| Event: | Women's volleyball |
| Games: | 1980 Summer |
| Venue: | Minor Arena Druzhba Multipurpose Arena |
| Date: | 21–29 July |
| Competitors: | 96 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Gold: | (3rd title) |
| Prev: | 1976 |
| Next: | 1984 |
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The 1980 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament[1] was the 5th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Moscow, Soviet Union from 21 to 29 July 1980.
| Qualifiers | Date | Host! | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Country | 23 October 1974 |  Vienna | 1 | ||
| 1976 Olympic Games | 19–30 July 1976 |  Montréal | |||
| 1978 World Championship | 25 Aug. – 7 Sep. 1978 | Leningrad | 1 | ||
| 1979 Asian Championsnip | 7–14 December 1979 |  Hong Kong | |||
| 1979 NORCECA Championship | 22-29 April 1979 |  Havana | |||
| 1979 South American Championship | 22-26 April 1979 |  Argentina | 1 | ||
| 1979 European Championship | 5–13 October 1979 |  Lyon | 1 | ||
| World Qualifier | 20-24 January 1980 | Pazardzhik | 1 | ||
| Wildcards replacing boycotting nations* | 3 | ||||
| Total | 8 | ||||
1. United States was the 1979 NORCECA Championship runners-up (champions Cuba, were already qualified as World champions), but together with China (1979 Asian champion), Japan (1976 Olympic champion) and other countries, boycotted the games.
2. Brazil, Bulgaria and Hungary replaced China, Japan and the United States.
The tournament was played in two different stages. In the (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 (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.
See main article: article and Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters.
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