The 1966 FIVB Men's World Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 30 August to 11 September 1966 in Czechoslovakia.
Qualification For the first time the teams were restricted to 24. First 12 teams from 1962 World Championship (including host country) and 3 teams from each continent (Europe, Asia, America and Africa) were qualified to 1966 edition. Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost country11962 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship12–26 October 1962111963 Men's European Volleyball Championship21 Oct – 2 Nov 1963 Romania5**Volleyball at the 1963 Pan American Games24 Apr – 3 May 1963 São Paulo32**Asian QualifierUnknownUnknown32**African QualifierUnknownUnknown1*Total2422
* Only Morocco from Africa confirmed participation, Belgium and Finland replaced the other African teams. Mexico, Israel and Morocco were replaced by Cuba, Denmark and West Germany. Also Argentina and North Korea did not arrive for the Championship but there were no more European teams to replace them.
Venues Pool A and Final roundPool B Prague, Czechoslovakia Nitra, CzechoslovakiaPool CPool D České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia Jihlava, CzechoslovakiaFinal round Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
Results First round Pool A Location: Prague
Pool B Location: Nitra
Pool C Location: České Budějovice
Pool D Location: Jihlava
Final round The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the final round.
17th–22nd places Location: Prague
9th–16th places Location: Pardubice
Final places Location: Pardubice
Final standing
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
External links Federation Internationale de Volleyball