| Final Group | w | l | gf | ga | ratio | | 1. East Germany | 4 | 1 | 13: | 6 | 1.243 | | 2. Japan | 4 | 1 | 13: | 6 | 1.127 | | 3. Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 10: | 8 | 1.064 | | 4. Bulgaria | 2 | 3 | 9: | 9 | 1.065 | | 5. Czechoslovakia | 1 | 4 | 6: | 13 | 0.844 | | 6. Brazil | 1 | 4 | 4: | 13 | 0.738 |
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| Team | Eas | Jap | Sov | Bul | Cze | Bra | | East Germany | --- | | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:2 | 3:0 | | Japan | 3:1 | --- | 3:0 | 3:1 | 3:1 | | | Soviet Union | | | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 | 3:0 | | Bulgaria | | | | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | | Czechoslovakia | | | | | --- | 3:1 | | Brazil | | 3:1 | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | | 17.09 | Bulgaria | 3-0 | Brazil | 45-25 | 15-7 | 15-10 | 15-8 | | | 17.09 | Japan | 3-1 | Czechoslovakia | 51-44 | 15-13 | 15-4 | 6-15 | 15-12 | | 17.09 | East Germany | 3-1 | Soviet Union | 51-42 | 15-5 | 6-15 | 15-11 | 15-11 | | 18.09 | Japan | 3-1 | Bulgaria | 50-51 | 15-13 | 5-15 | 15-10 | 15-13 | | 18.09 | Soviet Union | 3-0 | Czechoslovakia | 58-47 | 15-10 | 15-11 | 13-15 | 15-11 | | 18.09 | East Germany | 3-0 | Brazil | 45-20 | 15-5 | 15-8 | 15-7 | | | 19.09 | Czechoslovakia | 3-1 | Brazil | 55-46 | 15-12 | 10-15 | 15-12 | 15-7 | | 19.09 | Japan | 3-0 | Soviet Union | 45-24 | 15-7 | 15-12 | 15-5 | | | 19.09 | East Germany | 3-0 | Bulgaria | 48-30 | 15-6 | 15-8 | 18-16 | | | 20.09 | Bulgaria | 3-0 | Czechoslovakia | 52-28 | 15-13 | 15-9 | 15-6 | | | 20.09 | Soviet Union | 3-0 | Brazil | 45-25 | 15-8 | 15-6 | 15-11 | | | 20.09 | Japan | 3-1 | East Germany | 51-38 | 15-4 | 15-13 | 6-15 | 15-6 |
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| Final ranking | w | l | gf | ga | ratio | | 1. East Germany | 6 | 1 | 19: | 6 | 1.439 | | 2. Japan | 6 | 1 | 19: | 6 | 1.198 | | 3. Soviet Union | 4 | 2 | 13: | 8 | 1.218 | | 4. Bulgaria | 3 | 3 | 12: | 9 | 1.201 | | 5. Czechoslovakia | 3 | 4 | 12: | 14 | 0.961 | | 6. Brazil | 3 | 4 | 10: | 16 | 0.886 | | Group 7-11 | | 7. Romania | 4 | 2 | 13: | 6 | 1.359 | | 8. Poland | 3 | 3 | 11: | 9 | 1.135 | | 9. Cuba | 2 | 4 | 7: | 13 | 0.889 | | 10.West Germany | 1 | 5 | 4: | 15 | 0.555 | | 11.Tunisia | 0 | 6 | 0: | 18 | 0.423 | | -. North Korea | DNS |
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| East Germany jun. played frendly games in the place of North Korea. |
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| Group 7-11 | w | l | gf | ga | ratio | | 7. Romania | 4 | 0 | 12: | 0 | 1.837 | | 8. Poland | 3 | 1 | 9: | 3 | 1.407 | | 9. Cuba | 2 | 2 | 6: | 7 | 1.041 | | 10. West Germany | 1 | 3 | 4: | 9 | 0.717 | | 11. Tunisia | 0 | 4 | 0: | 12 | 0.529 |
| Team | Roma | Pola | Cuba | WeGe | Tuni | | Romania | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | | Poland | | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | | Cuba | | | --- | 3:1 | 3:0 | | West Germany | | | | --- | 3:0 | | Tunisia | | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | | 17.08 | Poland | 3-0 | Tunisia | 45-22 | 15-12 | 15-8 | 15-2 | | | 17.08 | Romania | 3-0 | West Germany | 45-28 | 15-5 | 15-13 | 15-10 | | | 17.08 | Cuba | 3-1 | East Germ. jun. | 57-26 | 15-5 | 15-5 | 12-15 | 15-1 | | 18.08 | Poland | 3-0 | West Germany | 45-17 | 15-8 | 15-5 | 15-4 | | | 18.08 | Cuba | 3-0 | Tunisia | 45-24 | 15-5 | 15-9 | 15-10 | | | 19.08 | Romania | 3-0 | Cuba | 45-21 | 15-7 | 15-6 | 15-8 | | | 19.08 | West Germany | 3-0 | Tunisia | 46-29 | 15-3 | 16-14 | 15-12 | | | 20.08 | East Germ. jun. | 3-0 | Tunisia | 46-26 | 16-14 | 15-5 | 15-7 | | | 20.08 | Cuba | 3-1 | West Germany | 54-33 | 15-10 | 15-2 | 9-15 | 15-6 | | 20.08 | Romania | 3-0 | Poland | 45-30 | 15-10 | 15-7 | 15-13 | |
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| Group A | w | l | gf | ga | ratio | | 1. East Germany | 3 | 0 | 9: | 2 | 1.691 | | 2. Czechoslovakia | 2 | 1 | 8: | 4 | 1.128 | | 3. Romania | 1 | 2 | 4: | 6 | 1.142 | | 4. Tunisia | 0 | 3 | 0: | 9 | 0.244 |
| Team | Eas | Cze | Rom | Tun | | East Germany | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 | 3:0 | | Czechoslovakia | | --- | 3:1 | 3:0 | | Romania | | | --- | 3:0 | | Tunisia | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | | played at East Berlin | | 13.09 | Czechoslovakia | 3-0 | Tunisia | 45-8 | 15-4 | 15-3 | 15-1 | | | 13.09 | East Germany | 3-0 | Romania | 45-29 | 15-8 | 15-13 | 15-8 | | | 14.09 | Romania | 3-0 | Tunisia | 45-19 | 15-2 | 15-8 | 15-9 | | | transferred to Group 7-11 | | 14.09 | East Germany | 3-2 | Czechoslovakia | 69-59 | 15-13 | 15-7 | 10-15 | 14-16 | 15-8 | | transferred to Final Group | | 15.09 | Czechoslovakia | 3-1 | Romania | 63-71 | 8-15 | 15-13 | 6-15 | 19-17 | 15-11 | | 15.09 | East Germany | 3-0 | Tunisia | 45-6 | 15-5 | 15-1 | 15-0 | |
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| Group B | w | l | gf | ga | ratio | | 1. Brazil | 3 | 0 | 9: | 4 | 1.250 | | 2. Japan | 2 | 1 | 7: | 3 | 1.124 | | 3. Poland | 1 | 2 | 5: | 6 | 0.966 | | 4. Cuba | 0 | 3 | 1: | 9 | 0.695 |
| Team | Bra | Jap | Pol | Cu | | Brazil | --- | 3:1 | 3:2 | 3:1 | | Japan | | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | | Poland | | | --- | 3:0 | | Cuba | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | | played at Leipzig | | 13.09 | Brazil | 3-2 | Poland | 66-62 | 15-8 | 12-15 | 19-17 | 5-15 | 15-7 | | 13.09 | Japan | 3-0 | Cuba | 47-32 | 17-15 | 15-4 | 15-13 | | | 14.09 | Brazil | 3-1 | Cuba | 58-39 | 15-12 | 13-15 | 15-4 | 15-8 | | | 14.09 | Japan | 3-0 | Poland | 46-33 | 16-14 | 15-10 | 15-9 | | | 15.09 | Poland | 3-0 | Cuba | 46-34 | 15-13 | 16-14 | 15-7 | | | transferred to Group 7-11 | | 15.09 | Brazil | 3-1 | Japan | 56-43 | 15-10 | 15-10 | 11-15 | 15- 8 | | | transferred to Final Group |
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| Group C | w | l | gf | ga | ratio | | 1. Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 6: | 2 | 1.803 | | 2. Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 5: | 3 | 1.244 | | 3. West Germany | 0 | 2 | 0: | 6 | 0.244 | | -. North Korea | |
| Team | Sov | Bul | Wes | Nor | | Soviet Union | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 | | | Bulgaria | | --- | 3:0 | | | West Germany | | | --- | | | North Korea | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | | played at Halle | | 13.09 | Soviet Union | 3-2 | Bulgaria | 65-52 | 10-15 | 15-8 | 15-10 | 10-15 | 15-4 | | transferred to Final Group | | 13.09 | West Germany | 3-0 | East Germ. jun. | 45-32 | 15-10 | 15-10 15-12 | | | 14.09 | Bulgaria | 3-0 | West Germany | 45-13 | 15-3 | 15-1 | 15-9 | | | 14.09 | Soviet Union | 3-0 | East Germ. jun. | 45-14 | 15-4 | 15-7 | 15-3 | | | 15.09 | Soviet Union | 3-0 | West Germany | 45-9 | 15-4 | 15-4 | 15-1 | | | 15.09 | Bulgaria | 3-0 | East Germ. jun. | 45-21 | 15-9 | 15-8 | 15-4 | |
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