| Finals |  | Game | date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | dur |  | Final | 30.07 | 21:30 |   Poland | 3-2 |   Soviet Union | 73-67 | 11-15 | 15-13 | 13-15 | 19-17 | 15-7 | 2:16  |  | 3-4 | 30.07 | 19:30 |   Cuba | 3-0 |   Japan | 45-25 | 15-8 | 15-9 | 15-8 |   | 1:16 |  | 5-6 | 27.07 | 20:20 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-1 |   South Korea | 55-35 | 15-9 | 10-15 | 15-2 | 15-9 |   | 1:18 |  | 7-8 | 27.07 | 18:30 |   Brazil | 3-0 |   Italy | 45-22 | 15-8 | 15-6 | 15-8 |   | 0:58 |  | 1/2 | 29.07 | 19:30 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Cuba | 45-27 | 15-12 | 15-7 | 15-8 |   | 1:09 |  | 1/2 | 29.07 | 21:30 |   Poland | 3-2 |   Japan | 70-54 | 15-17 | 15-6 | 15-6 | 10-15 | 15-10 | 2:23 |  | 5-8 | 26.07 | 19:30 |   South Korea | 3-2 |   Brazil | 64-53 | 15-12 | 12-15 | 7-15 | 15-6 | 15-5 | 1:53  |  | 5-8 | 26.07 | 21:30 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-0 |   Italy | 45-22 | 15-7 | 15-8 | 15-7 |   | 1:09 |   
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| Final Ranking | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio | gr. |  | 1. Poland | 6 | 0 | 18: | 9 | 378/293 | 1.290 | A 1. |  | 2. Soviet Union | 4 | 1 | 14: | 3 | 247/163 | 1.515 | B 1. |  | 3. Cuba | 4 | 2 | 14: | 7 | 280/212 | 1.321 | A 2. |  | 4. Japan | 2 | 3 | 8: | 9 | 197/204 | 0.687 | B 2. |  | 5. Czechoslovakia | 4 | 2 | 13: | 8 | 284/236 | 1.203 | A 3. |  | 6. South Korea | 2 | 4 | 10: | 13 | 247/297 | 0.832 | A 4. |  | 7. Brazil | 2 | 3 | 8: | 11 | 216/228 | 0.947 | B 3. |  | 8. Italy | 0 | 5 | 2: | 15 | 125/248 | 0.504 | B 4. |  | 9. Canada | 0 | 4 | 0: | 12 | 88/181 | 0.486 | A 5. |  | 10.Egypt |  withdrew after 1 match. |   
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| Group A | w | l | gf | ga | ratio |  | 1.Poland | 4 | 0 | 12: | 5 | 1.366 |  | 2.Cuba | 3 | 1 | 11: | 4 | 1.465 |  | 3.Czechoslovakia | 2 | 2 | 7: | 7 | 1.028 |  | 4.South Korea | 1 | 3 | 6: | 8 | 0.783 |  | 5.Canada | 0 | 4 | 0: | 12 | 0.486 |   
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| Team | Pola | Cuba | Czec | SoKo | Cana |  | Poland | --- | 3:2 | 3:1 | 3:2 | 3:0 |  | Cuba |   | --- | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Czechoslovakia |   |   | --- | 2:1 | 3:0 |  | South Korea |   |   |   | --- | 3:0 |  | Canada |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | dur |  | 18.07 | 13:00 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-0 |   Canada | 46-29 | 15-4 | 16-14 | 15-11 |   |   |  | 18.07 | 15:00 |   Poland | 3-2 |   South Korea | 63-47 | 12-15 | 6-15 | 15-6 | 15-6 | 15-5 | 1:40 |  | 19.07 | 13:00 |   Poland | 3-0 |   Canada | 45-17 | 15-4 | 15-7 | 15-6 |   | 1:08 |  | 19.07 | 21:00 |   Cuba | 3-1 |   Czechoslovakia | 55-32 | 15-6 | 10-15 | 15-5 | 15-6 |   | 1:29 |  | 21.07 | 13:00 |   Poland | 3-2 |   Cuba | 73-63 | 13-15 | 10-15 | 15-6 | 15-9 | 20-18 | 2:18 |  | 21.07 | 21:00 |   South Korea | 3-0 |   Canada | 45-20 | 15-7 | 15-5 | 15-8 |   | 1:02 |  | 23.07 | 13:00 |   Cuba | 3-0 |   South Korea | 45-15 | 15-4 | 15-5 | 15-6 |   | 0:50 |  | 23.07 | 21:30 |   Poland | 3-1 |   Czechoslovakia | 54-45 | 8-15 | 15-11 | 15-5 | 16-14 |   | 1:34 |  | 25.07 | 13:00 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-1 |   South Korea | 61-41 | 15-9 | 15-9 | 16-18 | 15-5 |   | 1:34 |  | 25.07 | 15:00 |   Cuba | 3-0 |   Canada | 45-22 | 15-10 | 15-9 | 15-3 |   | 0:59 |   
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| Group B | w | l | gf | ga | ratio |  | 1.Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 9: | 0 | 2.143 |  | 2.Japan | 2 | 1 | 6: | 3 | 1.326 |  | 3.Brazil | 1 | 2 | 3: | 8 | 0.831 |  | 4.Italy | 0 | 3 | 2: | 9 | 0.513 |  | 5.Egypt |  abandoned competition |   
