1970 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship

1970 FIVB World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Bulgarien
Dates	29 September – 12 October
Teams	24
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Officially opened by	Georgi Traykov
Champions	East Germany (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Rudi Schumann

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

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	—	1	Bulgarien
1966 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship	30 Aug – 11 Sep 1966	Czechoslovakia	6	Czechoslovakia
				Rumänien
				Soviet Union
				East Germany
				Japan
				Polen
1967 Men's European Volleyball Championship	26 Oct – 8 Nov 1967	Türkei	6	Ungarn
				Yugoslavia
				Italien
				Frankreich
				Israel
				Belgien
Volleyball at the 1966 Asian Games	10–19 December 1966	Bangkok	3	Südkorea Mongolei*
				Iran
				Indien North Korea*
1969 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship	2–7 August 1969	Mexico City	2	Cuba
				Mexiko Vereinigte Staaten*
1969 Men's South American Volleyball Championship	15–24 August 1969	Caracas	2	Brasilien
				Venezuela
1967 Men's African Volleyball Championship	July 1967	Tunis	2	Tunesien
				Algerien Guinea*
European Qualifier	13–17 September 1970	Sofia	2	Niederlande
				Finnland
Total			24

* South Korea, India, Mexico and Algeria were replaced by Mongolia, North Korea, United States and Guinea.

Venues

Pool A and Final round	Pool B and Final round	Sofia Yambol Haskovo Kardzhali class=notpageimage| 1970 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship (Bulgaria)
Sofia, Bulgaria	Yambol, Bulgaria
Pool C and Final round	Pool D
Haskovo, Bulgaria	Kardzhali, Bulgaria

Teams

Group A

• Belgien
• Bulgarien
• Italien
• Iran
• Israel
• Yugoslavia

Group B

• Brasilien
• Czechoslovakia
• Finnland
• Ungarn
• Polen
• Vereinigte Staaten

Group C

• Frankreich
• Japan
• Niederlande
• North Korea
• Rumänien
• Venezuela

Group D

• Cuba
• East Germany
• Guinea
• Mongolei
• Soviet Union
• Tunesien

Results

First round

Pool A

Location: Sofia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgarien	5	5	0	10	15	0	MAX	225	108	2.083	Final places
2	Belgien	5	4	1	9	12	4	3.000	210	156	1.346
3	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	8	9	10	0.900	230	223	1.031	9th–16th places
4	Italien	5	2	3	7	9	9	1.000	206	194	1.062
5	Israel	5	1	4	6	3	12	0.250	142	199	0.714	17th–24th places
6	Iran	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	117	250	0.468

Source:

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	16:00	Yugoslavia	3–2	Iran	13–15	15–3	15–11	12–15	15–2	70–46
20 Sep	18:00	Bulgarien	3–0	Italien	15–6	15–7	15–8			45–21
20 Sep	20:00	Belgien	3–0	Israel	15–5	15–4	15–9			45–18
21 Sep	16:00	Yugoslavia	3–2	Italien	8–15	8–15	15–7	15–13	15–5	61–55
21 Sep	18:00	Bulgarien	3–0	Belgien	15–10	15–8	15–6			45–24
21 Sep	20:00	Israel	3–0	Iran	15–6	15–4	15–9			45–19
22 Sep		Yugoslavia	3–0	Israel	15–12	15–10	15–10			45–32
22 Sep	18:00	Bulgarien	3–0	Iran	15–4	15–5	15–3			45–12
22 Sep	20:00	Belgien	3–1	Italien	6–15	15–7	15–6	15–12		51–40
23 Sep	10:00	Italien	3–0	Israel	15–10	15–4	15–12			45–26
23 Sep	12:00	Belgien	3–0	Iran	15–11	15–5	15–13			45–29
23 Sep	20:00	Bulgarien	3–0	Yugoslavia	15–11	15–7	15–12			45–30
24 Sep	10:00	Italien	3–0	Iran	15–2	15–6	15–3			45–11
24 Sep	18:00	Bulgarien	3–0	Israel	15–5	15–4	15–8			45–21
24 Sep	20:00	Belgien	3–0	Yugoslavia	15–11	15–6	15–7			45–24

