Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's Volleyball at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Jamsil Gymnasium, Hanyang University Gymnasium and Saemaul Sports Hall
Date	17 September–2 October
Medalists
United States  Soviet Union  Argentina

The 1988 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 7th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Seoul, South Korea from 17 September to 2 October 1988.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	30 Sep 1981	Baden-Baden	1	South Korea
1984 Olympic Games	29 Jul–11 Aug 1984	Los Angeles	1	United States
1985 World Cup	22 Nov–1 Dec 1985	Japan	1	Soviet Union
1986 World Championship	25 Sep–5 Oct 1986	France	1	Bulgaria
World Qualifier 1	10–17 May 1987	Brasília	1	Argentina
1987 African Championship	Dec 1987	Tunis	1	Tunisia
1987 Asian Championsnip	15–25 Oct 1987	Kuwait City	1	Japan
1987 European Championship	25 Sep–3 Oct 1987	Belgium	1	France
1987 NORCECA Championship	12–19 Jun 1987	Havana	1	Cuba*
1987 South American Championship	20–27 Sep 1987	Montevideo	1	Brazil
World Qualifier 2	31 Jan–7 Feb 1988	Amsterdam	1	Netherlands
World Qualifier 3	20–25 May 1988	Florence	1	Sweden
Total			12

*  Italy replaced Cuba, who withdrew from the tournament because of the North Korea-led boycott, through winning three–game playoff against China.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
South Korea (Hosts)	Argentina
Brazil	France
Bulgaria	Japan
Sweden	Netherlands
Italy	Tunisia
Soviet Union	United States

Venues

Main venue	Sub venue	Sub venue
Seoul, South Korea	Seoul, South Korea	Seoul, South Korea
Jamsil Gymnasium	Hanyang University Gymnasium	Saemaul Sports Hall
Capacity: 13,409	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 4,500
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Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Semifinals
	Qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals
	Qualified for the 9th–12th semifinals

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	9	4	1	14	4	3.500	248	190	1.305
2	Brazil	9	4	1	14	7	2.000	296	225	1.316
3	Sweden	7	2	3	9	11	0.818	220	262	0.840
4	Bulgaria	7	2	3	7	9	0.778	190	194	0.979
5	Italy	7	2	3	7	11	0.636	203	222	0.914
6	South Korea	6	1	4	5	14	0.357	200	264	0.758

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Sep	Sweden	3–2	South Korea	10–15	5–15	15–12	17–15	15–4	62–61
18 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Italy	15–7	15–4	17–15			47–26
18 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–9	15–8			45–24
19 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Sweden	15–8	15–7	16–14			46–29
19 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Italy	15–7	15–8	15–6			45–21
19 Sep	South Korea	3–2	Brazil	19–17	15–8	6–15	11–15	15–12	66–67
22 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria	13–15	15–6	15–12	15–12		58–45
22 Sep	Italy	3–2	Sweden	9–15	15–6	12–15	15–12	15–3	66–51
22 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea	15–6	15–7	15–13			45–26
24 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Sweden	15–6	13–15	15–0	15–12		58–33
24 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	South Korea	15–7	15–10	15–8			45–25
24 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Italy	15–9	15–9	12–15	15–12		57–45
26 Sep	Italy	3–0	South Korea	15–10	15–7	15–5			45–22
26 Sep	Brazil	3–2	Soviet Union	12–15	9–15	15–8	15–11	15–6	66–55
26 Sep	Sweden	3–0	Bulgaria	15–11	15–12	15–8			45–31

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	10	5	0	15	3	5.000	263	155	1.697
2	Argentina	8	3	2	11	7	1.571	219	211	1.038
3	France	8	3	2	10	7	1.429	222	190	1.168
4	Netherlands	8	3	2	10	7	1.429	202	183	1.104
5	Japan	6	1	4	5	12	0.417	182	225	0.809
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	0	15	0.000	101	225	0.449

