1973 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

1973 Women's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Uruguay
Dates	October 19–28
Teams	10
Venues	(in 3 host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
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The 1973 FIVB Women's World Cup was the first edition of the tournament, played from October 19–28, 1973 in Uruguay. It is the only edition of the tournament to have been hosted by a country other than Japan.

Final round

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	1973-10-27 – Montevideo
	Japan	3
	South Korea	2
					1973-10-28 – Montevideo
					Japan	0
					Soviet Union	3
					Third place
	1973-10-27 – Montevideo			1973-10-28 – Montevideo
	Soviet Union	3		Peru	0
	Peru	0			South Korea	3

5th to 8th places bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	1973-10-26 – Montevideo
	Canada	1
	United States	3
					1973-10-27 – Montevideo
					United States	1
					Cuba	3
					Third place
	1973-10-26 – Montevideo			1973-10-27 – Montevideo
	Cuba	3		Canada	3
	Argentina	1			Argentina	0

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Oct	Japan	3–2	South Korea	15–9	8–15	15–7	11–15	15–9	64–55
26 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Peru	15–6	15–11	15–10			45–27

5th to 8th places

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Oct	Canada	1–3	United States
26 Oct	Cuba	3–1	Argentina

Ninth place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Oct	Uruguay	1–3	Brazil	5–15	5–15	16–14	2–15		28–59

Seventh place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Oct	Canada	3–0	Argentina

Fifth place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Oct	United States	1–3	Cuba	18–16	1–15	8–15	6–15		33–61

Third place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Peru	15–12	15–13	15–6			45–28

First place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Japan	15–5	15–9	15–11			45–25

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 First title

References

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