1974 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

1974 FIVB World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
Dates	12–28 October
Teams	24
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Officially opened by	Luis Echeverría
Champions	Poland (1st title)
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The 1974 FIVB Men's World Championship was the eighth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 12 to 28 October 1974 in Mexico.

Teams[]

Results[]

First round[]

	Advanced to second round 1st–12th pools
	Advanced to second round 13th–24th pools

Pool A[]

Location: Guadalajara

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	148	90	1.644
2	East Germany	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	112	84	1.333
3	Italy	4	1	2	4	7	0.571	120	152	0.789
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	86	140	0.614

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Venezuela	15–2	15–3	15–7			45–12
13 Oct	Cuba	3–1	Italy	15–13	13–15	15–13	15–2		58–43
14 Oct	Cuba	3–0	Venezuela	15–12	15–3	15–10			45–25
14 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Italy	15–10	15–5	15–12			45–27
15 Oct	Italy	3–1	Venezuela	15–13	15–12	5–15	15–9		50–49
15 Oct	Cuba	3–0	East Germany	15–8	15–8	15–6			45–22

Pool B[]

Location: Mexico City

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Mexico	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	144	60	2.400
2	Netherlands	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	133	103	1.291
3	Tunisia	4	1	2	3	8	0.375	91	131	0.695
4	Dominican Republic	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	91	165	0.552

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Oct	Mexico	3–0	Dominican Republic	15–2	15–2	15–10			45–14
13 Oct	Netherlands	3–0	Tunisia	15–2	15–5	15–6			45–13
14 Oct	Netherlands	3–1	Dominican Republic	15–8	13–15	15–6	15–7		58–36
14 Oct	Mexico	3–0	Tunisia	15–5	15–7	15–4			45–16
15 Oct	Tunisia	3–2	Dominican Republic	7–15	10–15	15–2	15–4	15–5	62–41
15 Oct	Mexico	3–1	Netherlands	9–15	15–3	15–4	15–8		54–30

Pool C[]

Location: Monterrey

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bulgaria	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	170	106	1.604
2	Brazil	5	2	1	8	3	2.667	157	110	1.427
3	France	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	106	121	0.876
4		3	0	3	0	9	0.000	39	135	0.289

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0		15–0	15–1	15–2			45–3
13 Oct	Brazil	3–0	France	15–5	15–10	15–10			45–25
14 Oct	Brazil	3–0		15–4	15–6	15–8			45–18
14 Oct	Bulgaria	3–1	France	15–5	13–15	15–4	15–12		58–36
15 Oct	France	3–0		15–0	15–9	15–9			45–18
15 Oct	Bulgaria	3–2	Brazil	12–15	10–15	15–12	15–12	15–13	67–67

Pool D[]

Location: Tijuana

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	56	2.411
2	Belgium	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	125	110	1.136
3	China	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	104	122	0.852
4	Canada	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	59	135	0.437

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Belgium	3–1	China	15–5	15–10	8–15	15–12		53–42
13 Oct	Japan	3–0	Canada	15–6	15–3	15–3			45–12
14 Oct	Belgium	3–0	Canada	15–6	15–9	15–8			45–23
14 Oct	Japan	3–0	China	15–11	15–3	15–3			45–17
15 Oct	China	3–0	Canada	15–6	15–8	15–10			45–24
15 Oct	Japan	3–0	Belgium	15–10	15–5	15–12			45–27

Pool E[]

Location: Puebla

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Czechoslovakia	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	158	105	1.505
2	Romania	5	2	1	8	3	2.667	157	106	1.481
3	South Korea	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	88	100	0.880
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	43	135	0.319

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Romania	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–8	15–7			45–19
13 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–3	15–6	15–5			45–14
14 Oct	Romania	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–9	15–5	15–5			45–19
14 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	South Korea	15–10	15–7	15–7			45–24
15 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–7	15–2	15–1			45–10
16 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Romania	17–15	9–15	15–13	12–15	15–9	68–67

Pool F[]

Location: Toluca

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	154	96	1.604
2	Soviet Union	5	2	1	7	3	2.333	131	92	1.424
3	United States	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	107	119	0.899
4	Egypt	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	50	135	0.370

