Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's Volleyball at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Palau Sant Jordi, Palau dels Esports de Barcelona and Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron
Date	26 July–9 August
Medalists
Brazil  Netherlands  United States

The 1992 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 8th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Barcelona, Spain from 26 July to 9 August 1992.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	17 Oct 1986	Lausanne	1	Spain
1988 Olympic Games	17 Sep–2 Oct 1988	Seoul	1	United States
1989 World Cup	17–26 Nov 1989	Japan	1	Cuba
1990 World Championship	18–28 Oct 1990	Brazil	1	Italy
1991 African Championship	Jul 1991	Cairo	1	Algeria
1991 Asian Championsnip	11–16 Aug 1991	Perth	1	Japan
1991 European Championship	7–15 Sep 1991	Germany	1	Soviet Union
1991 NORCECA Championship	25 Aug–3 Sep 1991	Regina	1	Canada
1991 South American Championship	14–22 Sep 1991	Brazil	1	Brazil
1991 World Cup	22 Nov–1 Dec 1991	Japan	1	South Korea
World Qualifier 1	10–15 May 1992	Montpellier	1	France
World Qualifier 2	10–15 May 1992	Rotterdam	1	Netherlands
Total			12

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Spain (Hosts)	Algeria
Canada	Brazil
France	Cuba
Italy	Netherlands
Japan	South Korea
United States	Unified Team

Venues

Main venue	Sub venue	Sub venue
Barcelona, Spain	Barcelona, Spain	Barcelona, Spain
Palau Sant Jordi	Palau dels Esports de Barcelona	Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron
Capacity: 17,000	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 2,500
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Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals
	Qualified for the 9th place match
	Qualified for the 11th place match

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	9	4	1	13	5	2.600	253	192	1.318
2	United States	9	4	1	13	8	1.625	287	257	1.117
3	Spain	8	3	2	11	12	0.917	283	299	0.946
4	Japan	7	2	3	10	12	0.833	277	291	0.952
5	Canada	6	1	4	10	12	0.833	286	279	1.025
6	France	6	1	4	6	14	0.429	200	268	0.746

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Jul	Japan	3–1*	United States	8–15	15–11	15–10	15–13		53–49
26 Jul	Italy	3–1	France	9–15	15–5	15–8	15–2		54–30
26 Jul	Spain	3–2	Canada	13–15	15–7	9–15	15–12	15–13	67–62
28 Jul	United States	3–2	Canada	15–12	15–12	10–15	11–15	16–14	67–68
28 Jul	France	3–2	Japan	15–8	9–15	15–11	10–15	15–9	64–58
28 Jul	Italy	3–0	Spain	16–14	15–6	15–7			46–27
30 Jul	Italy	3–0	Japan	15–13	15–7	17–15			47–35
30 Jul	Canada	3–0	France	15–7	15–8	15–6			45–21
30 Jul	United States	3–2	Spain	15–6	14–16	12–15	15–10	15–11	71–58
01 Aug	Spain	3–2	Japan	15–8	5–15	15–17	15–7	15–13	65–60
01 Aug	Italy	3–1	Canada	15–11	8–15	15–12	15–7		53–45
01 Aug	United States	3–0	France	15–5	15–12	15–8			45–25
03 Aug	Japan	3–2	Canada	11–15	15–17	15–11	15–13	15–10	71–66
03 Aug	Spain	3–2	France	10–15	11–15	15–9	15–9	15–12	66–60
03 Aug	United States	3–1	Italy	9–15	16–14	15–11	15–13		55–53

* In the match Japan vs. United States, United States captain Bob Samuelson should be ejected at the end of set 4 for arguing with officials. That meant an extra point to Japan with the score 14–13. The referees did not notice that and the game continued. United States won the match 3–2 (15–8, 11–15, 10–15, 17–16, 16–14) and Japanese coach launched a protest on 27 July. Consequently, set 5 was annulled and the score of set 4 was awarded 15–13 to Japan.

