Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Women's volleyball; at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Montréal Forum ; Paul Sauvé Arena
Date	19–30 July
Competitors	96 from 8 nations
Medalists
	← 1972 1980 →

Last updated June 12, 2024

Qualification

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	12 May 1970	Amsterdam	1	Canada
1972 Olympic Games	27 Aug. – 7 Sep. 1972	Munich	1	Soviet Union
1974 World Championship	12–28 October 1974	Guadalajara	1	Japan
1975 Asian Championship	17–28 August 1975	Melbourne	1	South Korea*
1975 NORCECA Championship	1975	Los Angeles	1	Cuba
1975 South American Championship	1975	Asunción	1	Peru
1975 European Championship	18–25 October 1975	Belgrade	1	Hungary*
Last Chance tournament		Heidelberg	1	East Germany**
Total			8

* South Korea and Hungary qualified as next best team as Japan and Soviet Union are already qualified.
** East Germany qualified after a last chance tournament held in Heidelberg, West Germany.^[1]

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
Canada	Soviet Union
Peru	South Korea
Japan	East Germany
Hungary	Cuba

Rosters

Venues

Preliminary round

venue: Paul Sauvé Arena

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	43	3.140	1st–4th semifinals
2	Hungary	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	120	132	0.909	1st–4th semifinals
3	Peru	3	1	2	4	4	8	0.500	124	154	0.805	5th–8th semifinals
4	Canada	3	0	3	3	3	9	0.333	113	163	0.693	5th–8th semifinals

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jul	Hungary	0–3	Japan	6–15	3–15	4–15			13–45	Report
19 Jul	Canada	2–3	Peru	15–12	4–15	10–15	15–7	12–15	56–64	Report
21 Jul	Peru	0–3	Japan	7–15	4–15	9–15			20–45	Report
21 Jul	Canada	1–3	Hungary	13–15	10–15	15–9	9–15		47–54	Report
23 Jul	Hungary	3–1	Peru	7–15	15–8	15–3	16–14		53–40	Report
23 Jul	Japan	3–0	Canada	15–6	15–2	15–2			45–10	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	6	9	4	2.250	186	137	1.358	1st–4th semifinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	7	7	1.000	179	171	1.047	1st–4th semifinals
3	Cuba	3	1	2	4	6	7	0.857	150	168	0.893	5th–8th semifinals
4	East Germany	3	0	3	3	5	9	0.556	144	183	0.787	5th–8th semifinals

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	South Korea	1–3	Soviet Union	14–16	15–12	2–15	14–16		45–59	Report
20 Jul	East Germany	1–3	Cuba	15–7	5–15	5–15	13–15		38–52	Report
22 Jul	Cuba	1–3	Soviet Union	9–15	15–13	11–15	10–15		45–58	Report
22 Jul	East Germany	2–3	South Korea	15–5	15–11	14–16	2–15	13–15	59–62	Report
24 Jul	South Korea	3–2	Cuba	14–16	15–4	15–8	13–15	15–10	72–53	Report
24 Jul	Soviet Union	3–2	East Germany	15–11	13–15	11–15	15–5	15–1	69–47	Report

Final round

5th–8th place

venue: Paul Sauvé Arena.

5th–8th places		5th place

26 July

Peru	2
		27 July
East Germany	3
		East Germany	0
26 July
		Cuba	3
Canada	2

Cuba	3
		7th place

		27 July

		Canada	1

		Peru	3

5th–8th place semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	Canada	2–3	Cuba	15–13	7–15	16–14	9–15	3–15	50–72	Report
26 Jul	Peru	2–3	East Germany	11–15	9–15	15–8	15–8	8–15	58–61	Report

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jul	Canada	1–3	Peru	9–15	15–12	4–15	7–15		35–57	Report

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jul	East Germany	0–3	Cuba	12–15	12–15	8–15			32–45	Report

Final Round

venue: Montréal Forum.

Semifinals		Gold medal match

29 July

Japan	3
		30 July
South Korea	0
		Japan	3
29 July
		Soviet Union	0
Hungary	0

Soviet Union	3
		Bronze medal match

		30 July

		South Korea	3

		Hungary	1

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	Hungary	0–3	Soviet Union	10–15	10–15	9–15			29–45	Report
29 Jul	Japan	3–0	South Korea	15–13	15–6	15–5			45–24	Report

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	South Korea	3–1	Hungary	12–15	15–12	15–10	15–6		57–43	Report

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	Japan	3–0	Soviet Union	15–7	15–8	15–2			45–17	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Japan
	Soviet Union
	South Korea
4	Hungary
5	Cuba
6	East Germany
7	Peru
8	Canada

1976 Women's Olympic champions
Japan 2nd title

12-woman roster

Shoko Takayanagi, Juri Yokoyama, Mariko Yoshida, Hiromi Yano, Takako Shirai, Mariko Okamoto, Echiko Maeda, Noriko Matsuda, Yuko Arakida, Kiyomi Kato, Katsuko Kanesaka, Takako Iida

Head coach

Shigeo Yamada

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Japan (JPN)^[2] Shoko Takayanagi Juri Yokoyama Mariko Yoshida Hiromi Yano Takako Shirai Mariko Okamoto Echiko Maeda Noriko Matsuda Yuko Arakida Kiyomi Kato Katsuko Kanesaka Takako Iida Head coach: Shigeo Yamada	Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Chernysova Larisa Bergen Olga Kozakova Natalya Kushnir Nina Muradyan Liliya Osadchaya Nina Smoleyeva Lyudmila Shchetinina Inna Ryskal Anna Rostova Lyubov Rudovskaya Zoya Yusova Head coach: Givi Akhvlediani	South Korea (KOR) Yu Jung-hye Yu Kyung-hwa Jung Soon-ok Yoon Young-nae Park Mi-kum Ma Kum-ja Lee Soon-ok Lee Soon-bok Baik Myung-sun Jo Hea-jung Byon Kyung-ja Chang Hee-sook Head coach: Lee Kyo-so

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1 2 3 "Volleyball at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
↑ "1976 Summer Olympics". www.databaseolympics.com/. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

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[SR-1] 1 2 3 "Volleyball at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[2] "1976 Summer Olympics". www.databaseolympics.com/. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

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