Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad

Venue

(Palau d'Esports, Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron, Palau Sant Jordi) Barcelona, Spain

Date

29 July–8 August

Medalists

	Cuba
	Unified Team
	United States

The 1992 Women'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 29 to August 8, 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.

Qualification

Volleyball Women	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Spain
Seoul Games	1	Soviet Union*
1990 World Championship	1	Cuba
1991 Asian Championsnip	1	China
1991 NORCECA Championship	1	United States
1991 South American Championship	1	Brazil
1991 European Championship	1	Netherlands
1992 World Qualification Tournament	1	Japan**
Total	8

*USSR qualified as the Champions of the 1988 Women's Olympic Volleyball tournament. The USSR was extingued in 1991 and was replaced by Unified Team.

**An african team was invited to participate in this edition, since no african team showed interest, a World Qualifier was held in Japan, Japan won the tournament securing the final berth.

Teams

Group A

Group B

Squads

1992 Women's Olympic Volleyball Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

TEAM	MP	W	L	SW	SL	PF	PA	PTS	RS	RATIO
Unified Team	3	2	1	8	3	158	101	5	2,6667	1,5644
United States	3	2	1	8	5	171	153	5	1,6000	1,1176
Japan	3	2	1	6	5	146	127	5	1,2000	1,1496
Spain	3	0	3	0	9	41	135	3	0,0000	0,3037

1992-07-29


	Spain	0 – 3	Unified Team	3-15, 0-15, 3-15
	United States	2 – 3	Japan	15-13, 11-15, 12-15, 15-8, 13-15

1992-07-31


	United States	3 – 2	Unified Team	15-9, 15-17, 12-15, 15-4, 15-11
	Spain	0 – 3	Japan	9-15, 1-15, 6-15

1992-08-02


	Japan	0 – 3	Unified Team	13-15, 11-15, 11-15
	Spain	0 – 3	United States	4-15, 5-15, 10-15

Group B

TEAM	MP	W	L	SW	SL	PF	PA	PTS	RS	RATIO
Cuba	3	3	0	9	2	151	129	6	4,5000	1,1705
Brazil	3	2	1	7	6	170	145	5	1,1667	1,1724
Netherlands	3	1	2	4	8	136	166	4	0,5000	0,8193
China	3	0	3	5	9	174	191	3	0,5556	0,9110

1992-07-29


	Netherlands	1 – 3	Brazil	9-15, 3-15, 15-11, 7-15
	China	1 – 3	Cuba	15-13, 11-15, 9-15, 11-15

1992-07-31


	Netherlands	3 – 2	China	6-15, 15-17, 15-13, 16-14, 15-6
	Brazil	1 – 3	Cuba	11-15, 15-3, 13-15, 9-15

1992-08-02


	Cuba	3 – 0	Netherlands	15-11, 15-11, 15-13
	China	2 – 3	Brazil	9-15, 15-7, 11-15, 16-14, 12-15

Final round

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

1992-08-04

United States	3
		1992-08-06
Netherlands	1
		United States	2
1992-08-04
		Cuba	3
Cuba	–
				1992-08-08
already qualified	–
				Cuba	3
1992-08-04
				Unified Team	1
Japan	1
		1992-08-06
Brazil	3
		Brazil	1	Third place
1992-08-04
		Unified Team	3
Unified Team	–			United States	3

already qualified	–			Brazil	0

				1992-08-08