1974 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

1974 Men's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
Dates	October 12–28
Teams	24
Venue(s)	6
Officially opened by	Luis Echeverría
Champions	Poland (1st title)

The 1974 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the eighth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Mexico City, Mexico from October 12 to October 28, 1974.

Teams

Group A – Guadalajara

Group B – Mexico City

Group C – Monterrey

Group D – Tijuana

Group E – Puebla

Group F – Toluca

First round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	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	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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	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	Panama	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	Panama	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	Panama	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	Panama	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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	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	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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	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	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

Pool G

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	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

Final round

Finals 1-6

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	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	4	8	0.500	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 Sep	East Germany	3–2	Czechoslovakia	14-16	15-10	15-10	11-15	15-7	70-58
22 Sep	Poland	3–2	Soviet Union	16-14	9-15	15-6	12-15	15-7	67-57
22 Sep	Japan	3–2	Romania	15-6	12-15	16-18	15-1	15-6	73-46

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Sep	Japan	3–1	East Germany	15-12	15-9	14-16	15-12		59-49
23 Sep	Poland	3–2	Czechoslovakia	13-15	14-16	15-6	15-10	15-5	72-52
23 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Romania	6-15	15-6	15-9	15-10		51-40

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	Poland	3–2	East Germany	15-7	15-9	13-15	12-15	15-5	70-51
24 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Romania	16-18	15-5	15-13	15-4		61-40
24 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Japan	15-10	16-14	18-16			49-40

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
26 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	East Germany	17-15	15-2	15-6		47-23
26 Sep	Poland	3–0	Romania	15-4	15-10	15-9		45-23
26 Sep	Japan	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15-11	10-15	15-11	17-15	57-52

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
27 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Romania	15-4	15-9	15-2		45-15
27 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Czechoslovakia	18-16	15-12	15-5		48-33
28 Sep	Poland	3–1	Japan	13-15	15-7	15-11	17-15	60-48

Final standing

1974 Men's World Champions
Poland 1st title

**Team Roster**
Bosek, Czaja, Gawłowski, Gościniak, Karbarz, Rybaczewski, Sadalski, Skiba, Skorek, Stefański, Wójtowicz, Zarzycki. Head Coach: Wagner.

External links

Federation Internationale de Volleyball

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