| 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 Volleyball Women's World Championship |
| Next: | 1974 FIVB Volleyball Women's 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.[1]
| width=20% | Pool A | width=20% | Pool B | width=60% rowspan=10 | |
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| Sevlievo | Sofia | ||||
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| width=20% | Pool C, Final round | width=20% | Pool D, Final round | ||
| Burgas | Varna | ||||
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The tournament was played in two different stages (first and final rounds). In the, 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, two groups were created (1st-8th and 9th-16th), teams were allocated to a group according to their 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 also counted in this round.[1]
Location: Sevlievo
Location: Sofia
Location: Burgas
Location: Varna
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.
Location: Burgas
Location: Varna
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| align=center | 4 | |
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| align=center | 6 | |
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| align=center | 11 | |
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| align=center | 16 | |
| Team roster |
| Ludmila Buldakova, Vera Duyunova, Vera Lantratova, Galina Leontieva, Ludmila Michailovskaya, Inna Ryskal, Tatyana Tretyakova, Rosa Salichova, Tatyana Sarytscheva, Nina Smoleyeva, Liubov Turina, Marita Batutite |
| Head coach |