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 (1st title) Czechoslovakia Japan

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the first edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, 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 October 1962	Soviet Union	4	Soviet Union
					Czechoslovakia
					Rumänien
					Bulgarien
African Qualifier		December 1963	Alexandria	1	Marokko*
Asian Qualifier		22–30 December 1963	New Delhi	1	Südkorea
1963 European Championship		21 October – 2 November 1963	Rumänien	1	Ungarn
1963 Pan American Games	for NORCECA	21 April – 3 May 1963	São Paulo	1	Vereinigte Staaten
	for Volleysur			1	Brasilien
European Qualifier		January 1964	Brussels	1	Niederlande
Total				10

* Morocco withdrew and were replaced by Bulgaria.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Soviet Union	9	8	1	17	25	5	5.000	415	279	1.487
2	Czechoslovakia	9	8	1	17	26	10	2.600	486	399	1.218
3	Japan	9	7	2	16	22	12	1.833	475	372	1.277
4	Rumänien	9	6	3	15	19	15	1.267	432	394	1.096
5	Bulgarien	9	5	4	14	20	16	1.250	464	429	1.082
6	Ungarn	9	4	5	13	18	18	1.000	449	466	0.964
7	Brasilien	9	3	6	12	13	23	0.565	410	474	0.865
8	Niederlande	9	2	7	11	11	24	0.458	378	482	0.784
9	Vereinigte Staaten	9	2	7	11	10	23	0.435	360	450	0.800
10	Südkorea	9	0	9	9	9	27	0.333	376	500	0.752

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Vereinigte Staaten	3–0	Niederlande	15–10	15–13	15–6			45–29
13 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Ungarn	15–10	12–15	13–15	15–9	15–10	70–59
13 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Rumänien	15–8	15–10	15–9			45–27
13 Oct	Japan	3–0	Südkorea	17–15	15–8	15–3			47–26
13 Oct	Bulgarien	3–0	Brasilien	16–14	15–10	15–6			46–30
14 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Niederlande	15–8	15–3	15–11			45–22
14 Oct	Rumänien	3–0	Brasilien	15–6	15–5	15–5			45–16
14 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Bulgarien	15–13	13–15	15–11	7–15	15–11	65–65
14 Oct	Vereinigte Staaten	3–2	Südkorea	16–14	4–15	4–15	15–10	15–11	54–65
14 Oct	Ungarn	3–0	Japan	15–12	15–8	15–12			45–32
15 Oct	Rumänien	3–2	Bulgarien	15–6	11–15	5–15	15–13	15–8	61–57
15 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Südkorea	15–7	15–5	15–6			45–18
15 Oct	Niederlande	3–2	Brasilien	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	Ungarn	3–0	Vereinigte Staaten	15–12	15–13	15–8			45–33
17 Oct	Japan	3–1	Bulgarien	15–10	12–15	15–6	15–10		57–41
17 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Vereinigte Staaten	15–7	15–13	16–14			46–34
17 Oct	Brasilien	3–1	Südkorea	15–12	15–8	14–16	16–14		60–50
17 Oct	Rumänien	3–0	Niederlande	15–9	15–6	15–13			45–28
17 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Ungarn	15–9	15–13	15–11			45–33
18 Oct	Rumänien	3–2	Südkorea	15–9	14–16	8–15	15–9	15–9	67–58
18 Oct	Bulgarien	3–2	Niederlande	15–11	8–15	15–8	14–16	15–8	67–58
18 Oct	Japan	3–1	Vereinigte Staaten	15–12	15–10	13–15	15–11		58–48
18 Oct	Brasilien	3–2	Ungarn	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	Bulgarien	3–0	Vereinigte Staaten	15–9	15–13	15–7			45–29
19 Oct	Niederlande	3–1	Südkorea	13–15	15–7	16–14	15–8		59–44
19 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Brasilien	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	Rumänien	3–1	Ungarn	15–6	12–15	15–10	16–14		58–45
21 Oct	Japan	3–2	Brasilien	15–12	15–9	12–15	7–15	15–11	64–62
21 Oct	Bulgarien	3–1	Südkorea	15–4	12–15	15–11	15–9		57–39
21 Oct	Ungarn	3–1	Niederlande	15–4	8–15	15–11	15–12		53–42
21 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Vereinigte Staaten	15–6	15–5	15–4			45–15
21 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Rumänien	15–11	7–15	15–12	15–12		52–50
22 Oct	Ungarn	3–2	Südkorea	17–15	6–15	13–15	15–8	15–6	66–59
22 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Niederlande	10–15	15–10	15–9	15–6		55–40
22 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgarien	15–2	16–14	15–13			46–29
22 Oct	Brasilien	3–2	Vereinigte Staaten	5–15	11–15	15–9	15–6	15–9	61–54
22 Oct	Japan	3–0	Rumänien	15–6	15–9	15–8			45–23
23 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Brasilien	15–7	15–6	15–9			45–22
23 Oct	Japan	3–1	Niederlande	15–17	15–4	15–8	15–5		60–34
23 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Südkorea	15–1	15–7	15–9			45–17
23 Oct	Rumänien	3–1	Vereinigte Staaten	11–15	15–9	15–11	15–13		56–48
23 Oct	Bulgarien	3–1	Ungarn	15–9	15–12	12–15	15–8		57–44

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
	Japan
4	Rumänien
5	Bulgarien
6	Ungarn
7	Brasilien
8	Niederlande
9	Vereinigte Staaten
10	Südkorea

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

Yuri Chesnokov

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union (URS) Ivans Bugajenkovs Nikolay Burobin Yuri Chesnokov Vazha Kacharava Valeri Kalachikhin Vitali Kovalenko Staņislavs Lugailo Georgy Mondzolevski Yuriy Poyarkov Eduard Sibiryakov Yury Vengerovsky Dmitri Voskoboynikov Head coach: Yuri Chesnokov	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 Head coach: Josef Brož	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 Head coach: Yasutaka Matsudaira

External links

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