| Final Group | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. East Germany |    | 4 | 1 | 13: | 6 | 251/202 | 1.243 |  | 2. Japan |    | 4 | 1 | 13: | 6 | 240/213 | 1.127 |  | 3. Soviet Union |    | 3 | 2 | 10: | 8 | 234/220 | 1.064 |  | 4. Bulgaria |    | 2 | 3 | 9: | 9 | 230/216 | 1.065 |  | 5. Czechoslovakia |    | 1 | 4 | 6: | 13 | 233/276 | 0.844 |  | 6. Brazil |    | 1 | 4 | 4: | 13 | 172/233 | 0.738 |   
    | Team | GDR | Japa | Sovi | Bulg | Czec | Braz |  | East Germany | --- |   | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:2 | 3:0 |  | Japan | 3:1 | --- | 3:0 | 3:1 | 3:1 |   |  | Soviet Union |   |   | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Bulgaria |   |   |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Czechoslovakia |   |   |   |   | --- | 3:1 |  | Brazil |   | 3:1 |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 |  |  transferred form First Groups Round - East Germany 3-2 Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union 3-2 Bulgaria, Brazil 3-1 Japan. |  | 17.09 |   Bulgaria | 3-0 |   Brazil | 45-25 | 15-7 | 15-10 | 15-8 |   |  | 17.09 |   Japan | 3-1 |   Czechoslovakia | 51-44 | 15-13 | 15-4 | 6-15 | 15-12 |  | 17.09 |   East Germany | 3-1 |   Soviet Union | 51-42 | 15-5 | 6-15 | 15-11 | 15-11 |  | 18.09 |   Japan | 3-1 |   Bulgaria | 50-51 | 15-13 | 5-15 | 15-10 | 15-13 |  | 18.09 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Czechoslovakia | 58-47 | 15-10 | 15-11 | 13-15 | 15-11 |  | 18.09 |   East Germany | 3-0 |   Brazil | 45-20 | 15-5 | 15-8 | 15-7 |   |  | 19.09 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-1 |   Brazil | 55-46 | 15-12 | 10-15 | 15-12 | 15-7 |  | 19.09 |   Japan | 3-0 |   Soviet Union | 45-24 | 15-7 | 15-12 | 15-5 |   |  | 19.09 |   East Germany | 3-0 |   Bulgaria | 48-30 | 15-6 | 15-8 | 18-16 |   |  | 20.09 |   Bulgaria | 3-0 |   Czechoslovakia | 52-28 | 15-13 | 15-9 | 15-6 |   |  | 20.09 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Brazil | 45-25 | 15-8 | 15-6 | 15-11 |   |  | 20.09 |   Japan | 3-1 |   East Germany | 51-38 | 15-4 | 15-13 | 6-15 | 15-6 |   
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| Final Ranking | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio  |  | 1. East Germany |    | 6 | 1 | 19: | 6 | 341/237 | 1.439 |  | 2. Japan |    | 6 | 1 | 19: | 6 | 333/278 | 1.198 |  | 3. Soviet Union |    | 4 | 2 | 13: | 8 | 279/229 | 1.218 |  | 4. Bulgaria |    | 3 | 3 | 12: | 9 | 275/229 | 1.201 |  | 5. Czechoslovakia |    | 3 | 4 | 12: | 14 | 341/355 | 0.961 |  | 6. Brazil |    | 3 | 4 | 10: | 16 | 296/334 | 0.886 |  |  Group 7-11  |  | 7. Romania |    | 4 | 2 | 13: | 6 | 280/206 | 1.359 |  | 8. Poland |    | 3 | 3 | 11: | 9 | 261/230 | 1.135  |  | 9. Cuba |    | 2 | 4 | 7: | 13 | 225/253 | 0.889 |  | 10.West Germany |    | 1 | 5 | 4: | 15 | 146/263 | 0.555 |  | 11.Tunisia |    | 0 | 6 | 0: | 18 | 134/317 | 0.423 |  | -. North Korea |    |  DNS |   
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| East Europe 1. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. |  | Asia 2. DNS |  | South America 6. |  | Norceca 9. |  | West Europe 10. |  | Africa 11. |   
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| Group 7-11 | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 7. Romania | 4 | 0 | 12: | 0 | 180/98 | 1.837 |  | 8. Poland | 3 | 1 | 9: | 3 | 166/118 | 1.407 |  | 9. Cuba | 2 | 2 | 6: | 7 | 154/148 | 1.041 |  | 10.West Germany | 1 | 3 | 4: | 9 | 124/173 | 0.717 |  | 11.Tunisia | 0 | 4 | 0: | 12 | 120/227 | 0.529 |   
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| Team | Roma | Pola | Cuba | WeGe | Tuni |  | Romania | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Poland |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Cuba |   |   | --- | 3:1 | 3:0 |  | West Germany |   |   |   | --- | 3:0 |  | Tunisia |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 |  |  transferred form First Groups Round - Romania 3-0 West Germany, Poland 3-0 Cuba. |  | 17.08 |   Poland | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 45-22 | 15-12 | 15-8 | 15-2 |   |  | 17.08 |   Romania | 3-0 |   West Germany | 45-28 | 15-5 | 15-13 | 15-10 |   |  | 17.08 | Cuba | 3-1 | East Germ. jun. | 57-26 | 15-5 | 15-5 | 12-15 | 15-1 |  | 18.08 |   Poland | 3-0 |   West Germany | 45-17 | 15-8 | 15-5 | 15-4 |   |  | 18.08 |   Cuba | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 45-24 | 15-5 | 15-9 | 15-10 |   |  | 18.08 | Romania | 3-- | East Germ. jun. |   |  | 19.08 |   Romania | 3-0 |   Cuba | 45-21 | 15-7 | 15-6 | 15-8 |   |  | 19.08 |   West Germany | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 46-29 | 15-3 | 16-14 | 15-12 |   |  | 19.08 | Poland | 3-- | East Germ. jun. |   |  | 20.08 | East Germ. jun. | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 46-26 | 16-14 | 15-5 | 15-7 |   |  | 20.08 |   Cuba | 3-1 |   West Germany | 54-33 | 15-10 | 15-2 | 9-15 | 15-6 |  | 20.08 |   Romania | 3-0 |   Poland | 45-30 | 15-10 | 15-7 | 15-13 |   |   
