1970 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship

1970 Men's World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Bulgaria
Dates	September 29 – October 12
Teams	24
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	East Germany (1st title)

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

• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Italy
• Iran
• Israel
• Yugoslavia

Group B – Yambol

• Brazil
• Czechoslovakia
• Finland
• Hungary
• Poland
• United States

Group C – Haskovo

• France
• Japan
• Netherlands
• North Korea
• Romania
• Venezuela

Group D – Kurdjali

• Cuba
• East Germany
• Guinea
• Mongolia
• Soviet Union
• Tunisia

Preliminary round

Pool A

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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	Set 5	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	Set 4	Set 5	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	Set 4	Set 5	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

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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	Set 5	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

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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	Set 5	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	Set 4	Set 5	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	Set 5	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

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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	Set 4	Set 5	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	Set 4	Set 5	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

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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	Set 5	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	Set 5	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
	East Germany
	Bulgaria
	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

• Results at FIVB.org
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball