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Volleyball, Women

Date	29 July – 7 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona / Pabellón de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona / Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona
Participants	89 from 8 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

Eight teams competed in two pools of four, followed by elimination and medals rounds. The qualifying standards were as follows: host nation (Spain), 1990 World Championships (USSR/Unified Team, China), World Cup (United States [(4th]), Asian Champion (Japan), North American Champion (Cuba), European Championships (Netherlands, replacing the Unified Team), and the South American Champion (Brazil).

Cuba had become the best women’s team in the world and was heavily favored. The semi-finals came down to the four best teams in the world – Cuba, the USSR, Brazil, and the United States. Cuba was severely pressed in the semis by the US, eventually winning 15-11 in the fifth set. In the final they met the 1990 World Champions, the Soviet Union. The first two sets were split, but Cuba won close sets in the third and fourth to win the gold medal. Cuba did not lose a match in the tournament, but was pushed throughout, losing five sets overall. Cuba had won the 1991 World Cup, their first major championship. One of the Chinese players, Wu Dan, was disqualified for a positive doping test for a stimulant with a strychnine base.

Pos	Team	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	Cuba	CUB	5	5	0	10	15-5	3.000	268-238	1.126	Gold
	Tania Ortiz		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Marlenis Costa		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Mireya Luis		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Lilia Izquierdo		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Idalmis Gato		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Regla Bell		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Regla Torres		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Norka Latamblet		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Mercedes Calderón		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Magalys Carvajal		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Ana Ivis Fernández DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Raisa O'Farrill DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach	Eugenio George
2	Unified Team	EUN	5	3	2	8	12-7	1.714	270-194	1.392	Silver
	Valentina Ogiyenko		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Nataliya Morozova		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Marina Pankova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Yelena Batukhtina		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Irina Smirnova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Yevgeniya Artamonova		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Yelena Chebukina		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Svetlana Korytova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Tatyana Menshova DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Tatyana Sidorenko DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Galina Lebedeva DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Svetlana Vasilevskaya DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach	Nikolay Karpol
3	United States	USA	6	4	2	10	16-9	1.778	327-280	1.168	Bronze
	Teee Sanders		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Yoko Zetterlund		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Kim Oden		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Lori Endicott		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Paula Weishoff		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Caren Kemner		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Tammy Liley		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Elaina Oden		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Janet Cobbs		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Tara Cross-Battle		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Liane Sato		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Ruth Lawanson		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach	Terry Liskevych
4	Brazil	BRA	6	3	3	9	11-13	0.846	291-299	0.973
	Ana Moser		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Hilma		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Ida		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Ana Paula		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Tina		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Leila		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Cilene		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Ana Lúcia		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Márcia Fu		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Ana Flávia		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Fernanda		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Fofão		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach	Wadson Lima
5	Japan	JPN	5	3	2	8	10-9	1.111	253-224	1.129
	Ichiko Sato		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Kumi Nakada		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Michiyo Ishikake		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Chieko Nakanishi		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Motoko Obayashi		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Yukiko Takahashi		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Ikuyo Naemura		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Mika Yamauchi		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Asako Tajimi		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Tomoko Yoshihara		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Kiyoko Fukuda		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Kazumi Nakamura		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach	Kazunori Yoneda
6	Netherlands	NED	5	1	4	6	6-14	0.429	215-278	0.773
	Sandra Wiegers		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Erna Brinkman		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Cintha Boersma		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Vera Koenen		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Irena Machovcak		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Aafke Hament		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Marjolein de Jong		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Henriëtte Weersing		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Kirsten Gleis		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Heleen Crielaard		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Linda Moons		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Marrit Leenstra DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach	Peter Murphy
7	People's Republic of China	CHN	4	1	3	5	8-9	0.889	219-198	1.106
	Lai Yawen		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Li Guojun		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Zhou Hong		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Ma Fang		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Wang Yi		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Su Huijuan		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Chen Fengqin		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Su Liqun		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Sun Yue		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Gao Lin		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Li Yueming		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Wu Dan		[3]	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–		1
Coach	Hu Jin
8	Spain	ESP	4	0	4	4	0-12	0.000	48-180	0.267
	Virginia Cardona		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Ana María Tostado		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Rita Oraá		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Inmaculada Torres		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Laura de la Torre		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Marta Gens		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Olga Martín		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Asunción Domenech		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Inmaculada González		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Estela Domínguez		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	María Rey		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	Carmen Miranda		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach	Jaime Fernández

