The 8th World Volleyball Championship for women was held from August 25 to September 6, 1978 in four cities of the USSR with the participation of 23 national teams. For the first time in its history, the Cuban team won the championship title.
| Women's Volleyball World Championship 1978 | |
|---|---|
Women's Volleyball World Championship 1978  | |
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | August 25 - September 6 |
| Number of teams | 23 |
| Stadiums | four |
| Final placement | |
| Champion |  Cuba |
| Silver medalist |  Japan |
| Bronze medalist |  the USSR |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 99 |
Participating teams
- USSR - the host country;
- Japan , South Korea , East Germany , Hungary , Cuba , Peru , Poland , Mexico , Canada , USA , Bulgaria - following the results of the 1974 World Cup ;
- Czechoslovakia , Germany , Yugoslavia , the Netherlands , Italy , Finland - following the results of the 1977 European Championship ;
- China - based on Asian qualifications;
- Dominican Republic - according to the results of the championship of North, Central America and the Caribbean in 1977 ;
- Brazil - based on the results of the 1977 South American Championship ;
- Tunisia - following the results of the African championship in 1976 (instead of the refused national team of Egypt );
- Belgium - instead of the refused team of Romania ;
- Japan , South Korea , East Germany , Hungary , Cuba , Peru , Poland , Mexico , Canada , USA , Bulgaria - following the results of the 1974 World Cup ;
DPRK team refused to participate.
Championship System
23 finalists of the World Cup in the first stage were divided into 6 groups. 12 teams (two best from each group) reached the second stage, where they formed two groups of six teams. The results of team games among themselves at the first stage were taken into account. Participants in the playoffs for 3-4 places were two of the best teams from the groups. The final 5–8th and 9–12th places were also played in the playoff system by the teams that took the 3rd – 4th and 5–6th places in the second stage groups, respectively.
According to a similar system, places from 13th to 23rd were played by 11 teams, taking 3-4 places in the groups of the first stage.
Group Stage One
Group A ( Leningrad )
| M | Team | one | 2 | 3 | AND | AT | P | C / P | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | the USSR | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6: 0 | four | |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 0: 3 | 3: 0 | 2 | one | one | 3: 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0: 6 | 2 |
- August 25 : USSR - Bulgaria 3: 0 (15: 3, 15: 3, 15: 9).
- August 26 : USSR - Dominican Republic 3: 0 (15: 1, 15: 1, 15: 5).
- August 27 : Bulgaria - Dominican Republic 3: 0 (15: 3, 15: 8, 15: 6).
- August 26 : USSR - Dominican Republic 3: 0 (15: 1, 15: 1, 15: 5).
Group B ( Volgograd )
| M | Team | one | 2 | 3 | four | AND | AT | P | C / P | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Japan | 3: 2 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9: 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | USA | 2: 3 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3 | 2 | one | 8: 3 | five | |
| 3 | Italy | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 3: 0 | 3 | one | 2 | 3: 6 | four | |
| four | Tunisia | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0: 9 | 3 |
- August 25 : Italy - Tunisia 3: 0 (15: 2, 15: 4, 15: 4); Japan - USA 3: 2 (15: 9, 7:15, 15:11, 9:15, 15: 8).
- August 26 : Japan - Italy 3: 0 (15: 6, 15: 1, 15: 1); USA - Tunisia 3: 0 (15: 5, 15: 1, 15: 1).
- August 27 : USA - Italy 3: 0 (15:11, 15: 1, 15: 4); Japan - Tunisia 3: 0 (15: 2, 15: 0, 15: 1).
- August 26 : Japan - Italy 3: 0 (15: 6, 15: 1, 15: 1); USA - Tunisia 3: 0 (15: 5, 15: 1, 15: 1).
Group C ( Leningrad )
| M | Team | one | 2 | 3 | four | AND | AT | P | C / P | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | South Korea | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9: 0 | 6 | |
| 2 | Brazil | 0: 3 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3 | 2 | one | 6: 3 | five | |
| 3 | Canada | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 3: 0 | 3 | one | 2 | 3: 6 | four | |
| four | Germany | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0: 9 | 3 |
- August 25 : South Korea - Canada 3: 0 (15:10, 15: 2, 15:10); Brazil - Germany 3: 0 (15: 8, 15: 6, 15: 7).
