1977 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

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1977 Men's World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	17–29 November
Teams	12
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Cuba
Fourth place	Poland
Tournament awards
MVP	Tomasz Wójtowicz
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The 1977 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 17 to 29 November 1977 in Japan. It was the 3rd edition of the competition.

The FIVB Men’s World Cup made its final breakthrough when the decision was taken to hold the competition in Japan from that point on. The tournament was held there for the first time in 1977, and the mix of competitors from around the world was the most varied it had ever been. Only three of the twelve participating teams were from Europe. Soviet Union won their second title of World Cup.^[1]

Results[]

First round[]

	Advanced to second round 1st–8th pools
	Advanced to second round 9th–12th places

Pool A[]

Location: Fukuoka

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	4	2	0	6	2	3.000	113	75	1.507
2	Brazil	3	1	1	5	3	1.667	99	91	1.088
3	United States	2	0	2	0	6	0.000	44	90	0.489

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Nov	Brazil	3–0	United States	15–8	15–8	15–7			45–23
18 Nov	Japan	3–0	United States	15–7	15–9	15–5			45–21
19 Nov	Japan	3–2	Brazil	13–15	10–15	15–9	15–10	15–5	68–54

Pool B[]

Location: Toyama

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	4	2	0	6	1	6.000	97	58	1.672
2	China	3	1	1	4	3	1.333	80	68	1.176
3	Canada	2	0	2	0	6	0.000	39	90	0.433

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Nov	China	3–0	Canada	15–5	15–3	15–8			45–16
18 Nov	Poland	3–0	Canada	15–13	15–7	15–3			45–23
19 Nov	Poland	3–1	China	15–5	15–8	7–15	15–7		52–35

Pool C[]

Location: Sapporo

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	90	50	1.800
2	South Korea	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	77	68	1.132
3	Mexico	2	0	2	0	6	0.000	41	90	0.456

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea	15–9	15–12	15–11			45–32
18 Nov	South Korea	3–0	Mexico	15–13	15–3	15–7			45–23
19 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Mexico	15–4	15–7	15–7			45–18

Pool D[]

Location: Sendai

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	4	2	0	6	1	6.000	96	47	2.043
2	Bulgaria	3	1	1	4	3	1.333	80	64	1.250
3	Egypt	2	0	2	0	6	0.000	25	90	0.278

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Nov	Cuba	3–1	Bulgaria	15–5	6–15	15–7	15–8		51–35
18 Nov	Cuba	3–0	Egypt	15–8	15–1	15–3			45–12
19 Nov	Bulgaria	3–0	Egypt	15–4	15–1	15–8			45–13

Second round[]

	Advanced to final round final places
	Advanced to final round 5th–8th places

Pool E[]

Location: Nagoya

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	167	141	1.184
2	Japan	5	2	1	8	6	1.333	168	148	1.135
3	China	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	141	146	0.966
4	South Korea	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	103	144	0.715

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Nov	Japan	3–2	China	15–9	15–8	14–16	15–9		59–42
22 Nov	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–7	15–12	15–13			45–32
23 Nov	Japan	3–1	South Korea	15–11	8–15	15–6	15–10		53–42
23 Nov	Cuba	3–1	China	15–13	13–15	15–13	15–12		58–53
24 Nov	China	3–0	South Korea	15–12	15–3	16–14			46–29
24 Nov	Cuba	3–2	Japan	15–8	7–15	12–15	15–7	15–11	64–56

Pool F[]

Location: Hiroshima

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	6	3	0	9	4	2.250	177	126	1.405
2	Soviet Union	5	2	1	8	4	2.000	159	129	1.233
3	Brazil	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	103	127	0.811
4	Bulgaria	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	100	157	0.637

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Nov	Poland	3–1	Bulgaria	13–15	15–11	15–8	15–4		58–38
22 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Brazil	15–11	15–9	15–10			45–30
23 Nov	Poland	3–1	Brazil	15–4	15–0	9–15	15–9		54–28
23 Nov	Soviet Union	3–1	Bulgaria	9–15	15–3	15–11	15–5		54–34
24 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–10	15–11			45–28
24 Nov	Poland	3–2	Soviet Union	15–12	15–5	13–15	7–15	15–13	65–60

9th–12th places[]

Location: Sapporo

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
9	Mexico	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	153	84	1.821
10	United States	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	124	102	1.216
11	Egypt	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	89	145	0.614
12	Canada	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	135	170	0.794

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Nov	Mexico	3–1	Canada	15–10	15–4	13–15	15–10		58–39
22 Nov	United States	3–0	Egypt	15–6	15–2	15–3			45–11
23 Nov	Mexico	3–0	United States	15–7	15–8	15–5			45–20
23 Nov	Egypt	3–1	Canada	15–10	8–15	15–12	15–13		53–50
24 Nov	United States	3–1	Canada	15–11	14–16	15–10	15–9		59–46
24 Nov	Mexico	3–0	Egypt	15–3	20–18	15–4			50–25

Final round[]

5th–8th places[]

Location: Tokyo

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
5	China	5	2	1	7	3	2.333	131	112	1.170
6	Bulgaria	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	131	120	1.092
7	South Korea	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	141	132	1.068
8	Brazil	4	1	2	4	8	0.500	130	169	0.769

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Nov	China	3–0	South Korea	15–9	15–11	15–10			45–30
27 Nov	Bulgaria	3–1	Brazil	12–15	15–11	15–5	15–4		57–35
28 Nov	China	3–0	Brazil	15–8	15–6	16–14			46–28
28 Nov	South Korea	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–8	15–5			45–20
29 Nov	Brazil	3–2	South Korea	15–10	10–15	15–12	11–15	16–14	67–66
29 Nov	Bulgaria	3–1	China	9–15	15–8	15–8	15–9		54–40

Final places[]

Location: Tokyo

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	149	70	2.129
2	Japan	4	1	2	5	6	0.833
3	Cuba	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	100	138	0.725
4	Poland	4	1	2	3	8	0.375

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Nov	Soviet Union	3–1	Cuba	14–16	15–7	15–2	15–6		59–31
27 Nov	Poland	3–2	Japan	15–17	15–6	15–11	8–15	15–12	68–61
28 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland	15–7	15–9	15–5			45–21
28 Nov	Japan	3–0	Cuba	15–10	15–6	15–6			45–22
29 Nov	Cuba	3–0	Poland	15–13	15–6	17–15			47–34
29 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Japan	15–6	15–2	15–10			45–18

Final standing[]

Awards[]

References[]