The inaugural Women's Volleyball Tournament in the Summer Olympic Games was held during Olympic Games of Tokyo, from October 11 to October 23, 1964. Japan won the gold medal, with the Soviet Union and Poland taking silver and bronze, respectively.^[1]

Quick Facts Women's volleyball at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Venue ...

Women's volleyball at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Masae Kasai standing in the center of podium as the team leader, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
Venue	Komazawa Volleyball Courts Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
Date	11–23 October
Competitors	71 from 6 nations
Medalists
Japan (1st title)  Soviet Union  Poland
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More information Means of qualification, Date ...

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	26 May 1959	Munich	1	Japan
1962 World Championship	13-25 October 1962	Soviet Union	2	Soviet Union
				Poland
1963 European Championship	22 October-2 November 1963	Romania	1	Romania
Asian Qualifier	22-30 December 1963	New Delhi	1	North Korea *  South Korea
1963 Pan American Games	21 April – 3 May 1963	São Paulo	1	Brazil United States
Total			6

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*North Korea did not send its delegation to Tokyo because it does not have bilateral relations with Japan.Their spot was given to South Korea.^[2]

The tournament was played in a single round-robin format, all teams were placed into a single pool and faced each other once.

• Komazawa Volleyball Courts in Tokyo
• Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Yokohama

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Japan	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	238	93	2.559
2	Soviet Union	5	4	1	9	12	3	4.000	212	97	2.186
3	Poland	5	3	2	8	10	6	1.667	180	162	1.111
4	Romania	5	2	3	7	6	9	0.667	140	172	0.814
5	United States	5	1	4	6	3	12	0.250	98	213	0.460
6	South Korea	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	94	225	0.418

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• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

More information Date, Time ...

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Oct	13:15	Romania	0–3	Soviet Union	5–15	6–15	0–15			11–45	Report
11 Oct	15:15	United States	0–3	Japan	1–15	5–15	2–15			8–45	Report
12 Oct	15:15	South Korea	0–3	Soviet Union	0–15	6–15	0–15			6–45	Report
12 Oct	17:15	United States	0–3	Poland	3–15	4–15	10–15			17–45	Report
12 Oct	19:15	Romania	0–3	Japan	7–15	3–15	8–15			18–45	Report
13 Oct	17:15	Romania	3–0	United States	15–9	15–1	15–2			45–12	Report
14 Oct	15:15	South Korea	0–3	Poland	5–15	5–15	11–15			21–45	Report
14 Oct	20:30	South Korea	0–3	Japan	3–15	2–15	4–15			9–45	Report
15 Oct	14:00	Poland	0–3	Soviet Union	9–15	5–15	5–15			19–45	Report
17 Oct	13:15	Soviet Union	3–0	United States	15–1	15–8	15–7			45–16	Report
18 Oct	13:50	Poland	1–3	Japan	4–15	5–15	15–13	2–15		26–58	Report
19 Oct	17:15	Romania	3–0	South Korea	15–10	15–9	15–6			45–25	Report
21 Oct	11:15	South Korea	0–3	United States	7–15	13–15	13–15			33–45	Report
22 Oct	19:15	Romania	0–3	Poland	7–15	6–15	8–15			21–45	Report
23 Oct	19:35	Japan	3–0	Soviet Union	15–11	15–8	15–13			45–32	Report

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