| Final Group | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Czechoslovakia | 6 | 1 | 20: | 9 | 400/331 | 1.208 |  | 2. Romania | 5 | 2 | 18: | 12 | 385/362 | 1.064 |  | 3. Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 18: | 11 | 380/330 | 1.152 |  | 4. East Germany | 4 | 3 | 14: | 12 | 306/293 | 1.044 |  | 5. Japan | 4 | 3 | 17: | 17 | 385/421 | 0.914 |  | 6. Poland | 3 | 4 | 12: | 17 | 353/374 | 0.944 |  | 7. Bulgaria | 2 | 5 | 10: | 16 | 323/335 | 0.964 |  | 8. Yugoslavia | 0 | 7 | 6: | 21 | 287/373 | 0.769 |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  | Mon 05.09.66 | 13:30 |   Romania | 3-1 |   East Germany | 57-39 | 15-11 | 12-15 | 15-12 | 15-1 |   |  | Mon 05.09.66 |   |   Japan | 3-2 |   Yugoslavia | 59-60 | 15-12 | 8-15 | 15-5 | 6-15 | 15-13 |  | Mon 05.09.66 | 19:30 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-2 |   Soviet Union | 67-56 | 14-16 | 15-12 | 15-9 | 8-15 | 15-4 |  | Mon 05.09.66 |   |   Bulgaria | 3-1 |   Poland | 60-58 | 5-15 | 10-15 | 15-6 | 15-11 | 15-11 |  | Tue 06.09.66 | 13:30 |   Poland | 3-2 |   Japan | 64-50 | 12-15 | 15-9 | 7-15 | 15-8 | 15-3 |  | Tue 06.09.66 |   |   Soviet Union | 3-1 |   Yugoslavia | 58-36 | 15-11 | 15-6 | 13-15 | 15-4 |   |  | Tue 06.09.66 | 19:00 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-1 |   Romania | 57-40 | 15-11 | 15-6 | 12-15 | 15-8 |   |  | Tue 06.09.66 |   |   East Germany | 3-1 |   Bulgaria | 48-47 | 3-15 | 15-13 | 15-11 | 15-8 |   |  | Wed 07.09.66 | 13:30 |   Romania | 3-1 |   Yugoslavia | 50-52 | 15-11 | 16-14 | 4-15 | 15-12 |   |  | Wed 07.09.66 |   |   East Germany | 3-0 |   Poland | 45-19 | 15-9 | 15-6 | 15-4 |   |  | Wed 07.09.66 | 19:00 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-0 |   Bulgaria | 48-40 | 15-11 | 15-13 | 18-16 |   |   |  | Wed 07.09.66 |   |   Japan | 3-2 |   Soviet Union | 61-57 | 15-12 | 12-15 | 4-15 | 15-7 | 15-8 |  |  Rest Day Thursday 08.09. |  | Fri 09.09.66 | 13:30 |   Bulgaria | 3-0 |   Yugoslavia | 45-20 | 15-4 | 15-8 | 15-8 |   | 0:55 |  | Fri 09.09.66 |   |   Czechoslovakia | 3-1 |   Poland | 59-44 | 15-8 | 15-12 | 14-16 | 15-8 |   |  | Fri 09.09.66 | 19:00 |   Romania | 3-2 |   Soviet Union | 71-64 | 15-12 | 13-15 | 13-15 | 15-12 | 15-10 |  | Fri 09.09.66 |   |   East Germany | 3-2 |   Japan | 63-52 | 6-15 | 15-13 | 12-15 | 15-5 | 15-4 |  | Sat 10.09.66 | 13:30 |   Romania | 3-1 |   Japan | 53-47 | 15-10 | 15-11 | 8-15 | 15-11 |   |  | Sat 10.09.66 |   |   Poland | 3-1 |   Yugoslavia | 57-43 | 12-15 | 15-8 | 15-12 | 15-8 |   |  | Sat 10.09.66 | 19:00 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Bulgaria | 45-29 | 15-3 | 15-13 | 15-13 |   |  | Sat 10.09.66 |   |   Czechoslovakia | 3-1 |   East Germany | 49-47 | 15-13 | 15-11 | 4-15 | 15-8 |   |  | Sun 11.09.66 | 13:30 |   Soviet Union | 3-1 |   Poland | 55-47 | 15-13 | 15-11 | 10-15 | 15-8 |   |  | Sun 11.09.66 |   |   Romania | 3-1 |   Bulgaria | 52-39 | 15-8 | 15-10 | 7-15 | 15-6 |   |  | Sun 11.09.66 |   |   East Germany | 3-0 |   Yugoslavia | 45-24 | 15-7 | 15-12 | 15-5 |   |  | Sun 11.09.66 |   |   Japan | 3-2 |   Czechoslovakia | 52-61 | 6-15 | 15-9 | 1-15 | 15-12 | 15-10 |   
