Women Volleyabal VIII World Championship 1978 Soviet Union 25.08-06.09 Winner Cuba

Women Volleyabal VIII World Championship 1978 Soviet Union 25.08-06.09 Winner Cuba

Finals played at Leningrad
Game	date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
Final	06.09	Cuba	3-0	Japan	45-25	15-6	15-9	15-10
3-4	06.09	Soviet Union	3-1	South Korea	56-33	15-2	15-7	11-15	15-9
1/2	05.09	Japan	3-1	South Korea	57-45	12-15	15-8	15-11	15-11
1/2	05.09	Cuba	3-1	Soviet Union	58-51	12-15	16-14	15-10	15-12
Classification 5-8 played at Riga
5-6	06.09	United States	3-0	China	45-34	15-13	15-11	15-10
7-8	06.09	Brazil	3-2	East Germany	74-74	16-18	16-14	16-14	11-15	15-13
5-8	05.09	United States	3-0	Brazil	45-26	15-5	15-13	15-8
5-8	05.09	China	3-2	East Germany	65-50	15-7	11-15	9-15	15-5	15-8
Classification 9-12 played at Minsk
9-10	06.09	Bulgaria	3-2	Peru	69-62	15-9	11-15	11-15	15-8	17-15
11-12	06.09	Poland	3-2	Czechoslovakia	59-56	15-4	3-15	18-16	8-15	15-6
9-12	05.09	Bulgaria	3-2	Czechoslovakia	61-62	15-11	7-15	15-8	9-15	15-13
9-12	05.09	Peru	3-0	Poland	45-21	15-4	15-6	15-11
Classification 13-16 played at Minsk
13-14	06.09	Hungary	3-0	Canada	45-20	15-5	15-4	15-11
15-16	06.09	Mexico	3-0	Yugoslavia	45-36	15-10	15-13	15-3
13-16	05.09	Hungary	3-0	Yugoslavia	45-18	15-10	15-3	15-5
13-16	05.09	Canada	3-0	Mexico	45-27	15-13	15-10	15-4
Classification 17-18 played at Riga
17-18	06.09	Netherlands	3-1	West Germany	54-34	15-5	15-5	9-15	15-9
19-20	06.09	Dominicana	3-2	Italy	60-63	10-15	15-10	15-13	5-15	15-10
17-20	05.09	Netherlands	3-1	Dominicana	65-55	20-18	15-7	13-15	17-15
17-20	05.09	West Germany	3-1	Italy
Classification 21-23 played at Leningrad
21-22	06.09	Finland	3-2	Belgium	70-57	14-16	15-10	11-15	15-4	15-12
21-23	05.09	Finland	3-0	Tunisia	45-18	15-4	15-7	15-4

Final Ranking

Qualification

The Tournament was played in 1 elimination Round and 2 Groups Rounds.

Teams Composition

Final ranking	w	l	gf	ga	ratio
1. Cuba	9	0	27:	2	1.850
2. Japan	7	2	21:	12	1.455
3. Soviet Union	6	2	19:	7	1.741
4. South Korea	6	3	21:	9	1.297
5. United States	7	2	23:	6	1.494
6. China	7	2	21:	9	1.394
7. Brazil	5	4	15:	19	0.880
8. East Germany	4	5	16:	19	0.962
9. Bulgaria	4	4	14:	17	0.898
10.Peru	4	5	17:	17	1.039
11.Poland	3	6	12:	21	0.824
12.Czechoslovakia	2	7	14:	21	0.902
Classification Round 13-23
13.Hungary	6	2	19:	6	1.434-2
14.Canada	4	4	13:	13	0.986-2
15.Mexico	6	3	20:	13	1.054-1
16.Yugoslavia	4	5	15:	16	0.952
17.Netherlands	4	5	15:	17	1.000
18.West Germany	2	6	8:	21	0.638-2
19.Dominicana	3	5	10:	19	0.782-1
20.Italy	3	6	12:	18	0.866-3
21.Finland	2	6	10:	20	0.769
22.Belgium	1	7	5:	21	0.603-1
23.Tunisia	0	8	0:	24	0.228
-. North Korea	DNS

