Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's volleyball

The 1992 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 8th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Barcelona, Spain from July 26 to August 9, 1992.

Qualification

Volleyball Men	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	Spain
1988 Olympic Games	Sep 17 – Oct 2, 1988	Seoul	1	United States
1989 World Cup	Nov 17 – 26, 1989	Tokyo	1	Cuba
1990 World Championship	Oct 18 – 28, 1990	Rio de Janeiro	1	Italy
1991 World Cup	Nov 22 – Dec 1, 1991	Tokyo	1	South Korea
1991 African Championship	1991	Cairo	1	Algeria
1991 Asian Championsnip	Aug 11 – 16, 1991	Perth	1	Japan
1991 NORCECA Championship	Aug 25 – Sep 3, 1991	Regina	1	Canada
1991 South American Championship	1991	São Paulo	1	Brazil
1991 European Championship	Sep 7 – 15, 1991	Berlin	1	Soviet Union
World Qualification Tournament 1	May 10 – 15, 1992	Montpellier	1	France
World Qualification Tournament 2	May 10 – 15, 1992	Rotterdam	1	Netherlands
Total			12

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Spain Canada France Italy Japan United States	Algeria Brazil Cuba Netherlands South Korea Unified Team

Squads

Venues

Preliminary round

Pool A

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	9	4	1	13	5	2.600	253	192	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	0.946
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

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Jul	Japan	3–1	United States	8–15	15–11	15–10	15–13		53–49
26 Jul	Italy	3–1	France	9–15	15–5	15–8	15–2		54–30
26 Jul	Spain	3–2	Canada	13–15	15–7	9–15	15–12	15–13	67–62
28 Jul	United States	3–2	Canada	15–12	15–12	10–15	11–15	16–14	67–68
28 Jul	France	3–2	Japan	15–8	9–15	15–11	10–15	15–9	64–58
28 Jul	Italy	3–0	Spain	16–14	15–6	15–7			46–27
30 Jul	Italy	3–0	Japan	15–13	15–7	17–15			47–35
30 Jul	Canada	3–0	France	15–7	15–8	15–6			45–21
30 Jul	United States	3–2	Spain	15–6	14–16	12–15	15–10	15–11	71–58
01 Aug	Spain	3–2	Japan	15–8	5–15	15–17	15–7	15–13	65–60
01 Aug	Italy	3–1	Canada	15–11	8–15	15–12	15–7		53–45
01 Aug	United States	3–0	France	15–5	15–12	15–8			45–25
03 Aug	Japan	3–2	Canada	11–15	15–17	15–11	15–13	15–10	71–66
03 Aug	Spain	3–2	France	10–15	11–15	15–9	15–9	15–12	66–60
03 Aug	United States	3–1	Italy	9–15	16–14	15–11	15–13		55–53

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	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

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
26 Jul	Cuba	3–1	Netherlands	15–12	17–15	6–15	15–10	53–52
26 Jul	Algeria	0–3	Unified Team	8–15	7–15	4–15		19–45
26 Jul	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	15–13	16–14	15–7		46–34
28 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Algeria	15–4	15–2	15–3		45–9
28 Jul	Brazil	3–1	Unified Team	15–6	15–7	9–15	16–14	55–42
28 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea	15–5	15–5	15–7		45–17
30 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Algeria	15–8	15–11	15–12		45–31
30 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	15–11	15–9	15–4		45–24
30 Jul	Cuba	3–1	Unified Team	8–15	15–10	15–12	15–5	53–42
01 Aug	South Korea	0–3	Unified Team	9–15	6–15	11–15		26–45
01 Aug	Netherlands	3–0	Algeria	15–2	15–5	15–4		45–11
01 Aug	Brazil	3–1	Cuba	15–6	15–8	12–15	15–6	57–35
03 Aug	Netherlands	1–3	Unified Team	15–8	9–15	16–17	12–15	52–55
03 Aug	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–5	15–7	15–8		45–20
03 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Algeria	15–8	15–13	15–9		45–30

Final round

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

1992-08-05 – Barcelona

Italy

1992-08-07 – Barcelona

Netherlands

1992-08-05 – Barcelona

Cuba

Spain

1992-08-09 – Barcelona

Cuba

Netherlands

1992-08-05 – Barcelona

Brazil

United States

1992-08-07 – Barcelona

Unified Team

United States

Bronze medal match

1992-08-05 – Barcelona

Brazil

Japan

Cuba

Brazil

United States

1992-08-09 – Barcelona

5th–8th places bracket

5th–8th places			5th place

1992-08-06 – Barcelona
Italy	3
Spain	0

			1992-08-07 – Barcelona
			Italy	3
			Japan	0


			7th place
1992-08-06 – Barcelona		1992-08-07 – Barcelona
Japan	3	Spain	2
Unified Team	2		Unified Team	3

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Aug	Italy	2–3	Netherlands	9–15	15–12	15–8	2–15	16–17	57–67
05 Aug	Spain	0–3	Cuba	14–16	9–15	6–15			29–46
05 Aug	Japan	0–3	Brazil	12–15	5–15	12–15			29–45
05 Aug	United States	3–1	Unified Team	12–15	15–10	15–4	15–11		57–40

5th–8th places

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Aug	Italy	3–0	Spain	15–4	15–12	15–4			45–20
06 Aug	Japan	3–2	Unified Team	15–8	9–15	15–13	12–15	17–16	68–67

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Aug	Netherlands	3–0	Cuba	15–11	15–13	15–9			45–33
07 Aug	United States	1–3	Brazil	15–12	8–15	9–15	12–15		44–57

11th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Aug	France	3–0	Algeria	15–4	15–9	15–9			45–22

9th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Aug	Canada	1–3	South Korea	10–15	15–12	10–15	10–15		45–57

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Aug	Spain	2–3	Unified Team	14–16	15–12	8–15	15–5	12–15	64–63

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Aug	Italy	3–0	Japan	15–2	15–7	15–13			45–22

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Aug	Cuba	1–3	United States	15–12	13–15	7–15	11–15		46–57

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Aug	Netherlands	0–3	Brazil	12–15	8–15	5–15			25–45

Final standing

Rank	Team
1 !	Brazil
2 !	Netherlands
3 !	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 1st title

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Brazil (BRA) Marcelo Negrao Jorge Brito Giovane Gávio Paulo Silva Mauricio Lima Janelson Carvalho Douglas Chiarotti Antonio Gouveia Amauri Ribeiro Andre Ferreira Alexandre Samuel Talmo Oliveira	Netherlands (NED) Martin Teffer Henk-Jan Held Ronald Boudrie Marko Klok Ronald Zwerver Avital Selinger Edwin Benne Olof van der Meulen Peter Blange Jan Posthuma Martin van der Horst Ronald Zoodsma	United States (USA) Eric Sato Jeffrey Stork Steve Timmons Bryan Ivie Robert Partie Robert Samuelson Scott Fortune Daniel Greenbaum Brent Hilliard Nick Becker Carlos Briceno Robert Ctvrtlik

External links

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Asia and Oceania	AVC – Asian Championship

North America	NORCECA – NORCECA Championship

South America	CSV – South American Championship

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Contents

Qualification

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

Championship bracket

5th–8th places bracket

Quarterfinals

5th–8th places

Semifinals

11th place

9th place

7th place

5th place

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

Medalists

External links