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| Final Ranking | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Czechoslovakia | 10 | 1 | 32: | 11 | 601/422 | 1.424 |  | 2. Romania | 8 | 2 | 27: | 13 | 533/418 | 1.275 |  | 3. Soviet Union | 7 | 4 | 29: | 15 | 595/481 | 1.237 |  | 4. East Germany | 8 | 3 | 26: | 12 | 486/362 | 1.343 |  | 5. Japan | 7 | 3 | 26: | 17 | 522/482 | 1.083 |  | 6. Poland | 6 | 4 | 21: | 18 | 500/433 | 1.155 |  | 7. Bulgaria | 5 | 5 | 19: | 18 | 470/407 | 1.155 |  | 8. Yugoslavia | 4 | 7 | 18: | 22 | 480/476 | 1.008 |  |  Group 9-16 |  | 9. China | 9 | 2 | 30: | 11 | 580/364 | 1.593 |  | 10.Hungary | 9 | 2 | 29: | 13 | 564/461 | 1.223 |  | 11.United States | 6 | 5 | 23: | 20 | 534/507 | 1.053 |  | 12.Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 19: | 18 | 413/473 | 0.873 |  | 13.Brazil | 4 | 6 | 17: | 18 | 417/399 | 1.045 |  | 14.Belgium | 4 | 6 | 15: | 22 | 424/491 | 0.864 |  | 15.Turkey | 2 | 8 | 7: | 26 | 288/452 | 0.637 |  | 16.Italy | 2 | 9 | 9: | 28 | 330/519 | 0.636 |  |  Group 17-22 |  | 17.Cuba | 5 | 4 | 17: | 14 | 397/378 | 1.050 |  | 18.France | 4 | 5 | 16: | 18 | 397/409 | 0.971 |  | 19.Finland | 3 | 6 | 12: | 20 | 337/416 | 0.810 |  | 20.West Germany | 2 | 7 | 9: | 22 | 264/391 | 0.675 |  | 21.Mongolia | 1 | 8 | 5: | 25 | 280/430 | 0.651 |  | 22.Denmark | 0 | 9 | 2: | 27 | 180/421 | 0.428 |  | -. Argentina |  DNS |  | -. North Korea |  DNS |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   
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| Group 9-16 | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 9. China | 7 | 0 | 21: | 5 | 370/233 | 1.588 |  | 10.Hungary | 6 | 1 | 20: | 6 | 364/275 | 1.324 |  | 11.United States | 4 | 3 | 16: | 12 | 366/314 | 1.166 |  | 12.Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 14: | 12 | 312/329 | 0.948 |  | 13.Brazil | 3 | 4 | 13: | 12 | 318/294 | 1.082 |  | 14.Belgium | 3 | 4 | 11: | 15 | 315/331 | 0.952 |  | 15.Turkey | 1 | 6 | 4: | 19 | 208/319 | 0.652 |  | 16.Italy | 0 | 7 | 3: | 21 | 203/361 | 0.562 |   
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| Team | Chin | Hung | Unit | Neth | Braz | Belg | Turk | Ital |  | China | --- |  3:2 |  3:2 |  3:0 |  3:1 |  3:0 |  3:0 | 3:0 |  | Hungary |   | --- | 3:1 |  3:1 |  3:0 |  3:1 |  3:0 |  3:0 |  | United States |   |   | --- |  3:1 |  3:1 |   |  3:0 |  3:1 |  | Netherlands |   |   |   | --- |  3:2 |  3:1 | 3:0 |  3:0 |  | Brazil |   |   |   |   | --- | 3:0 |  3:0 |  3:0 |  | Belgium |   |   |  3:1 |   |   | --- |  3:1 |  3:1 |  | Turkey |   |   |   |   |   |   | --- |  3:1 |  | Italy |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  |  played in Pardubice |  | Mon 05.09.66 |   |   Belgium | 3-1 |   Turkey | 58-38 | 13-15 | 15-5 | 15-5 | 15-13 |   |  | Mon 05.09.66 |   |   United States | 3-1 |   Netherlands | 50-39 | 5-15 | 15-3 | 15-13 | 15-8 |   |  | Mon 05.09.66 |   |   China | 3-1 |   Brazil | 56-44 | 15-12 | 15-13 | 11-15 | 15-4 |   |  | Mon 05.09.66 |   |   Hungary | 3-0 |   Italy | 45-25 | 15-7 | 15-6 | 15-12 |   |  | Tue 06.09.66 | 13:30 |   China | 3-0 |   Turkey | 45-16 | 15-3 | 15-5 | 15-8 |   |  | Tue 06.09.66 |   |   Brazil | 3-0 |   Italy | 46-25 | 15-6 | 15-5 | 16-14 |   |  | Tue 06.09.66 | 19:00 |   Hungary | 3-1 |   Netherlands | 59-47 | 15-8 | 15-10 | 14-16 | 15-13 |   |  | Tue 06.09.66 |   |   Belgium | 3-1 |   United States | 56-49 | 11-15 | 15-10 | 15-12 | 15-12 |   |  | Wed 07.09.66 | 13:30 |   Netherlands | 3-1 |   Belgium | 53-51 | 16-14 | 15-10 | 7-15 | 15-12 |   |  | Wed 07.09.66 |   |   Hungary | 3-0 |   Brazil | 46-28 | 15-9 | 15-5 | 16-14 |   |  | Wed 07.09.66 | 19:00 |   China | 3-2 |   United States | 67-62 | 12-15 | 16-14 | 9-15 | 15-7 | 15-11 |  | Wed 07.09.66 |   |   Turkey | 3-1 |   Italy | 59-36 | 15-5 | 14-16 | 15-13 | 15-2 |   |  |  Rest Day Thursday 08.09. |  | Fri 09.09.66 | 13:30 |   Hungary | 3-1 |   Belgium | 56-48 | 15-13 | 11-15 | 15-9 | 15-11 |   |  | Fri 09.09.66 |   |   United States | 3-1 |   Italy | 59-28 | 15-5 | 15-3 | 14-16 | 15-4 |   |  | Fri 09.09.66 | 19:00 |   China | 3-0 |   Netherlands | 46-24 | 15-4 | 15-6 | 16-14 |   |  | Fri 09.09.66 |   |   Brazil | 3-0 |   Turkey | 45-28 | 15-6 | 15-10 | 15-12 |   |  | Sat 10.09.66 | 13:30 |   Hungary | 3-0 |   Turkey | 45-17 | 15-4 | 15-6 | 15-7 |   |  | Sat 10.09.66 |   |   Netherlands | 3-0 |   Italy | 45-29 | 15-11 | 15-11 | 15-7 |   |  | Sat 10.09.66 | 19:00 |   China | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-17 | 15-11 | 15-2 | 15-4 |   |  | Sat 10.09.66 |   |   United States | 3-1 |   Brazil | 55-49 | 15-12 | 15-12 | 10-15 | 15-10 |   |  | Sun 11.09.66 | 09:00 |   Belgium | 3-1 |   Italy | 60-45 | 15-6 | 15-9 | 14-16 | 16-14 |   |  | Sun 11.09.66 |   |   United States | 3-0 |   Turkey | 45-17 | 15-5 | 15-8 | 15-4 |   |  | Sun 11.09.66 | 13:00 |   China | 3-2 |   Hungary | 64-55 | 15-9 | 15-5 | 11-15 | 8-15 | 15-11 |  | Sun 11.09.66 |   |   Netherlands | 3-2 |   Brazil | 59-61 | 15-9 | 9-15 | 5-15 | 15-10 | 15-12 |   
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| Group 17-22 | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio  |  | 17.Cuba | 5 | 0 | 15: | 2 | 262/171 | 1.532 |  | 18.France | 4 | 1 | 14: | 6 | 289/209 | 1.383 |  | 19.Finland | 3 | 2 | 11: | 8 | 236/221 | 1.068 |  | 20.West Germany | 2 | 3 | 8: | 10 | 187/201 | 0.930 |  | 21.Mongolia | 1 | 4 | 4: | 13 | 177/243 | 0.728 |  | 22.Denmark | 0 | 5 | 2: | 15 | 135/241 | 0.560 |   
