| Round Robin | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Soviet Union | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 144: | 87 | | 2. West Germany | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 94: | 90 | | 3. Hungary | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 97: | 91 | | 4. Denmark | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 100: | 112 | | 5. United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 89: | 107 | | 6. Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 89: | 126 |
| Team | So | We | Hu | De | Un | Ja | | Soviet Union | ---- | 26:20 | 26:15 | 29:18 | 23:16 | 40:18 | | West Germany | | ---- | 19:15 | 17:16 | 19:18 | 19:15 | | Hungary | | | ---- | 25:18 | 21:12 | 21:16 | | Denmark | | | | ---- | 23:22 | 25:19 | | United States | | | | | ---- | 21:21 | | Japan | | | | | | ---- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 13.07 | Japan | 21-21 | United States | | | 13.07 | West Germany | 19-15 | Hungary | | | 13.07 | Soviet Union | 29-18 | Denmark | | | 14.07 | Hungary | 21-16 | Japan | | | 14.07 | Denmark | 23-22 | United States | | | 14.07 | Soviet Union | 26-20 | West Germany | | | 15.07 | West Germany | 17-16 | Denmark | | | 15.07 | Hungary | 21-12 | United States | | | 15.07 | Soviet Union | 40-18 | Japan | | | 17.07 | West Germany | 19-15 | Japan | | | 17.07 | Hungary | 25-18 | Denmark | | | 17.07 | Soviet Union | 23-16 | United States | | | 18.07 | West Germany | 19-18 | United States | | | 18.07 | Denmark | 25-19 | Japan | | | 18.07 | Soviet Union | 26-15 | Hungary | |
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| 1. Soviet Union | | Natalya Anisimova | | Natalya Cygankova | | Yehlina Guseva | | Natalija Kircijk | | Irina Malko | | Tamila Oleksjuk | | Tatyana Shalimova | | Valentina Zubku | | Marina Bazanova | | Tatyana Gorb | | Larisa Karlova | | Yelena Kuznetsova | | Svetlana Mankova | | Olga Semenova | | Zinaida Turchina |
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| 2. West Germany | | Meike Birkmose | | Sabine Fricke | | Sabine Hintz | | Sabrina Koschella | | Barbara Pfister | | Sigrid Schiess | | Dagmar Stelberg | | Sabine Wagner | | Silvia Schmitt | | Sabine Erbs | | Petra Helfers | | Ekkehard Hoffman | | Bernhard Muller | | Petra Platen | | Manuela Schmidt | | Michaela Traub | | Dagmar Zollner |
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| 3. Hungary | | Maria Acsbog | | Erika Csapo | | Aniko Geczi | | Katalin Gombai | | Zsuzsa Nyari | | Mariann Racz | | Katalin Szilagyi | | Ildiko Toth | | Ildiko Barna | | Csilla Elekes | | Marianna Godor | | Eva Kovacs | | Csilla Orban | | Erzsebet Suluuk | | Anna Topa | | Ruzsa Toth |
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| 4. Denmark | | Susanne Andersen | | Heidi Bruun | | Ea Lahn Jensen | | Gun Maj Kirkelokke | | Tine Mortensen | | Anette Rytter | | Bente Thomsen | | Charlotte Birkmose | | Lone Christensen | | Lise Jensen | | Astrid Larsen | | Helle Petersen | | Yvette Sorensen | | Vibeke Andersen |
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| 5. Japan | | Yumi Ikegami | | Hideko Iwamura | | Mitsuko Koguchi | | Ikuko Kondo | | Shigeko Maeda | | Chiemi Nojima | | Yoshie Tokizame | | Kayo Yamauchi | | Hiromi Isoyama | | Yumiko Izawa | | Hiroko Koike | | Toyoko Kuzuu | | Yukiko Muto | | Michi Terasawa | | Kazuko Yamagishi |
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| 6. United States | | Lisa Christoph | | Laura Coenen | | Sandra De La Riva | | Meg Gallaher | | Leora Jones | | Maureen Latterner | | Karyn Palgut | | Kim Clarke | | Tess Contos | | Carmen Forest | | Amy Gamble | | Portia Lack | | Bev Miller | | Sherry Winn |
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