| Finals | | Game | date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | dur | | Final | 31.07 | 21:30 |  Soviet Union | 3-1 |  Bulgaria | 59-47 | 15-7 | 15-13 | 14-16 | 15-11 | | 1:54 | | 3-4 | 31.07 | 19:30 |  Romania | 3-1 |  Poland | 54-47 | 15-10 | 9-15 | 15-13 | 15-9 | | 1:31 | | 5-6 | 31.07 | 20:20 |  Brazil | 3-2 |  Yugoslavia | 67-58 | 14-16 | 15-9 | 8-15 | 15-10 | 15-8 | 2:04 | | 7-8 | 31.07 | 17:30 |  Cuba | 3-1 |  Czechoslovakia | 59-39 | 14-16 | 15-7 | 15-10 | 15-6 | | 1:33 | | 9-10 | 30.07 | 11:00 |  Italy | 3-0 | Libya | 45-7 | 15-2 | 15-1 | 15-4 | | 0:35 | | Semi-Finals (1/2). | | 1/2 | 30.07 | 17:30 | Bulgaria | 3-0 | Poland | 45-33 | 15-13 | 15-13 | 15-7 | | 1:09 | | 1/2 | 30.07 | 19:30 | Soviet Union | 3-0 | Romania | 45-21 | 15-6 | 15-10 | 15-5 | | 1:08 | | 5-8 | 30.07 | 17:30 | Brazil | 3-0 | Czechoslovakia | 46-34 | 16-14 | 15-11 | 15-9 | | 1:21 | | 5-8 | 30.07 | 19:30 | Yugoslavia | 3-2 | Cuba | 63-58 | 12-15 | 5-15 | 15-12 | 16-14 | 15-2 | 2:12 |
|
|
| Final Ranking | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio | gr. | | 1. Soviet Union | 6 | 0 | 18: | 2 | 297/190 | 1.563 | A 1. | | 2. Bulgaria | 4 | 2 | 13: | 8 | 263/241 | 1.091 | A 2. | | 3. Romania | 4 | 2 | 13: | 9 | 285/235 | 1.213 | B 2. | | 4. Poland | 3 | 3 | 12: | 11 | 301/271 | 1.111 | B 1. | | 5. Brazil | 4 | 2 | 15: | 10 | 328/288 | 1.139 | B 3. | | 6. Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 13: | 13 | 315/297 | 1.061 | B 4. | | 7. Cuba | 2 | 4 | 11: | 13 | 298/280 | 1.064 | A 3. | | 8. Czechoslovakia | 1 | 5 | 7: | 17 | 253/335 | 0.755 | A 4. | | 9. Italy | 2 | 3 | 7: | 11 | 190/198 | 0.960 | A 5. | | 10.Libya | 0 | 5 | 0: | 15 | 30/225 | 0.133 | B 5. |
|
|
| China and Tunisia boicotted the Games. |
|
|
| Czechoslovakia replaced China, Libya replaced Tunisia |
| Groups Round. First 2 to Semi-Finals. Rest to Classification. |
| Group A | w | l | gf | ga | ratio | | 1.Soviet Union | 4 | 0 | 12: | 1 | 1.582 | | 2.Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 9: | 5 | 1.148 | | 3.Cuba | 1 | 3 | 6: | 9 | 1.017 | | 4.Czechoslovakia | 1 | 3 | 6: | 11 | 0.783 | | 5.Italy | 1 | 3 | 4: | 11 | 0.759 |
|
| Czechoslovakia replaced China |
|
| team | Sovi | Bulg | Cuba | Czec | Ital | | Soviet Union | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:1 | 3:0 | | Bulgaria | | --- | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:1 | | Cuba | | | --- | | 3:0 | | Czechoslovakia | | | 3:2 | --- | | | Italy | | | | 3:2 | --- |
|
|
| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | dur | | 20.07 | 19:30 | Cuba | 3-0 | Italy | 45-21 | 15-7 | 15-8 | 15-6 | | 1:02 | | 20.07 | 19:30 | Soviet Union | 3-1 | Czechoslovakia | 58-45 | 15-13 | 15-10 | 13-15 | 15-7 | | 1:37 | | 22.07 | 19:30 | Italy | 3-2 | Czechoslovakia | 63-50 | 8-15 | 15-5 | 10-15 | 15-8 | 15-7 | 2:08 | | 22.07 | 19:30 | Bulgaria | 3-1 | Cuba | 51-38 | 15-7 | 15-8 | 6-15 | 15-8 | | 1:18 | | 24.07 | 19:30 | Bulgaria | 3-0 | Czechoslovakia | 45-24 | 15-12 | 15-5 | 15-7 | | 1:19 | | 24.07 | 19:30 | Soviet Union | 3-0 | Italy | 45-19 | 15-2 | 15-7 | 15-10 | | 0:54 | | 26.07 | 17:30 | Czechoslovakia | 3-2 | Cuba | 61-64 | 15-11 | 13-15 | 2-15 | 16-14 | 15-9 | 2:03 | | 26.07 | 19:30 | Soviet Union | 3-0 | Bulgaria | 45-24 | 15-6 | 15-8 | 15-10 | | 1:03 | | 28.07 | 17:30 | Bulgaria | 3-1 | Italy | 51-42 | 15-9 | 15-9 | 6-15 | 15-9 | | 1:31 | | 28.07 | 19:30 | Soviet Union | 3-0 | Cuba | 45-34 | 15-10 | 15-13 | 15-11 | | 1:17 |
|
|
| Group B | w | l | gf | ga | ratio | | 1.Poland | 3 | 1 | 11: | 5 | 1.285 | | 2.Romania | 3 | 1 | 10: | 5 | 1.469 | | 3.Brazil | 2 | 2 | 9: | 8 | 1.097 | | 4.Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | 8: | 8 | 1.128 | | 5.Libya | 0 | 4 | 0: | 12 | 0.128 |
