1973 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

1973 Women's World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Uruguay
Dates	19–28 October
Teams	10
Venue(s)	(in 3 host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
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The 1973 FIVB Women's World Cup was held on 19–28 October 1973 in Uruguay. It was the first edition of the tournament and is the only edition of the tournament to have been hosted by a country other than Japan.

Results[]

First round[]

	Advanced to final round semifinals
	Advanced to final round 5th–8th places
	Advanced to final round 9th–10th places

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	8	4	0	12	0	MAX
2	Peru	7	3	1	9	4	2.250
3	Canada	6	2	2	7	6	1.167
4	Argentina	5	1	3	3	9	0.333
5	Uruguay	4	0	4	0	12	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Nov	Japan	3–0	Uruguay	15–0	15–1	15–1			45–2
19 Nov	Peru	3–1	Canada	13–15	15–4	15–8	16–14		59–41
20 Nov	Japan	3–0	Argentina	15–1	15–2	15–0			45–3
20 Nov	Canada	3–0	Uruguay	15–2	15–5	15–3			45–10
21 Nov	Canada	3–0	Argentina		15–7
21 Nov	Peru	3–0	Uruguay
22 Nov	Peru	3–0	Argentina	15–0	15–3	15–4			45–7
22 Nov	Japan	3–0	Canada
23 Nov	Japan	3–0	Peru	15–8	15–6	15–3			45–17
23 Nov	Argentina	3–0	Uruguay	15–8	15–12	15–5			45–25

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	8	4	0	12	0	MAX
2	South Korea	7	3	1	9	3	3.000
3	Cuba	6	2	2	6	7	0.857
4	United States	5	1	3	4	9	0.444
5	Brazil	4	0	4	0	12	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	United States	15–3	15–3	15–6			45–12
19 Nov	Cuba	3–0	Brazil	15–11	15–3	15–7			45–21
20 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Brazil	15–1	15–2	15–3			45–6
20 Nov	South Korea	3–0	United States	15–6	15–8	15–2			45–16
21 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Cuba
21 Nov	South Korea	3–0	Brazil	15–6	15–1	15–5			45–12
22 Nov	South Korea	3–0	Cuba	15–7	15–3	15–6			45–16
22 Nov	United States	3–0	Brazil	15–12	15–0	15–9			45–21
23 Nov	Cuba	3–0	United States	17–15	15–2	16–14			48–31
23 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea

Final round[]

	Semifinals				Final
	25 October – Montevideo
	Japan	3
					28 October – Montevideo
	South Korea	2
					Japan	0
	26 October – Montevideo
					Soviet Union	3
	Soviet Union	3
	Peru	0
					3rd place
					27 October – Montevideo
					South Korea	3
					Peru	0

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place
	26 October – Montevideo
	Cuba	3
					27 October – Montevideo
	Argentina	1
					Cuba	3
	26 October – Montevideo
					United States	1
	Canada	1
	United States	3
					7th place
					28 October – Montevideo
					Argentina	0
					Canada	3

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	20:00	Japan	3–2	South Korea	15–9	8–15	15–7	11–15	15–9	64–55
26 Oct	22:00	Soviet Union	3–0	Peru	15–6	15–11	15–10			45–27

5th–8th semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Oct	15:00	Cuba	3–1	Argentina
26 Oct	20:00	Canada	1–3	United States

9th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Oct	15:00	Uruguay	1–3	Brazil	5–15	5–15	16–14	2–15		28–59

7th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Oct	20:00	Argentina	0–3	Canada	7–15	7–15	10–15			24–45

5th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Oct	20:00	Cuba	3–1	United States	16–18	15–1	15–8	15–6		61–33

3rd place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Oct	22:00	South Korea	3–0	Peru	15–12	15–13	15–3			45–28

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Oct	22:00	Japan	0–3	Soviet Union	5–15	9–15	11–15			25–45

Final standing[]

External links[]

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