Pool B

Location: Yambol

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	280	192	1.458	Final places
2	Polen	5	4	1	9	12	8	1.500	310	259	1.197
3	Ungarn	5	3	2	8	12	8	1.500	265	243	1.091	9th–16th places
4	Brasilien	5	2	3	7	9	10	0.900	226	250	0.904
5	Vereinigte Staaten	5	1	4	6	4	14	0.286	198	260	0.762	17th–24th places
6	Finnland	5	0	5	5	5	15	0.333	210	285	0.737

Source:

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	16:00	Polen	3–1	Finnland	13–15	15–9	15–6	15–7		58–37
20 Sep	18:00	Ungarn	3–0	Vereinigte Staaten	15–12	16–14	15–6			46–32
20 Sep	20:00	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Brasilien	15–13	15–5	15–17	15–4		60–39
21 Sep	16:00	Vereinigte Staaten	3–2	Finnland	15–7	15–12	8–15	14–16	15–13	67–63
21 Sep	18:00	Polen	3–1	Brasilien	15–11	15–12	13–15	15–6		58–44
21 Sep	20:00	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Ungarn	10–15	15–11	15–11	15–7		55–44
22 Sep	16:00	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Finnland	15–10	15–3	15–10			45–23
22 Sep	18:00	Polen	3–1	Vereinigte Staaten	15–11	17–15	13–15	15–6		60–47
22 Sep	20:00	Ungarn	3–1	Brasilien	15–7	15–13	14–16	15–6		59–42
23 Sep	16:00	Brasilien	3–1	Finnland	15–11	15–5	11–15	15–11		56–42
23 Sep	18:00	Polen	3–2	Ungarn	15–11	11–15	15–10	13–15	15–6	69–57
23 Sep	20:00	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Vereinigte Staaten	15–5	16–14	15–2			46–21
24 Sep	16:00	Ungarn	3–1	Finnland	14–16	15–10	15–6	15–13		59–45
24 Sep	18:00	Brasilien	3–0	Vereinigte Staaten	15–12	15–6	15–13			45–31
24 Sep	20:00	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Polen	15–13	16–18	13–15	15–6	15–13	74–65

Pool C

Location: Haskovo

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	5	5	0	10	15	0	MAX	226	109	2.073	Final places
2	Rumänien	5	4	1	9	12	5	2.400	233	181	1.287
3	North Korea	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	199	187	1.064	9th–16th places
4	Niederlande	5	2	3	7	8	10	0.800	216	220	0.982
5	Frankreich	5	2	3	7	6	12	0.500	197	244	0.807	17th–24th places
6	Venezuela	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	117	247	0.474

Source:

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	16:00	Niederlande	3–0	Venezuela	15–8	15–3	15–8			45–19
20 Sep	18:00	Rumänien	3–0	Frankreich	15–10	15–12	15–5			45–27
20 Sep	20:00	Japan	3–0	North Korea	15–6	15–12	15–7			45–25
21 Sep	16:00	Frankreich	3–1	Venezuela	15–6	15–7	13–15	15–11		58–39
21 Sep	18:00	Niederlande	3–1	North Korea	15–11	15–12	6–15	15–5		51–43
21 Sep	20:00	Japan	3–0	Rumänien	15–7	15–11	16–14			46–32
22 Sep	16:00	Frankreich	3–2	Niederlande	10–15	11–15	15–12	15–13	17–15	68–70
22 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–0	Venezuela	15–2	15–3	15–1			45–6
22 Sep	20:00	Rumänien	3–1	North Korea	15–9	12–15	15–6	15–11		57–41
23 Sep	16:00	Japan	3–0	Frankreich	15–7	15–5	15–9			45–21
23 Sep	18:00	North Korea	3–0	Venezuela	15–1	15–4	15–6			45–11
23 Sep	20:00	Rumänien	3–0	Niederlande	15–9	15–6	15–10			45–25
24 Sep	16:00	Japan	3–0	Niederlande	15–6	15–10	15–9			45–25
24 Sep	18:00	Rumänien	3–1	Venezuela	15–13	9–15	15–5	15–9		54–42
24 Sep	20:00	North Korea	3–0	Frankreich	15–5	15–5	15–13			45–23

