Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Stegeman Coliseum, United States of America
Date	20 July–3 August
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
Cuba  China  Brazil

Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women
Beach
Tournament		men		women

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

Qualification

Volleyball Women	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	United States
1995 Women's World Cup	3	Cuba  Brazil  China
European Qualification	1	Germany
North American Qualification	1	Canada
South American Qualification	1	Peru
Asian Qualification	1	South Korea
Wild-Card	1	Russia
Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament	3	Netherlands  Japan  Ukraine
Total	12

• Africa was invited to participate in this edition, but since no African team showed interest, Russia —then the best ranked of "wild-card teams"— was invited to participate the Olympic Games.

Teams

Group A  United States (USA)  China (CHN)  Japan (JPN)  Netherlands (NED)  South Korea (KOR)  Ukraine (UKR)

Group B  Brazil (BRA)  Canada (CAN)  Cuba (CUB)  Germany (GER)  Peru (PER)  Russia (RUS)

Squads

1996 Women's Olympic Volleyball Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	China	10	5	5	0	256	181	1.414	15	3	5.000
2.	United States	9	5	4	1	241	198	1.217	13	5	2.600
3.	Netherlands	8	5	3	2	211	179	1.179	10	7	1.429
4.	South Korea	7	5	2	3	249	222	1.122	10	9	1.111
5.	Japan	6	5	1	4	158	199	0.794	3	12	0.250
6.	Ukraine	5	5	0	5	89	225	0.396	0	15	0.000

• Saturday 1996-07-20

	China	3–0	Netherlands	(15-10 15- 5 15-7)
	South Korea	3–0	Japan	(15-10 15-12 15-10)
	United States	3–0	Ukraine	(15- 8 15- 5 15-11)

• Monday 1996-07-22

	China	3–2	South Korea	(17-16 16-14 2 -15 13-15 15-13)
	Japan	3–0	Ukraine	(15- 9 15- 5 15- 4)
	United States	3–1	Netherlands	(12-15 15-10 17-15 15- 7)

• Wednesday 1996-07-24

	Netherlands	3–0	Japan	(15- 3 15-10 15- 3)
	United States	1–3	China	( 8-15 2-15 15-12 12-15)
	South Korea	3–0	Ukraine	(15- 3 15-10 15- 7)

• Friday 1996-07-26

	Netherlands	3–1	South Korea	(15-11 15-12 7 -15 15- 8)
	China	3–0	Ukraine	(15- 4 15- 4 15- 6)
	United States	3–0	Japan	(15-11 15- 7 15-12)

• Sunday 1996-07-28

	China	3–0	Japan	(16-14 15-11 15-10)
	United States	3–1	South Korea	(10-15 15-13 15- 9 15- 3)
	Netherlands	3–0	Ukraine	(15- 3 15- 5 15- 5)

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Brazil	10	5	5	0	238	121	1.967	15	1	15.000
2.	Russia	9	5	4	1	217	140	1.550	12	4	3.000
3.	Cuba	8	5	3	2	196	156	1.256	10	6	1.667
4.	Germany	7	5	2	3	163	191	0.853	7	9	0.778
5.	Canada	6	5	1	4	156	239	0.653	3	14	0.214
6.	Peru	5	5	0	5	129	252	0.512	2	15	0.133

• Saturday 1996-07-20

	Russia	3–0	Germany	(15- 5 15-10 15- 7)
	Cuba	3–0	Canada	(15- 8 15- 8 15- 5)
	Brazil	3–0	Peru	(15- 7 15- 1 15- 5)

• Monday 1996-07-22

	Canada	0–3	Russia	( 1-15 7-15 9-15)
	Germany	3–0	Peru	(15-11 15- 6 15- 3)
	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	(15-11 15-10 15- 4)

• Wednesday 1996-07-24

	Canada	0–3	Germany	( 5-15 12-15 6-15)
	Brazil	3–0	Russia	(15- 3 15-11 15-13)
	Cuba	3–0	Peru	(15- 2 15- 5 15-10)

