Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Women's volleyball; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	University of Georgia Coliseum; Omni Coliseum
Date	20 July – 3 August
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
	← 1992 2000 →

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 edit

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	18 September 1990	Tokyo	1	United States
1995 Women's World Cup	3–17 November 1995	Japan	3	Cuba
				Brazil
				China
European Qualification			1	Germany
North American Qualification			1	Canada
South American Qualification			1	Peru
Asian Qualification			1	South Korea
African Qualification ^[2]			1	Russia
1996 Olympic Qualification Tournament	26 May −2 June 1996	Tokyo, Japan	3	Netherlands
				Japan
				Ukraine
Total			12

Format edit

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 edit

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 edit

Venues edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

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: ^{[citation needed]}

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 edit

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: ^{[citation needed]}

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 edit

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finsl

30 July

China	3
		1 August
Germany	0
		China	3
30 July
		Russia	1
Netherlands	1
				3 August
Russia	3
				China	1
30 July
				Cuba	3
United States	0
		1 August
Cuba	3
		Cuba	3
30 July
		Brazil	2	Third place
South Korea	0
				3 August
Brazil	3
				Russia	2

				Brazil	3

5–8th place		5th place

31 July

Germany	2
		1 August
Netherlands	3
		Netherlands	3
31 July
		South Korea	0
United States	0

South Korea	3
		7th place

		1 August

		Germany	1

		United States	3

Quarterfinals edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	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 edit

Semifinals edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Semifinals edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Place	Team
	Cuba
	China
	Brazil
4	Russia
5	Netherlands
6	South Korea
7	United States
8	Germany
9	Japan
10	Canada
11	Peru
12	Ukraine

1996 Women's Olympic champions
Cuba 2nd title

12-woman roster

Yumilka Ruiz, Marlenis Costa, Mireya Luis, Lilia Izquierdo, Idalmis Gato, Raisa O'Farril, Regla Bell, Regla Torres, Taismary Agüero, Ana Fernández, Magalys Carvajal, Mirka Francia

Head coach

Eugenio George

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cuba (CUB) Yumilka Ruiz Marlenis Costa Mireya Luis Lilia Izquierdo Idalmis Gato Raisa O'Farril Regla Bell Regla Torres Taismary Agüero Ana Fernández Magalys Carvajal Mirka Francia Head coach: Eugenio George	China (CHN) Lai Yawen (c) Li Yan Cui Yongmei Zhu Yunying Wu Yongmei Wang Yi He Qi Pan Wenli Liu Xiaoning Wang Ziling Sun Yue Wang Lina Head coach: Lang Ping	Brazil (BRA) Ana Moser Ana Ida Alvares Ana Paula Connelly Leila Barros Hilma Caldeira Virna Dias Márcia Cunha Ericleia Bodziak Ana Flávia Sanglard Fernanda Venturini Hélia Souza Sandra Suruagy Head coach: Bernardinho

References edit

^ "Volleyball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
^ 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
^ FIVB (January 1996). "FIVB World Rankings – Women".

External links edit

[SR-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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Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Contents

Qualification edit

Format edit

Pools composition edit

Rosters edit

Venues edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Group B edit

Final round edit

Quarterfinals edit

5th–8th places edit

Semifinals edit

7th place match edit

5th place match edit

1st–4th places edit

Semifinals edit

Bronze medal match edit

Gold medal match edit

Final standings edit

Medalists edit

See also edit

References edit

External links edit