1981 Men's World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	19–28 November
Teams	8
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (3rd title)
Runners-up	Cuba
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Poland
Tournament awards
MVP	Vyacheslav Zaytsev
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The1981FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 19 to 28 November 1981 inJapan. It was the 4th edition of the competition.

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	―	1	Japan
Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics	20 Jul – 1 Aug 1980	Moscow	1	Soviet Union
1978 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship	20 September – 1 October 1978	Italy	1	Italy
1981 Men's European Volleyball Championship	19–27 September 1981	Bulgaria	1	Poland
1981 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship	4–10 July 1981	Mexico City	1	Cuba
1981 Men's South American Volleyball Championship	12–19 July 1981	Santiago	1	Brazil
Asian Qualifier	14–23 March 1981	Hong Kong	1	China
1979 Men's African Volleyball Championship	9–15 November 1979	Tripoli	1	Tunisia
Total			8

Source:^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Soviet Union	7	7	0	14	21	2	10.500	338	188	1.798
2	Cuba	7	6	1	13	18	9	2.000	364	283	1.286
3	Brazil	7	5	2	12	16	11	1.455	352	316	1.114
4	Poland	7	4	3	11	14	13	1.077	313	320	0.978
5	China	7	3	4	10	12	14	0.857	328	307	1.068
6	Japan	7	2	5	9	12	15	0.800	326	306	1.065
7	Italy	7	1	6	8	9	18	0.500	275	358	0.768
8	Tunisia	7	0	7	7	1	21	0.048	110	328	0.335

Location:Fukuoka

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Brazil	15–6	15–4	15–5			45–15
19 Nov	Japan	3–0	Italy	15–10	15–13	15–5			45–28
19 Nov	Poland	3–0	Tunisia	15–3	15–8	15–2			45–13
19 Nov	Cuba	3–2	China	11–15	15–13	11–15	15–11	15–9	67–63
20 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	China	15–11	15–11	15–12			45–34
20 Nov	Cuba	3–0	Tunisia	15–6	15–4	15–4			45–14
20 Nov	Poland	3–2	Italy	15–7	15–10	10–15	11–15	15–6	66–53
20 Nov	Brazil	3–1	Japan	15–10	10–15	15–8	15–11		55–44

Location:Hiroshima andMatsuyama

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Nov	Brazil	3–2	Italy	13–15	14–16	15–6	15–12	15–8	72–57
22 Nov	Cuba	3–0	Poland	16–14	15–4	15–3			46–21
22 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Tunisia	15–4	15–8	15–2			45–14
22 Nov	China	3–1	Japan	15–12	2–15	15–8	15–9		47–44

Location:Gifu

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Nov	Brazil	3–1	China	12–15	15–12	15–12	15–12		57–51
24 Nov	Cuba	3–1	Italy	14–16	15–10	15–2	15–3		59–31
24 Nov	Soviet Union	3–2	Poland	8–15	15–11	15–4	13–15	15–4	66–49
24 Nov	Japan	3–0	Tunisia	15–1	15–1	15–6			45–8

Location:Tokyo

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Cuba	15–3	17–15	15–11			47–29
26 Nov	Poland	3–2	Japan	15–13	3–15	8–15	15–8	15–13	56–64

Location:Yokohama

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Nov	China	3–1	Italy	15–13	15–5	10–15	15–8		55–41
26 Nov	Brazil	3–1	Tunisia	15–3	15–9	13–15	15–10		58–37

Location:Tokyo

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Italy	15–6	15–5	15–9			45–20
27 Nov	Cuba	3–2	Japan	15–8	12–15	15–12	10–15	15–7	67–57
27 Nov	China	3–0	Tunisia	15–?	15–?	15–?			45–8
27 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Poland	15–10	15–11	15–10			45–31
28 Nov	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	15–3	15–8	15–5			45–16
28 Nov	Poland	3–0	China	15–11	15–11	15–11			45–33
28 Nov	Cuba	3–1	Brazil	5–15	15–10	16–14	15–11		51–50
28 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Japan	15–5	15–11	15–11			45–27

Rank Team  Soviet Union  Cuba  Brazil 4  Poland 5  China 6  Japan 7  Italy 8  Tunisia

1981 Men's World Cup champions  Soviet Union 3rd title Team roster Vyacheslav Zaytsev,Vladimir Kondra,Aleksandr Borisovich Savin,Viljar Loor,Vladimir Dorokhov,Yury Panchenko,Pāvels Seļivanovs,Oleg Moliboga,Vladimir Shkurikhin,Yury Kuznetsov,Aleksandr Sapega,Pavel Voronkov Head coach Viacheslav Platonov

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