Volleyball at the Friendship Games

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Volleyball at the Friendship Games was contested in two events. Men's event took place at the Ciudad Deportiva in Havana, Cuba between 18 and 26 August 1984. Women's event took place in Varna, Bulgaria between 8 and 15 July 1984.

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Men's event

Six teams competed in a round-robin tournament.

TeamPldWLSets wonSets lostPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 55015410
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 5411359
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5321288
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 5238107
5Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 5146126
6Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 5050155

Results

Results Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Cuba.svg Flag of Poland.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Flag of Hungary.svg
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg3:13:13:13:13:0
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg1:33:23:03:03:0
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1:32:33:13:13:0
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1:30:31:33:13:0
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg1:30:31:31:33:0
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg0:30:30:30:30:3

Women's event

Ten teams were drawn into two groups.

Group A

TeamPldWLSets wonSets lostPoints
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 4311137
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 431947
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 4311067
Flag of France.svg  France 413495
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 4040124

Results

Results Flag of North Korea.svg Flag of East Germany.svg Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg3:02:33:03:0
East Germany  Flag of East Germany.svg0:33:13:03:0
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg3:21:33:13:0
France  Flag of France.svg0:30:30:33:0
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg0:30:30:30:3

Group B

TeamPldWLSets wonSets lostPoints
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4401248
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4311137
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 422796
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4135105
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4043124

Results

Results Flag of Cuba.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Poland.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg3:23:13:13:0
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg2:33:03:03:0
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg1:30:33:13:2
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1:30:31:33:1
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg0:30:32:31:3

Final round

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 1
B2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 3
B1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 3
A2 Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 0 Third place
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 0
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3

Final

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Total
15 Jul Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg1–3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 8–1516–145–156–15 35–59

Classification 5th–10th

5th-8th place 5th place match
      
A3Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 3
B4 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 3
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1
B3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3
A4 Flag of France.svg  France 1 7th place match
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3
Flag of France.svg  France 0
9th place match
   
A5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1
B5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3

Winning teams' squads

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Osvaldo Abreu
Rodolfo Guillén
Eugenio Ortiz
Luis Oviedo
Águedo Páez
Antonio Pérez
Roberto Pérez
Carlos Ruíz
Carlos Sánchez
Abel Sarmientos
Manuel Torres
Raúl Vilches
Women's
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Viesma Aistere
Yelena Kundaleva
Vyera Bondar
Yelena Chebukina
Irina Kirillova
Liubov Kozyreva
Olga Krivosheyeva
Valentina Ogiyenko
Olga Pozdniakova
Irina Rizen
Tatiana Shapovalova
Yelena Volkova
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Maike Arlt
Monika Beu
Andrea Heim
Catrin Heydrich
Grit Jensen
Ramona Landgraf
Heike Lehmann
Karia Mügge
Ute Oldenburg
Ariane Radfan
Martina Schwarz
Dörte Studemann

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host nation (Cuba). The second host nation, Bulgaria, won no medals.)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)*1102
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)1102
3Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)0011
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

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