# Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The 1984 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 6th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Long Beach, California, United States from July 30 to August 7, 1984.

## Competition schedule

| P | Preliminary round | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | Sun 5 | Mon 6 | Tue 7 |
| P | | P | | P | | ½ | B | F |

## Qualification

| Qualifiers | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Country | 18 May 1978 | Athens | 1 | United States |
| 1980 Summer Olympic Games | 21–29 July 1980 | Moscow | 1 | Soviet Union |
| 1982 World Championship | 12–25 September 1982 | Lima | 1 | China |
| 1983 NORCECA Championship | 12–16 July 1983 | Indianapolis | 1 | Cuba  Canada* |
| 1983 South American Championship | 2–6 August 1983 | São Paulo | 1 | Peru |
| 1983 European Championship | 17–25 September 1983 | Rostock | 1 | East Germany  West Germany |
| 1983 Asian Championsnip | 10–17 November 1983 | Fukuoka | 1 | Japan |
| Wild cards | – | – | 2 | Brazil* |
| Wild cards | – | – | 2 | South Korea* |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |
* Notes:
    1. Cuba was the 1983 NORCECA Championship runners-up (champions United States, were already qualified as hosts), but together with East Germany (1983 European champion), Soviet Union (1980 Olympic champion) and other countries, boycotted the games.
    2. Canada, South Korea and West Germany replaced Cuba, East Germany and the Soviet Union.
    3. In a change in the classification process, the best team in the FIVB ranking that had not qualified for the Games would gain a spot in the tournament. In this way, the remaining place went to South Korea; however, with the boycott there was another place left and it was reassigned to the second best non-qualifier, which was Brazil.

## 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 |
| Brazil | Canada |
| China | Japan |
| United States | Peru |
| West Germany | South Korea |

## Venues

* Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, United States

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 167 | 139 | 1.201 | 1st–4th semifinals |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 144 | 101 | 1.426 | 1st–4th semifinals |
| 3 | West Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 93 | 126 | 0.738 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 120 | 158 | 0.759 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Jul | China | 3–0 | Brazil | 15–13 | 15–10 | 15–11 | | | 45–34 | Report |
| 30 Jul | United States | 3–0 | West Germany | 17–15 | 15–8 | 15–10 | | | 47–33 | Report |
| 1 Aug | West Germany | 0–3 | China | 5–15 | 6–15 | 3–15 | | | 14–45 | Report |
| 1 Aug | United States | 3–2 | Brazil | 12–15 | 10–15 | 15–5 | 15–5 | 15–12 | 67–52 | Report |
| 3 Aug | Brazil | 0–3 | West Germany | 9–15 | 14–16 | 11–15 | | | 34–46 | Report |
| 3 Aug | China | 1–3 | United States | 13–15 | 15–7 | 14–16 | 12–15 | | 54–53 | Report |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 143 | 73 | 1.959 | 1st–4th semifinals |
| 2 | Peru | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 123 | 125 | 0.984 | 1st–4th semifinals |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 137 | 125 | 1.096 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 55 | 135 | 0.407 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Jul | Peru | 3–0 | Canada | 15–9 | 15–10 | 15–4 | | | 45–23 | Report |
| 30 Jul | Japan | 3–1 | South Korea | 8–15 | 15–11 | 15–2 | 15–7 | | 53–35 | Report |
| 1 Aug | Canada | 0–3 | South Korea | 10–15 | 1–15 | 3–15 | | | 14–45 | Report |
| 1 Aug | Japan | 3–0 | Peru | 15–8 | 15–7 | 15–5 | | | 45–20 | Report |
| 3 Aug | Peru | 3–2 | South Korea | 15–8 | 15–6 | 7–15 | 6–15 | 15–13 | 58–57 | Report |
| 3 Aug | Japan | 3–0 | Canada | 15–6 | 15–6 | 15–6 | | | 45–18 | Report |