- August 26 : Brazil - Canada 3-0 (15: 6, 15:11, 15:12); South Korea - Germany 3: 0 (15: 1, 15: 7, 15: 8).
- August 27 : Canada - Germany 3: 0 (15: 1, 15:11, 15: 0); South Korea - Brazil 3: 0 (15: 3, 15: 3, 15: 6).
- August 26 : Brazil - Canada 3-0 (15: 6, 15:11, 15:12); South Korea - Germany 3: 0 (15: 1, 15: 7, 15: 8).
Group D ( Riga )
| M | Team | one | 2 | 3 | four | AND | AT | P | C / P | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | GDR | 3: 0 | 3: 2 | 3: 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9: 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 0: 3 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3 | 2 | one | 6: 3 | five | |
| 3 | Mexico | 2: 3 | 0: 3 | 3: 0 | 3 | one | 2 | 5: 6 | four | |
| four | Belgium | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0: 9 | 3 |
- August 25 : East Germany - Belgium 3: 0 (15: 2, 15: 3, 15: 4); Czechoslovakia - Mexico 3: 0 (15: 6, 20:18, 15: 5).
- August 26 : Czechoslovakia - Belgium 3: 0 (15: 1, 15: 8, 15: 5); GDR - Mexico 3: 2 (15:13, 15:17, 6:15, 15: 7, 15: 3).
- August 27 : Mexico - Belgium 3: 0 (15:11, 15: 6, 15: 6); GDR - Czechoslovakia 3: 0 (15:10, 15: 6, 15:13).
- August 26 : Czechoslovakia - Belgium 3: 0 (15: 1, 15: 8, 15: 5); GDR - Mexico 3: 2 (15:13, 15:17, 6:15, 15: 7, 15: 3).
Group E ( Minsk )
| M | Team | one | 2 | 3 | four | AND | AT | P | C / P | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | China | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9: 0 | 6 | |
| 2 | Poland | 0: 3 | 3: 1 | 3: 0 | 3 | 2 | one | 6-4 | five | |
| 3 | Hungary | 0: 3 | 1: 3 | 3: 0 | 3 | one | 2 | 4: 6 | four | |
| four | Finland | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0: 9 | 3 |
- August 25 : Poland - Finland 3-0 (15:11, 15:12, 15: 4); China - Hungary 3-0 (15: 4, 15:11, 15:14).
- August 26 : China - Finland 3: 0 (15: 3, 15: 1, 15: 2); Poland - Hungary 3: 1 (15:13, 12:15, 15:10, 15: 0).
- August 27 : Hungary - Finland 3: 0 (15: 4, 15: 2, 15: 5); China - Poland 3: 0 (15: 2, 15: 8, 15: 6).
- August 26 : China - Finland 3: 0 (15: 3, 15: 1, 15: 2); Poland - Hungary 3: 1 (15:13, 12:15, 15:10, 15: 0).
Group F ( Volgograd )
| M | Team | one | 2 | 3 | four | AND | AT | P | C / P | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Cuba | 3: 0 | 3: 1 | 3: 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9: 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | Peru | 0: 3 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3 | 2 | one | 6: 3 | five | |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 1: 3 | 0: 3 | 3: 1 | 3 | one | 2 | 4-7 | four | |
| four | Netherlands | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 1: 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1: 9 | 3 |
- August 25 : Peru - Yugoslavia 3: 0 (15: 2, 15: 7, 15: 1); Cuba - Netherlands 3: 0 (15: 1, 15: 4, 15: 8).
- August 26 : Yugoslavia - Netherlands 3: 1 (15: 6, 15: 9, 5:15, 15:13); Cuba - Peru 3: 0 (15: 7, 15:12, 15: 3).
- August 27 : Cuba - Yugoslavia 3: 1 (15: 5, 13:15, 15: 2, 15: 2); Peru - Netherlands 3-0 (15: 2, 15: 8, 15: 7).
