Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
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
	← 1976 1984 →

Last updated July 17, 2024

Qualification

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	23 October 1974	Vienna	1	Soviet Union
1976 Olympic Games	19–30 July 1976	Montréal	1	~~Japan~~
1978 World Championship	25 Aug. – 7 Sep. 1978	Leningrad	1	Cuba
1979 Asian Championsnip	7–14 December 1979	Hong Kong	1	~~China~~
1979 NORCECA Championship	22-29 April 1979	Havana	1	~~United States~~
1979 South American Championship	22-26 April 1979	Argentina	1	Peru
1979 European Championship	5–13 October 1979	Lyon	1	East Germany
World Qualifier	20-24 January 1980	Pazardzhik	1	Romania
Wildcards 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.

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
Soviet Union	Hungary
Peru	Brazil
Cuba	Romania
East Germany	Bulgaria

Rosters

Venues

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	153	99	1.545	1st–4th semifinals
2	East Germany	3	2	1	5	7	6	1.167	166	160	1.038	1st–4th semifinals
3	Cuba	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	117	117	1.000	5th–8th semifinals
4	Peru	3	0	3	3	3	9	0.333	108	168	0.643	5th–8th semifinals

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	138	114	1.211	1st–4th semifinals
2	Hungary	3	2	1	5	8	6	1.333	161	170	0.947	1st–4th semifinals
3	Romania	3	2	1	5	7	7	1.000	157	153	1.026	5th–8th semifinals
4	Brazil	3	0	3	3	4	9	0.444	152	171	0.889	5th–8th semifinals

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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

12-woman roster

Nadezhda Radzevich, Nataliya Razumova, Olga Solovova, Yelena Akhaminova, Larisa Pavlova, Yelena Andreyuk, Irina Makogonova, Lyubov Kozyreva, Svetlana Nikishina, Lyudmila Chernyshyova, Svetlana Badulina, Lidiya Loginova

Head coach

Nikolay Karpol

Medalists

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

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References

↑ 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.
↑ "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)

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[results-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.

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