1974 Men's Volleyball World Championship

The 1974 men's volleyball world championship took place in Mexico from October 12th to 28th . The Poles won the title for the first time. The games were played in Mexico City , Guadalajara , Monterrey , Tijuana , Puebla and Toluca de Lerdo .

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The 24 participants played in six groups of four in the preliminary round. The two best teams in each group formed three groups of four in the second group, the remaining teams played their own round with three groups of four. The best six teams of the second round determined the new world champion in the final round, the others played for the other places.

game schedule

First round

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Group A in Guadalajara
1.	Cuba Cuba	3	0	9: 1
2.	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR	2	1	6: 3
3.	Italy Italy	1	2	4: 7
4th	Venezuela 1954 Venezuela	0	3	1: 9

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Group B in Mexico City
1.	Mexico Mexico	3	0	9: 1
2.	Netherlands Netherlands	2	1	7: 4
3.	Tunisia Tunisia	1	2	3: 8
4th	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	0	3	3: 9

October 13th	GDR	Venezuela	3-0
	Cuba	Italy	3: 1
October 14th	Cuba	Venezuela	3-0
	GDR	Italy	3-0
15th October	Italy	Venezuela	3: 1
	Cuba	GDR	3-0

October 12th	Mexico	Dominican R.	3-0
October 13th	Netherlands	Tunisia	3-0
October 14th	Netherlands	Dominican R.	3: 1
	Mexico	Tunisia	3-0
15th October	Tunisia	Dominican R.	3: 2
	Mexico	Netherlands	3: 1

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Group C in Monterrey
1.	Bulgaria 1971 Bulgaria	3	0	9: 3
2.	Brazil 1968 Brazil	2	1	8: 3
3.	France France	1	2	4: 6
4th	Panama Panama	0	3	0: 9

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Group D in Tijuana
1.	Japan Japan	3	0	9-0
2.	Belgium Belgium	2	1	6: 4
3.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	1	2	4: 6
4th	Canada Canada	0	3	0: 9

October 13th	Bulgaria	Panama	3-0
	Brazil	France	3-0
October 14th	Brazil	Panama	3-0
	Bulgaria	France	3: 1
15th October	France	Panama	3-0
	Bulgaria	Brazil	3: 2

October 13th	Belgium	China	3: 1
	Japan	Canada	3-0
October 14th	Belgium	Canada	3-0
	Japan	China	3-0
15th October	China	Canada	3-0
	Japan	Belgium	3-0

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Group E in Puebla
1.	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	3	0	9: 2
2.	Romania 1965 Romania	2	1	8: 3
3.	Korea South South Korea	1	2	3: 6
4th	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	0	3	0: 9

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Group F in Toluca
1.	Poland 1944 Poland	3	0	9: 2
2.	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union	2	1	7: 3
3.	United States United States	1	2	4: 6
4th	Egypt 1972 Egypt	0	3	0: 9

October 13th	Romania	South Korea	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	Puerto Rico	3-0
October 14th	Romania	Puerto Rico	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	South Korea	3-0
15th October	South Korea	Puerto Rico	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	Romania	3: 2

October 13th	Soviet Union	United States	3-0
	Poland	Egypt	3-0
October 14th	Poland	United States	3: 1
	Soviet Union	Egypt	3-0
15th October	United States	Egypt	3-0
	Poland	Soviet Union	3: 1

Second round (1-12)

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Group G in Mexico City
1.	Poland 1944 Poland	3	0	9: 2
2.	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR	2	1	6: 5
3.	Mexico Mexico	1	2	6: 6
4th	Belgium Belgium	0	3	0: 9

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Group H in Puebla
1.	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	3	0	9: 2
2.	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union	2	1	6: 3
3.	Cuba Cuba	1	2	5: 6
4th	Brazil 1968 Brazil	0	3	0: 9

October 18	Poland	GDR	3-0
	Mexico	Belgium	3-0
October 19th	Poland	Belgium	3-0
	GDR	Mexico	3: 2
the 20th of October	GDR	Belgium	3-0
	Poland	Mexico	3: 1

October 18	Cuba	Brazil	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	3-0
October 19th	Soviet Union	Brazil	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	Cuba	3: 2
the 20th of October	Czechoslovakia	Brazil	3-0
	Soviet Union	Cuba	3-0

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Group I in Toluca
1.	Japan Japan	3	0	9: 3
2.	Romania 1965 Romania	2	1	8: 5
3.	Bulgaria 1971 Bulgaria	1	2	6: 7
4th	Netherlands Netherlands	0	3	1: 9

October 18	Japan	Netherlands	3-0
	Romania	Bulgaria	3: 2
October 19th	Romania	Netherlands	3-0
	Japan	Bulgaria	3: 1
the 20th of October	Bulgaria	Netherlands	3: 1
	Japan	Romania	3: 2

Second round (13-24)

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Group J in Guadalajara
1.	United States United States	3	0	9: 3
2.	Tunisia Tunisia	2	1	7: 5
3.	Canada Canada	1	2	6: 7
4th	Venezuela 1954 Venezuela	0	3	2: 9

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Group K in Monterrey
1.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	3	0	9-0
2.	France France	2	1	6: 5
3.	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	1	2	5: 6
4th	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	0	3	0: 9

October 18	Tunisia	Canada	3: 2
	United States	Venezuela	3: 1
October 19th	Canada	Venezuela	3: 1
	United States	Tunisia	3: 1
the 20th of October	Tunisia	Venezuela	3-0
	United States	Canada	3: 1

