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1978 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

Field	Value
competition	FIVB Women's World Championship
gender	women
continent	World
year	1978
host	Soviet Union
dates	25 August – 6 September
opened	Leonid Brezhnev
teams	24 (1 withdraw)
cities	4
champions	Cuba
title_number	1
second	Japan
third	Soviet Union
fourth	South Korea
last	1974 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship
next	1982 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

The 1978 FIVB Women's World Championship was the eighth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 25 August to 7 September 1978 in the Soviet Union.

Teams

(withdraw)

Squads

Main article: 1978 FIVB Women's World Championship squads

Venues

Pool E, L, Final round	Pool A, C, G, Final round	Pool D, I, Final round	Pool B, F, H
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Riga	Leningrad
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Minsk	Volgograd
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Format

The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and final rounds). In the First round, the 23 participants were divided in six groups (A to F, five groups of four teams and one group of three teams). 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 Second round, four new groups were created, two groups of six teams playing for 1st-12th (G and H) and two groups (one of six teams and one of five teams) playing for 13th-23rd (I and L), teams were allocated to a group according to their First round group position (best two teams of each group going to 1st-12th groups and the remaining teams to 13th-23rd groups). A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, matches already played between teams in the First round also counted in this round, all teams progressed to the next round.

In the Final round, teams were allocated to a semifinal for placements according to their Second round group position (groups G and H best two teams to 1st-4th, third and fourth to 5th-8th, fifth and sixth to 9th-12th while groups I and L best two teams to 13th-16th, third and fourth to 16th-20th, fifth and sixth to 21st-23rd). Winners and losers of all semifinals played a last match for final standings places.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F

Results

First round

Pool A

Location: Leningrad

Pool B

Location: Volgograd

Pool C

Location: Leningrad

Pool D

Location: Minsk

Pool E

Location: Riga

Pool F

Location: Volgograd

Second 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 second round.

1st–12th pools

Pool G

Location: Leningrad

Pool H

Location: Volgograd

13th–23rd pools

Pool I

Location: Minsk

Pool L

Location: Riga

Final round

21st–23rd places

| 5 September – Leningrad | **** | 3 | | 0 | | **** | | Bye | | 6 September – Leningrad | **** | 3 | | 2

21st–23rd semifinals

21st place match

17th–20th places

| 5 September – Riga | **** | 3 | | 1 | 5 September – Riga | **** | 3 | | 1 | 6 September – Riga | **** | 3 | | 1 | 6 September – Riga | **** | 3 | | 2

17th–20th semifinals

19th place match

17th place match

13th–16th places

| 5 September – Minsk | **** | 3 | | 0 | 5 September – Minsk | **** | 3 | | 0 | 6 September – Minsk | **** | 3 | | 0 | 6 September – Minsk | | 0 | **** | 3

13th–16th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

9th–12th places

| 5 September – Minsk | **** | 3 | | 2 | 5 September – Minsk | **** | 3 | | 0 | 6 September – Minsk | **** | 3 | | 2 | 6 September – Minsk | | 2 | **** | 3

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

5th–8th places

| 5 September – Riga | **** | 3 | | 0 | 5 September – Riga | **** | 3 | | 2 | 6 September – Riga | **** | 3 | | 0 | 6 September – Riga | **** | 3 | | 2

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Finals

| 5 September – Leningrad | **** | 3 | | 1 | 5 September – Leningrad | **** | 3 | | 1 | 6 September – Leningrad | **** | 3 | | 0 | 6 September – Leningrad | **** | 3 | | 1

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

References

"Women's World Championship 1978". [[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.
Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball VIII World Championship 1978". Todor66.com.

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