Second Groups Round
Group G	Leningrad	URS	KOR	CHN	BRA	BUL	POL
Group H	Volgograd	CUB	JPN	USA	GDR	PER	TCH
Classification Round 13-23
Group I	Minsk	MEX	YUG	ITA	NED	BEL	TUN
Group J	Riga	HUN	CAN	DOM	FRG	FIN

First Groups Round
Group A	Leningrad	URS	BUL	DOM	PRK
Group B	Volgograd	JPN	USA	ITA	TUN
Group C	Leningrad	KOR	BRA	CAN	FRG
Group D	Riga	GDR	TCH	MEX	BEL
Group E	Minsk	CHN	POL	HUN	FIN
Group F		CUB	PER	YUG	NED

Cuba qualified to Olympics Women 1980, and to World Cup Women 1981.

Men 1978

Olympics index	World index
World Cup index	Other index
Europe index	Europe Cups index
Asia index	America index
Africa index	Norceca index
South America index
Central America index
World League index	World Grand Prix index
Volleyball index	Todor66


Women 2010	Women 2006
Women 2002	Women 1998
Women 1994	Women WQ 1993
Women 1990	Women B 1990
Women B 1990 Qual
Women 1986	Women B 1986
Women 1982	Women 1978
Women 1974	Women 1970
Women 1967	Women 1962
Women 1960	Women 1956
Women 1952

Second Groups Round

First 2 to Semi-Finals. Rest to clasification games.

Group G	w	l	gf	ga	ratio
1. South Korea	4	1	13:	3	1.477
2. Soviet Union	4	1	12:	3	1.904
3. China	4	1	12:	4	1.340
4. Brazil	2	3	6:	13	0.710
5. Bulgaria	1	4	5:	13	0.697
6. Poland	0	5	3:	15	0.636

Team	So	So	Ch	Br	Bu	Po
South Korea	---	3:0		3:0	3:0	3:0
Soviet Union		---	3:0	3:0	3:0	3:0
China	3:1		---	3:0	3:0	3:0
Brazil				---	3:2	3:2
Bulgaria					---	3:1
Poland						---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
played at Leningrad
30.08	South Korea	3-0	Poland	45-22	15-5	15-8	15-9
30.08	China	3-0	Bulgaria	45-29	15-11	15-12	15-6
30.08	Soviet Union	3-0	Brazil	45-16	15-5	15-5	15-6
31.08	Bulgaria	3-1	Poland	49-41	4-15	15-11	15-6	15-9
31.08	China	3-0	Brazil	45-20	15-3	15-7	15-10
31.08	South Korea	3-0	Soviet Union	45-37	15-13	15-12	15-12
01.09	Brazil	3-2	Poland	58-55	15-7	15-8	7-15	6-15	15-10
01.09	South Korea	3-0	Bulgaria	45-24	15-9	15-2	15-13
01.09	Soviet Union	3-0	China	45-18	15-4	15-4	15-10
02.09	Brazil	3-2	Bulgaria	65-51	15-4	6-15	14-16	15-7	15-9
02.09	China	3-1	South Korea	60-49	16-14	14-16	15-9	15-10
02.09	Soviet Union	3-0	Poland	45-20	15-2	15-8	15-10

Group H	w	l	gf	ga	ratio
1. Cuba	5	0	15:	0	1.875
2. Japan	4	1	12:	8	1.328
3. United States	3	2	11:	6	1.190
4. East Germany	2	3	6:	11	0.783
5. Peru	1	4	6:	14	0.757
6. Czechoslovakia	0	5	4:	15	0.655

