1973 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

{{short description|Women's volleyball tournament}}

{{Infobox FIVB tournament

| competition = Women's World Cup

| continent = World

| year = 1973

| logo =

| size = 150

| caption =

| host = {{URU}}

| dates = 19–28 October

| teams = 10

| venues =

| cities = 3

| champions = Soviet Union

| title_number = 1

| mvp = {{flagicon|KOR}} Jo Hea-jung

| website =

| last = first

| next = 1977 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.

Results

=First round=

==Pool A==

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball

|res_col_header=Q

|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1

|update=complete

| team1 = JPN | name_JPN ={{vb|JPN}}

| team2 = PER | name_PER ={{vb|PER}}

| team3 = CAN | name_CAN ={{vb|CAN}}

| team4 = ARG | name_ARG ={{vb|ARG}}

| team5 = URU | name_URU ={{vb|URU}}

|bwin_JPN =4 |bloss_JPN =0 |sw_JPN =12 |sl_JPN =0 |spw_JPN = |spl_JPN =

|bwin_PER =3 |bloss_PER =1 |sw_PER =9 |sl_PER =4 |spw_PER = |spl_PER =

|bwin_CAN =2 |bloss_CAN =2 |sw_CAN =7 |sl_CAN =6 |spw_CAN = |spl_CAN =

|bwin_ARG =1 |bloss_ARG =3 |sw_ARG =3 |sl_ARG =9 |spw_ARG = |spl_ARG =

|bwin_URU =0 |bloss_URU =4 |sw_URU =0 |sl_URU =12 |spw_URU = |spl_URU =

|col_QSF=#ccffcc|text_QSF= Semifinals

|result1=QSF|result2=QSF

|col_Q5=#dfefff|text_Q5=5th–8th places

|result3=Q5|result4=Q5

| col_Q9 = #ffffcc | text_Q9 =9th–10th places

| result5 = Q9|source=

}}

{{Vb res start 2}}

{{Vb res 2|19 Nov|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|3–0|{{vbw|URU}}|15–0|15–1|15–1|||45–2}}

{{Vb res 2|19 Nov|{{vbw-rt|PER}}|3–1|{{vbw|CAN}}|13–15|15–4|15–8|16–14||59–41}}

{{Vb res 2|20 Nov|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|3–0|{{vbw|ARG}}|15–1|15–2|15–0|||45–3}}

{{Vb res 2|20 Nov|{{vbw-rt|CAN}}|3–0|{{vbw|URU}}|15–2|15–5|15–3|||45–10}}

{{Vb res 2|21 Nov|{{vbw-rt|CAN}}|3–0|{{vbw|ARG}}||15–7||||}}

{{Vb res 2|21 Nov|{{vbw-rt|PER}}|3–0|{{vbw|URU}}||||||}}

{{Vb res 2|22 Nov|{{vbw-rt|PER}}|3–0|{{vbw|ARG}}|15–0|15–3|15–4|||45–7}}

{{Vb res 2|22 Nov|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|3–0|{{vbw|CAN}}||||||}}

{{Vb res 2|23 Nov|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|3–0|{{vbw|PER}}|15–8|15–6|15–3|||45–17}}

