1974 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

1974 Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
Dates	13 – 27 October
Teams	23
Venue(s)	(in 6 host cities)
Champions	Japan (3rd title)
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The 1974 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Mexico from 13 to 27 October 1974.^[1]

Participating teams

Format

The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and final rounds). In the First round, the 23 participants were divided in six groups (A to F, five groups of four teams and one group of three teams). A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, all teams progressed to the next round.

In the Second round, six new groups were created, three groups of four teams playing for 1st-12th (G, H and I) and three groups (two of four teams and one of three teams) playing for 13th-23rd (L, M and N), teams were allocated to a group according to their First round group position (best two teams of each group going to 1st-12th groups and the remaining teams to 13th-23rd groups). A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, all teams progressed to the next round.

In the Final round, four groups were created (1st-6th, 7th-12th, 13th-18th and 19th-23rd), teams were allocated to a group according to their Second round group position (groups G, H, and I best two teams to 1st-6th and bottom two teams to 7st-12th, while groups L, M and N best two teams to 13th-18th and bottom teams to 19th-23rd). A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the final standings.^[1]

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Bahamas	Dominican Republic	China	Cuba	Brazil	Bulgaria
France	East Germany	Japan	Peru	Hungary	Canada
Mexico	Netherlands	Poland	Puerto Rico	Philippines	Czechoslovakia
United States	Soviet Union	West Germany	Puerto Rico	Romania	South Korea

Squads

Venues

The tournament was played at venues in six cities.^[1]

Pool F, N	Pool B, L, Final round	Pool E, M, Final round
Pool D, I	Pool A, G, Final round	Pool C, H, Final round	Guadalajara Mexico City Monterrey Puebla Tijuana Toluca class=notpageimage\| Host cities in Mexico
Tijuana, Mexico	Guadalajara, Mexico	Monterrey, Mexico

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Toluca, Mexico	Mexico City, Mexico	Puebla, Mexico

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First round

(A)	Advanced to Second round 1st-12th pools
(a)	Advanced to Second round 13th-23rd pools

Pool A

location: Guadalajara

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
13 Oct	Mexico	3–0	Bahamas	15–6	15–4	15–5		45–15
13 Oct	United States	3–1	France	15–10	17–15	7–15	15–7	54–47
14 Oct	Mexico	3–0	France	15–5	15–8	15–9		45–22
14 Oct	United States	3–1	Bahamas	15–5	15–0	11–15	16–14	57–34
15 Oct	Mexico	3–0	United States	15–5	15–7	15–4		45–16
15 Oct	France	3–0	Bahamas	15–6	15–8	15–7		45–21

Pool B

location: Mexico City

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	East Germany	3–2	Netherlands	16–6	9–15	8–15	15–11	15–11	63–58
13 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Dominican Republic	15–5	15–4	15–1			45–10
14 Oct	Soviet Union	3–1	Netherlands	15–4	15–2	16–18	15–5		61–29
14 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Dominican Republic	15–5	15–11	15–3			45–19
15 Oct	Dominican Republic	3–0	Netherlands	15–6	15–7	15–9			45–22
15 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	East Germany	15–7	15–3	15–9			45–19

Pool C

location: Monterrey

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
13 Oct	Poland	3–1	China	16–14	15–9	12–15	17–15	60–53
13 Oct	Japan	3–0	West Germany	15–4	15–0	15–0		45–4
14 Oct	Japan	3–0	China	15–3	15–4	15–0		45–7
14 Oct	Poland	3–0	West Germany	15–1	15–12	15–8		45–21
15 Oct	Japan	3–0	Poland	15–1	15–6	15–0		45–7
15 Oct	China	3–0	West Germany	15–4	15–2	15–2		45–8

Pool D

location: Tijuana

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
13 Oct	Peru	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–5	15–2	15–7	45–14
14 Oct	Cuba	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–0	15–5	15–2	45–7
15 Oct	Cuba	3–0	Peru	15–12	15–7	15–8	45–27

Pool E

location: Puebla City

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Hungary	3–0	Philippines	15–4	15–2	15–2			45–8
13 Oct	Romania	3–1	Brazil	15–9	11–15	15–3	15–11		56–38
14 Oct	Romania	3–0	Philippines	15–3	15–6	15–5			45–14
14 Oct	Brazil	3–2	Hungary	14–16	8–15	15–7	15–11	15–9	67–58
15 Oct	Hungary	3–2	Romania	12–15	10–15	17–15	15–10	15–13	69–68
15 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Philippines	15–5	15–2	15–10			45–17

