The 1970 FIVB Women's World Championship 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

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Teams

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Squads

Venues

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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 A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & ...

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

format was played within each group with matches already played between teams in the also counted in this round.

Pools composition

Results

First round

Pool A

Location:

Sevlievo Sevlievo ( ) List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, is a town in north-central Bulgaria, part of Gabrovo Province. Sevlievo is known as one of the wealthiest towns in Bulgaria owing to the well developed local economy, high employment rate and maj ...

Pool B

Location:

Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

Pool C

Location:

Burgas Burgas (, ), sometimes transliterated as Bourgas, is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, fourth-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, an ...

Pool D

Location:

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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:

Final places

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Final standing

References

External links

FIVB Results

Federation Internationale de Volleyball
{{FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship FIVB Women's World Championship International volleyball competitions hosted by Bulgaria

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