1986 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

1986 FIVB World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	France
Dates	25 September – 5 October
Teams	16
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Officially opened by	François Mitterrand
Champions	United States (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Philippe Blain
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Last updated July 26, 2023

The 1986 FIVB Men's World Championship was the eleventh edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 25 September to 5 October 1986 in France.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	—	1	France
1982 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship	1–15 October 1982	Argentina	7	Soviet Union
				Brazil
				Argentina
				Japan
				Bulgaria
				Poland
				China
1985 Men's European Volleyball Championship	29 Sep – 4 Oct 1985	Netherlands	1	Czechoslovakia
1985 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship	27 Sep – 7 Oct 1985	Santiago de los Caballeros	1	United States
1985 Men's South American Volleyball Championship	24 Jul – 1 Aug 1985	Caracas	1	Venezuela
Asian Qualifier	5–7 October 1985	Sydney	1	Chinese Taipei
1983 Men's African Volleyball Championship	7–14 December 1983	Port Said	1	Egypt
1986 FIVB Volleyball Men's World B Championship	3–12 April 1986	Piraeus	3	Cuba
				Italy
				Greece
Total			16

Squads

Results

First round

Pool A

Location: Montpellier

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	136	54	2.519	1st–12th pools
2	Italy	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	118	89	1.326
3	China	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	83	113	0.735
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	54	135	0.400	13th–16th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
24 Sep	17:30	France	3–0	Venezuela	15–2	15–4	15–3	45–9
24 Sep	20:00	Italy	3–0	China	15–1	15–10	15–10	45–21
25 Sep	17:30	Italy	3–0	Venezuela	15–10	15–2	15–10	45–22
25 Sep	20:00	France	3–0	China	15–6	15–6	15–5	45–17
26 Sep	17:30	China	3–0	Venezuela	15–4	15–12	15–7	45–23
26 Sep	20:00	France	3–0	Italy	16–14	15–7	15–7	46–28

Pool B

Location: Tourcoing

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	144	68	2.118	1st–12th pools
2	Cuba	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	146	111	1.315
3	Poland	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	97	129	0.752
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	56	135	0.415	13th–16th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
24 Sep	17:30	Soviet Union	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–2	15–4	15–6		45–12
24 Sep	20:00	Cuba	3–1	Poland	15–5	17–15	11–15	15–4	58–39
25 Sep	17:30	Cuba	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–7	15–2	15–9		45–18
25 Sep	20:00	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland	15–7	15–2	15–4		45–13
26 Sep	17:30	Poland	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–11	15–4	15–11		45–26
26 Sep	20:00	Soviet Union	3–1	Cuba	15–7	15–12	9–15	15–9	54–43

Pool C

Location: Clermont-Ferrand

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	148	87	1.701	1st–12th pools
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	131	116	1.129
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	112	115	0.974
4	Egypt	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	62	135	0.459	13th–16th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
24 Sep	17:30	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	15–6	15–8	15–3		45–17
24 Sep	20:00	Bulgaria	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–12	17–15	15–11		47–36
25 Sep	17:30	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Egypt	15–5	15–10	15–7		45–22
25 Sep	20:00	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria	16–14	11–15	15–6	15–4	57–39
26 Sep	17:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Egypt	15–5	15–11	15–7		45–23
26 Sep	20:00	Brazil	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–12	16–14	15–5		46–31

Pool D

Location: Orléans

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	146	88	1.659	1st–12th pools
2	Argentina	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	117	85	1.376
3	Japan	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	114	118	0.966
4	Greece	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	49	135	0.363	13th–16th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
24 Sep	17:30	Argentina	3–0	Greece	15–6	15–3	15–6		45–15
24 Sep	20:00	United States	3–1	Japan	9–15	15–8	17–15	15–6	56–44
25 Sep	17:30	Argentina	3–0	Japan	15–8	15–13	15–4		45–25
25 Sep	20:00	United States	3–0	Greece	15–6	15–7	15–4		45–17
26 Sep	17:30	Japan	3–0	Greece	15–8	15–3	15–6		45–17
26 Sep	20:00	United States	3–0	Argentina	15–10	15–7	15–10		45–27

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 E

Location: Toulouse

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	3	5.000	261	183	1.426	Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	5	4	1	9	13	4	3.250	232	186	1.247	Semifinals
3	France	5	3	2	8	11	6	1.833	233	186	1.253	5th–8th places
4	Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	7	6	9	0.667	188	192	0.979	5th–8th places
5	Italy	5	1	4	6	3	12	0.250	148	202	0.733	9th–12th places
6	China	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	126	239	0.527	9th–12th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
29 Sep	Brazil	3–1	China	12–15	15–6	15–7	15–4	57–32
29 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Italy	15–4	15–10	15–12		45–26
29 Sep	France	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–10	15–13	15–6		45–29
30 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	China	15–9	15–10	17–15		47–34
30 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Italy	15–6	15–13	15–10		45–29
30 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	France	15–9	11–15	15–12	15–9	56–45
1 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Italy	15–8	15–8	15–4		45–20
1 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	China	15–8	15–3	15–11		45–22
1 Oct	Brazil	3–1	France	15–13	6–15	20–18	15–6	56–52