Pool F

location: Toluca de Lerdo

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Canada	3–1	Czechoslovakia	9–15	15–10	15–12	16–14		55–51
13 Oct	South Korea	3–2	Bulgaria	10–15	10–15	15–7	15–12	15–7	65–56
14 Oct	South Korea	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–12	15–5	12–15	15–12		57–44
14 Oct	Canada	3–2	Bulgaria	2–15	5–15	16–14	15–9	15–9	53–62
15 Oct	Bulgaria	3–2	Czechoslovakia	16–14	15–17	8–15	15–13	15–6	69–65
15 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Canada	15–13	15–7	15–10			45–30

Second round

(F)	Qualified to 1st-6th pool
(f)	Qualified to 7th–12th pool
(Q)	Qualified to 13th–18th pool
(q)	Qualified to 19th–23rd pool

1st–12th

Pool G

location: Guadalajara

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	Mexico	3–0	Peru	15–10	15–5	15–9			45–24
18 Oct	South Korea	3–0	East Germany	15–5	15–7	15–10			45–22
19 Oct	East Germany	3–2	Mexico	12–15	15–7	13–15	15–11	15–10	70–58
19 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Peru	15–10	15–4	15–3			45–17
20 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Peru	15–8	15–3	15–8			45–19
20 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Mexico	15–5	15–2	15–3			45–10

Pool H

location: Monterrey

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
18 Oct	Cuba	3–0	United States	15–6	15–13	15–2		45–21
18 Oct	Japan	3–0	Hungary	15–8	15–7	15–4		45–19
19 Oct	Hungary	3–1	Cuba	15–8	15–10	9–15	15–4	54–37
19 Oct	Japan	3–0	United States	15–0	15–4	15–9		45–13
20 Oct	Hungary	3–0	United States	15–11	15–1	15–7		45–19
20 Oct	Japan	3–1	Cuba	15–5	15–12	13–15	15–7	58–39

Pool I

location: Tijuana

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	Romania	3–1	Poland	15–11	15–10	9–15	15–9		54–45
18 Oct	Soviet Union	3–2	Canada	11–15	15–1	13–15	15–7	15–3	69–41
19 Oct	Poland	3–0	Canada	15–9	15–2	15–8			45–19
19 Oct	Romania	3–1	Soviet Union	15–8	11–15	15–11	15–10		56–44
20 Oct	Romania	3–0	Canada	15–9	15–11	15–9			45–29
20 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland	16–14	15–10	15–6			46–30

13th–23rd

Pool L

location: Mexico City

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
18 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	France	15–8	15–3	15–0	45–11
19 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Netherlands	15–6	15–11	15–13	45–30
20 Oct	Netherlands	3–0	France	15–2	15–5	15–10	45–17

Pool M

location: Puebla City

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
18 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	15–6	15–6	15–5	45–17
18 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	West Germany	15–5	15–13	15–4	45–22
19 Oct	West Germany	3–0	Dominican Republic	15–4	15–9	15–5	45–18
19 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Brazil	15–8	15–2	16–14	46–24
20 Oct	Brazil	3–0	West Germany	15–8	15–10	15–7	45–25
20 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Dominican Republic	15–3	15–7	15–3	45–13

Pool N

location: Toluca de Lerdo

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	Philippines	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–10	15–5	15–2			45–17
18 Oct	China	3–0	Bahamas	15–1	15–1	15–1			45–3
19 Oct	China	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–2	15–3	15–1			45–6
19 Oct	Philippines	3–0	Bahamas	15–11	15–13	15–5			45–29
20 Oct	China	3–0	Philippines	15–5	15–1	15–5			45–11
20 Oct	Bahamas	3–2	Puerto Rico	9–15	1–15	15–9	15–13	15–13	55–65

Final round

19th–23rd pool

location: Mexico City

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
22 Oct	West Germany	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–9	15–6	15–10		45–25
22 Oct	Dominican Republic	3–1	Bahamas	15–5	13–15	15–7	15–7	58–34
23 Oct	France	3–1	Puerto Rico	15–9	15–7	12–15	15–1	57–32
23 Oct	West Germany	3–0	Bahamas	15–3	15–5	15–13		45–21
24 Oct	France	3–0	Bahamas	15–5	15–12	15–9		45–26
24 Oct	West Germany	3–1	Dominican Republic	15–8	13–15	15–9	15–5	58–37
26 Oct	France	3–0	Dominican Republic	15–3	15–7	15–11		45–21
26 Oct	Puerto Rico	3–1	Bahamas	–	–	–	–	–
27 Oct	West Germany	3–1	France	15–5	10–15	15–1	15–13	55–34
27 Oct	Dominican Republic	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–12	16–14	15–9		46–35

