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Japan women's national volleyball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Team Competition
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1962 Soviet Union Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 1967 Japan Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 1974 Mexico Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 1960 Brazil Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 1970 Bulgaria Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 1978 Soviet Union Team Competition

The Japan women's national volleyball team, or All-Japan women's volleyball team, is one the volleyball national team of Japan, currently ranked 6th by the FIVB. The current head coach is Shoichi Yanagimoto.

Their greatest success was at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, when they defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union on the way to a gold medal.

Olympic Games

  • 1964 - Won gold medal
  • 1968 - Won silver medal
  • 1972 - Won silver medal
  • 1976 - Won gold medal
  • 1980 - Did not participate
  • 1984 - Won bronze medal
  • 1988 - Finished in 4th place
  • 1992 - Finished in 5th place
  • 1996 - Finished in 9th place
  • 2000 - Did not qualify
  • 2004 - Finished tied in 5th place

World Championships

  • 1952 - Did not participate
  • 1956 - Did not participate
  • 1960 - Won silver medal
  • 1962 - Won gold medal
  • 1967 - Won gold medal
  • 1970 - Won silver medal
  • 1974 - Won gold medal
  • 1978 - Won silver medal
  • 1982 - Finished in 4th place
  • 1986 - Finished in 7th place
  • 1990 - Finished in 8th place
  • 1994 - Finished in 7th place
  • 1998 - Finished in 8th place
  • 2002 - Finished in 13th place
  • 2006 - Finished in 6th place

　


6 times World Champions

Year Games Host Runner-up 2nd Runner-up
1962 # 4th World Championship USSR Soviet Union USSR Poland Poland
1964 # Tokyo Olympics Games Japan Soviet Union USSR Poland Poland
1967 # 5th World Championship Japan Soviet Union USSR South Korea South Korea
1974 & 7th World Championship Mexico Soviet Union USSR South Korea South Korea
1976 & Montreal Olympic Games Canada Soviet Union USSR South Korea South Korea
1977 & 2nd World Cup Japan Cuba Cuba South Korea South Korea

#, & - Twice 3 Straight Major titles in 1960s and 1970s (World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games)


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