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).

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1985 Men's World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	22 November – 1 December
Teams	8
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament awards
MVP	Karch Kiraly
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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	United States	7	7	0	14	21	4	5.250	369	243	1.519
2	Soviet Union	7	5	2	12	18	8	2.250	347	251	1.382
3	Czechoslovakia	7	5	2	12	16	11	1.455	0	0	—
4	Brazil	7	4	3	11	16	11	1.455	0	0	—
5	Argentina	7	3	4	10	12	14	0.857	313	324	0.966
6	Japan	7	2	5	9	9	15	0.600	253	288	0.878
7	South Korea	7	2	5	9	8	17	0.471	250	328	0.762
8	Egypt	7	0	7	7	1	21	0.048	149	327	0.456

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Location: Osaka

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Nov	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Egypt	12–15	15–11	15–8	15–3		57–37
22 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–7	15–3			45–14
22 Nov	United States	3–0	Brazil	15–6	15–11	15–13			45–30
22 Nov	Japan	3–0	Argentina	15–5	15–13	15–6			45–24
23 Nov	United States	3–2	Soviet Union	11–15	19–17	15–9	9–15	15–12	69–68
23 Nov	Argentina	3–0	Egypt	15–4	15–7	15–6			45–17
23 Nov	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	15–8	15–5	15–8			45–21
23 Nov	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Japan	15–10	15–9	15–6			45–25
24 Nov	Argentina	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–9	15–12	12–15	15–7		57–43
24 Nov	United States	3–0	South Korea	15–13	15–3	15–1			45–17
24 Nov	Soviet Union	3–2	Brazil	15–7	15–13	4–15	5–15	15–9	54–59
24 Nov	Japan	3–0	Egypt	15–5	15–3	15–6			45–14

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Location: Nagoya

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Egypt	15–6	15–4	15–6			45–16
26 Nov	United States	3–2	Argentina	15–7	13–15	15-17	17–15	15–13	75–67

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Location: Hiroshima

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Nov	Czechoslovakia	3–1	South Korea	15–8	12–15	15–9	17–15		59–47
26 Nov	Brazil	3–1	Japan	2–15	15–7	15–8	17–15		49–45
27 Nov	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Brazil	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?
27 Nov	South Korea	3–2	Japan	15–8	15–9	12–15	9–15	15–10	66–57

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Location: Nagoya

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Argentina	15–3	15–7	15–11			45–21
27 Nov	United States	3–0	Egypt	15–11	15–8	15–0			45–19

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Location: Tokyo

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Nov	United States	3–0	Japan	15–10	15–5	15–2			45–17
30 Nov	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Soviet Union	17–15	15–9	6–15	15–6		53–45
30 Nov	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	14–16	15–8	15–8	15–12		59–44
30 Nov	South Korea	3–0	Egypt	15–4	15–7	15–11			45–22
01 Dec	United States	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–11	15–5	15–9			45–25
01 Dec	Argentina	3–1	South Korea	15–3	10–15	15–12	15–10		55–40
01 Dec	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	15–6	15–8	15–10			45–24
01 Dec	Soviet Union	3–0	Japan	15–7	15–7	15–5			45–19

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