| Final Group | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Soviet Union | 5 | 0 | 15: | 2 | 256/125 | 2.048 |  | 2. Czechoslovakia | 4 | 1 | 13: | 3 | 228/131 | 1.740 |  | 3. Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 9: | 9 | 194/224 | 0.866 |  | 4. Romania | 2 | 3 | 8: | 11 | 210/239 | 0.879 |  | 5. Poland | 1 | 4 | 6: | 12 | 178/243 | 0.733 |  | 6. France | 0 | 5 | 1: | 15 | 135/239 | 0.565 |   
    | Team | Sovi | Czec | Bulg | Roma | Pola | Fran |  | Soviet Union | --- | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Czechoslovakia |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Bulgaria |   |   | --- | 3:1 | 3:2 | 3:0 |  | Romania |   |   |   | --- | 3:1 | 3:1 |  | Poland |   |   |   |   | --- | 3:0 |  | France |   |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | s1 | s2 | s3 | s4 | s5 |  | Wed 14.09 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-0 |   Poland | 45-12 | 15-7 | 15-3 | 15-2 |   |  | Wed 14.09 |   Soviet Union | 3-1 |   Romania | 59-39 | 14-16 | 15-6 | 15-6 | 15-11 |   |  | Wed 14.09 |   Bulgaria | 3-0 |   France | 46-35 | 15-10 | 16-14 | 15-11 |   |  | Thu 15.09 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-0 |   Bulgaria | 45-17 | 15-8 | 15-1 | 15-8 |   |  | Thu 15.09 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Poland | 45-20 | 15-9 | 15-5 | 15-6 |   |  | Thu 15.09 |   Romania | 3-1 |   France | 56-45 | 15-8 | 11-15 | 15-11 | 15-11 |   |  | Fri 16.09 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-0 |   France | 45-19 | 15-2 | 15-6 | 15-11 |   |  | Fri 16.09 |   Romania | 3-1 |   Poland | 54-40 | 9-15 | 15-6 | 15-10 | 15-9 |   |  | Fri 16.09 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Bulgaria | 45-13 | 15-8 | 15-4 | 15-1 |   |  | Sat 17.09 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-0 |   Romania | 45-21 | 15-6 | 15-7 | 15-8 |   |  | Sat 17.09 |   Bulgaria | 3-2 |   Poland | 68-59 | 13-15 | 15-12 | 15-10 | 10-15 | 15-7 |  | Sat 17.09 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   France | 45-5 | 15-4 | 15-1 | 15-0 |   |  | Sun 18.09 |   Poland | 3-0 |   France | 47-31 | 17-15 | 15-10 | 15-6 |   |  | Sun 18.09 |   Bulgaria | 3-1 |   Romania | 50-40 | 15-8 | 15-5 | 5-15 | 15-12 |   |  | Sun 18.09 |   Soviet Union | 3-1 |   Czechoslovakia | 62-48 | 15-7 | 15-9 | 17-19 | 15-13 |   |   
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| Final Ranking | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Soviet Union | 8 | 0 | 24: | 2 | 392/180 | 2.178  |  | 2. Czechoslovakia | 6 | 1 | 19: | 3 | 318/152 | 2.092  |  | 3. Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 15: | 10 | 297/281 | 1.057  |  | 4. Romania | 4 | 4 | 14: | 16 | 340/357 | 0.952  |  | 5. Poland | 2 | 5 | 9: | 15 | 243/300 | 0.810  |  | 6. France | 1 | 6 | 4: | 19 | 221/327 | 0.676 |  |  Group 7-10  |  | 7. Hungary | 4 | 2 | 14: | 7 | 272/218 | 1.248  |  | 8. Italy | 2 | 3 | 8: | 9 | 197/196 | 1.005  |  | 9. Belgium | 1 | 5 | 3: | 15 | 135/248 | 0.544  |  | 10.Netherlands | 0 | 5 | 1: | 15 | 83/239 | 0.347  |   
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 Yugoslavia was not allowd to play due to bad political relations between Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. 
 
| East Europe: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 |  | West Europe: 6, 8, 9, 10 |   
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| Group 7-10 | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 7. Hungary | 3 | 0 | 9: | 1 | 149/89 | 1.674 |  | 8. Italy | 2 | 1 | 6: | 3 | 124/79 | 1.570 |  | 9. Belgium | 1 | 2 | 3: | 6 | 87/113 | 0.770 |  | 10.Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 1: | 9 | 70/149 | 0.470 |   
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| Team | Hung | Ital | Belg | Neth |  | Hungary | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:1 |  | Italy |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Belgium |   |   | --- | 3:0 |  | Netherlands |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | s1 | s2 | s3 | s4 |  | Thu 15.09 |   Italy | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-15 | 15-4 | 15-5 | 15-6 |   |  | Thu 15.09 |   Hungary | 3-1 |   Netherlands | 59-28 | 15-3 | 15-3 | 14-16 | 15-6 |  | Fri 16.09 |   Italy | 3-0 |   Netherlands | 45-19 | 15-2 | 15-11 | 15-6 |   |  | Fri 16.09 |   Hungary | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-27 | 15-4 | 15-10 | 15-13 |   |  | Sat 17.09 |   Belgium | 3-0 |   Netherlands | 45-23 | 15-4 | 15-6 | 15-13 |   |  | Sat 17.09 |   Hungary | 3-0 |   Italy | 45-34 | 15-12 | 15-12 | 15-10 |   |   
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| Group A | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Czechoslovakia | 2 | 0 | 6: | 0 | 90/21 | 4.286 |  | 2. Poland | 1 | 1 | 3: | 3 | 65/57 | 1.140 |  | 3. Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0: | 6 | 13/90 | 0.144 |  | -. Uruguay |  DNS |   