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| Team | Cuba | Fran | Finl | West | Mong | Denm |  | Cuba | --- | 3:2 |  3:0 |  3:0 |  3:0 |  3:0 |  | France |   | --- |  3:2 |  3:0 |  3:1 |  3:0 |  | Finland |   |   | --- |  3:2 |  3:0 |  3:0 |  | West Germany |   |   |   | --- |  3:0 | 3:1 |  | Mongolia |   |   |   |   | --- |  3:1 |  | Denmark |   |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| Draw Numbers: France 1., Finland 2., Denmark 3., Mongolia 4., Cuba 5., West Germany 6. |   
| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  |  played in Praha |  | Mon 05.09.66 | 09:30 |   France | 3-0 |   West Germany | 45-20 | 15-6 | 15-9 | 15-5 |   |  | Mon 05.09.66 |   |   Cuba | 3-0 |   Finland | 45-28 | 15-8 | 15-10 | 15-10 |   |  | Tue 06.09.66 | 09:30 |   Mongolia | 3-1 |   Denmark | 60-48 | 15-17 | 15-9 | 15-13 | 15-9 |   |  | Tue 06.09.66 |   |   France | 3-2 |   Finland | 61-55 | 10-15 | 6-15 | 15-13 | 15-9 | 15-3  |  | Wed 07.09.66 | 09:30 |   Cuba | 3-0 |   Denmark | 46-32 | 15-9 | 15-9 | 16-14 |   |  | Wed 07.09.66 |   |   West Germany | 3-0 |   Mongolia | 45-36 | 15-13 | 15-13 | 15-10 |   |  |  Rest Day Thursday 08.09. |  | Fri 09.09.66 | 08:30 |   Finland | 3-2 |   West Germany | 63-64 | 6-15 | 15-12 | 15-11 | 12-15 | 15-11 |  | Fri 09.09.66 | 10:30 |   France | 3-0 |   Denmark | 45-18 | 15-8 | 15-7 | 15-3 |   |  | Fri 09.09.66 |   |   Cuba | 3-0 |   Mongolia | 45-20 | 15-6 | 15-9 | 15-5 |   |  | Sat 10.09.66 | 08:30 |   France | 3-1 |   Mongolia | 60-35 | 15-6 | 15-9 | 15-5 |   |  | Sat 10.09.66 |   |   Finland | 3-0 |   Denmark | 45-25 | 15-13 | 15-8 | 15-4 |   |  | Sun 11.09.66 | 08:30 |   Cuba | 3-0 |   West Germany | 45-13 | 15-3 | 15-7 | 15-3 |   |  | Sun 11.09.66 |   |   Finland | 3-0 |   Mongolia | 45-26 | 15-5 | 15-13 | 15-8 |   |   
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| Group A | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Czechoslovakia | 5 | 0 | 15: | 3 | 260/143 | 1.818 |  | 2. Yugoslavia | 4 | 1 | 13: | 4 | 245/162 | 1.512 |  | 3. China | 3 | 2 | 12: | 6 | 257/146 | 1.760 |  | 4. Italy | 2 | 3 | 6: | 10 | 142/205 | 0.693 |  | 5. West Germany | 1 | 4 | 4: | 13 | 122/202 | 0.604 |  | 6. Denmark | 0 | 5 | 1: | 15 | 57/225 | 0.253 |   
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| Team | Czec | Yugo | Chin | Ital | West | Denm |  | Czechoslovakia | --- | 3:1 | 3:2 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Yugoslavia |   | --- | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | China |   |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Italy |   |   |   | --- | 3:1 | 3:0 |  | West Germany |   |   |   |   | --- | 3:1 |  | Denmark |   |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 | dur |  | played in Praha |  | Tue 30.08.66 | 15:00 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-1 |   Yugoslavia | 59-52 | 15-8 | 11-15 | 18-16 | 15-13 |   |   |  | transferred to Final Group |  | Tue 30.08.66 |   |   China | 3-0 |   Italy | 