1965 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

1965 Men's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	13–19 September
Teams	11
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up	Poland
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	Japan
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The 1965 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was played from 13 to 19 September in Poland.

Eleven nations were involved in the first edition of the competition also known as the "Tournament of the Continents" - ten countries were from Europe, the dominant continent in volleyball at the time. The only team to travel from overseas were Japan. In the decisive match in September 1965, the Soviet Union team defeated hosts Poland to claim a narrow 3-2 victory.^[1]

First round

Pool A

Venue: Warszawa, Poland

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	Hungary	3–1	France	15–13	16–14	12–15	15–10		58–52
12 Sep	Soviet Union	3–2	Poland	8–15	15–6	15–13	5–15	15–7	58–56
13 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Hungary	15–5	15–7	15–8			45–23
13 Sep	Poland	3–0	France	15–3	15–5	15–9			45–17
14 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	France	15–9	15–9	13–15	15–6		58–39
14 Sep	Poland	3–0	Hungary	15–6	15–7	15–10			45–23

Pool B

Venue: Szczecin, Poland

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Netherlands	15–10	15–9	15–3			45–22
12 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–1	Czechoslovakia	8–15	15–12	15–13	15–7		53–47
13 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Netherlands	15–13	11–15	15–3	15–4		56–35
13 Sep	East Germany	3–1	Yugoslavia	12–15	15–11	15–7	15–13		57–46
14 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	East Germany	15–10	15–13	12–15	15–9		57–37
14 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–2	Netherlands	13–15	16–14	1–15	16–14	15–7	61–65

Pool C

Venue: Mielec, Poland

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	Romania	3–1	Bulgaria	15–12	14–16	16–14	15–12		60–54
13 Sep	Japan	3–2	Bulgaria	15–11	16–18	6–15	16–14	15–12	68–70
14 Sep	Romania	3–1	Japan	15–4	15–7	12–15	15–4		57–30

Final round

Matches for places 7–11

Venue: Kielce, Poland

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–1	France	13–15	15–7	15–5	15–7		58–34
16 Sep	Hungary	3–2	Bulgaria	4–15	15–7	11–15	15–6	15–9	60–52
17 Sep	Netherlands	3–1	France	15–9	9–15	15–6	15–13		54–43
17 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–7	15–8			45–22
18 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Yugoslavia	7–15	15–13	15–3	15–4		52–35
18 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Netherlands	7–15	15–5	15–2	16–14		53–36
19 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Netherlands	15–9	11–15	15–9	15–11		56–44
19 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	France	15–7	15–10	15–6			45–23

Matches for places 1–6

Venue: Łódź, Poland

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Romania	15–8	15–10	15–4			45–22
16 Sep	Soviet Union	3–2	Czechoslovakia	16–18	15–6	15–17	15–11	15–5	45–22
16 Sep	Poland	3–2	Japan	15–8	15–9	6–15	8–15	15–4	59–51
17 Sep	Japan	3–2	Soviet Union	15–12	7–15	15–11	2–15	15–12	54–65
17 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Romania	15–9	15–7	11–15	15–2		56–33
17 Sep	Poland	3–1	East Germany	15–11	15–8	10–15	15–9		55–43
18 Sep	Japan	3–2	East Germany	15–11	15–9	3–15	6–15	15–9	54–59
18 Sep	Poland	3–2	Czechoslovakia	3–15	15–10	7–15	15–11	15–9	55–60
18 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Romania	15–7	15–12	15–9			45–28
19 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Japan	10–15	16–14	15–4	15–9		56–42
19 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	East Germany	15–3	15–6	15–10			45–19
19 Sep	Poland	3–1	Romania	15–6	8–15	15–8	15–9		53–38