|  Finals played in Leningrad |  | Game | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  | Final | 06.09.78 |   Cuba | 3-0 |   Japan | 45-25 | 15-6 | 15-9 | 15-10 |   |  | 3-4 | 06.09.78 |   Soviet Union | 3-1 |   South Korea | 56-33 | 15-2 | 15-7 | 11-15 | 15-9 |   |  | 1/2 | 05.09.78 |   Japan | 3-1 |   South Korea | 57-45 | 12-15 | 15-8 | 15-11 | 15-11 |   |  | 1/2 | 05.09.78 |   Cuba | 3-1 |   Soviet Union | 58-51 | 12-15 | 16-14 | 15-10 | 15-12 |   |  |  Classification 5-8 played in Riga |  | 5-6 | 06.09.78 |   United States | 3-0 |   China | 45-34 | 15-13 | 15-11 | 15-10 |   |  | 7-8 | 06.09.78 |   Brazil | 3-2 |   East Germany | 74-74 | 16-18 | 16-14 | 16-14 | 11-15 | 15-13 |  | 5-8 | 05.09.78 |   United States | 3-0 |   Brazil | 45-26 | 15-5 | 15-13 | 15-8 |   |  | 5-8 | 05.09.78 |   China | 3-2 |   East Germany | 65-50 | 15-7 | 11-15 | 9-15 | 15-5 | 15-8 |  |  Classification 9-12 played in Minsk |  | 9-10 | 06.09.78 |   Bulgaria | 3-2 |   Peru | 69-62 | 15-9 | 11-15 | 11-15 | 15-8 | 17-15 |  | 11-12 | 06.09.78 |   Poland | 3-2 |   Czechoslovakia | 59-56 | 15-4 | 3-15 | 18-16 | 8-15 | 15-6 |  | 9-12 | 05.09.78 |   Bulgaria | 3-2 |   Czechoslovakia | 61-62 | 15-11 | 7-15 | 15-8 | 9-15 | 15-13 |  | 9-12 | 05.09.78 |   Peru | 3-0 |   Poland | 45-21 | 15-4 | 15-6 | 15-11 |   |  |  Classification 13-16 played in Minsk |  | 13-14 | 06.09.78 |   Hungary | 3-0 |   Canada | 45-20 | 15-5 | 15-4 | 15-11 |   |  | 15-16 | 06.09.78 |   Mexico | 3-0 |   Yugoslavia | 45-36 | 15-10 | 15-13 | 15-3 |   |  | 13-16 | 05.09.78 |   Hungary | 3-0 |   Yugoslavia | 45-18 | 15-10 | 15-3 | 15-5 |   |  | 13-16 | 05.09.78 |   Canada | 3-0 |   Mexico | 45-27 | 15-13 | 15-10 | 15-4 |   |  |  Classification 17-18 played in Riga  |  | 17-18 | 06.09.78 |   Netherlands | 3-1 |   West Germany | 54-34 | 15-5 | 15-5 | 9-15 | 15-9 |   |  | 19-20 | 06.09.78 |   Dominicana | 3-2 |   Italy | 60-63 | 10-15 | 15-10 | 15-13 | 5-15 | 15-10 |  | 17-20 | 05.09.78 |   Netherlands | 3-1 |   Dominicana | 65-55 | 20-18 | 15-7 | 13-15 | 17-15 |   |  | 17-20 | 05.09.78 |   West Germany | 3-1 |   Italy | 61-50 | 14-16 | 15-10 | 15-9 | 17-15 |   |  |  Classification 21-23 played in Leningrad |  | 21-22 | 06.09.78 |   Finland | 3-2 |   Belgium | 70-57 | 14-16 | 15-10 | 11-15 | 15-4 | 15-12 |  | 21-23 | 05.09.78 |   Finland | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 45-18 | 15-4 | 15-7 | 15-4 |   |   
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| Final ranking | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio  |  | 1. Cuba | 9 | 0 | 27: | 2 | 431/233 | 1.850 |  | 2. Japan | 7 | 2 | 21: | 12 | 435/299 | 1.455 |  | 3. Soviet Union | 6 | 2 | 19: | 7 | 369/212 | 1.741 |  | 4. South Korea | 6 | 3 | 21: | 9 | 397/306 | 1.297 |  | 5. United States | 7 | 2 | 23: | 6 | 399/267 | 1.494 |  | 6. China | 7 | 2 | 21: | 9 | 403/289 | 1.394 |  | 7. Brazil | 5 | 4 | 15: | 19 | 361/410 | 0.880 |  | 8. East Germany | 4 | 5 | 16: | 19 | 408/424 | 0.962 |  | 9. Bulgaria | 4 | 4 | 14: | 17 | 343/382 | 0.898 |  | 10.Peru | 