Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueUniversity of Georgia Coliseum
Omni Coliseum
Date20 July – 3 August
Competitors144 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cuba (2nd title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil

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 20 July to 3 August 1996 at the Stegeman Coliseum of The University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia and at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]

This was the last Olympic tournament to use side-out scoring, where a team could only score on its own serve. Rally scoring, which awards a point on every play regardless of serving team, was introduced for the 2000 Games.

Qualification

QualifiersDateHostVacanciesQualified
Host Country18 September 1990Japan Tokyo1 United States
1995 Women's World Cup3–17 November 1995Japan Japan3 Cuba
 Brazil
 China
European Qualification1 Germany
North American Qualification1 Canada
South American Qualification1 Peru
Asian Qualification1 South Korea
African Qualification [2]1 Russia
1996 Olympic Qualification Tournament26 May −2 June 1996Japan Tokyo, Japan3 Netherlands
 Japan
 Ukraine
Total12

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the Preliminary round (first stage), the twelve participants were divided into two pools of six teams. A single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool. The four highest ranked teams in each pool advanced to the Final round (second stage) and the two lowest ranked teams took no further participation (with pool places 5th and 6th being ranked in the final standings as joined 9th ad 11th, respectively).

The Final round was played in a single elimination format, with placement matches determining the top eight positions. Starting at the quarterfinals, winners advanced to the semifinals while losers advanced to the placement matches (5th–8th semifinal).

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their ranking as of January 1996.[3]

Pool A Pool B
 United States (hosts)  Cuba (1st)
 Japan (4th)  Brazil (2nd)
 China (5th)  Russia (7th)
 South Korea (6th)  Germany (8th)
 Netherlands  Peru
 Ukraine  Canada

Rosters

Venues

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  China 5 5 0 10 15 3 5.000 256 181 1.414 Quarterfinals
2  United States 5 4 1 9 13 5 2.600 241 198 1.217
3  Netherlands 5 3 2 8 10 7 1.429 211 179 1.179
4  South Korea 5 2 3 7 10 9 1.111 249 222 1.122
5  Japan 5 1 4 6 3 12 0.250 158 199 0.794
6  Ukraine 5 0 5 5 0 15 0.000 89 225 0.396
Source:
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jul Netherlands  0–3  China 10–15 5–15 7–15     22–45 Report
20 Jul Japan  0–3  South Korea 10–15 12–15 10–15     32–45 Report
20 Jul United States  3–0  Ukraine 15–8 15–5 15–11     45–24 Report
22 Jul China  3–2  South Korea 17–16 16–14 2–15 13–15 15–13 63–73 Report
22 Jul Ukraine  0–3  Japan 9–15 5–15 4–15     18–45 Report
22 Jul Netherlands  1–3  United States 15–12 10–15 15–17 7–15   47–59 Report
24 Jul Japan  0–3  Netherlands 3–15 10–15 3–15     16–45 Report
24 Jul United States  1–3  China 8–15 2–15 15–12 12–15   37–57 Report
24 Jul South Korea  3–0  Ukraine 15–3 15–10 15–7     45–20 Report
26 Jul Netherlands  3–1  South Korea 15–11 15–12 7–15 15–8   52–46 Report
26 Jul China  3–0  Ukraine 15–4 15–4 15–6     45–14 Report
26 Jul United States  3–0  Japan 15–11 15–7 15–12     45–30 Report
28 Jul Japan  0–3  China 14–16 11–15 10–15     35–46 Report
28 Jul South Korea  1–3  United States 15–10 13–15 9–15 3–15   40–55 Report
28 Jul Ukraine  0–3  Netherlands 3–15 5–15 5–15     13–45 Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Brazil 5 5 0 10 15 1 15.000 238 121 1.967 Quarterfinals
2  Russia 5 4 1 9 12 4 3.000 217 140 1.550
3  Cuba 5 3 2 8 10 6 1.667 196 156 1.256
4  Germany 5 2 3 7 7 9 0.778 163 191 0.853
5  Canada 5 1 4 6 3 14 0.214 156 239 0.653
6  Peru 5 0 5 5 2 15 0.133 129 252 0.512
Source:
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jul Russia  3–0  Germany 15–5 15–10 15–7     45–22 Report
20 Jul Canada  0–3  Cuba 8–15 8–15 5–15     21–45 Report
20 Jul Brazil  3–0  Peru 15–7 15–1 15–5     45–13 Report
22 Jul Russia  3–0  Canada 15–1 15–7 15–9     45–17 Report
22 Jul Germany  3–0  Peru 15–11 15–6 15–3     45–20 Report
22 Jul Cuba  0–3  Brazil 11–15 10–15 4–15     25–45 Report
24 Jul Canada  0–3  Germany 5–15 12–15 6–15     23–45 Report
24 Jul Brazil  3–0  Russia 15–3 15–11 15–13     45–27 Report
24 Jul Peru  0–3  Cuba 2–15 5–15 10–15     17–45 Report
26 Jul Russia  3–0  Peru 15–11 15–8 15–1     45–20 Report
26 Jul Germany  0–3  Cuba 6–15 8–15 4–15     18–45 Report
26 Jul Canada  0–3  Brazil 6–15 6–15 11–15     23–45 Report
28 Jul Brazil  3–1  Germany 15–4 13–15 15–6 15–8   58–33 Report
28 Jul Cuba  1–3  Russia 15–10 6–15 7–15 8–15   36–55 Report
28 Jul Peru  2–3  Canada 17–16 6–15 15–11 9–15 12–15 59–72 Report

