The 1980 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 5th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Moscow, Soviet Union from 21 to 29 July 1980.

Qualification QualifiersDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost Country23 October 1974 Vienna11976 Olympic Games19–30 July 1976 Montréal11978 World Championship25 Aug. – 7 Sep. 1978 Leningrad11979 Asian Championsnip7–14 December 1979 Hong Kong11979 NORCECA Championship 22-29 April 1979 Havana11979 South American Championship 22-26 April 1979 Argentina11979 European Championship5–13 October 1979 Lyon1World Qualifier 20-24 January 1980 Pazardzhik1Wildcards replacing boycotting nations*3***Total8 * Notes: 1. United States was the 1979 NORCECA Championship runners-up (champions Cuba, were already qualified as World champions), but together with China (1979 Asian champion), Japan (1976 Olympic champion) and other countries, boycotted the games. 2. Brazil, Bulgaria and Hungary replaced China, Japan and the United States.

Format The tournament was played in two different stages. In the (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 (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 APool B

Rosters

Venues Minor Arena, Moscow, Soviet Union Druzhba Multipurpose Arena, Moscow, Soviet Union

Preliminary round Group A

Group B

Final round

5th–8th place venue: Druzhba Multipurpose Arena. All times are Moscow Summer Time (MSD) (UTC+04:00).

5th–8th place semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final venue: Minor Arena. All times are Moscow Summer Time (MSD) (UTC+04:00).

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

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12-woman rosterNadezhda Radzevich, Nataliya Razumova, Olga Solovova, Yelena Akhaminova, Larisa Pavlova, Yelena Andreyuk, Irina Makogonova, Lyubov Kozyreva, Svetlana Nikishina, Lyudmila Chernyshyova, Svetlana Badulina, Lidiya LoginovaHead coachNikolay Karpol

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeNadezhda RadzevichNataliya RazumovaOlga SolovovaYelena AkhaminovaLarisa PavlovaYelena AndreyukIrina MakogonovaLyubov KozyrevaSvetlana NikishinaLyudmila ChernyshyovaSvetlana BadulinaLidiya LoginovaHead coach: Nikolay KarpolUte KostrzewaAndrea HeimAnnette SchultzChristine MummhardtHeike LehmannBarbara CzekallaKarla RoffeisMartina SchmidtAnke WestendorfKarin PüschelBrigitte FetzerKatharina BullinHead coach: Dieter GrundTanya DimitrovaValentina IlievaGalina StanchevaSilviya PetrunovaAnka KhristolovaVerka BorisovaMargarita GerasimovaRumyana KaishevaMaya GeorgievaTanya GogovaTsvetana BozhurinaRositsa DimitrovaHead coach: Vasil Simov

References

External links Moscow 1980 Final standings (1964-2000) at FIVB.org Official results (pgs. 554-557, 570-577)