1982 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

1982 Men's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Argentina
Dates	October 1–15
Teams	24
Venues	4 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (6th title)
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The 1982 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the tenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from October 1 to October 15, 1982.

Qualification

Main article: 1982 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1978 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

Pool A (Rosario)	Pool B (Catamarca)	Pool C (Rosario)
Argentina (Host) Japan (11th) Mexico Tunisia	Soviet Union (1st) Bulgaria (10th) Chile United States	Italy (2nd) East Germany (9th) Canada Australia
Pool D (Buenos Aires)	Pool E (Buenos Aires)	Pool F (Mendoza)
Cuba (3rd) Poland (8th) Romania Venezuela	South Korea (4th) China (7th) France Finland	Czechoslovakia (5th) Brazil (6th) Libya Iraq

Squads

Main article: 1982 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads

Venues

• Luna Park, Buenos Aires – Pool D, Pool F, Pool Y, Pool W
• Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario – Pool A, Pool C, Pool W, Pool Y
• Estadio Pacífico, Mendoza - Pool F, Pool X, Pool Z
• Polideportivo Fray Mamerto Esquiú, Catamarca - Pool B, Pool X, Pool Z

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	147	97	1.515
2	Argentina	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	160	112	1.429
3	Mexico	4	1	2	4	8	0.500	146	163	0.896
4	Tunisia	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	78	159	0.491

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Oct	Japan	3–0	Mexico	15–11	15–8	15–9			45–28
02 Oct	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia	15–2	15–4	15–0			45–6
03 Oct	Japan	3–0	Tunisia	15–8	15–5	15–4			45–17
03 Oct	Argentina	3–1	Mexico	16–14	13–15	15–3	19–17		63–49
04 Oct	Mexico	3–2	Tunisia	13–15	11–15	15–9	15–9	15–7	69–55
04 Oct	Argentina	1–3	Japan	15–10	15–17	11–15	11–15		52–57

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	136	64	2.125
2	Bulgaria	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	131	118	1.110
3	United States	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	143	124	1.153
4	Chile	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	31	135	0.230

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Chile	15–0	15–4	15–8			45–12
02 Oct	Bulgaria	3–2	United States	13–15	15–6	12–15	15–11	16–14	71–61
03 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Chile	15–5	15–5	15–2			45–12
03 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	United States	15–11	15–12	16–14			46–37
04 Oct	United States	3–0	Chile	15–1	15–1	15–5			45–7
04 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–5	15–3			45–15

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Canada	5	2	1	8	3	2.667	138	115	1.200
2	East Germany	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	119	89	1.337
3	Italy	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	140	104	1.346
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	46	135	0.341

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Oct	Italy	3–0	Australia	15–1	15–1	15–8			45–10
01 Oct	East Germany	0–3	Canada	12–15	6–15	10–15			28–45
02 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Australia	15–5	15–6	15–5			45–16
02 Oct	Italy	3–2	Canada	15–5	9–15	15–5	13–15	15–8	67–48
03 Oct	Canada	3–0	Australia	15–1	15–10	15–9			45–20
03 Oct	Italy	0–3	East Germany	14–16	6–15	8–15			28–46

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	144	70	2.057
2	Cuba	5	2	1	7	3	2.333	130	90	1.444
3	Romania	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	106	128	0.828
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	58	150	0.387

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Oct	Cuba	3–0	Venezuela	15–5	15–3	15–4			45–12
02 Oct	Poland	3–0	Romania	15–6	15–10	15–6			45–22
03 Oct	Poland	3–0	Venezuela	15–2	15–5	15–1			45–8
03 Oct	Cuba	3–0	Romania	15–6	15–11	15–7			45–24
04 Oct	Romania	3–1	Venezuela	15–3	15–9	15–17	15–9		60–38
04 Oct	Cuba	1–3	Poland	15–9	10–15	5–15	10–15		40–54

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	137	78	1.756
2	South Korea	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	128	135	0.948
3	France	4	1	2	3	8	0.375	127	157	0.809
4	Finland	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	143	165	0.867

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Oct	China	3–0	France	15–10	15–5	17–15			47–30
01 Oct	South Korea	3–1	Finland	16–14	15–12	14–16	15–11		60–53
02 Oct	South Korea	3–0	France	16–14	15–12	15–11			46–37
02 Oct	China	3–0	Finland	15–12	15–5	15–9			45–26
03 Oct	South Korea	0–3	China	12–15	6–15	4–15			22–45
03 Oct	France	3–2	Finland	3–15	15–11	15–9	11–15	16–14	60–64

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Czechoslovakia	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	147	81	1.815
2	Brazil	5	2	1	7	3	2.333	139	76	1.829
3	Iraq	4	1	2	3	8	0.375	89	141	0.631
4	Libya	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	81	158	0.513

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Iraq	15–6	15–7	15–3			45–16
02 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Libya	15–3	15–5	15–6			45–14
03 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Iraq	15–0	15–2	15–3			45–5
03 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Libya	15–6	15–3	15–7			45–16
04 Oct	Libya	2–3	Iraq	7–15	15–10	15–13	8–15	6–15	51–68
04 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Brazil	15–12	16–14	11–15	15–8		57–49

Second round

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the second round.

Pool W

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Oct	Japan	1–3	Canada	16–14	7–15	11–15	16–18		50–62
07 Oct	East Germany	0–3	China	9–15	12–15	8–15			29–45
07 Oct	Argentina	3–2	South Korea	10–15	15–12	15–7	12–15	15–7	67–56

Pool X

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Oct	Czechoslovakia	2–3	Bulgaria	15–13	15–12	6–15	12–15	9–15
07 Oct	Poland	0–3	Brazil	12–15	8–15	10–15			30–45
07 Oct	Cuba	0–3	Soviet Union	12–15	3–15	6–15			21–45

Pool Y

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Oct	Finland	0–3	Italy	13–15	10–15	11–15			34–45
07 Oct	Mexico	3–0	Australia	15–6	15–9	15–4			45–19
07 Oct	Tunisia	0–3	France	4–15	1–15	2–15			7–45

Pool Z

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Oct	Venezuela	3–1	Iraq	15–4	15–5	11–15	15–3		56–27
07 Oct	Chile	0–3	Romania	5–15	4–15	3–15			12–45
07 Oct	United States	3–0	Libya	15–7	15–1	15–3			45–11

Final round

	Semi finals				Final
	1982-10-13 – Buenos Aires
	Brazil	3
	Japan	0
					1982-10-15 – Buenos Aires
					Brazil	0
					Soviet Union	3
					3rd place
	1982-10-13 – Buenos Aires			1982-10-15 – Buenos Aires
	Soviet Union	3		Japan	0
	Argentina	0			Argentina	3

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	Brazil
	Argentina
4	Japan
5	Bulgaria
6	Poland
7	China
8	South Korea
9	Czechoslovakia
10	Cuba
11	Canada
12	East Germany
13	United States
14	Italy
15	Romania
16	France
17	Finland
18	Mexico
19	Venezuela
20	Iraq
21	Tunisia
22	Australia
23	Chile
24	Libya

1982 Men's World Champions
Soviet Union Sixth title

Team Roster Vladimir Dorokhov, Sergey Gribov, Viljar Loor, Valeri Losev, Oleg Moliboga, Yury Panchenko, Aleksandr Savin, Pavel Selivanov, Vladimir Shkurikhin, Oleg Smugilev, Aleksandr Sorokolet, Vyacheslav Zaytsev. Head Coach: Viacheslav Platonov

External links

• Federation Internationale de Volleyball
• Results