Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The 1980 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament[1] was the 5th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Moscow, Soviet Union from 21 to 29 July 1980.

Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Minor Arena Druzhba Multipurpose Arena
Date	21–29 July
Competitors	96 from 8 nations
Medalists
Soviet Union  East Germany  Bulgaria

Qualification

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	23 October 1974	Vienna, Austria	1	Soviet Union
1976 Olympic Games	19–30 July 1976	Montréal, Canada	(1)	Japan*
1978 World Championship	25 Aug. – 7 Sep. 1978	Leningrad, Soviet Union	1	Cuba
1979 Asian Championsnip	7–14 December 1979	Hong Kong	(1)	China*
1979 NORCECA Championship	1979	Havana, Cuba	(1)	United States*
1979 South American Championship	1979	Rosario and Santa Fe, Argentina	1	Peru
1979 European Championship	5–13 October 1979	Lyon, France	1	East Germany*
Special Tournament		Bulgaria	1	Romania*
Replacing boycotting nations*	–	–	3	Brazil
				Bulgaria
				Hungary
Total			8

* Notes:[2]

1. United States was the 1979 NORCECA Championship runners-up (champions Cuba, were already qualified as World champions), but together with China (1979 Asian champion), Japan (1976 Olympic champion) and other countries, boycotted the games.

2. Brazil, Bulgaria and Hungary replaced China, Japan and the United States.

3. East Germany was runner-up at the 1979 European Championship (champions Soviet Union, qualified as hosts).

4. Romania qualified via a special tournament held in Bulgaria.

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
Cuba	Brazil
East Germany	Bulgaria
Peru	Hungary
Soviet Union	Romania

Rosters

Venues

• Minor Arena, Moscow, Soviet Union
• Druzhba Multipurpose Arena, Moscow, Soviet Union

Preliminary round

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

Group A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union (A)	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	153	99	1.545
2	East Germany (A)	5	2	1	7	6	1.167	166	160	1.038
3	Cuba (a)	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	117	117	1.000
4	Peru (a)	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	108	168	0.643

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	East Germany	3–1	Cuba	15–11	15–13	10–15	15–4		55–43	Report
21 Jul	Soviet Union	3–1	Peru	15–2	7–15	15–4	15–9		52–30	Report
23 Jul	Peru	0–3	Cuba	6–15	5–15	6–15			17–45	Report
23 Jul	Soviet Union	3–1	East Germany	15–5	10–15	16–14	15–6		56–40	Report
25 Jul	Peru	2–3	East Germany	10–15	17–15	15–11	10–15	9–15	61–71	Report
25 Jul	Soviet Union	3–0	Cuba	15–6	15–13	15–10			45–29	Report

Group B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bulgaria (A)	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	138	114	1.211
2	Hungary (A)	5	2	1	8	6	1.333	161	170	0.947
3	Romania (a)	5	2	1	7	7	1.000	157	153	1.026
4	Brazil (a)	3	0	3	4	9	0.444	152	171	0.889

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	Bulgaria	3–1	Romania	15–9	7–15	15–5	15–4		52–33	Report
21 Jul	Hungary	3–2	Brazil	17–15	9–15	15–12	6–15	15–12	62–69	Report
23 Jul	Hungary	2–3	Romania	15–5	3–15	5–15	15–10	8–15	46–60	Report
23 Jul	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	15–7	15–9	15–12			45–28	Report
25 Jul	Brazil	2–3	Romania	15–10	15–9	6–15	13–15	6–15	55–64	Report
25 Jul	Bulgaria	1–3	Hungary	15–8	9–15	7–15	10–15		41–53	Report

Final round

5th–8th place

• venue: Druzhba Multipurpose Arena.
• All times are Moscow Summer Time (MSD) (UTC+04:00).

	5-8th place				5th place
	27 July
	Peru	3
					29 July
	Romania	0
					Cuba	3
	27 July
					Peru	1
	Cuba	3
	Brazil	0
					7th place
					29 July
					Romania	0
					Brazil	3

5th–8th place semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jul	17:30	Peru	3–0	Romania	15–12	15–9	15–11			45–32	Report
27 Jul	19:30	Cuba	3–0	Brazil	15–2	15–5	15–6			45–13	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	16:00	Romania	0–3	Brazil	8–15	12–15	12–15			32–45	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	18:00	Cuba	3–1	Peru	15–9	15–7	12–15	15–5		57–36	Report

Final

• venue: Minor Arena.
• All times are Moscow Summer Time (MSD) (UTC+04:00).

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 July
	Soviet Union	3
					29 July
	Hungary	0
					Soviet Union	3
	27 July
					East Germany	1
	East Germany	3
	Bulgaria	2
					Third place
					29 July
					Bulgaria	3
					Hungary	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jul	17:30	East Germany	3–2	Bulgaria	15–10	12–15	15–9	7–15	15–6	64–55	Report
27 Jul	19:30	Soviet Union	3–0	Hungary	15–11	15–13	15–2			45–26	Report

Bronze medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	17:30	Bulgaria	3–2	Hungary	15–5	13–15	6–15	15–4	15–8	64–47	Report

Gold medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	19:30	Soviet Union	3–1	East Germany	15–12	11–15	15–13	15–7		56–47	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Soviet Union  East Germany  Bulgaria 4  Hungary 5  Cuba 6  Peru 7  Brazil 8  Romania

1980 Women's Olympic Champions  Soviet Union 3rd title

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union Nadezhda Radzevich Nataliya Razumova Olga Solovova Yelena Akhaminova Larisa Pavlova Yelena Andreyuk Irina Makogonova Lyubov Kozyreva Svetlana Nikishina Lyudmila Chernyshyova Svetlana Badulina Lidiya Loginova	East Germany Ute Kostrzewa Andrea Heim Annette Schultz Christine Mummhardt Heike Lehmann Barbara Czekalla Karla Roffeis Martina Schmidt Anke Westendorf Karin Püschel Brigitte Fetzer Katharina Bullin	Bulgaria Tanya Dimitrova Valentina Ilieva Galina Stancheva Silviya Petrunova Anka Khristolova Verka Borisova Margarita Gerasimova Rumyana Kaisheva Maya Georgieva Tanya Gogova Tsvetana Bozhurina Rositsa Dimitrova

References

1. Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball Olympic Games 1980 Moscow (URS) - 21-29.07 Winner Soviet Union". Olympic Games 1980 Moskva (URS). Todor66.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
2. "Volleyball at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

External links

• Moscow 1980
• Final standings (1964-2000) at FIVB.org
• Official results (pgs. 554-557, 570-577)