13th–18th pool

location: Puebla City

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Netherlands	15–9	15–4	15–5			45–18
22 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Philippines	15–0	15–3	15–3			45–6
22 Oct	China	3–2	Czechoslovakia	15–12	15–13	9–15	12–15	15–7	66–62
23 Oct	Bulgaria	3–1	China	15–12	15–9	12–15	15–10		57–46
23 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	15–12	15–12	15–13			45–37
23 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Philippines	15–8	15–10	15–10			45–28
24 Oct	Brazil	3–2	Czechoslovakia	9–15	15–12	11–15	17–15	15–7	67–64
24 Oct	China	3–0	Netherlands	15–5	15–7	15–4			45–16
24 Oct	Bulgaria	3–1	Philippines	13–15	15–5	15–6	15–6		58–32
26 Oct	Netherlands	3–2	Czechoslovakia	10–15	7–15	15–7	17–15	15–11	64–63
26 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	15–13	15–7	15–11			45–31
26 Oct	China	3–0	Philippines	15–5	15–4	15–9			45–18
27 Oct	Bulgaria	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–7	15–17	15–13	15–7		60–44
27 Oct	China	3–0	Brazil	15–7	15–4	15–11			45–22
27 Oct	Netherlands	3–0	Philippines	15–10	15–6	15–4			45–20

7th–12th pool

location: Monterrey

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Oct	Mexico	3–1	United States	13–15	15–1	15–6	15–7		58–29
22 Oct	Poland	3–0	Canada	15–9	15–2	15–8			45–19
22 Oct	Cuba	3–0	Peru	15–10	15–7	15–10			45–27
23 Oct	Poland	3–2	Mexico	15–12	13–15	14–16	15–13	15–10	72–66
23 Oct	Cuba	3–1	Canada	8–15	15–12	15–8	15–7		53–42
23 Oct	Peru	3–0	United States	15–4	15–5	15–6			45–15
24 Oct	Peru	3–2	Poland	–	–	–	–	–	–
24 Oct	Mexico	3–2	Canada	9–15	8–15	15–7	15–3	15–13	62–53
24 Oct	Cuba	3–0	United States	15–13	15–4	15–1			45–18
26 Oct	Cuba	3–0	Poland	16–14	15–12	15–4			46–30
26 Oct	Canada	3–1	United States	–	–	–	–		–
26 Oct	Peru	3–0	Mexico	15–12	15–10	15–5			45–27
27 Oct	Cuba	3–1	Mexico	–	–	–	–		–
27 Oct	Peru	3–1	Canada	–	–	–	–		–
27 Oct	Poland	3–0	United States	15–12	15–5	15–8			45–25

1st–6th pool

location: Guadalajara

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
22 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea	16–14	23–21	15–13		54–48
22 Oct	Romania	3–0	Hungary	15–3	15–3	15–12		45–18
22 Oct	Japan	3–0	East Germany	15–2	15–8	15–10		45–20
23 Oct	Japan	3–1	South Korea	15–4	15–10	14–16	15–5	59–35
23 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Hungary	15–4	15–5	15–13		45–22
23 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Romania	15–9	15–2	15–12		45–23
24 Oct	Japan	3–0	Romania	15–6	15–7	15–12		45–25
24 Oct	South Korea	3–1	Hungary	15–5	15–7	8–15	15–5	53–32
24 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	East Germany	15–13	15–11	15–7		45–31
26 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Romania	15–10	15–8	15–9		45–27
26 Oct	Japan	3–0	Hungary	15–8	15–5	15–6		45–19
26 Oct	South Korea	3–1	East Germany	15–13	15–7	11–15	15–9	56–44
27 Oct	Japan	3–0	Soviet Union	15–10	15–6	15–4		45–20
27 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Romania	17–15	15–5	15–7		47–27
27 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Hungary	15–4	15–6	15–4		45–14

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Japan
	Soviet Union
	South Korea
4	East Germany
5	Romania
6	Hungary
7	Cuba
8	Peru
9	Poland
10	Mexico
11	Canada
12	United States
13	Bulgaria
14	China
15	Brazil
16	Netherlands
17	Czechoslovakia
18	Philippines
19	West Germany
20	France
21	Dominican Republic
22	Puerto Rico
23	Bahamas

1974 FIVB Women's World Champions
Japan Third title

**Team roster**
Yuko Arakida, Toshimi Furuta, Takako Iida, Katsuko Kanesaka, Kiyomi Kato, Mitsue Koyama, Noriko Matsuda, Mariko Okamoto, Harue Saito, Takako Shirai, Hiromi Yano, Juri Yokoyama. Head Coach: Shigeo Yamada.

References

Squads^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1974". FIVB. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^ "Women Volleyball VII World Championship 1974". todor66.com. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

External links

[FIVB-1] "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1974". FIVB. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

[2] "Women Volleyball VII World Championship 1974". todor66.com. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

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