Final round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinsl
 
          
 
30 July
 
 
 China3
 
1 August
 
 Germany0
 
 China3
 
30 July
 
 Russia1
 
 Netherlands1
 
3 August
 
 Russia3
 
 China1
 
30 July
 
 Cuba3
 
 United States0
 
1 August
 
 Cuba3
 
 Cuba3
 
30 July
 
 Brazil2 Third place
 
 South Korea0
 
3 August
 
 Brazil3
 
 Russia2
 
 
 Brazil3
 
 
5–8th place5th place
 
      
 
31 July
 
 
 Germany2
 
1 August
 
 Netherlands3
 
 Netherlands3
 
31 July
 
 South Korea0
 
 United States0
 
 
 South Korea3
 
7th place
 
 
1 August
 
 
 Germany1
 
 
 United States3

Quarterfinals

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jul China  3–0  Germany 15–12 15–8 15–8     45–28 Report
30 Jul Netherlands  1–3  Russia 15–10 7–15 9–15 10–15   41–55 Report
30 Jul United States  0–3  Cuba 1–15 10–15 12–15     23–45 Report
30 Jul South Korea  0–3  Brazil 4–15 2–15 10–15     16–45 Report

5th–8th places

Semifinals

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Jul Germany  2–3  Netherlands 12–15 15–9 15–13 9–15 10–15 61–67 Report
31 Jul United States  0–3  South Korea 12–15 5–15 11–15     28–45 Report

7th place match

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Aug Germany  1–3  United States 16–17 6–15 15–5 6–15   43–52 Report

5th place match

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Aug Netherlands  3–0  South Korea 15–9 15–9 15–13     45–31 Report

1st–4th places

Semifinals

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Aug China  3–1  Russia 12–15 15–5 15–8 15–12   57–40 Report
1 Aug Cuba  3–2  Brazil 5–15 15–8 10–15 15–13 15–12 60–63 Report

Bronze medal match

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Aug Russia  2–3  Brazil 13–15 15–4 14–16 15–8 13–15 70–58 Report

Gold medal match

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Aug China  1–3  Cuba 16–14 12–15 16–17 6–15   50–61 Report

Final standings

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Volleyball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Russia was transferred to play in this zone. No more African teams were interested to play. Initial host had to be Egypt. They withdrew due to lack of funds. Nigeria had to play in the Intercontinental Qualifications in Japan Olympics Women OQ 1996. Withdrew and was replaced by Romania. The 2 African teams played after a protest at the inclusion in the Africa zone of Russia. https://web.archive.org/web/20150628215914/http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Africa/Women_OQ_1996.html
  3. ↑ FIVB (January 1996). "FIVB World Rankings – Women".
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