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1949 FIVB World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Czechoslovakia
Dates	10–18 September
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Officially opened by	Klement Gottwald
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
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The 1949 FIVB Men's World Championship was the first edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 10 to 18 September 1949 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Teams

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Czechoslovakia (Host)	France	Soviet Union
Poland	Bulgaria	Romania
Netherlands	Italy	Hungary
Uruguay	Yugoslavia	Belgium

•  Uruguay and  Yugoslavia refused to participate

Results

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	90	21	4.286	1st–6th places
2	Poland	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	65	58	1.121
3	Netherlands	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	14	90	0.156	7th–10th places

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Sep	Poland	3–0	Netherlands	15–2	15–7	15–4			45–13
11 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Poland	15–5	15–10	15–5			45–20
13 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Netherlands	15–0	15–0	15–1			45–1

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	2	2	0	4	6	1	6.000	103	52	1.981	1st–6th places
2	France	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	76	89	0.854
3	Italy	2	0	2	2	2	6	0.333	79	117	0.675	7th–10th places

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	Italy	15–7	13–15	15–4	15–9		58–35
11 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	France	15–8	15–7	15–2			45–17
13 Sep	France	3–1	Italy	14–16	15–10	15–5	15–13		59–44

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	136	57	2.386	1st–6th places
2	Romania	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	129	127	1.016
3	Hungary	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	131	128	1.023	7th–10th places
4	Belgium	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	51	135	0.378

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Romania	3–2	Hungary	12–15	15–6	16–14	1–15	16–14	60–64
11 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Belgium	15–1	15–6	15–4			45–11
12 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Belgium	15–8	15–13	15–2			45–23
12 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Romania	15–4	15–6	16–14			46–24
13 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Hungary	15–9	15–4	15–9			45–22
13 Sep	Romania	3–0	Belgium	15–4	15–4	15–9			45–17

Final round

7th–10th places

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
7	Hungary	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	149	69	2.159
8	Italy	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	114	77	1.481
9	Belgium	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	75	113	0.664
10	Netherlands	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	70	149	0.470

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Sep	Hungary	3–1	Netherlands	15–3	15–3	14–16	15–6		59–28
15 Sep	Italy	3–0	Belgium	15–4	15–3	15–6			45–13
16 Sep	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	15–2	15–11	15–6			45–19
17 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Italy	15–12	15–2	15–10			45–24
17 Sep	Belgium	3–0	Netherlands	15–4	15–6	15–13			45–23
18 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Belgium	15–4	15–10	15–3			45–17

1st–6th places

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	256	135	1.896
2	Czechoslovakia	5	4	1	9	13	3	4.333	230	119	1.933
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	9	9	1.000	190	225	0.844
4	Romania	5	2	3	7	8	11	0.727	211	239	0.883
5	Poland	5	1	4	6	6	12	0.500	178	239	0.745
6	France	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	131	239	0.548

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland	15–9	15–5	15–6			45–20
14 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	France	15–10	16–14	15–11			46–35
14 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Romania	15–6	15–7	15–8			45–21
15 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–8	15–4	15–1			45–13
15 Sep	Romania	3–1	France	15–8	11–15	15–11	15–11		56–45
15 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Poland	15–7	15–3	15–2			45–12
16 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	France	15–4	15–1	15–8			45–13
16 Sep	Romania	3–1	Poland	9–15	15–6	15–10	15–9		54–40
16 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Bulgaria	15–8	15–1	15–8			45–17
17 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	Poland	13–15	15–12	15–10	6–15	15–7	64–59
17 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	France	15–2	15–1	15–4			45–7
17 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Romania	14–16	15–6	15–6	15–11		59–39
18 Sep	Poland	3–0	France	17–15	15–10	15–6			47–31
18 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–7	15–11	17–19	15–13		62–50
18 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	Romania	15–9	15–5	5–15	15–12		50–41

Final standing

Rank Team  Soviet Union  Czechoslovakia  Bulgaria 4  Romania 5  Poland 6  France 7  Hungary 8  Italy 9  Belgium 10  Netherlands

1949 Men's World champions  Soviet Union 1st title Team roster Einhorn, Kitayev, Mikheyev, Nefedov, Pimenov, Reva, Savin, Shagin, Ulyanov, Vasilchikov, Voronin, Yakushev Head coach Berlyand

External links

• Results at FIVB.org

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