Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The 1980 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament[1] was the 5th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Moscow, Soviet Union from 21 to 29 July 1980.

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueMinor Arena
Druzhba Multipurpose Arena
Date21–29 July
Competitors96 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union (3rd title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Bulgaria
← 1976
1984 →

Qualification edit

Qualifiers Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host Country 23 October 1974   Vienna 1   Soviet Union
1976 Olympic Games 19–30 July 1976   Montréal 1   Japan
1978 World Championship 25 Aug. – 7 Sep. 1978   Leningrad 1   Cuba
1979 Asian Championsnip 7–14 December 1979   Hong Kong 1   China
1979 NORCECA Championship 22-29 April 1979   Havana 1   United States
1979 South American Championship 22-26 April 1979   Argentina 1   Peru
1979 European Championship 5–13 October 1979   Lyon 1   East Germany
World Qualifier 20-24 January 1980   Pazardzhik 1   Romania
Wildcards replacing boycotting nations* 3   Brazil*
  Bulgaria*
  Hungary*
Total 8

* Notes:[2]

1. United States was the 1979 NORCECA Championship runners-up (champions Cuba, were already qualified as World champions), but together with China (1979 Asian champion), Japan (1976 Olympic champion) and other countries, boycotted the games.
2. Brazil, Bulgaria and Hungary replaced China, Japan and the United States.

Format edit

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 edit

Pool A Pool B
  Soviet Union   Hungary
  Peru   Brazil
  Cuba   Romania
  East Germany   Bulgaria

Rosters edit

Venues edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Soviet Union 3 3 0 6 9 2 4.500 153 99 1.545 1st–4th semifinals
2   East Germany 3 2 1 5 7 6 1.167 166 160 1.038
3   Cuba 3 1 2 4 4 6 0.667 117 117 1.000 5th–8th semifinals
4   Peru 3 0 3 3 3 9 0.333 108 168 0.643
Source: [citation needed]
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jul East Germany   3–1   Cuba 15–11 15–13 10–15 15–4   55–43 Report
21 Jul Soviet Union   3–1   Peru 15–2 7–15 15–4 15–9   52–30 Report
23 Jul Peru   0–3   Cuba 6–15 5–15 6–15     17–45 Report
23 Jul Soviet Union   3–1   East Germany 15–5 10–15 16–14 15–6   56–40 Report
25 Jul Peru   2–3   East Germany 10–15 17–15 15–11 10–15 9–15 61–71 Report
25 Jul Soviet Union   3–0   Cuba 15–6 15–13 15–10     45–29 Report

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Bulgaria 3 2 1 5 7 4 1.750 138 114 1.211 1st–4th semifinals
2   Hungary 3 2 1 5 8 6 1.333 161 170 0.947
3   Romania 3 2 1 5 7 7 1.000 157 153 1.026 5th–8th semifinals
4   Brazil 3 0 3 3 4 9 0.444 152 171 0.889
Source: [citation needed]
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jul Bulgaria   3–1   Romania 15–9 7–15 15–5 15–4   52–33 Report
21 Jul Hungary   3–2   Brazil 17–15 9–15 15–12 6–15 15–12 62–69 Report
23 Jul Hungary   2–3   Romania 15–5 3–15 5–15 15–10 8–15 46–60 Report
23 Jul Bulgaria   3–0   Brazil 15–7 15–9 15–12     45–28 Report
25 Jul Brazil   2–3   Romania 15–10 15–9 6–15 13–15 6–15 55–64 Report
25 Jul Bulgaria   1–3   Hungary 15–8 9–15 7–15 10–15   41–53 Report

Final round edit

5th–8th place edit

 
5-8th place5th place
 
      
 
27 July
 
 
  Peru3
 
29 July
 
  Romania0
 
  Cuba3
 
27 July
 
  Peru1
 
  Cuba3
 
 
  Brazil0
 
7th place
 
 
29 July
 
 
  Romania0
 
 
  Brazil3

5th–8th place semifinals edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jul 17:30 Peru   3–0   Romania 15–12 15–9 15–11     45–32 Report
27 Jul 19:30 Cuba   3–0   Brazil 15–2 15–5 15–6     45–13 Report

7th place match edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jul 16:00 Romania   0–3   Brazil 8–15 12–15 12–15     32–45 Report

5th place match edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jul 18:00 Cuba   3–1   Peru 15–9 15–7 12–15 15–5   57–36 Report

Final edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 July
 
 
  Soviet Union3
 
29 July
 
  Hungary0
 
  Soviet Union3
 
27 July
 
  East Germany1
 
  East Germany3
 
 
  Bulgaria2
 
Third place
 
 
29 July
 
 
  Bulgaria3
 
 
  Hungary2

Semifinals edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jul 17:30 East Germany   3–2   Bulgaria 15–10 12–15 15–9 7–15 15–6 64–55 Report
27 Jul 19:30 Soviet Union   3–0   Hungary 15–11 15–13 15–2     45–26 Report

Bronze medal match edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jul 17:30 Bulgaria   3–2   Hungary 15–5 13–15 6–15 15–4 15–8 64–47 Report

Gold medal match edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jul 19:30 Soviet Union   3–1   East Germany 15–12 11–15 15–13 15–7   56–47 Report

Final standing edit

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  Soviet Union (URS)
Nadezhda Radzevich
Nataliya Razumova
Olga Solovova
Yelena Akhaminova
Larisa Pavlova
Yelena Andreyuk
Irina Makogonova
Lyubov Kozyreva
Svetlana Nikishina
Lyudmila Chernyshyova
Svetlana Badulina
Lidiya Loginova

Head coach: Nikolay Karpol
  East Germany (GDR)
Ute Kostrzewa
Andrea Heim
Annette Schultz
Christine Mummhardt
Heike Lehmann
Barbara Czekalla
Karla Roffeis
Martina Schmidt
Anke Westendorf
Karin Püschel
Brigitte Fetzer
Katharina Bullin

Head coach: Dieter Grund
  Bulgaria (BUL)
Tanya Dimitrova
Valentina Ilieva
Galina Stancheva
Silviya Petrunova
Anka Khristolova
Verka Borisova
Margarita Gerasimova
Rumyana Kaisheva
Maya Georgieva
Tanya Gogova
Tsvetana Bozhurina
Rositsa Dimitrova

Head coach: Vasil Simov

References edit

  1. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball Olympic Games 1980 Moscow (URS) - 21-29.07 Winner Soviet Union". Olympic Games 1980 Moskva (URS). Todor66.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Volleyball at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

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