1970 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

1970 Men's World Championship

Tournament details

Host nation

Bulgaria

Dates

September 29 – October 12

Teams

Venues

4 (in 4 host cities)

Champions

East Germany (1st title)

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The 1970 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from September 29 to October 12, 1970.

Teams

Group A – Sofia

Group B – Yambol

Group C – Haskovo

Group D – Kurdjali

Cuba
East Germany
Guinea
Mongolia
Soviet Union
Tunisia

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bulgaria	10	5	0	15	0	MAX	225	108	2.083
2	Belgium	9	4	1	12	4	3.000	210	156	1.346
3	Yugoslavia	8	3	2	9	10	0.900	230	223	1.031
4	Italy	7	2	3	9	9	1.000	206	194	1.062
5	Israel	6	1	4	3	12	0.250	142	199	0.714
6	Iran	5	0	5	2	15	0.133	117	250	0.468

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–2	Iran	13-15	15-3	15-11	12-15	15-2	70-46
20 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Italy	15-6	15-7	15-8			45-21
20 Sep	Belgium	3–0	Israel	15-5	15-4	15-9			45-18

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–2	Italy	8-15	8-15	15-7	15-13	15-5	61-55
21 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Belgium	15-10	15-8	15-6			45-24
21 Sep	Israel	3–0	Iran	15-6	15-4	15-9			45-19

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
22 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–0	Israel	15-12	15-10	15-10		45-32
22 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Iran	15-4	15-5	15-3		45-12
22 Sep	Belgium	3–1	Italy	6-15	15-7	15-6	15-12	51-40

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
23 Sep	Italy	3–0	Israel	15-10	15-4	15-12	45-26
23 Sep	Belgium	3–0	Iran	15-11	15-5	15-13	45-29
23 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Yugoslavia	15-11	15-7	15-12	45-30

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
24 Sep	Italy	3–0	Iran	15-2	15-6	15-3	45-11
24 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Israel	15-5	15-4	15-8	45-21
24 Sep	Belgium	3–0	Yugoslavia	15-11	15-6	15-7	45-24

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Czechoslovakia	10	5	0	15	2	7.500	280	192	1.458
2	Poland	9	4	1	12	8	1.500	310	259	1.197
3	Hungary	8	3	2	12	8	1.500	265	243	1.091
4	Brazil	7	2	3	9	10	0.900	226	250	0.904
5	United States	6	1	4	4	14	0.286	198	260	0.762
6	Finland	5	0	5	5	15	0.333	210	285	0.737

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
20 Sep	Poland	3–1	Finland	13-15	15-9	15-6	15-7	58-37
20 Sep	Hungary	3–0	United States	15-12	16-14	15-6		46-32
20 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Brazil	15-13	15-5	15-17	15-4	60-39

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Sep	United States	3–2	Finland	15-7	15-12	8-15	14-16	15-13	67-63
21 Sep	Poland	3–1	Brazil	15-11	15-12	13-15	15-6		58-44
21 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Hungary	10-15	15-11	15-11	15-7		55-44

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
22 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Finland	15-10	15-3	15-10		45-23
22 Sep	Poland	3–1	United States	15-11	17-15	13-15	15-6	60-47
22 Sep	Hungary	3–1	Brazil	15-7	15-13	14-16	15-6	59-42

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Finland	15-11	15-5	11-15	15-11		56-42
23 Sep	Poland	3–2	Hungary	15-11	11-15	15-10	13-15	15-6	69-57
23 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	United States	15-5	16-14	15-2			46-21

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	Hungary	3–1	Finland	14-16	15-10	15-6	15-13		59-45
24 Sep	Brazil	3–0	United States	15-12	15-6	15-13			45-31
24 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Poland	15-13	16-18	13-15	15-6	15-13	74-65

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	10	5	0	15	0	MAX	226	109	2.073
2	Romania	9	4	1	12	5	2.400	233	181	1.287
3	North Korea	7	2	3	8	9	0.889	199	187	1.064
4	Netherlands	7	2	3	8	10	0.800	216	220	0.982
5	France	7	2	3	6	12	0.500	197	244	0.807
6	Venezuela	5	0	5	2	15	0.133	117	247	0.474

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
20 Sep	Netherlands	3–0	Venezuela	15-8	15-3	15-8	45-19
20 Sep	Romania	3–0	France	15-10	15-12	15-5	45-27
20 Sep	Japan	3–0	North Korea	15-6	15-12	15-7	45-25

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
21 Sep	France	3–1	Venezuela	15-6	15-7	13-15	15-11	58-39
21 Sep	Netherlands	3–1	North Korea	15-11	15-12	6-15	15-5	51-43
21 Sep	Japan	3–0	Romania	15-7	15-11	16-14		46-32

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	France	3–2	Netherlands	10-15	11-15	15-12	15-13	17-15	68-70
22 Sep	Japan	3–0	Venezuela	15-2	15-3	15-1			45-6
22 Sep	Romania	3–1	North Korea	15-9	12-15	15-6	15-11		57-41

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
23 Sep	Japan	3–0	France	15-7	15-5	15-9	45-21
23 Sep	North Korea	3–0	Venezuela	15-1	15-4	15-6	45-11
23 Sep	Romania	3–0	Netherlands	15-9	15-6	15-10	45-25

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
24 Sep	Japan	3–0	Netherlands	15-6	15-10	15-9		45-25
24 Sep	Romania	3–1	Venezuela	15-13	9-15	15-5	15-9	54-42
24 Sep	North Korea	3–0	France	15-5	15-5	15-13		45-23