|
| team | Pola | Roma | Braz | Yugo | Liby | | Poland | --- | 3:1 | | 3:1 | 3:0 | | Romania | | --- | 3:1 | 3:1 | 3:0 | | Brazil | 3:2 | | --- | | 3:0 | | Yugoslavia | | | 3:2 | --- | 3:0 | | Libya | | | | | --- |
|
|
| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | dur | | 20.07 | 17:30 | Romania | 3-0 | Libya | 45-5 | 15-3 | 15-1 | 15-1 | | 0:31 | | 20.07 | 17:30 | Poland | 3-1 | Yugoslavia | 56-36 | 15-11 | 11-15 | 15-3 | 15-7 | | 0:91 | | 22.07 | 17:30 | Yugoslavia | 3-2 | Brazil | 63-58 | 8-15 | 15-12 | 10-15 | 15-4 | 15-12 | 1:59 | | 22.07 | 17:30 | Poland | 3-1 | Romania | 54-53 | 9-15 | 15-12 | 15-13 | 15-13 | | 1:37 | | 24.07 | 17:30 | Poland | 3-0 | Libya | 45-5 | 15-1 | 15-3 | 15-1 | | 0:37 | | 24.07 | 17:30 | Romania | 3-1 | Brazil | 58-34 | 13-15 | 15-4 | 15-12 | 15-3 | | 1:21 | | 26.07 | 17:30 | Brazil | 3-0 | Libya | 45-9 | 15-1 | 15-2 | 15-6 | | 0:37 | | 26.07 | 19:30 | Romania | 3-1 | Yugoslavia | 54-50 | 15-9 | 16-14 | 8-15 | 15-12 | | 1:35 | | 28.07 | 17:30 | Brazil | 3-2 | Poland | 78-66 | 13-15 | 18-20 | 17-15 | 15-11 | 15-5 | 2:33 | | 28.07 | 19:30 | Yugoslavia | 3-0 | Libya | 45-4 | 15-2 | 15-1 | 15-1 | | 0:33 |
|
|
| 1. Soviet Union | | Yury Panchenko | | Vyacheslav Zaytsev | | Aleksandr Savin | | Vladimir Dorokhov | | Aleksandr Yermilov | | Seļivanovs Pāvels | | Oleg Moliboga | | Vladimir Kondra | | Vladimir Chernyshov | | Fyodor Lashchenov | | Valery Krivov | | Viljar Loor |
|
| 2. Bulgaria | | Stoyan Gunchev | | Khristo Stoyanov | | Dimitar Zlatanov | | Dimitar Dimitrov | | Tsano Tsanov | | Stefan Dimitrov | | Petko Petkov | | Mitko Todorov | | Kaspar Simeonov | | Emil Valchev | | Khristo Iliev | | Yordan Angelov |
|
| 3. Romania | | Cornel Oros | | Laurenţiu Dumănoiu | | Dan Gîrleanu | | Nicu Stoian | | Sorin Macavei | | Constantin Sterea | | Nicolae Pop | | Enescu Günther | | Corneliu Chifu | | Marius Chiţiga |
|
| 4. Poland | | Bogusław Kanicki | | Lech Łasko | | Leszek Molenda | | Maciej Jarosz | | Robert Malinowski | | Ryszard Bosek | | Tomasz Wójtowicz | | Wiesław Czaja | | Wiesław Gawłowski | | Nalazek Włodzimierz | | Wojciech Drzyzga |
|
| 5. Brazil | | Amauri | | Badalhoca | | Antônio Carlos Moreno | | Bernard | | Bernardinho | | Geraldo Wanderley | | Suíço | | João Graneiro | | Montanaro | | Xandó | | Renan | | William |
|
| 6. Yugoslavia | | Vladimir Bogoevski | | Ivica Jelić | | Boro Jović | | Mladen Kašić | | Zdravko Kuljić | | Slobodan Lozančić | | Radovan Malević | | Miodrag Mitić | | Goran Srbrinovski | | Aleksandar Tasevski | | Ljubomir Travica | | Vladimir Trifunović |
|
| 7. Cuba | | Antonio Pérez | | Carlos Ruíz | | Carlos Salas | | Diego Lapera | | Ernesto Martínez | | Jorge Garbey | | José David Suárez | | Leonel Marshall, Sr. | | Luis Oveido | | Raúl Vilches | | Ricardo Leyva | | García Víctor |
|
| 8. Czechoslovakia | | Cyril Krejčí | | Igor Prieložný | | Cifra Ján | | Repák Ján | | Jaroslav Kopet | | Jaroslav Šmíd | | Josef Novotný | | Josef Pick | | Pavel Řeřábek | | Pavel Valach | | Vladimír Sirvoň | | Vlastimil Lenert |
|
| 9. Italy | | Antonio Bonini | | Claudio Di Coste | | Fabio Innocenti | | Fabrizio Nassi | | Francesco Dall'Olio | | Franco Bertoli | | Giancarlo Dametto | | Giovanni Lanfranco | | Giulio Belletti | | Mauro Di Bernardo | | Sebastiano Greco | | Stefano Sibani |
|
| 10.Libya | | Ahmed Zoubi | | Awad Zakka | | Jamal Zarugh | | Kamaluddin Badi | | Miloud Zakka | | Mustafa El-Musbah | | Samid Sagar | | Adnan El-Khuja | | Ahmed El-Faghei |
|
|
| 