1982 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

The 1982 FIVB Women's World Championship was the ninth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 12 to 25 September 1982 at six venues in six different cities in Peru. The finals were held at the Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru.

1982 FIVB Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Peru
Dates	12–25 September
Teams	23
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Officially opened by	Fernando Belaúnde Terry
Champions	China (1st title)
Runners-up	Peru
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament awards
MVP	Lang Ping
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Qualification

Main article: 1982 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship qualification

Squads

Main article: 1982 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship squads

Venues

Pool F	Pool A, G, Final round	Pool B, H, Final round	Arequipa Chiclayo Ica Lima Tacna Trujillo
Chiclayo	Lima	Trujillo
Coliseo Cerrado de Chiclayo	Coliseo Amauta	Coliseo Gran Chimu
Capacity: 5.000	Capacity: 20.000	Capacity: 7.000
Pool D, J, Final round	Pool E, I, Final round	Pool C
Ica	Arequipa	Tacna
Coliseo José Oliva Razzetto	Coliseo Arequipa	Coliseo Cerrado Peru
Capacity: 6.000	Capacity: 10.000	Capacity: 6.000

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1978 FIVB Women's World Championship.^[1]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Peru (Host, 10th)  Canada (14th)  Indonesia  Nigeria	Cuba (1st)  Hungary (13th)  Netherlands  Argentina	Japan (2nd)  Bulgaria (9th)  Mexico  Spain
Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Soviet Union (3rd)  East Germany (8th)*  Australia  Czechoslovakia**	South Korea (4th)  Brazil (7th)  West Germany  Paraguay	United States (5th)  China (6th)  Italy  Dominican Republic***

*: Withdrew and replaced by  Peru junior team, its result did not count in the championship.
**: Withdrew and replaced by  Chile.
***: Withdrew and replaced by  Puerto Rico.

Results

First round

Pool A

Location: Lima

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Peru	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	21	6.429	1st–12th pools
2	Canada	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	106	66	1.606
3	Indonesia	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	64	111	0.577	13th–23rd pools
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	28	135	0.207

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	Peru	3–0	Indonesia	15–2	15–0	15–3			45–5
13 Sep	Canada	3–0	Nigeria	15–3	15–0	15–4			45–7
14 Sep	Canada	3–0	Indonesia	15–2	15–7	15–5			45–14
14 Sep	Peru	3–0	Nigeria	15–0	15–0	15–0			45–0
15 Sep	Nigeria	0–3	Indonesia	8–15	6–15	7–15			21–45
15 Sep	Peru	3–0	Canada	15–1	15–11	15–4			45–16

Pool B

Location: Trujillo

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	141	65	2.169	1st–12th pools
2	Hungary	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	137	98	1.398
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	75	109	0.688	13th–23rd pools
4	Argentina	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	65	146	0.445

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Hungary	3–1	Argentina	15–6	11–15	15–4	15–10		56–35
13 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Netherlands	15–10	15–6	15–2			45–18
14 Sep	Netherlands	0–3	Hungary	4–15	5–15	3–15			12–45
14 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Argentina	15–5	15–3	15–3			45–11
15 Sep	Netherlands	3–0	Argentina	15–12	15–6	15–1			45–19
15 Sep	Cuba	3–1	Hungary	15–9	6–15	15–6	15–6		51–36

Pool C

Location: Tacna

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	26	5.192	1st–12th pools
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	109	127	0.858
3	Mexico	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	129	122	1.057	13th–23rd pools
4	Spain	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	37	135	0.274

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	Mexico	7–15	15–13	16–14	4–15	15–10	57–67
13 Sep	Japan	3–0	Spain	15–0	15–2	15–0			45–2
14 Sep	Spain	0–3	Bulgaria	3–15	7–15	5–15			15–45
14 Sep	Japan	3–0	Mexico	15–2	15–12	15–3			45–17
15 Sep	Mexico	3–0	Spain	15–5	15–7	15–8			45–20
15 Sep	Japan	3–0	Bulgaria	15–3	15–0	15–4			45–7

