1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

1994 FIVB Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
Dates	17–30 October
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Officially opened by	Itamar Franco
Champions	Cuba (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament awards
MVP	Regla Torres

The 1994 FIVB Women's World Championship was the twelfth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 17 to 30 October 1994 in São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Teams

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Squads

Results

First round

	Advanced to final round finals
	Advanced to final round play-offs for quarterfinals

Pool A

Venue: Ginasio de Mineirinho, Belo Horizonte

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	145	64	2.266
2	Germany	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	109	91	1.198
3	South Korea	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	123	117	1.051
4	Romania	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	30	135	0.222

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
21 Oct	12:30	Germany	3–0	South Korea	16–14	15–10	16–14		47–38
21 Oct	16:00	Brazil	3–0	Romania	15–2	15–2	15–3		45–7
22 Oct	13:30	South Korea	3–0	Romania	15–2	15–3	15–10		45–15
22 Oct	16:00	Brazil	3–0	Germany	15–5	15–7	15–5		45–17
23 Oct	13:30	Germany	3–0	Romania	15–2	15–2	15–4		45–8
23 Oct	16:00	Brazil	3–1	South Korea	10–15	15–10	15–7	15–8	55–40

Pool B

Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	68	1.985
2	Netherlands	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	124	103	1.204
3	Azerbaijan	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	113	132	0.856
4	Peru	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	66	135	0.489

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
21 Oct	18:00	Netherlands	3–1	Azerbaijan	15–8	15–5	11–15	15–10	56–38
21 Oct	20:00	Cuba	3–0	Peru	15–9	15–1	15–5		45–15
22 Oct	18:00	Cuba	3–0	Netherlands	15–4	15–9	15–10		45–23
22 Oct	20:00	Azerbaijan	3–0	Peru	15–12	15–13	15–6		45–31
23 Oct	18:00	Cuba	3–0	Azerbaijan	15–9	15–9	15–12		45–30
23 Oct	20:00	Netherlands	3–0	Peru	15–8	15–7	15–5		45–20

Pool C

Venue: Ginasio de Mineirinho, Belo Horizonte

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	147	109	1.349
2	Russia	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	127	119	1.067
3	Ukraine	4	1	2	5	8	0.625	151	154	0.981
4	Italy	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	110	153	0.719

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Oct	18:00	China	3–1	Italy	8–15	15–3	16–14	15–5		54–37
21 Oct	20:00	Russia	3–1	Ukraine	8–15	16–14	15–13	15–11		54–53
22 Oct	18:00	China	3–0	Russia	15–13	15–12	15–3			45–28
22 Oct	20:00	Ukraine	3–2	Italy	15–4	5–15	4–15	15–6	15–12	54–52
23 Oct	18:00	Russia	3–0	Italy	15–7	15–9	15–5			45–21
23 Oct	20:00	China	3–1	Ukraine	15–8	15–10	3–15	15–11		48–44

Pool D

Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	141	54	2.611
2	Japan	5	2	1	7	3	2.333	127	77	1.649
3	Czech Republic	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	67	100	0.670
4	Kenya	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	31	135	0.230

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
21 Oct	10:30	United States	3–0	Kenya	15–2	15–7	15–4		45–13
21 Oct	12:30	Japan	3–0	Czech Republic	15–7	15–9	15–2		45–18
22 Oct	10:30	United States	3–0	Czech Republic	15–2	15–1	15–1		45–4
22 Oct	12:30	Japan	3–0	Kenya	15–1	15–3	15–4		45–8
23 Oct	10:30	Czech Republic	3–0	Kenya	15–7	15–3	15–0		45–10
23 Oct	12:30	United States	3–1	Japan	15–8	6–15	15–7	15–7	51–37

Play-offs for quarterfinals

Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
25 Oct	Russia	3–1	Czech Republic	16–14	9–15	15–8	15–11	55–48
25 Oct	South Korea	3–1	Netherlands	15–11	15–4	6–15	15–8	51–38
25 Oct	Germany	3–1	Azerbaijan	15–4	15–3	8–15	15–9	53–31
25 Oct	Japan	3–0	Ukraine	15–10	15–11	15–8		45–29

Group head matches

Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	16:00	Brazil	3–0	China	15–12	15–4	15–9			45–25
25 Oct	18:00	Cuba	3–0	United States	16–14	15–5	15–12			46–31

Finals

Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

28 Ocbober

Cuba	3
		29 Ocbober
Germany	0
		Cuba	3
28 Ocbober
		South Korea	0
South Korea	3
				30 Ocbober
China	1
				Cuba	3
28 Ocbober
				Brazil	0
Brazil	3
		29 Ocbober
Japan	0
		Brazil	3
28 Ocbober
		Russia	2	3rd place
Russia	3
				30 Ocbober
United States	1
				South Korea	1

				Russia	3

5th–8th semifinals		5th place

29 Ocbober

Germany	3
		30 Ocbober
China	1
		Germany	3
29 Ocbober
		United States	1
United States	3

Japan	1
		7th place

		30 Ocbober

		China	2

		Japan	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
28 Oct	13:30	Cuba	3–0	Germany	15–9	15–5	15–5		45–19
28 Oct	16:00	Brazil	3–0	Japan	15–10	17–15	15–7		47–32
28 Oct	18:00	South Korea	3–1	China	15–5	4–15	15–5	15–11	49–36
28 Oct	20:00	Russia	3–1	United States	15–9	9–15	15–9	16–14	55–47

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Oct	11:30	Germany	3–1	China	13–15	15–13	15–10	15–13		58–51
29 Oct	13:30	United States	3–1	Japan	8–15	15–7	15–7	15–7		53–36

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Oct	16:00	Brazil	3–2	Russia	15–7	14–16	12–15	15–8	15–10	71–56
29 Oct	18:30	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–9	15–5			45–18

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Oct		China	2–3	Japan	15–9	12–15	15–10	10–15	7–15	59–64

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Oct		Germany	3–1	United States	16–14	15–9	13–15	15–9		59–47

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Oct	13:30	South Korea	1–3	Russia	16–14	11–15	6–15	8–15		41–59

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Oct	16:00	Cuba	3–0	Brazil	15–2	15–10	15–5			45–17

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Brazil
	Russia
4	South Korea
5	Germany
6	United States
7	Japan
8	China
9	Netherlands
	Azerbaijan
	Czech Republic
	Ukraine
13	Italy
	Romania
	Kenya
	Peru

1994 Women's World Champions
Cuba 2nd title

Team roster

Tania Ortíz, Marlenys Costa, Mireya Luis Hernández, Lilian Izquierdo, Idalmis Gato, Regla Bell, Regla Torres, Sonia Lescaille, Mercedes Calderón, Ana Ibis Fernández, Magaly Carvajal, Mirka Francia

Head coach

Eugenio George Lafita

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Regla Torres

Best Scorer

Elena Batukhtina

Best Spiker

Mireya Luis

Best Blocker

Regla Torres

Best Server

Tomoko Yoshihara

Best Digger

Park Soo-jeong

Best Setter

Tatyana Grachova

Best Receiver

Natalia Morozova

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