Team	Cu	Ja	Un	Ea	Pe	Cz
Cuba	---	3:0	3:0	3:0	3:0	3:0
Japan		---	3:2	3:0	3:1	3:2
United States			---	3:0	3:0	3:0
East Germany				---	3:2	3:0
Peru					---	3:2
Czechoslovakia						---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
played at Volgograd
30.08	Peru	3-2	Czechoslovakia	60-51	16-14	6-15	15-2	8-15	15-5
30.08	Japan	3-0	East Germany	45-12	15-9	15-3	15-0
30.08	Cuba	3-0	United States	45 26	15-7	15-9	15-10
31.08	Cuba	3-0	Czechoslovakia	45-22	15-1	15-9	15-12
31.08	United States	3-0	East Germany	45-25	15-3	15-11	15-11
31.08	Japan	3-1	Peru	58-34	13-15	15-9	15-4	15-6
01.09	United States	3-0	Peru	45-29	15-8	15-10	15-11
01.09	Cuba	3-0	East Germany	45-23	15-4	15-6	15-13
01.09	Japan	3-2	Czechoslovakia	72-49	15-17	15- 4	15- 8	12-15	15- 5
02.09	East Germany	3-2	Peru	68-57	13-15	15-10	10-15	15-6	15-11
02.09	United States	3-0	Czechoslovakia	45-24	15-0	15-12	15-12
02.09	Cuba	3-0	Japan	45-27	15-8	15-9	15-10

Classification Round 13-23

Group I	w	l	gf	ga	ratio
1. Mexico	5	0	15:	4	1.382
2. Yugoslavia	4	1	14:	4	1.557
3. Italy	3	2	9:	6	1.261-2
4. Netherlands	2	3	9:	9	1.159
5. Belgium	1	4	3:	12	0.721-1
6. Tunisia	0	5	0:	15	0.240

Team	Me	Yu	It	Ne	Be	Tu
Mexico	---	3:2	3:0	3:2	3:0	3:0
Yugoslavia		---	3:0	3:1	3:0	3:0
Italy			---	3:0	3:0	3:0
Netherlands				---	3:0	3:0
Belgium					---	3:0
Tunisia						---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
played at Minsk
30.08	Yugoslavia	3-0	Belgium	45-20	15-10	15-3	15-7
30.08	Mexico	3-0	Tunisia	45-13	15-0	15-1	15-12
30.08	Italy	3-0	Netherlands	45-26	15-3	15-12	15-11
31.08	Belgium	3-0	Tunisia	45-5	15-3	15-2	15-0
31.08	Mexico	3-2	Netherlands	62-60	18-16	5-15	15-12	12-15	15-2
31.08	Yugoslavia	3-0	Italy	45-23	15-6	15-11	15-6
01.09	Netherlands	3-0	Tunisia	45-19	15-6	15-12	15-1
01.09	Italy	3-0	Belgium
01.09	Mexico	3-2	Yugoslavia	65-61	14-16	15-13	6-15	15-6	15-11
02.09	Netherlands	3-0	Belgium	45-13	15-2	15-10	15-1
02.09	Yugoslavia	3-0	Tunisia	45-7	15-2	15-2	15-3
02.09	Mexico	3-0	Italy

Group J	w	l	gf	ga	ratio
1. Hungary	4	0	12:	0	2.844-2
2. Canada	3	1	9:	4	1.782-2
3. Dominicana	2	2	6:	8	1.041-1
4. West Germany	1	3	4:	11	0.773-1
5. Finland	0	4	4:	12	0.674

Team	Hu	Ca	Do	We	Fi
Hungary	---	3:0	3:0	3:0	3:0
Canada		---	3:0	3:0	3:1
Dominicana			---	3:1	3:1
West Germany				---	3:2
Finland					---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
played at Riga
30.08	Hungary	3-0	Dominicana	46-21	15-6	16-14	15-1
30.08	West Germany	3-2	Finland	69-57	12-15	12-15	15-13	15-4	15-10
31.08	Dominicana	3-1	West Germany	52-38	15-3	7-15	15-7	15-13
31.08	Canada	3-1	Finland	53-43	15-8	7-15	15-6	16-14
01.09	Hungary	3-0	West Germany
01.09	Canada	3-0	Dominicana
02.09	Dominicana	3-1	Finland	54-38	8-15	16-14	15-7	15-2
02.09	Hungary	3-0	Canada

First Groups Round

First 2 to Second Groups Round. Rest to Clasification Round 13-24.

Scores are transferred.

