# Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The 1992 women's Olympic volleyball tournament was the eighth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee. The competition in Barcelona, Spain was held from 29 July to 8 August 1992 in three venues in the city: the Palau d'Esports, the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron and the Palau Sant Jordi, where the semi-finals and finals were played.

## Qualification

| Qualifiers | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Country | 17 October 1986 | Lausanne | 1 | Spain |
| 1988 Summer Olympics | 20–29 September 1988 | Seoul | 1 | Soviet Union |
| 1990 World Championship | 22–31 August 1990 | Beijing | 1 | China* |
| 1991 Asian Championship | 14–21 September 1991 | Bangkok | 1 | Japan* |
| 1991 NORCECA Championship | 23 August - 2 September 1991 | Regina | 1 | Cuba |
| 1991 South American Championship | September 1991 | Osasco | 1 | Brazil |
| 1991 European Championship | 28 Sep – 6 Oct 1991 | Rome | 1 | Netherlands* |
| 1991 World Cup | 8–17 November 1991 | Osaka | 1 | United States* |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |
* Notes:
    1. China was the 1990 World Championship runners-up (champions Soviet Union, were already qualified as 1988 Olympic champions).
    2. Japan was the 1991 Asian Championship runners-up (champions China, were already qualified as 1990 World Championship runners-up).
    3. The Netherlands was the 1991 European Championship runners-up (champions Soviet Union, were already qualified as 1988 Olympic champions).
    4. The United States was fourth at the 1991 World Cup (champions Cuba, runners-up China and third place Soviet Union were already qualified through other tournaments).
With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, most of its now independent Republics formed the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and competed together as the Unified Team.

## Format

Compared to four years earlier, the format of the tournament underwent some changes.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 in a single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position. At the Final round (second stage) the first placed teams in each group qualified directly for the semi-finals, while the second and third placed teams in the Olympic crossover system would face each other in an extra round consisting of a single elimination round with the winners advancing to the semi-finals and those eliminated playing a game to define fifth place. The winners of these two games faced those already qualified for the semifinals and while the winners played in the final, the losers played in the bronze medal match.

## Pools composition

| Pool A | Pool B |
| Unified Team | Cuba |
| Spain | China |
| United States | Brazil |
| Japan | Netherlands |

## Venues

* Palau d'Esports, Barcelona, Spain
* Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
* Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Unified Team | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 158 | 101 | 1.564 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1.600 | 171 | 153 | 1.118 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 146 | 127 | 1.150 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 41 | 135 | 0.304 | 7th place match |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Cuba | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 151 | 129 | 1.171 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 170 | 145 | 1.172 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 136 | 166 | 0.819 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0.556 | 174 | 191 | 0.911 | 7th place match |

## Final round
### 7th to 8th place

| 7th place match | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| A4 | Spain | 0 |
| B4 | China | 3 |

#### 7th place match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Aug | Spain | 0–3 | China | 1–15 | 3–15 | 3–15 | | | 7–45 | Report |

### Final

| First round | First round | First round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 6 August | 6 August | 6 August | | | |
| 4 August | 4 August | 4 August | A1 | Unified Team | 3 | | | |
| A3 | Japan | 1 | B2 | Brazil | 1 | 8 August | 8 August | 8 August |
| B2 | Brazil | 3 | | | | Unified Team | Unified Team | 1 |
| | | | 6 August | 6 August | 6 August | Cuba | Cuba | 3 |
| 4 August | 4 August | 4 August | A2 | United States | 2 | | | |
| A2 | United States | 3 | B1 | Cuba | 3 | | | |
| B3 | Netherlands | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 5 August | 5 August | 5 August | 8 August | 8 August | 8 August |
| | | | Netherlands | Netherlands | 1 | Brazil | 0 |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 3 | United States | 3 |

#### Gold medal match
## Final standings

| Place | Team |
| | Cuba |
| | Unified Team |
| | United States |
| 4 | Brazil |
| 5 | Japan |
| 6 | Netherlands |
| 7 | China |
| 8 | Spain |
* 1992 Women's Olympic champions
* Cuba 1st title
* 12-woman roster
* Tania Ortiz, Marlenys Costa, Mireya Luis, Lilia Izquierdo, Idalmis Gato, Raisa O'Farril, Regla Bell, Regla Torres, Norka Latamblet, Mercedes Calderón, Ana Fernández, Magalys Carvajal
* Head coach
* Eugenio George