October 18	China	Dominican R.	3-0
	France	Puerto Rico	3-0
October 19th	China	Puerto Rico	3-0
	France	Dominican R.	3: 2
the 20th of October	China	France	3-0
	Dominican R.	Puerto Rico	3-0

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Group L
1.	Korea South South Korea	3	0	9-0
2.	Egypt 1972 Egypt	2	1	6: 5
3.	Italy Italy	1	2	5: 6
4th	Panama Panama	0	3	0: 9

October 18	Italy	Panama	3-0
	South Korea	Egypt	3-0
October 19th	Egypt	Italy	3: 1
	South Korea	Panama	3-0
the 20th of October	Egypt	Panama	3-0
	South Korea	Italy	3-0

Final round

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Final group in Mexico City
1.	Poland 1944 Poland	5	0	15: 7
2.	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union	4th	1	14: 4
3.	Japan Japan	3	2	10:10
4th	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR	2	3	9:11
5.	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	1	4th	8:13
6th	Romania 1965 Romania	0	5	4:15

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Group 7-12 in Toluca
1.	Bulgaria 1971 Bulgaria	4th	1	12: 3
2.	Cuba Cuba	4th	1	12: 7
3.	Brazil 1968 Brazil	3	2	10: 6
4th	Mexico Mexico	3	2	9: 8
5.	Belgium Belgium	1	4th	7:13
6th	Netherlands Netherlands	0	5	2:15

October 22nd	GDR	Czechoslovakia	3: 2
	Poland	Soviet Union	3: 2
	Japan	Romania	3: 2
23rd October	Japan	GDR	3: 1
	Poland	Czechoslovakia	3: 2
	Soviet Union	Romania	3: 1
October 24th	Poland	GDR	3: 2
	Czechoslovakia	Romania	3: 1
	Soviet Union	Japan	3-0
October 26th	Soviet Union	GDR	3-0
	Poland	Romania	3-0
	Japan	Czechoslovakia	3: 1
October 27	GDR	Romania	3-0
	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	3-0
	Poland	Japan	3: 1

October 22nd	Cuba	Netherlands	3: 1
	Bulgaria	Mexico	3-0
	Brazil	Belgium	3-0
23rd October	Mexico	Belgium	3: 2
	Brazil	Netherlands	3-0
	Bulgaria	Cuba	3-0
October 24th	Bulgaria	Netherlands	3-0
	Cuba	Belgium	3: 2
	Mexico	Brazil	3-0
October 26th	Bulgaria	Belgium	3-0
	Cuba	Brazil	3: 1
	Mexico	Netherlands	3-0
October 27	Belgium	Netherlands	3: 1
	Brazil	Bulgaria	3-0
	Cuba	Mexico	3-0

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Groups 13-18 in Tijuana
1.	Korea South South Korea	5	0	15: 2
2.	United States United States	4th	1	14: 5
3.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	3	2	9: 7
4th	France France	2	3	8: 9
5.	Egypt 1972 Egypt	1	4th	4:14
6th	Tunisia Tunisia	0	5	2:15

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Groups 19-24 in Guadalajara
1.	Italy Italy	5	0	15: 1
2.	Canada Canada	4th	1	12: 6
3.	Venezuela 1954 Venezuela	3	2	11: 8
4th	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	2	3	7:11
5.	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	1	4th	4:12
6th	Panama Panama	0	5	4:15

October 22nd	China	France	3: 1
	United States	Egypt	3: 1
	South Korea	Tunisia	3-0
23rd October	China	Egypt	3-0
	South Korea	France	3-0
	United States	Tunisia	3-0
October 24th	France	Tunisia	3-0
	South Korea	Egypt	3-0
	United States	China	3-0
October 26th	China	Tunisia	3-0
	France	Egypt	3-0
	South Korea	United States	3: 2
October 27	United States	France	3: 1
	Egypt	Tunisia	3: 2
	South Korea	China	3-0

October 22nd	Canada	Panama	3: 1
	Venezuela	Puerto Rico	3-0
	Italy	Dominican R.	3: 1
23rd October	Venezuela	Panama	3: 2
	Italy	Puerto Rico	3-0
	Canada	Dominican R.	3-0
October 24th	Canada	Venezuela	3: 2
	Italy	Panama	3-0
	Dominican R.	Puerto Rico	3: 1
October 26th	Dominican R.	Panama	3-0
	Italy	Venezuela	3-0
	Canada	Puerto Rico	3: 1
October 27	Italy	Canada	3-0
	Venezuela	Dominican R.	3-0
	Puerto Rico	Panama	3-0

Final score

1.	Poland 1944 Poland
2.	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
3.	Japan Japan
4th	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 German Democratic Republic
5.	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
6th	Romania 1965 Romania
7th	Bulgaria 1971 Bulgaria
8th.	Cuba Cuba
9.	Brazil 1968 Brazil
10.	Mexico Mexico
11.	Belgium Belgium
12.	Netherlands Netherlands
13.	Korea South South Korea
14th	United States United States
15th	China People's Republic People's Republic of China
16.	France France
17th	Egypt 1972 Egypt
18th	Tunisia Tunisia
19th	Italy Italy
20th	Canada Canada
21st	Venezuela 1954 Venezuela
22nd	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
23.	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
24.	Panama Panama

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