4 | 5 | 17: | 17 | 399/384 | 1.039 |  | 11.Poland | 3 | 6 | 12: | 21 | 336/408 | 0.824 |  | 12.Czechoslovakia | 2 | 7 | 14: | 21 | 388/430 | 0.902 |  | Classification Round 13-23 |  | 13.Hungary | 6 | 2 | 19: | 6 | 338/202 | 1.673 |  | 14.Canada | 4 | 4 | 13: | 13 | 275/285 | 0.965 |  | 15.Mexico | 6 | 3 | 20: | 13 | 418/371 | 1.127 |  | 16.Yugoslavia | 4 | 5 | 15: | 16 | 334/351 | 0.952 |  | 17.Netherlands | 4 | 5 | 15: | 17 | 368/368 | 1.000 |  | 18.West Germany | 2 | 6 | 8: | 21 | 267/393 | 0.679 |  | 19.Dominicana | 3 | 5 | 10: | 19 | 289/388 | 0.745 |  | 20.Italy | 3 | 6 | 12: | 18 | 312/359 | 0.869 |  | 21.Finland | 2 | 6 | 10: | 20 | 297/386 | 0.769 |  | 22.Belgium | 1 | 7 | 5: | 21 | 203/345 | 0.588 |  | 23.Tunisia | 0 | 8 | 0: | 24 | 82/360 | 0.228 |  | -. North Korea |  DNS |   
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| Group G | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. South Korea | 4 | 1 | 13: | 3 | 229/155 | 1.477 |  | 2. Soviet Union | 4 | 1 | 12: | 3 | 217/114 | 1.904 |  | 3. China | 4 | 1 | 12: | 4 | 213/159 | 1.340 |  | 4. Brazil | 2 | 3 | 6: | 13 | 171/241 | 0.710 |  | 5. Bulgaria | 1 | 4 | 5: | 13 | 168/241 | 0.697 |  | 6. Poland | 0 | 5 | 3: | 15 | 154/242 | 0.636 |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  |  played in Leningrad |  | 30.08.78 |   South Korea | 3-0 |   Poland | 45-22 | 15-5 | 15-8 | 15-9 |   |  | 30.08.78 |   China | 3-0 |   Bulgaria | 45-29 | 15-11 | 15-12 | 15-6 |   |  | 30.08.78 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Brazil | 45-16 | 15-5 | 15-5 | 15-6 |   |  | 31.08.78 |   Bulgaria | 3-1 |   Poland | 49-41 | 4-15 | 15-11 | 15-6 | 15-9 |   |  | 31.08.78 |   China | 3-0 |   Brazil | 45-20 | 15-3 | 15-7 | 15-10 |   |  | 31.08.78 |   South Korea | 3-0 |   Soviet Union | 45-37 | 15-13 | 15-12 | 15-12 |   |  | 01.09.78 |   Brazil | 3-2 |   Poland | 58-55 | 15-7 | 15-8 | 7-15 | 6-15 | 15-10 |  | 01.09.78 |   South Korea | 3-0 |   Bulgaria | 45-24 | 15-9 | 15-2 | 15-13 |   |  | 01.09.78 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   China | 45-18 | 15-4 | 15-4 | 15-10 |   |  | 02.09.78 |   Brazil | 3-2 |   Bulgaria | 65-51 | 15-4 | 6-15 | 14-16 | 15-7 | 15-9 |  | 02.09.78 |   China | 3-1 |   South Korea | 60-49 | 16-14 | 14-16 | 15-9 | 15-10 |   |  | 02.09.78 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Poland | 45-20 | 15-2 | 15-8 | 15-10 |   |   
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| Group H | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Cuba | 5 | 0 | 15: | 0 | 225/120 | 1.875 |  | 2. Japan | 4 | 1 | 12: | 8 | 263/198 | 1.328 |  | 3. United States | 3 | 2 | 11: | 6 | 219/184 | 1.190 |  | 4. East Germany | 2 | 3 | 6: | 11 | 173/221 | 0.783 |  | 5. Peru | 1 | 4 | 6: | 14 | 202/267 | 0.757 |  | 6. Czechoslovakia | 0 | 5 | 4: | 15 | 175/267 | 0.655 |   
