The 1970
FIVB Women's World Championship
The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was varia ...
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
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Format
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.[
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Pools composition
Results
First round
Pool A
Location: Sevlievo
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Pool B
Location: Sofia
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Pool C
Location: Burgas
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Pool D
Location: Varna
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**Varna Province
**Varna Municipality
** Gulf of Varna
**Lake Varna
**Varna Necropolis
*Vahrn, or Varna, a municipality in Italy
*Varniai, a city in Lithuania
* Varna (Šaba ...
Final round
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.
9th–16th places
Location: Burgas
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Final places
Location: Varna
Varna may refer to:
Places Europe
*Varna, Bulgaria, a city in Bulgaria
**Varna Province
**Varna Municipality
** Gulf of Varna
**Lake Varna
**Varna Necropolis
*Vahrn, or Varna, a municipality in Italy
*Varniai, a city in Lithuania
* Varna (Šaba ...
Final standing
References
External links
FIVB Results
Federation Internationale de Volleyball
{{FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
FIVB Women's World Championship
The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was varia ...
International volleyball competitions hosted by Bulgaria
1970
Events
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1970 in Bulgarian women's sport
Sport in Varna, Bulgaria
September 1970 sports events in Europe
October 1970 sports events in Europe
Women's volleyball in Bulgaria