15.Ring Sofia - Sofia, Bulgaria - December 6-11 1988
Quarter-finals (incomplete)
| 54kg | Jerzy Ciechanowski | POL | Ivan Raychev | BUL | 5:0 |
| 57kg | Angel Vylev | BUL | Sławomir Żeromiński | POL | 5:0 |
| 60kg | Ion Zaharia | ROM | Adam Jabłoński | POL | 5:0 |
| 63,5kg | Tomasz Duda | POL | Dancho Ganushev | BUL | AB 3 |
| 75kg | Piotr Gazarkiewicz | POL | Bozhidar Siarkov | BUL | 3:2 |
Semi-finals (incomplete)
| 54kg | Jerzy Ciechanowski | POL | Nikolay Pashkulov | BUL | 5:0 |
| 63,5kg | Stoyan Tabashki | BUL | Tomasz Duda | POL | 3:2 |
| 75kg | Zlatko Vasilev | BUL | Piotr Gazarkiewicz | POL | 5:0 |
| 81kg | Bogdan Wieczorek | POL | Petar Petkov | BUL | RSC 2 |
Finals
| 48kg | Ionel Ciobanu | ROM | Deyan Nanev | BUL | 5:0 |
| 51kg | Yordan Nedelchev | BUL | Marian Rusanov | BUL | 5:0 |
| 54kg | Jerzy Ciechanowski | POL | Zheko Zhekov | BUL | 3:2 |
| 57kg | Simeon Sashev | BUL | Angel Vylev | BUL | 4:1 |
| 60kg | Andrey Pestrayev | URS | Demir Ivanov | BUL | 5:0 |
| 63,5kg | Alexandr Buskunov | URS | Stoyan Tabashki | BUL | 4:1 |
| 67kg | Metodi Galabov | BUL | Boris Borisov | BUL | 5:0 |
| 71kg | Miodrag Radulovic | YUG | Vakhit Magomedov | URS | 4:1 |
| 75kg | Giorgios Ioannidis | GRE | Zlatko Vasilev | BUL | 4:1 |
| 81kg | Lubomir Agov | BUL | Bogdan Wieczorek | POL | 4:1 |
| 91kg | Usman Arsaliyev | URS | Zeljko Mavrovic | YUG | 5:0 |
| +91kg | Vasil Matev | BUL | Georgi Harizanov | BUL | WO. |