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Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's volleyball
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueLong Beach Arena
Date29 July – 11 August
Competitors118 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States (1st title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy
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The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was the 6th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Long Beach, California, United States from 29 July to 11 August 1984.[1]

Qualification

Means of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host Country 18 May 1978 Greece Athens 1  United States
1980 Olympic Games 20 July – 1 August 1980 Soviet Union Moscow 1  Soviet Union
 China*
1981 World Cup 19–28 November 1981  Japan 1  Cuba
 Tunisia*
1982 World Championship 1–15 October 1982  Argentina 1  Brazil
1983 African Championship December 1983 Egypt Port Said 1  Egypt
1983 Asian Championsnip 23 November – 1 December 1983 Japan Fukuoka 1  Japan
1983 European Championship 17–25 September 1983  East Germany 1  Poland
 Italy*
1983 NORCECA Championship 13–17 July 1983 United States Indianapolis 1  Canada
1983 South American Championship 27–31 July 1983 Brazil São Paulo 1  Argentina
World Repechage 4–8 January 1984 Spain Barcelona 1  Bulgaria
 South Korea*
Total 10
* Soviet Union, Cuba, Poland and Bulgaria withdrew because of the Soviet-led boycott and were replaced by China, Tunisia, Italy and South Korea respectively.

Pools composition

Pool A Pool B
 United States (Hosts)  Canada
 Argentina  China
 Brazil  Egypt
 South Korea  Italy
 Tunisia  Japan

Rosters

Main article: Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Venue

All matches
Long Beach, United States
Long Beach Arena
Capacity: 13,609

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Brazil 4 3 1 7 10 4 2.500 191 144 1.326 Semifinals
2  United States 4 3 1 7 9 4 2.250 168 117 1.436
3  South Korea 4 3 1 7 9 6 1.500 203 162 1.253 5th–8th semifinals
4  Argentina 4 1 3 5 7 9 0.778 184 207 0.889
5  Tunisia 4 0 4 4 0 12 0.000 64 180 0.356 9th place match
Source: [citation needed]
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
29 Jul South Korea  3–0  Tunisia 15–7 15–7 15–7     45–21
29 Jul United States  3–1  Argentina 15–6 15–7 10–15 15–8   55–36
31 Jul Brazil  3–1  Argentina 15–8 15–8 16–18 15–13   61–47
31 Jul United States  3–0  Tunisia 15–3 15–2 15–3     45–8
2 Aug Brazil  3–0  Tunisia 15–5 15–9 15–2     45–16
2 Aug United States  3–0  South Korea 15–13 15–9 15–6     45–28
4 Aug Argentina  3–0  Tunisia 15–9 15–7 15–3     45–19
4 Aug South Korea  3–1  Brazil 15–4 15–13 13–15 15–8   58–40
6 Aug South Korea  3–2  Argentina 15–6 14–16 13–15 15–7 15–12 72–56
6 Aug Brazil  3–0  United States 15–10 15–11 15–2     45–23

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Canada 4 3 1 7 10 3 3.333 167 122 1.369 Semifinals
2  Italy 4 3 1 7 11 4 2.750 210 143 1.469
3  Japan 4 3 1 7 9 5 1.800 179 162 1.105 5th–8th semifinals
4  China 4 1 3 5 3 9 0.333 124 160 0.775
5  Egypt 4 0 4 4 0 12 0.000 90 183 0.492 9th place match
Source: [citation needed]
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
29 Jul Japan  3–0  China 15–9 15–9 15–8     45–26
29 Jul Italy  3–1  Canada 10–15 15–4 15–6 15–7   55–32
31 Jul Canada  3–0  Egypt 15–10 15–9 15–3     45–22
31 Jul Italy  3–0  China 15–5 16–14 15–13     46–32
2 Aug China  3–0  Egypt 15–3 15–5 18–16     48–24
2 Aug Japan  3–2  Italy 5–15 11–15 15–10 15–10 16–14 62–64
4 Aug Japan  3–0  Egypt 15–6 15–10 15–11     45–27
4 Aug Canada  3–0  China 15–8 15–7 15–3     45–18
6 Aug Canada  3–0  Japan 15–10 15–8 15–9     45–27
6 Aug Italy  3–0  Egypt 15–4 15–7 15–6     45–17

Final round

9th–10th places

9th place match

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
8 Aug Tunisia  3–2  Egypt 15–13 15–9 5–15 13–15 15–5 63–57

5th–8th places

 
5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
8 August
 
 
 South Korea3
 
10 August
 
 China1
 
 South Korea3
 
8 August
 
 Argentina1
 
 Argentina3
 
 
 Japan1
 
7th place match
 
 
10 August
 
 
 China0
 
 
 Japan3

5th–8th semifinals

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
8 Aug South Korea  3–1  China 15–4 15–11 6–15 19–17   55–47
8 Aug Argentina  3–1  Japan 9–15 15–10 15–10 15–11   54–46

7th place match

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
10 Aug China  0–3  Japan 14–16 9–15 6–15     29–46

5th place match

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
10 Aug South Korea  3–1  Argentina 15–13 9–15 15–9 15–7   54–44

Final four

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
8 August
 
 
 Brazil3
 
11 August
 
 Italy1
 
 Brazil0
 
8 August
 
 United States3
 
 United States3
 
 
 Canada0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
11 August
 
 
 Italy3
 
 
 Canada0

Semifinals

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
8 Aug Brazil  3–1  Italy 12–15 15–2 15–3 15–5   57–25
8 Aug United States  3–0  Canada 15–6 15–10 15–7     45–23

Bronze medal match

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
11 Aug Italy  3–0  Canada 15–11 15–12 15–8     45–31

Gold medal match

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
11 Aug Brazil  0–3  United States 6–15 6–15 7–15     19–45

Final standing

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States (USA)
Dusty Dvorak
Dave Saunders
Steven Salmons
Paul Sunderland
Rich Duwelius
Steve Timmons
Craig Buck
Marc Waldie
Chris Marlowe (c)
Aldis Berzins
Patrick Powers
Karch Kiraly
Head coach: Doug Beal 		 Brazil (BRA)
Bernardinho
Xandó
Badalhoca
Montanaro
Rui
Renan
William (c)
Amauri
Marcus Vinícius
Domingos Maracanã
Bernard Rajzman
Fernandão
Head coach: Bebeto de Freitas 		 Italy (ITA)
Marco Negri
Pier Paolo Lucchetta
Giancarlo Dametto
Franco Bertoli
Francesco Dall'Olio
Piero Rebaudengo
Giovanni Errichiello
Guido De Luigi
Fabio Vullo
Giovanni Lanfranco
Paolo Vecchi
Andrea Lucchetta
Head coach: Silvano Prandi

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Volleyball at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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