## Final round
### 5th to 8th place

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 5th place | 5th place |
| 5 August | 5 August |
| South Korea | 3 |
| South Korea | 3 | 7 August | 7 August |
| Brazil | 1 | 7 August | 7 August |
| Brazil | 1 | South Korea | 3 |
| 5 August | 5 August | | South Korea | 3 |
| 5 August | 5 August | West Germany | 0 |
| Canada | 0 | West Germany | 0 |
| West Germany | 3 | | |
| West Germany | 3 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 7 August | 7 August |
| | | Canada | 0 |
| | | Brazil | 3 |

#### 5th–8th place semifinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Aug | South Korea | 3–1 | Brazil | 13–15 | 15–13 | 15–9 | 15–10 | | 58–47 | Report |
| 5 Aug | Canada | 0–3 | West Germany | 5–15 | 7–15 | 1–15 | | | 13–45 | Report |

#### 7th place match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Aug | Canada | 0–3 | Brazil | 9–15 | 3–15 | 8–15 | | | 20–45 | Report |

#### 5th place match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Aug | South Korea | 3–0 | West Germany | 15–10 | 15–10 | 15–2 | | | 45–22 | Report |

### Final

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 5 August | 5 August |
| Japan | 0 |
| Japan | 0 | 7 August | 7 August |
| China | 3 | 7 August | 7 August |
| China | 3 | China | 3 |
| 5 August | 5 August | | China | 3 |
| 5 August | 5 August | United States | 0 |
| Peru | 0 | United States | 0 |
| United States | 3 | | |
| United States | 3 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 7 August | 7 August |
| | | Japan | 3 |
| | | Peru | 1 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Aug | Peru | 0–3 | United States | 14–16 | 9–15 | 10–15 | | | 33–46 | Report |
| 5 Aug | Japan | 0–3 | China | 10–15 | 7–15 | 4–15 | | | 21–45 | Report |

#### Bronze medal match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Aug | Japan | 3–1 | Peru | 13–15 | 15–4 | 15–7 | 15–10 | | 58–36 | Report |

#### Gold medal match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Aug | China | 3–0 | United States | 16–14 | 15–3 | 15–9 | | | 46–26 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | China |
| | United States |
| | Japan |
| 4 | Peru |
| 5 | South Korea |
| 6 | West Germany |
| 7 | Brazil |
| 8 | Canada |
* 1984 Women's Olympic champions
* China 1st title
* 12-woman roster
* Lang Ping, Liang Yan, Zhu Ling, Hou Yuzhu, Yang Xilan, Jiang Ying, Li Yanjun, Yang Xiaojun, Zheng Meizhu, Zhang Rongfang (c), Su Huijuan, Zhou Xiaolan
* Head coach
* Yuan Weimin

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| China (CHN) Lang Ping Liang Yan Zhu Ling Hou Yuzhu Yang Xilan Jiang Ying Li Yanjun Yang Xiaojun Zheng Meizhu Zhang Rongfang (c) Su Huijuan Zhou Xiaolan Head coach: Yuan Weimin | United States (USA) Paula Weishoff Sue Woodstra (c) Rita Crockett Laurie Flachmeier Carolyn Becker Flo Hyman Rose Magers Julie Vollertsen Debbie Green-Vargas Kimberley Ruddins Jeanne Beauprey Linda Chisholm Head coach: Arie Selinger | Japan (JPN) Yumi Egami Kimie Morita Yuko Mitsuya Miyoko Hirose Kyoko Ishida Yoko Kagabu Norie Hiro Kayoko Sugiyama Sachiko Otani Keiko Miyajima Emiko Odaka Kumi Nakada Head coach: Shigeo Yamada |

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Lang Ping (CHN)
* Best scorer
    Isabel Salgado (BRA)
* Best spiker
    Julie Vollertsen (USA)
* Best blocker
    Rose Magers (USA)
* Best receiver
    Heloisa Roese (BRA)
* Best server
    Meizhu Zheng (CHN)