Pool D

Location: Kardzhali

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	East Germany	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	237	108	2.194	Final places
2	Soviet Union	5	4	1	9	13	3	4.333	220	97	2.268
3	Cuba	5	3	2	8	9	6	1.500	183	162	1.130	9th–16th places
4	Mongolei	5	1	4	6	5	13	0.385	186	249	0.747
5	Tunesien	5	1	4	6	5	14	0.357	196	271	0.723	17th–24th places
6	Guinea	5	1	4	6	4	14	0.286	135	270	0.500

Source:

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	16:00	Soviet Union	3–0	Tunesien	15–3	15–1	15–0			45–4
20 Sep	18:00	Mongolei	3–1	Guinea	15–6	15–2	14–16	20–18		64–42
20 Sep	20:00	East Germany	3–0	Cuba	15–13	15–12	15–7			45–32
21 Sep	16:00	East Germany	3–0	Guinea	15–3	15–2	15–4			45–9
21 Sep	18:00	Soviet Union	3–0	Mongolei	15–4	15–8	15–5			45–17
21 Sep	20:00	Cuba	3–0	Tunesien	18–16	15–6	15–12			48–34
22 Sep	16:00	East Germany	3–1	Soviet Union	15–7	12–15	15–8	15–10		57–40
22 Sep	18:00	Tunesien	3–2	Mongolei	15–17	15–13	10–15	15–9	17–15	72–69
22 Sep	20:00	Cuba	3–0	Guinea	15–8	15–4	15–2			45–14
23 Sep	16:00	East Germany	3–0	Mongolei	15–6	15–5	15–1			45–12
23 Sep	18:00	Guinea	3–2	Tunesien	5–15	12–15	16–14	16–14	15–13	64–71
23 Sep	20:00	Soviet Union	3–0	Cuba	15–5	15–5	15–3			45–13
24 Sep	16:00	Soviet Union	3–0	Guinea	15–1	15–2	15–3			45–6
24 Sep	18:00	Cuba	3–0	Mongolei	15–8	15–9	15–7			45–24
24 Sep	20:00	East Germany	3–0	Tunesien	15–5	15–8	15–2			45–15

Final round

The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the final round.

17th–24th places

Location: Haskovo

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
17	Frankreich	7	6	1	13	19	5	3.800	328	210	1.562
18	Vereinigte Staaten	7	6	1	13	19	9	2.111	382	311	1.228
19	Israel	7	4	3	11	15	10	1.500	276	245	1.127
20	Finnland	7	4	3	11	15	11	1.364	329	282	1.167
21	Iran	7	4	3	11	14	12	1.167	304	314	0.968
22	Tunesien	7	2	5	9	8	17	0.471	258	297	0.869
23	Venezuela	7	1	6	8	6	18	0.333	258	340	0.759
24	Guinea	7	1	6	8	6	20	0.300	243	379	0.641

