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1970 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

Field	Value
competition	FIVB Women's World Championship
gender	women
continent	World
year	1970
host	Bulgaria
dates	22 September – 2 October
teams	16
cities	4
champions	Soviet Union
title_number	4
second	Japan
third	North Korea
fourth	Hungary
last	1967 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship
next	1974 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

The 1970 FIVB Women's World Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 22 September to 2 October 1970 in Bulgaria.

Teams

Squads

Main article: 1970 FIVB Women's World Championship squads

Venues

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C, Final round	Pool D, Final round
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Sevlievo	Sofia
Capacity:	Capacity:
Burgas	Varna
Capacity:	Capacity:

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Format

The tournament was played in two different stages (first and final rounds). In the First round, the 16 participants were divided in four groups of four teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, all teams progressed to the next round.

In the Final round, two groups were created (1st-8th and 9th-16th), teams were allocated to a group according to their First round group position (best two teams of each group going to 1st-8th and the remaining teams to 9th-16th). A single round-robin format was played within each group with matches already played between teams in the First round also counted in this round.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D

Results

First round

Pool A

Location: Sevlievo

Pool B

Location: Sofia

Pool C

Location: Burgas

Pool D

Location: Varna

Final round

The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the final round.

9th–16th places

Location: Burgas

Final places

Location: Varna

Final standing

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

References

"WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1970". [[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.
"Women Volleyball VI World Championship 1970". todor66.com.

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