Pool D

Location: Ica

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	90	11	8.182	1st–12th pools
2	Australia	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	56	78	0.718
3	Chile	2	0	2	2	1	6	0.167	38	95	0.400	13th–23rd pools

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Australia	15–4	15–1	15–1			45–6
14 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Chile	15–3	15–1	15–1			45–5
15 Sep	Australia	3–1	Chile	15–7	15–6	5–15	15–5		50–33

Pool E

Location: Arequipa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	148	67	2.209	1st–12th pools
2	Brazil	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	136	98	1.388
3	West Germany	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	94	113	0.832	13th–23rd pools
4	Paraguay	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	35	135	0.259

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Paraguay	15–1	15–1	15–7			45–9
13 Sep	South Korea	3–0	West Germany	15–8	15–4	15–6			45–18
14 Sep	West Germany	0–3	Brazil	16–18	7–15	8–15			31–48
14 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Paraguay	15–1	15–2	15–3			45–6
15 Sep	West Germany	3–0	Paraguay	15–10	15–4	15–6			45–20
15 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Brazil	15–13	13–15	15–12	15–3		58–43

Pool F

Location: Chiclayo

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	56	2.411	1st–12th pools
2	China	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	116	62	1.871
3	Italy	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	67	118	0.568	13th–23rd pools
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	53	135	0.393

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	China	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–0	15–1	15–8			45–9
13 Sep	United States	3–0	Italy	15–4	15–5	15–5			45–14
14 Sep	China	3–0	Italy	15–3	15–1	15–4			45–8
14 Sep	United States	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–5	15–7	15–4			45–16
15 Sep	Italy	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–12	15–12	15–4			45–28
15 Sep	United States	3–0	China	15–6	15–9	15–11			45–26

Second round

The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the second round.

1st–12th pools

Pool G

Location: Lima

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	5	4	1	9	13	3	4.333	210	114	1.842	Finals
2	Peru	5	4	1	9	12	4	3.000	224	142	1.577
3	South Korea	5	4	1	9	12	4	3.000	202	154	1.312	5th–8th places
4	Brazil	5	2	3	7	7	11	0.636	197	224	0.879
5	Bulgaria	5	1	4	6	4	14	0.286	154	250	0.616	9th–12th places
6	Canada	5	0	5	5	3	15	0.200	149	252	0.591

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Sep	Canada	0–3	South Korea	8–15	2–15	4–15			14–45
18 Sep	Japan	3–0	Brazil	15–5	15–10	15–9			45–24
18 Sep	Peru	3–0	Bulgaria	15–10	15–8	15–12			45–30
19 Sep	Bulgaria	1–3	Brazil	6–15	15–13	12–15	4–15		37–58
19 Sep	Canada	0–3	Japan	5–15	9–15	9–15			23–45
19 Sep	Peru	0–3	South Korea	14–16	11–15	12–15			37–46
20 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	Canada	10–15	10–15	15–12	15–5	15–10	65–57
20 Sep	South Korea	0–3	Japan	0–15	3–15	5–15			8–45
20 Sep	Peru	3–0	Brazil	15–10	15–4	15–6			45–20
21 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Bulgaria	15–6	15–4	15–5			45–15
21 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Canada	15–10	15–12	7–15	15–2		52–39
21 Sep	Peru	3–1	Japan	15–4	15–5	7–15	15–10		52–34

Pool H

Location: Trujillo

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	5	4	1	9	14	3	4.667	243	150	1.620	Finals
2	China	5	4	1	9	12	3	4.000	206	102	2.020
3	Cuba	5	4	1	9	12	6	2.000	221	188	1.176	5th–8th places
4	Soviet Union	5	2	3	7	6	9	0.667	166	166	1.000
5	Hungary	5	1	4	6	4	12	0.333	149	200	0.745	9th–12th places
6	Australia	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	46	225	0.204