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| Team | Czec | Pola | Neth |  | Czechoslovakia | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Poland |   | --- | 3:0 |  | Netherlands |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | s1 | s2 | s3 |  | Sat 10.09 |   Poland | 3-0 |   Netherlands | 45-12 | 15-2 | 15-7 | 15-3 |  | Sun 11.09 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-0 |   Poland | 45-20 | 15-5 | 15-10 | 15-5 |  | Mon 12.09 |   Czechoslovakia | 3-0 |   Netherlands | 45-1 | 15-0 | 15-0 | 15-1 |   
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| Group B | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 6: | 1 | 103/57 | 1.807 |  | 2. France | 1 | 1 | 3: | 4 | 86/88 | 0.977 |  | 3. Italy | 0 | 2 | 2: | 6 | 73/117 | 0.624 |  | -. Yugoslavia |  DNS |   
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| Team | Bulg | Fran | Ital |  | Bulgaria | --- | 3:0 | 3:1 |  | France |   | --- | 3:1 |  | Italy |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | s1 | s2 | s3 | s4 |  | Sat 10.09 |   Bulgaria | 3-1 |   Italy | 58-30 | 15-7 | 13-15 | 15-4 | 15-4 |  | Sun 11.09 |   Bulgaria | 3-0 |   France | 45-27 | 15-8 | 15-9 | 15-10 |   |  | Tue 13.09 |   France | 3-1 |   Italy | 59-43 | 14-16 | 15-10 | 15-5 | 15-12 |   
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| Group C | w | l | gf | ga | points | ratio |  | 1. Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 9: | 0 | 136/55 | 2.473 |  | 2. Romania | 2 | 1 | 6: | 5 | 130/118 | 1.102 |  | 3. Hungary | 1 | 2 | 5: | 6 | 123/129 | 0.953 |  | 4. Belgium | 0 | 3 | 0: | 9 | 48/135 | 0.356 |   
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| Team | Sovi | Roma | Hung | Belg |  | Soviet Union | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Romania |   | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 |  | Hungary |   |   | --- | 3:0 |  | Belgium |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | s1 | s2 | s3 | s4 | s5 |  | Sun 11.09 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-10 | 15-1 | 15-6 | 15-3 |    |  | Sun 11.09 |   Romania | 3-2 |   Hungary | 61-57 | 15-6 | 7-15 | 9-15 | 15-11 | 15-10 |  | Mon 12.09 |   Hungary | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-23 | 15-8 | 15-13 | 15-2 |   |  | Mon 12.09 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Romania | 46-24 | 15-4 | 15-6 | 16-14 |    |  | Tue 13.09 |   Romania | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-15 | 15-4 | 15-2 | 15-9 |   |  | Tue 13.09 |   Soviet Union | 3-0 |   Hungary | 45-21 | 15-9 | 15-3 | 15-9 |   |   
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|  1. Soviet Union |  | Anatoli Ejngorn | Dom Offetzera Leningrad |  | Valentin Kitayev | Dinamo Moskva |  | Nikolai Micheyev | Nauka Charkov |  | Sergey Nefedov | Lokomotiv Moskva |  | Michail Pimenov | Bolshevik Kiev |  | Konstantin Reva | CDKA Moskva |  | Vladimir Savin | CDKA Moskva |  | Vladimir Schagin | Dinamo Moskva |  | Vladimir Ulyanov | Dom Offetzera Leningrad |  | Vladimir Vasilitschikov | Dinamo Moskva |  | Pavel Voronin | Dom Offetzera Leningrad |  | Alexey Yakuschev | Dinamo Moskva |  | Coach: Berijand |   
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|  2. Czechoslovakia |  | Miloslav Bouchal |  | Josef Brož |  | Karel Brož |  | Jaroslav Fučík |  | Vaclav Matiášek |  | Frantisek Mikota |  | Jaromir Paldus |  | Zdenek Soukup |  | Frantisek Schwarzkopf |  | Josef Tesař |  | Josef Votava |  | Josef Reiche |  | Coach: Jan Fiedler |   
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|  3. Bulgaria  |  | Kostadin Shopov |  | Boris Gyuderov |  | Mitko Dimitrov |  | Dragomir Stoyanov |  | Todor Simov |  | Gueorgui Komatov |  | Panayot Pondalov |  | Gyoko Petrov |  | Boyan Moshelov |  | Kosta Badjakov |  | Stoycho Kurdzhiev |  | Boris Vladimirov |  | Coach: Valentin Ankov |   
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|  5. Poland |  | Henryk Antczak |  | Lech Grodecki |  | Jan Frontczak |  | Tadeusz Miszewski |  | Witold Maliszewski |  | Romuald Markowski |  | Adam Piechura |  | Wieslaw Piotrowski |  | Czeslaw Plejewski |  | Waclaw Policewicz |  | Janusz Zaborzecki |   
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|  6. France |  | Henry Aujard |  | Jacques Bertrand |  | Bonavita |  | Igor Boulatsel |  | Daniel Caulier |  | Michel Constantin |  | René Demotte |  | François Dujardin |  | Jacques Liou |  | Henry Pasqualini |  | Jacques Vabre |   
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|  8. Italy |  | Giovanni Baccarini | Robur di Ravenna |  | Olivo Barbieri | Minelli Modena |  | R. Borelli | Ferrovieri Parma |  | Paolo Borghi | Robur Ravenna |  | A. Bresciani | Lale Brescia |  | Carlo Cattaneo | Borsalino Alessandria |  | Bruno de Bernardi | Borsalino Alessandria |  | B. Dorich | Libertas Trieste |  | Bruno Estasi | Ferrovieri Parma |  | P. Fabbri | Robur Ravenna |  | Roberto Tazzari | Robur di Ravenna |   
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