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| Team | Cuba | Japa | Unit | EaGe | Peru | Czec |  | Cuba | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Japan |   | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 | 3:1 | 3:2 |  | United States |   |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | East Germany |   |   |   | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 |  | Peru |   |   |   |   | --- | 3:2 |  | Czechoslovakia |   |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  |  played in Volgograd |  | 30.08.78 |   Peru | 3-2 |   Czechoslovakia | 60-51 | 16-14 | 6-15 | 15-2 | 8-15 | 15-5 |  | 30.08.78 |   Japan | 3-0 |   East Germany | 45-12 | 15-9 | 15-3 | 15-0 |   |  | 30.08.78 |   Cuba | 3-0 |   United States | 45 26 | 15-7 | 15-9 | 15-10 |   |  | 31.08.78 |   Cuba | 3-0 |   Czechoslovakia | 45-22 | 15-1 | 15-9 | 15-12 |   |  | 31.08.78 |   United States | 3-0 |   East Germany | 45-25 | 15-3 | 15-11 | 15-11 |   |  | 31.08.78 |   Japan | 3-1 |   Peru | 58-34 | 13-15 | 15-9 | 15-4 | 15-6 |   |  | 01.09.78 |   United States | 3-0 |   Peru | 45-29 | 15-8 | 15-10 | 15-11 |   |  | 01.09.78 |   Cuba | 3-0 |   East Germany | 45-23 | 15-4 | 15-6 | 15-13 |   |  | 01.09.78 |   Japan | 3-2 |   Czechoslovakia | 72-49 | 15-17 | 15- 4 | 15- 8 | 12-15 | 15- 5 |  | 02.09.78 |   East Germany | 3-2 |   Peru | 68-57 | 13-15 | 15-10 | 10-15 | 15-6 | 15-11 |  | 02.09.78 |   United States | 3-0 |   Czechoslovakia | 45-24 | 15-0 | 15-12 | 15-12 |   |  | 02.09.78 |   Cuba | 3-0 |   Japan | 45-27 | 15-8 | 15-9 | 15-10 |   |   
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| Group I | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Mexico | 5 | 0 | 15: | 4 | 262/174 | 1.506 |  | 2. Yugoslavia | 4 | 1 | 14: | 4 | 246/158 | 1.557 |  | 3. Italy | 3 | 2 | 9: | 6 | 175/148 | 1.182 |  | 4. Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 9: | 9 | 219/189 | 1.159 |  | 5. Belgium | 1 | 4 | 3: | 12 | 123/185 | 0.665 |  | 6. Tunisia | 0 | 5 | 0: | 15 | 54/225 | 0.240 |   
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| Team | Mexi | Yugo | Ital | Neth | Belg | Tuni |  | Mexico | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 | 3:2 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Yugoslavia |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Italy |   |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Netherlands |   |   |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Belgium |   |   |   |   | --- | 3:0 |  | Tunisia |   |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  |  played in Minsk |  | 30.08.78 |   Yugoslavia | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-20 | 15-10 | 15-3 | 15-7 |   |  | 30.08.78 |   Mexico | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 45-13 | 15-0 | 15-1 | 15-12 |   |  | 30.08.78 |   Italy | 3-0 |   Netherlands | 45-26 | 15-3 | 15-12 | 15-11 |   |  | 31.08.78 |   Belgium | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 45-5 | 15-3 | 15-2 | 15-0 |   |  | 31.08.78 |   Mexico | 3-2 |   Netherlands | 62-60 | 18-16 | 5-15 | 15-12 | 12-15 | 15-2 |  | 31.08.78 |   Yugoslavia | 3-0 |   Italy | 45-23 | 15-6 | 15-11 | 15-6 |   |  | 01.09.78 |   Netherlands | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 