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Australia	15–6	15–0	15–7			45–13
18 Sep	Cuba	0–3	China	8–15	9–15	2–15			19–45
18 Sep	Soviet Union	0–3	United States	6–15	6–15	13–15			25–45
19 Sep	Hungary	0–3	China	2–15	7–15	2–15			11–45
19 Sep	Australia	0–3	United States	0–15	3–15	3–15			6–45
19 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Soviet Union	15–10	15–10	15–10			45–30
20 Sep	Hungary	0–3	United States	5–15	14–16	13–15			32–46
20 Sep	China	3–0	Soviet Union	15–6	15–3	15–12			45–21
20 Sep	Australia	0–3	Cuba	6–15	2–15	7–15			15–45
21 Sep	Hungary	0–3	Soviet Union	7–15	8–15	10–15			25–45
21 Sep	United States	2–3	Cuba	15–5	10–15	10–15	15–11	12–15	62–61
21 Sep	Australia	0–3	China	2–15	2–15	2–15			6–45

13th–23rd pools

Pool I

Location: Arequipa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Mexico	5	5	0	10	15	0	MAX	225	69	3.261	13th–16th places
2	West Germany	5	4	1	9	12	3	4.000	204	106	1.925
3	Paraguay	5	3	2	8	9	7	1.286	175	159	1.101	17th–20th places
4	Spain	5	2	3	7	7	9	0.778	155	191	0.812
5	Indonesia	5	1	4	6	3	12	0.250	136	201	0.677	21st–23rd places
6	Nigeria	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	56	225	0.249

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Sep	West Germany	3–0	Spain	15–0	15–5	15–3			45–8
18 Sep	Paraguay	3–0	Indonesia	15–6	15–2	15–13			45–21
18 Sep	Mexico	3–0	Nigeria	15–1	15–0	15–3			45–4
19 Sep	West Germany	3–0	Indonesia	15–13	15–7	15–8			45–28
19 Sep	Spain	3–0	Nigeria	15–6	15–3	15–6			45–15
19 Sep	Paraguay	0–3	Mexico	4–15	4–15	2–15			10–45
20 Sep	West Germany	3–0	Nigeria	15–0	15–1	15–4			45–5
20 Sep	Mexico	3–0	Indonesia	15–1	15–9	15–1			45–11
20 Sep	Spain	1–3	Paraguay	15–10	12–15	10–15	0–15		37–55
21 Sep	West Germany	0–3	Mexico	6–15	10–15	8–15			24–45
21 Sep	Spain	3–0	Indonesia	15–12	15–7	15–12			45–31
21 Sep	Nigeria	0–3	Paraguay	1–15	2–15	8–15			11–45

Pool J

Location: Ica

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	8	12	2	6.000	204	127	1.606	13th–16th places
2	Italy	4	3	1	7	11	3	3.667	206	148	1.392
3	Argentina	4	2	2	6	6	8	0.750	175	177	0.989	17th–20th places
4	Puerto Rico	4	1	3	5	5	8	0.625	176	208	0.846
5	Chile	4	0	4	4	1	12	0.083	93	194	0.479	21st–23rd places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Sep	Chile	0–3	Netherlands	1–15	6–15	7–15			14–45
18 Sep	Argentina	3–2	Puerto Rico	15–5	13–15	16–18	15–10	15–13	74–61
19 Sep	Chile	0–3	Italy	0–15	2–15	12–15			14–45
19 Sep	Netherlands	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–13	15–13	15–2			45–28
20 Sep	Chile	1–3	Puerto Rico	6–15	9–15	15–13	14–16		44–59
20 Sep	Italy	3–1	Argentina	15–8	15–12	5–15	15–2		50–37
21 Sep	Chile	0–3	Argentina	8–15	1–15	12–15			21–45
21 Sep	Italy	2–3	Netherlands	9–15	13–15	15–12	15–11	14–16	66–69

Final round

21st–23rd places

	21st–23rd semifinals				21st place
	Indonesia
					25 September – Lima
	Bye
					Indonesia	3
	24 September – Lima
					Chile	2
	Chile	3
	Nigeria	1

21st–23rd semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	Chile	3–1	Nigeria	15–10	15–1	11–15	15–3		56–29

21st place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Indonesia	3–2	Chile	6–15	15–7	8–15	15–4	17–15	61–56

