Men's volleyball world championship 1949

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The men's volleyball world championship in 1949 took place in Prague from September 10th to 18th . Ten teams were involved in the premiere of this competition; a German team was not one of them. The Soviet Union became the first unbeaten world champion.

mode

The ten participants played in the preliminary round in a group of four and two groups of three. The two best teams in each group determined the world champion in the final group. The remaining teams played for positions seven to ten.

game schedule

Preliminary round

The preliminary round took place from September 10th to 12th.

Group A
space team S. N sentences
1. Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Soviet Union 3 0 9-0
2. Romania 1948Romania Romania 2 1 6: 3
3. Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary 1 2 3: 6
4th BelgiumBelgium Belgium 0 3 0: 9
Soviet Union Belgium 3-0
Romania Hungary 3-0
Soviet Union Romania 3-0
Hungary Belgium 3-0
Soviet Union Hungary 3-0
Romania Belgium 3-0
Group B
space team S. N sentences
1. Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Bulgaria 2 0 6: 1
2. FranceFrance France 1 1 3: 4
3. ItalyItaly Italy 0 2 2: 6
Bulgaria Italy 3: 1
Bulgaria France 3-0
France Italy 3: 1
Group C
space team S. N sentences
1. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2 0 6: 1
2. Poland 1944Poland Poland 1 1 4: 3
3. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 0 2 0: 6
Poland Netherlands 3-0
Czechoslovakia Poland 3-0
Czechoslovakia Netherlands 3-0

Final round

The games of the final round were played from September 14th to 18th.

Final group
space team S. N sentences
1. Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Soviet Union 5 0 15: 2
2. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 4th 1 13: 3
3. Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Bulgaria 3 2 9: 9
4th Poland 1944Poland Poland 2 3 8:11
5. Romania 1948Romania Romania 1 4th 6:12
6th FranceFrance France 0 5 1:15
Czechoslovakia Poland 3-0
Czechoslovakia Bulgaria 3-0
Czechoslovakia France 3-0
Czechoslovakia Romania 3-0
Soviet Union Czechoslovakia 3: 1
Soviet Union Bulgaria 3-0
Soviet Union Poland 3-0
Soviet Union Romania 3: 1
Soviet Union France 3-0
Bulgaria Poland 3: 2
Bulgaria Romania 3: 1
Bulgaria France 3-0
Poland Romania 3: 1
Poland France 3: 1
Romania France 3-0
Group 7-10
space team S. N sentences
1. Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary 3 0 9-0
2. ItalyItaly Italy 2 1 6: 3
3. BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1 2 3: 6
4th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 0 3 0: 9
September 15th Italy Belgium 3-0
Hungary Netherlands 3-0
16th September Hungary Belgium 3-0
Italy Netherlands 3-0
17th of September Hungary Italy 3-0
Belgium Netherlands 3-0

Final score

1. Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Soviet Union
2. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
3. Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Bulgaria
4th Poland 1944Poland Poland
5. Romania 1948Romania Romania
6th FranceFrance France
7th Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary
8th. ItalyItaly Italy
9. BelgiumBelgium Belgium
10. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands

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