# Volleyball at the 1974 Asian Games

Volleyball was one of the many sports which was held at the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran, Iran. All matches played at the Volleyball Hall in Aryamehr Sport Complex.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Japan Yoshihide Fukao Kenji Kimura Yuzo Nakamura Katsutoshi Nekoda Tetsuo Nishimoto Katsumi Oda Tetsuo Sato Kenji Shimaoka Mikiyasu Tanaka Shoichi Yanagimoto Yasunori Yasuda Tadayoshi Yokota | South Korea Chung Kang-sup Jin Jun-tak Kang Man-soo Kim Chung-han Kim Kun-bong Lee Choun-pyo Lee In Lee Sun-koo Lee Yong-kwan Park Ki-won Suk Kyung-hong | China Chen Fulin Dong Chuanqiang Fu Yuting Jiang Shensheng Wang Chuan Wang Dexue Yu Youwei Yuan Liubin Yuan Weimin Zhang Yuan Zhao Chengqing Zhu Jiaming |
| Women details | Japan Yuko Arakida Toshimi Furuta Takako Iida Katsuko Kanesaka Kiyomi Kato Echiko Maeda Noriko Matsuda Mariko Okamoto Harue Saito Takako Shirai Hiromi Yano Juri Yokoyama | South Korea Choi Eun-hee Jo Hea-jung Jung Soon-ok Lee Hyo-sun Lee Kyung-sook Lee Kyung-sun Lee Soon-bok Noh Chang-hee Park In-sil Park Jung-hui Yu Jung-hye Yu Kyung-hwa | China Cao Jinxiu Fan Guixiang Ge Weiping Liang Caihui Liu Di Qi Lixia Wu Guoying Xu Liyun Xu Xiumei Yu Liwen Zhang Qingru Zhang Shuhua |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

## Draw

The draw was held in Tehran. The men were drawn into two groups of four teams, the women were played in round robin format, six teams were registered but Khmer Republic later withdrew.

### Group A

* China
* Japan
* Philippines
* India

### Group B

* Iran
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Pakistan

## Results
### Men
#### Preliminary round
##### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 135 | 57 | 2.368 | Semifinals |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 128 | 90 | 1.422 | Semifinals |
| 3 | India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 89 | 119 | 0.748 | Classification 5th–8th |
| 4 | Philippines | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 71 | 157 | 0.452 | Classification 5th–8th |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 02 Sep | 09:00 | India | 0–3 | China | 3–15 | 6–15 | 5–15 | | 14–45 |
| 02 Sep | 16:00 | Philippines | 0–3 | Japan | 0–15 | 6–15 | 5–15 | | 11–45 |
| 04 Sep | 16:00 | China | 3–1 | Philippines | 14–16 | 15–4 | 15–5 | 15–6 | 59–31 |
| 04 Sep | 17:30 | Japan | 3–0 | India | 15–6 | 15–6 | 15–10 | | 45–22 |
| 06 Sep | 10:00 | India | 3–1 | Philippines | 8–15 | 15–2 | 15–3 | 15–9 | 53–29 |
| 06 Sep | 16:00 | Japan | 3–0 | China | 15–5 | 15–11 | 15–8 | | 45–24 |

##### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 135 | 46 | 2.935 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 116 | 85 | 1.365 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 77 | 117 | 0.658 | Classification 5th–8th |
| 4 | Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 56 | 136 | 0.412 | Classification 5th–8th |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 03 Sep | 09:00 | South Korea | 3–0 | Kuwait | 15–1 | 15–6 | 15–2 | 45–9 |
| 03 Sep | 16:00 | Iran | 3–0 | Pakistan | 15–1 | 15–8 | 15–11 | 45–20 |
| 05 Sep | 10:00 | Pakistan | 3–0 | Kuwait | 15–5 | 15–8 | 16–14 | 46–27 |
| 05 Sep | 17:30 | South Korea | 3–0 | Iran | 15–13 | 15–3 | 15–10 | 45–26 |
| 07 Sep | 16:00 | Pakistan | 0–3 | South Korea | 5–15 | 6–15 | 0–15 | 11–45 |
| 07 Sep | 17:30 | Iran | 3–0 | Kuwait | 15–6 | 15–5 | 15–9 | 45–20 |

