1978 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

The 1978 FIVB Women's World Championship was the eighth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 25 August to 7 September 1978 in the Soviet Union.

Teams

Venues

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Format

The tournament was played in three different stages. In the, the 23 participants were divided in six groups. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, all teams progressed to the next round.
In the, four new groups were created, two groups of six teams playing for 1st-12th and two groups playing for 13th-23rd, teams were allocated to a group according to their group position. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, matches already played between teams in the also counted in this round, all teams progressed to the next round.
In the, teams were allocated to a semifinal for placements according to their group position. Winners and losers of all semifinals played a last match for final standings places.

Results

First round

Pool A

Location: Leningrad

Pool B

Location: Volgograd

Pool C

Location: Leningrad

Pool D

Location: Minsk

Pool E

Location: Riga

Pool F

Location: Volgograd

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: Leningrad

Pool H

Location: Volgograd

13th–23rd pools

Pool I

Location: Minsk

Pool L

Location: Riga

Final round

21st–23rd places

21st–23rd semifinals

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

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