1949 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

1949 Men's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Czechoslovakia
Dates	10–18 September
Teams	10
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
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The 1949 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the first edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 10 to 18 September 1949. Ten nations participated in the inaugural tournament. Soviet Union claimed the gold medal, by winning the Final Six round-robin tournament without dropping a match.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Czechoslovakia (Hosts)	France	Soviet Union
Poland	Bulgaria	Romania
Netherlands	Italy	Hungary
		Belgium

First round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Czechoslovakia	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	90	21	4.286
2	Poland	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	65	58	1.121
3	Netherlands	2	0	2	0	6	0.000	14	90	0.156

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Sep	Poland	3–0	Netherlands	15–2	15–7	15–4			45–13
11 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Poland	15–5	15–10	15–5			45–20
13 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Netherlands	15–0	15–0	15–1			45–1

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bulgaria	4	2	0	6	1	6.000	103	52	1.981
2	France	3	1	1	3	4	0.750	76	89	0.854
3	Italy	2	0	2	2	6	0.333	79	117	0.675

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	Italy	15–7	13–15	15–4	15–9		58–35
11 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	France	15–8	15–7	15–2			45–17
13 Sep	France	3–1	Italy	14–16	15–10	15–5	15–13		59–44

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	136	57	2.386
2	Romania	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	129	127	1.016
3	Hungary	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	131	128	1.023
4	Belgium	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	51	135	0.378

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Romania	3–2	Hungary	12–15	15–6	16–14	1–15	16–14	60–64
11 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Belgium	15–1	15–6	15–4			45–11
12 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Belgium	15–8	15–13	15–2			45–23
12 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Romania	15–4	15–6	16–14			46–24
13 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Hungary	15–9	15–4	15–9			45–22
13 Sep	Romania	3–0	Belgium	15–4	15–4	15–9			45–17

Final round

7th–10th places

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
7	Hungary	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	149	69	2.159
8	Italy	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	114	77	1.481
9	Belgium	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	75	113	0.664
10	Netherlands	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	70	149	0.470

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Sep	Hungary	3–1	Netherlands	15–3	15–3	14–16	15–6		59–28
15 Sep	Italy	3–0	Belgium	15–4	15–3	15–6			45–13
16 Sep	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	15–2	15–11	15–6			45–19
17 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Italy	15–12	15–2	15–10			45–24
17 Sep	Belgium	3–0	Netherlands	15–4	15–6	15–13			45–23
18 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Belgium	15–4	15–10	15–3			45–17

Final six

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	10	5	0	15	2	7.500	256	135	1.896
2	Czechoslovakia	9	4	1	13	3	4.333	230	119	1.933
3	Bulgaria	8	3	2	9	9	1.000	190	225	0.844
4	Romania	7	2	3	8	11	0.727	211	239	0.883
5	Poland	6	1	4	6	12	0.500	178	239	0.745
6	France	5	0	5	1	15	0.067	131	239	0.548

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland	15–9	15–5	15–6			45–20
14 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	France	15–10	16–14	15–11			46–35
14 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Romania	15–6	15–7	15–8			45–21
15 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–8	15–4	15–1			45–13
15 Sep	Romania	3–1	France	15–8	11–15	15–11	15–11		56–45
15 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Poland	15–7	15–3	15–2			45–12
16 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	France	15–4	15–1	15–8			45–13
16 Sep	Romania	3–1	Poland	9–15	15–6	15–10	15–9		54–40
16 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Bulgaria	15–8	15–1	15–8			45–17
17 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	Poland	13–15	15–12	15–10	6–15	15–7	64–59
17 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	France	15–2	15–1	15–4			45–7
17 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Romania	14–16	15–6	15–6	15–11		59–39
18 Sep	Poland	3–0	France	17–15	15–10	15–6			47–31
18 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–7	15–11	17–19	15–13		62–50
18 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	Romania	15–9	15–5	5–15	15–12		50–41

Final standing

Rank Team 01 !  Soviet Union 02 !  Czechoslovakia 03 !  Bulgaria 4  Romania 5  Poland 6  France 7  Hungary 8  Italy 9  Belgium 10  Netherlands

1949 Men's World Champions  Soviet Union 1st title 12–man Roster Einhorn, Kitayev, Mikheyev, Nefedov, Pimenov, Reva, Savin, Shagin, Ulyanov, Vasilchikov, Voronin, Yakushev Head Coach Berlyand

External links

• Results at FIVB.org

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