Volleyball events were contested at the 1977 Summer Universiade in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Men's tournament First Round +GroupABCDEFTeamsBulgaria Mexico
Egypt
BelgiumSoviet Union Brazil
Turkey
KuwaitCuba Italy
Netherlands
SudanYugoslavia Japan
Canada
AlgeriaUnited States Czechoslovakia
Lebanon
GreeceSouth Korea Romania
Tunisia Top two teams from Groups A, C, and E advance to Group G of the second round, and top two teams from Groups B, D, and F advance to Group H of the second round.
Second Round GroupGHTeamsBulgaria Czechoslovakia
Cuba
Italy
Mexico
United StatesSouth Korea Soviet Union
Japan
Brazil
Yugoslavia
Romania Top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals.
Knockout stages
Medal Semifinals
Czechoslovakia 3-1 Soviet Union Bulgaria 3-1 South Korea
5-8th Classification
Romania 3-0 United States Cuba 3-1 Yugoslavia
9-12th Classification
Japan 3-2 Italy Brazil 3-0 Mexico
11th-place match Brazil 3-? Mexico
9th-place match Japan 3-? Italy
7th-place match Yugoslavia 3-2 United States
5th-place match Romania 3-1 Cuba
3rd Place Match South Korea 3-2 Soviet Union
Final Bulgaria 3-1 Czechoslovakia
Medal table Men's volleyballWomen's volleyball
References Universiade volleyball medalists on HickokSports Men's results (todor66.com) Women's results (todor66.com)