet Union1 |
| 1990 World Championship | 1 |  Cuba |
| 1991 Asian Championship | 1 |  China |
| 1991 NORCECA Championship | 1 |  United States |
| 1991 South American Championship | 1 |  Brazil |
| 1991 European Championship | 1 |  Netherlands |
| 1992 World Qualification Tournament2 | 1 |  Japan |
| Total | 8 |
1 The USSR qualified automatically as the 1988 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament Champions, but as the USSR collapsed in 1991, they were replaced by the 
Unified Team.
2 An African team was invited to participate in this edition, but no African teams entered, so a World Qualifier was held in Japan. Japan won the tournament and secured the final berth.
Teams
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Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
| TEAM | MP | W | L | SW | SL | PF | PA | PTS | RS | RATIO |
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| Unified Team |
3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 158 | 101 | 5 | 2,6667 | 1,5644 |
| United States |
3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 171 | 153 | 5 | 1,6000 | 1,1176 |
| Japan |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 146 | 127 | 5 | 1,2000 | 1,1496 |
| Spain |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 41 | 135 | 3 | 0,0000 | 0,3037 |
- 1992-07-29
| Spain |
0 – 3 | Unified Team |
3-15, 0-15, 3-15 | |
| United States |
2 – 3 | Japan |
15-13, 11-15, 12-15, 15-8, 13-15 |
- 1992-07-31
| United States |
3 – 2 | Unified Team |
15-9, 15-17, 12-15, 15-4, 15-11 | |
| Spain |
0 – 3 | Japan |
9-15, 1-15, 6-15 |
- 1992-08-02
| Japan |
0 – 3 | Unified Team |
13-15, 11-15, 11-15 | |
| Spain |
0 – 3 | United States |
4-15, 5-15, 10-15 |
Group B
| TEAM | MP | W | L | SW | SL | PF | PA | PTS | RS | RATIO |
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| Cuba |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 151 | 129 | 6 | 4,5000 | 1,1705 |
| Brazil |
3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 170 | 145 | 5 | 1,1667 | 1,1724 |
| Netherlands |
3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 136 | 166 | 4 | 0,5000 | 0,8193 |
| China |
3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 174 | 191 | 3 | 0,5556 | 0,9110 |
- 1992-07-29
| Netherlands |
1 – 3 | Brazil |
9-15, 3-15, 15-11, 7-15 | |
| China |
1 – 3 | Cuba |
15-13, 11-15, 9-15, 11-15 |
- 1992-07-31
| Netherlands |
3 – 2 | China |
6-15, 15-17, 15-13, 16-14, 15-6 | |
| Brazil |
1 – 3 | Cuba |
11-15, 15-3, 13-15, 9-15 |
- 1992-08-02
| Cuba |
3 – 0 | Netherlands |
15-11, 15-11, 15-13 | |
| China |
2 – 3 | Brazil |
9-15, 15-7, 11-15, 16-14, 12-15 |
Final round
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 1992-08-04 | ||||||||||
| United States |
3 | |||||||||
| 1992-08-06 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands |
1 | |||||||||
| United States |
2 | |||||||||
| 1992-08-04 | ||||||||||
| Cuba |
3 | |||||||||
| Cuba |
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| 1992-08-08 | ||||||||||
| already qualified | – | |||||||||
| Cuba |
3 | |||||||||
| 1992-08-04 | ||||||||||
| Unified Team |
1 | |||||||||
| Japan |
1 | |||||||||
| 1992-08-06 | ||||||||||
| Brazil |
3 | |||||||||
| Brazil |
1 | Third place | ||||||||
| 1992-08-04 | ||||||||||
| Unified Team |
3 | |||||||||
| Unified Team |
– | United States |
3 | |||||||
| already qualified | – | Brazil |
0 | |||||||
| 1992-08-08 | ||||||||||
Final standings
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See also
References
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