Group A	w	l	gf	ga	ratio
1. Soviet Union	2	0	6:	0	4.091
2. Bulgaria	1	1	3:	3	0.968
3. Dominicana	0	2	0:	6	0.267
-. North Korea	DNS

Team	So	Bu	Do
Soviet Union	---	3:0	3:0
Bulgaria		---	3:0
Dominicana			---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3
played at Leningrad
25.08	Soviet Union	3-0	Bulgaria	45-15	15-3	15-3	15-9
transferred to Group G
26.08	Soviet Union	3-0	Dominicana	45-7	15-1	15-1	15-5
27.08	Bulgaria	3-0	Dominicana	45-17	15-3	15-8	15-6

Group B	w	l	gf	ga	ratio
1. Japan	3	0	9:	2	2.188
2. United States	2	1	8:	3	1.762
3. Italy	1	2	3:	6	0.690
4. Tunisia	0	3	0:	9	0.148

Team	Ja	Un	It	Tu
Japan	---	3:2	3:0	3:0
United States		---	3:0	3:0
Italy			---	3:0
Tunisia				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
played at Volgograd
25.08	Italy	3-0	Tunisia	45-10	15-2	15-4	15-4
transferred to Group I
25.08	Japan	3-2	United States	61-58	15-9	7-15	15-11	9-15	15-8
transferred to Group H
26.08	Japan	3-0	Italy	45-8	15-6	15-1	15-1
26.08	United States	3-0	Tunisia	45-7	15-5	15-1	15-1
27.08	United States	3-0	Italy	45-16	15-11	15-1	15-4
27.08	Japan	3-0	Tunisia	45-3	15-2	15-0	15-1

Group C	w	l	gf	ga	ratio
1. South Korea	3	0	9:	0	2.700
2. Brazil	2	1	6:	4	1.074
3. Canada	1	2	4:	6	0.941
4. West Germany	0	3	0:	9	0.363

Team	So	Br	Ca	We
South Korea	---	3:0	3:0	3:0
Brazil		---	3:1	3:0
Canada			---	3:0
West Germany				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4
played at Leningrad
25.08	South Korea	3-0	Canada	45-22	15-10	15-2	15-10
25.08	Brazil	3-0	West Germany	45-21	15-8	15-6	15-7
26.08	Brazil	3-1	Canada	45-29	15-6	15-11	15-12
26.08	South Korea	3-0	West Germany	45-16	15-1	15-7	15-8
27.08	Canada	3-0	West Germany	45-12	15-1	15-11	15-0
transferred to Group J
27.08	South Korea	3-0	Brazil	45-12	15-3	15-3	15-6
transferred to Group G

Group D	w	l	gf	ga	ratio
1. East Germany	3	0	9:	2	1.677
2. Czechoslovakia	2	1	6:	3	1.409
3. Mexico	1	2	5:	6	0.928
4. Belgium	0	3	0:	9	0.341

Team	Ea	Cz	Me	Be
East Germany	---	3:0	3:2	3:0
Czechoslovakia		---	3:0	3:0
Mexico			---	3:0
Belgium				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
played at Minsk
25.08	East Germany	3-0	Belgium	45-9	15-2	15-3	15-4
25.08	Czechoslovakia	3-0	Mexico	50-29	15-6	20-18	15-5
26.08	Czechoslovakia	3-0	Belgium	45-14	15-1	15-8	15-5
26.08	East Germany	3-2	Mexico	66-55	15-13	15-17	6-15	15-7	15-3
27.08	Mexico	3-0	Belgium	45-23	15-11	15-6	15-6
transferred to Group I
27.08	East Germany	3-0	Czechoslovakia	45-29	15-10	15-6	15-13
transferred to Group H

Belgium replaced Egypt.

Group E	w	l	gf	ga	ratio
1. China	3	0	9:	0	2.667
2. Poland	2	1	6:	4	1.073
3. Hungary	1	2	4:	6	0.982
4. Finland	0	3	0:	9	0.326

Team	Ch	Po	Hu	Fi
China	---	3:0	3:0	3:0
Poland		---	3:1	3:0
Hungary			---	3:0
Finland				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4
played at Riga
25.08	Poland	3-0	Finland	45-27	15-11	15-12	15-4
25.08	China	3-0	Hungary	46-29	15-4	15-11	16-14
26.08	China	3-0	Finland	45-6	15-3	15-1	15-2
26.08	Poland	3-1	Hungary	57-38	15-13	12-15	15-10	15-0
27.08	Hungary	3-0	Finland	45-11	15-4	15-2	15-5
transferred to Group J
27.08	China	3-0	Poland	45-16	15-2	15-8	15-6
transferred to Group G

Finland replaced Chile.