- August 26 : Yugoslavia - Netherlands 3: 1 (15: 6, 15: 9, 5:15, 15:13); Cuba - Peru 3: 0 (15: 7, 15:12, 15: 3).
Classification round 13–23 places
Italics highlight the results of matches of the first group stage, which went off against the classification round .
Group I ( Minsk )
| M | Team | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | AND | AT | P | C / P | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Mexico | 3: 2 | 3: 0 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 3: 0 | five | five | 0 | 15: 4 | ten | |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 2: 3 | 3: 0 | 3: 1 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | five | four | one | 14: 4 | 9 | |
| 3 | Italy | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3-0 | five | 3 | 2 | 9: 6 | eight | |
| four | Netherlands | 2: 3 | 1: 3 | 0: 3 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | five | 2 | 3 | 9: 9 | 7 | |
| five | Belgium | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 3: 0 | five | one | four | 3:12 | 6 | |
| 6 | Tunisia | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | five | 0 | five | 0:15 | five |
- August 30 : Yugoslavia - Belgium 3-0 (15:10, 15: 3, 15: 7); Mexico - Tunisia 3: 0 (15: 0, 15: 1, 15:12); Italy - Netherlands 3-0 (15: 3, 15:12, 15:11).
- August 31 : Belgium - Tunisia 3: 0 (15: 3, 15: 2, 15: 0); Mexico - Netherlands 3: 2 (18:16, 5:15, 15:12, 12:15, 15: 2); Yugoslavia - Italy 3: 0 (15: 6, 15:11, 15: 6).
- September 1 : Netherlands - Tunisia 3-0 (15: 6, 15:12, 15: 1); Italy - Belgium 3-0; Mexico - Yugoslavia 3: 2.
- September 2 : Netherlands - Belgium 3-0 (15: 2, 15:10, 15: 1); Yugoslavia - Tunisia 3-0; Mexico - Italy 3-0.
- August 31 : Belgium - Tunisia 3: 0 (15: 3, 15: 2, 15: 0); Mexico - Netherlands 3: 2 (18:16, 5:15, 15:12, 12:15, 15: 2); Yugoslavia - Italy 3: 0 (15: 6, 15:11, 15: 6).
Group J ( Riga )
| M | Team | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | AND | AT | P | C / P | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Hungary | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3-0 | four | four | 0 | 12: 0 | eight | |
| 2 | Canada | 0: 3 | 3: 0 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | four | 3 | one | 9: 4 | 7 | |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | four | 2 | 2 | 6-8 | 6 | |
| four | Germany | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 1: 3 | 3: 2 | four | one | 3 | 4:11 | five | |
| five | Finland | 0: 3 | 1: 3 | 1: 3 | 2: 3 | four | 0 | four | 4:12 | four |
- August 30 : Hungary - Dominican Republic 3: 0 (15: 6, 16:14, 15: 1); Germany - Finland 3: 2 (12:15, 12:15, 15:13, 15: 4, 15:10).
- August 31 : Dominican Republic - Germany 3: 1 (15: 3, 7:15, 15: 7, 15:13); Canada - Finland 3: 1 (15: 8, 7:15, 15: 6, 16:14).
- September 1 : Hungary - Germany 3-0; Canada - Dominican Republic 3-0.
- September 2 : Dominican Republic - Finland 3: 1 (8:15, 16:14, 15: 7, 15: 2); Hungary - Canada 3-0.
- August 31 : Dominican Republic - Germany 3: 1 (15: 3, 7:15, 15: 7, 15:13); Canada - Finland 3: 1 (15: 8, 7:15, 15: 6, 16:14).
