1985 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

1985 Men's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	22 November – 1 December
Teams	8
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament awards
MVP	Karch Kiraly

The 1985 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was played from November 22 to December 1, 1985 in Japan. The World Cup brought together eight teams. The matches were played in Round Robin. Each team played each other (a total of 7 matches per team). United States achieved first title of the World Cup champions.

Results

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	14	7	0	21	4	5.250	369	243	1.519
2	Soviet Union	12	5	2	18	8	2.250	347	251	1.382
3	Czechoslovakia	12	5	2	16	11	1.455	350	318	1.101
4	Brazil	11	4	3	16	11	1.455	349	301	1.159
5	Argentina	10	3	4	12	14	0.857	313	324	0.966
6	Japan	9	2	5	9	15	0.600	253	288	0.878
7	South Korea	9	2	5	8	17	0.471	250	328	0.762
8	Egypt	7	0	7	1	21	0.048	149	327	0.456

First round

• Venue: Osaka, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Egypt	12–15	15–11	15–8	15–3		57–37
22 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–7	15–3			45–14
22 Sep	United States	3–0	Brazil	15–6	15–11	15–13			45–30
22 Sep	Japan	3–0	Argentina	15–5	15–13	15–6			45–24

Second round

• Venue: Osaka, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Sep	United States	3–2	Soviet Union	11–15	19–17	15–9	9–15	15–12	69–68
23 Sep	Argentina	3–0	Egypt	15–4	15–7	15–6			45–17
23 Sep	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	15–8	15–5	15–8			45–21
23 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Japan	15–10	15–9	15–6			45–25

Third round

• Venue: Osaka, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	Argentina	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–9	15–12	12–15	15–7		57–43
24 Sep	United States	3–0	South Korea	15–13	15–3	15–1			45–17
24 Sep	Soviet Union	3–2	Brazil	15–7	15–13	4–15	5–15	15–9	54–59
24 Sep	Japan	3–0	Egypt	15–5	15–3	15–6			45–14

Fourth round

• Venue: Nagoya and Hiroshima, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Egypt	15–6	15–4	15–6			45–16
25 Sep	United States	3–2	Argentina	15–7	13–15	15-17	17–15	15–13	75–67
25 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	South Korea	15–8	12–15	15–9	17–15		59–47
25 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Japan	2–15	15–7	15–8	17–15		49–45

Fifth round

• Venue: Nagoya and Hiroshima, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Brazil	17–15	15–8	6–15	15–7	15–7	68–62
26 Sep	South Korea	3–2	Japan	15–8	15–9	12–15	9–15	15–10	66–57
26 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Argentina	15–3	15–7	15–11			45–21
26 Sep	United States	3–0	Egypt	15–11	15–8	15–0			45–19

Sixth round

• Venue: Tokyo, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	United States	3–0	Japan	15–10	15–5	15–2			45–17
30 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Soviet Union	17–15	15–9	6–15	15–6		53–45
30 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	14–16	15–8	15–8	15–12		59–44
30 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Egypt	15–4	15–7	15–11			45–22

Seventh round

• Venue: Tokyo, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Oct	United States	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–11	15–5	15–9			45–25
01 Oct	Argentina	3–1	South Korea	15–3	10–15	15–12	15–10		55–40
01 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	15–6	15–8	15–10			45–24
01 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Japan	15–7	15–7	15–5			45–19

Final standings

Rank Team 01 !  United States 02 !  Soviet Union 03 !  Czechoslovakia 4  Brazil 5  Argentina 6  Japan 7  South Korea 8  Egypt

1985 Men's World Cup Champions  United States 1st title 11–man Roster Karch Kiraly, Craig Buck, Dusty Dvorak, Aldis Berzins, Patrick Powers, Steven Salmons, Dave Saunders, Steven Timmons, Jeffrey Stork, Douglas Partie, Robert Ctvrtlik Head Coach: Gary Sato

Awards

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