#### Classification 5th–8th

| Classification 5th–8th | Classification 5th–8th | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 8 September | 8 September |
| India | 3 |
| India | 3 | 11 September | 11 September |
| Kuwait | 0 | 11 September | 11 September |
| Kuwait | 0 | India | 3 |
| 9 September | 9 September | | India | 3 |
| 9 September | 9 September | Philippines | 1 |
| Pakistan | 1 | Philippines | 1 |
| Philippines | 3 | | |
| Philippines | 3 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 10 September | 10 September |
| | | Kuwait | 0 |
| | | Pakistan | 3 |

##### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 08 Sep | 18:30 | India | 3–0 | Kuwait | 15–4 | 15–2 | 15–6 | | | 45–12 |
| 09 Sep | 16:00 | Pakistan | 1–3 | Philippines | 7–15 | 16–14 | 11–15 | 10–15 | | 44–59 |

##### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 10 Sep | 09:00 | Kuwait | 0–3 | Pakistan | 3–15 | 5–15 | 12–15 | | | 20–45 |

##### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 11 Sep | 17:30 | India | 3–1 | Philippines | 15–2 | 13–15 | 15–6 | 15–1 | | 58–24 |

#### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 9 September | 9 September |
| Japan | 3 |
| Japan | 3 | 15 September | 15 September |
| Iran | 0 | 15 September | 15 September |
| Iran | 0 | Japan | 3 |
| 10 September | 10 September | | Japan | 3 |
| 10 September | 10 September | South Korea | 1 |
| South Korea | 3 | South Korea | 1 |
| China | 1 | | |
| China | 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 12 September | 12 September |
| | | Iran | 1 |
| | | China | 3 |

##### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 09 Sep | 17:30 | Japan | 3–0 | Iran | 15–3 | 15–3 | 15–10 | | | 45–16 |
| 10 Sep | 16:00 | South Korea | 3–1 | China | 15–7 | 15–11 | 14–16 | 15–5 | | 59–39 |

##### Bronze medal match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 12 Sep | 16:00 | Iran | 1–3 | China | 3–15 | 4–15 | 15–11 | 12–15 | | 34–56 |

##### Gold medal match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 15 Sep | 16:00 | Japan | 3–1 | South Korea | 15–12 | 16–14 | 10–15 | 15–12 | | 56–53 |

#### Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Japan |
| | South Korea |
| | China |
| 4 | Iran |
| 5 | India |
| 6 | Philippines |
| 7 | Pakistan |
| 8 | Kuwait |

### Women

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6.000 | 198 | 94 | 2.106 |
| 2 | South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3.333 | 166 | 100 | 1.660 |
| 3 | China | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0.875 | 152 | 170 | 0.894 |
| 4 | North Korea | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 0.556 | 158 | 160 | 0.988 |
| 5 | Iran | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.000 | 30 | 180 | 0.167 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 02 Sep | 10:30 | Iran | 0–3 | China | 4–15 | 8–15 | 1–15 | | | 13–45 |
| 03 Sep | 17:30 | North Korea | 0–3 | South Korea | 6–15 | 5–15 | 9–15 | | | 20–45 |
| 05 Sep | 16:00 | South Korea | 3–0 | China | 15–8 | 15–3 | 15–8 | | | 45–19 |
| 06 Sep | 17:30 | Japan | 3–0 | North Korea | 15–11 | 15–13 | 15–11 | | | 45–35 |
| 07 Sep | 10:00 | South Korea | 3–0 | Iran | 15–0 | 15–3 | 15–4 | | | 45–7 |
| 08 Sep | 17:30 | China | 1–3 | Japan | 6–15 | 15–9 | 3–15 | 0–15 | | 24–54 |
| 10 Sep | 17:30 | North Korea | 2–3 | China | 15–13 | 15–5 | 6–15 | 14–16 | 8–15 | 58–64 |
| 11 Sep | 16:00 | Iran | 0–3 | Japan | 1–15 | 3–15 | 0–15 | | | 4–45 |
| 13 Sep | | North Korea | 3–0 | Iran | 15–3 | 15–3 | 15–0 | | | 45–6 |
| 14 Sep | 17:30 | Japan | 3–1 | South Korea | 9–15 | 15–2 | 15–8 | 15–6 | | 54–31 |