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Women's volleyball at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Masae Kasai standing in the center of podium as the team leader, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
Venue	Komazawa Volleyball Courts Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
Date	11–23 October
Competitors	71 from 6 nations
Medalists
Japan (1st title)  Soviet Union  Poland
1968 →

The inaugural Women's Volleyball Tournament in the Summer Olympic Games was held during Olympic Games of Tokyo, from October 11 to October 23, 1964. Japan won the gold medal, with the Soviet Union and Poland taking silver and bronze, respectively.

The story about the Japanese Women's Volleyball Team, and their Gold Medal triumph at the 1964 Olympics, is the subject of the documentary "The Witches of the Orient." https://www.kimstim.com/film/the-witches-of-the-orient/

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	26 May 1959	Munich	1	Japan
1962 World Championship	13-25 October 1962	Soviet Union	2	Soviet Union
				Poland
1963 European Championship	22 October-2 November 1963	Romania	1	Romania
Asian Qualifier	22-30 December 1963	New Delhi	1	North Korea *  South Korea
1963 Pan American Games	21 April – 3 May 1963	São Paulo	1	Brazil United States
Total			6

*North Korea did not send its delegation to Tokyo because it does not have bilateral relations with Japan.Their spot was given to South Korea.

Format

The tournament was played in a single round-robin format, all teams were placed into a single pool and faced each other once.

Rosters

Venues

• Komazawa Volleyball Courts in Tokyo
• Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Yokohama

Round robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Japan	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	238	93	2.559
2	Soviet Union	5	4	1	9	12	3	4.000	212	97	2.186
3	Poland	5	3	2	8	10	6	1.667	180	162	1.111
4	Romania	5	2	3	7	6	9	0.667	140	172	0.814
5	United States	5	1	4	6	3	12	0.250	98	213	0.460
6	South Korea	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	94	225	0.418

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Oct	13:15	Romania	0–3	Soviet Union	5–15	6–15	0–15			11–45	Report
11 Oct	15:15	United States	0–3	Japan	1–15	5–15	2–15			8–45	Report
12 Oct	15:15	South Korea	0–3	Soviet Union	0–15	6–15	0–15			6–45	Report
12 Oct	17:15	United States	0–3	Poland	3–15	4–15	10–15			17–45	Report
12 Oct	19:15	Romania	0–3	Japan	7–15	3–15	8–15			18–45	Report
13 Oct	17:15	Romania	3–0	United States	15–9	15–1	15–2			45–12	Report
14 Oct	15:15	South Korea	0–3	Poland	5–15	5–15	11–15			21–45	Report
14 Oct	20:30	South Korea	0–3	Japan	3–15	2–15	4–15			9–45	Report
15 Oct	14:00	Poland	0–3	Soviet Union	9–15	5–15	5–15			19–45	Report
17 Oct	13:15	Soviet Union	3–0	United States	15–1	15–8	15–7			45–16	Report
18 Oct	13:50	Poland	1–3	Japan	4–15	5–15	15–13	2–15		26–58	Report
19 Oct	17:15	Romania	3–0	South Korea	15–10	15–9	15–6			45–25	Report
21 Oct	11:15	South Korea	0–3	United States	7–15	13–15	13–15			33–45	Report
22 Oct	19:15	Romania	0–3	Poland	7–15	6–15	8–15			21–45	Report
23 Oct	19:35	Japan	3–0	Soviet Union	15–11	15–8	15–13			45–32	Report

Final standings

Rank Team  Japan  Soviet Union  Poland 4  Romania 5  United States 6  South Korea

1964 Women's Olympic champions  Japan 1st title 12-woman roster Masae Kasai (c), Emiko Miyamoto, Kinuko Tanida, Yuriko Handa, Yoshiko Matsumura, Sata Issobe, Katsumi Matsumura, Yoko Shinozaki, Setsuko Sassaki, Yuko Fujimoto, Massako Kondo, Ayano Shibuki Head coach Hirofumi Daimatsu

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Japan (JPN) Masae Kasai (c) Emiko Miyamoto Kinuko Tanida Yuriko Handa Yoshiko Matsumura Sata Issobe Katsumi Matsumura Yoko Shinozaki Setsuko Sassaki Yuko Fujimoto Massako Kondo Ayano Shibuki Head coach: Hirofumi Daimatsu	Soviet Union (URS) Nelli Abramova Astra Biltauere Lyudmila Buldakova Lyudmila Gureyeva Valentina Kamenek Marita Katusheva Ninel Lukanina Valentina Mishak Tatyana Roshchina Inna Ryskal Antonina Ryzhova Tamara Tikhonina Head coach: Oleg Chekov	Poland (POL) Krystyna Czajkowska Maria Golimowska Krystyna Jakubowska Danuta Kordaczuk Krystyna Krupa Józefa Ledwig Jadwiga Marko Jadwiga Rutkowska Maria Śliwka Zofia Szczęśniewska Hanna Busz Barbara Hermel Head coach: Benedykt Krysik

Gallery

• Sata Isobe spiking ball against Soviet Union National Team, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
• Masae Kasai standing in the center of podium as the team leader, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
• Yuriko Handa spiking ball against Poland National Team, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball

References

1. "Olympedia – Women's Volleyball at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympedia. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
2. "Women Volleyball Olympic Games 1964 Asia Qualification". Todor66.

External links

• Brazilian site with full results
• Official results (pgs. 621, 656–668)
• Video of the moments of victory and of awarding gold medal in 1964 Tokyo Olympics

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