17th–20th places

	17th–20th semifinals				17th place
	24 September – Trujillo
	Paraguay	1
					25 September – Trujillo
	Puerto Rico	3
					Puerto Rico	3
	24 September – Trujillo
					Argentina	2
	Argentina	3
	Spain	2
					19th place
					25 September – Trujillo
					Paraguay	3
					Spain	1

17th–20th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	Paraguay	1–3	Puerto Rico	14–16	15–4	8–15	10–15		47–50
24 Sep	Argentina	3–2	Spain	15–6	13–15	15–7	12–15	15–4	70–47

19th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Paraguay	3–1	Spain	14–16	15–7	15–11	15–10		59–44

17th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Puerto Rico	3–2	Argentina	15–10	9–15	5–15	15–12	15–5	59–57

13th–16th places

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place
	24 September – Arequipa
	Mexico	3
					25 September – Arequipa
	Italy	2
					Mexico	3
	24 September – Arequipa
					West Germany	2
	Netherlands	0
	West Germany	3
					15th place
					25 September – Arequipa
					Italy	3
					Netherlands	2

13th–16th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	Mexico	3–2	Italy	12–15	15–11	11–15	15–8	15–12	68–61
24 Sep	Netherlands	0–3	West Germany	6–15	2–15	5–15			13–45

15th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Italy	3–2	Netherlands	17–15	13–15	15–12	8–15	15–10	68–67

13th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Mexico	3–2	West Germany	9–15	15–12	15–12	4–15	15–13	58–67

9th–12th places

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place
	24 September – Ica
	Bulgaria	3
					25 September – Ica
	Australia	0
					Bulgaria	3
	24 September – Ica
					Hungary	2
	Hungary	3
	Canada	0
					11th place
					25 September – Ica
					Australia	0
					Canada	3

9th–12th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Australia	15–5	15–4	15–3			45–12
24 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Canada	15–11	15–10	15–8			45–29

11th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Australia	0–3	Canada	7–15	7–15	7–15			21–45

9th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	Hungary	9–15	15–6	13–15	15–10	15–9	67–55

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place
	24 September – Lima
	South Korea	0
					25 September – Lima
	Soviet Union	3
					Soviet Union	2
	24 September – Lima
					Cuba	3
	Cuba	3
	Brazil	2
					7th place
					25 September – Lima
					South Korea	3
					Brazil	0

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	South Korea	0–3	Soviet Union	13–15	9–15	10–15			32–45
24 Sep	Cuba	3–2	Brazil	15–6	10–15	15–6	12–15	15–10	67–52

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Brazil	15–11	19–17	15–10			49–38

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Soviet Union	2–3	Cuba	4–15	15–9	15–7	6–15	12–15	52–61

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	24 September – Lima
	Japan	0
					25 September – Lima
	China	3
					China	3
	24 September – Lima
					Peru	0
	United States	0
	Peru	3
					3rd place
					25 September – Lima
					Japan	1
					United States	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	Japan	0–3	China	8–15	7–15	6–15			21–45
24 Sep	United States	0–3	Peru	12–15	12–15	10–15			34–45

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Japan	1–3	United States	5–15	15–2	8–15	6–15		34–47

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	China	3–0	Peru	15–1	15–5	15–11			45–17

Final standing

Rank Team  China  Peru  United States 4  Japan 5  Cuba 6  Soviet Union 7  South Korea 8  Brazil 9  Bulgaria 10  Hungary 11  Canada 12  Australia 13  Mexico 14  West Germany 15  Italy 16  Netherlands 17  Puerto Rico 18  Argentina 19  Paraguay 20  Spain 21  Indonesia 22  Chile 23  Nigeria

1982 Women's World champions  China 1st title Team roster Lang Ping, Liang Yan, Cao Huiying, Yang Xi, Zhou Xiaolan, Yang Xilan, Chen Yaqiong, Jiang Ying, Sun Jinfang (c), Chen Zhaodi, Zheng Meizhu, Zhang Rongfang Head coach Yuan Weimin

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Lang Ping

• Best spiker

  Denisse Fajardo