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Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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The 1988 women's Olympic volleyball tournament was the seventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee. The competition in Seoul, South Korea was held from 20 to 29 September 1988.[1]
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Qualification
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* Notes:[1]
- 1. Cuba was the 1986 World Championship runners-up (champions China had already qualified as 1984 Olympic champions), but together with 6 another countries, boycotted the games and their spot was given to Peru, as the team finished in the 3rd place at the 1986 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
- 2. Peru won the 1987 Women's South American Volleyball Championship, but as they had already qualified, the South American place was reassigned to Brazil.
- 3. Japan was the 1987 Asian Championship runners-up (champions China had already qualified as 1984 Olympic champions).
- 4. United States was the 1987 NORCECA Championship runners-up (champions Cuba had already qualified as 1986 World Championship runners-up).
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Format
The tournament was played in two different stages. In the Preliminary round (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 Final round (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.
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Pools composition
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Preliminary round
Group A
| 20 September 1988 | Japan  |
3–2 |  Soviet Union |
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| (15–2, 8–15, 15–12, 10–15, 19–17) Report | ||||
| 20 September 1988 | East Germany  |
1–3 |  South Korea |
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| (6–15, 16–14, 10–15, 7–15) Report | ||||
| 23 September 1988 | East Germany |
3–2 | Japan |
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| (11–15, 16–14, 4–15, 15–2 ,15–7) Report | ||||
| 23 September 1988 | Soviet Union |
3–0 | South Korea |
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| (15–5, 15–8, 15–7) Report | ||||
| 25 September 1988 | East Germany |
0–3 | Soviet Union |
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| (16–18, 7–15, 4–15) Report | ||||
| 25 September 1988 | Japan |
3–1 | South Korea |
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| (8–15, 15–3 ,15–11, 15–8) Report | ||||
Group B
| 20 September 1988 | China  |
3–0 |  United States |
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| (15–9, 15–5, 15–7) Report | ||||
| 20 September 1988 | Peru  |
3–0 |  Brazil |
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| (15–11, 15–11, 15–3) Report | ||||
| 23 September 1988 | Brazil |
2–3 | United States |
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| (16–14, 5–15, 13–15, 15–12, 7–15) Report | ||||
| 23 September 1988 | China |
2–3 | Peru |
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| (15–13, 13–15, 15–7, 12–15, 14–16) Report | ||||
| 25 September 1988 | China |
3–1 | Brazil |
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| (2–15, 15–7, 15–12, 15–11) Report | ||||
| 25 September 1988 | Peru |
3–2 | United States |
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| (12–15, 9–15, 15–4, 15–5, 15–9) Report | ||||
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Final round
5th to 8th place
| 5–8th place | 5th place | |||||
| 27 September | ||||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||
| 29 September | ||||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||
| Brazil | 1 | |||||
| 27 September | ||||||
| East Germany | 3 | |||||
| East Germany | 3 | |||||
| United States | 1 | |||||
| 7th place | ||||||
| 29 September | ||||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||
| United States | 3 | |||||
5th–8th place semifinals
| 27 September 1988 | South Korea |
2–3 | Brazil |
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| (6–15, 17–15, 15–8, 4–15, 15–17) Report | ||||
| 27 September 1988 | East Germany |
3–1 | United States |
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| (15–13, 15–11, 10–15, 15–8) Report | ||||
7th place match
| 29 September 1988 | South Korea |
2–3 | United States |
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| (4–15, 15–12, 15–13, 9–15, 8–15) Report | ||||
5th place match
| 29 September 1988 | Brazil |
1–3 | East Germany |
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| (9–15, 4–15, 15–11, 11–15) Report | ||||
Final
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 27 September | ||||||
| Soviet Union | 3 | |||||
| 29 September | ||||||
| China | 0 | |||||
| Soviet Union | 3 | |||||
| 27 September | ||||||
| Peru | 2 | |||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||
| Peru | 3 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 29 September | ||||||
| China | 3 | |||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||
Semifinals
| 27 September 1988 | Soviet Union |
3–0 | China |
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| (15–0, 15–9, 15–2) Report | ||||
| 27 September 1988 | Japan |
2–3 | Peru |
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| (9–15, 6–15, 15–6, 15–10, 13–15) Report | ||||
Bronze medal match
| 29 September 1988 | China |
3–0 | Japan |
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| (15–13, 15–6, 15–6 Report | ||||
Gold medal match
| 29 September 1988 | Soviet Union |
3–2 | Peru |
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| (10–15, 12–15, 15–13, 15–7, 17–15 Report | ||||
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Final standings
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Medalists
Awards
- Most valuable player
Cecilia Tait (PER)
- Best setter
Xilan Yang (CHN)
- Best scorer
Irina Smirnova (URS)
- Best spiker
Kim Oden (USA)
- Best blocker
Susanne Lahme (GER)
- Best receiver
Park Mi-hee (KOR)
- Best digger
- Maike Arlt (GER)
- Best server
- Grit Naumann (GER)
Statistics Leaders
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Best scorers
Best attackers
Best blockers
Best servers
Best diggers
Best setters
Best receivers
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DREAM TEAM
- SETTER
- Xilan Yang (CHN)
- Outside Hitters
- Irina Smirnova (URS)
- Yuzhu Hou (CHN)
- MIDDLE BLOCKERS
- Susanne Lahme (GER)
- Gabriela Pérez del Solar (PER)
- OPPOSITE SPIKER
- Cecilia Tait (PER)
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