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Volleyball, Women

Date21 – 29 July 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationUniversalny sportivny zal Druzhba, Moskva / Malaya arena, Tsentralny stadion imeni V. I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants88 from 8 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

There were eight teams separated into two groups of four, followed by a medal round. The qualifying was as follows: defending Olympic Champion (Japan), 1978 World Champion (Cuba), host nation (Soviet Union), 1979 European Champion (GDR, replacing the Soviets), Asian Champion (China), North American Champion (United States), South American Champion (Peru), and Romania qualified via a special tournament held in Bulgaria. China, Japan and the United States joined the American-led boycott, and were replaced by Brazil, Bulgaria, and Hungary. The United States would have been a medal contender. The absent nations of China, Japan, Korea, and the United States comprised four of the top six places at the 1978 World Championships.

Cuba had won the World Championships in 1978, while the Soviet Union had won the last seven European Championships. Group A was a difficult one, with the Soviet Union and Cuba joined by East Germany, which had been runners-up at the last two Europeans. Cuba was the odd team out, with the USSR and GDR advancing to the semis, joined by Bulgaria and Hungary from Group B. But the USSR and GDR advanced to the final, where the favored Soviets won in four sets. They were coached by Nikolay Karpol, who later coached Russia, and was a national coach for about 20 years, and was quite famous for his thunderous motivational exhortations during breaks.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1Soviet UnionURSGold
1Nadezhda Radzevich
2Nataliya Razumova
3Olga Solovova
4Yelena Akhaminova
6Yelena Andreyuk
7Irina Makogonova
8Lyubov Kozyreva
9Svetlana Nikishina
10Lyudmila Chernyshova
11Svetlana Badulina
12Lidiya Loginova
5Larisa Pavlova DNS
CoachNikolay Karpol
2East GermanyGDRSilver
1Ute Kostrzewa
2Andrea Heim
3Annette Schultz
4Christine Walther-Mummhardt
5Heike Lehmann
6Barbara Czekalla
7Karla Roffeis
8Martina Schmidt
9Anke Westendorf
10Karin Püschel
11Brigitte Fetzer
12Katharina Bullin
CoachDieter Grund
3BulgariaBULBronze
1Tanya Dimitrova
2Valentina Ilieva
4Silviya Petrunova
5Anka Hristolova
6Verka Borisova
8Rumyana Kaisheva
9Maya Georgieva
10Tanya Gogova
11Tsvetana Bozhurina
12Rositsa Mihaylova
3Galina Stancheva DNS
7Margarita Gerassimova DNS
CoachVasil Simov
4HungaryHUN
1Juliana Szalonna
2Éva Sebők-Szalay
3Gyöngyi Bardi-Gerevich
4Ágnes Juhász-Balajcza
5Lucia Bánhegyi-Radó
6Gabriella Csapó-Fekete
7Emőke Énekes-Szegedi
8Emerencia Siry-Király
9Ágnes Torma
10Erzsébet Pálinkás-Varga
11Gabriella Lengyel
12Bernadett Kőszegi
CoachGabriella Kotsis
5CubaCUB
1Mercedes Pérez
2Imilsis Téllez
3Ana Díaz
4Mercedes Pomares
5Mavis Guilarte
7Erenia Díaz
8Maura Alfonso
9Josefina Capote
10Nelly Barnet
11Ana María García
12Lucila Urgellés
6Libertad González DNS
CoachEugenio George
6PeruPER
1Carmen Pimentel
2Gaby Cárdenas
4Raquel Chumpitaz
5Ana Cecilia Carrillo
6María Cecilia del Risco
7Cecilia Tait
8Silvia León
10Aurora Heredia
11Gina Torrealva
12Natalia Málaga
9Denisse Fajardo DNS
3Rosa García DNS
CoachPark Man-Bok
7BrazilBRA
1Denise Mattioli
2Ivonete das Neves
3Lenice Oliveira
4Regina Vilela
5Fernanda Emerick
6Ana Paula Mello
7 Isabel
8Eliana Aleixo
9Dora Castanheira
10Jackie Silva
12Vera Mossa
13Rita Teixeira
CoachÊnio Figueiredo
8RomaniaROU
2Mariana Ionescu
3Gabriela Coman
5Doina Săvoiu
6Victoria Georgescu
7Ileana Dobrovschi
8Victoria Banciu
9Irina Petculeț
10Corina Georgescu
11Iuliana Enescu
15Elena Piron
12Ioana Liteanu DNS
13Corina Crivăț DNS
CoachNicu Roibescu

Preliminary Round

Date21 – 25 July 1980

Group A

Date21 – 25 July 1980
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsLossesPointsSetsSet RatioPointsPoints Ratio
1Soviet UnionURS3069-24.500153-991.545
2East GermanyGDR2157-61.167166-1601.038
3CubaCUB1244-60.667117-1171.000
4PeruPER0333-90.333108-1680.643
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #121 Jul 19:30East GermanyGDR15-11, 15-13, 10-15, 15-4CubaCUB
Match #221 Jul 19:30Soviet UnionURS15-2, 7-15, 15-4, 15-9PeruPER
Match #323 Jul 19:30CubaCUB15-6, 15-5, 15-6PeruPER
Match #423 Jul 19:30Soviet UnionURS15-5, 10-15, 16-14, 15-6East GermanyGDR
Match #525 Jul 19:30East GermanyGDR15-10, 15-17, 11-15, 15-10, 15-9PeruPER
Match #625 Jul 19:30Soviet UnionURS15-6, 15-13, 15-10CubaCUB

Group B

Date21 – 25 July 1980
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsLossesPointsSetsSet RatioPointsPoints Ratio
1BulgariaBUL2157-41.750138-1041.327
2HungaryHUN2158-61.333161-1700.947
3RomaniaROU2157-71.000157-1531.026
4BrazilBRA0334-90.444142-1710.830
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #121 Jul 17:30BulgariaBUL15-9, 7-15, 15-5, 15-4RomaniaROU
Match #221 Jul 17:30HungaryHUN17-15, 9-15, 15-12, 6-15, 15-12BrazilBRA
Match #323 Jul 17:30RomaniaROU5-15, 15-3, 15-5, 10-15, 15-8HungaryHUN
Match #423 Jul 17:30BulgariaBUL15-7, 15-9, 15-2BrazilBRA
Match #525 Jul 17:30RomaniaROU10-15, 9-15, 15-6, 15-13, 15-6BrazilBRA
Match #625 Jul 17:30HungaryHUN8-15, 15-9, 15-7, 15-10BulgariaBUL

Classification Round 5-8

Date27 July 1980
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #127 Jul 17:30PeruPER15-12, 15-9, 15-11RomaniaROU
Match #227 Jul 19:30CubaCUB15-2, 15-5, 15-6BrazilBRA

Semi-Finals

Date27 July 1980
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #127 Jul 17:30East GermanyGDR15-10, 12-15, 15-9, 7-15, 15-6BulgariaBUL
Match #227 Jul 19:30Soviet UnionURS15-11, 15-13, 15-2HungaryHUN

Final Round

Date29 July 1980
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/229 Jul 19:30Soviet UnionURS15-2, 7-15, 15-4, 15-9East GermanyGDR
Match 3/429 Jul 17:30BulgariaBUL15-5, 13-15, 6-15, 15-4, 15-8HungaryHUN
Match 5/629 Jul 18:00CubaCUB15-9, 15-7, 12-15, 15-5PeruPER
Match 7/829 Jul 16:00BrazilBRA15-8, 15-12, 15-12RomaniaROU