Men's Volleyball World Cup 1981

The 1981 Volleyball World Cup was the fourth edition of the competition. It took place in Japan between November 19th and 28th . The USSR won the title.

Attendees

•  Japan as a host
•  USSR as gold medalist at the 1980 Olympic Games
•  Italy as vice world champion 1978
•  Poland as Vice European Champion in 1981
•  People's Republic of China as the winner of the Asian qualification
•  Cuba as the winner of the NORCECA championship in 1981
•  Brazil won the South American Championship in 1981
•  Tunisia won the 1979 African Cup of Nations

mode

The eight participants played in six cities according to the "everyone against everyone" mode.

Final round

Overall rating
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	USSR	21: 2	14th
2.	Cuba	18: 9	13
3.	Brazil	16:11	12
4th	Poland	14:13	11
5.	People's Republic of China	12:14	10
6th	Japan	12:15	9
7th	Italy	9:18	8th
8th.	Tunisia	1:21	7th

November 19th Fukuoka USSR Brazil 3-0 Fukuoka Japan Italy 3-0 Fukuoka Poland Tunisia 3-0 Fukuoka Cuba China 3: 2 20th November Fukuoka USSR China 3-0 Fukuoka Cuba Tunisia 3-0 Fukuoka Poland Italy 3: 2 Fukuoka Brazil Japan 3: 1 22nd of November Hiroshima Brazil Italy 3: 2 Hiroshima Cuba Poland 3-0 Hiroshima USSR Tunisia 3-0 Hiroshima China Japan 3: 1 November 24th Gifu Brazil China 3: 1 Gifu Cuba Italy 3: 1 Gifu USSR Poland 3: 2 Gifu Japan Tunisia 3-0 November 26th Tokyo USSR Cuba 3-0 Tokyo Poland Japan 3: 2 Yokohama China Italy 3: 1 Yokohama Brazil Tunisia 3: 1 November 27th Tokyo USSR Italy 3-0 Tokyo Cuba Japan 3: 2 Tokyo China Tunisia 3-0 Tokyo Brazil Poland 3-0 November 28th Tokyo Italy Tunisia 3-0 Tokyo Poland China 3-0 Tokyo Cuba Brazil 3: 1 Tokyo USSR Japan 3-0

Web links

• Results (English)