Men's volleyball world championship 1970

The 1970 men's volleyball world championship took place in Bulgaria from September 20th to October 2nd . The GDR won the title for the first time and thus ensured the greatest success of a German team to date. The games were played in Sofia , Yambol , Haskovo and Kardzhali .

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The 24 participants played in the preliminary round in four groups of six. The two best teams in each group determined the world champion in the final group, with the results of the direct duels being carried over to the final round. The third and fourth group played for positions nine to sixteen, the remaining teams for positions 17 to 24. The new world champion and the second and third placed qualified for the 1972 Olympic Games .

game schedule

Preliminary round

Group A in Sofia space team S. N sentences 1.  Bulgaria 5 0 15: 0 2.  Belgium 4th 1 12: 4 3.  Yugoslavia 3 2 9:10 4th  Italy 2 3 9: 9 5.  Israel 1 4th 3:12 6th  Iran 0 5 2:15

Group B in Yambol space team S. N sentences 1.  Czechoslovakia 5 0 15: 2 2.  Poland 4th 1 12: 8 3.  Hungary 3 2 12: 8 4th  Brazil 2 3 9:10 5.  United States 1 4th 4:14 6th  Finland 0 5 5:15

September 20th Yugoslavia Iran 3: 2 Bulgaria Italy 3-0 Belgium Israel 3-0 21st September Yugoslavia Italy 3: 2 Bulgaria Belgium 3-0 Israel Iran 3-0 September 22 Yugoslavia Israel 3-0 Bulgaria Iran 3-0 Belgium Italy 3: 1 September 23rd Italy Israel 3-0 Belgium Iran 3-0 Bulgaria Yugoslavia 3-0 September 24th Italy Iran 3-0 Bulgaria Israel 3-0 Belgium Yugoslavia 3-0

September 20th Poland Finland 3: 1 Hungary United States 3-0 Czechoslovakia Brazil 3: 1 21st September United States Finland 3: 2 Poland Brazil 3: 1 Czechoslovakia Hungary 3: 1 September 22 Czechoslovakia Finland 3-0 Poland United States 3: 1 Hungary Brazil 3: 1 September 23rd Brazil Finland 3: 1 Poland Hungary 3: 2 Czechoslovakia United States 3-0 September 24th Hungary Finland 3: 1 Brazil United States 3-0 Czechoslovakia Poland 3: 2

Group C in Haskovo space team S. N sentences 1.  Japan 5 0 15: 0 2.  Romania 4th 1 12: 5 3.  North Korea 2 3 8: 9 4th  Netherlands 2 3 8:10 5.  France 2 3 6:12 6th  Venezuela 0 5 2:15

Group D in Kardzhali space team S. N sentences 1.  GDR 5 0 15: 1 2.  Soviet Union 4th 1 13: 3 3.  Cuba 3 2 9: 6 4th  Mongolia 1 4th 5:13 5.  Tunisia 1 4th 5:14 6th  Guinea 1 4th 4:14

September 20th Netherlands Venezuela 3-0 Romania France 3-0 Japan North Korea 3-0 21st September France Venezuela 3: 1 Netherlands North Korea 3: 1 Japan Romania 3-0 September 22 France Netherlands 3: 2 Japan Venezuela 3-0 Romania North Korea 3: 1 September 23rd Japan France 3-0 North Korea Venezuela 3-0 Romania Netherlands 3-0 September 24th Japan Netherlands 3-0 Romania Venezuela 3: 1 North Korea France 3-0

September 20th Soviet Union Tunisia 3-0 Mongolia Guinea 3: 1 GDR Cuba 3-0 21st September GDR Guinea 3-0 Soviet Union Mongolia 3-0 Cuba Tunisia 3-0 September 22 GDR Soviet Union 3: 1 Tunisia Mongolia 3: 2 Cuba Guinea 3-0 September 23rd GDR Mongolia 3-0 Guinea Tunisia 3: 2 Soviet Union Cuba 3-0 September 24th Soviet Union Guinea 3-0 Cuba Mongolia 3-0 GDR Tunisia 3-0

Final round

The GDR team with coach Herbert Jenter and Kapitan Siegfried Schneider defeated the hosts in the last game of the final round and won the only World Cup title for Germany. Moreover played Jürgen Freiwald , Horst Hagen , Jürgen Kessel , Jürgen Maune , Horst Peter , Eckehard Pietzsch , Arnold Schulz , Rudi Schumann , Rainer Tscharke , Wolfgang Webner and Wolfgang way .

