Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's Volleyball at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium and Komazawa Volleyball Courts
Date	13–23 October
Competitors	120 from 10 nations
Medalists
Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Japan

The 1964 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 1st edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Yokohama and Tokyo, Japan from 13 to 23 October 1964.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	26 May 1959	Munich	1	Japan
1962 World Championship	13–26 Oct 1962	Soviet Union	3	Soviet Union
				Czechoslovakia
				Romania
African Qualifier	Dec 1963	Alexandria	1	Morocco**
Asian Qualifier	22–30 Dec 1963	New Delhi	1	South Korea
1963 European Championship	21 Oct–2 Nov 1963	Romania	1	Hungary
1963 Pan American Games*	21 Apr–3 May 1963	São Paulo	2	Brazil
				United States
Western European Qualifier	Jan 1964	Brussels	1	Netherlands
Total			10

* Best North and South American team qualified for the Olympic Games.

** Bulgaria replaced Morocco, who withdrew from the tournament.

Rosters

Main article: Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Venues

Main venue	Sub venue
Yokohama, Japan	Tokyo, Japan
Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium	Komazawa Volleyball Courts
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 3,908
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Round robin

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	United States	3–0	Netherlands	15–10	15–13	15–6			45–29
13 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Hungary	15–10	12–15	13–15	15–9	15–10	70–59
13 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Romania	15–8	15–10	15–9			45–27
13 Oct	Japan	3–0	South Korea	17–15	15–8	15–3			47–26
13 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	16–14	15–10	15–6			46–30
14 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Netherlands	15–8	15–3	15–11			45–22
14 Oct	Romania	3–0	Brazil	15–6	15–5	15–5			45–16
14 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Bulgaria	15–13	13–15	15–11	7–15	15–11	65–65
14 Oct	United States	3–2	South Korea	16–14	4–15	4–15	15–10	15–11	54–65
14 Oct	Hungary	3–0	Japan	15–12	15–8	15–12			45–32
15 Oct	Romania	3–2	Bulgaria	15–6	11–15	5–15	15–13	15–8	61–57
15 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea	15–7	15–5	15–6			45–18
15 Oct	Netherlands	3–2	Brazil	14–16	15–11	15–12	6–15	16–14	66–68
15 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Japan	9–15	15–13	15–12	15–13		54–53
15 Oct	Hungary	3–0	United States	15–12	15–13	15–8			45–33
17 Oct	Japan	3–1	Bulgaria	15–10	12–15	15–6	15–10		57–41
17 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	United States	15–7	15–13	16–14			46–34
17 Oct	Brazil	3–1	South Korea	15–12	15–8	14–16	16–14		60–50
17 Oct	Romania	3–0	Netherlands	15–9	15–6	15–13			45–28
17 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Hungary	15–9	15–13	15–11			45–33
18 Oct	Romania	3–2	South Korea	15–9	14–16	8–15	15–9	15–9	67–58
18 Oct	Bulgaria	3–2	Netherlands	15–11	8–15	15–8	14–16	15–8	67–58
18 Oct	Japan	3–1	United States	15–12	15–10	13–15	15–11		58–48
18 Oct	Brazil	3–2	Hungary	15–4	13–15	11–15	16–14	15–11	70–59
18 Oct	Soviet Union	3–2	Czechoslovakia	15–9	15–8	5–15	10–15	15–7	60–54
19 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	United States	15–9	15–13	15–7			45–29
19 Oct	Netherlands	3–1	South Korea	13–15	15–7	16–14	15–8		59–44
19 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Brazil	15–5	15–6	15–10			45–21
19 Oct	Japan	3–1	Soviet Union	14–16	15–5	15–8	15–10		59–39
19 Oct	Romania	3–1	Hungary	15–6	12–15	15–10	16–14		58–45
21 Oct	Japan	3–2	Brazil	15–12	15–9	12–15	7–15	15–11	64–62
21 Oct	Bulgaria	3–1	South Korea	15–4	12–15	15–11	15–9		57–39
21 Oct	Hungary	3–1	Netherlands	15–4	8–15	15–11	15–12		53–42
21 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	United States	15–6	15–5	15–4			45–15
21 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Romania	15–11	7–15	15–12	15–12		52–50
22 Oct	Hungary	3–2	South Korea	17–15	6–15	13–15	15–8	15–6	66–59
22 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Netherlands	10–15	15–10	15–9	15–6		55–40
22 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–2	16–14	15–13			46–29
22 Oct	Brazil	3–2	United States	5–15	11–15	15–9	15–6	15–9	61–54
22 Oct	Japan	3–0	Romania	15–6	15–9	15–8			45–23
23 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Brazil	15–7	15–6	15–9			45–22
23 Oct	Japan	3–1	Netherlands	15–17	15–4	15–8	15–5		60–34
23 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	South Korea	15–1	15–7	15–9			45–17
23 Oct	Romania	3–1	United States	11–15	15–9	15–11	15–13		56–48
23 Oct	Bulgaria	3–1	Hungary	15–9	15–12	12–15	15–8		57–44

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
	Japan
4	Romania
5	Bulgaria
6	Hungary
7	Brazil
8	Netherlands
9	United States
10	South Korea

1964 Men's Olympic Champions
Soviet Union 1st title

12–man Roster

Bugajenkovs, Burobin, Chesnokov, K'ach'arava, Kalachikhin, Kovalenko, Lugailo, Mondzolevski, Poyarkov, Sibiryakov, Vengerovsky, Voskoboynikov

Head Coach

Unknown

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union (URS) Ivans Bugajenkovs Nikolay Burobin Yuri Chesnokov Vazha K'ach'arava Valeri Kalachikhin Vitali Kovalenko Staņislavs Lugailo Georgy Mondzolevski Yuriy Poyarkov Eduard Sibiryakov Yury Vengerovsky Dmitri Voskoboynikov	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Milan Čuda Bohumil Golián Zdeněk Humhal Petr Kop Josef Labuda Josef Musil Karel Paulus Boris Perušič Pavel Schenk Václav Šmídl Josef Šorm Ladislav Toman	Japan (JPN) Yutaka Demachi Tsutomu Koyama Sadatoshi Sugawara Naohiro Ikeda Yasutaka Sato Toshiaki Kosedo Tokihiko Higuchi Masayuki Minami Takeshi Tokutomi Teruhisa Moriyama Yūzo Nakamura Katsutoshi Nekoda

External links

• Final Standing (1964–2000)
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com
• Results at Sports–Reference.com