Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueStegeman Coliseum, United States of America
Date20 July–3 August
Medalists
 
 
 
Volleyball at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Tournament   men   women
Rosters   men   women
Beach
Tournament men women

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 July 20 to August 3, 1996 at the Stegeman Coliseum of The University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia and at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia.

Qualification

Volleyball WomenVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1 United States
1995 Women's World Cup3 Cuba
 Brazil
 China
European Qualification1 Germany
North American Qualification1 Canada
South American Qualification1 Peru
Asian Qualification1 South Korea
African Qualification1 Russia*
Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament3 Netherlands
 Japan
 Ukraine
Total12

Teams

Group A

Group B

Squads

1996 Women's Olympic Volleyball Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W L PW PL Ratio SW SL Ratio
1.  China 10 5 5 0 256 181 1.414 15 3 5.000
2.  United States 9 5 4 1 241 198 1.217 13 5 2.600
3.  Netherlands 8 5 3 2 211 179 1.179 10 7 1.429
4.  South Korea 7 5 2 3 249 222 1.122 10 9 1.111
5.  Japan 6 5 1 4 158 199 0.794 3 12 0.250
6.  Ukraine 5 5 0 5 89 225 0.396 0 15 0.000
China  30  Netherlands (15-10 15- 5 15-7)
South Korea  30  Japan (15-10 15-12 15-10)
United States  30  Ukraine (15- 8 15- 5 15-11)
China  32  South Korea (17-16 16-14 2 -15 13-15 15-13)
Japan  30  Ukraine (15- 9 15- 5 15- 4)
United States  31  Netherlands (12-15 15-10 17-15 15- 7)
Netherlands  30  Japan (15- 3 15-10 15- 3)
United States  13  China ( 8-15 2-15 15-12 12-15)
South Korea  30  Ukraine (15- 3 15-10 15- 7)
Netherlands  31  South Korea (15-11 15-12 7 -15 15- 8)
China  30  Ukraine (15- 4 15- 4 15- 6)
United States  30  Japan (15-11 15- 7 15-12)
China  30  Japan (16-14 15-11 15-10)
United States  31  South Korea (10-15 15-13 15- 9 15- 3)
Netherlands  30  Ukraine (15- 3 15- 5 15- 5)

Group B

Team Points G W L PW PL Ratio SW SL Ratio
1.  Brazil 10 5 5 0 238 121 1.967 15 1 15.000
2.  Russia 9 5 4 1 217 140 1.550 12 4 3.000
3.  Cuba 8 5 3 2 196 156 1.256 10 6 1.667
4.  Germany 7 5 2 3 163 191 0.853 7 9 0.778
5.  Canada 6 5 1 4 156 239 0.653 3 14 0.214
6.  Peru 5 5 0 5 129 252 0.512 2 15 0.133
Russia  30  Germany (15- 5 15-10 15- 7)
Cuba  30  Canada (15- 8 15- 8 15- 5)
Brazil  30  Peru (15- 7 15- 1 15- 5)
Canada  03  Russia ( 1-15 7-15 9-15)
Germany  30  Peru (15-11 15- 6 15- 3)
Brazil  30  Cuba (15-11 15-10 15- 4)
Canada  03  Germany ( 5-15 12-15 6-15)
Brazil  30  Russia (15- 3 15-11 15-13)
Cuba  30  Peru (15- 2 15- 5 15-10)
Russia  30  Peru (15-11 15- 8 15- 1)
Germany  03  Cuba ( 6-15 8-15 4-15)
Brazil  30  Canada (15- 6 15- 6 15-11)
Brazil  31  Germany (15- 4 13-15 15- 6 15- 8)
Cuba  13  Russia (15-10 6-15 7-15 8-15)
Canada  32  Peru (15-17 15- 6 11-15 15- 9 15-12)

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold Medal Match
                   
1996-07-30        
  China  3
1996-08-01
  Germany  0  
  China  3
1996-07-30
    Russia  1  
  Russia  3
1996-08-03
  Netherlands  1  
  China  1
1996-07-30
    Cuba  3
  United States  0
1996-08-01
  Cuba  3  
  Cuba  3 Bronze Medal Match
1996-07-30
    Brazil  2  
  Brazil  3   Russia  2
  South Korea  0     Brazil  3
1996-08-03
China  30  Germany (15-12 15- 8 15- 8)
Russia  31  Netherlands (10-15 15- 7 15- 9 15-10)
United States  03  Cuba (1 -15 10-15 12-15)
Brazil  30  South Korea (15- 4 15- 2 15-10)
China  31  Russia (12-15 15- 5 15- 8 15-12)
Cuba  32  Brazil (5 -15 15- 8 10-15 15-13 15-12)
Russia  23  Brazil (13-15 15-4 14-16 15-8 13-15)


China  13  Cuba (16-14 12-15 15-17 6 -15)




5-8th place 5th place
1996-07-31
  Netherlands  3  
  Germany  2  
 
1996-08-01
      Netherlands  3
    South Korea  0
7th place
1996-07-31 1996-08-01
  South Korea  3   Germany  1
  United States  0     United States  3
Netherlands  32  Germany (15-12 9 -15 13-15 15- 9 15-10)
South Korea  30  United States (15-12 15- 5 15-11)
Germany  13  United States (16-17 6 -15 15- 5 6 -15)


Netherlands  30  South Korea (15- 9 15 -9 15-13)

Final standings

Rank Teams Pts Matches Sets Ratio Points Ratio
Won Lost Won Lost Won Lost
1st  Cuba (CUB) 14 6 2 19 9 2.111 362 292 1.240
2nd  China (CHN)
3rd  Brazil (BRA)
4  Russia (RUS)
5  Netherlands (NED)
6  South Korea (KOR)
7  United States (USA)
8  Germany (GER)
Eliminated in the Group-Stages
9  Japan (JPN)
10  Canada (CAN)
11  Peru (PER)
12  Ukraine (UKR)

Individual awards

See also

References

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