| | Event type

Volleyball, Men

Date	18 – 30 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Le Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec / Centre Paul-Sauvé, Montréal, Québec
Participants	120 from 10 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

The two favored teams were Poland and the Soviet Union. They had finished 1-2 and split the last two major tournaments, Poland winning the 1974 Worlds and the Soviets winning the 1975 Europeans. The format was supposed to consist of 10 teams split into two pools of five, following by elimination matches. But the African boycott did affect the tournament. There were five teams playing in each pool, but in Group B, Egypt played one match and then withdrew, supporting the boycott. The 10 teams qualified as follows: defending champion (Japan), 1974 World Champion (Poland), African Champion (Egypt), European Champion (USSR), Asian Games Champion (Korea), North American Champion (Cuba), South American Champion (Brazil), host nation (Canada), and two teams qualified at a special tournament in Roma (Italy, Czechoslovakia).

Poland and the Soviet Union won the two groups without losing a match. They were joined in the semi-finals by Cuba and Japan. The USSR easily defeated Cuba in the first semi-final, while Poland was extended to five close sets against Japan, but both favorites made it thru to the final. There Poland won another five-set marathon, defeating the Soviets 15-7 in the final set. Cuba defeated Japan in straight sets to win the bronze medal, which was a huge surprise, as Cuba had never before placed in the top six at any international event.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	–	Poland	POL	6	6	0	12	18-9	2.000	377-293	1.287	Gold
	1	Włodzimierz Stefański		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Bronisław Bebel		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Lech Łasko		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Edward Skorek		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Tomasz Wójtowicz		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Wiesław Gawłowski		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Mirosław Rybaczewski		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Zbigniew Lubiejewski		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Ryszard Bosek		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Włodzimierz Sadalski		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Zbigniew Zarzycki		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Marek Karbarz		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Hubert Wagner
2	–	Soviet Union	URS	6	5	1	11	14-3	4.667	247-162	1.525	Silver
	1	Anatoly Polishchuk		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Vyacheslav Zaytsev		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Yefim Chulak		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Vladimir Dorokhov		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Aleksandr Yermilov		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Pāvels Seļivanovs		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Oleg Moliboga		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Vladimir Kondra		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Yury Starunsky		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Vladimir Chernyshov		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Vladimir Ulanov		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Aleksandr Savin		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Yury Chesnokov
3	–	Cuba	CUB	6	4	2	10	14-7	2.000	280-212	1.321	Bronze
	1	Leonel Marshall		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Victoriano Sarmientos		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Ernesto Martínez		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Víctor García		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Carlos Salas		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Raúl Vilches		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Jesús Savigne		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Lorenzo Martínez		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Diego Lapera		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Antonio Rodríguez		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Alfredo Figueredo		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Jorge Pérez Vento		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Idolo Herrera
4	–	Japan	JPN	6	3	3	9	8-9	0.889	197-204	0.966
	1	Takashi Maruyama		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Katsutoshi Nekoda		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Katsumi Oda		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Tetsuo Nishimoto		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Yasunori Yasuda		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Yoshihide Fukao		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Shoichi Yanagimoto		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Mikiyasu Tanaka		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Tadayoshi Yokota		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Seiji Oko		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Tetsuo Sato		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Kenji Shimaoka		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Tsutomu Koyama
5	–	Czechoslovakia	TCH	6	4	2	10	14-8	1.750	282-234	1.205
	1	Miroslav Nekola		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Jaroslav Penc		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Štefan Pipa		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Vladimír Petlák		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Josef Mikunda		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Jaroslav Stančo		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Vlastimil Lenert		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Jaroslav Tomáš		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Milan Šlambor		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Pavel Řeřábek		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Josef Vondrka		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Drahomír Koudelka		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Petr Kop
6	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	6	2	4	8	10-14	0.714	245-295	0.831
	1	Kim Geon-Bong		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Jo Jae-Hak		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Lee Hui-Won		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Park Gi-Won		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Jeong Mun-Gyeong		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Lee Seon-Gu		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Lee Chun-Pyo		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Lee In		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Kim Chung-Han		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Lee Yong-Gwan		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Gang Man-Su		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Im Ho-Dam		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Lee Kyu-So
7	–	Brazil	BRA	6	3	3	9	11-12	0.917	274-262	1.046
	1	Bebeto de Freitas		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Sérgio Danilas		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Alexandre Abeid		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Elói de Oliveira		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Antônio Carlos Moreno		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Bernard		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	William		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Celso Kalache		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Zé Roberto		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Suíço		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Fernandão		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Paulo Petterle		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Carlos Souto
8	–	Italy	ITA	6	1	5	7	2-15	0.133	125-248	0.504
	1	Andrea Nannini		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Paolo Montorsi		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Stefano Sibani		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Giorgio Goldoni		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Francesco Dall'Olio		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Fabrizio Nassi		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Rodolfo Giovenzana		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Andrea Nencini		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Mario Mattioli		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Giovanni Lanfranco		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Erasmo Salemme		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Marco Negri		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Franco Anderlini
9	–	Canada	CAN	4	0	4	4	0-12	0.000	88-181	0.486
	1	Gregory Russell		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Alan Taylor		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Elias Romanchych		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Donald Michalski		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Garth Pischke		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Kerry Klostermann		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Bruno Prasil		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Larry Plenert		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Pierre Bélanger		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Ed Alexiuk		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Tom Graham		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	John Paulsen		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Bill Neville
DNF	–	Egypt	EGY	4	0	4	4	1-3	0.333	34-58	0.586
	–	Fouad Salam Alam		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	–	Gaber Abdelaty		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	–	Hamid Mohamed Azim		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	–	Ibrahim Fakhr El-Din		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	–	Samir Loutfi		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	–	Attia El-Sayed Aly		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	–	Taysir El-Zalabani		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	–	Mahmoud Mohamed Farag		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	–	Ihab Ibrahim		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	–	Azmi Megahed		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	–	Metwali Mohamed		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	–	Mohamed El-Shikshaki		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		?

