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 last chance tournament held in Heidelberg, West Germany.

Format
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.

Venues

 * Montréal Forum, Québec, Canada
 * Paul Sauvé Arena, Québec, Canada

Preliminary round

 * venue: Paul Sauvé Arena

5th–8th place

 * venue: Paul Sauvé Arena.

Final Round

 * venue: Montréal Forum.