1965 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup explained

Competition:Men's World Cup
Continent:World
Year:1965
Dates:13–19 September
Teams:11
Venues:5
Cities:5
Champions:URS
Title Number:1
Second:POL
Third:TCH
Fourth:JPN
Last:first
Next:1969 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

The 1965 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 13 to 19 September 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.

Results

First round

Pool A

Location: Warszawa

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Pool B

Location: Szczecin

Pool C

Location: Mielec

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.

7th–11th places

Location: Kielce

Final places

Location: Łódź

Final standing

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Team 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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=56707&Language=en#.WXIN6ISLTIU FIVB Men’s World Cup: A history of Russian success