Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's volleyball

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The 1996 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the ninth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee. It was held from July 20 to August 3, 1996 in the Stegeman Coliseum and the Omni Coliseum of The University of Georgia in Atlanta, Georgia.

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

United States qualified as the host nation, Cuba (1), Brazil (2) and PR China (3) qualified by finishing in the top-three at the 1995 FIVB Women's World Cup, while Germany (Europe), Canada (NORCECA), Peru (South America), South Korea (Asia) and Russia (Africa) won the continental qualifying tournament. Netherlands, Japan and Ukraine came through by finishing in the top-three at the Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, held from May 26 to June 2 in Tokyo, Japan.

[edit] Teams

Group A  China (CHN)  Japan (JPN)  Netherlands (NED)  South Korea (KOR)  Ukraine (UKR)  United States (USA)

Group B  Brazil (BRA)  Canada (CAN)  Cuba (CUB)  Germany (GER)  Peru (PER)  Russia (RUS)

[edit] Squads

1996 Women's Olympic Volleyball Squads

[edit] Preliminary Round

[edit] Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	China	10	5	5	0	256	181	1.414	15	3	5.000
2.	United States	9	5	4	1	241	198	1.217	13	5	2.600
3.	Netherlands	8	5	3	2	211	179	1.179	10	7	1.429
4.	South Korea	7	5	2	3	249	222	1.122	10	9	1.111
5.	Japan	6	5	1	4	158	199	0.794	3	12	0.250
6.	Ukraine	5	5	0	5	89	225	0.396	0	15	0.000

• Saturday 1996-07-20

	China	3–0	Netherlands	(15-10 15- 5 15-7)
	South Korea	3–0	Japan	(15-10 15-12 15-10)
	United States	3–0	Ukraine	(15- 8 15- 5 15-11)

• Monday 1996-07-22

	China	3–2	South Korea	(17-16 16-14 2 -15 13-15 15-13)
	Japan	3–0	Ukraine	(15- 9 15- 5 15- 4)
	United States	3–1	Netherlands	(12-15 15-10 17-15 15- 7)

• Wednesday 1996-07-24

	Netherlands	3–0	Japan	(15- 3 15-10 15- 3)
	United States	1–3	China	( 8-15 2-15 15-12 12-15)
	South Korea	3–0	Ukraine	(15- 3 15-10 15- 7)

• Friday 1996-07-26

	Netherlands	3–1	South Korea	(15-11 15-12 7 -15 15- 8)
	China	3–0	Ukraine	(15- 4 15- 4 15- 6)
	United States	3–0	Japan	(15-11 15- 7 15-12)

• Sunday 1996-07-28

	China	3–0	Japan	(16-14 15-11 15-10)
	United States	3–1	South Korea	(10-15 15-13 15- 9 15- 3)
	Netherlands	3–0	Ukraine	(15- 3 15- 5 15- 5)

[edit] Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Brazil	10	5	5	0	238	121	1.967	15	1	15.000
2.	Russia	9	5	4	1	217	140	1.550	12	4	3.000
3.	Cuba	8	5	3	2	196	156	1.256	10	6	1.667
4.	Germany	7	5	2	3	163	191	0.853	7	9	0.778
5.	Canada	6	5	1	4	156	239	0.653	3	14	0.214
6.	Peru	5	5	0	5	129	252	0.512	2	15	0.133

• Saturday 1996-07-20

	Russia	3–0	Germany	(15- 5 15-10 15- 7)
	Cuba	3–0	Canada	(15- 8 15- 8 15- 5)
	Brazil	3–0	Peru	(15- 7 15- 1 15- 5)

• Monday 1996-07-22

	Canada	0–3	Russia	( 1-15 7-15 9-15)
	Germany	3–0	Peru	(15-11 15- 6 15- 3)
	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	(15-11 15-10 15- 4)

• Wednesday 1996-07-24

	Canada	0–3	Germany	( 5-15 12-15 6-15)
	Brazil	3–0	Russia	(15- 3 15-11 15-13)
	Cuba	3–0	Peru	(15- 2 15- 5 15-10)

• Friday 1996-07-26

	Russia	3–0	Peru	(15-11 15- 8 15- 1)
	Germany	0–3	Cuba	( 6-15 8-15 4-15)
	Brazil	3–0	Canada	(15- 6 15- 6 15-11)

• Sunday 1996-07-28

	Brazil	3–1	Germany	(15- 4 13-15 15- 6 15- 8)
	Cuba	1–3	Russia	(15-10 6-15 7-15 8-15)
	Canada	3–2	Peru	(16-17 15- 6 11-15 15- 9 15-12)

[edit] Final Round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold Medal Match
	1996-07-30
	China	3
					1996-08-01
	Germany	0
					China	3
	1996-07-30
					Russia	1
	Russia	3
									1996-08-03
	Netherlands	1
									China	1
	1996-07-30
									Cuba	3
	United States	0
					1996-08-01
	Cuba	3
					Cuba	3			Bronze Medal Match
	1996-07-30
					Brazil	2
	Brazil	3							Russia	2
	South Korea	0							Brazil	3
									1996-08-03

• Tuesday 1996-07-30

	China	3–0	Germany	(15-12 15- 8 15- 8)
	Russia	3–1	Netherlands	(10-15 15- 7 15- 9 15-10)
	United States	0–3	Cuba	(1 -15 10-15 12-15)
	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	(15- 4 15- 2 15-10)

• Thursday 1996-08-01

	China	3–1	Russia	(12-15 15- 5 15- 8 15-12)
	Cuba	3–2	Brazil	(5 -15 15- 8 10-15 15-13 15-12)

• Saturday 1996-08-03

	Russia	2–3	Brazil	(13-15 15- 4 14-16 15- 8 15-13)

	China	1–3	Cuba	(16-14 12-15 16-17 6 -15)

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	5-8th place				5th place
	1996-07-31
	Netherlands	3
	Germany	2
					1996-08-01
					Netherlands	3
					South Korea	0
					7th place
	1996-07-31			1996-08-01
	South Korea	3		Germany	1
	United States	0			United States	3

• Wednesday 1996-07-31

	Netherlands	3–2	Germany	(15-12 9 -15 13-15 15- 9 15-10)
	South Korea	3–0	United States	(15-12 15- 5 15-11)

• Thursday 1996-08-01

	Germany	1–3	United States	(16-17 6 -15 15- 5 6 -15)

	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea	(15- 9 15 -9 15-13)

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[edit] Final Standings

Place Team  Cuba (CUB)  China (CHN)  Brazil (BRA) 4.  Russia (RUS) 5.  Netherlands (NED) 6.  South Korea (KOR) 7.  United States (USA) 8.  Germany (GER) 9.  Canada (CAN)  Japan (JPN) 11.  Peru (PER)  Ukraine (UKR)

1996 Women's Olympic Champions  Cuba Second title

[edit] See also

• Men's Olympic Tournament

[edit] References

• Results
• Official Results

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