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	Venezuela	3–0	Guinea	15–13	15–11	15–5			45–29
26 Sep	Iran	3–0	Tunesien	15–7	15–13	15–13			45–33
26 Sep	Finnland	3–2	Israel	15–12	4–15	15–9	14–16	15–8	63–60
26 Sep	Vereinigte Staaten	3–1	Frankreich	15–11	15–11	9–15	15–8		54–45
27 Sep	Finnland	3–0	Tunesien	15–7	15–10	15–9			45–26
27 Sep	Israel	3–1	Guinea	17–15	15–8	15–17	15–1		62–41
27 Sep	Vereinigte Staaten	3–1	Venezuela	15–13	13–15	15–12	15–6		58–46
27 Sep	Frankreich	3–0	Iran	15–4	15–9	15–11			45–24
28 Sep	Finnland	3–0	Guinea	15–7	15–6	15–0			45–13
28 Sep	Frankreich	3–0	Tunesien	15–8	15–4	15–5			45–17
28 Sep	Iran	3–0	Venezuela	15–6	15–9	15–12			45–27
28 Sep	Vereinigte Staaten	3–0	Israel	15–12	15–10	15–9			45–31
30 Sep	Tunesien	3–1	Venezuela	13–15	16–14	15–6	16–14		60–49
30 Sep	Iran	3–1	Finnland	6–15	15–12	15–10	15–12		51–49
30 Sep	Frankreich	3–1	Israel	15–12	15–2	0–15	15–4		45–33
30 Sep	Vereinigte Staaten	3–0	Guinea	15–5	15–12	15–4			45–21
1 Oct	Tunesien	3–1	Vereinigte Staaten	6–15	15–12	15–10	15–12		51–49
1 Oct	Israel	3–0	Venezuela	15–12	15–8	15–12			45–32
1 Oct	Iran	3–2	Guinea	15–7	12–15	15–3	9–15	15–11	66–51
1 Oct	Frankreich	3–0	Finnland	15–1	15–12	15–6			45–19
2 Oct	Vereinigte Staaten	3–2	Iran	15–8	7–15	12–15	15–9	15–7	64–54
2 Oct	Frankreich	3–0	Guinea	15–12	15–3	15–9			45–24
2 Oct	Finnland	3–0	Venezuela	15–7	15–3	15–10			45–20
2 Oct	Israel	3–0	Tunesien						DNS

9th–16th places

Location: Yambol

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
9	North Korea	7	6	1	13	19	7	2.714	359	272	1.320
10	Yugoslavia	7	5	2	12	16	11	1.455	325	320	1.016
11	Ungarn	7	5	2	12	18	13	1.385	435	365	1.192
12	Brasilien	7	4	3	11	15	13	1.154	362	306	1.183
13	Cuba	7	4	3	11	15	13	1.154	366	337	1.086
14	Niederlande	7	3	4	10	14	15	0.933	343	342	1.003
15	Italien	7	1	6	8	14	19	0.737	366	418	0.876
16	Mongolei	7	0	7	7	1	21	0.048	129	325	0.397

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	Brasilien	3–0	Mongolei	15–8	15–7	15–3			45–18
26 Sep	Cuba	3–1	Niederlande	12–15	15–10	15–8	15–9		57–42
26 Sep	Ungarn	3–2	Italien	15–8	15–4	12–15	13–15	15–12	70–54
26 Sep	North Korea	3–0	Yugoslavia	15–8	15–4	15–5			45–17
27 Sep	Ungarn	3–2	Niederlande	7–15	15–13	15–9	15–17	15–10	67–64
27 Sep	North Korea	3–0	Mongolei	15–8	15–2	15–5			45–15
27 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–1	Cuba	15–12	4–15	15–9	17–15		51–51
27 Sep	Brasilien	3–1	Italien	12–15	15–2	15–5	15–10		57–32
28 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–0	Mongolei	15–8	15–6	15–2			45–16
28 Sep	Ungarn	3–2	Cuba	15–13	11–15	15–5	14–16	15–7	70–56
28 Sep	North Korea	3–2	Italien	15–5	15–7	12–15	15–17	15–13	72–57
28 Sep	Brasilien	3–2	Niederlande	12–15	15–10	9–15	15–7	15–7	66–54
30 Sep	Italien	3–1	Mongolei	10–15	15–4	15–3	15–6		55–28
30 Sep	Cuba	3–1	Brasilien	13–15	17–15	15–6	15–9		60–45
30 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–0	Niederlande	15–9	15–5	15–10			45–24
30 Sep	North Korea	3–1	Ungarn	15–12	15–11	13–15	15–12		58–50
1 Oct	Cuba	3–2	Italien	13–15	15–6	17–15	7–15	15–8	67–59
1 Oct	Niederlande	3–0	Mongolei	15–2	15–5	15–3			45–10
1 Oct	Yugoslavia	3–2	Ungarn	9–15	15–13	15–17	15–12	19–17	73–74
1 Oct	North Korea	3–1	Brasilien	4–15	16–14	15–13	15–10		50–52
2 Oct	Niederlande	3–2	Italien	15–7	11–15	7–15	15–11	15–6	63–54
2 Oct	Ungarn	3–0	Mongolei	15–13	15–3	15–2			45–18
2 Oct	North Korea	3–0	Cuba	16–14	15–11	15–5			46–30
2 Oct	Brasilien	3–1	Yugoslavia	10–15	15–9	15–8	15–1		55–33

