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Volleyball, Women

Date	21 – 29 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Universalny sportivny zal Druzhba, Moskva / Malaya arena, Tsentralny stadion imeni V. I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants	88 from 8 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

There were eight teams separated into two groups of four, followed by a medal round. The qualifying was as follows: defending Olympic Champion (Japan), 1978 World Champion (Cuba), host nation (Soviet Union), 1979 European Champion (GDR, replacing the Soviets), Asian Champion (China), North American Champion (United States), South American Champion (Peru), and Romania qualified via a special tournament held in Bulgaria. China, Japan and the United States joined the American-led boycott, and were replaced by Brazil, Bulgaria, and Hungary. The United States would have been a medal contender. The absent nations of China, Japan, Korea, and the United States comprised four of the top six places at the 1978 World Championships.

Cuba had won the World Championships in 1978, while the Soviet Union had won the last seven European Championships. Group A was a difficult one, with the Soviet Union and Cuba joined by East Germany, which had been runners-up at the last two Europeans. Cuba was the odd team out, with the USSR and GDR advancing to the semis, joined by Bulgaria and Hungary from Group B. But the USSR and GDR advanced to the final, where the favored Soviets won in four sets. They were coached by Nikolay Karpol, who later coached Russia, and was a national coach for about 20 years, and was quite famous for his thunderous motivational exhortations during breaks.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	5	5	0	10	15-3	5.000	254-172	1.477	Gold
	1	Nadezhda Radzevich		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Nataliya Razumova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Olga Solovova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Yelena Akhaminova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Yelena Andreyuk		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Irina Makogonova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Lyubov Kozyreva		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Svetlana Nikishina		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Lyudmila Chernyshova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Svetlana Badulina		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Lidiya Loginova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Larisa Pavlova DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Nikolay Karpol
2	–	East Germany	GDR	5	3	2	8	11-11	1.000	277-271	1.022	Silver
	1	Ute Kostrzewa		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Andrea Heim		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Annette Schultz		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Christine Walther-Mummhardt		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Heike Lehmann		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Barbara Czekalla		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Karla Roffeis		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Martina Schmidt		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Anke Westendorf		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Karin Püschel		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Brigitte Fetzer		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Katharina Bullin		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Dieter Grund
3	–	Bulgaria	BUL	5	3	2	8	12-9	1.333	257-215	1.195	Bronze
	1	Tanya Dimitrova		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Valentina Ilieva		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Silviya Petrunova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Anka Hristolova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Verka Borisova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Rumyana Kaisheva		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Maya Georgieva		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Tanya Gogova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Tsvetana Bozhurina		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Rositsa Mihaylova		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Galina Stancheva DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Margarita Gerassimova DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Vasil Simov
4	–	Hungary	HUN	5	2	3	7	10-12	0.833	234-279	0.839
	1	Juliana Szalonna		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Éva Sebők-Szalay		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Gyöngyi Bardi-Gerevich		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Ágnes Juhász-Balajcza		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Lucia Bánhegyi-Radó		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Gabriella Csapó-Fekete		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Emőke Énekes-Szegedi		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Emerencia Siry-Király		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Ágnes Torma		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Erzsébet Pálinkás-Varga		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Gabriella Lengyel		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Bernadett Kőszegi		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Gabriella Kotsis
5	–	Cuba	CUB	5	3	2	8	10-7	1.429	219-166	1.319
	1	Mercedes Pérez		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Imilsis Téllez		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Ana Díaz		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Mercedes Pomares		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Mavis Guilarte		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Erenia Díaz		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Maura Alfonso		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Josefina Capote		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Nelly Barnet		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Ana María García		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Lucila Urgellés		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Libertad González DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Eugenio George
6	–	Peru	PER	5	1	4	6	7-12	0.583	189-257	0.735
	1	Carmen Pimentel		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Gaby Cárdenas		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Raquel Chumpitaz		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Ana Cecilia Carrillo		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	María Cecilia del Risco		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Cecilia Tait		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Silvia León		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Aurora Heredia		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Gina Torrealva		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Natalia Málaga		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Denisse Fajardo DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Rosa García DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Park Man-Bok
7	–	Brazil	BRA	5	1	4	6	7-12	0.583	200-248	0.806
	1	Denise Mattioli		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Ivonete das Neves		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Lenice Oliveira		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Regina Vilela		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Fernanda Emerick		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Ana Paula Mello		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Isabel		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Eliana Aleixo		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Dora Castanheira		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Jackie Silva		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Vera Mossa		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	13	Rita Teixeira		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Ênio Figueiredo
8	–	Romania	ROU	5	2	3	7	7-13	0.538	221-243	0.909
	2	Mariana Ionescu		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Gabriela Coman		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Doina Săvoiu		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Victoria Georgescu		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Ileana Dobrovschi		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Victoria Banciu		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Irina Petculeț		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Corina Georgescu		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Iuliana Enescu		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	15	Elena Piron		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Ioana Liteanu DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	13	Corina Crivăț DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Nicu Roibescu

