The 1996 Women's Volleyball Olympic Qualifier was played by eight countries to determine the last three competing teams for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan from May 26 to June 2, 1996. The top-three teams advance to the Olympic Games with one berth guaranteed for an Asian country.
Teams
Round robin
26.05 Ukraine 3-0 Chinese Taipei 45-29 15-12 15-13 15-4
26.05 Bulgaria 3-2 Italy 70-57 12-15 13-15 15-8 15-9 15-10
26.05 Japan 3-1 Romania 55-28 10-15 15-5 15-6 15-2
27.05 Croatia 3-2 Bulgaria 61-68 15-12 16-14 8-15 7-15 15-12
27.05 Netherlands 3-0 Chinese Taipei 45-29 15-3 15-5 15-11
27.05 Italy 3-0 Romania 45-29 15-11 15-8 15-10
27.05 Japan 3-0 Ukraine 47-27 17-15 15-11 15-1
28.05 Croatia 3-0 Italy 45-26 15-13 15- 9 15-4
28.05 Bulgaria 3-0 Chinese Taipei 45-20 15-5 15-9 15-6
28.05 Ukraine 3-0 Romania 45-17 15-3 15-1 15-13
28.05 Netherlands 3-1 Japan 55-42 15-10 10-15 15-6 15-11
played at Tokyo
30.05 Ukraine 3-2 Netherlands 69-68 10-15 10-15 15-11 15-10 19-17
30.05 Croatia 3-0 Romania 45-17 15-5 15-5 15-7
30.05 Italy 3-0 Chinese Taipei 45-16 15-5 15-6 15-5
30.05 Japan 3-0 Bulgaria 45-23 15-11 15-9 15-3
31.05 Ukraine 3-0 Bulgaria 45-19 15-4 15-7 15-8
31.05 Croatia 3-1 Chinese Taipei 66-54 20-22 16-14 15-12 15- 6
31.05 Netherlands 3-0 Romania 45-22 15-10 15-9 15-3
31.05 Japan 3-0 Italy 45-11 15-4 15-0 15-7
01.06 Romania 3-1 Chinese Taipei 61-46 16-17 15-8 15-9 15-12
01.06 Netherlands 3-0 Bulgaria 45-22 15-7 15-9 15-6
01.06 Ukraine 3-0 Italy 45-22 15-8 15-8 15-6
01.06 Japan 3-0 Croatia 45-20 15-10 15-4 15-6
02.06 Bulgaria 3-0 Romania 45-21 15-10 15-5 15-11
02.06 Netherlands 3-1 Italy 56-39 15-8 11-15 15-10 15-6
02.06 Croatia 3-2 Croatia 68-56 15-5 15-10 13-15 10-15 15-11
02.06 Japan 3-0 Chinese Taipei 45-27 15-11 15-9 15-7
Final ranking
Japan, Ukraine and the Netherlands qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.