The 1974 FIVB Women's World Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 13 to 27 October 1974 in Mexico.

Teams

(withdraw)

Squads

Venues Pool D, I Pool A, G, Final round Pool C, H, Final round Tijuana Guadalajara Monterrey Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno Auditorio Benito Juarez Gimnasio Tecnológico Capacity: 4.500 Capacity: 10.000 Capacity: 4.000 Pool F, N Pool B, L, Final round Pool E, M, Final round Toluca Mexico City Puebla Gimnasio Juan Fernández Albarrán Auditorio Nacional Gimnasio Puebla 74 Capacity: 4.000 Capacity: 10.000 Capacity: 4.000 Source:

Format The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and final rounds). In the , the 24 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 , 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-24th (L, M and N), teams were allocated to a group according to their group position (best two teams of each group going to 1st-12th groups and the remaining teams to 13th-24th 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 , four groups were created (1st-6th, 7th-12th, 13th-18th and 19th-24th), teams were allocated to a group according to their 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-24th). A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the final standings.

Pools composition Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F

Results First round

Pool A Location: Guadalajara

Pool B Location: Mexico City

Pool C Location: Monterrey

Pool D Location: Tijuana

Pool E Location: Puebla City

Pool F Location: Toluca de Lerdo

Second round

1st–12th pools Pool G Location: Guadalajara

Pool H Location: Monterrey

Pool I Location: Tijuana

13th–24th pools Pool L Location: Mexico City

Pool M Location: Puebla City

Pool N Location: Toluca de Lerdo

Final round 19th–24th places Location: Mexico City

13th–18th places Location: Puebla City

7th–12th places Location: Monterrey

Final places Location: Guadalajara

Final standing

Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Qualified for the 1976 Olympic Games as hosts Qualified for the 1976 Olympic Games as reigning champions Qualified for the 1976 Olympic Games

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

External links FIVB Results Results - todor66 Results Federation Internationale de Volleyball