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	East Germany	10	5	0	15	1	15.000	237	108	2.194
2	Soviet Union	9	4	1	13	3	4.333	220	97	2.268
3	Cuba	8	3	2	9	6	1.500	183	162	1.130
4	Mongolia	6	1	4	5	13	0.385	186	249	0.747
5	Tunisia	6	1	4	5	14	0.357	196	271	0.723
6	Guinea	6	1	4	4	14	0.286	135	270	0.500

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
20 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Tunisia	15-3	15-1	15-0		45-4
20 Sep	Mongolia	3–1	Guinea	15-6	15-2	14-16	20-18	64-42
20 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Cuba	15-13	15-12	15-7		45-32

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
21 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Guinea	15-3	15-2	15-4	45-9
21 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Mongolia	15-4	15-8	15-5	45-17
21 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Tunisia	18-16	15-6	15-12	48-34

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	East Germany	3–1	Soviet Union	15-7	12-15	15-8	15-10		57-40
22 Sep	Tunisia	3–2	Mongolia	15-17	15-13	10-15	15-9	17-15	72-69
22 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Guinea	15-8	15-4	15-2			45-14

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Mongolia	15-6	15-5	15-1			45-12
23 Sep	Guinea	3–2	Tunisia	5-15	12-15	16-14	16-14	15-13	64-71
23 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Cuba	15-5	15-5	15-3			45-13

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
24 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Guinea	15-1	15-2	15-3	45-6
24 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Mongolia	15-8	15-9	15-7	45-24
24 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Tunisia	15-5	15-8	15-2	45-15

Final round

Final Group

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	East Germany	13	6	1	20	6	3.333	358	270	1.326
2	Bulgaria	13	6	1	20	7	2.857	367	300	1.223
3	Japan	12	5	2	18	8	2.250	352	279	1.262
4	Czechoslovakia	11	4	3	13	11	1.182	322	313	1.029
5	Poland	10	3	4	10	16	0.625	325	364	0.893
6	Soviet Union	9	2	5	10	16	0.625	320	326	0.982
7	Romania	9	2	5	10	18	0.556	328	368	0.891
8	Belgium	7	0	7	2	21	0.095	183	335	0.546

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Belgium	15-9	15-4	15-3			45-16
26 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Romania	7-15	10-15	15-13	15-10	15-6	62-59
26 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	Japan	10-15	6-15	15-13	15-11	15-2	61-56
26 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Poland	15-9	15-8	15-12			45-29

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
27 Sep	Romania	3–1	Belgium	15-8	15-13	6-15	15-6	51-44
27 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Japan	16-14	15-12	9-15	15-8	55-49
27 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	Poland	15-11	9-15	15-8	15-0	54-34
27 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Czechoslovakia	16-14	15-4	15-7		46-25

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	Japan	3–0	Poland	15-4	15-12	15-10			45-26
28 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Belgium	15-11	15-3	15-8			45-22
28 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15-12	16-14	8-15	15-11		54-52
28 Sep	Romania	3–2	Soviet Union	15-8	18-16	11-15	4-15	15-7	63-61

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
30 Sep	Poland	3–1	Belgium	12-15	15-2	15-6	15-11	57-34
30 Sep	Japan	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15-9	15-5	15-5		45-19
30 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Soviet Union	16-14	15-13	16-14		47-41
30 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Romania	15-12	15-10	15-7		45-29

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Belgium	15-6	15-2	15-7			45-15
01 Oct	Japan	3–2	East Germany	15-13	15-9	13-15	6-15	15-6	64-58
01 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Romania	15-10	15-13	15-8			45-31
01 Oct	Poland	3–1	Soviet Union	15-12	15-12	4-15	15-10		49-49

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Oct	Japan	3–0	Belgium	15-11	17-15	15-2			47-28
02 Oct	Poland	3–2	Romania	15-12	15-9	10-15	10-15	15-12	65-63
02 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Soviet Union	15-8	15-8	15-13			45-29
02 Oct	East Germany	3–2	Bulgaria	15-11	13-15	15-7	4-15	15-13	62-61

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	East Germany
02 !	Bulgaria
03 !	Japan
4	Czechoslovakia
5	Poland
6	Soviet Union
7	Romania
8	Belgium
9	North Korea
10	Yugoslavia
11	Hungary
12	Brazil
13	Cuba
14	Netherlands
15	Italy
16	Mongolia
17	France
18	United States
19	Israel
20	Finland
21	Iran
22	Tunisia
23	Venezuela
24	Guinea

1970 Men's World Champions
East Germany 1st title

External links

Federation Internationale de Volleyball

FIVB Volleyball World Championship

Men's

Tournaments	Czechoslovakia 1949 Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Czechoslovakia 1966 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Italy 1978 Argentina 1982 France 1986 Brazil 1990 Greece 1994 Japan 1998 Argentina 2002 Japan 2006 Italy 2010 Poland 2014 Italy/Bulgaria 2018

Qualification	1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Squads	1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Women's

Tournaments	Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Japan 1967 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Soviet Union 1978 Peru 1982 Czechoslovakia 1986 China 1990 Brazil 1994 Japan 1998 Germany 2002 Japan 2006 Japan 2010 Italy 2014 Japan 2018

Qualification	1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Squads	1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

National team appearances (Men's – Women's)

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