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	0	15	2	7.500	248	165	1.503
2	Cuba	9	4	1	13	5	2.600	231	180	1.283
3	Unified Team	8	3	2	11	7	1.571	229	205	1.117
4	Netherlands	7	2	3	8	9	0.889	218	181	1.204
5	South Korea	6	1	4	3	12	0.250	142	212	0.670
6	Algeria	5	0	5	0	15	0.000	100	225	0.444

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Jul	Cuba	3–1	Netherlands	15–12	17–15	6–15	15–10		53–52
26 Jul	Unified Team	3–0	Algeria	15–8	15–7	15–4			45–19
26 Jul	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	15–13	16–14	15–7			46–34
28 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Algeria	15–4	15–2	15–3			45–9
28 Jul	Brazil	3–1	Unified Team	15–6	15–7	9–15	16–14		55–42
28 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea	15–5	15–5	15–7			45–17
30 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Algeria	15–8	15–11	15–12			45–31
30 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	15–11	15–9	15–4			45–24
30 Jul	Cuba	3–1	Unified Team	8–15	15–10	15–12	15–5		53–42
01 Aug	Unified Team	3–0	South Korea	15–9	15–6	15–11			45–26
01 Aug	Netherlands	3–0	Algeria	15–2	15–5	15–4			45–11
01 Aug	Brazil	3–1	Cuba	15–6	15–8	12–15	15–6		57–35
03 Aug	Unified Team	3–1	Netherlands	8–15	15–9	17–16	15–12		55–52
03 Aug	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–5	15–7	15–8			45–20
03 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Algeria	15–8	15–13	15–9			45–30

Final round

11th–12th places

11th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Aug	France	3–0	Algeria	15–4	15–9	15–9			45–22

9th–10th places

9th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Aug	Canada	1–3	South Korea	10–15	15–12	10–15	10–15		45–57

Final eight

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	5 August
	Italy	2
					7 August
	Netherlands	3
					Netherlands	3
	5 August
					Cuba	0
	Spain	0
									9 August
	Cuba	3
									Netherlands	0
	5 August
									Brazil	3
	United States	3
					7 August
	Unified Team	1
					United States	1			Bronze medal match
	5 August
					Brazil	3
	Japan	0							Cuba	1
	Brazil	3							United States	3
									9 August

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	6 August
	Italy	3
	Spain	0
					7 August
					Italy	3
					Japan	0
					7th place match
	6 August			7 August
	Unified Team	2		Spain	2
	Japan	3			Unified Team	3

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Aug	Italy	2–3	Netherlands	9–15	15–12	15–8	2–15	16–17	57–67
05 Aug	Spain	0–3	Cuba	14–16	9–15	6–15			29–46
05 Aug	Japan	0–3	Brazil	12–15	5–15	12–15			29–45
05 Aug	United States	3–1	Unified Team	12–15	15–10	15–4	15–11		57–40

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Aug	Italy	3–0	Spain	15–4	15–12	15–4			45–20
06 Aug	Unified Team	2–3	Japan	8–15	15–9	13–15	15–12	16–17	67–68

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Aug	Netherlands	3–0	Cuba	15–11	15–13	15–9			45–33
07 Aug	United States	1–3	Brazil	15–12	8–15	9–15	12–15		44–57

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Aug	Spain	2–3	Unified Team	14–16	15–12	8–15	15–5	12–15	64–63

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Aug	Italy	3–0	Japan	15–2	15–7	15–13			45–22

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Aug	Cuba	1–3	United States	15–12	13–15	7–15	11–15		46–57

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Aug	Netherlands	0–3	Brazil	12–15	8–15	5–15			25–45

Final standing

Rank Team  Brazil  Netherlands  United States 4  Cuba 5  Italy 6  Japan 7 Unified Team 8  Spain 9  South Korea 10  Canada 11  France 12  Algeria

1992 Men's Olympic Champions  Brazil 1st title 12–man Roster Marcelo Negrão, Jorge Edson, Giovane, Paulão, Maurício, Janelson, Douglas, Carlão, Amauri, Pampa, Tande, Talmo Head Coach Zé Roberto

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Brazil (BRA) Marcelo Negrão Jorge Brito Giovane Gávio Paulo Silva Maurício Lima Janelson Carvalho Douglas Chiarotti Antônio Gouveia Amauri Ribeiro André Ferreira Alexandre Samuel Talmo Oliveira	Netherlands (NED) Martin Teffer Henk-Jan Held Ron Boudrie Marko Klok Ron Zwerver Avital Selinger Edwin Benne Olof van der Meulen Peter Blangé Jan Posthuma Martin van der Horst Ronald Zoodsma	United States (USA) Eric Sato Jeff Stork Steve Timmons Bryan Ivie Douglas Partie Bob Samuelson Scott Fortune Dan Greenbaum Brent Hilliard Nick Becker Carlos Briceno Bob Ctvrtlik

Awards

Most Valuable Player Marcelo Negrão Best Spiker Marcelo Negrão Best Blocker Ruslan Olikhver Best Server Ron Zwerver

Best Digger Scott Fortune Best Setter Maurício Lima Best Receiver Bob Ctvrtlik

External links

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