List of FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship finals

The FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship is an international volleyball competition established in 1952. It is contested by the women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has taken place every four years. The most recent World Championship, hosted by Italy in 2014, was won by the United States, who beat China 3–1.

Just like the men's tournament the World Championship final match is the last of the competition, and the result determines which country is declared world champions.

List of finals

Key to the list of finals

†	Match was not a final match. Match contested between the champions and runners-up in round robin format
‡	Match was won on the fifth set.

• The "Year" column refers to the year the World Championship was held, and wikilinks to the article about that tournament. The wikilinks in the "Final score" column point to the article about that tournament's final game. Links in the "Winners" and "Runners-up" columns point to the articles for the national women's volleyball teams of the countries, not the articles for the countries.

List of finals matches, their venues and locations, the finalists and final scores

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Location	Attendance	Ref(s)
1952	Soviet Union	3–0†	Poland	Dynamo Stadium	Moscow, Soviet Union	—	—
1956	Soviet Union	3–2†	Romania	—	Paris, France	—	—
1960	Soviet Union	3–1†	Japan	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	—	—
1962	Japan	3–1†	Soviet Union	Luzhniki Palace of Sports	Moscow, Soviet Union	—	—
1967	Japan	3–0†	United States	Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	—	—
1970	Soviet Union	3–1†	Japan	Palace of Culture and Sports	Varna, Bulgaria	—	—
1974	Japan	3–0†	Soviet Union	—	Guadalajara, Mexico	—	—
1978	Cuba	3–0	Japan	Yubileyny Sports Palace	Leningrad, Soviet Union	—	—
1982	China	3–0	Peru	Coliseo Amauta	Lima, Peru	—	—
1986	China	3–1	Cuba	Tipsport Arena	Prague, Czechoslovakia	—	—
1990	Soviet Union	3–1	China	Capital Indoor Stadium	Beijing, China	—	—
1994	Cuba	3–0	Brazil	Ginásio do Ibirapuera	São Paulo, Brazil	—	—
1998	Cuba	3–0	China	Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	—	—
2002	Italy	3–2‡	United States	Max-Schmeling-Halle	Berlin, Germany	9,070	Report
2006	Russia	3–2‡	Brazil	Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	3,820	P2 P3
2010	Russia	3–2‡	Brazil	Yoyogi National Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan	8,200	P2 P3
2014	United States	3–1	China	Mediolanum Forum	Milan, Italy	12,600	P2 P3
2018	Serbia	3–2‡	Italy	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Japan	11,500	P2
2022	Serbia	3–0	Brazil	GelreDome	Arnhem, Netherlands	6,376	P2 Report

Results by nation

National team	Wins	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	—
United States	1	2	3	2014	1967, 2002
Italy	1	1	2	2002	2018
Serbia	2	0	2	2018, 2022	—
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

• National team appearances in the FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship
• National team appearances in the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship

External links

• FIVB