47-15 | 15-3 | 15-3 | 15-0 |   |   |  | transferred to Group 9-16 |  | Tue 30.08.66 |   |   West Germany | 3-1 |   Denmark | 45-12 | 15-3 | 15-2 | 15-7 |   |   |  | transferred to Group 17-22 |  | Wed 31.08.66 | 15:00 |   Yugoslavia | 3-0 |   West Germany | 45-18 | 15-4 | 15-3 | 15-11 |   |   |  | Wed 31.08.66 |   |   Czechoslovakia | 3-2 |   China | 66-66 | 12-15 | 8-15 | 15-11 | 16-14 | 15-11 |   |  | Wed 31.08.66 |   |   Italy | 3-0 |   Denmark | 45-22 | 15-10 | 15-3 | 15-9 |   |   |  | Thu 01.09.66 | 15:00 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-0 |   West Germany | 45-9 | 15-3 | 15-1 | 15-5 |   | 0:48 |  | Thu 01.09.66 |   |   Yugoslavia | 3-0 |   Italy | 45-17 | 15-8 | 15-5 | 15-4 |   |   |  | Thu 01.09.66 |   |   China | 3-0 |   Denmark | 45-3 | 15-0 | 15-2 | 15-1 |   |   |  | Fri 02.09.66 | 15:00 |   Yugoslavia | 3-0 |   Denmark | 45-14 | 15-4 | 15-2 | 15-8 |   |   |  | Fri 02.09.66 |   |   Czechoslovakia | 3-0 |   Italy | 45-10 | 15-7 | 15-2 | 15-1 |   | 0:43 |  | Fri 02.09.66 |   |   China | 3-0 |   West Germany | 45-4 | 15-0 | 15-2 | 15-2 |   |   |  | Sat 03.09.66 | 15:00 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-0 |   Denmark | 45-6 | 15-2 | 15-3 | 15-1 |   | 0:29 |  | Sat 03.09.66 |   |   Yugoslavia | 3-1 |   China | 58-54 | 15-12 | 15-13 | 13-15 | 16-14 |   |   |  | Sat 03.09.66 |   |   Italy | 3-1 |   West Germany | 55-46 | 15-12 | 15-7 | 10-15 | 15-12 |   |   |   
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| Group B | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Soviet Union | 4 | 1 | 14: | 4 | 260/170 | 1.529 |  | 2. East Germany | 4 | 1 | 12: | 3 | 199/114 | 1.746 |  | 3. Hungary | 4 | 1 | 12: | 8 | 258/232 | 1.112 |  | 4. United States | 2 | 3 | 8: | 11 | 214/251 | 0.853 |  | 5. Cuba | 1 | 4 | 5: | 14 | 216/285 | 0.758 |  | 6. France | 0 | 5 | 4: | 15 | 186/281 | 0.662 |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  |  played in Nitra |  | Tue 30.08.66 | 15:00 |   Soviet Union | 3-1 |   United States | 58-38 | 13-15 | 15-8 | 15-6 | 15-9 |   |  | Tue 30.08.66 | 18:00 |   Cuba | 3-2 |   France | 81-78 | 15-13 | 6-15 | 13-15 | 15-7 | 15-6 |  |  transferred to Group 17-22 |  | Tue 30.08.66 |   |   East Germany | 3-0 |   Hungary | 45-24 | 15-5 | 15-13 | 15-6 |   |  | Wed 31.08.66 | 15:00 |   Hungary | 3-1 |   Cuba | 58-36 | 13-15 | 15-10 | 15-1 | 15-10 |   |  | Wed 31.08.66 | 18:00 |   East Germany | 3-0 |   United States | 45-15 | 15-5 | 15-5 | 15-5 |   |  | Wed 31.08.66 |   |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   France | 45-23 | 15-10 | 15-10 | 15-3 |   |  | Thu 01.09.66 | 15:00 |   East Germany | 3-0 |   France | 45-8 | 15-2 | 15-3 | 15-3 |   |  | Thu 01.09.66 | 18:00 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Cuba | 45-26 | 15-13 | 15-5 | 15-8 |   |  | Thu 01.09.66 |   |   Hungary | 3-1 |   United States | 58-46 | 17-15 | 11-15 | 15-3 | 15-13 |   |  |  transferred to Group 9-16 |  | Fri 02.09.66 | 15:00 |   United States | 3-1 |   Cuba | 59-51 | 13-15 | 16-14 | 15-12 | 15-10 |   |  | Fri 02.09.66 | 18:00 |   Hungary | 3-1 |   France | 54-38 | 9-15 | 15-11 | 15-8 | 15-4 |   |  | Fri 02.09.66 |   |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   East Germany | 45-19 | 15-8 | 15-9 | 15-2 |  0:58 |  |  transferred to Final Group |  | Sat 03.09.66 | 15:00 |   United States | 3-1 |   France | 56-39 | 11-15 | 15-3 | 15-12 | 15-9 |   |  | Sat 03.09.66 | 18:00 |   East Germany | 3-0 |   Cuba | 45-22 | 15-11 | 15-4 | 15-7 |   |  | Sat 03.09.66 | 18:00 |   Hungary | 3-2 |   Soviet Union | 64-67 | 6-15 | 15-13 | 13-15 | 15-11 | 15-13 |   
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| Group C | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio  |  | 1. Poland | 4 | 0 | 12: | 3 | 211/121 | 1.744 |  | 2. Romania | 3 | 1 | 11: | 4 | 210/120 | 1.750 |  | 3. Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 8: | 6 | 146/177 | 0.825 |  | 4. Turkey | 1 | 3 | 3: | 10 | 113/178 | 0.635 |  | 5. Mongolia | 0 | 4 | 1: | 12 | 103/187 | 0.551 |  | -. Argentina |  DNS |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  |  played in Ceske Budejovice, initialy scheduled to Gottwaldow. |  | Tue 30.08.66 | 18:00 |   Netherlands | 3-0 |   Turkey | 45-33 | 15-9 | 15-13 | 15-11 |   |  | transferred to Group 9-16 Pardubice |  | Tue 30.08.66 |   |   Poland | 3-2 |   Romania | 64-62 | 6-15 | 12-15 | 15-13 | 16-14 | 15-5 |  | transferred to Final Group |  | Wed 31.08.66 | 18:00 |   Turkey | 3-1 |   Mongolia | 52-43 | 15-9 | 15-9 | 7-15 | 15-10 |   |  | Wed 31.08.66 |   |   Romania | 3-1 |   Netherlands | 58-27 | 15-7 | 15-4 | 13-15 | 15-1 |   |  | Thu 01.09.66 | 18:00 |   Romania | 3-0 |   Mongolia | 45-16 | 15-3 | 15-8 | 15-5 |   |  | Thu 01.09.66 |   |   Poland | 3-1 |   Netherlands | 57-29 | 15-5 | 15-1 | 12-15 | 15-8 |   |  | Fri 02.09.66 | 18:00 |   Netherlands | 3-0 |   Mongolia | 45-29 | 15-12 | 15-7 | 15-10 |   |  | Fri 02.09.66 |   |   Poland | 3-0 |   Turkey | 45-15 | 15-6 | 15-2 | 15-7 |   | 0:32 |  | Sat 03.09.66 | 18:00 |   Romania | 3-0 |   Turkey | 45-13 | 15-4 | 15-2 | 15-7 |   |  | Sat 03.09.66 |   |   Poland | 3-0 |   Mongolia | 45-15 | 15-8 | 15-5 | 15-2 |   |   
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| Group D | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Japan | 4 | 0 | 12: | 2 | 201/124 | 1.621 |  | 2. Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 11: | 5 | 210/136 | 1.544 |  | 3. Brazil | 2 | 2 | 7: | 6 | 144/130 | 1.108 |  | 4. Belgium | 1 | 3 | 4: | 11 | 134/205 | 0.654 |  | 5. Finland | 0 | 4 | 2: | 12 | 101/195 | 0.518 |  | -. North Korea |  DNS |   
