1981 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

{{Infobox FIVB tournament

| competition = Men's World Cup

| continent = World

| year = 1981

| logo =

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| host = {{JPN}}

| dates = 19–28 November

| teams = 8

| venues = 4

| cities = 4

| champions = URS

| title_number = 3

| second = CUB

| third = BRA

| fourth = POL

| mvp = {{flagicon|URS}} Vyacheslav Zaytsev

| outside_spikers =

| opposite_spiker =

| middle_blockers =

| setter =

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| website =

| last = 1977 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

| next = 1985 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

}}

The 1981 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 19 to 28 November 1981 in Japan. It was the 4th edition of the competition.

Qualification

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Means of qualification

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!Host

!Vacancies

!Qualified

Host Country

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|{{vb|JPN|1870}}

Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics

|20 Jul – 1 Aug 1980

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Moscow

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|{{vb|USSR}}

1978 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

|20 September – 1 October 1978

|{{ITA}}

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|{{vb|ITA}}

1981 Men's European Volleyball Championship

|19–27 September 1981

|{{flagicon|BUL|1967}} Bulgaria

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|{{vb|POL}}

1981 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

|4–10 July 1981

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico City

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|{{vb|CUB}}

1981 Men's South American Volleyball Championship

|12–19 July 1981

|{{flagicon|CHI}} Santiago

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|{{vb|BRA}}

Asian Qualifier

|14–23 March 1981

|{{flagicon|HKG|1959}} Hong Kong

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|{{vb|CHN}}

1979 Men's African Volleyball Championship

|9–15 November 1979

|{{flagicon|LBA|1977}} Tripoli

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|{{vb|TUN}}

colspan="3"|Total8

Results

Source:[http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=56707&Language=en#.WXIN6ISLTIU FIVB Men’s World Cup: A history of Russian success] - fivb.org - 07-09-2015

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| team1 = URS | name_URS ={{vb|URS}}

| team2 = CUB | name_CUB ={{vb|CUB}}

| team3 = BRA | name_BRA ={{vb|BRA}}

| team4 = POL | name_POL ={{vb|POL}}

| team5 = CHN | name_CHN ={{vb|CHN}}

| team6 = JPN | name_JPN ={{vb|JPN}}

| team7 = ITA | name_ITA ={{vb|ITA}}

| team8 = TUN | name_TUN ={{vb|TUN}}

|bwin_URS =7 |bloss_URS =0 |sw_URS =21 |sl_URS =2 |spw_URS =338 |spl_URS =188

|bwin_CUB =6 |bloss_CUB =1 |sw_CUB =18 |sl_CUB =9 |spw_CUB =364 |spl_CUB =283

|bwin_BRA =5 |bloss_BRA =2 |sw_BRA =16 |sl_BRA =11 |spw_BRA =352 |spl_BRA =316

|bwin_POL =4 |bloss_POL =3 |sw_POL =14 |sl_POL =13 |spw_POL =313 |spl_POL =320

|bwin_CHN =3 |bloss_CHN =4 |sw_CHN =12 |sl_CHN =14 |spw_CHN =328 |spl_CHN =307

|bwin_JPN =2 |bloss_JPN =5 |sw_JPN =12 |sl_JPN =15 |spw_JPN =326 |spl_JPN =306

|bwin_ITA =1 |bloss_ITA =6 |sw_ITA =9 |sl_ITA =18 |spw_ITA =275 |spl_ITA =358

|bwin_TUN =0 |bloss_TUN =7 |sw_TUN =1 |sl_TUN =21 |spw_TUN =110 |spl_TUN =328

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Location: Fukuoka

{{Vb res start 2}}

{{Vb res 2|19 Nov|{{vbw-rt|URS}}|3–0|{{vbw|BRA}}|15–6|15–4|15–5|||45–15}}

{{Vb res 2|19 Nov|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|3–0|{{vbw|ITA}}|15–10|15–13|15–5|||45–28}}

{{Vb res 2|19 Nov|{{vbw-rt|POL}}|3–0|{{vbw|TUN}}|15–3|15–8|15–2|||45–13}}

{{Vb res 2|19 Nov|{{vbw-rt|CUB}}|3–2|{{vbw|CHN}}|11–15|15–13|11–15|15–11|15–9|67–63}}

{{Vb res 2|20 Nov|{{vbw-rt|URS}}|3–0|{{vbw|CHN}}|15–11|15–11|15–12|||45–34}}

{{Vb res 2|20 Nov|{{vbw-rt|CUB}}|3–0|{{vbw|TUN}}|15–6|15–4|15–4|||45–14}}

{{Vb res 2|20 Nov|{{vbw-rt|POL}}|3–2|{{vbw|ITA}}|15–7|15–10|10–15|11–15|15–6|66–53}}

