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For a list of FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship finals, see List of FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship finals.

FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship final
Founded1952; 73 years ago (1952)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Serbia (2nd title)
Most titles Soviet Union (5 titles)

The FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held every four years until 2022 and has been rescheduled to take place every two years starting from 2025.

Since 1978, the World Championship final is the last match of the competition, played by the only two teams remaining in contention, and the result determines which country is declared the world champion. Prior to that, the competition used a round-robin format in the final round, consisting of 4 to 10 teams that advanced from the preliminary rounds, and the world champion was determined based on the team with the best ranking in the final standings.

The team that wins the final receives the FIVB Volleyball World Championship Trophy, and its name is engraved on the bottom side of the trophy.[1] The new trophy was designed by the Swiss design company BMCO and was first awarded to the United States in 2014.[2] However, during the trophy tour in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2014, both the men's and women's World Championship trophies were stolen. As a result, the FIVB had to create new trophies to ensure they were available for the competition.[3][4]

Of 84 different nations that have appeared in the tournament, 12 have made it to the final, and 8 have won. The former Soviet Union is also the most successful team in the competition, having won five titles and finished second twice. Japan and Cuba have three titles each, with Japan having reached more finals than any other team, three. China, Russia, and current champion Serbia have two each, while Italy and the United States have one each.

Serbia defeated Brazil in straight sets in the latest final, staged at Netherlands' Omnisport Arena in 2022.[5]

List of final matches

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Locations of finals held in the rest of the world
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Locations of finals held in Europe
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Locations of finals held in Japan
Key to the list
† Match was a round-robin contest between the champions and runners-up, not a final match.
‡ Match was won on the fifth set.
List of FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship finals[6]
Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue Location Attendance Ref(s)
1952 Soviet Union  3–0†  Poland Dynamo Stadium Moscow, Soviet Union — [7][8]
1956 Soviet Union  3–2†  Romania Stade Pierre de Coubertin Paris, France — [7][9]
1960 Soviet Union  3–1†  Japan Ginásio do Maracanãzinho Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — [7][10]
1962 Japan  3–1†  Soviet Union Luzhniki Palace of Sports Moscow, Soviet Union — [7][11]
1967 Japan  3–0†  United States Nippon Budokan Tokyo, Japan — [7][12]
1970 Soviet Union  3–1†  Japan Palace of Culture and Sports Varna, Bulgaria — [7][13]
1974 Japan  3–0†  Soviet Union Auditorio Benito Juarez Guadalajara, Mexico — [7][14]
1978 Cuba  3–0  Japan Yubileyny Sports Palace Leningrad, Soviet Union — [7][15]
1982 China  3–0  Peru Coliseo Amauta Lima, Peru — [7][16]
1986 China  3–1  Cuba Tipsport Arena Prague, Czechoslovakia — [7][17]
1990 Soviet Union  3–1  China Capital Indoor Stadium Beijing, China — [7][18]
1994 Cuba  3–0  Brazil Ginásio do Ibirapuera São Paulo, Brazil — [7][19]
1998 Cuba  3–0  China Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium Osaka, Japan — [7][20]
2002 Italy  3–2‡  United States Max-Schmeling-Halle Berlin, Germany 9,070 [7][21][22]
2006 Russia  3–2‡  Brazil Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium Osaka, Japan 3,820 [7][23][24]
2010 Russia  3–2‡  Brazil Yoyogi National Gymnasium Tokyo, Japan 8,200 [7][25][26]
2014 United States  3–1  China Mediolanum Forum Milan, Italy 12,600 [7][27][28]
2018 Serbia  3–2‡  Italy Yokohama Arena Yokohama, Japan 11,500 [7][29][30]
2022 Serbia  3–0  Brazil Omnisport Arena Apeldoorn, Netherlands 6,376 [5][31][32]
2025 Indoor Stadium Huamark Bangkok, Thailand

Results

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Results by nation
Team Winners Runners-up Total finals Years won Years runners-up
 Soviet Union 5 2 7 1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990 1962, 1974
 Japan 3 3 6 1962, 1967, 1974 1960, 1970, 1978
 Cuba 3 1 4 1978, 1994, 1998 1986
 China 2 3 5 1982, 1986 1990, 1998, 2014
 Russia 2 0 2 2006, 2010 —
 Serbia 2 0 2 2018, 2022 —
 United States 1 2 3 2014 1967, 2002
 Italy 1 1 2 2002 2018
 Brazil 0 4 4 — 1994, 2006, 2010, 2022
 Poland 0 1 1 — 1952
 Romania 0 1 1 — 1956
 Peru 0 1 1 — 1982
Results by confederation
Confederation Appearances Winners Runners-up
CEV 15 10 5
AVC 11 5 6
NORCECA 7 4 3
CSV 5 0 5

See also

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References

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