Volleyball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_tournament

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Women's volleyball; at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Volleyball Hall
Date	27 August – 7 September
Competitors	93 from 8 nations
Medalists
	← 1968 1976 →

Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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The 1972 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 3rd edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Munich, West Germany from 27 August to 7 September 1972.^[1]

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Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	26 April 1966	Rome	1	West Germany
1968 Olympic Games	13–26 October 1968	Mexico City	1	Soviet Union
1970 World Championship	22 Sep. – 2 Oct. 1970	Varna	3	Japan North Korea Hungary
1970 Asian Games	10 - 19 Oct. 1970	Bangkok	1	South Korea*
1971 European Championship	23 Sep. – 1 Oct. 1971	Reggio Emilia	1	Czechoslovakia
1971 Pan American Games	31 July – 11 Aug. 1971	Cali	1	Cuba
Total			8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	159	96	1.656	1st–4th semifinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	127	99	1.283	1st–4th semifinals
3	Hungary	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	114	131	0.870	5th–8th semifinals
4	West Germany	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	61	135	0.452	5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
27 Aug	Hungary	3–0	West Germany	15–8	15–11	15–9		45–28	Report
27 Aug	South Korea	1–3	Soviet Union	15–11	8–15	7–15	7–15	37–56	Report
29 Aug	Hungary	0–3	South Korea	7–15	13–15	11–15		31–45	Report
29 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	West Germany	15–5	15–7	15–9		45–21	Report
31 Aug	Hungary	1–3	Soviet Union	12–15	2–15	15–13	9–15	38–58	Report
31 Aug	South Korea	3–0	West Germany	15–2	15–8	15–2		45–12	Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	136	56	2.429	1st–4th semifinals
2	North Korea	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	119	76	1.566	1st–4th semifinals
3	Cuba	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	73	140	0.521	5th–8th semifinals
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	85	141	0.603	5th–8th semifinals

Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
28 Aug	Cuba	0–3	North Korea	1–15	8–15	3–15		12–45	Report
28 Aug	Japan	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–1	15–7	15–9		45–17	Report
30 Aug	Cuba	0–3	Japan	2–15	3–15	5–15		10–45	Report
30 Aug	Czechoslovakia	0–3	North Korea	3–15	7–15	8–15		18–45	Report
1 Sep	Cuba	3–1	Czechoslovakia	6–15	15–12	15–10	15–13	51–50	Report
1 Sep	Japan	3–0	North Korea	15–3	15–2	16–14		46–19	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	West Germany	0–3	Cuba	11–15	13–15	15–17			39–47	Report
2 Sep	Hungary	3–2	Czechoslovakia	15–9	13–15	11–15	15–10	15–11	69–60	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Sep	South Korea	0–3	Japan	3–15	5–15	9–15			17–45	Report
3 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	North Korea	15–10	16–14	7–15	15–8		53–47	Report