Women's volleyball world championship 1970

The 1970 Women's Volleyball World Championship took place in Bulgaria from September 22nd to October 2nd . The Soviet Union won the title for the fourth time. The games were played in Varna , Burgas , Sevlievo and Sofia .

mode

The sixteen participants played in four groups of four in the first round. The two best teams from each group made it to the final group with eight teams. The results were taken against the direct competitors. The winner of this group became the new world champion. The other participants played in a second group of eight for positions nine to sixteen.

game schedule

First round

Group A in Sevlievo
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Bulgaria	3	0	9: 3
2.	Cuba	2	1	6: 5
3.	GDR	1	2	7: 6
4th	Mongolia	0	3	1: 9

September 22	GDR	Mongolia	3: 1
	Bulgaria	Cuba	3: 1
September 23rd	Bulgaria	GDR	3: 1
	Cuba	Mongolia	3: 2
September 24th	Cuba	GDR	3: 2
	Bulgaria	Mongolia	3: 1

Group B in Sofia
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Japan	3	0	9-0
2.	Czechoslovakia	2	1	6: 3
3.	Mexico	1	2	3: 6
4th	Netherlands	0	3	0: 9

September 22	Japan	Czechoslovakia	3-0
	Mexico	Netherlands	3-0
September 23rd	Czechoslovakia	Mexico	3-0
	Japan	Netherlands	3-0
September 24th	Czechoslovakia	Netherlands	3-0
	Japan	Mexico	3-0

Group C in Burgas
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	North Korea	3	0	9: 2
2.	Romania	2	1	6: 5
3.	Poland	1	2	6: 8
4th	United States	0	3	3: 9

September 22	North Korea	Romania	3-0
	Poland	United States	3: 2
September 23rd	Romania	Poland	3: 1
	North Korea	United States	3-0
September 24th	Romania	United States	3: 1
	North Korea	Poland	3: 2

Group D in Varna
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Soviet Union	3	0	9-0
2.	Hungary	2	1	6: 6
3.	Brazil	1	2	5: 6
4th	Peru	0	3	1: 9

September 22	Hungary	Brazil	3: 2
	Soviet Union	Peru	3-0
September 23rd	Hungary	Peru	3: 1
	Soviet Union	Brazil	3-0
September 24th	Soviet Union	Hungary	3-0
	Brazil	Peru	3-0

Final round

Final group in Varna
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Soviet Union	7th	0	21: 1
2.	Japan	6th	1	19: 5
3.	North Korea	4th	3	14:11
4th	Hungary	4th	3	15:13
5.	Czechoslovakia	3	4th	12:16
6th	Bulgaria	3	4th	10:15
7th	Romania	1	6th	7:19
8th.	Cuba	0	7th	3:21

September 26th	Soviet Union	Cuba	3-0
	Hungary	Romania	3: 1
	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia	3: 1
	Japan	North Korea	3: 1
September 27th	Romania	Cuba	3: 1
	Czechoslovakia	North Korea	3: 1
	Hungary	Bulgaria	3: 1
	Soviet Union	Japan	3: 1
September 28th	North Korea	Hungary	3: 2
	Japan	Cuba	3-0
	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	3-0
	Bulgaria	Romania	3: 2
30. September	Soviet Union	Romania	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	Cuba	3: 2
	North Korea	Bulgaria	3-0
	Japan	Hungary	3: 1
October 1	North Korea	Cuba	3-0
	Japan	Romania	3-0
	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	3-0
	Hungary	Czechoslovakia	3: 2
October 2nd	Hungary	Cuba	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	Romania	3: 1
	Japan	Bulgaria	3-0
	Soviet Union	North Korea	3-0

Group 9–16 in Burgas
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Poland	7th	0	21: 2
2.	GDR	6th	1	18: 6
3.	United States	5	2	19: 9
4th	Mexico	4th	3	15:11
5.	Brazil	3	4th	10:13
6th	Peru	2	5	7:15
7th	Netherlands	1	6th	3:19
8th.	Mongolia	0	7th	3:21

September 26th	Peru	Mongolia	3-0
	Poland	Mexico	3-0
	GDR	Netherlands	3-0
	United States	Brazil	3: 1
September 27th	Mexico	Mongolia	3: 1
	Peru	Netherlands	3-0
	GDR	United States	3: 2
	Poland	Brazil	3-0
September 28th	Poland	GDR	3-0
	United States	Netherlands	3: 2
	Mexico	Peru	3: 1
	Brazil	Mongolia	3: 1
30. September	United States	Mongolia	3-0
	Poland	Netherlands	3-0
	GDR	Peru	3-0
	Mexico	Brazil	3: 1
October 1	Brazil	Netherlands	3-0
	Poland	Mongolia	3-0
	United States	Peru	3-0
	GDR	Mexico	3: 1
October 2nd	Netherlands	Mongolia	3: 1
	Poland	Peru	3-0
	United States	Mexico	3: 2
	GDR	Brazil	3-0

Final score

1.	Soviet Union
2.	Japan
3.	North Korea
4th	Hungary
5.	Czechoslovakia
6th	Bulgaria
7th	Romania
8th.	Cuba
9.	Poland
10.	GDR
11.	United States
12.	Mexico
13.	Brazil
14th	Peru
15th	Netherlands
16.	Mongolia

qualification

Bulgaria was set to host as were the four participants in the last World Cup . In addition, the six best teams from the 1967 European Championship as well as the champions from NORCECA and from South America and two representatives from Asia qualified . The last two starting places were awarded in a qualification tournament with five participants.

Final group in Varna
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Romania	4th	0	12: 1
2.	Cuba	3	1	9: 6
3.	BR Germany	2	2	8: 8
4th	Italy	1	3	7: 9
5.	Belgium	0	4th	0:12

September 15th	Italy	Belgium	3-0
	Romania	Cuba	3-0
16th September	BR Germany	Italy	3: 2
	Cuba	Belgium	3-0
17th of September	Cuba	BR Germany	3: 2
	Romania	Belgium	3-0
September 18	Romania	BR Germany	3-0
	Cuba	Italy	3: 1
September 19th	Romania	Italy	3: 1
	BR Germany	Belgium	3-0

Web links

• Results for Todor66 (English)