1985 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

{{Short description|Voley-ball competition}}

{{Infobox FIVB tournament

| competition = Men's World Cup

| continent = World

| year = 1985

| logo =

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| host = {{JPN}}

| dates = 22 November – 1 December

| teams = 8

| venues = 4

| cities = 4

| champions = USA

| title_number = 1

| second = URS

| third = TCH

| fourth = BRA

| mvp = {{flagicon|USA}} Karch Kiraly

| outside_spikers =

| opposite_spiker =

| middle_blockers =

| setter =

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| website =

| last = 1981 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

| next = 1989 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

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The 1985 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 22 November to 1 December 1985 in Japan. The World Cup brought together eight teams. The matches were played in Round Robin. Each team played each other (a total of 7 matches per team).

Qualification

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Means of qualification

!Date

!Host

!Vacancies

!Qualified

Host Country

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|{{vb|JPN|1870}}

Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

|29 Jul – 11 Aug 1984

|{{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles

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|{{vb|USA}}

1982 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

|1–15 October 1982

|{{ARG}}

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|{{vb|USSR}}

1985 Men's European Volleyball Championship

|29 Sep – 4 Oct 1985

|{{NED}}

|align=center|1

|{{vb|TCH}}

1985 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

|27 Sep – 6 Oct 1985

|{{flagicon|DOM}} Santiago de los Caballeros

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|{{vb|CUB}}
{{vb|ARG}}*

1985 Men's South American Volleyball Championship

|24 Jul – 1 Aug 1985

|{{flagicon|VEN|1954}} Caracas

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|{{vb|BRA}}

Asian Qualifier

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

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|{{vb|KOR|1983}}

1983 Men's African Volleyball Championship

|7–14 December 1983

|{{flagicon|EGY}} Port Said

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|{{vb|EGY}}

colspan="3"|Total8

* Cuba replaced by Argentina.

Results

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| team1 = USA | name_USA ={{vb|USA}}

| team2 = URS | name_URS ={{vb|URS}}

| team3 = TCH | name_TCH ={{vb|TCH}}

| team4 = BRA | name_BRA ={{vb|BRA}}

| team5 = ARG | name_ARG ={{vb|ARG}}

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

| team7 = KOR | name_KOR ={{vb|KOR}}

| team8 = EGY | name_EGY ={{vb|EGY}}

|bwin_USA =7 |bloss_USA =0 |sw_USA =21 |sl_USA =4 |spw_USA =369 |spl_USA =243

|bwin_URS =5 |bloss_URS =2 |sw_URS =18 |sl_URS =8 |spw_URS =347 |spl_URS =251

|bwin_TCH =5 |bloss_TCH =2 |sw_TCH =16 |sl_TCH =11 |spw_TCH = |spl_TCH =

|bwin_BRA =4 |bloss_BRA =3 |sw_BRA =16 |sl_BRA =11 |spw_BRA = |spl_BRA =

|bwin_ARG =3 |bloss_ARG =4 |sw_ARG =12 |sl_ARG =14 |spw_ARG =313 |spl_ARG =324

|bwin_JPN =2 |bloss_JPN =5 |sw_JPN =9 |sl_JPN =15 |spw_JPN =253 |spl_JPN =288

|bwin_KOR =2 |bloss_KOR =5 |sw_KOR =8 |sl_KOR =17 |spw_KOR =250 |spl_KOR =328

|bwin_EGY =0 |bloss_EGY =7 |sw_EGY =1 |sl_EGY =21 |spw_EGY =149 |spl_EGY =327

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Location: Osaka

{{Vb res start 2}}

{{Vb res 2|22 Nov|{{vb-rt|TCH}}|3–1|{{vb|EGY}}|12–15|15–11|15–8|15–3||57–37}}

{{Vb res 2|22 Nov|{{vb-rt|URS}}|3–0|{{vb|KOR}}|15–4|15–7|15–3|||45–14}}

{{Vb res 2|22 Nov|{{vb-rt|USA}}|3–0|{{vb|BRA}}|15–6|15–11|15–13|||45–30}}

{{Vb res 2|22 Nov|{{vb-rt|JPN}}|3–0|{{vb|ARG}}|15–5|15–13|15–6|||45–24}}

{{Vb res 2|23 Nov|{{vb-rt|USA}}|3–2|{{vb|URS}}|11–15|19–17|15–9|9–15|15–12|69–68}}

