| Final ranking | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1.Soviet Union | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 92: | 40 | | 2.East Germany | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 89: | 47 | | 3.Hungary | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 85: | 55 | | 4.Romania | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 73: | 83 | | 5.Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 72: | 115 | | 6.Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35: | 106 |
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| Team | Sovi | EaGe | Hung | Roma | Japa | Ca | | Soviet Union | ---- | 14:11 | 12:9 | 14:8 | 31: 9 | 21:3 | | East Germany | | ---- | 7:7 | 18:12 | 24:10 | 29:4 | | Hungary | | | ---- | 20:15 | 25:18 | 24:3 | | Romania | | | | ---- | 21:20 | 17:11 | | Japan | | | | | ---- | 15:14 | | Canada | | | | | | ---- |
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| date | time | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 20.07 | | Montreal |  Hungary | 25-18 |  Japan | 10-7 | | 20.07 | | Quebec City |  Soviet Union | 21-3 |  Canada | 8-2 | | 20.07 | 17:30 | Sherbrooke |  East Germany | 18-12 |  Romania | 11-3 | | 22.07 | 17:30 | Montreal | Soviet Union | 14-8 | Romania | 6-3 | | 22.07 | | Quebec City | East Germany | 24-10 | Japan | 12-3 | | 22.07 | | Sherbrooke | Hungary | 24-3 | Canada | 11-3 | | 24.07 | | Montreal | East Germany | 29-4 | Canada | 15-2 | | 24.07 | 17:30 | Quebec City | Romania | 21-20 | Japan | 13-11 | | 24.07 | | Sherbrooke | Soviet Union | 12-9 | Hungary | 5-5 | | 26.07 | 17:30 | Montreal | Romania | 17-11 | Canada | 8-5 | | 26.07 | | Quebec City | Soviet Union | 31-9 | Japan | 15-5 | | 26.07 | | Quebec City | East Germany | 7-7 | Hungary | 2-4 | | 28.07 | 13:15 | Montreal | Hungary | 20-15 | Romania | 10-6 | | 28.07 | | Montreal | Soviet Union | 14-11 | East Germany | 7-5 | | 28.07 | | Montreal | Japan | 15-14 | Canada | 7-11 |
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| 1. Soviet Union | | Nataliya Sherstyuk-Timoshkina | | Lyubov Berezhnaya-Odinokova | | Zinaida Turchina | | Tatyana Makarets-Kochergina | | Lyudmila Bobrus-Poradnik | | Larisa Karlova | | Aldona Česaitytė-Nenėnienė | | Mariya Litoshenko | | Tatyana Glushchenko | | Lyudmila Shubina | | Galina Zakharova | | Nina Lobova | | Lyudmila Panchuk | | Rafiga Shabanova |
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| 2. East Germany | | Hannelore Zober | | Evelyn Matz | | Roswitha Krause | | Christina Rost | | Petra Uhlig | | Marion Tietz | | Kristina Richter | | Waltraud Kretzschmar | | Gabriele Badorek | | Christina Voß | | Silvia Siefert | | Eva Paskuy | | Liane Michaelis | | Hannelore Burosch |
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| 3. Hungary | | Ágota Bujdosó | | Borbála Tóth Harsányi | | Katalin Tóth Harsányi-Laki | | Amália Sterbinszky | | Ilona Nagy | | Klára Horváth-Csik | | Rozália Tomann-Lelkes | | Vanya-Vadász Mária | | Erzsébet Németh-Csajbók | | Éva Angyal | | Marianna Nagy-Gódor | | Zsuzsa Pethő-Kézi | | Márta Pacsai-Megyeri | | Mária Berzsenyi |
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| 4. Romania | | Constantina Piţigoi | | Cristina Petrovici | | Viorica Ionică | | Doina Cojocaru | | Doina Furcoiu | | Elisabeta Ionescu | | Georgeta Lăcustă | | Iuliana Hobincu | | Magdalena Mikloş | | Maria Bosi | | Maria Lackovics | | Niculina Sasu | | Rozalia Şoş | | Simona Arghir |
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| 5. Japan | | Eiko Kawada | | Emiko Yamashita | | Hiroko Kosahara | | Hitomi Matsushita | | Kuriko Komori | | Mihoko Hozumi | | Mikiko Kato | | Nanami Kino | | Natsue Shimada | | Shoko Wada | | Terumi Kurata | | Tokuko Kubo |
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| 6. Canada | | Danielle Chenard | | Denise Lemaire | | Francine Boulay-Parizeau | | Hélène Tétreault | | Joanes Rail | | Johanne Valois | | Louise Beaumont | | Louise Hurtubise | | Lucie Balthazar | | Manon Charette | | Mariette Houle | | Monique Prud'homme | | Nicole Genier | | Nicole Robert |
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