The 1978 FIVB Men's World Championship was the ninth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 20 September 1 to October 1978 in

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

Qualification

* Yugoslavia and Puerto Rico withdrew and were replaced by Finland and United States.

Venues

Teams

;Group A * * * * ;Group B * * * * ;Group C * * * * ;Group D * * * * ;Group E * * * * ;Group F * * * *

Results

First round

Pool A

Location:

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Pool B

Location:

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

Pool C

Location:

Udine Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) is a city and ''comune'' in north-eastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps (''Alpi Carniche''). Its population was 100,514 in 2012, 176,000 with t ...

Pool D

Location:

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

Pool E

Location:

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...

Pool F

Location:

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic S ...

Second 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 second round.

1st–12th pools

=Pool G

= Location:

=Pool H

= Location:

13th–24th pools

=Pool I

= Location:

=Pool J

= Location:

Final round

21st–24th places

=21st–24th semifinals

=23rd place match

=21st place match

17th–20th places

=17th–20th semifinals

=19th place match

=17th place match

13th–16th places

=13th–16th semifinals

=15th place match

=13th place match

9th–12th places

=9th–12th semifinals

=11th place match

=9th place match

5th–8th places

=5th–8th semifinals

=7th place match

=5th place match

Finals

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

Final standing

External links

Federation Internationale de Volleyball
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FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was variable ...

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