1965 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

1965 Men's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	13–19 September
Teams	11
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up	Poland
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	Japan

The 1965 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was played from September 13 to 19 in Poland.

Eleven nations were involved in the first edition of the competition also known as the "Tournament of the Continents" - ten countries were from Europe, the dominant continent in volleyball at the time. The only team to travel from overseas were Japan. In the decisive match in September 1965, the Soviet Union team defeated hosts Poland to claim a narrow 3-2 victory.^[1]

First Round

Pool A

Venue: Warszawa, Poland

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	161	118	1.364
2	Poland	5	2	1	8	3	2.667	146	98	1.490
3	Hungary	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	104	142	0.732
4	France	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	108	161	0.671

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	Hungary	3–1	France	15–13	16–14	12–15	15–10		58–52
12 Sep	Soviet Union	3–2	Poland	8–15	15–6	15–13	5–15	15–7	58–56
13 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Hungary	15–5	15–7	15–8			45–23
13 Sep	Poland	3–0	France	15–3	15–5	15–9			45–17
14 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	France	15–9	15–9	13–15	15–6		58–39
14 Sep	Poland	3–0	Hungary	15–6	15–7	15–10			45–23

Pool B

Venue: Szczecin, Poland

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	East Germany	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	139	125	1.112
2	Czechoslovakia	5	2	1	7	5	1.400	160	125	1.280
3	Yugoslavia	5	2	1	7	6	1.167	160	169	0.947
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	122	162	0.753

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Netherlands	15–10	15–9	15–3			45–22
12 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–1	Czechoslovakia	8–15	15–12	15–13	15–7		53–47
13 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Netherlands	15–13	11–15	15–3	15–4		56–35
13 Sep	East Germany	3–1	Yugoslavia	12–15	15–11	15–7	15–13		57–46
14 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	East Germany	15–10	15–13	12–15	15–9		57–37
14 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–2	Netherlands	13–15	16–14	1–15	16–14	15–7	61–65

Pool C

Venue: Mielec, Poland

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Romania	4	2	0	6	2	3.000	117	84	1.393
2	Japan	3	1	1	4	5	0.800	98	127	0.772
3	Bulgaria	2	0	2	3	6	0.500	124	128	0.969

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	Romania	3–1	Bulgaria	15–12	14–16	16–14	15–12		60–54
13 Sep	Japan	3–2	Bulgaria	15–11	16–18	6–15	16–14	15–12	68–70
14 Sep	Romania	3–1	Japan	15–4	15–7	12–15	15–4		57–30

Final Round

Matches for places 7–11

Venue: Kielce, Poland

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
7	Hungary	8	4	0	12	3	4.000	230	184	1.250
8	Yugoslavia	7	3	1	9	6	1.500	200	177	1.130
9	Bulgaria	6	2	2	8	6	1.333	171	163	1.049
10	Netherlands	5	1	3	5	10	0.500	198	212	0.934
11	France	4	0	4	3	12	0.250	152	215	0.707

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–1	France	13–15	15–7	15–5	15–7		58–34
16 Sep	Hungary	3–2	Bulgaria	4–15	15–7	11–15	15–6	15–9	60–52
17 Sep	Netherlands	3–1	France	15–9	9–15	15–6	15–13		54–43
17 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–7	15–8			45–22
18 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Yugoslavia	7–15	15–13	15–3	15–4		52–35
18 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Netherlands	7–15	15–5	15–2	16–14		53–36
19 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Netherlands	15–9	11–15	15–9	15–11		56–44
19 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	France	15–7	15–10	15–6			45–23

Matches for places 1–6

Venue: Łódź, Poland

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	9	4	1	14	7	2.000	289	214	1.350
2	Poland	9	4	1	14	8	1.750	278	250	1.112
3	Czechoslovakia	8	3	2	13	8	1.625	286	243	1.177
4	Japan	7	2	3	9	12	0.750	231	296	0.780
5	East Germany	6	1	4	6	12	0.500	203	233	0.871
6	Romania	6	1	4	4	13	0.308	178	229	0.777

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Romania	15–8	15–10	15–4			45–22
16 Sep	Soviet Union	3–2	Czechoslovakia	16–18	15–6	15–17	15–11	15–5	45–22
16 Sep	Poland	3–2	Japan	15–8	15–9	6–15	8–15	15–4	59–51
17 Sep	Japan	3–2	Soviet Union	15–12	7–15	15–11	2–15	15–12	54–65
17 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Romania	15–9	15–7	11–15	15–2		56–33
17 Sep	Poland	3–1	East Germany	15–11	15–8	10–15	15–9		55–43
18 Sep	Japan	3–2	East Germany	15–11	15–9	3–15	6–15	15–9	54–59
18 Sep	Poland	3–2	Czechoslovakia	3–15	15–10	7–15	15–11	15–9	55–60
18 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Romania	15–7	15–12	15–9			45–28
19 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Japan	10–15	16–14	15–4	15–9		56–42
19 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	East Germany	15–3	15–6	15–10			45–19
19 Sep	Poland	3–1	Romania	15–6	8–15	15–8	15–9		53–38

Final standings

Rank	Team
01 !	Soviet Union
02 !	Poland
03 !	Czechoslovakia
4	Japan
5	East Germany
6	Romania
7	Hungary
8	Yugoslavia
9	Bulgaria
10	Netherlands
11	France

1965 Men's World Cup Champions
Soviet Union 1st title

12–man Roster

Valeri Kravchenko, Zhanbek Saurambaev, Yevhen Lapinsky, Viktor Mikhalchuk, Nikolay Burobin, Yury Vengerovsky, Ivans Bugajenkovs, Yuriy Poyarkov, Dmitri Voskoboynikov, Eduard Sibiryakov, Vazha Kacharava, Vladimir Sanakoev

Head Coach:

Yuri Kleschev

References

↑ FIVB Men’s World Cup: A history of Russian success - fivb.org - 07-09-2015

FIVB Volleyball World Cup

Men's

Tournaments	Poland 1965 East Germany 1969 Japan 1977 Japan 1981 Japan 1985 Japan 1989 Japan 1991 Japan 1995 Japan 1999 Japan 2003 Japan 2007 Japan 2011 Japan 2015
Squads	1965 1969 1977 1981 1985 1989 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Women's

Tournaments	Uruguay 1973 Japan 1977 Japan 1981 Japan 1985 Japan 1989 Japan 1991 Japan 1995 Japan 1999 Japan 2003 Japan 2007 Japan 2011 Japan 2015
Squads	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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