Final places

Venue: Festivalna Hall, Sofia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	East Germany	7	6	1	13	20	6	3.333	358	270	1.326
2	Bulgarien	7	6	1	13	20	7	2.857	367	300	1.223
3	Japan	7	5	2	12	18	8	2.250	352	279	1.262
4	Czechoslovakia	7	4	3	11	13	11	1.182	322	313	1.029
5	Polen	7	3	4	10	10	16	0.625	325	364	0.893
6	Soviet Union	7	2	5	9	10	16	0.625	320	326	0.982
7	Rumänien	7	2	5	9	10	18	0.556	328	368	0.891
8	Belgien	7	0	7	7	2	21	0.095	183	335	0.546

Source:

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	10:00	Soviet Union	3–0	Belgien	15–9	15–4	15–3			45–16
26 Sep	16:00	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Rumänien	7–15	10–15	15–13	15–10	15–6	62–59
26 Sep	18:00	Bulgarien	3–2	Japan	10–15	6–15	15–13	15–11	15–2	61–56
26 Sep	20:00	East Germany	3–0	Polen	15–9	15–8	15–12			45–29
27 Sep	10:00	Rumänien	3–1	Belgien	15–8	15–13	6–15	15–6		51–44
27 Sep	16:00	Soviet Union	3–1	Japan	16–14	15–12	9–15	15–8		55–49
27 Sep	18:00	Bulgarien	3–1	Polen	15–11	9–15	15–8	15–0		54–34
27 Sep	20:00	East Germany	3–0	Czechoslovakia	16–14	15–4	15–7			46–25
28 Sep	10:00	Japan	3–0	Polen	15–4	15–12	15–10			45–26
28 Sep	16:00	East Germany	3–0	Belgien	15–11	15–3	15–8			45–22
28 Sep	18:00	Bulgarien	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–12	16–14	8–15	15–11		54–52
28 Sep	20:00	Rumänien	3–2	Soviet Union	15–8	18–16	11–15	4–15	15–7	63–61
30 Sep	10:00	Polen	3–1	Belgien	12–15	15–2	15–6	15–11		57–34
30 Sep	16:00	Japan	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–9	15–5	15–5			45–19
30 Sep	18:00	Bulgarien	3–0	Soviet Union	16–14	15–13	16–14			47–41
30 Sep	20:00	East Germany	3–0	Rumänien	15–12	15–10	15v7			45–29
1 Oct	10:00	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Belgien	15–6	15–2	15–7			45–15
1 Oct	16:00	Japan	3–2	East Germany	15–13	15–9	13–15	6–15	15–6	64–58
1 Oct	18:00	Bulgarien	3–0	Rumänien	15–10	15–13	15–8			45–31
1 Oct	20:00	Polen	3–1	Soviet Union	15–12	15–12	4–15	15–10		49–49
2 Oct	10:00	Japan	3–0	Belgien	15–11	17–15	15–2			47–28
2 Oct	16:00	Polen	3–2	Rumänien	15–12	15–9	10–15	10–15	15–12	65–63
2 Oct	18:00	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Soviet Union	15–8	15–8	15–13			45–29
2 Oct	20:00	East Germany	3–2	Bulgarien	15–11	13–15	15–7	4–15	15–13	62–61

Final standing

Rank	Team
	East Germany
	Bulgarien
	Japan
4	Czechoslovakia
5	Polen
6	Soviet Union
7	Rumänien
8	Belgien
9	North Korea
10	Yugoslavia
11	Ungarn
12	Brasilien
13	Cuba
14	Niederlande
15	Italien
16	Mongolei
17	Frankreich
18	Vereinigte Staaten
19	Israel
20	Finnland
21	Iran
22	Tunesien
23	Venezuela
24	Guinea

1970 Men's World champions
East Germany 1st title

External links

• Results at FIVB.org
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball