1973 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

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.

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)
Tournament awards
MVP	Jo Hea-jung

Results

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	4	4	0	8	12	0	MAX	0	0	—	Semifinals
2	Peru	4	3	1	7	9	4	2.250	0	0	—
3	Canada	4	2	2	6	7	6	1.167	0	0	—	5th–8th places
4	Argentina	4	1	3	5	3	9	0.333	0	0	—
5	Uruguay	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	0	0	—	9th–10th places

Source:

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	4	4	0	8	12	0	MAX	0	0	—	Semifinals
2	South Korea	4	3	1	7	9	3	3.000	0	0	—
3	Cuba	4	2	2	6	6	7	0.857	0	0	—	5th–8th places
4	United States	4	1	3	5	4	9	0.444	0	0	—
5	Brazil	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	0	0	—	9th–10th places

Source:

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

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	Japan
	South Korea
4	Peru
5	Cuba
6	United States
7	Canada
8	Argentina
9	Brazil
10	Uruguay

1973 Women's World Cup champions
Soviet Union 1st title

External links

• Results