Men Exibition Pre-Olympic Tournament 1957 - Sofia, Bulgaria - 21st to 25th September - Winner Bulgaria
Final RankingptwonlostsetspointsmW56
1.BUL Bulgaria105015:2 7.50244/150 1.62755.
2.TCH Czechoslovakia94113:4 3.25233/154 1.51351.
3.URS Soviet Union83210:7 1.43205/184 1.11453.
4.ROU Romania7237:9 0.78191/209 0.91452.
5.FRA France6144:12 0.33146/208 0.70257.
6.ITA Italy5050:15 0.00112/226 0.496514.
Matches played at Vasil Levski National Stadium (outdoors) to show volleyball to the members of IOC the sport to include the sport in Olympic Games program.
W56 - World Men 1956. Best teams from World Championship not present in this tournament - 4. Poland, 6. United States, 8. Hungary.
TableBUL BulgaTCH CzechURS SovUnROU RomanFRA FrancITA Italy
BUL Bulgaria----3:155-453:153-293:046-373:045-173:045-22
TCH Czechoslovakia ----3:045-273:045-243:153-313:045-17
URS Soviet Union ----3:158-403:045-213:046-25
ROU Romania ----3:045-323:045-28
FRA France ----3:045-20
ITA Italy ----
datetimeteam 1scoreteam 2pointsset 1set 2set 3set 4set 5
Sat 21.09.5716:30BUL Bulgaria3-1URS Soviet Union53-2915-715-18-1515-6
Sat 21.09.57 TCH Czechoslovakia3-0ROU Romania45-2415-1015-1115-3
Sat 21.09.57 FRA France3-0ITA Italy45-2015-715-715-8
Sun 22.09.5716:30TCH Czechoslovakia3-0ITA Italy45-1715-515-515-7
Sun 22.09.57 URS Soviet Union3-1ROU Romania58-4015-1013-1515-815-7
Sun 22.09.57 BUL Bulgaria3-0FRA France45-1715-415-415-9
Mon 23.09.5716:30TCH Czechoslovakia3-1FRA France53-318-1515-915-315-4
Mon 23.09.57 BUL Bulgaria3-0ROU Romania46-3716-1415-1115-12
During this match crowd and players were informed that volleyball was added in Olympic Program.
Mon 23.09.57 URS Soviet Union3-0ITA Italy46-2515-516-1415-6
Tue 24.09.5716:30ROU Romania3-0FRA France45-3215-1115-815-13
Tue 24.09.57 TCH Czechoslovakia3-0URS Soviet Union45-2715-715-815-12
Tue 24.09.57 BUL Bulgaria3-0ITA Italy45-2215-415-1115-7
Wed 25.09.5716:30ROU Romania3-0ITA Italy45-2815-1015-915-9
Wed 25.09.57 BUL Bulgaria3-1TCH Czechoslovakia55-4510-1515-1315-1015-7
Wed 25.09.57 URS Soviet Union3-0FRA France45-2115-615-915-2
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