{{Vb res 2|23 Nov|{{vb-rt|ARG}}|3–0|{{vb|EGY}}|15–4|15–7|15–6|||45–17}}

{{Vb res 2|23 Nov|{{vb-rt|BRA}}|3–0|{{vb|KOR}}|15–8|15–5|15–8|||45–21}}

{{Vb res 2|23 Nov|{{vb-rt|TCH}}|3–0|{{vb|JPN}}|15–10|15–9|15–6|||45–25}}

{{Vb res 2|24 Nov|{{vb-rt|ARG}}|3–1|{{vb|TCH}}|15–9|15–12|12–15|15–7||57–43}}

{{Vb res 2|24 Nov|{{vb-rt|USA}}|3–0|{{vb|KOR}}|15–13|15–3|15–1|||45–17}}

{{Vb res 2|24 Nov|{{vb-rt|URS}}|3–2|{{vb|BRA}}|15–7|15–13|4–15|5–15|15–9|54–59}}

{{Vb res 2|24 Nov|{{vb-rt|JPN}}|3–0|{{vb|EGY}}|15–5|15–3|15–6|||45–14}}

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Location: Nagoya

{{Vb res start 2}}

{{Vb res 2|26 Nov|{{vb-rt|URS}}|3–0|{{vb|EGY}}|15–6|15–4|15–6|||45–16}}

{{Vb res 2|26 Nov|{{vb-rt|USA}}|3–2|{{vb|ARG}}|15–7|13–15|15-17|17–15|15–13|75–67}}

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Location: Hiroshima

{{Vb res start 2}}

{{Vb res 2|26 Nov|{{vb-rt|TCH}}|3–1|{{vb|KOR}}|15–8|12–15|15–9|17–15||59–47}}

{{Vb res 2|26 Nov|{{vb-rt|BRA}}|3–1|{{vb|JPN}}|2–15|15–7|15–8|17–15||49–45}}

{{Vb res 2|27 Nov|{{vb-rt|TCH}}|3–2|{{vb|BRA}}|?–?|?–?|?–?|?–?|?–?|?–?}}

{{Vb res 2|27 Nov|{{vb-rt|KOR}}|3–2|{{vb|JPN}}|15–8|15–9|12–15|9–15|15–10|66–57}}

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Location: Nagoya

{{Vb res start 2}}

{{Vb res 2|27 Nov|{{vb-rt|URS}}|3–0|{{vb|ARG}}|15–3|15–7|15–11|||45–21}}

{{Vb res 2|27 Nov|{{vb-rt|USA}}|3–0|{{vb|EGY}}|15–11|15–8|15–0|||45–19}}

{{end}}

Location: Tokyo

{{Vb res start 2}}

{{Vb res 2|30 Nov|{{vb-rt|USA}}|3–0|{{vb|JPN}}|15–10|15–5|15–2|||45–17}}

{{Vb res 2|30 Nov|{{vb-rt|TCH}}|3–1|{{vb|URS}}|17–15|15–9|6–15|15–6||53–45}}

{{Vb res 2|30 Nov|{{vb-rt|BRA}}|3–1|{{vb|ARG}}|14–16|15–8|15–8|15–12||59–44}}

{{Vb res 2|30 Nov|{{vb-rt|KOR}}|3–0|{{vb|EGY}}|15–4|15–7|15–11|||45–22}}

{{Vb res 2|01 Dec|{{vb-rt|USA}}|3–0|{{vb|TCH}}|15–11|15–5|15–9|||45–25}}

{{Vb res 2|01 Dec|{{vb-rt|ARG}}|3–1|{{vb|KOR}}|15–3|10–15|15–12|15–10||55–40}}

{{Vb res 2|01 Dec|{{vb-rt|BRA}}|3–0|{{vb|EGY}}|15–6|15–8|15–10|||45–24}}

{{Vb res 2|01 Dec|{{vb-rt|URS}}|3–0|{{vb|JPN}}|15–7|15–7|15–5|||45–19}}

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Final standing

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Rank

! Team

align=center | {{Gold1}}

| {{vb|USA}}

align=center | {{Silver2}}

| {{vb|URS}}

align=center | {{Bronze3}}

| {{vb|TCH}}

align=center | 4

| {{vb|BRA}}

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| {{vb|ARG}}

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| {{vb|JPN}}

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| {{vb|KOR}}

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| {{vb|EGY}}

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{{winners|vb|1985 Men's World Cup champions|USA|1st}}

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Team roster
Karch Kiraly, Craig Buck, Dusty Dvorak, Aldis Berzins, Patrick Powers, Steven Salmons, Dave Saunders, Steve Timmons, Jeffrey Stork, Douglas Partie, Robert Ctvrtlik
Head coach
Gary Sato

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Awards

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References

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