Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
The 1976 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 4th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Montréal, Québec, Canada from July 19 to 30, 1976.
This is the second time the Japanese Women's National Volleyball Team won in the Olympics. The team was coached by Shigeo Yamada.
Qualification
* South Korea and Hungary qualified as next best team as Japan and Soviet Union are already qualified.** East Germany qualified after a special tournament held in Heidelberg, West Germany.
Format
The tournament was played in two different stages. In the , 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 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.Pools composition
Rosters
Venues
- Montréal Forum, Québec, Canada
- Paul Sauvé Arena, Québec, Canada
Preliminary round
- venue: Paul Sauvé Arena.
| ' | Advance to 1st–4th semifinals |
| ' | Advance to 5th–8th semifinals |
Group A
Group B
Final round
5th–8th place
- venue: Paul Sauvé Arena.
5th–8th place semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final
- venue: Montréal Forum.
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
| Rank | Team |
| 4 | |
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| 8 |