45-19 | 15-6 | 15-12 | 15-1 |   |  | 01.09.78 |   Italy | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-22 | 15-8 | 15-8 | 15-6 |   |  | 01.09.78 |   Mexico | 3-2 |   Yugoslavia | 65-61 | 14-16 | 15-13 | 6-15 | 15-6 | 15-11 |  | 02.09.78 |   Netherlands | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-13 | 15-2 | 15-10 | 15-1 |   |  | 02.09.78 |   Yugoslavia | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 45-7 | 15-2 | 15-2 | 15-3 |   |  | 02.09.78 |   Mexico | 3-0 |   Italy | 45-17 | 15-7 | 15-7 | 15-3 |   |   
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| Group J | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Hungary | 4 | 0 | 12: | 0 | 181/61 | 2.967 |  | 2. Canada | 3 | 1 | 9: | 4 | 159/123 | 1.293 |  | 3. Dominicana | 2 | 2 | 6: | 8 | 150/170 | 0.882 |  | 4. West Germany | 1 | 3 | 4: | 11 | 135/199 | 0.678 |  | 5. Finland | 0 | 4 | 4: | 12 | 149/221 | 0.674 |   
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| Team | Hung | Cana | Domi | WeGe | Finl |  | Hungary | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Canada |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:1 |  | Dominicana |   |   | --- | 3:1 | 3:1 |  | West Germany |   |   |   | --- | 3:2 |  | Finland |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  | played in Riga |  | 30.08.78 |   Hungary | 3-0 |   Dominicana | 46-21 | 15-6 | 16-14 | 15-1 |   |  | 30.08.78 |   West Germany | 3-2 |   Finland | 69-57 | 12-15 | 12-15 | 15-13 | 15-4 | 15-10 |  | 31.08.78 |   Dominicana | 3-1 |   West Germany | 52-38 | 15-3 | 7-15 | 15-7 | 15-13 |   |  | 31.08.78 |   Canada | 3-1 |   Finland | 53-43 | 15-8 | 7-15 | 15-6 | 16-14 |   |  | 01.09.78 |   Hungary | 3-0 |   West Germany | 45-16 | 15-7 | 15-2 | 15-7 |   |  | 01.09.78 |   Canada | 3-0 |   Dominicana | 48-23 | 18-16 | 15-1 | 15-6 |    |  | 02.09.78 |   Dominicana | 3-1 |   Finland | 54-38 | 8-15 | 16-14 | 15-7 | 15-2 |   |  | 02.09.78 |   Hungary | 3-0 |   Canada | 45-13 | 15-6 | 15-0 | 15-7 |   |   
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| Group A | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 6: | 0 | 90/22 | 4.091 |  | 2. Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 3: | 3 | 60/62 | 0.968 |  | 3. Dominicana | 0 | 2 | 0: | 6 | 24/90 | 0.267 |  | -. North Korea | DNS |   
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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 Leningrad |  | 25.08.78 | 17:00 |   Dominicana | wo |   North Corea |   |  | 25.08.78 | 19:00 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Bulgaria | 45-15 | 15-3 | 15-3 | 15-9 |   | 0:37 |  | transferred to Group G |  | 26.08.78 | 17:30 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Dominicana | 45-7 | 15-1 | 15-1 | 15-5 |   |   |  | 25.08.78 | 19:00 |   Bulgaria |  | 27.08.78 | 17:30 |   Bulgaria | 3-0 |   Dominicana | 45-17 | 15-3 | 15-8 | 15-6 |   |   |  | 27.08.78 | 19:00 |   Soviet Union | wo |   North Corea |   |   