Preliminary Round

Date	18 – 25 July 1976

Group A

Date	18 – 25 July 1976
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	Poland	POL	4	0	8	12-5	2.400	235-172	1.366
2	Cuba	CUB	3	1	7	11-4	2.750	208-142	1.465
3	Czechoslovakia	TCH	2	2	6	8-7	1.143	182-177	1.028
4	Republic of Korea	KOR	1	3	5	6-9	0.667	146-187	0.781
5	Canada	CAN	0	4	4	0-12	0.000	88-181	0.486

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Jul 13:00	Czechoslovakia	TCH	15-4, 16-14, 15-11	Canada	CAN
Match #2	18 Jul 15:00	Poland	POL	12-15, 6-15, 15-6, 15-6, 15-5	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #3	19 Jul 13:00	Poland	POL	15-4, 15-7, 15-6	Canada	CAN
Match #4	19 Jul 21:00	Cuba	CUB	15-6, 10-15, 15-5, 15-6	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #5	21 Jul 13:00	Poland	POL	13-15, 10-15, 15-6, 15-9, 20-18	Cuba	CUB
Match #6	21 Jul 21:30	Republic of Korea	KOR	15-7, 15-5, 15-8	Canada	CAN
Match #7	23 Jul 13:00	Cuba	CUB	15-4, 15-5, 15-6	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #8	23 Jul 21:30	Poland	POL	8-15, 15-11, 15-5, 16-14	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #9	25 Jul 13:00	Czechoslovakia	TCH	15-9, 15-9, 14-16, 15-5	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #10	25 Jul 15:00	Cuba	CUB	15-10, 15-9, 15-3	Canada	CAN

Group B

Date	18 – 25 July 1976
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	Soviet Union	URS	4	0	8	9-0	∞	135-63	2.143
2	Japan	JPN	3	1	7	6-3	2.000	118-89	1.326
3	Brazil	BRA	2	2	6	6-9	0.667	176-176	1.000
4	Italy	ITA	1	3	5	2-9	0.222	81-158	0.513
5	Egypt	EGY	0	4	4	1-3	0.333	34-58	0.586

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Jul 19:30	Soviet Union	URS	15-6, 15-3, 15-6	Italy	ITA
Match #2	18 Jul 21:30	Brazil	BRA	15-5, 15-5, 13-15, 15-9	Egypt	EGY
Match #3	20 Jul 13:00	Soviet Union	URS	15-7, 15-11, 15-2	Brazil	BRA
Match #4	20 Jul 21:30	Japan	JPN	15-6, 15-2, 15-6	Italy	ITA
Match #5	22 Jul 13:00	Japan	JPN	15-13, 15-8, 15-9	Brazil	BRA
Match #6	24 Jul 21:30	Brazil	BRA	15-8, 11-15, 12-15, 15-6, 15-8	Italy	ITA
Match #7	25 Jul 21:30	Soviet Union	URS	15-9, 15-10, 15-9	Japan	JPN

Classification Round 5-8

Date	26 July 1976
Format	Classification matches.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul 19:30	Republic of Korea	KOR	15-12, 12-15, 7-15, 15-6, 15-5	Brazil	BRA
Match #2	26 Jul 21:30	Czechoslovakia	TCH	15-7, 15-8, 15-7	Italy	ITA

Semi-Finals

Date	26 – 29 July 1976
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul 19:30	Soviet Union	URS	15-12, 15-7, 15-8	Cuba	CUB
Match #2	29 Jul 21:30	Poland	POL	15-17, 15-6, 15-6, 10-15, 15-10	Japan	JPN

Final Round

Date	27 – 30 July 1976
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	30 Jul 21:30	Poland	POL	11-15, 15-13, 12-15, 19-17, 15-7	Soviet Union	URS
Match 3/4	30 Jul 19:30	Cuba	CUB	15-8, 15-9, 15-8	Japan	JPN
Match 5/6	27 Jul 20:20	Czechoslovakia	TCH	15-9, 10-15, 15-2, 15-9	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match 7/8	27 Jul 18:30	Brazil	BRA	15-8, 15-6, 15-8	Italy	ITA