The 1978

FIVB Women's World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was vari ...

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

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Teams

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Squads

Venues

Source:

Format

The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and final rounds). In the , the 23 participants were divided in six groups (A to F, five groups of four teams and one group of three teams). 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 (G and H) and two groups (one of six teams and one of five teams) playing for 13th-23rd (I and L), teams were allocated to a group according to their group position (best two teams of each group going to 1st-12th groups and the remaining teams to 13th-23rd groups). 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 (groups G and H best two teams to 1st-4th, third and fourth to 5th-8th, fifth and sixth to 9th-12th while groups I and L best two teams to 13th-16th, third and fourth to 16th-20th, fifth and sixth to 21st-23rd). Winners and losers of all semifinals played a last match for final standings places.

Pools composition

Results

First round

Pool A

Location:

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Pool B

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

References

External links

FIVB Results

Federation Internationale de Volleyball
{{FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

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