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| Team | Japa | Bulg | Braz | Belg | Finl |  | Japan | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Bulgaria |   | --- | 3:1 | 3:1 | 3:0 |  | Brazil |   |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Belgium |   |   |   | --- | 3:2 |  | Finland |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  |  played in Jihlava |  | Tue 30.08.66 | 18:00 |   Bulgaria | 3-0 |   Brazil | 45-33 | 15-13 | 15-13 | 15-7 |   |  | Tue 30.08.66 |   |   Belgium | 3-2 |   Finland | 60-56 | 15-9 | 6-15 | 15-9 | 9-15 | 15-8 |  | Wed 31.08.66 | 18:00 |   Brazil | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-25 | 15-7 | 15-11 | 15-7 |   |  |  transferred to Group 9-16 |  | Wed 31.08.66 |   |   Japan | 3-2 |   Bulgaria | 64-63 | 10-15 | 9-15 | 15-12 | 15-9 | 15-12 |  |  transferred to Final Group |  | Thu 01.09.66 | 18:00 |   Bulgaria | 3-0 |   Finland | 45-15 | 15-5 | 15-7 | 15-3 |   |  | Thu 01.09.66 |   |   Japan | 3-0 |   Brazil | 45-21 | 15-10 | 15-8 | 15-3 |   |  | Fri 02.09.66 | 18:00 |   Bulgaria | 3-1 |   Belgium | 57-24 | 12-15 | 15-4 | 15-2 | 15-3 |   |  | Fri 02.09.66 |   |   Japan | 3-0 |   Finland | 45-15 | 15-2 | 15-6 | 15-7 |   |  | Sat 03.09.66 | 18:00 |   Brazil | 3-0 |   Finland | 45-15 | 15-5 | 15-3 | 15-7 |   |  | Sat 03.09.66 |   |   Japan | 3-0 |   Belgium | 47-25 | 15-3 | 17-15 | 15-7 |   |   
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|  1. Czechoslovakia |  | Josef Musil |  | Petr Kop |  | Bohumil Golian |  | Zdenek Groessl |  | Pavel Schenk |  | Drahomir Koudelka |  | Boris Perusic |  | Josef Smolka |  | Josef Mózr |  | Vladimir Petlak |  | Vaclav Smidl |  | Josef Labuda |  | Coach: Vaclav Matiasek |   
|  2. Romania  |  | Nicolae Barbuta |  | Georghe Corbeanu |  | Zoltan Cozonici |  | Eduard Derzei |  | Aurel Dragan |  | Constantin Ganciu |  | Mihai Grigorovici |  | Horatiu Nicolau |  | Wilhelm Schreiber |  | Georghe Stoian |  | Mihai Terlici |  | Gabriel Udisteanu |  | Coach: Nicolae Sotir |   
|  3. Soviet Union |  | Ivan Bugayenkov |  | Nikolay Burobin |  | Vladimir Ivanov |  | Vasya Kacharava |  | Vitaliy Kovalenko |  | Valeri Kravchenko |  | Yevgeniy Lapinskiy |  | Yuriy Poyarkov |  | Sanbek Suranbayev |  | Yuriy Vengerovskiy |  | Dimitriy Voskoboynikov |  | Coach:Yuriy Kleshtyov |   
|  4. East Germany |  | Schneider |  | Freiwald |  | Schulzeho |   
|  5. Japan |  | Kenji Kimura |  | Isao Koizumi |  | Misayuki Minami |  | Teru Moriyama |  | Yuzo Nakamura |  | Katsutoshi Nekoda |  | Naohiro Ikeda |  | Tsutomu Koyama |  | Tetsuo Sato |  | Ueno |   
|  6. Poland |  | Zdzisław Ambroziak  |  | Tadeusz Kiełpiński  |  | Romuald Paszkiewicz  |  | Zbigniew Rusek  |  | Wojciech Rutkowski  |  | Ryszard Sierszulski  |  | Tadeusz Siwek  |  | Edward Skorek  |  | Jerzy Suchanek  |  | Jerzy Szymczyk  |  | Bohdan Tomaszewski  |  | Hubert Jerzy Wagner  |  | Coach: Tadeusz Szlagor |   
|  7. Bulgaria |  | Petko Panteleev |  | Mladen Gotsev |  | G. Dimitrov |  | Dimitar Karov (OG 1968) |  | Gueorgui Konstantinov |  | Stoycho Kraychev |  | Vasil Simov |  | Simeon Srandev |  | Ivan Kochev |  | Gramen Prinov (OG 1968) |  | Angel Koritarov (OG 1968) |  | Aleksandar Aleksandrov (OG 1968) |   
