1985 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

1985 Men's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	22 November – 1 December
Teams	8
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament awards
MVP	Karch Kiraly
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The 1985 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 22 November to 1 December 1985 in Japan. The World Cup brought together eight teams. The matches were played in Round Robin. Each team played each other (a total of 7 matches per team).

Results[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	14	7	0	21	4	5.250	369	243	1.519
2	Soviet Union	12	5	2	18	8	2.250	347	251	1.382
3	Czechoslovakia	12	5	2	16	11	1.455
4	Brazil	11	4	3	16	11	1.455
5	Argentina	10	3	4	12	14	0.857	313	324	0.966
6	Japan	9	2	5	9	15	0.600	253	288	0.878
7	South Korea	9	2	5	8	17	0.471	250	328	0.762
8	Egypt	7	0	7	1	21	0.048	149	327	0.456

Location: Osaka

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Nov	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Egypt	12–15	15–11	15–8	15–3		57–37
22 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–7	15–3			45–14
22 Nov	United States	3–0	Brazil	15–6	15–11	15–13			45–30
22 Nov	Japan	3–0	Argentina	15–5	15–13	15–6			45–24
23 Nov	United States	3–2	Soviet Union	11–15	19–17	15–9	9–15	15–12	69–68
23 Nov	Argentina	3–0	Egypt	15–4	15–7	15–6			45–17
23 Nov	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	15–8	15–5	15–8			45–21
23 Nov	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Japan	15–10	15–9	15–6			45–25
24 Nov	Argentina	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–9	15–12	12–15	15–7		57–43
24 Nov	United States	3–0	South Korea	15–13	15–3	15–1			45–17
24 Nov	Soviet Union	3–2	Brazil	15–7	15–13	4–15	5–15	15–9	54–59
24 Nov	Japan	3–0	Egypt	15–5	15–3	15–6			45–14

Location: Nagoya

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Egypt	15–6	15–4	15–6			45–16
26 Nov	United States	3–2	Argentina	15–7	13–15	15-17	17–15	15–13	75–67

Location: Hiroshima

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Nov	Czechoslovakia	3–1	South Korea	15–8	12–15	15–9	17–15		59–47
26 Nov	Brazil	3–1	Japan	2–15	15–7	15–8	17–15		49–45
27 Nov	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Brazil	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?
27 Nov	South Korea	3–2	Japan	15–8	15–9	12–15	9–15	15–10	66–57

Location: Nagoya

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Argentina	15–3	15–7	15–11			45–21
27 Nov	United States	3–0	Egypt	15–11	15–8	15–0			45–19

Location: Tokyo

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
30 Nov	United States	3–0	Japan	15–10	15–5	15–2		45–17
30 Nov	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Soviet Union	17–15	15–9	6–15	15–6	53–45
30 Nov	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	14–16	15–8	15–8	15–12	59–44
30 Nov	South Korea	3–0	Egypt	15–4	15–7	15–11		45–22
01 Dec	United States	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–11	15–5	15–9		45–25
01 Dec	Argentina	3–1	South Korea	15–3	10–15	15–12	15–10	55–40
01 Dec	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	15–6	15–8	15–10		45–24
01 Dec	Soviet Union	3–0	Japan	15–7	15–7	15–5		45–19