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	United States	15–6	15–2	15–13			45–21
13 Oct	Poland	3–0	Egypt	15–3	15–6	15–5			45–14
14 Oct	Poland	3–1	United States	15–10	13–15	15–10	15–6		58–41
14 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Egypt	15–9	15–5	15–6			45–20
15 Oct	United States	3–0	Egypt	15–9	15–3	15–4			45–16
15 Oct	Poland	3–1	Soviet Union	15–9	6–15	15–6	15–11		51–41

Second round[]

	Advanced to final round final places
	Advanced to final round 7th–12th places
	Advanced to final round 13th–18th places
	Advanced to final round 19th–24th places

1st–12th pools[]

Pool G[]

Location: Mexico City

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	145	94	1.543
2	East Germany	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	128	113	1.133
3	Mexico	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	153	161	0.950
4	Belgium	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	77	135	0.570

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	Poland	3–0	East Germany	15–4	15–6	15–2			45–12
18 Oct	Mexico	3–0	Belgium	15–12	15–11	15–12			45–35
19 Oct	Poland	3–0	Belgium	15–9	15–11	15–9			45–29
19 Oct	East Germany	3–2	Mexico	14–16	15–9	12–15	15–9	15–6	71–55
20 Oct	Poland	3–1	Mexico	15–12	15–11	8–15	17–15		55–53
20 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Belgium	15–1	15–4	15–8			45–13

Pool H[]

Location: Puebla

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Czechoslovakia	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	154	111	1.387
2	Soviet Union	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	115	92	1.250
3	Cuba	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	124	136	0.912
4	Brazil	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	82	136	0.603

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Soviet Union	15–7	15–11	15–7			45–25
18 Oct	Cuba	3–0	Brazil	15–9	15–13	15–6			45–28
19 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Brazil	15–6	15–6	15–8			45–20
19 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Cuba	9–15	15–7	9–15	15–10	15–5	63–52
20 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Cuba	15–10	15–12	15–5			45–27
20 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Brazil	15–8	15–12	16–14			46–34

Pool I[]

Location: Toluca

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	168	126	1.333
2	Romania	5	2	1	8	5	1.600	178	166	1.072
3	Bulgaria	4	1	2	6	7	0.857	174	153	1.137
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	73	148	0.493

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	Japan	3–0	Netherlands	15–6	15–3	15–4			45–13
18 Oct	Romania	3–2	Bulgaria	17–15	7–15	4–15	20–18	15–10	63–73
19 Oct	Romania	3–0	Netherlands	15–7	15–6	15–10			45–23
19 Oct	Japan	3–1	Bulgaria	15–10	15–9	8–15	15–9		53–43
20 Oct	Bulgaria	3–1	Netherlands	15–9	13–15	15–6	15–7		58–37
20 Oct	Japan	3–2	Romania	9–15	13–15	15–11	16–14	17–15	70–70

13th–24th pools[]

Pool J[]

Location: Guadalajara

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	151	101	1.495
2	Tunisia	5	2	1	7	5	1.400	134	142	0.944
3	Canada	4	1	2	6	7	0.857	163	177	0.921
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	126	154	0.818

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	10:00	Tunisia	3–2	Canada	15–10	11–15	13–15	15–13	15–11	69–64
18 Oct	12:00	United States	3–1	Venezuela	15–10	15–6	9–15	15–6		54–37
19 Oct	10:00	Canada	3–1	Venezuela	16–14	16–14	8–15	15–13		55–56
19 Oct	12:00	United States	3–1	Tunisia	15–9	15–3	15–8			45–20
20 Oct	10:00	Tunisia	3–0	Venezuela	15–11	15–9	15–13			45–33
20 Oct	18:00	United States	3–1	Canada	15–9	15–5	5–15	17–15		52–44

Pool K[]

Location: Monterrey

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	151	88	1.716
2	France	5	2	1	8	5	1.600	173	130	1.331
3	Dominican Republic	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	109	133	0.820
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	55	137	0.401

