Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Volleyball Hall
Date 27 August - 7 September
Competitors  from 8 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Japan
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  North Korea
Volleyball at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Tournament   men   women
Rosters   men   women

The 1972 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 3rd edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Munich, West Germany from August 27 to September 7, 1972.

Qualification

QualifiersDateHostVacanciesQualified
Host Country1 West Germany
1968 Olympic GamesOctober 13–26, 1968Mexico Mexico City, Mexico1 Soviet Union
1970 World ChampionshipSep. 22 – Oct. 2, 1970Bulgaria Varna, Bulgaria3 Japan
 North Korea
 Hungary
Asian Qualification Tournament1972Unknown1 South Korea
1971 European ChampionshipSep. 23 – Oct. 1, 1971Italy Milan, Italy1 Czechoslovakia
1971 Pan American GamesJuly 31 – Aug. 11, 1971Colombia Cali, Colombia1 Cuba
Total8

Pools composition

Venue

Preliminary round

Pool A

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Eliminated
 
Pts Matches Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Soviet Union 6 3 0 159 96 1.656 9 2 4.500
2  South Korea 5 2 1 127 99 1.283 7 3 2.333
3  Hungary 4 1 2 114 131 0.870 4 6 0.667
4  West Germany 3 0 3 61 135 0.452 0 9 0.000
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
27 Aug Hungary  3–0  West Germany 15–8 15–11 15–9     45–28
27 Aug Soviet Union  3–1  South Korea 11–15 15–8 15–7 15–7   56–37
29 Aug South Korea  3–0  Hungary 15–7 15–13 15–11     45–31
29 Aug Soviet Union  3–0  West Germany 15–5 15–7 15–9     45–21
31 Aug Soviet Union  3–1  Hungary 15–12 15–2 13–15 15–9   58–38
31 Aug South Korea  3–0  West Germany 15–2 15–8 15–2     45–12

Pool B

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Eliminated
 
Pts Matches Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Japan 6 3 0 136 56 2.429 9 0 MAX
2  North Korea 5 2 1 119 76 1.566 6 3 2.000
3  Cuba 4 1 2 73 140 0.521 3 7 0.429
4  Czechoslovakia 3 0 3 85 141 0.603 1 9 0.111
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
28 Aug North Korea  3–0  Cuba 15–1 15–8 15–3     45–12
28 Aug Japan  3–0  Czechoslovakia 15–1 15–7 15–9     45–17
30 Aug Japan  3–0  Cuba 15–2 15–3 15–5     45–10
30 Aug North Korea  3–0  Czechoslovakia 15–3 15–7 15–8     45–18
1 Sep Cuba  3–1  Czechoslovakia 6–15 15–12 15–10 15–13   51–50
1 Sep Japan  3–0  North Korea 15–3 15–2 16–14     46–19

Final round

Championship bracket

Semifinals Gold medal match
September 3
  Japan  3  
  South Korea  0  
 
September 7
      Soviet Union  3
    Japan  2
Bronze medal match
September 3 September 7
  Soviet Union  3   North Korea  3
  North Korea  1     South Korea  0

5th–8th places bracket

5th–8th places 5th place
September 2
  Cuba  3  
  West Germany  0  
 
September 7
      Hungary  3
    Cuba  2
7th place
September 2 September 7
  Hungary  3   Czechoslovakia  3
  Czechoslovakia  2     West Germany  0

5th–8th places

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
02 Sep Hungary  3–2  Czechoslovakia 15–9 13–15 11–15 15–10 15–11 69–60
02 Sep Cuba  3–0  West Germany 15–11 15–13 17–15     47–39

Semifinals

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
03 Sep Soviet Union  3–1  North Korea 15–10 16–14 7–15 15–8   53–47
03 Sep Japan  3–0  South Korea 15–3 15–5 15–9     45–17

7th place

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
07 Sep Czechoslovakia  3–0  West Germany 15–13 15–4 16–14     46–31

5th place

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
07 Sep Hungary  3–2  Cuba 13–15 14–16 16–14 15–5 15–11 73–61

Bronze medal match

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
09 Sep North Korea  3–0  South Korea 15–7 15–9 15–9     45–25

Gold medal match

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
09 Sep Soviet Union  3–2  Japan 15–11 4–15 15–11 9–15 15–11 58–63

Final standing

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Soviet Union (URS)
Vera Galushka-Duyunova
Tatyana Ponyayeva-Tretyakova
Nina Smoleeva
Roza Salikhova
Lyudmila Buldakova
Tatyana Gonobobleva
Lyubov Turina
Galina Leontyeva
Inna Ryskal
Tatyana Sarycheva
Lyudmila Borozna
Nataliya Kudreva
 Japan (JPN)
Sumie Oinuma
Noriko Yamashita
Seiko Shimakage
Makiko Furukawa
Takako Iida
Katsumi Matsumura
Michiko Shiokawa
Takako Shirai
Mariko Okamoto
Keiko Hama
Yaeko Yamazaki
Toyoko Iwahara
 North Korea (PRK)
Ri Chun-Ok
Kim Myong-Suk
Kim Zung-Bok
Kang Ok-Sun
Kim Yeun-Ja
Hwang He-Suk
Jang Ok-Rim
Paek Myong-Suk
Ryom Chun-Ja
Kim Su-Dae
Jong Ok-Jin
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