Play Off
Semifinal for 13-16 places
September 4 ( Minsk )
- Hungary - Yugoslavia 3: 0 (15:10, 15: 3, 15: 5)
- Canada - Mexico 3: 0 (15:13, 15:10, 15: 4)
Semifinal for 17-20 places
September 4 ( Riga )
- Netherlands - Dominican Republic 3: 1 (20:18, 15: 7, 13:15, 17:15)
- Germany - Italy 3: 1
Semifinal for 21-23 places
September 4 ( Leningrad )
- Finland - Tunisia 3: 0 (15: 4, 15: 7, 15: 4)
21st Place Match
September 6 ( Leningrad )
- Finland - Belgium 3: 2 (14:16, 15:10, 11:15, 15: 4, 15:12)
19th Place Match
September 6 ( Riga )
- Dominican Republic - Italy 3: 2 (10:15, 15:10, 15:13, 5:15, 15:10)
17th Place Match
September 6 ( Riga )
- Netherlands - Germany 3: 1 (15: 5, 15: 5, 9:15, 15: 9)
15th Place Match
September 6 ( Minsk )
- Mexico - Yugoslavia 3: 0 (15:10, 15:13, 15: 3)
Match for 13th place
September 6 ( Minsk )
- Hungary - Canada 3: 0 (15: 5, 15: 4, 15:11)
Group Stage Two
Italics highlight the results of matches of the first group stage, which went off against the second .
Group G ( Leningrad )
| M | Team | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | AND | AT | P | C / P | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | South Korea | 3: 0 | 1: 3 | 3-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 0 | five | four | one | 13: 5 | 9 | |
| 2 | the USSR | 0: 3 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3-0 | 3: 0 | five | four | one | 12: 3 | 9 | |
| 3 | China | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3-0 | five | four | one | 12: 4 | 9 | |
| four | Brazil | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | five | 2 | 3 | 6:13 | 7 | |
| five | Bulgaria | 2: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 2: 3 | 3: 1 | five | one | four | 7:13 a.m. | 6 | |
| 6 | Poland | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 2: 3 | 1: 3 | five | 0 | five | 3:15 | five |
- August 30 : South Korea - Poland 3: 0 (15: 5, 15: 8, 15: 9); China - Bulgaria 3-0 (15:11, 15:12, 15: 6); USSR - Brazil 3: 0 (15: 5, 15: 5, 15: 6).
- August 31 : Bulgaria - Poland 3: 1 (4:15, 15:11, 15: 6, 15: 9); China - Brazil 3: 0 (15:13, 15: 7, 15:10); South Korea - USSR 3-0 (15:13, 15:11, 15:12).
- September 1 : Brazil - Poland 3: 2 (15: 7, 15: 8, 7:15, 6:15, 15:10); South Korea - Bulgaria 3: 2 (15: 9, 15: 2, 15:13); USSR - China 3: 0 (15: 4, 15: 4, 15:10).
- September 2 : Brazil - Bulgaria 3: 2 (15: 4, 6:15, 14:16, 15: 7, 15: 9); China - South Korea 3: 1 (16:14, 14:16, 15: 9, 15:10); USSR - Poland 3: 0 (15: 2, 15: 8, 15:10).
- August 31 : Bulgaria - Poland 3: 1 (4:15, 15:11, 15: 6, 15: 9); China - Brazil 3: 0 (15:13, 15: 7, 15:10); South Korea - USSR 3-0 (15:13, 15:11, 15:12).
Group H ( Volgograd )
| M | Team | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | AND | AT | P | C / P | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Cuba | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3-0 | 3: 0 | five | five | 0 | 15: 0 | ten | |
| 2 | Japan | 0: 3 | 3: 2 | 3: 0 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | five | four | one | 12: 8 | 9 | |
| 3 | USA | 0: 3 | 2: 3 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | 3: 0 | five | 3 | 2 | 11: 6 | eight | |
| four | GDR | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | five | 2 | 3 | 6:11 a.m. | 7 | |
| five | Peru | 0: 3 | 1: 3 | 0: 3 | 2: 3 | 3: 2 | five | one | four | 6:14 | 6 | |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 0: 3 | 2: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 2: 3 | five | 0 | five | Quarter past four | five |
- August 30 : Peru - Czechoslovakia 3: 2 (16:14, 6:15, 15: 2, 8:15, 15: 5); Japan - GDR 3: 0 (15: 9, 15: 3, 15: 0); Cuba - USA 3-0 (15: 7, 15: 9, 15:10).
- August 31 : Cuba - Czechoslovakia 3: 0 (15: 1, 15: 9, 15:12); USA - GDR 3: 0 (15: 3, 15:11, 15:11); Japan - Peru 3: 1 (13:15, 15: 9, 15: 4, 15: 6).
