1981 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

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

The 1981 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was played from November 19 to 28 in Japan.

It was the 4th edition of the competition. Once again, hosts Japan narrowly missed out on the victory, finishing in second. As in 1981, it was the Soviet Union defended the third title.^[1]

Results

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	14	7	0	21	2	10.500	338	188	1.798
2	Cuba	13	6	1	18	9	2.000	319	269	1.186
3	Brazil	12	5	2	16	11	1.455	352	316	1.114
4	Poland	11	4	3	14	13	1.077	313	320	0.978
5	China	10	3	4	12	14	0.857	326	307	1.062
6	Japan	9	2	5	12	15	0.800	326	306	1.065
7	Italy	8	1	6	9	18	0.500	275	358	0.768
8	Tunisia	7	0	7	1	21	0.048	110	328	0.335

Final standings

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 12–man 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

Awards

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