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct		China	3–0	Dominican Republic	15–4	15–2	15–12			45–18
18 Oct		France	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–3	17–15	15–5			47–23
19 Oct		China	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–2	15–3	15–4			45–9
19 Oct		France	3–2	Dominican Republic	15–8	12–15	15–8	8–15	15–0	65–46
20 Oct		China	3–2	France	15–12	15–5	8–15	7–15	16–14	61–61
20 Oct		Dominican Republic	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–5	15–7	5–11			45–23

Pool L[]

Location: Tijuana

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	48	2.813
2	Egypt	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	129	143	0.902
3	Italy	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	132	118	1.119
4		3	0	3	1	9	0.111	55	142	0.387

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	11:00	Italy	3–0		15–1	15–7	15–3			45–11
18 Oct	13:00	South Korea	3–0	Egypt	15–5	17–2	15–8			45–15
19 Oct		Egypt	3–2	Italy	15–13	15–6	5–15	11–15	16–14	62–63
19 Oct		South Korea	3–0		15–4	15–3	15–2			45–9
20 Oct		Egypt	3–1		15–10	7–15	15–7	15–3		52–35
20 Oct		South Korea	3–0	Italy	15–11	15–9	15–4			45–24

Final round[]

19th–24th places[]

Location: Guadalajara

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
19	Italy	10	5	0	15	1	15.000
20	Canada	9	4	1	12	7	1.714
21	Venezuela	8	3	2	11	8	1.375
22	Dominican Republic	7	2	3	7
23	Puerto Rico	6	1	4	5	12	0.417
24		5	0	5		15

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Oct	09:30	Canada	3–1		15–1	15–4	12–15	15–10		57–30
22 Oct		Venezuela	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–4	15–4	15–6			45–14
22 Oct		Italy	3–1	Dominican Republic	13–15	15–4	15–7	15–4		58–30
23 Oct	09:30	Venezuela	3–2		14–16	15–12	15–10	9–15	15–12	68–65
23 Oct		Italy	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–8	15–3	15–6			45–17
23 Oct		Canada	3–0	Dominican Republic	15–13	15–4	5–13			45–30
24 Oct	09:30	Canada	3–2	Venezuela	3–15	15–13	7–15	15–10	15–7	55–60
24 Oct		Italy	3–0		15–8	15–3	15–4			45–15
24 Oct		Dominican Republic	3–1	Puerto Rico	15–13	15–12	11–15	15–12		56–52
26 Oct	09:30	Dominican Republic	3–?
26 Oct		Italy	3–0	Venezuela	15–10	7–15	15–7	15–3		52–35
26 Oct		Canada	3–1	Puerto Rico	15–11	12–15	15–9	15–2		57–37
27 Oct		Italy	3–0	Canada	15–6	15–13	15–12			45–31
27 Oct		Venezuela	3–0	Dominican Republic	15–4	15–10	15–9			45–23
27 Oct		Puerto Rico	3–0		15–6	15–10	15–9			45–25

13th–18th places[]

Location: Tijuana

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
13	South Korea	10	5	0	15	2	7.500	243	166	1.464
14	United States	9	4	1	14	5	2.800	266	204	1.304
15	China	8	3	2	9	7	1.286	200	174	1.149
16	France	7	2	3	8	9	0.889	204	197	1.036
17	Egypt	6	1	4	4	14	0.286	197	262	0.752
18	Tunisia	5	0	5	2	15	0.133	146	253	0.577

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Oct	China	3–1	France	9–15	15–12	15–6	15–13		54–46
22 Oct	United States	3–1	Egypt	15–13	15–17	17–15	15–10		62–55
22 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	15–8	15–7	15–11			45–26
23 Oct	China	3–0	Egypt	15–10	15–7	15–7			45–24
23 Oct	South Korea	3–0	France	15–11	15–5	15–9			45–25
23 Oct	United States	3–0	Tunisia	15–12	15–1	15–4			45–17
24 Oct	France	3–0	Tunisia	15–11	15–4	15–9			45–24
24 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Egypt	15–11	15–5	15–10			45–26
24 Oct	United States	3–0	China	15–8	15–7	15–11			45–26
26 Oct	China	3–0	Tunisia	15–?	15–?	15–?			45–14
26 Oct	France	3–0	Egypt	15–7	15–5	15–7			45–19
26 Oct	South Korea	3–2	United States	15–11	15–12	12–15	6–15	15–6	63–59
27 Oct	United States	3–1	France	17–15	8–15	15–2	15–11		55–43
27 Oct	Egypt	3–2	Tunisia	14–16	15–11	9–15	20–18	15–5	73–65
27 Oct	South Korea	3–0	China	15–9	15–8	15–13			45–30

