Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's volleyball

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The 1988 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the seventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee. The competition in Seoul, South Korea was held from September 17 to October 2, 1988.

The preliminary matches were held at the Hanyang University Gymnasium and the Saemaul Sports Hall from September 17 to 26. Semifinals, finals and classification matches were held in a cross-match according to the order of places in the preliminary matches from September 27 to October 2 at the Jamsil Students' Gymnasium in the Seoul Sports Complex.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Teams 3 Squads 4 Preliminary Round 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 5 Final Round 6 Final Standings 7 See also 8 References

[edit] Qualification

South Korea qualified as the host nation, the United States as the defending champion from Los Angeles, California. The Soviet Union finished second at the 1985 FIVB Men's World Cup, while Bulgaria participated after finishing second at the 1986 World Championships. France (Europe), Japan (Asia), Tunisia (Africa) and Brazil (South America) were the continental representants. Argentina won the Olympic Qualifier in 1987. Sweden and the Netherlands each came through in one the two Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, held in the Netherlands and Italy from May 20 to May 25, 1988. At the last event Italy won the play-offs (2-1) against PR China for Cuba's place.

[edit] Teams

Group A  Brazil  Bulgaria  Sweden  Italy  Soviet Union  South Korea

Group B  Argentina  France  Japan  Netherlands  Tunisia  United States

[edit] Squads

1988 Men's Olympic Volleyball Squads

[edit] Preliminary Round

[edit] Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Soviet Union	8	5	4	1	248	190	1.305	14	4	3.500
2.	Brazil	8	5	4	1	296	225	1.315	14	7	2.000
3.	Sweden	4	5	2	3	220	262	0.839	9	11	0.818
4.	Bulgaria	4	5	2	3	190	194	0.979	7	9	0.777
5.	Italy	4	5	2	3	203	222	0.914	7	11	0.636
6.	South Korea	2	5	1	4	200	264	0.757	5	14	0.357

• Saturday September 17

Sweden	3 – 2	South Korea	10-15 • 5 -15 • 15-12 • 17-15 • 15- 4

• Sunday September 18

Brazil	3 – 0	Italy	15- 7 • 15- 4 • 17-15
Soviet Union	3 – 0	Bulgaria	15- 7 • 15- 9 • 15- 8

• Monday September 19

Soviet Union	3 – 0	Sweden	15- 8 • 15- 7 • 16-14
Bulgaria	3 – 0	Italy	15- 7 • 15- 8 • 15- 6
South Korea	3 – 2	Brazil	19-17 • 15- 8 • 6 -15 • 11-15 • 15-12

• Thursday September 22

Brazil	3 – 1	Bulgaria	13-15 • 15- 6 • 15-12 • 15-12
Italy	3 – 2	Sweden	9 -15 • 15- 6 • 12-15 • 15-12 • 15- 3
Soviet Union	3 – 0	South Korea	15- 6 • 15- 7 • 15-13

• Saturday September 24

Brazil	3 – 1	Sweden	15- 6 • 13-15 • 15- 0 • 15-12
Bulgaria	3 – 0	South Korea	15- 7 • 15-10 • 15- 8
Soviet Union	3 – 1	Italy	15- 9 • 15- 9 • 12-15 • 15-12

• Monday September 26

Italy	3 – 0	South Korea	15-10 • 15- 7 • 15- 5
Brazil	3 – 2	Soviet Union	12-15 • 9 -15 • 15- 8 • 15-11 • 15- 6
Sweden	3 – 0	Bulgaria	15-11 • 15-12 • 15- 8

[edit] Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	United States	10	5	5	0	263	155	1.696	15	3	5.000
2.	Argentina	6	5	3	2	219	211	1.037	11	7	1.572
3.	France	6	5	3	2	222	190	1.168	10	7	1.428
4.	Netherlands	6	5	3	2	202	183	1.103	10	7	1.428
5.	Japan	2	5	1	4	182	225	0.808	5	12	0.417
6.	Tunisia	0	5	0	5	101	225	0.448	0	15	0.000