{{Vb res 2|20 Nov|{{vbw-rt|BRA}}|3–1|{{vbw|JPN}}|15–10|10–15|15–8|15–11||55–44}}

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Location: Hiroshima and Matsuyama

{{Vb res start 2}}

{{Vb res 2|22 Nov|{{vbw-rt|BRA}}|3–2|{{vbw|ITA}}|13–15|14–16|15–6|15–12|15–8|72–57}}

{{Vb res 2|22 Nov|{{vbw-rt|CUB}}|3–0|{{vbw|POL}}|16–14|15–4|15–3|||46–21}}

{{Vb res 2|22 Nov|{{vbw-rt|URS}}|3–0|{{vbw|TUN}}|15–4|15–8|15–2|||45–14}}

{{Vb res 2|22 Nov|{{vbw-rt|CHN}}|3–1|{{vbw|JPN}}|15–12|2–15|15–8|15–9||47–44}}

{{end}}

Location: Gifu

{{Vb res start 2}}

{{Vb res 2|24 Nov|{{vbw-rt|BRA}}|3–1|{{vbw|CHN}}|12–15|15–12|15–12|15–12||57–51}}

{{Vb res 2|24 Nov|{{vbw-rt|CUB}}|3–1|{{vbw|ITA}}|14–16|15–10|15–2|15–3||59–31}}

{{Vb res 2|24 Nov|{{vbw-rt|URS}}|3–2|{{vbw|POL}}|8–15|15–11|15–4|13–15|15–4|66–49}}

{{Vb res 2|24 Nov|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|3–0|{{vbw|TUN}}|15–1|15–1|15–6|||45–8}}

{{end}}

Location: Tokyo

{{Vb res start 2}}

{{Vb res 2|26 Nov|{{vbw-rt|URS}}|3–0|{{vbw|CUB}}|15–3|17–15|15–11|||47–29}}

{{Vb res 2|26 Nov|{{vbw-rt|POL}}|3–2|{{vbw|JPN}}|15–13|3–15|8–15|15–8|15–13|56–64}}

{{end}}

Location: Yokohama

{{Vb res start 2}}

{{Vb res 2|26 Nov|{{vbw-rt|CHN}}|3–1|{{vbw|ITA}}|15–13|15–5|10–15|15–8||55–41}}

{{Vb res 2|26 Nov|{{vbw-rt|BRA}}|3–1|{{vbw|TUN}}|15–3|15–9|13–15|15–10||58–37}}

{{end}}

Location: Tokyo

{{Vb res start 2}}

{{Vb res 2|27 Nov|{{vbw-rt|URS}}|3–0|{{vbw|ITA}}|15–6|15–5|15–9|||45–20}}

{{Vb res 2|27 Nov|{{vbw-rt|CUB}}|3–2|{{vbw|JPN}}|15–8|12–15|15–12|10–15|15–7|67–57}}

{{Vb res 2|27 Nov|{{vbw-rt|CHN}}|3–0|{{vbw|TUN}}|15–?|15–?|15–?|||45–8}}

{{Vb res 2|27 Nov|{{vbw-rt|BRA}}|3–0|{{vbw|POL}}|15–10|15–11|15–10|||45–31}}

{{Vb res 2|28 Nov|{{vbw-rt|ITA}}|3–0|{{vbw|TUN}}|15–3|15–8|15–5|||45–16}}

{{Vb res 2|28 Nov|{{vbw-rt|POL}}|3–0|{{vbw|CHN}}|15–11|15–11|15–11|||45–33}}

{{Vb res 2|28 Nov|{{vbw-rt|CUB}}|3–1|{{vbw|BRA}}|5–15|15–10|16–14|15–11||51–50}}

{{Vb res 2|28 Nov|{{vbw-rt|URS}}|3–0|{{vbw|JPN}}|15–5|15–11|15–11|||45–27}}

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Final standing

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Rank

! Team

align=center | {{Gold1}}

| {{vb|URS}}

align=center | {{Silver2}}

| {{vb|CUB}}

align=center | {{Bronze3}}

| {{vb|BRA}}

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| {{vb|POL}}

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| {{vb|CHN}}

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| {{vb|JPN}}

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| {{vb|ITA}}

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| {{vb|TUN}}

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{{winners|vb|1981 Men's World Cup champions|URS|3rd}}

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Team roster
Vyacheslav Zaytsev, Vladimir Kondra, Aleksandr Borisovich Savin, Viljar Loor, Vladimir Dorokhov, Yury Panchenko, Pāvels Seļivanovs, Oleg Moliboga, Vladimir Shkurikhin, Yury Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Sapega, Pavel Voronkov
Head coach
Viacheslav Platonov

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Awards

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References

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