Pool F

Location: Nantes

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	244	161	1.516	Semifinals
2	United States	5	4	1	9	13	5	2.600	253	198	1.278	Semifinals
3	Cuba	5	3	2	8	11	10	1.100	265	269	0.985	5th–8th places
4	Argentina	5	2	3	7	8	11	0.727	224	231	0.970	5th–8th places
5	Poland	5	1	4	6	6	12	0.500	182	228	0.798	9th–12th places
6	Japan	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	171	252	0.679	9th–12th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Japan	16–14	15–5	15–10			46–29
29 Sep	United States	3–0	Poland	15–12	15–13	15–11			45–36
29 Sep	Cuba	3–2	Argentina	15–17	15–4	15–12	7–15	15–13	67–61
30 Sep	Poland	3–0	Japan	15–7	15–10	15–2			45–19
30 Sep	United States	3–1	Cuba	15–7	16–18	15–5	15–7		61–37
30 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Argentina	15–11	15–10	15–9			45–30
1 Oct	Argentina	3–2	Poland	15–7	10–15	6–15	15–4	15–8	61–49
1 Oct	Cuba	3–1	Japan	11–15	15–12	15–10	19–17		60–54
1 Oct	Soviet Union	3–1	United States	15–10	15–9	9–15	15–12		54–46

13th–16th places

Location: Évreux

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
13	Greece	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	159	121	1.314
14	Egypt	3	1	2	4	7	7	1.000	182	174	1.046
15	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	4	7	0.571	128	134	0.955
16	Venezuela	3	1	2	4	4	8	0.500	126	166	0.759

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Sep	Greece	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–10	15–11	15–12			45–33
29 Sep	Venezuela	3–2	Egypt	15–11	6–15	15–11	17–19	15–7	68–63
30 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Venezuela	15–5	12–15	15–10	15–3		57–33
30 Sep	Greece	3–2	Egypt	11–15	15–8	12–15	15–13	15–12	68–63
1 Oct	Egypt	3–1	Chinese Taipei	9–15	17–15	15–6	15–2		56–38
1 Oct	Greece	3–0	Venezuela	15–3	15–8	16–14			46–25

Final round

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals		9th place

4 October – Paris

Poland	3
		5 October – Paris
China	0
		Poland	3
4 October – Paris
		Japan	0
Japan	3

Italy	2
		11th place

		5 October – Paris

		China	0

		Italy	3

9th–12th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
4 Oct	Poland	3–0	China	15–11	15–10	15–3			45–24
4 Oct	Japan	3–2	Italy	13–15	11–15	15–11	15–9	15–10	69–60

11th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
5 Oct	China	0–3	Italy	7–15	8–15	13–15			28–45

9th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
5 Oct	Poland	3–0	Japan	15–11	15–12	15–8			45–31

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals		5th place

4 October – Paris

Cuba	3
		5 October – Paris
Czechoslovakia	1
		Cuba	3
4 October – Paris
		France	1
France	3

Argentina	1
		7th place

		5 October – Paris

		Czechoslovakia	0

		Argentina	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
4 Oct	Cuba	3–1	Czechoslovakia	17–15	15–7	14–16	15–8		61–46
4 Oct	France	3–1	Argentina	15–12	15–10	10–15	15–13		55–50

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
5 Oct	Czechoslovakia	0–3	Argentina	11–15	10–15	6–15			27–45

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
5 Oct	Cuba	3–1	France	15–10	6–15	15–12	15–12		51–49

Finals

Semifinals		Final

4 October – Paris

Soviet Union	3
		5 October – Paris
Bulgaria	0
		Soviet Union	1
4 October – Paris
		United States	3
United States	3

Brazil	0
		3rd place

		5 October – Paris

		Bulgaria	3

		Brazil	0

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
4 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–8	15–2	15–13			45–23
4 Oct	United States	3–0	Brazil	15–5	15–9	15–3			45–17

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
5 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	16–14	15–5	15–8			46–27

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
5 Oct	Soviet Union	1–3	United States	15–12	11–15	8–15	12–15		46–57

Final standing

Rank	Team
	United States
	Soviet Union
	Bulgaria
4	Brazil
5	Cuba
6	France
7	Argentina
8	Czechoslovakia
9	Poland
10	Japan
11	Italy
12	China
13	Greece
14	Egypt
15	Chinese Taipei
16	Venezuela

1986 Men's World champions
United States 1st title

Team roster

Dusty Dvorak, David Saunders, Steven Salmons, Bob Ctvrtlik, Doug Partie, Steve Timmons, Craig Buck, Jeff Stork, Eric Sato, Patrick Powers, Karch Kiraly

Head coach

Marv Dunphy

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Philippe Blain

External links

Federation Internationale de Volleyball

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1986 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

Contents

Qualification

Squads

Results

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

1st–12th pools

Pool E

Pool F

13th–16th places

Final round

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

Awards

External links

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