1967 Women's Volleyball World Championship

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The 1967 women's volleyball world championship took place in Tokyo from January 25-29 . The hosts successfully defended their title.

Events prior to the start of the tournament

In 1964, the FIVB initially selected Peru to host the World Cup, which was to take place from October 12th to 29th, 1966. Since the organization in Peru failed, Japan was chosen as the organizer and the date was postponed to January 1967. Riots broke out in Tokyo just before the tournament started. The hosts refused to give the official names of the GDR and North Korea and to present the national anthems and flags of these states. Therefore the two teams withdrew. Some other socialist states showed their solidarity with the GDR and North Korea by boycotting the tournament . This left only four participants.

Original grouping

Group A
JapanJapan Japan
Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea
PeruPeru Peru
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Group B
Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union
Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
Group C
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
Poland 1944Poland Poland
Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary
United StatesUnited States United States

game schedule

The four participants played in a group "everyone against everyone". The group winner became the new world champion.

Final group
space team S. N sentences
1. JapanJapan Japan 3 0 9-0
2. United StatesUnited States United States 2 1 6: 5
3. Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 1 2 4: 6
4th PeruPeru Peru 0 3 1: 9
January 25th United States South Korea 3: 1
Japan Peru 3-0
January 27th United States Peru 3: 1
Japan South Korea 3-0
January 29th South Korea Peru 3-0
Japan United States 3-0

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