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| Group B | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Japan | 3 | 0 | 9: | 2 | 151/69 | 2.188 |  | 2. United States | 2 | 1 | 8: | 3 | 148/84 | 1.762 |  | 3. Italy | 1 | 2 | 3: | 6 | 69/100 | 0.690 |  | 4. Tunisia | 0 | 3 | 0: | 9 | 20/135 | 0.148 |   
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| Team | Japa | Unit | Ital | Tuni |  | Japan | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | United States |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Italy |   |   | --- | 3:0 |  | Tunisia |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  |  played in Volgograd |  | 25.08.78 | 17:00 |   Italy | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 45-10 | 15-2 | 15-4 | 15-4 |   |  | transferred to Group I |  | 25.08.78 | 19:00 |   Japan | 3-2 |   United States | 61-58 | 15-9 | 7-15 | 15-11 | 9-15 | 15-8 |  | transferred to Group H |  | 26.08.78 | 17:30 |   Japan | 3-0 |   Italy | 45-8 | 15-6 | 15-1 | 15-1 |   |  | 26.08.78 | 19:00 |   United States | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 45-7 | 15-5 | 15-1 | 15-1 |   |  | 27.08.78 | 17:30 |   Japan | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 45-3 | 15-2 | 15-0 | 15-1 |   |  | 27.08.78 | 19:00 |   United States | 3-0 |   Italy | 45-16 | 15-11 | 15-1 | 15-4 |   |   
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| Group C | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. South Korea | 3 | 0 | 9: | 0 | 135/50 | 2.700 |  | 2. Brazil | 2 | 1 | 6: | 4 | 102/95 | 1.074 |  | 3. Canada | 1 | 2 | 4: | 6 | 96/102 | 0.941 |  | 4. West Germany | 0 | 3 | 0: | 9 | 49/135 | 0.363 |   
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| Team | SoKo | Braz | Cana | WeGe |  | South Korea | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Brazil |   | --- | 3:1 | 3:0 |  | Canada |   |   | --- | 3:0 |  | West Germany |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  |  played in Leningrad |  | 25.08.78 | 11:00 |   South Korea | 3-0 |   Canada | 45-22 | 15-10 | 15-2 | 15-10 |   |  | 25.08.78 | 12:30 |   Brazil | 3-0 |   West Germany | 45-21 | 15-8 | 15-6 | 15-7 |   |  | 26.08.78 | 11:00 |   Brazil | 3-1 |   Canada | 45-29 | 15-6 | 15-11 | 15-12 |   |  | 26.08.78 | 12:30 |   South Korea | 3-0 |   West Germany | 45-16 | 15-1 | 15-7 | 15-8 |   |  | 27.08.78 | 11:00 |   Canada | 3-0 |   West Germany | 45-12 | 15-1 | 15-11 | 15-0 |   |  | transferred to Group J |  | 27.08.78 | 12:30 |   South Korea | 3-0 |   Brazil | 45-12 | 15-3 | 15-3 | 15-6 |   |  | transferred to Group G |   
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| Group D | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. East Germany | 3 | 0 | 9: | 2 | 156/93 | 1.677 |  | 2. Czechoslovakia | 2 | 1 | 6: | 3 | 124/88 | 1.409 |  | 3. Mexico | 1 | 2 | 5: | 6 | 129/139 | 0.928 |  | 4. Belgium | 0 | 3 | 0: | 9 | 46/135 | 0.341 |   
