Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
The 1984 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 6th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Long Beach, California, United States from July 30 to August 7, 1984.

Competition schedule

Qualification

* Notes:
1. Cuba was the 1983 NORCECA Championship runners-up (champions United States, were already qualified as hosts), but together with East Germany (1983 European champion), Soviet Union (1980 Olympic champion) and other countries, boycotted the games.
2. Canada, South Korea and West Germany replaced Cuba, East Germany and the Soviet Union.
3. In a change in the classification process, in relation to the previous Games, the best team in the FIVB ranking that had not qualified for the Games would gain a spot on tournament. In this way, the remaining place went to South Korea, however with the boycott there was another placed was left and was reassigned to the second best non qualifier, which was Brazil.

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

Squads

Venues
Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, United States

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

5th to 8th place

5th–8th place semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

Medalists

Awards

Most valuable player
 
Best scorer
 
Best spiker
 
Best blocker
 
Best receiver
 
Best server

See also
China's first-ever Olympic volleyball title was commemorated in the following movies:
 My People, My Country: 2019 Chinese film
 Leap: 2020 Chinese film

References

External links
Volleyball
Final standings (1964-2000) at FIVB.org
Official results (pgs. 591-599)

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