1978 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

1978 Men's World Championship

Tournament details

Host nation

Italy

Dates

September 20 – October 1

Teams

Venues

6 (in 6 host cities)

Champions

Soviet Union (5th title)

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The 1978 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the ninth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Rome, Italy from September 20 to October 1, 1978.

Teams

Group A – Rome

Group B – Bergamo

Group C – Udine

Group D – Venice

Group E – Parma

Group F – Ancona

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	141	84	1.679
2	China	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	145	116	1.250
3	Belgium	4	1	2	4	8	0.500	131	156	0.840
4	Egypt	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	98	159	0.616

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	Italy	3–0	Belgium	15-6	15-5	15-11			45-22
20 Sep	China	3–0	Egypt	15-13	15-6	15-6			45-25
21 Sep	China	3–1	Belgium	15-10	15-6	11-15	15-9		56-40
21 Sep	Italy	3–0	Egypt	15-5	15-4	15-9			45-18
22 Sep	Belgium	3–2	Egypt	17-15	15-1	10-15	12-15	15-9	69-55
22 Sep	Italy	3–1	China	15-8	6-15	15-11	15-10		51-44

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	148	75	1.973
2	Mexico	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	135	144	0.938
3	Venezuela	4	1	2	4	8	0.500	119	166	0.717
4	Finland	3	0	3	5	9	0.556	163	180	0.906

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	Mexico	3–1	Venezuela	15-13	15-6	13-15	15-3		58-37
20 Sep	Poland	3–1	Finland	15-8	15-6	13-15	15-9		58-38
21 Sep	Poland	3–0	Venezuela	15-4	15-7	15-12			45-23
21 Sep	Mexico	3–2	Finland	9-15	15-13	15-9	9-15	15-10	63-62
22 Sep	Venezuela	3–2	Finland	15-11	7-15	7-15	15-13	15-9	59-63
22 Sep	Poland	3–0	Mexico	15-3	15-7	15-4			45-14

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	148	71	2.085
2	Brazil	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	151	125	1.208
3	France	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	106	121	0.876
4	Tunisia	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	47	135	0.348

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
20 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	15-10	15-2	15-8		45-20
20 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	France	15-6	15-6	15-2		45-14
21 Sep	France	3–0	Tunisia	15-7	15-4	15-6		45-17
21 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Brazil	11-15	17-15	15-8	15-9	58-47
22 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Tunisia	15-1	15-2	15-7		45-10
22 Sep	Brazil	3–1	France	15-11	15-13	14-16	15-7	59-47

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	147	83	1.771
2	Japan	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	150	110	1.364
3	Hungary	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	97	124	0.782
4	Argentina	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	58	135	0.430

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
20 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Argentina	15-1	15-10	15-8		45-19
20 Sep	Japan	3–1	Hungary	15-6	15-9	12-15	15-6	57-36
21 Sep	Cuba	3–1	Japan	11-15	16-14	15-7	15-12	57-48
21 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Argentina	15-6	15-6	15-10		45-22
22 Sep	Japan	3–0	Argentina	15-3	15-3	15-11		45-17
22 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Hungary	15-1	15-9	15-6		45-16

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bulgaria	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	146	78	1.872
2	East Germany	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	108	93	1.161
3	Netherlands	4	1	2	3	8	0.375	111	145	0.766
4	Canada	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	119	168	0.708

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	Canada	11-15	15-10	15-5	15-10		56-40
20 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Netherlands	15-11	15-6	15-7			45-24
21 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Canada	15-4	15-11	15-9			45-24
21 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Netherlands	15-5	15-7	15-8			45-20
22 Sep	Netherlands	3–2	Canada	9-15	13-15	15-13	15-4	15-8	67-55
22 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	East Germany	15-8	15-4	15-6			45-18

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	170	126	1.349
2	Czechoslovakia	5	2	1	8	5	1.600	166	149	1.114
3	Romania	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	152	166	0.916
4	United States	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	93	140	0.664

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	Romania	3–0	United States	17-15	15-8	18-16			50-39
20 Sep	South Korea	3–2	Czechoslovakia	15-7	8-15	15-12	12-15	15-5	65-54
21 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	United States	15-5	15-10	15-12			45-27
21 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Romania	14-16	16-14	15-3	15-12		60-45
22 Sep	South Korea	3–0	United States	15-8	15-11	15-8			45-27
22 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Romania	15-11	15-12	14-16	8-15	15-3	67-57