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| Team | EaGe | Czec | Mexi | Belg |  | East Germany | --- | 3:0 | 3:2 | 3:0 |  | Czechoslovakia |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Mexico |   |   | --- | 3:0 |  | Belgium |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  | played in Minsk |  | 25.08.78 | 17:00 |   East Germany | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-9 | 15-2 | 15-3 | 15-4 |   |  | 25.08.78 | 19:00 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-0 |   Mexico | 50-29 | 15-6 | 20-18 | 15-5 |   |  | 26.08.78 | 17:30 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-14 | 15-1 | 15-8 | 15-5 |   |  | 26.08.78 | 19:00 |   East Germany | 3-2 |   Mexico | 66-55 | 15-13 | 15-17 | 6-15 | 15-7 | 15-3 |  | 27.08.78 | 17:30 |   Mexico | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-23 | 15-11 | 15-6 | 15-6 |   |  | transferred to Group I |  | 27.08.78 | 19:00 |   East Germany | 3-0 |   Czechoslovakia | 45-29 | 15-10 | 15-6 | 15-13 |   |  | transferred to Group H |   
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| Group E | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. China | 3 | 0 | 9: | 0 | 136/51 | 2.667 |  | 2. Poland | 2 | 1 | 6: | 4 | 118/110 | 1.073 |  | 3. Hungary | 1 | 2 | 4: | 6 | 112/114 | 0.982 |  | 4. Finland | 0 | 3 | 0: | 9 | 44/135 | 0.326 |   
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| Team | Chin | Pola | Hung | Finl |  | China | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Poland |   | --- | 3:1 | 3:0 |  | Hungary |   |   | --- | 3:0 |  | 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 Riga |  | 25.08.78 | 17:00 |   Poland | 3-0 |   Finland | 45-27 | 15-11 | 15-12 | 15-4 |   |  | 25.08.78 | 19:00 |   China | 3-0 |   Hungary | 46-29 | 15-4 | 15-11 | 16-14 |   |  | 26.08.78 | 17:30 |   China | 3-0 |   Finland | 45-6 | 15-3 | 15-1 | 15-2 |   |  | 26.08.78 | 19:00 |   Poland | 3-1 |   Hungary | 57-38 | 15-13 | 12-15 | 15-10 | 15-0 |   |  | 27.08.78 | 17:30 |   Hungary | 3-0 |   Finland | 45-11 | 15-4 | 15-2 | 15-5 |   |  | transferred to Group J |  | 27.08.78 | 19:00 |   China | 3-0 |   Poland | 45-16 | 15-2 | 15-8 | 15-6 |   |  | transferred to Group G |   
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| Group F | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Cuba | 3 | 0 | 9: | 1 | 148/59 | 2.508 |  | 2. Peru | 2 | 1 | 6: | 3 | 112/72 | 1.556 |  | 3. Yugoslavia | 1 | 2 | 4: | 7 | 84/146 | 0.575 |  | 4. Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 1: | 9 | 73/140 | 0.521 |   
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| Team | Cuba | Peru | Yugo | Neth |  | Cuba | --- | 3:0 | 3:1 | 3:0 |  | Peru |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Yugoslavia |   |   | --- | 3:1 |  | Netherlands |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  |  played in Volgograd. |  | 25.08.78 | 11:00 |   Cuba | 3-0 |   Netherlands | 45-13 | 15-1 | 15-4 | 15-8 |   |  | 25.08.78 | 12:30 |   Peru | 3-0 |   Yugoslavia | 45-10 | 15-2 | 15-7 | 15-1 |   |  | 26.08.78 | 11:00 |   Yugoslavia | 3-1 |   Netherlands | 50-43 | 15-6 | 15-9 | 5-15 | 15-13 |   |  | transferred to Group I |  | 26.08.78 | 12:30 |   Cuba | 3-0 |   Peru | 45-22 | 15-7 | 15-12 | 15-3 |   |  | transferred to Group H |  | 27.08.78 | 11:00 |   Peru | 3-0 |   Netherlands | 45-17 | 15-2 | 15-8 | 15-7 |   |  | 27.08.78 | 12:30 |   Cuba | 3-1 |   Yugoslavia | 58-24 | 15-5 | 13-15 | 15-2 | 15-2 |   |   
