1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

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.

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

Teams

Group A

• Brazil
• Germany
• Romania
• South Korea

Group B

• Azerbaijan
• Cuba
• Netherlands
• Peru

Group C

• China
• Italy
• Russia
• Ukraine

Group D

• Czech Republic
• Japan
• Kenya
• United States

Squads

Main article: 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship squads

Results

First round

Pool A

Venue: Ginasio de Mineirinho, Belo Horizonte

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	145	64	2.266	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	109	91	1.198	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	South Korea	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	123	117	1.051
4	Romania	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	30	135	0.222

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	68	1.985	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	124	103	1.204	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	113	132	0.856
4	Peru	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	66	135	0.489

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	147	109	1.349	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	127	119	1.067	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Ukraine	3	1	2	4	5	8	0.625	151	154	0.981
4	Italy	3	0	3	3	3	9	0.333	110	153	0.719

Source:

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	141	54	2.611	Quarterfinals
2	Japan	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	127	77	1.649	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	67	100	0.670
4	Kenya	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	31	135	0.230

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

Final round

Play-offs for quarterfinals

Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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	Set 5	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

External links

• Results
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball