Japan women's national volleyball team
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The Japan women's national volleyball team,or All-Japan women's volleyball team is one of the most successful volleyball teams in the world,currently ranked 6th by the FIVB.Their current head coach is Shoichi Yanagimoto.
Their greatest success was at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, when they defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union on the way to a gold medal.
[edit] Olympic Record
| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women’s Volleyball | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | Volleyball | |
| Gold | 1976 Montreal | Volleyball | |
| Silver | 1968 Mexico City | Volleyball | |
| Silver | 1972 Munich | Volleyball | |
| Bronze | 1984 Los Angeles | Volleyball | |
- 1964 - Won gold medal
- 1968 - Won silver medal
- 1972 - Won silver medal
- 1976 - Won gold medal
- 1980 - Did not participate
- 1984 - Won bronze medal
- 1988 - Finished in 4th place
- 1992 - Finished in 5th place
- 1996 - Finished in 9th place
- 2000 - Did not qualify
- 2004 - Finished tied in 5th place
[edit] World Championship Record
- 1952 - Did not participate
- 1956 - Did not participate
- 1960 - Won silver medal
- 1962 - Won gold medal
- 1967 - Won gold medal
- 1970 - Won silver medal
- 1974 - Won gold medal
- 1978 - Won silver medal
- 1982 - Finished in 4th place
- 1986 - Finished in 7th place
- 1990 - Finished in 8th place
- 1994 - Finished in 7th place
- 1998 - Finished in 8th place
- 2002 - Finished in 13th place
- 2006 - Finished in 6th place