Preliminary Round

Date	21 – 25 July 1980

Group A

Date	21 – 25 July 1980
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	Soviet Union	URS	3	0	6	9-2	4.500	153-99	1.545
2	East Germany	GDR	2	1	5	7-6	1.167	166-160	1.038
3	Cuba	CUB	1	2	4	4-6	0.667	117-117	1.000
4	Peru	PER	0	3	3	3-9	0.333	108-168	0.643

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul 19:30	East Germany	GDR	15-11, 15-13, 10-15, 15-4	Cuba	CUB
Match #2	21 Jul 19:30	Soviet Union	URS	15-2, 7-15, 15-4, 15-9	Peru	PER
Match #3	23 Jul 19:30	Cuba	CUB	15-6, 15-5, 15-6	Peru	PER
Match #4	23 Jul 19:30	Soviet Union	URS	15-5, 10-15, 16-14, 15-6	East Germany	GDR
Match #5	25 Jul 19:30	East Germany	GDR	15-10, 15-17, 11-15, 15-10, 15-9	Peru	PER
Match #6	25 Jul 19:30	Soviet Union	URS	15-6, 15-13, 15-10	Cuba	CUB

Group B

Date	21 – 25 July 1980
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	Bulgaria	BUL	2	1	5	7-4	1.750	138-104	1.327
2	Hungary	HUN	2	1	5	8-6	1.333	161-170	0.947
3	Romania	ROU	2	1	5	7-7	1.000	157-153	1.026
4	Brazil	BRA	0	3	3	4-9	0.444	142-171	0.830

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul 17:30	Bulgaria	BUL	15-9, 7-15, 15-5, 15-4	Romania	ROU
Match #2	21 Jul 17:30	Hungary	HUN	17-15, 9-15, 15-12, 6-15, 15-12	Brazil	BRA
Match #3	23 Jul 17:30	Romania	ROU	5-15, 15-3, 15-5, 10-15, 15-8	Hungary	HUN
Match #4	23 Jul 17:30	Bulgaria	BUL	15-7, 15-9, 15-2	Brazil	BRA
Match #5	25 Jul 17:30	Romania	ROU	10-15, 9-15, 15-6, 15-13, 15-6	Brazil	BRA
Match #6	25 Jul 17:30	Hungary	HUN	8-15, 15-9, 15-7, 15-10	Bulgaria	BUL

Classification Round 5-8

Date	27 July 1980
Format	Classification matches.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul 17:30	Peru	PER	15-12, 15-9, 15-11	Romania	ROU
Match #2	27 Jul 19:30	Cuba	CUB	15-2, 15-5, 15-6	Brazil	BRA

Semi-Finals

Date	27 July 1980
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul 17:30	East Germany	GDR	15-10, 12-15, 15-9, 7-15, 15-6	Bulgaria	BUL
Match #2	27 Jul 19:30	Soviet Union	URS	15-11, 15-13, 15-2	Hungary	HUN

Final Round

Date	29 July 1980
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	29 Jul 19:30	Soviet Union	URS	15-2, 7-15, 15-4, 15-9	East Germany	GDR
Match 3/4	29 Jul 17:30	Bulgaria	BUL	15-5, 13-15, 6-15, 15-4, 15-8	Hungary	HUN
Match 5/6	29 Jul 18:00	Cuba	CUB	15-9, 15-7, 12-15, 15-5	Peru	PER
Match 7/8	29 Jul 16:00	Brazil	BRA	15-8, 15-12, 15-12	Romania	ROU