Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The 1996 women's Olympic volleyball tournament was the ninth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee. It was held from 20 July to 3 August 1996 at the Stegeman Coliseum of The University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia and at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia. 12 teams competed, up from eight in 1992.

Qualification QualifiersDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost Country18 September 1990 Tokyo11995 Women's World Cup3–17 November 1995 Japan3European Qualification 1North American Qualification 1South American Qualification 1Asian Qualification 1African Qualification Russia was transferred to play in this zone. No more African teams were interested to play. Initial host had to be Egypt. They withdrew due to lack of funds. Nigeria had to play in the Intercontinental Qualifications in Japan Olympics Women OQ 1996. Withdrew and was replaced by Romania. The 2 African teams played after a protest at the inclusion in the Africa zone of Russia. https://web.archive.org/web/20150628215914/http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Africa/Women_OQ_1996.html 11996 Olympic Qualification Tournament26 May −2 June 1996 Tokyo, Japan3Total12

Format In 1991, the International Olympic Committee alongside the FIVB decided to increase the number of countries participating in the women's volleyball tournament at the Summer Olympic Games from 8 to 12 and thus equalize the number of athletes in the two tournaments.As the men's event, the tournament was played in two different stages. In the (first stage), the twelve participants were divided into two pools of six teams. A single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool. The four highest ranked teams in each pool advanced to the (second stage) and the two lowest ranked teams took no further participation (with pool places 5th and 6th being ranked in the final standings as joined 9th ad 11th, respectively).

The was played in a single elimination format, with placement matches determining the top eight positions. Starting at the quarterfinals, winners advanced to the semifinals while losers advanced to the placement matches (5th–8th semifinal).

Pools composition Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their ranking as of January 1996. Pool APool B (hosts) (1st) (4th) (2nd) (5th) (7th) (6th) (8th)

Rosters

Venues University of Georgia Coliseum, Athens, United States Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, United States

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Quarterfinals

5th–8th places

Semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

1st–4th places

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standings

PlaceAtlanta 1996 volleyball women Results, olympics.comTeam45678911

12-woman rosterYumilka Ruiz, Marlenis Costa, Mireya Luis (c), Lilia Izquierdo, Idalmis Gato, Raisa O'Farril, Regla Bell, Regla Torres, Taismary Agüero, Ana Fernández, Magalys Carvajal, Mirka FranciaHead coachEugenio George

Medalists GoldSilverBronze

Individual awards

Most valuable player

Best spiker

Best blocker

Best server

Best digger

Best setter

Best receiver

Statistics leaders

Best scorers RankName Total PointsSpikeBlockServe1 Artamonova, Evguenia1911681492 Sun Yue1711551243 Li Yan1701422354 Cross-Battle, Tara162150845 Luis, Mireya160143766 Carvajal, Magalys1501202557 Cunha, Marcia Fu1391181748 Moser, Ana1371131599 Chung, Sun-Hye13411614410 Weersing, Henriette131115115

Best attackers RankName Total killsTotal AttemptsEfficiency%1 CUI, Yong Mei8422337.71%2 ARTAMONOVA, Evguenia16845936.57%3 CUNHA, Marcia Fu11834134.59%4 SUN, Yue15545833.81%5 RODRIGUEZ, Ana Paula9529233.57%

Best blockers RankName Total blocksSets PlayedAvg per set1 CARVAJAL, Magalys25161.312 RODRIGUEZ, Ana Paula22151.153 LI, Yan23211.094 VON SASS, Katrina17141.025 LAI, Yawen21211.00

Best servers RankName Total acesSets PlayedAvg per set1 MOSER, Ana9180.472 ARTAMONOVA, Evguenia9200.453 VISSER, Ingrid8200.394 SOUCY, Brigittie6170.355 OBAYASHI, Motoko5150.33

Best diggers RankName Total digsAttemptsAvg per set1 NARITA, Ikumi781992.472 LAI, Yawen722082.313 BATUKHTINA, Elena641882.114 LUIS, Mireya591931,985 CUNHA, Marcia Fu541771.79

Best setters RankNameRunning SetsAttemptsAvg per set1 VENTURINI, Fernanda30670414.542 FLEDDERUS, Riette27965111.083 NIKULINA, Marina2216219.974 ZETTURLAND, Yoko2015098.775 HE, Qi1966037.456 COSTA, Marleny1764076.747 NAGATOMI, Aki1445635.518 PIANKA, Ines1215834.139 O’FARILL, Raisa983323.8710 SHIN, Young-Choul965213.11

Best receivers RankName ExcellentSucc%1 LAI, Yawen17977.452 BATUKHTINA, Elena14674.293 DIAS, Virna13570.544 YOSHIHARA, Tomoko12869.235 WANG Yi11967.49

References

External links Results Final standings (1964–2000) at FIVB.org Official results (pgs. 376, 405–416)