1967 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

The 1967 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship was the fifth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. There were just four competing nations at this edition, held at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan from January 25 to 29 January 1967.

1967 Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
CityTokyo
Dates25 – 29 January
Teams4
Venue(s)Nippon Budokan
Champions Japan (2nd title)
Runners-up United States
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Peru

Background

Since its inaugural edition in 1952, the women's and men's World Championships were hosted by the same country. The FIVB decided to split the tournaments, awarding men's and women's to different countries, for 1966 the men's was held in Czechoslovakia and the women's was planned to be held in Lima, Peru between 12 and 29 October. Lima withdrew as organizer and the tournament was delayed until a new host could be found. With Japan chosen as host (the first time the World Championships were played in Asia), the tournament went ahead in January 1967. Due to international political tensions caused by the Cold War, hosts Japan warned it would not display the flags nor have the national anthems of North Korea and East Germany played. Both teams together with the Eastern Bloc countries (Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Soviet Union) and China forfeited the tournament, leaving only four teams as participants.[1][2][3]

Participating teams

Format

The tournament was played in a single round-robin format, all four participant teams in a single pool and played each other once.

Venue

One venue was used in the tournament.[1]

Single pool
Host city in Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Nippon Budokan
Capacity: 14,000

Round robin

Pool
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Japan 6 3 0 9 0 MAX 135 37 3.649
2  United States 5 2 1 6 5 1.200 128 126 1.016
3  South Korea 4 1 2 4 6 0.667 96 128 0.750
4  Peru 3 0 3 1 9 0.111 78 146 0.534
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
25 Jan United States  3–1  South Korea 15–10 15–7 7–15 15–9   52–41
25 Jan Japan  3–0  Peru 15–1 15–5 15–1     45–7
27 Jan United States  3–1  Peru 15–3 11–15 15–9 15–13   56–40
27 Jan Japan  3–0  South Korea 15–3 15–3 15–4     45–10
29 Jan South Korea  3–0  Peru 15–11 15–9 15–11     45–31
29 Jan Japan  3–0  United States 15–12 15–0 15–8     45–20

Final standings

References
  1. Batista Junior, João (29 January 2017). "1967: o Mundial de Vôlei que a Guerra Fria encurtou". UOL (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. "World Championships - FIVB WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS - Japan 1967". FIVB. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. "Women Volleyball V World Championship 1967 Tokyo". todor66.com. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
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