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Sep	Netherlands	3–1	France	15–8	7–15	15–11	15–7		52–41
18 Sep	United States	3–0	Japan	15–13	15–2	15–2			45–17
18 Sep	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia	15–5	15–11	15–6			45–22
19 Sep	United States	3–1	Netherlands	15–7	12–15	15–1	15–11		57–34
19 Sep	France	3–0	Tunisia	15–10	15–3	15–9			45–22
19 Sep	Argentina	3–1	Japan	15–11	15–12	11–15	15–11		56–49
22 Sep	United States	3–2	Argentina	11–15	11–15	15–4	17–15	15–7	69–56
22 Sep	France	3–1	Japan	10–15	15–10	17–15	15–12		57–52
22 Sep	Netherlands	3–0	Tunisia	15–6	15–10	15–5			45–21
24 Sep	United States	3–0	France	17–15	15–6	15–13			47–34
24 Sep	Japan	3–0	Tunisia	15–4	15–11	15–7			45–22
24 Sep	Argentina	3–0	Netherlands	15–11	15–7	15–8			45–26
26 Sep	France	3–0	Argentina	15–7	15–5	15–5			45–17
26 Sep	United States	3–0	Tunisia	15–4	15–6	15–4			45–14
26 Sep	Netherlands	3–0	Japan	15–7	15–4	15–8			45–19

Final round

9th–12th places

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	28 September
	Italy	3
	Tunisia	0
					30 September
					Italy	3
					Japan	2
					11th place match
	28 September			30 September
	South Korea	2		Tunisia	0
	Japan	3			South Korea	3

9th–12th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	15–2	15–2	15–5			45–9
28 Sep	South Korea	2–3	Japan	15–13	15–6	9–15	13–15	9–15	61–64

11th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	Tunisia	0–3	South Korea	11–15	9–15	7–15			27–45

9th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	Italy	3–2	Japan	15–11	15–11	12–15	13–15	15–7	70–59

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	28 September
	Sweden	2
	Netherlands	3
					1 October
					Netherlands	3
					Bulgaria	0
					7th place match
	28 September			1 October
	Bulgaria	3		Sweden	3
	France	0			France	2

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	France	15–8	15–12	15–11			45–31
28 Sep	Sweden	2–3	Netherlands	10–15	15–13	15–8	11–15	14–16	65–67

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Oct	Sweden	3–2	France	12–15	15–5	8–15	15–12	15–12	65–59

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Oct	Netherlands	3–0	Bulgaria	15–6	15–8	15–10			45–24

Final four

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	30 September
	Soviet Union	3
	Argentina	0
					2 October
					Soviet Union	1
					United States	3
					Bronze medal match
	30 September			2 October
	Brazil	0		Argentina	3
	United States	3			Brazil	2

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	Brazil	0–3	United States	3–15	5–15	11–15			19–45
30 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Argentina	15–11	17–15	15–8			47–34

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Oct	Argentina	3–2	Brazil	15–10	15–17	15–8	12–15	15–9	72–59

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Oct	Soviet Union	1–3	United States	15–13	10–15	4–15	8–15		37–58

Final standing

Rank Team  United States  Soviet Union  Argentina 4  Brazil 5  Netherlands 6  Bulgaria 7  Sweden 8  France 9  Italy 10  Japan 11  South Korea 12  Tunisia

1988 Men's Olympic Champions  United States 2nd title 12–man Roster Tanner, Saunders, Root, Ctvrtlik, Partie, Timmons, Buck, Fortune, Luyties, Stork, Sato, Kiraly Head Coach Dunphy

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Troy Tanner Dave Saunders Jon Root Bob Ctvrtlik Douglas Partie Steve Timmons Craig Buck Scott Fortune Ricci Luyties Jeff Stork Eric Sato Karch Kiraly	Soviet Union (URS) Yuriy Panchenko Andrei Kuznetsov Vyacheslav Zaytsev Igor Runov Vladimir Shkurikhin Evgeni Krasilnikov Raimonds Vilde Valeri Losev Yuri Sapega Oleksandr Sorokalet Yaroslav Antonov Yuri Cherednik	Argentina (ARG) Claudio Zulianello Daniel Castellani Esteban Martínez Alejandro Diz Daniel Colla Javier Weber Hugo Conte Waldo Kantor Raúl Quiroga Jon Uriarte Esteban de Palma Juan Cuminetti

Awards

Most Valuable Player Karch Kiraly Best Spiker Andrea Gardini Best Blocker Steve Timmons Best Server Ron Zwerver

Best Digger Eizaburo Mitsuhashi Best Setter Ferdinando De Giorgi Best Receiver Bob Ctvrtlik

External links

• Final Standing (1964–2000)
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com
• Results at Sports–Reference.com