Preliminary Round

Date	29 July – 2 August 1992

Group A

Date	29 July – 2 August 1992
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	Unified Team	EUN	2	1	5	8-3	2.667	158-101	1.564
2	United States	USA	2	1	5	8-5	1.600	171-153	1.118
3	Japan	JPN	2	1	5	6-5	1.200	146-127	1.150
4	Spain	ESP	0	3	3	0-9	0.000	41-135	0.304

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul 10:30	Unified Team	EUN	15-3, 15-0, 15-3	Spain	ESP
Match #2	29 Jul 13:00	Japan	JPN	13-15, 15-11, 15-12, 8-15, 15-13	United States	USA
Match #3	31 Jul 19:00	United States	USA	9-15, 17-15, 15-12, 4-15, 15-11	Unified Team	EUN
Match #4	31 Jul 21:30	Japan	JPN	15-9, 15-1, 15-6	Spain	ESP
Match #5	02 Aug 10:30	Unified Team	EUN	15-13, 15-11, 15-11	Japan	JPN
Match #6	02 Aug 13:00	United States	USA	15-4, 15-5, 15-10	Spain	ESP

Group B

Date	29 July – 2 August 1992
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	Cuba	CUB	3	0	6	9-2	4.500	151-129	1.171
2	Brazil	BRA	2	1	5	7-6	1.167	170-145	1.172
3	Netherlands	NED	1	2	4	4-8	0.500	136-166	0.819
4	People's Republic of China	CHN	0	3	3	5-9	0.556	174-191	0.911

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul 19:00	Brazil	BRA	15-9, 15-3, 11-15, 15-7	Netherlands	NED
Match #2	29 Jul 21:30	Cuba	CUB	13-15, 15-11, 15-9, 15-11	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #3	31 Jul 10:30	Netherlands	NED	6-15, 15-17, 15-13, 16-14, 15-6	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #4	31 Jul 13:00	Cuba	CUB	15-11, 3-15, 15-13, 15-9	Brazil	BRA
Match #5	02 Aug 19:00	Cuba	CUB	15-11, 15-11, 15-13	Netherlands	NED
Match #6	02 Aug 21:30	Brazil	BRA	15-9, 7-15, 15-11, 14-16, 15-12	People's Republic of China	CHN

Quarter-Finals

Date	4 August 1992
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	04 Aug 19:00	United States	USA	15-11, 11-15, 15-8, 15-7	Netherlands	NED
Match #2	04 Aug 21:30	Brazil	BRA	14-16, 15-13, 15-13, 15-9	Japan	JPN

Semi-Finals

Date	6 August 1992
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	06 Aug 19:00	Unified Team	EUN	15-10, 13-15, 15-5, 15-5	Brazil	BRA
Match #2	06 Aug 21:30	Cuba	CUB	8-15, 15-9, 6-15, 15-5, 15-11	United States	USA

Final Round

Date	4 – 7 August 1992
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	07 Aug 21:30	Cuba	CUB	16-14, 12-15, 15-12, 15-13	Unified Team	EUN
Match 3/4	07 Aug 13:00	United States	USA	15-8, 15-6, 15-13	Brazil	BRA
Match 5/6	06 Aug 10:30	Japan	JPN	15-0, 11-15, 15-13, 15-10	Netherlands	NED
Match 7/8	04 Aug 16:30	People's Republic of China	CHN	15-1, 15-3, 15-3	Spain	ESP