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| Team | Sovi | Japa | Braz | Ital | Egyp |  | Soviet Union | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |   |  | Japan |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 |   |  | Brazil |   |   | --- | 3:2 | 3:1 |  | Italy |   |   |   | --- |   |  | Egypt |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | dur |  | 18.07 | 19:30 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Italy | 45-15 | 15-6 | 15-3 | 15-6 |   | 0:57 |  | 18.07 | 21:30 |   Brazil | 3-1 |   Egypt | 58-34 | 15-5 | 15-5 | 13-15 | 15-9 |   |   |  | 20.07 | 13:00 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Brazil | 45-20 | 15-7 | 15-11 | 15-2 |   | 1:07 |  | 20.07 | 21:30 |   Japan | 3-0 |   Italy | 45-14 | 15-6 | 15-2 | 15-6 |   | 1:00 |  | 22.07 | 13:00 |   Japan | 3-0 |   Brazil | 45-30 | 15-13 | 15-8 | 15-9 |   | 1:20 |  | 22.07 |   |   Soviet Union | wo |   Egypt |  Egypt withdrew. |  | 24.07 |   |   Japan | wo |   Egypt |  Egypt withdrew. |  | 24.07 | 21:30 |   Brazil | 3-2 |   Italy | 68-52 | 15-8 | 12-15 | 11-15 | 15-6 | 15-8 | 1:53 |  | 25.07 |   |   Italy | wo |   Egypt |  Egypt withdrew. |  | 25.07 | 21:30 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Japan | 45-28 | 15-9 | 15-10 | 15-9 |   | 1:13 |   
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| 1. Poland |  | Stefański Włodzimierz |  | Bronisław Bebel |  | Lech Łasko |  | Edward Skorek |  | Tomasz Wójtowicz |  | Wiesław Gawłowski |  | Mirosław Rybaczewski |  | Zbigniew Lubiejewski |  | Ryszard Bosek |  | Sadalski Włodzimierz |  | Zbigniew Zarzycki |  | Marek Karbarz |   
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| 2. Soviet Union |  | Anatoly Polishchuk |  | Vyacheslav Zaytsev |  | Yefim Chulak |  | Vladimir Dorokhov |  | Aleksandr Yermilov |  | Seļivanovs Pāvels |  | Oleg Moliboga |  | Vladimir Kondra |  | Yury Starunsky |  | Vladimir Chernyshov |  | Vladimir Ulanov |  | Aleksandr Savin |  | Coach: Yuri Chesnokov |   
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| 3. Cuba |  | Leonel Marshall, Sr. |  | Victoriano Sarmientos |  | Ernesto Martínez |  | García Víctor |  | Carlos Salas |  | Raúl Vilches |  | Jesús Savigne |  | Lorenzo Martínez |  | Diego Lapera |  | Antonio Rodríguez |  | Alfredo Figueredo |  | Jorge Pérez Vento |   
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| 4. Japan |  | Katsumi Oda |  | Katsutoshi Nekoda |  | Kenji Shimaoka |  | Mikiyasu Tanaka |  | Seiji Oko |  | Shoichi Yanagimoto |  | Tadayoshi Yokota |  | Takashi Maruyama |  | Tetsuo Nishimoto |  | Tetsuo Sato |  | Yasunori Yasuda |  | Yoshihide Fukao |   
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| 5. Czechoslovakia |  | Jaroslav Penc |  | Jaroslav Stančo |  | Jaroslav Tomáš |  | Josef Mikunda |  | Josef Vondrka |  | Milan Šlambor |  | Miroslav Nekola |  | Pavel Řeřábek |  | Štefan Pípa  |  | Vladimír Petlák |  | Vlastimil Lenert |  | Drahomír Koudelka |   
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| 6. South Korea |  | Jo Jae-Hak |  | Jeong Mun-Gyeong |  | Gang Man-Su |  | Kim Chung-Han |  | Kim Geon-Bong |  | Lee In |  | Lee Hui-Won |  | Lee Chun-Pyo |  | Lee Seon-Gu |  | Lee Yong-Gwan |  | Im Ho-Dam |  | Park Gi-Won |   
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| 7. Brazil |  | Alexandre Abeid |  | Antônio Carlos Moreno |  | Bernard |  | Alexandre Kalache |  | Elói de Oliveira |  | Fernandão |  | Suíço |  | José Roberto Guimarães |  | Bebeto de Freitas |  | Paulo Peterle |  | Danilas Sérgio |  | William |   
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| 8. Italy |  | Andrea Nannini |  | Andrea Nencini |  | Erasmo Salemme |  | Fabrizio Nassi |  | Francesco Dall'Olio |  | Giorgio Goldoni |  | Giovanni Lanfranco |  | Marco Negri |  | Mario Mattioli |  | Paolo Montorsi |  | Rodolfo Giovenzana |  | Stefano Sibani |   
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| 9. Canada |  | Alan Taylor |  | Bruno Prasil |  | Donald Michalski |  | Edward Alexiuk |  | Elias Romanchych |  | Garth Pischke |  | Gregory Russell |  | John Paulsen |  | Kerry Klostermann |  | Larry Plenert |  | Pierre Bélanger |  | Thomas Graham |   
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| 10.Egypt |  | Fouad Salam Alam |  | Gaber Mooti Abou Zeid |  | Hamid Mohamed Azim |  | Ibrahim Fakhr El-Din |  | Samir Loutfi El-Sayed |  | Attia El-Sayed Aly |  | Aysir Mohamed El-Zalabani |  | Mahmoud Mohamed Farag |  | Ihab Ibrahim Hussein |  | Azmi Mohamed Meguahed |  | Metwali Mohamed |  | Mohamed Salehel Shikshaki |   
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