Second round

Pool G

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	10	5	0	15	3	5.000	254	160	1.588
2	Italy	9	4	1	12	7	1.714	249	224	1.112
3	China	8	3	2	10	10	1.000	244	244	1.000
4	Brazil	7	2	3	10	11	0.909	277	261	1.061
5	Bulgaria	6	1	4	7	11	0.636	195	221	0.882
6	East Germany	5	0	5	3	15	0.200	150	259	0.579

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	China	8-15	15-10	15-8	14-16	15-10	67-59
24 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	East Germany	15-3	15-7	15-11			45-21
24 Sep	Italy	3–2	Brazil	14-16	15-12	10-15	15-10	17-15	71-68
25 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Bulgaria	15-7	15-6	7-15	15-8		52-36
25 Sep	China	3–1	Brazil	15-10	15-13	15-17	15-13		60-53
25 Sep	Italy	3–1	East Germany	15-8	15-7	15-17	15-5		60-37
26 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	China	15-8	15-7	9-15	15-6		54-36
26 Sep	Brazil	3–2	East Germany	11-15	15-10	15-11	8-15	15-4	64-55
26 Sep	Italy	3–0	Bulgaria	15-9	15-6	17-15			47-30
27 Sep	China	3–0	East Germany	15-5	15-3	15-11			45-19
27 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Bulgaria	15-3	15-7	15-7			45-17
27 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Italy	15-11	15-6	15-3			45-20

Pool H

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	10	5	0	15	5	3.000	283	213	1.329
2	South Korea	8	3	2	12	9	1.333	266	249	1.068
3	Poland	8	3	2	10	9	1.111	229	221	1.036
4	Czechoslovakia	7	2	3	11	9	1.222	241	227	1.062
5	Japan	7	2	3	9	10	0.900	240	222	1.081
6	Mexico	5	0	5	0	15	0.000	98	225	0.436

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Mexico	15-8	15-7	15-7			45-22
24 Sep	Cuba	3–2	Czechoslovakia	15-8	7-15	15-3	13-15	15-10	65-51
24 Sep	Poland	3–2	Japan	13-15	15-12	5-15	15-10	15-9	63-61
25 Sep	Poland	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15-9	3-15	15-10	15-10		48-44
25 Sep	Japan	3–0	Mexico	15-6	15-3	15-12			45-21
25 Sep	Cuba	3–2	South Korea	17-15	12-15	15-13	12-15	15-7	71-65
26 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Japan	15-9	15-6	17-15			47-30
26 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Mexico	15-9	15-2	15-11			45-22
26 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Poland	15-7	11-15	16-14	15-10		57-46
27 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Mexico	15-4	15-13	15-2			45-19
27 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Poland	15-8	15-10	15-9			45-27
27 Sep	Japan	3–1	South Korea	15-4	15-9	11-15	15-6		56-34

Final round

Classification 9-12

9th-12th place			9th place

30 September
Bulgaria	3
Mexico	2

			01 October
			Bulgaria	1
			East Germany	3


			11th place
30 September		01 October
Japan	1	Mexico	1
East Germany	3		Japan	3

Classification 5-8

5th-8th place			5th place

30 September
China	1
Czechoslovakia	3

			01 October
			Czechoslovakia	3
			Brazil	2


			7th place
30 September		01 October
Poland	0	China	3
Brazil	3		Poland	2

Final Four

Semifinals			Final

30 September
Cuba	1
Italy	3

			01 October
			Italy	0
			Soviet Union	3


			3rd place
30 September		01 October
Soviet Union	3	Cuba	3
South Korea	0		South Korea	1

Final standing

1978 Men's World Champions
Soviet Union 5th title

External links

Federation Internationale de Volleyball

FIVB Volleyball World Championship

Men's

Tournaments	Czechoslovakia 1949 Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Czechoslovakia 1966 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Italy 1978 Argentina 1982 France 1986 Brazil 1990 Greece 1994 Japan 1998 Argentina 2002 Japan 2006 Italy 2010 Poland 2014 Italy/Bulgaria 2018

Qualification	1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Squads	1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Women's

Tournaments	Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Japan 1967 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Soviet Union 1978 Peru 1982 Czechoslovakia 1986 China 1990 Brazil 1994 Japan 1998 Germany 2002 Japan 2006 Japan 2010 Italy 2014 Japan 2018

Qualification	1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Squads	1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

National team appearances (Men's – Women's)

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