The 1970 FIVB Women's World Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 22 September to 2 October 1970 in Bulgaria.
Teams
Squads
Venues Pool A Pool B Sevlievo Sofia Capacity: Capacity: Pool C, Final round Pool D, Final round Burgas Varna Capacity: Capacity: Source:
Format The tournament was played in two different stages (first and final rounds). In the , the 16 participants were divided in four groups of four teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, all teams progressed to the next round.
In the , two groups were created (1st-8th and 9th-16th), teams were allocated to a group according to their group position (best two teams of each group going to 1st-8th and the remaining teams to 9th-16th). A single round-robin format was played within each group with matches already played between teams in the also counted in this round.
Pools composition Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
Results First round Pool A Location: Sevlievo
Pool B Location: Sofia
Pool C Location: Burgas
Pool D Location: Varna
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.
9th–16th places Location: Burgas
Final places Location: Varna
Final standing
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Qualified for the 1972 Olympic Games as reigning champions Qualified for the 1972 Olympic Games
Team roster Ludmila Buldakova, Vera Duyunova, Vera Lantratova, Galina Leontieva, Ludmila Michailovskaya, Inna Ryskal, Tatyana Tretyakova, Rosa Salichova, Tatyana Sarytscheva, Nina Smoleyeva, Liubov Turina, Marita Batutite Head coach
References
External links FIVB Results Results - todor66 Results Federation Internationale de Volleyball