- September 1 : USA - Peru 3: 0 (15: 8, 15:10, 15:11); Cuba - GDR 3: 0 (15: 4, 15: 6, 15:13); Japan - Czechoslovakia 3: 2 (15:17, 15: 4, 15: 8, 12:15, 15: 5).
- September 2 : East Germany - Peru 3: 2 (13:15, 15:10, 10:15, 15: 6, 15:11); USA - Czechoslovakia 3: 0 (15: 0, 15:12, 15:12); Cuba - Japan 3-0 (15: 8, 15: 9, 15:10).
- August 31 : Cuba - Czechoslovakia 3: 0 (15: 1, 15: 9, 15:12); USA - GDR 3: 0 (15: 3, 15:11, 15:11); Japan - Peru 3: 1 (13:15, 15: 9, 15: 4, 15: 6).
Play Off
Semifinal for 1-4 places
September 4 ( Leningrad )
- Japan - South Korea 3: 1 (12:15, 15: 8, 15:11, 15:11)
- Cuba - USSR 3: 1 (12:15, 16:14, 15:10, 15:12)
Semifinal for 5-8 places
September 4 ( Riga )
- USA - Brazil 3: 0 (15: 5, 15:13, 15: 8)
- China - GDR 3: 2 (15: 7, 11:15, 9:15, 15: 5, 15: 8)
Semifinal for 9-12 places
September 4 ( Minsk )
- Bulgaria - Czechoslovakia 3: 2 (15:11, 7:15, 15: 8, 9:15, 15:13)
- Peru - Poland 3-0 (15: 4, 15: 6, 15:11)
Match for 11th place
September 6 ( Minsk )
- Poland - Czechoslovakia 3: 2 (15: 4, 3:15, 18:16, 8:15, 15: 6)
Match for 9th place
September 6 ( Minsk )
- Bulgaria - Peru 3: 2 (15: 9, 11:15, 11:15, 15: 8, 17:15)
Match for 7th place
September 6 ( Riga )
- Brazil - GDR 3: 2 (16:18, 16:14, 16:14, 11:15, 15:13)
Match for 5th place
September 6 ( Riga )
- USA - China 3-0 (15:13, 15:11, 15:10)
Match for 3rd place
September 6 ( Leningrad )
- USSR - South Korea 3: 1 (15: 2, 15: 7, 11:15, 15: 9)
Final
September 6 ( Leningrad )
- Cuba - Japan 3-0 (15: 6, 15: 9, 15:10)
Summary
Command Positions
| one. Cuba | 13. Hungary |
| 2 Japan | 14. Canada |
| 3 the USSR | 15. Mexico |
| four. South Korea | sixteen. Yugoslavia |
| five. USA | 17 Netherlands |
| 6 China | 18. Germany |
| 7 Brazil | nineteen. Dominican Republic |
| eight. GDR | 20. Italy |
| 9. Bulgaria | 21. Finland |
| ten. Peru | 22 Belgium |
| eleven. Poland | 23. Tunisia |
| 12. Czechoslovakia |
Medalists
Cuba : Nellie Barnett, Ana Diaz Martinez, Erenia Diaz Sanchez, Ana Maria Garcia Crespo, Mavis Gilarte Fernandez, Libertad Gonzalez, Cyrenia Martinez, Mercedes Perez Hernandez, Mercedes Pomares Primerales, Imilsis Telés Tureada, Lucilla Uorhel. The head coach is Eugenio Jorge Lafita.
Japan
USSR : Nina Smoleeva , Lyudmila Shchetinina , Lyudmila Zhigily , Lyudmila Chernysheva , Liliya Osadchaya , Nadezhda Radzevich , Lidia Loginova , Nina Muradyan , Nadezhda Gorlovskaya , Midite Sturmane , Irina Makogonova , Lyubov Timofeeva . The head coach is Viktor Tyurin .
Sources
- Volleyball Results Archive
- Volleyball: Encyclopedia / Comp. V.L. Sviridov, O.S. Chekhov. - Tomsk: Yanson Company, 2001.