1966 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

The 1966 FIVB Men's World Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 30 August to 11 September 1966 in Czechoslovakia.

Qualification
For the first time the teams were restricted to 24. First 12 teams from 1962 World Championship (including host country) and 3 teams from each continent (Europe, Asia, America and Africa) were qualified to 1966 edition.

* Only Morocco from Africa confirmed participation, Belgium and Finland replaced the other African teams. Mexico, Israel and Morocco were replaced by Cuba, Denmark and West Germany. Also Argentina and North Korea did not arrive for the Championship but there were no more European teams to replace them.

Pool A
Location: Prague

Pool B
Location: Nitra

Pool C
Location: České Budějovice

Pool D
Location: Jihlava

Final round
The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the final round.

17th–22nd places
Location: Prague

9th–16th places
Location: Pardubice

Final places
Location: Pardubice