1981 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

Men's World Cup World 1981 19–28 November 8 4 4 URS 3 CUB BRA POL URS Vyacheslav Zaytsev 1977 1985 The 1981 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 19 to 28 November 1981 in Japan. It was the 4th edition of the competition. Qualification Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost Country—―1JPN 1870Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics20 Jul – 1 Aug 1980USSR Moscow1USSR1978 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship20 September – 1 October 19781ITA1981 Men's European Volleyball Championship19–27 September 1981BUL 1967 Bulgaria1POL1981 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship4–10 July 1981MEX Mexico City1CUB1981 Men's South American Volleyball Championship12–19 July 1981CHI Santiago1BRAAsian Qualifier14–23 March 1981HKG 1959 Hong Kong1CHN1979 Men's African Volleyball Championship9–15 November 1979LBA 1977 Tripoli1TUNTotal8 Results Source:FIVB Men’s World Cup: A history of Russian success - fivb.org - 07-09-2015 main Volleyball Q points 2 1 complete URS URS CUB CUB BRA BRA POL POL CHN CHN JPN JPN ITA ITA TUN TUN 7 0 21 2 338 188 6 1 18 9 364 283 5 2 16 11 352 316 4 3 14 13 313 320 3 4 12 14 328 307 2 5 12 15 326 306 1 6 9 18 275 358 0 7 1 21 110 328 Location: Fukuoka 19 Nov URS 3–0 BRA 15–6 15–4 15–5 45–15 19 Nov JPN 3–0 ITA 15–10 15–13 15–5 45–28 19 Nov POL 3–0 TUN 15–3 15–8 15–2 45–13 19 Nov CUB 3–2 CHN 11–15 15–13 11–15 15–11 15–9 67–63 20 Nov URS 3–0 CHN 15–11 15–11 15–12 45–34 20 Nov CUB 3–0 TUN 15–6 15–4 15–4 45–14 20 Nov POL 3–2 ITA 15–7 15–10 10–15 11–15 15–6 66–53 20 Nov BRA 3–1 JPN 15–10 10–15 15–8 15–11 55–44 Location: Hiroshima and Matsuyama 22 Nov BRA 3–2 ITA 13–15 14–16 15–6 15–12 15–8 72–57 22 Nov CUB 3–0 POL 16–14 15–4 15–3 46–21 22 Nov URS 3–0 TUN 15–4 15–8 15–2 45–14 22 Nov CHN 3–1 JPN 15–12 2–15 15–8 15–9 47–44 Location: Gifu 24 Nov BRA 3–1 CHN 12–15 15–12 15–12 15–12 57–51 24 Nov CUB 3–1 ITA 14–16 15–10 15–2 15–3 59–31 24 Nov URS 3–2 POL 8–15 15–11 15–4 13–15 15–4 66–49 24 Nov JPN 3–0 TUN 15–1 15–1 15–6 45–8 Location: Tokyo 26 Nov URS 3–0 CUB 15–3 17–15 15–11 47–29 26 Nov POL 3–2 JPN 15–13 3–15 8–15 15–8 15–13 56–64 Location: Yokohama 26 Nov CHN 3–1 ITA 15–13 15–5 10–15 15–8 55–41 26 Nov BRA 3–1 TUN 15–3 15–9 13–15 15–10 58–37 Location: Tokyo 27 Nov URS 3–0 ITA 15–6 15–5 15–9 45–20 27 Nov CUB 3–2 JPN 15–8 12–15 15–12 10–15 15–7 67–57 27 Nov CHN 3–0 TUN 15–? 15–? 15–? 45–8 27 Nov BRA 3–0 POL 15–10 15–11 15–10 45–31 28 Nov ITA 3–0 TUN 15–3 15–8 15–5 45–16 28 Nov POL 3–0 CHN 15–11 15–11 15–11 45–33 28 Nov CUB 3–1 BRA 5–15 15–10 16–14 15–11 51–50 28 Nov URS 3–0 JPN 15–5 15–11 15–11 45–27 Final standing Rank Team URS CUB BRA 4 POL 5 CHN 6 JPN 7 ITA 8 TUN vb 1981 Men's World Cup champions URS 3rd Team roster Vyacheslav Zaytsev, Vladimir Kondra, Aleksandr Borisovich Savin, Viljar Loor, Vladimir Dorokhov, Yury Panchenko, Pāvels Seļivanovs, Oleg Moliboga, Vladimir Shkurikhin, Yury Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Sapega, Pavel Voronkov Head coach Viacheslav Platonov Awards 18em Most valuable player URS Vyacheslav Zaytsev Best spiker CUB Raúl Vilches Best blocker URS Aleksandr Borisovich Savin Best setter CHN Shen Fu Lin Best defender BRA Renan Dal Zotto Best on the pitch JPN Haruhiko Hanawa References External links Results Category:FIVB Men's Volleyball World Cup Men's World Cup Category:Volleyball in Japan