• Saturday September 17

Netherlands	3 – 1	France	15- 8 • 7-15 • 15-11 • 15- 7

• Sunday September 18

United States	3 – 0	Japan	15-13 • 15- 2 • 15- 2
Argentina	3 – 0	Tunisia	15- 5 • 15-11 • 15- 6

• Monday September 19

United States	3 – 1	Netherlands	15- 7 • 12-15 • 15- 1 • 15-11
France	3 – 0	Tunisia	15-10 • 15- 3 • 15- 9
Argentina	3 – 1	Japan	15-11 • 15-12 • 11-15 • 15-11

• Thursday September 22

United States	3 – 2	Argentina	11-15 • 11-15 • 15- 4 • 17-15 • 15- 7
France	3 – 1	Japan	10-15 • 15-10 • 17-15 • 15-12
Netherlands	3 – 0	Tunisia	15- 6 • 15-10 • 15- 5

• Saturday September 24

United States	3 – 0	France	17-15 • 15- 6 • 15-13
Japan	3 – 0	Tunisia	15- 4 • 15-11 • 15- 7
Argentina	3 – 0	Netherlands	15-11 • 15- 7 • 15- 8

• Monday September 26

France	3 – 0	Argentina	15- 7 • 15- 5 • 15- 5
United States	3 – 0	Tunisia	15- 4 • 15- 6 • 15- 4
Netherlands	3 – 0	Japan	15- 7 • 15- 4 • 15- 8

[edit] Final Round

	9-12th place				9th place
	1988-09-28
	Italy	3
	Tunisia	0
					1988-09-30
					Italy	3
					Japan	2
					11th place
	1988-09-28			1988-09-30
	Japan	3		Tunisia	0
	South Korea	2			South Korea	3

• Wednesday September 28
  • Classification Matches

Italy	3 – 0	Tunisia	15- 2 • 15- 2 • 15- 5
Japan	3 – 2	South Korea	13-15 • 6 -15 • 15- 9 • 15-13 • 15- 9

• Friday September 30
  • Eleventh Place Match

Tunisia	0 – 3	South Korea	11-15 • 9-15 • 7-15

• • Ninth Place Match

Italy	3 – 2	Japan	15-11 • 15-11 • 12-15 • 13-15 • 15- 7

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	5-8th place				5th place
	1988-09-28
	Netherlands	3
	Sweden	2
					1988-10-01
					Netherlands	3
					Bulgaria	0
					7th place
	1988-09-28			1988-10-01
	Bulgaria	3		Sweden	3
	France	0			France	2

• Wednesday September 28
  • Classification Matches

Netherlands	3 – 2	Sweden	15-10 • 13-15 • 8 -15 • 15-11 • 16-14
Bulgaria	3 – 0	France	15- 8 • 15-12 • 15-11

• Saturday October 1
  • Seventh Place Match

Sweden	3 – 2	France	12-15 • 15- 5 • 8 -15 • 15-12 • 15-12

• • Fifth Place Match

Netherlands	3 – 0	Bulgaria	15- 6 • 15- 8 • 15-10

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	Semi finals				Final
	1988-09-30
	Soviet Union	3
	Argentina	0
					1988-10-02
					Soviet Union	1
					United States	3
					Third place
	1988-09-30			1988-10-02
	United States	3		Argentina	3
	Brazil	0			Brazil	2

• Friday September 30
  • Semi Finals

Soviet Union	3 – 0	Argentina	15-11 • 17-15 • 15- 8
United States	3 – 0	Brazil	15- 3 • 15- 5 • 15-11

• Sunday October 2
  • Bronze Medal Match

Argentina	3 – 2	Brazil	15-10 • 15-17 • 15- 8 • 12-15 • 15- 9

• • Gold Medal Match

Soviet Union	1 – 3	United States	15-13 • 10-15 • 4-15 • 8-15

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[edit] Final Standings

Place Team  United States  Soviet Union  Argentina 4.  Brazil 5.  Netherlands 6.  Bulgaria 7.  Sweden 8.  France 9.  Italy 10.  Japan 11.  South Korea 12.  Tunisia

1988 Men's Olympic Champions  United States Second title

[edit] See also

• Women's Olympic Tournament

[edit] References

• Results
• Official Results

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