Volleyball at the Friendship Games

Volleyball at the Friendship Games was contested in two events. Men's event took place at the Ciudad Deportiva in Havana, Cuba between 18 and 26 August 1984. Women's event took place in Varna, Bulgaria between 8 and 15 July 1984.

Men's event

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Six teams competed in a round-robin tournament.

Team Pld W L Sets won Sets lost Points
    Soviet Union 5 5 0 15 4 10
    Cuba 5 4 1 13 5 9
    Poland 5 3 2 12 8 8
4   Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 8 10 7
5   Bulgaria 5 1 4 6 12 6
6   Hungary 5 0 5 0 15 5

Results

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Results            
Soviet Union   3:1 3:1 3:1 3:1 3:0
Cuba   1:3 3:2 3:0 3:0 3:0
Poland   1:3 2:3 3:1 3:1 3:0
Czechoslovakia   1:3 0:3 1:3 3:1 3:0
Bulgaria   1:3 0:3 1:3 1:3 3:0
Hungary   0:3 0:3 0:3 0:3 0:3

Women's event

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Ten teams were drawn into two groups.

Group A

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Team Pld W L Sets won Sets lost Points
  North Korea 4 3 1 11 3 7
  East Germany 4 3 1 9 4 7
  Bulgaria 4 3 1 10 6 7
  France 4 1 3 4 9 5
  Czechoslovakia 4 0 4 0 12 4

Results

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Results          
North Korea   3:0 2:3 3:0 3:0
East Germany   0:3 3:1 3:0 3:0
Bulgaria   3:2 1:3 3:1 3:0
France   0:3 0:3 0:3 3:0
Czechoslovakia   0:3 0:3 0:3 0:3

Group B

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Team Pld W L Sets won Sets lost Points
  Cuba 4 4 0 12 4 8
  Soviet Union 4 3 1 11 3 7
  Hungary 4 2 2 7 9 6
  Poland 4 1 3 5 10 5
  Netherlands 4 0 4 3 12 4

Results

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Results          
Cuba   3:2 3:1 3:1 3:0
Soviet Union   2:3 3:0 3:0 3:0
Hungary   1:3 0:3 3:1 3:2
Poland   1:3 0:3 1:3 3:1
Netherlands   0:3 0:3 2:3 1:3

Final round

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Semifinals Final
      
A1   North Korea 1
B2   Soviet Union 3
  Soviet Union 1
  Cuba 3
B1   Cuba 3
A2   East Germany 0 Third place
  North Korea 0
  East Germany 3

Final

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Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
15 Jul Soviet Union   1–3   Cuba 8–15 16–14 5–15 6–15   35–59

Classification 5th–10th

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5th-8th place 5th place match
      
A3   Bulgaria 3
B4   Poland 2
  Bulgaria 3
  Hungary 1
B3   Hungary 3
A4   France 1 7th place match
  Poland 3
  France 0
9th place match
   
A5   Czechoslovakia 1
B5   Netherlands 3

Winning teams' squads

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
  Cuba
Osvaldo Abreu
Rodolfo Guillén
Eugenio Ortiz
Luis Oviedo
Águedo Páez
Antonio Pérez
Roberto Pérez
Carlos Ruíz
Carlos Sánchez
Abel Sarmientos
Manuel Torres
Raúl Vilches
Women's
  Soviet Union
Viesma Aistere
Yelena Kundaleva
Vyera Bondar
Yelena Chebukina
Irina Kirillova
Liubov Kozyreva
Olga Krivosheyeva
Valentina Ogiyenko
Olga Pozdniakova
Irina Rizen
Tatiana Shapovalova
Yelena Volkova
  East Germany
Maike Arlt
Monika Beu
Andrea Heim
Catrin Heydrich
Grit Jensen
Ramona Landgraf
Heike Lehmann
Karia Mügge
Ute Oldenburg
Ariane Radfan
Martina Schwarz
Dörte Stüdemann

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Host nation (Cuba). The second host nation, Bulgaria, won no medals.)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Cuba (CUB)*1102
  Soviet Union (URS)1102
3  East Germany (GDR)0011
  Poland (POL)0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

See also

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References

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  • Chmielewski, Zbigniew; et al. (1987). Na olimpijskim szlaku 1984. Sarajewo, Los Angeles (in Polish). Warsaw: Sport i Turystyka. pp. 201–203, 227–228. ISBN 83-217-2610-0.
  • Trzciński, Tomasz; et al. (1985). Gwiazdy sportu '84 (in Polish). Warsaw: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. p. 91. ISBN 83-03-01177-4.