| Competition: | FIVB Women's World Championship |
| Gender: | women |
| Continent: | World |
| Year: | 1974 |
| Dates: | 13–27 October |
| Opened: | Luis Echeverría |
| Teams: | 24 (1 withdraw) |
| Cities: | 6 |
| Champions: | Japan |
| Title Number: | 3 |
| Second: | Soviet Union |
| Third: | South Korea |
| Fourth: | East Germany |
| Last: | 1970 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship |
| Next: | 1978 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship |
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.[1]
| width=22% | Pool D, I | width=22% | Pool A, G, Final round | width=22% | Pool C, H, Final round | |
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| 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 | ||||
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.[1]
Location: Guadalajara
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| 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 |