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

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the 8th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Barcelona, Spain from 26 July to 9 August 1992.

## Qualification

| Means of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Country | 17 October 1986 | Lausanne | 1 | Spain |
| 1988 Olympic Games | 17 September – 2 October 1988 | Seoul | 1 | United States |
| 1989 World Cup | 17–26 November 1989 | Japan | 1 | Cuba |
| 1990 World Championship | 18–28 October 1990 | Brazil | 1 | Italy |
| 1991 African Championship | July 1991 | Cairo | 1 | Algeria |
| 1991 Asian Championsnip | 11–16 August 1991 | Perth | 1 | Japan |
| 1991 European Championship | 7–15 September 1991 | Germany | 1 | Soviet Union |
| 1991 NORCECA Championship | 25 August – 3 September 1991 | Regina | 1 | Canada |
| 1991 South American Championship | 14–22 September 1991 | Brazil | 1 | Brazil |
| 1991 World Cup | 22 November – 1 December 1991 | Japan | 1 | South Korea |
| 1st World Qualifier | 10–15 May 1992 | Montpellier | 1 | France |
| 2nd World Qualifier | 10–15 May 1992 | Rotterdam | 1 | Netherlands |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

## Pools composition

| Pool A | Pool B |
| Spain (Hosts) | Algeria |
| Canada | Brazil |
| France | Cuba |
| Italy | Netherlands |
| Japan | South Korea |
| United States | Unified Team |

## Venues

| Main venue | Sub venue | Sub venue |
| Barcelona, Spain | Barcelona, Spain | Barcelona, Spain |
| Palau Sant Jordi | Palau dels Esports de Barcelona | Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron |
| Capacity: 17,000 | Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 2,500 |
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## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2.600 | 253 | 192 | 1.318 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1.625 | 287 | 257 | 1.117 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 0.917 | 283 | 299 | 0.946 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 0.833 | 277 | 291 | 0.952 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Canada | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 0.833 | 286 | 279 | 1.025 | 9th place match |
| 6 | France | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 0.429 | 200 | 268 | 0.746 | 11th place match |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 7.500 | 248 | 165 | 1.503 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Cuba | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2.600 | 231 | 180 | 1.283 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Unified Team | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | 229 | 205 | 1.117 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 218 | 181 | 1.204 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 0.250 | 142 | 212 | 0.670 | 9th place match |
| 6 | Algeria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 100 | 225 | 0.444 | 11th place match |

## Final round
### Final eight

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | |
| Italy | 2 | | | |
| Italy | 2 | 7 August | 7 August | | |
| Netherlands | 3 | 7 August | 7 August | |
| Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | 3 | |
| 5 August | 5 August | | Netherlands | 3 | |
| 5 August | 5 August | Cuba | 0 | |
| Spain | 0 | Cuba | 0 | |
| Spain | 0 | | | | 9 August | 9 August |
| Cuba | 3 | | | | 9 August | 9 August |
| Cuba | 3 | | | | Netherlands | 0 |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | | | Netherlands | 0 |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | | Brazil | 3 |
| United States | 3 | | | | Brazil | 3 |
| United States | 3 | 7 August | 7 August | | | |
| Unified Team | 1 | 7 August | 7 August | | | |
| Unified Team | 1 | United States | 1 | | | |
| 5 August | 5 August | | United States | 1 | | | |
| 5 August | 5 August | Brazil | 3 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Japan | 0 | Brazil | 3 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Japan | 0 | | | | 9 August | 9 August |
| Brazil | 3 | | | | 9 August | 9 August |
| Brazil | 3 | | | | Cuba | 1 |
| | | | | | United States | 3 |
| 5th–8th semifinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 6 August | 6 August |
| Italy | 3 |
| Italy | 3 | 7 August | 7 August |
| Spain | 0 | 7 August | 7 August |
| Spain | 0 | Italy | 3 |
| 6 August | 6 August | | Italy | 3 |
| 6 August | 6 August | Japan | 0 |
| Unified Team | 2 | Japan | 0 |
| Japan | 3 | | |
| Japan | 3 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 7 August | 7 August |
| | | Spain | 2 |
| | | Unified Team | 3 |

#### Gold medal match
## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Netherlands |
| | United States |
| 4 | Cuba |
| 5 | Italy |
| 6 | Japan |
| 7 | Unified Team |
| 8 | Spain |
| 9 | South Korea |
| 10 | Canada |
| 11 | France |
| 12 | Algeria |
* 1992 Men's Olympic champions
* Brazil 1st title
* 12–man roster
* Marcelo Negrão, Jorge Edson, Giovane, Paulão, Maurício, Janelson, Douglas, Carlão, Amauri, Pampa, Tande, Talmo
* Head coach
* Zé Roberto

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Brazil (BRA)Marcelo Negrão Jorge Brito Giovane Gávio Paulo Silva Maurício Lima Janelson Carvalho Douglas Chiarotti Antônio Gouveia Amauri Ribeiro André Ferreira Alexandre Samuel Talmo Oliveira Head coach: Zé Roberto | Netherlands (NED)Martin Teffer Henk-Jan Held Ron Boudrie Marko Klok Ron Zwerver Avital Selinger Edwin Benne Olof van der Meulen Peter Blangé Jan Posthuma Martin van der Horst Ronald Zoodsma Head coach: Arie Selinger | United States (USA)Eric Sato Jeff Stork Steve Timmons Bryan Ivie Douglas Partie Bob Samuelson Scott Fortune Dan Greenbaum Brent Hilliard Nick Becker Carlos Briceno Bob Ctvrtlik Head coach: Fred Strum |

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Marcelo Negrão
* Best spiker
    Marcelo Negrão
* Best blocker
    Ruslan Olikhver
* Best server
    Ron Zwerver
* Best digger
    Scott Fortune
* Best setter
    Maurício Lima
* Best receiver
    Bob Ctvrtlik