1986 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

1986 Men's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	France
Dates	September 25 – October 5
Teams	16
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Champions	United States (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Philippe Blain

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

Rosters

First round

	Qualified for the Pool E
	Qualified for the Pool F

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	France	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	136	54	2.519
2	Italy	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	118	89	1.326
3	China	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	83	113	0.735
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	54	135	0.400

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

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	144	68	2.118
2	Cuba	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	146	111	1.315
3	Poland	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	97	129	0.752
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	56	135	0.415

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

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	148	87	1.701
2	Bulgaria	5	2	1	7	3	2.333	131	116	1.129
3	Czechoslovakia	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	112	115	0.974
4	Egypt	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	62	135	0.459

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

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	146	88	1.659
2	Argentina	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	117	85	1.376
3	Japan	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	114	118	0.966
4	Greece	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	49	135	0.363

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

Second round

	Qualified for the Final four
	Qualified for the Classification 5-8
	Qualified for the Classification 9-12

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	0	15	3	5.000	261	183	1.426
2	Bulgaria	9	4	1	13	4	3.250	232	186	1.247
3	France	8	3	2	11	6	1.833	233	186	1.253
4	Czechoslovakia	7	2	3	6	9	0.667	188	192	0.979
5	Italy	6	1	4	3	12	0.250	148	202	0.733
6	China	5	0	5	1	15	0.067	126	239	0.527

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
01 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Italy	15-8	15-8	15-4		45-20
01 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	China	15-8	15-3	15-11		45-22
01 Oct	Brazil	3–1	France	15-13	6-15	20-18	15-6	56-52

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	10	5	0	15	2	7.500	244	161	1.516
2	United States	9	4	1	13	5	2.600	253	198	1.278
3	Cuba	8	3	2	11	10	1.100	265	269	0.985
4	Argentina	7	2	3	8	11	0.727	224	231	0.970
5	Poland	6	1	4	6	12	0.500	182	228	0.798
6	Japan	5	0	5	2	15	0.133	171	252	0.679

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
01 Oct	Argentina	3–2	Poland	15-7	10-15	6-15	15-4	15-8	61-49
01 Oct	Cuba	3–1	Japan	11-15	15-12	15-10	19-17		60-54
01 Oct	Soviet Union	3–1	United States	15-10	15-9	9-15	15-12		54-46

Classification 13-16

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Greece	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	159	121	1.314
2	Egypt	4	1	2	7	7	1.000	182	174	1.046
3	Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	4	7	0.571	128	134	0.955
4	Venezuela	4	1	2	4	8	0.500	126	166	0.759

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
01 Oct	Egypt	3–1	Chinese Taipei	9-15	17-15	15-6	15-2		56-38
01 Oct	Greece	3–0	Venezuela	15-3	15-8	16-14			46-25

Final round

Classification 9-12

Classification 9-12		9th Place

03 October – Paris

Poland	3
		05 October – Paris
China	0
		Poland	3
03 October – Paris
		Japan	0
Japan	3

Italy	2
		11th Place

		05 October – Paris

		China	0

		Italy	3

Classification 5-8

Classification 5-8		5th Place

03 October – Paris

Cuba	3
		05 October – Paris
Czechoslovakia	1
		Cuba	3
03 October – Paris
		France	1
France	3

Argentina	1
		7th Place

		05 October – Paris

		Czechoslovakia	0

		Argentina	3

Final four

Semi finals		Final

03 October – Paris

Soviet Union	3
		05 October – Paris
Bulgaria	0
		Soviet Union	1
03 October – Paris
		United States	3
United States	3

Brazil	0
		3rd place

		05 October – Paris

		Bulgaria	3

		Brazil	0

Final standing

Place	Team
1.	United States
2.	Soviet Union
3.	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, and Karch Kiraly. Head Coach: Marv Dunphy.

Awards

Most Valuable Player:
- Philippe Blain (FRA)

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External links

Federation Internationale de Volleyball

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