Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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.

Competition schedule PPreliminary round½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3 Sat 4 Sun 5 Mon 6 Tue 7 PPP½BF

Qualification QualifiersDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost country18 May 1978 Athens11980 Summer Olympic Games21–29 July 1980 Moscow11982 World Championship12–25 September 1982 Lima11983 NORCECA Championship12–16 July 1983 Indianapolis1*1983 South American Championship2–6 August 1983 São Paulo11983 European Championship17–25 September 1983 Rostock11983 Asian Championship10–17 November 1983 Fukuoka1Wild cards––2**Total8 * Notes: 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. In a change in the classification process, the best team in the FIVB ranking that had not qualified for the Games would gain a spot in the tournament. In this way, the remaining place went to South Korea; however, with the boycott there was another place left and it was reassigned to the second best non-qualifier, which was Brazil.

Format The tournament was played in two different stages. In the (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 (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 APool B

Squads

Venues Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, United States

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

5th to 8th place

5th–8th place semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

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12-woman rosterLang Ping, Liang Yan, Zhu Ling, Hou Yuzhu, Yang Xilan, Jiang Ying, Li Yanjun, Yang Xiaojun, Zheng Meizhu, Zhang Rongfang (c), Su Huijuan, Zhou XiaolanHead coachYuan Weimin

Medalists GoldSilverBronze

Awards

Most valuable player

Best scorer

Best spiker

Best blocker

Best receiver

Best server

Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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