• Friday 1996-07-26

	Russia	3–0	Peru	(15-11 15- 8 15- 1)
	Germany	0–3	Cuba	( 6-15 8-15 4-15)
	Brazil	3–0	Canada	(15- 6 15- 6 15-11)

• Sunday 1996-07-28

	Brazil	3–1	Germany	(15- 4 13-15 15- 6 15- 8)
	Cuba	1–3	Russia	(15-10 6-15 7-15 8-15)
	Canada	3–2	Peru	(15-17 15- 6 11-15 15- 9 15-12)

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold Medal Match
	1996-07-30
	China	3
					1996-08-01
	Germany	0
					China	3
	1996-07-30
					Russia	1
	Russia	3
									1996-08-03
	Netherlands	1
									China	1
	1996-07-30
									Cuba	3
	United States	0
					1996-08-01
	Cuba	3
					Cuba	3			Bronze Medal Match
	1996-07-30
					Brazil	2
	Brazil	3							Russia	2
	South Korea	0							Brazil	3
									1996-08-03

• Tuesday 1996-07-30

	China	3–0	Germany	(15-12 15- 8 15- 8)
	Russia	3–1	Netherlands	(10-15 15- 7 15- 9 15-10)
	United States	0–3	Cuba	(1 -15 10-15 12-15)
	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	(15- 4 15- 2 15-10)

• Thursday 1996-08-01

	China	3–1	Russia	(12-15 15- 5 15- 8 15-12)
	Cuba	3–2	Brazil	(5 -15 15- 8 10-15 15-13 15-12)

• Saturday 1996-08-03

	Russia	2–3	Brazil	(13-15 15-4 14-16 15-8 13-15)

	China	1–3	Cuba	(16-14 12-15 15-17 6 -15)

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	5-8th place				5th place
	1996-07-31
	Netherlands	3
	Germany	2
					1996-08-01
					Netherlands	3
					South Korea	0
					7th place
	1996-07-31			1996-08-01
	South Korea	3		Germany	1
	United States	0			United States	3

• Wednesday 1996-07-31

	Netherlands	3–2	Germany	(15-12 9 -15 13-15 15- 9 15-10)
	South Korea	3–0	United States	(15-12 15- 5 15-11)

• Thursday 1996-08-01

	Germany	1–3	United States	(16-17 6 -15 15- 5 6 -15)

	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea	(15- 9 15 -9 15-13)

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Final standings

Rank	Teams	Pts	Matches		Sets		Ratio	Points		Ratio
			Won	Lost	Won	Lost		Won	Lost
	Cuba (CUB)	14	6	2	22	9	2.111	362	292	1.240
	China (CHN)	15	7	1	22	7	3.143	407	310	1.313
	Brazil (BRA)	15	7	1	23	6	3.833	402	257	1.56
4	Russia (RUS)	13	5	3	18	11	1.636
5	Netherlands (NED)	13	5	3	17	12	1.416
6	South Korea (KOR)	11	3	5	13	15	0.866
7	United States (USA)	13	5	3	16	12	1.333
8	Germany (GER)	10	2	6	10	18	0.555
Eliminated in the Group-Stages
9	Japan (JPN)	5	1	4	3	12	0.250	158	199	0.794
10	Canada (CAN)	5	1	4	3	14	0.214	156	239	0.653
11	Peru (PER)	5	0	5	2	15	0.133	129	252	0.512
12	Ukraine (UKR)	5	0	5	0	15	0.000	89	225	0.396

Individual awards

• Best Spiker:  Cui Yongmei (CHN)
• Best Blocker:  Magaly Carvajal (CUB)
• Best Server:  Henriëtte Weersing (NED)
• Best Setter:  Riëtte Fledderus (NED)
• Most Valuable Player:  Cintha Boersma (NED)

See also

• Men's Olympic Tournament

References

• Results
• Official Results