{{Vb res 2|23 Nov|{{vbw-rt|ARG}}|3–0|{{vbw|URU}}|15–8|15–12|15–5|||45–25}}

{{end}}

==Pool B==

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball

|res_col_header=Q

|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1

|update=complete

| team1 = URS | name_URS ={{vb|URS}}

| team2 = KOR | name_KOR ={{vb|KOR}}

| team3 = CUB | name_CUB ={{vb|CUB}}

| team4 = USA | name_USA ={{vb|USA}}

| team5 = BRA | name_BRA ={{vb|BRA}}

|bwin_URS =4 |bloss_URS =0 |sw_URS =12 |sl_URS =0 |spw_URS = |spl_URS =

|bwin_KOR =3 |bloss_KOR =1 |sw_KOR =9 |sl_KOR =3 |spw_KOR = |spl_KOR =

|bwin_CUB =2 |bloss_CUB =2 |sw_CUB =6 |sl_CUB =7 |spw_CUB = |spl_CUB =

|bwin_USA =1 |bloss_USA =3 |sw_USA =4 |sl_USA =9 |spw_USA = |spl_USA =

|bwin_BRA =0 |bloss_BRA =4 |sw_BRA =0 |sl_BRA =12 |spw_BRA = |spl_BRA =

|col_QSF=#ccffcc|text_QSF= Semifinals

|result1=QSF|result2=QSF

|col_Q5=#dfefff|text_Q5=5th–8th places

|result3=Q5|result4=Q5

| col_Q9 = #ffffcc | text_Q9 =9th–10th places

| result5 = Q9|source=

}}

{{Vb res start 2}}

{{Vb res 2|19 Nov|{{vbw-rt|URS}}|3–0|{{vbw|USA}}|15–3|15–3|15–6|||45–12}}

{{Vb res 2|19 Nov|{{vbw-rt|CUB}}|3–0|{{vbw|BRA}}|15–11|15–3|15–7|||45–21}}

{{Vb res 2|20 Nov|{{vbw-rt|URS}}|3–0|{{vbw|BRA}}|15–1|15–2|15–3|||45–6}}

{{Vb res 2|20 Nov|{{vbw-rt|KOR}}|3–0|{{vbw|USA}}|15–6|15–8|15–2|||45–16}}

{{Vb res 2|21 Nov|{{vbw-rt|URS}}|3–0|{{vbw|CUB}}||||||}}

{{Vb res 2|21 Nov|{{vbw-rt|KOR}}|3–0|{{vbw|BRA}}|15–6|15–1|15–5|||45–12}}

{{Vb res 2|22 Nov|{{vbw-rt|KOR}}|3–0|{{vbw|CUB}}|15–7|15–3|15–6|||45–16}}

{{Vb res 2|22 Nov|{{vbw-rt|USA}}|3–0|{{vbw|BRA}}|15–12|15–0|15–9|||45–21}}

{{Vb res 2|23 Nov|{{vbw-rt|CUB}}|3–0|{{vbw|USA}}|17–15|15–2|16–14|||48–31}}

{{Vb res 2|23 Nov|{{vbw-rt|URS}}|3–0|{{vbw|KOR}}||||||}}

{{end}}

=Final round=

{{Round4-with third

| RD1 = Semifinals | RD2 = Final | Consol = 3rd place

| 25 October – Montevideo | {{vbw|JPN}} | 3 | {{vbw|KOR}} | 2

| 26 October – Montevideo | {{vbw|URS}} | 3 | {{vbw|PER}} | 0

| 28 October – Montevideo | {{vbw|JPN}} | 0 | {{vbw|URS}} | 3

| 27 October – Montevideo | {{vbw|KOR}} | 3 | {{vbw|PER}} | 0

}}

{{Round4-with third

| RD1 = 5th–8th semifinals | RD2 = 5th place | Consol = 7th place

| 26 October – Montevideo | {{vbw|CUB}} | 3 | {{vbw|ARG}} | 1

| 26 October – Montevideo | {{vbw|CAN}} | 1 | {{vbw|USA}} | 3

| 27 October – Montevideo | {{vbw|CUB}} | 3 | {{vbw|USA}} | 1

| 28 October – Montevideo | {{vbw|ARG}} | 0 | {{vbw|CAN}} | 3

}}

==Semifinals==

{{Vb res start 4}}

{{Vb res 4|25 Oct|20:00|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|3–2|{{vbw|KOR}}|15–9|8–15|15–7|11–15|15–9|64–55}}

{{Vb res 4|26 Oct|22:00|{{vbw-rt|URS}}|3–0|{{vbw|PER}}|15–6|15–11|15–10|||45–27}}

{{end}}

==5th–8th semifinals==

{{Vb res start 4}}

{{Vb res 4|26 Oct|15:00|{{vbw-rt|CUB}}|3–1|{{vbw|ARG}}||||||}}

{{Vb res 4|26 Oct|20:00|{{vbw-rt|CAN}}|1–3|{{vbw|USA}}||||||}}

{{end}}

==9th place match==

{{Vb res start 4}}

{{Vb res 4|27 Oct|15:00|{{vbw-rt|URU}}|1–3|{{vbw|BRA}}|5–15|5–15|16–14|2–15||28–59}}

{{end}}

==7th place match==

{{Vb res start 4}}

{{Vb res 4|28 Oct|20:00|{{vbw-rt|ARG}}|0–3|{{vbw|CAN}}|7–15|7–15|10–15|||24–45}}

{{end}}

==5th place match==

{{Vb res start 4}}

{{Vb res 4|27 Oct|20:00|{{vbw-rt|CUB}}|3–1|{{vbw|USA}}|16–18|15–1|15–8|15–6||61–33}}

{{end}}

==3rd place match==

{{Vb res start 4}}

{{Vb res 4|27 Oct|22:00|{{vbw-rt|KOR}}|3–0|{{vbw|PER}}|15–12|15–13|15–3|||45–28}}

{{end}}

==Final==

{{Vb res start 4}}

{{Vb res 4|28 Oct|22:00|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|0–3|{{vbw|URS}}|5–15|9–15|11–15|||25–45}}

{{end}}

Final standing

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Team

align=center | {{Gold1}}

| {{vbw|URS}}

align=center | {{Silver2}}

| {{vbw|JPN}}

align=center | {{Bronze3}}

| {{vbw|KOR}}

align=center | 4

| {{vbw|PER}}

align=center | 5

| {{vbw|CUB}}

align=center | 6

| {{vbw|USA}}

align=center | 7

| {{vbw|CAN}}

align=center | 8

| {{vbw|ARG}}

align=center | 9

| {{vbw|BRA}}

align=center | 10

| {{vbw|URU}}

{{col-2}}

{{winners|vbw|1973 Women's World Cup champions|Soviet Union|1st}}

{{col-end}}