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|  1. Cuba |  | Nelly Barnet |  | Ana Díaz Martinez |  | Erenia Díaz Sanchez |  | Ana María García Crespo |  | Mavis Guilarte Fernandes |  | Libertad González |  | Sirenia Martínez |  | Mercedes Pérez Hernandes |  | Mercedes Pomares Primelles |  | Imilsis Téllez Tureada |  | Lucila Urgelles Savon |  | Coach: Uugenio Joge Lafita |   
|  3. Soviet Union |  | Nina Smoleeva | 30 | 1.76m |  | Lyudmila Shtetinina | 19 | 1.82m |  | Lyudmila Jiguiliy | 24 | 1.80m |  | Lyudmila Chernishyova | 26 | 1.70m |  | Liliya Osadchaya |   |  | Nadejda Radzevich | 25 | 1.79m  |  | Lidiya Loginova |   |  | Nina Muradyan |   |  | Nadejda Gorlovskaya | 25 | 1.76m |  | Midite Sturmane | 26 | 1.76m |  | Irina Makogonova | 19 | 1.81m |  | Lyubov Timofeeva |   |  |  Coach: Viktor Tyurin |   
|  5. United States |  | Sue Woodstra |  | Diana McCormick |  | Debbie Landreth |  | Flo Hewman |  | Debbie Green |  | Patty Dowdell |   
|  7. Brazil |  | Celia Garritano |  | Silvia Montanarini |   
|  9. Bulgaria |  | Tanya Gogova |  | Maya Markova |  | Tsvetana Bojurina  |  | Rumyana Kaisheva |  | Teodora Mumdjieva  |  | Verka Stoyanova |  | Anka Uzunova |  | Silvia Petrunova |  | Rositsa Mihaylova |  | L. Yosifova |   
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|  11.Poland |  | Bozena Waloch | Czarny Slupsk |  | Jolanta Kania | Czarny Slupsk |  | Teresa Rychlicka | Czarny Slupsk |  | Maria Zaucha | Start Lodz |  | Lucina Kwasniewska | Wisla Krakow |  | Elzbieta Ciaszkiewicz |   |  | Bozena Modnicka | Plomien Milowice |  | Anna Lichodzijewska |   |  | Iwona Sielicka |   |   
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|  12.Czechoslovakia |  | Bartošová |  | Bláhová |  | Fabikovičová |  | Hřebenová |  | Košková |  | Kútková |  | Langšádlová |  | Prejzová |  | Rohovská |  | Schránilová |  | Tallová |  | Urbášková |  | Coach: Antonín Kyndr |   
    |  16.Yugoslavia |  | Nada Gasevic |  | Vesna Komnenic |  | Jadranka Roknic |  | Mileva Borincevic |  | Cvijeta Stakic |  | Jelena Reljin |  | Stojana Gavrilovic |  | Majda Novak |  | Jovanka Markovic |  | Sonja Markovic |  | Gordana Grcic |  | Nada Zrilic  |  | Coch: Alji Taraku  |  | Coach: Zvonimir Šemper |   
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|  17.Netherlands |  | Fransje Murphey-Arts | Van Houten/VCH |  | Jose Conijn-Breemer | Quick/Orion |  | Eveline van der Laaag | Roswell |  | Helene Kat-Bexkens | Texoclan/Dynamo |  | Stofke van Strien | Texoclan/Dynamo |  | Riet Wubs | Texoclan/Dynamo |  | Carine Hiemink | Intermakel |  | Els Mulder-Kruims | Intermakel |  | Monique Remmen | Energo |  | Willemien den Haaf-Smulders | Energo |  | Carolien Keulen | DVC |  | Martje de Vries | DVC |  | Coach: Jaap Akkerhuis |   
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