Group F	w	l	gf	ga	ratio
1. Cuba	3	0	9:	1	2.508
2. Peru	2	1	6:	3	1.556
3. Yugoslavia	1	2	4:	7	0.575
4. Netherlands	0	3	1:	9	0.521

Team	Cu	Pe	Yu	Ne
Cuba	---	3:0	3:1	3:0
Peru		---	3:0	3:0
Yugoslavia			---	3:1
Netherlands				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4
25.08	Peru	3-0	Yugoslavia	45-10	15-2	15-7	15-1
25.08	Cuba	3-0	Netherlands	45-13	15-1	15-4	15-8
26.08	Yugoslavia	3-1	Netherlands	50-43	15-6	15-9	5-15	15-13
transferred to Group I
26.08	Cuba	3-0	Peru	45-22	15-7	15-12	15-3
transferred to Group H
27.08	Cuba	3-1	Yugoslavia	58-24	15-5	13-15	15-2	15-2
27.08	Peru	3-0	Netherlands	45-17	15-2	15-8	15-7

Qualification

Pre-Qualified
Soviet Union	Host
Japan	World Women 1974	1st
South Korea	World Women 1974	3rd
East Germany	World Women 1974	4th
Romania	World Women 1974	5th
Hungary	World Women 1974	6th
Cuba	World Women 1974	7th
Peru	World Women 1974	8th
Poland	World Women 1974	9th
Mexico	World Women 1974	10th
Canada	World Women 1974	11th
United States	World Women 1974	12th
Bulgaria	World Women 1974	13th

From Continental Championships
Czechoslovakia	Europe Women 1977	5th
West Germany	Europe Women 1977	8th
Yugoslavia	Europe Women 1977	9th
China	Asia Women WCQ 1976	1st
North Korea	Asia Women WCQ 1976	2nd
Canada	Norceca Women 1977	3rd
Dominicana	Norceca Women 1977	4th
Brazil	South America Women 1977	2nd
Argentina	South America Women 1977	3rd
Egypt	Africa Women 1976	1st
Tunisia	Africa Women 1976	2nd
replacements (no replacement for North Korea)
Netherlands	Europe Women 1977	10th
Italy	Europe Women 1977	11th
Finland	Europe Women 1977	12th
Chile	South America Women 1977

Teams Composition

1. Cuba

Nelly Barnet

Ana Díaz

Erenia Díaz

Ana María García

Mavis Guilarte

L González

C Martínez

Mercedes Pérez

Mercedes Pomares

Imilsis Téllez

Lucila Urgelles

3. Soviet Union

Nina Smoleeva

Lyudmila Shtetinina

Lyudmila Jiguiliy

Lyudmila Chernishyova

Liliya Osadchaya

Nadejda Radzevich

Lidiya Loginova

Nina Muradyan

Nadejda Gorlovskaya

Midite Sturmane

Irina Makogonova

Lyubov Timofeeva

Coach: Viktor Tyurin

5. United States

Sue Woodstra

Diana McCormick

Debbie Landreth

Flo Hewman

Debbie Green

Patty Dowdell

12.Czechoslovakia

Bartošová

Bláhová

Fabikovičová

Hřebenová

Košková

Kútková

Langšádlová

Prejzová

Rohovská

Schránilová

Tallová

Urbášková

Coach: Antonín Kyndr

16.Yugoslavia

Nada Gasevic

Vesna Komnenic

Jadranka Roknic

Mileva Borincevic

Cvijeta Stakic

Jelena Reljin

Stojana Gavrilovic

Majda Novak

Jovanka Markovic

Sonja Markovic

Gordana Grcic

Nada Zrilic

Coch: Alji Taraku

Coach: Zvonimir Šemper

Prepared and maintained by Todor Krastev

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Last updated: 13 May 2011