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Cuba (CUB)Tania Ortiz Marlenys Costa Mireya Luis Lilia Izquierdo Idalmis Gato Raisa O'Farril Regla Bell Regla Torres Norka Latamblet Mercedes Calderón Ana Fernández Magalys Carvajal Head coach: Eugenio George | Unified Team (EUN)Valentina Ogienko Natalya Morozova Marina Nikulina Batukhtina Irina Smirnova Tatyana Sidorenko Tatyana Menchova Yevgeniya Artamonova Galina Lebedeva Svetlana Vasilevskaya Elena Chebukina Svetlana Korytova Head coach: Nikolay Karpol | United States (USA)Tonya Sanders Yoko Zetterlund Kim Oden Lori Endicott Paula Weishoff Caren Kemner Tammy Webb-Liley Elaina Oden Janet Cobbs Tara Cross-Battle Liane Sato Ruth Lawanson Head coach: Terry Liskevych |

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Paula Weishoff (USA)
* Best setter
    Lori Endicott (USA)
* Best scorer
    Caren Kemner (USA)
* Best spiker
    Irina Smirnova (EUN)
* Best blocker
    Magaly Carvajal (CUB)
* Best receiver
    Cintha Boersma (NED)
* Best digger
    Itoko Sato (JPN)
* Best server
    Ana Moser (BRA)

## Statistics Leaders

Best scorers
| Rank | Name | Total Points | Spike | Block | Serve |
| 1 | Kemner, Caren | 117 | 102 | 10 | 65 |
| 2 | Moser, Ana | 107 | 89 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Obayashi, Motoko | 103 | 86 | 11 | 6 |
| 4 | Luis, Mireya | 102 | 83 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Boersma, Cintha | 100 | 94 | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | Weishoff, Paula | 96 | 88 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Carvajal, Magalys | 95 | 73 | 19 | 3 |
| 8 | Smirnova, Irina | 92 | 83 | 5 | 4 |
| 9 | Oguienko, Valentina | 90 | 72 | 16 | 2 |
| 10 | Caldeira, Hilma | 80 | 74 | 4 | 2 |
Best attackers
| Rank | Name | Total kills | Efficiency% |
| 1 | Smirnova, Irina | 83 | 43.16 |
| 2 | Luis, Mireya | 83 | 42.88 |
| 3 | Moser, Ana | 89 | 39.97 |
| 4 | Weishoff, Paula | 88 | 35.62 |
| 5 | Sun Yue | 61 | 34.26 |
Best blockers
| Rank | Name | Total blocks | Avg by set |
| 1 | Carvajal, Magalys | 19 | 2.76 |
| 2 | Oguienko, Valentina | 16 | 1.54 |
| 3 | Cebukina, Elena | 15 | 1.32 |
| 4 | Oden, Kimberly | 13 | 1.03 |
| 5 | Calderon, Mercedes | 13 | 0.98 |
Best servers
| Rank | Name | Total aces | Avg by set |
| 1 | Moser, Ana | 14 | 0.68 |
| 2 | Luis, Mireya | 14 | 0.59 |
| 3 | Bell, Regla | 12 | 0.51 |
| 4 | Weersing, Henriette | 11 | 0.48 |
| 5 | Batukhtina, Elena | 9 | 0.42 |
Best diggers
| Rank | Name | Total digs | Avg by set |
| 1 | Sato, Itoko | 43 | 2.12 |
| 2 | Luis, Mireya | 40 | 2.03 |
| 3 | Lai Yawen | 38 | 2.00 |
| 4 | Batuktina, Elena | 32 | 1.83 |
| 5 | Obayasahi, Motoko | 30 | 1.76 |
Best setters
| Rank | Name | Excellent | Avg by set |
| 1 | Endicott, Lori | 183 | 9.15 |
| 2 | Venturini, Fernanda | 184 | 8.95 |
| 3 | Su Huijuan | 144 | 7.13 |
| 4 | Nikulina, Marina | 118 | 6.10 |
| 5 | Izquierdo, Lilia | 103 | 5.34 |
| 6 | Nakanishi, Chieko | 101 | 5.02 |
| 7 | Crielaard, Heleen | 97 | 4.16 |
| 8 | Costa, Marleny | 84 | 3.32 |
Best receivers
| Rank | Name | Excellent% |
| 1 | Boersma, Cintha | 81.23 |
| 2 | Lai Yawen | 77.45 |
| 3 | Sato, Itoko | 75.45 |
| 4 | Batukhtina, Elena | 74.19 |
| 5 | Tajimi, Asako | 72.21 |

## Dream Team

* SETTER
    Lori Endicott (USA)
* Outside Hitters
    Mireya Luis (CUB)
    Irina Smirnova (EUN)
* MIDDLE BLOCKERS
    Magalys Carvajal (CUB)
    Kimberly Oden (USA)
* OPPOSITE SPIKER
    Paula Weishoff (USA)