Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's volleyball

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The 1992 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the eighth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee. The competition in Barcelona, Spain was held from July 26 to August 9, 1992 in three different venues in the city: the Palau d'Esports, the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron and the Palau Sant Jordi, where the semi-finals and finals were played.

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

Spain qualified as the host nation, the United States as the defending champion from Seoul, South Korea. Cuba qualified by winning the 1989 FIVB Men's World Cup, while Italy was placed as the reigning world champion (1990). Soviet Union (Europe), Canada (NORCECA, third), Brazil (South America), Japan (Asia) and Algeria (Africa) earned a spot through their continental qualifying tournament. South Korea qualified by finishing in fifth place at the 1991 FIVB Men's World Cup. Finally, France and the Netherlands each came through in one of the two Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, held in Montpellier, France and Rotterdam, Netherlands (from May 10 to May 15, 1992).

[edit] Teams

Group A  Canada  France  Italy  Japan  Spain  United States

Group B  Algeria  Brazil  Cuba  Netherlands  South Korea Unified Team

[edit] Squads

1992 Men's Olympic Volleyball Squads

[edit] Preliminary Round

[edit] Group A

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Italy	9	4	1	13	5	2.600	253	193	1.318
2	United States	9	4	1	13	8	1.625	287	257	1.117
3	Spain	8	3	2	11	12	0.917	283	299	0.947
4	Japan	7	2	3	10	12	0.833	277	291	0.952
5	Canada	6	1	4	10	12	0.833	286	279	1.025
6	France	6	1	4	6	14	0.429	200	268	0.746

[edit] Group B

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	0	15	2	7.500	248	165	1.503
2	Cuba	9	4	1	13	5	2.600	231	180	1.283
3	Unified Team	8	3	2	11	7	1.571	229	205	1.117
4	Netherlands	7	2	3	8	9	0.889	218	181	1.204
5	South Korea	6	1	4	3	12	0.250	142	212	0.670
6	Algeria	5	0	5	0	15	0.000	100	225	0.444

[edit] Final Round

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	1992-08-05
	Netherlands	3
					1992-08-07
	Italy	2
					Netherlands	3
	1992-08-05
					Cuba	0
	Cuba	3
									1992-08-08
	Spain	0
									Brazil	3
	1992-08-05
									Netherlands	0
	Japan	0
					1992-08-07
	Brazil	3
					Brazil	3			Third place
	1992-08-05
					United States	1
	Unified Team	1							United States	3
	United States	3							Cuba	1
									1992-08-09

[edit] Final Standings

Place Team  Brazil  Netherlands  United States 4.  Cuba 5.  Italy 6.  Japan 7. Unified Team 8.  Spain 9.  South Korea 10.  Canada 11.  France 12.  Algeria

1992 Men's Olympic Champions  Brazil First title

[edit] See also

• Women's Olympic Tournament

[edit] References

• Results
• Official Results

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