Men Volleyball World Cup 1973 has to be played in Czechoslovakia

Men Volleyball World Cup 1973 has to be played in Czechoslovakia - Cancelled

The Tournament was not played because a political disput between Czechoslovakia and North Korea. In the middle of August 1973, Czechoslovakia as Host did not accept the inscrition of North Korea 1 day after the term. FIVB accepted the late finish of Asian Championship as a reason for this delay. Altough Czechoslovakia did not agree with this, so the Championship was cancelled. There was not enough time to find a new Host. In September 1973 in Czechoslovakia was played an International Friendship Tournament with the main teams qualified for the World Cup.

Final Group	w	l	gf	ga	points	ratio
1. Soviet Union	3	0	9:	0	136/93	1.462
2. Poland	2	1	6:	5	131/139	0.942
3. Czechoslovakia	1	2	5:	6	140/136	1.029
4. East Germany	0	3	0:	9	97/136	0.713

Team	Sovi	Pola	Czec	East
Soviet Union	---	3:0	3:0	3:0
Poland		---	3:2	3:0
Czechoslovakia			---	3:0
East Germany				---

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
played at Sparty na Letne, Praga
27.09	15:30	Poland	3-2	Czechoslovakia	62-60	15-9	16-14	5-15	11-15	15-7
27.09	19:30	Soviet Union	3-0	East Germany	46-34	16-14	15-7	15-13
28.09	15:30	Czechoslovakia	3-0	East Germany	45-29	15-7	15-10	15-12
28.09	19:30	Soviet Union	3-0	Poland	45-24	15-6	15-8	15-10
29.09	14:30	Soviet Union	3-0	Czechoslovakia	45-35	15-10	15-12	15-13
29.09	18:30	Poland	3-0	East Germany	45-34	15-13	15-12	15-9

Final ranking	w	l	gf	ga	points	ratio
1. Soviet Union	5	1	17:	5	313/239	1.310
2. Poland	4	2	14:	9	298/276	1.080
3. Czechoslovakia	4	2	14:	10	312/262	1.191
4. East Germany	1	5	6:	16	260/306	0.850
Group 5-8
5. Japan	5	1	16:	7	304/268	1.134
6. United States	2	4	7:	14	228/280	0.814
7. Bulgaria	2	4	10:	14	287/303	0.947
8. Brazil	1	5	7:	16	245/313	0.783

Initial Draw 15.04
Group A Praga
TCH	URS	BUL	MEX	CUB	EUR
Group B Bratislava
BRA	JPN	GDR	POL	TUN	---

Initial qualification
Host	CZE
World Men 1970	GDR BUL JPN POL
Europe Men 1971	URS
Norceca Men 1971	CUB MEX
South America Men 1971	BRA
Africa Men 1971	TUN
West Europe	---

Group 5-8	w	l	gf	ga	points	ratio
5. Japan	3	0	9:	2	150/114	1.316
6. United States	2	1	7:	5	152/143	1.063
7. Bulgaria	1	2	5:	8	159/164	0.970
8. Brazil	0	3	3:	9	127/167	0.760

Team	Japa	Unit	Bulg	Braz
Japan	---	3:1	3:0	3:1
United States		---	3:2	3:0
Bulgaria			---	3:2
Brazil				---

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
Usti nad Orlici
27.09	16:00	United States	3-2	Bulgaria	63-64	15-13	15-13	10-15	8-15	15-8
27.09		Japan	3-1	Brazil	56-41	15-5	11-15	15-10	15-11
28.09	16:00	Japan	3-1	United States	48-44	2-15	15-9	16-14	15-6
28.09		Bulgaria	3-2	Brazil	66-55	15-8	15-12	7-15	14-16	15-4
29.09	16:00	United States	3-0	Brazil	45-31	15-9	15-9	15-13
29.09		Japan	3-0	Bulgaria	46-29	15-9	16-14	15-6

First Groups Round. First 2 to Final Group. Rest to Group 5-8.

Group B	w	l	gf	ga	points	ratio
1. Czechoslovakia	3	0	9:	4	172/126	1.365
2. East Germany	1	2	6:	7	163/170	0.959
3. Bulgaria	1	2	5:	6	128/139	0.921
4. Brazil	1	2	4:	7	118/146	0.808

Team	Czec	East	Bulg	Braz
Czechoslovakia	---	3:2	3:1	3:1
East Germany		---	3:1
Bulgaria			---	3:0
Brazil		3:1		---

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5	dur
played at sparty na Letne, Praga
22.09	15:30	East Germany	3-1	Bulgaria	60-51	12-15	15-10	18-16	15-10
22.09	19:30	Czechoslovakia	3-1	Brazil	52-40	15-13	7-15	15-1	15-11
23.09	15:30	Czechoslovakia	3-1	Bulgaria	58-32	13-15	15-2	15-8	15-7		1:19
23.09	19:30	Brazil	3-1	East Germany	57-49	17-15	15-12	10-15	15-7		1:58
24.09	15:30	Bulgaria	3-0	Brazil	45-21	15-13	15-5	15-3
24.09	19:30	Czechoslovakia	3-2	East Germany	62-54	15-10	5-15	15-13	12-15	15-11

Group B	w	l	gf	ga	points	ratio
1. Poland	2	1	8:	4	167/137	1.219
2. Soviet Union	2	1	8:	5	177/146	1.212
3. Japan	2	1	7:	5	154/154	1.000
4. United States	0	3	0:	9	76/137	0.555

Team	Pola	Sovi	Japa	Unit
Poland	---		3:1	3:0
Soviet Union	3:2	---		3:0
Japan		3:2	---	3:0
United States				---

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5	dur
played in Bratislava
22.09	16:00	Soviet Union	3-2	Poland	70-67	15-11	17-15	11-15	12-15	15-11
22.09		Japan	3-0	United States	47-37	15-11	15-11	17-15
23.09	16:00	Poland	3-1	Japan	55-43	15-4	10-15	15-13	15-11		1:35
23.09		Soviet Union	3-0	United States	45-15	15-1	15-10	15-4
24.09	16:00	Poland	3-0	United States	45-24	15-6	15-13	15-5
24.09		Japan	3-2	Soviet Union	64-62	14-16	3-15	17-15	15-12	15-4

Women 1973

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