|  8. Yugoslavia |  | Adolf Uranut |  | Sinisa Bakarec  |  | Branislav Bulatovic  |  | Nikola Mikovic  |  | Petar Bojic  |  | Zdenko Špet  |  | Zoran Živkovic |  | Zoran Petrovic |  | Vladimir Jankovic |  | Milos Grbic |  | Ljubomir Bojic |  | Mladen Kos  |  | Coach: Mihajlo Markovic  |  | Coach: Sava Grozdanovic |   
|  9. China |  | Sao Chen-kang |  | Cu Chia-ming |  | Chang Tien-zhen |   
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| 10.Hungary | Birth | Hgt | Caps  |  | Mihaly Tatar | 1937 | 1.89 | 156 |  | Tibor Florian | 1938 | 1.92 | 139 |  | Yanoshi | 1938 | 1.89 | 139 |  | Istvan Molnar | 1937 | 1.92 | 121 |  | Bela Tsafik | 1937 | 1.73 | 103 |  | Ferenc Tuske | 1942 | 1.83 | 54  |  | Csabas Lantos | 1943 | 1.87 | 25  |  | Buzek | 1945 | 2.02 | 21  |  | Toth | 1945 | 1.84 | 15  |  | Polichani | 1945 | 1.90 | 5 |  | Nagi | 1946 | 1.85 |   |  |  Coach: Laslo Porubski |   
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|  12.Netherlands |  | Joop Tinkhof | Blokker |  | Jurriaan Koolen | Blokker |  | Jacques de Vink | Blokker |  | Frank Constandse | Blokker |  | Hans Jansen | AMVJ |  | Hans Valkenburg | Bekkersveld |  | Harry Veldhuis | AMVJ |  | Jan Willem Mulder | SIGI |  | Richard Onnes | OLHACO |  | Hans Lodder | Oranje Nassau |  | Bram Vermeulen | HML |  | Cor Crouwer | Zandvielt |  |  Coach: Henk Blok (Den Haag) |   
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|  13.Brazil |  | 1. Roque Midley Maron |  | 2. Mário Guy de Farias Mariz |  | 3. Pedro Barbosa de Andrade |  | 4. Paulo Sevciuc "Paulo Russo" |  | 5. José Maria Schwartz da Costa |  | 6. Marcos Antônio Volpi |  | 7. Carlos Arthur Nuzman |  | 8. Antônio Carlos Moreno |  | 9. Ary da Silva Graça Filho |  | 10.Victor Mário Barcellos Borges |  | 11.Carlos Eduardo Albano Feitosa |  | 12.Mario Stiebler Dunlop |   
|  14.Belgium |  | Willem Bossaerts |  | Wajan |  | Van Heurk |  | Roger Maes |  | Berto Poosen |  | Hugo Hujbrechts |  | Baeten |  | Verloy  |   
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|  16.Italy |  | Gino Barberini | Minelli Modena |  | Giorgio Barbieri | Minelli Modena |  | Antonio Benatti | Minelli Modena |  | Roberto Binaschi | Olimpia Vercelli |  | Tarcisio Candia | Italia Navigazione Genova |  | Agostino Conte | Itasider Genova |  | Veniero Furlattini | Salvarani Parma |  | Luciano Nava | Ciam Villa d'Oro Modena |  | Andrea Nencini | Sestese |  | Adriano Pavlica | Ravalico Trieste |  | Guido Re Baby | Brummel Ancona |  | Erasmo Salemme | Ruini Firenze |  | Coach: Ivan Trinajstic (YUG) |   
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|  17.Cuba |  |  18.France |  |  19.Finland |  |  20.West Germany |  |  21.Mongolia |  |  22.Denmark |   
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