7th–12th places[]

Location: Toluca

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
7	Bulgaria	9	4	1	12	3	4.000	218	143	1.524
8	Cuba	9	4	1	12	7	1.714	254	207	1.227
9	Brazil	8	3	2	10	6	1.667	211	186	1.134
10	Mexico	8	3	2	9	8	1.125	202	198	1.020
11	Belgium	6	1	4	7	13	0.538	220
12	Netherlands	5	0	5	2	15	0.133		253

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Oct	Cuba	3–1	Netherlands	15–9	15–17	15–2	15–7		60–35
22 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Mexico	16–14	15–4	15–8			46–26
22 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Belgium	17–15	15–11	15–6			47–32
23 Oct	Mexico	3–2	Belgium	15–2	6–15	15–10	11–15	16–14	63–56
23 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	15–5	15–5	15–12			45–22
23 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Cuba	15–8	15–9	15–11			45–28
24 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Netherlands	15–7	15–10	15–10			45–27
24 Oct	Cuba	3–2	Belgium	15–7	13–15	15–11	13–15	15–10	71–58
24 Oct	Mexico	3–0	Brazil	15–?	15–?	15–?			45–27
26 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Belgium	15–3	15–11	15–2			45–16
26 Oct	Cuba	3–1	Brazil	15–9	4–15	16–14	15–8		50–46
26 Oct	Mexico	3–0	Netherlands	15–5	15–13	15–6			45–24
27 Oct	Belgium	3–1	Netherlands	15–?	15–?	13–15	15–?		58–?
27 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Bulgaria	16–14	15–11	15–12			46–37
27 Oct	Cuba	3–0	Mexico	15–7	15–8	15–8			45–23

Final places[]

Location: Mexico City

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	10	5	0	15	7	2.143	314	231	1.359
2	Soviet Union	9	4	1	14	4	3.500	252	203	1.241
3	Japan	8	3	2	10	10	1.000	277	256	1.082
4	East Germany	7	2	3	9	11	0.818	238	249	0.956
5	Czechoslovakia	6	1	4	8	14	0.571	256	287	0.892
6	Romania	5	0	5	4	15	0.267	164	275	0.596

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Oct	East Germany	3–2	Czechoslovakia	14–16	15–10	15–10	11–15	15–7	70–58
22 Oct	Poland	3–2	Soviet Union	16–14	9–15	15–6	12–15	15–7	67–57
22 Oct	Japan	3–2	Romania	15–6	12–15	16–18	15–1	15–6	73–46
23 Oct	Japan	3–1	East Germany	15–12	15–9	14–16	15–12		59–49
23 Oct	Poland	3–2	Czechoslovakia	13–15	14–16	15–6	15–10	15–5	72–52
23 Oct	Soviet Union	3–1	Romania	6–15	15–6	15–9	15–10		51–40
24 Oct	Poland	3–2	East Germany	15–7	15–9	13–15	12–15	15–5	70–51
24 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Romania	16–18	15–5	15–13	15–4		61–40
24 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Japan	15–10	16–14	18–16			49–40
26 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	East Germany	17–15	15–2	15–6			47–23
26 Oct	Poland	3–0	Romania	15–4	15–10	15–9			45–23
26 Oct	Japan	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–11	10–15	15–11	17–15		57–52
27 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Romania	15–4	15–9	15–2			45–15
27 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Czechoslovakia	18–16	15–12	15–5			48–33
28 Oct	Poland	3–1	Japan	13–15	15–7	15–11	17–15		60–48

Final standing[]

External links[]

• Federation Internationale de Volleyball