Final group in Sofia space team S. N sentences 1.  GDR 6th 1 20: 6 2.  Bulgaria 6th 1 20: 7 3.  Japan 5 2 18: 8 4th  Czechoslovakia 4th 3 13:11 5.  Poland 3 4th 10:16 6th  Soviet Union 2 5 10:16 7th  Romania 2 5 10:18 8th.  Belgium 0 7th 2:21

Group 9-16 in Yambol space team S. N sentences 1.  North Korea 6th 1 19: 7 2.  Hungary 5 2 18:13 3.  Yugoslavia 5 2 16:11 4th  Brazil 4th 3 15:13 5.  Cuba 4th 3 15:13 6th  Netherlands 3 4th 14:15 7th  Italy 1 6th 14:19 8th.  Mongolia 0 7th 1:21

September 26th Soviet Union Belgium 3-0 Czechoslovakia Romania 3: 2 Bulgaria Japan 3: 2 GDR Poland 3-0 September 27th Romania Belgium 3: 1 Soviet Union Japan 3: 1 Bulgaria Poland 3: 1 GDR Czechoslovakia 3-0 September 28th Japan Poland 3-0 GDR Belgium 3-0 Bulgaria Czechoslovakia 3: 1 Romania Soviet Union 3: 2 30. September Poland Belgium 3: 1 Japan Czechoslovakia 3-0 Bulgaria Soviet Union 3-0 GDR Romania 3-0 October 1 Czechoslovakia Belgium 3-0 Japan GDR 3: 2 Bulgaria Romania 3-0 Poland Soviet Union 3: 1 October 2nd Japan Belgium 3-0 Poland Romania 3: 2 Czechoslovakia Soviet Union 3-0 GDR Bulgaria 3: 2

September 26th Hungary Italy 3: 2 Cuba Netherlands 3: 1 Brazil Mongolia 3-0 North Korea Yugoslavia 3-0 September 27th Hungary Netherlands 3: 2 North Korea Mongolia 3-0 Yugoslavia Cuba 3: 1 Brazil Italy 3: 1 September 28th Yugoslavia Mongolia 3-0 Hungary Cuba 3: 2 North Korea Italy 3: 2 Brazil Netherlands 3: 2 30. September Italy Mongolia 3: 1 Cuba Brazil 3: 1 Yugoslavia Netherlands 3-0 North Korea Hungary 3: 1 October 1 Cuba Italy 3: 2 Netherlands Mongolia 3-0 Yugoslavia Hungary 3: 2 North Korea Brazil 3: 1 October 2nd Netherlands Italy 3: 2 Hungary Mongolia 3-0 North Korea Cuba 3-0 Brazil Yugoslavia 3: 1

Groups 17–24 in Haskovo
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	France	6th	1	19: 6
2.	United States	6th	1	19: 9
3.	Israel	4th	3	15:10
4th	Finland	4th	3	15:11
5.	Iran	3	4th	12:15
6th	Tunisia	3	4th	12:15
7th	Venezuela	1	6th	6:18
8th.	Guinea	1	6th	6:20

September 26th	Venezuela	Guinea	3-0
	Tunisia	Iran	3: 1
	Finland	Israel	3: 2
	United States	France	3: 1
September 27th	Finland	Tunisia	3-0
	Israel	Guinea	3: 1
	United States	Venezuela	3: 1
	France	Iran	3-0
September 28th	Finland	Guinea	3-0
	France	Tunisia	3: 1
	Iran	Venezuela	3-0
	United States	Israel	3-0
30. September	Tunisia	Venezuela	3: 1
	France	Israel	3: 1
	United States	Guinea	3-0
	Iran	Finland	3: 1
October 1	Tunisia	United States	3: 1
	Israel	Venezuela	3-0
	Iran	Guinea	3: 2
	France	Finland	3-0
October 2nd	United States	Iran	3: 2
	France	Guinea	3-0
	Israel	Tunisia	3-0
	Finland	Venezuela	3-0

Final score

1.	German Democratic Republic
2.	Bulgaria
3.	Japan
4th	Czechoslovakia
5.	Poland
6th	Soviet Union
7th	Romania
8th.	Belgium
9.	North Korea
10.	Hungary
11.	Yugoslavia
12.	Brazil
13.	Cuba
14th	Netherlands
15th	Italy
16.	Mongolia
17th	France
18th	United States
19th	Israel
20th	Finland
21st	Iran
22nd	Tunisia
23.	Venezuela
24.	Guinea

Web links

• Results for Todor66 (English)
• Youtube video with the 5th movement of the final

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Forgotten high-flyers. (PDF, 562 kB) Volleyball Magazine, August 2006, accessed on March 5, 2020 .