Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's volleyball at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Montreal Forum and Paul Sauvé Arena
Date	18–30 July
Medalists
Poland (1st title) Soviet Union Cuba

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics was the 4th 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 Montreal, Canada from 18 to 30 July 1976.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	12 May 1970	Amsterdam	1	Canada
1972 Olympic Games	27 August – 9 September 1972	Munich	1	Japan
1974 World Championship	12–28 October 1974	Mexico	1	Poland
1976 African Championship	1976	Tunis	1	Egypt
1975 Asian Championsnip	17–28 August 1975	Melbourne	1	South Korea
1975 European Championship	18–25 October 1975	Yugoslavia	1	Soviet Union
1975 NORCECA Championship	3–8 August 1975	Los Angeles	1	Cuba
1975 South American Championship	26 November – 3 December 1975	Asunción	1	Brazil
World Qualifier	15–23 January 1976	Italy	2	Czechoslovakia
				Italy
Total			10

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Canada (Hosts)	Brazil
Cuba	Egypt
Czechoslovakia	Italy
Poland	Japan
South Korea	Soviet Union

Rosters

Main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Venues

Main venue	Sub venue
Montreal, Canada	Montreal, Canada
Montreal Forum	Paul Sauvé Arena
Capacity: 18,575	Capacity: 4,000
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Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	4	4	0	8	12	5	2.400	235	172	1.366	Semifinals
2	Cuba	4	3	1	7	11	4	2.750	208	142	1.465
3	Czechoslovakia	4	2	2	6	8	7	1.143	182	177	1.028	5th–8th semifinals
4	South Korea	4	1	3	5	6	9	0.667	146	187	0.781
5	Canada	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	88	181	0.486

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Jul	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Canada	15–4	16–14	15–11			46–29
18 Jul	Poland	3–2	South Korea	12–15	6–15	15–6	15–6	15–5	63–47
19 Jul	Poland	3–0	Canada	15–4	15–7	15–6			45–17
19 Jul	Cuba	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–6	10–15	15–5	15–6		55–32
21 Jul	Poland	3–2	Cuba	13–15	10–15	15–6	15–9	20–18	73–63
21 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Canada	15–7	15–5	15–8			45–20
23 Jul	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–5	15–6			45–15
23 Jul	Poland	3–1	Czechoslovakia	8–15	15–11	15–5	16–14		54–45
25 Jul	Czechoslovakia	3–1	South Korea	15–9	15–9	14–16	15–5		59–39
25 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Canada	15–10	15–9	15–3			45–22

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	63	2.143	Semifinals
2	Japan	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	118	89	1.326
3	Brazil	3	1	2	4	3	8	0.375	118	142	0.831	5th–8th semifinals
4	Italy	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	81	158	0.513
WD	Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source:
Notes:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Jul	Soviet Union	3–0	Italy	15–6	15–3	15–6			45–15
20 Jul	Soviet Union	3–0	Brazil	15–7	15–11	15–2			45–20
20 Jul	Japan	3–0	Italy	15–6	15–2	15–6			45–14
22 Jul	Japan	3–0	Brazil	15–13	15–8	15–9			45–30
24 Jul	Brazil	3–2	Italy	15–8	11–15	12–15	15–6	15–8	68–52
25 Jul	Soviet Union	3–0	Japan	15–9	15–10	15–9			45–28

Final round

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	26 July
	Czechoslovakia	3
					27 July
	Italy	0
					Czechoslovakia	3
	26 July
					South Korea	1
	South Korea	3
	Brazil	2
					7th place match
					27 July
					Italy	0
					Brazil	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Jul	South Korea	3–2	Brazil	15–12	12–15	7–15	15–6	15–5	64–53
26 Jul	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Italy	15–7	15–8	15–7			45–22

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Jul	Italy	0–3	Brazil	8–15	6–15	8–15			22–45

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Jul	Czechoslovakia	3–1	South Korea	15–9	10–15	15–2	15–9		55–35

Final four

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	29 July
	Poland	3
					30 July
	Japan	2
					Poland	3
	29 July
					Soviet Union	2
	Cuba	0
	Soviet Union	3
					Bronze medal match
					30 July
					Japan	0
					Cuba	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Jul	Cuba	0–3	Soviet Union	12–15	7–15	8–15			27–45
29 Jul	Poland	3–2	Japan	15–17	15–6	15–6	10–15	15–10	70–54

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	Japan	0–3	Cuba	8–15	9–15	8–15			25–45

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	Poland	3–2	Soviet Union	11–15	15–13	12–15	19–17	15–7	72–67

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Poland
	Soviet Union
	Cuba
4	Japan
5	Czechoslovakia
6	South Korea
7	Brazil
8	Italy
9	Canada
WD	Egypt

1976 Men's Olympic champions
Poland 1st title

12–man Roster

Włodzimierz Stefański, Bronisław Bebel, Lech Łasko, Edward Skorek, Tomasz Wójtowicz, Wiesław Gawłowski, Mirosław Rybaczewski, Zbigniew Lubiejewski, Ryszard Bosek, Włodzimierz Sadalski, Zbigniew Zarzycki, Marek Karbarz

Head coach

Hubert Wagner

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Poland (POL) Włodzimierz Stefański Bronisław Bebel Lech Łasko Edward Skorek Tomasz Wójtowicz Wiesław Gawłowski Mirosław Rybaczewski Zbigniew Lubiejewski Ryszard Bosek Włodzimierz Sadalski Zbigniew Zarzycki Marek Karbarz Head coach: Hubert Wagner	Soviet Union (URS) Anatoliy Polishchuk Vyacheslav Zaytsev Yefim Chulak Vladimir Dorokhov Aleksandr Ermilov Pāvels Seļivanovs Oleg Moliboga Vladimir Kondra Yuri Starunsky Vladimir Chernyshov Vladimir Ulanov Aleksandr Savin Head coach: Yuri Chesnokov	Cuba (CUB) Leonel Marshall Victoriano Sarmientos Ernesto Martínez Víctor García Carlos Salas Raúl Vilches Jesús Savigne Lorenzo Martínez Diego Lapera Antonio Rodríguez Alfredo Figueredo Jorge Pérez Vento Head coach: Idolo Gilberto Herrera

External links

• Final Standing (1964–2000)
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com