| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | | 17.08 | Soviet Union | 3-0 | Yugoslavia | 45-15 | 15-5 | 15-3 | 15-7 | | | 17.08 | Netherlands | 3-0 | Poland | 49-38 | 16-14 | 18-16 | 15-8 | | | 18.08 | Netherlands | 3-0 | Yugoslavia | 46-31 | 15-13 | 15-4 | 16-14 | | | 18.08 | Soviet Union | 3-1 | Poland | 46-42 | 15-10 | 15-12 | 1-15 | 15-5 | | | 19.08 | Poland | 3-0 | Yugoslavia | 45-20 | 15-12 | 15-5 | 15-3 | | | 19.08 | Netherlands | 3-2 | Soviet Union | 69-63 | 12-15 | 15-12 | 12-15 | 15-10 | 15-11 |
| Group B | w | l | gf | ga | ratio | | 1. West Germany | 3 | 0 | 9: | 2 | | | 2. Italy | 2 | 1 | 6: | 5 | | | 3. East Germany | 1 | 2 | 7: | 6 | | | 4. Belgium | 0 | 3 | 0: | 9 | |
| Team | West | Ital | East | Belg | | West Germany | --- | 3:0 | 3:2 | 3:0 | | Italy | | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 | | East Germany | | | --- | 3:0 | | Belgium | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | | played in Plovdiv | | 17.08 | East Germany | 3-0 | Belgium | 45-7 | 15-3 | 15-1 | 15-3 | | | 17.08 | West Germany | 3-0 | Italy | 45-22 | 15-6 | 15-3 | 15-13 | | | 18.08 | Italy | 3-0 | Belgium | 45-19 | 15-9 | 15-8 | 15-2 | | | 18.08 | West Germany | 3-2 | East Germany | 56-57 | 8-15 | 15-11 | 3-15 | 15-11 | 15-5 | | 19.08 | West Germany | 3-0 | Belgium | 45-25 | 15-9 | 15-5 | 15-11 | | | 19.08 | Italy | 3-2 | East Germany | 63-54 | 10-15 | 15-13 | 8-15 | 15-5 | 15-6 |
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| Group C | w | l | gf | ga | ratio | | 1. Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 9: | 2 | | | 2. Romania | 2 | 1 | 6: | 5 | | | 3. France | 1 | 2 | 4: | 7 | | | 4. Czechoslovakia | 0 | 3 | 4: | 9 | |
| Team | Bulg | Roma | Fran | Czec | | Bulgaria | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:2 | | Romania | | --- | 3:1 | 3:1 | | France | | | --- | 3:1 | | Czechoslovakia | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | | played in Pazardjik | | 17.08 | France | 3-1 | Czechoslovakia | 54-47 | 15-12 | 9-15 | 15-8 | 15-12 | | | 17.08 | Bulgaria | 3-0 | Romania | 45-27 | 15-12 | 15-4 | 15-11 | | | 18.08 | Romania | 3-1 | Czechoslovakia | 61-50 | 16-18 | 15-13 | 15-9 | 15-10 | | | 18.08 | Bulgaria | 3-0 | France | 45-22 | 15-11 | 15-5 | 15-6 | | | 19.08 | Romania | 3-1 | France | 57-28 | 15-3 | 12-15 | 15-1 | 15-9 | | | 19.08 | Bulgaria | 3-2 | Czechoslovakia | 69-63 | 15-13 | 11-15 | 15-10 | 13-15 | 15-10 |
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