| Final Group | w | l | gf | ga | ratio | | 1. East Germany | 3 | 0 | 9: | 2 | 2.148-2 | | 2. Poland | 1 | 2 | 5: | 7 | 0.788-2 | | 3. Bulgaria | 1 | 2 | 5: | 7 | 0.955-1 | | 4. United States | 1 | 2 | 4: | 7 | 0.837-1 |
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| Team | Ea | Po | Bu | Un | | East Germany | --- | 3:1 | 3:1 | 3:0 | | Poland | | --- | 3:1 | | | Bulgaria | | | --- | 3:1 | | United States | | 3:1 | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | | played at Heidelberg | | 20.01 | East Germany | 3-0 | United States | | | 20.01 | Poland | 3-1 | Bulgaria | | | 21.01 | East Germany | 3-1 | Bulgaria | 58-27 | 13-15 | 15-2 | 15-7 | 15-3 | | | 21.01 | United States | 3-1 | Poland | 52-41 | 15-8 | 7-15 | 15-9 | 15-9 | |
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| Final ranking | w | l | gf | ga | | 1. East Germany | 5 | 0 | 15: | 2 | | 2. Poland | 3 | 2 | 12: | 7 | | 3. Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 11: | 8 | | 4. United States | 3 | 2 | 10: | 8 | | eliminated in First Groups Round | | 5. Netherlands | 1 | 2 | 3: | 7 | | 6. West Germany | 1 | 2 | 4: | 6 | | 7. Italy | 0 | 3 | 1: | 9 | | 8. Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 0: | 9 | | -. Brazil | DNS | | -. Yugoslavia | DNS | | -. Indonesia | DNS |
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| Group A | w | l | gf | ga | | 1. Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 9: | 2 | | 2. United States | 2 | 1 | 7: | 3 | | 3. West Germany | 1 | 2 | 4: | 6 | | 4. Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 0: | 9 | | -. Yugoslavia | DNS | | -. Indonesia | DNS |
| Team | Bu | Un | We | Sw | | Bulgaria | --- | 3:1 | 3:1 | 3:0 | | United States | | --- | 3:0 | 3:- | | West Germany | | | --- | 3:0 | | Switzerland | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | | played at Wiesbaden | | 16.01 | Bulgaria | 3-1 | United States | 57-30 | 15-2 | 15-8 | 12-15 | 15-5 | | | transferred to Final Group | | 16.01 | West Germany | 3-0 | Switzerland | | | 17.01 | Bulgaria | 3-1 | West Germany | | | 17.01 | United States | 3-- | Switzerland | | | 18.01 | Bulgaria | 3-0 | Switzerland | 45-18 | 15-8 | 15-9 | 15-1 | | | 18.01 | United States | 3-0 | West Germany | |
| Italy and Switzerland switched the Groups |
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| Group B | w | l | gf | ga | | 1. East Germany | 3 | 0 | 9: | 1 | | 2. Poland | 2 | 1 | 7: | 3 | | 3. Netherlands | 1 | 2 | 3: | 7 | | 4. Italy | 0 | 3 | 1: | 9 | | -. Brazil | DNS |
| Team | Ea | Po | Ne | It | | East Germany | --- | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:0 | | Poland | | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | | Netherlands | | | --- | 3:1 | | Italy | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | | played at Heidelberg | | 16.01 | East Germany | 3-0 | Italy | | | 16.01 | Poland | 3-0 | Netherlands | 45-19 | 15-11 | 15-4 | 15-4 | | | 17.01 | Poland | 3-0 | Italy | | | 17.01 | East Germany | 3-0 | Netherlands | 45-29 | 15-8 | 15-13 | 15-8 | | | 18.01 | East Germany | 3-1 | Poland | | | transferred to Final Group | | 18.01 | Netherlands | 3-1 | Italy | 48-40 | 15-10 | 15-7 | 3-15 | 15-8 |
| Italy and Switzerland switched the Groups |
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| Bulgaria | | Stacheva | | Vuchkova | | Petkova | | Mihailova | | Rumyana Kaisheva | | Stoeva | | Verka Stoyanova | | Tzvetana Bojurina | | Halacheva | | Panchovska | | Koseva | | Uzunova |
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| Netherlands | | Jose Bremer | | Carina Hiemink | | Irene Klunder | | Els Kruims | | Evelien van der Laag | | Marianne van t'Land | | Sylvia Neuteboom | | Alic Posthuma | | Dorry Posthuma | | Loekie Raperink | | Lydie Schut | | Martje de Vries |
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| Switzerland | | Silvia Luthy | | Regine Rosler | | Esther Kubli | | Sylvette Graf | | Monika Roduner | | Bettina von Bidder | | Eveline Haner | | Danielle Copey | | Vreni Ulrich | | Ursula Muller | | Christiane Cornaz | | Janine Perrot |
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