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| Group A | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. East Germany | 3 | 0 | 9: | 2 | 159/94 | 1.691  |  | 2. Czechoslovakia | 2 | 1 | 8: | 4 | 167/148 | 1.128 |  | 3. Romania | 1 | 2 | 4: | 6 | 145/127 | 1.142 |  | 4. Tunisia | 0 | 3 | 0: | 9 | 33/135 | 0.244 |   
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| Team | GDR | Czec | Roma | Tuni |  | East Germany | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Czechoslovakia |   | --- | 3:1 | 3:0 |  | Romania |   |   | --- | 3:0 |  | Tunisia |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 |  |  played in East Berlin |  | 13.09 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 45-8 | 15-4 | 15-3 | 15-1 |   |  | 13.09 |   East Germany | 3-0 |   Romania | 45-29 | 15-8 | 15-13 | 15-8 |   |  | 14.09 |   Romania | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 45-19 | 15-2 | 15-8 | 15-9 |   |  |  transferred to Group 7-11 |  | 14.09 |   East Germany | 3-2 |   Czechoslovakia | 69-59 | 15-13 | 15-7 | 10-15 | 14-16 | 15-8 |  |  transferred to Final Group |  | 15.09 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-1 |   Romania | 63-71 | 8-15 | 15-13 | 6-15 | 19-17 | 15-11 |  | 15.09 |   East Germany | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 45-6 | 15-5 | 15-1 | 15-0 |   |   
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| Group B | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Brazil | 3 | 0 | 9: | 4 | 180/144 | 1.250  |  | 2. Japan | 2 | 1 | 7: | 3 | 136/121 | 1.124 |  | 3. Poland | 1 | 2 | 5: | 6 | 141/146 | 0.966 |  | 4. Cuba | 0 | 3 | 1: | 9 | 105/151 | 0.695 |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 |  |  played in Leipzig |  | 13.09 |   Brazil | 3-2 |   Poland | 66-62 | 15-8 | 12-15 | 19-17 | 5-15 | 15-7 |  | 13.09 |   Japan | 3-0 |   Cuba | 47-32 | 17-15 | 15-4 | 15-13 |   |  | 14.09 |   Brazil | 3-1 |   Cuba | 58-39 | 15-12 | 13-15 | 15-4 | 15-8 |   |  | 14.09 |   Japan | 3-0 |   Poland | 46-33 | 16-14 | 15-10 | 15-9 |   |  | 15.09 |   Poland | 3-0 |   Cuba | 46-34 | 15-13 | 16-14 | 15-7 |   |  |  transferred to Group 7-11 |  | 15.09 |   Brazil | 3-1 |   Japan | 56-43 | 15-10 | 15-10 | 11-15 | 15- 8 |   |  |  transferred to Final Group |   
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| Group C | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 6: | 2 | 110/61 | 1.803 |  | 2. Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 5: | 3 | 97/78 | 1.244 |  | 3. West Germany | 0 | 2 | 0: | 6 | 22/90 | 0.244 |  | -. North Korea |   |   
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| Team | Sovi | Bulg | FRG | PRK |  | Soviet Union | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 |   |  | Bulgaria |   | --- | 3:0 |   |  | West Germany |   |   | --- |   |  | North Korea |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 |  |  played at Halle |  | 13.09 |   Soviet Union | 3-2 |   Bulgaria | 65-52 | 10-15 | 15-8 | 15-10 | 10-15 | 15-4 |  |  transferred to Final Group |  | 13.09 | West Germany | 3-0 | East Germ. jun. | 45-32 | 15-10 | 15-10 | 15-12 |   |  | 14.09 |   Bulgaria | 3-0 |   West Germany | 45-13 | 15-3 | 15-1 | 15-9 |   |  | 14.09 | Soviet Union | 3-0 | East Germ. jun. | 45-14 | 15-4 | 15-7 | 15-3 |   |  | 15.09 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   West Germany | 45-9 | 15-4 | 15-4 | 15-1 |   |  | 15.09 | Bulgaria | 3-0 | East Germ. jun. | 45-21 | 15-9 | 15-8 | 15-4 |   |   
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|  3. Soviet Union |  | Yury Poyarkov |  | Eduard Sibiryakov |  | Valery Kravchenko |  | Yevgeny Lapinsky |  | Viktor Mikhalchuk |  | Vladimir Ivanov |  | Boris Tereshchuk |  | Oļegs Antropovs |  | Vasilijus Matuševas |  | Aleksandr Vizzhachiov |  | Vladimir Mokrushev |  |  Coach: Yuriy Klestchyov |   
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|  Awards |  | Atackers: Kolzumi (JPN), Schulz (GDR), Marita (JPN)  |  | Setters: Nekoda (JPN), Karov (BUL), Pietszch (GDR) |  | Poli: Karov, Nekoda, Dragan |  | Best Players: Schneider (GDR), Schulz (GDR), Karov (BUL) |   
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|  11.Tunisia |  | Hassine Belhodja |  | Moncef Ben Soltane |  | Raja Hayder |  | Naceur Bounatouf |  | Sami Bahri |  | Raouf Bahri |  | Mokhtar Karoui |  | Hamouda Ben Massaoud |   
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