Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Women's volleyball; at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Long Beach Arena
Date	30 July – 7 August
Competitors	96 from 8 nations
Medalists

The 1984 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 6th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Long Beach, California, United States from July 30 to August 7, 1984.[1]

Qualification

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	18 May 1978	Athens	1	United States
1980 Olympic Games	21–29 July 1980	Moscow	1	~~Soviet Union~~
1982 World Championship	12–25 September 1982	Lima	1	China
1983 NORCECA Championship	12–16 July 1983	Indianapolis	1	~~Cuba~~ Canada*
1983 South American Championship	2–6 August 1983	São Paulo	1	Peru
1983 European Championship	17–25 September 1983	Rostock	1	~~East Germany~~ West Germany
1983 Asian Championsnip	10–17 November 1983	Fukuoka	1	Japan
Wild card	–	–	2	Brazil*
Wild card	–	–	2	South Korea*
Total			8

* Notes:[1]

1. Cuba was the 1983 NORCECA Championship runners-up (champions United States, were already qualified as hosts), but together with East Germany (1983 European champion), Soviet Union (1980 Olympic champion) and other countries, boycotted the games.

2. Canada, South Korea and West Germany replaced Cuba, East Germany and the Soviet Union.

3. Brazil was invited.

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the Preliminary round (first stage), the eight participants were divided into two pools of four teams. A single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool. The Final round (second stage) was played in a single elimination format, where the preliminary round two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the semifinals and the two lowest ranked teams advanced to the 5th–8th place semifinals.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Brazil	Canada
China	Japan
United States	Peru
West Germany	South Korea

Squads

Venues

Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, United States

Preliminary round

(A)	Advance to 1st–4th semifinals
(a)	Advance to 5th–8th semifinals

Group A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States (A)	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	167	139	1.201
2	China (A)	5	2	1	7	3	2.333	144	101	1.426
3	West Germany (a)	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	93	126	0.738
4	Brazil (a)	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	120	158	0.759

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	China	3–0	Brazil	15–13	15–10	15–11			45–34	Report
30 Jul	United States	3–0	West Germany	17–15	15–8	15–10			47–33	Report
1 Aug	West Germany	0–3	China	5–15	6–15	3–15			14–45	Report
1 Aug	United States	3–2	Brazil	12–15	10–15	15–5	15–5	15–12	67–52	Report
3 Aug	Brazil	0–3	West Germany	9–15	14–16	11–15			34–46	Report
3 Aug	China	1–3	United States	13–15	15–7	14–16	12–15		54–53	Report

Group B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan (A)	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	143	73	1.959
2	Peru (A)	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	123	125	0.984
3	South Korea (a)	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	137	125	1.096
4	Canada (a)	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	55	135	0.407

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	Peru	3–0	Canada	15–9	15–10	15–4			45–23	Report
30 Jul	Japan	3–1	South Korea	8–15	15–11	15–2	15–7		53–35	Report
1 Aug	Canada	0–3	South Korea	10–15	1–15	3–15			14–45	Report
1 Aug	Japan	3–0	Peru	15–8	15–7	15–5			45–20	Report
3 Aug	Peru	3–2	South Korea	15–8	15–6	7–15	6–15	15–13	58–57	Report
3 Aug	Japan	3–0	Canada	15–6	15–6	15–6			45–18	Report

Final round

5th to 8th place

Semifinals		5th place

5 August

South Korea	3
		7 August
Brazil	1
		South Korea	3
5 August
		West Germany	0
Canada	0

West Germany	3
		7th place

		7 August

		Canada	0

		Brazil	3

5th–8th place semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Aug	South Korea	3–1	Brazil	13–15	15–13	15–9	15–10		58–47	Report
5 Aug	Canada	0–3	West Germany	5–15	7–15	1–15			13–45	Report

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	Canada	0–3	Brazil	9–15	3–15	8–15			20–45	Report

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	South Korea	3–0	West Germany	15–10	15–10	15–2			45–22	Report

Final

Semifinals		Gold medal match

5 August

Japan	0
		7 August
China	3
		China	3
5 August
		United States	0
Peru	0

United States	3
		Bronze medal match

		7 August

		Japan	3

		Peru	1

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Aug	Peru	0–3	United States	14–16	9–15	10–15			33–46	Report
5 Aug	Japan	0–3	China	10–15	7–15	4–15			21–45	Report

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	Japan	3–1	Peru	13–15	15–4	15–7	15–10		58–36	Report

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	China	3–0	United States	16–14	15–3	15–9			46–26	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	China
	United States
	Japan
4	Peru
5	South Korea
6	West Germany
7	Brazil
8	Canada

1984 Women's Olympic Champions
China 1st title

12-woman roster

Lang Ping, Liang Yan, Zhu Ling, Hou Yuzhu, Yang Xilan, Jiang Ying, Li Yanjun, Yang Xiaojun, Zheng Meizhu, Zhang Rongfang (c), Su Huijuan, Zhou Xiaolan

Head Coach

Yuan Weimin

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
China (CHN) Lang Ping Liang Yan Zhu Ling Hou Yuzhu Yang Xilan Jiang Ying Li Yanjun Yang Xiaojun Zheng Meizhu Zhang Rongfang (c) Su Huijuan Zhou Xiaolan Head coach: Yuan Weimin	United States (USA) Paula Weishoff Sue Woodstra (c) Rita Crockett Laurie Flachmeier Carolyn Becker Flo Hyman Rose Magers Julie Vollertsen Debbie Green-Vargas Kimberley Ruddins Jeanne Beauprey Linda Chisholm Head coach: Arie Selinger	Japan (JPN) Yumi Egami Kimie Morita Yuko Mitsuya Miyoko Hirose Kyoko Ishida Yoko Kagabu Norie Hiro Kayoko Sugiyama Sachiko Otani Keiko Miyajima Emiko Odaka Kumi Nakada Head coach: Shigeo Yamada

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Lang Ping (CHN)

Best Scorer

Isabel Salgado (BRA)

Best Spiker

Julie Vollertsen (USA)

Best Blocker

Rose Magers (USA)

Best Receiver

Heloisa Roese (BRA)

Best Server

Meizhu Zheng (CHN)

References

"Volleyball at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

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