Volleyball / World Championships
WOMEN
Ed. |
Site |
Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
XIX |
NED & POL |
2022 |
Serbia |
Brazil |
Italy |
XVIII |
Japan |
2018 |
Serbia |
Italy |
China |
XVII |
Italy |
2014 |
United States |
China |
Brazil |
XVI |
Japan |
2010 |
Russia |
Brazil |
Japan |
XV |
Japan |
2006 |
Russia |
Brazil |
Serbia & Montenegro |
XIV |
Germany |
2002 |
Italy |
United States |
Russia |
XIII |
Osaka |
1998 |
Cuba |
China |
Russia |
XII |
Sao Paolo |
1994 |
Cuba |
Brazil |
Russia |
XI |
Beijing |
1990 |
Soviet Union |
China |
United States |
X |
Prague |
1986 |
China |
Cuba |
Peru |
IX |
Lima |
1982 |
China |
Peru |
United States |
VIII |
Leningrad |
1978 |
Cuba |
Japan |
Soviet Union |
VII |
Guadalajara |
1974 |
Japan |
Soviet Union |
South Korea |
VI |
Varna |
1970 |
Soviet Union |
Japan |
North Korea |
V |
Tokyo |
1967 |
Japan |
United States |
South Korea |
IV |
Moscow |
1962 |
Japan |
Soviet Union |
Poland |
III |
Rio de Janeiro |
1960 |
Soviet Union |
Japan |
Czechoslovakia |
II |
Paris |
1956 |
Soviet Union |
Romania |
Poland |
I |
Moscow |
1952 |
Soviet Union |
Poland |
Czechoslovakia |
All the champions 
XIX Netherlands & Poland 2022 (23.IX/15.X) 
SERBIA - Coach: Daniele Santarelli |
Maja Aleksic, Ana Bjelica, Tijana Boskovic, Bianka Busa, Bojana Drca, Aleksandra Jegdic, Katarina Lazovic, Sara Lozo, Brankica Mihajlovic, Bojana Milenkovic, Sladana Mirkovic, Mina Popovic, Teodora Pusic, Jovana Stevanovic. |
SRB 3-1 USA (25-21, 25-20, 17-25, 25-23) |
BRA 3-1 ITA (25-23, 22-25, 26-24, 25-19) |
Serbia 3-0 Brazil (26-24, 25-22, 25-17) [ITA 3-0 USA (25-20, 25-15, 27-25)] |
XVIII Japan 2018 (29.IX/20.X) 
SERBIA - Coach: Zoran Terzic |
Maja Aleksic, Ana Bjelica, Tijana Boskovic, Bianka Busa, Tijana Malesevic, Brankica Mihajlovic, Maja Ognjenovic, Silvija Popovic, Teodora Pusic, Milena Rasic, Jovana Stevanovic, Stefana Veljkovic, Bojana Zivkovic. |
SRB 3-1 NED (25-22, 26-28, 25-19, 25-23) |
ITA 3-2 CHN (25-18, 21-25, 25-16, 29-31, 17-15) |
Serbia 3-2 Italy (21-25, 25-14, 23-25, 25-19, 15-12) [CHN 3-0 NED (25-22, 25-19, 25-14)] |
XVII Italy 2014 (23.IX/12.X) 
UNITED STATES - Coach: Karch Kiraly |
Rachael Adams, Foluke Akinradewo, Kayla Banwarth, Nicole Davis, TeTori Dixon, Nicole Fawcett, Alisha Glass, Christa Harmotto, Kristin Hildebrand, Kimberly Hill, Jordan Larson, Kelly Murphy, Kelsey Robinson, Courtney Thompson. |
USA 3-0 BRA (25-18 29-27 25-20) |
CHN 3-1 ITA (25-21 25-20 20-25 30-28) |
United States 3-1 China (27-25 25-20 16-25 26-24) [BRA 3-2 ITA (25-15 25-13 22-25 22-25 15-7)] |
XVI Japan 2010 (29.X/14.XI) 
RUSSIA - Coach: Vladimir Kuzyutin |
Maria Borodakova, Ekaterina Gamova, Nataliya Goncharova, Ekaterina Kabeshova, Tatiana Kosheleva, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Lesya Makhno, Yulia Merkulova, Maria Perepelkina, Liubov Shashkova, Evgeniya Startseva, Vera Ulyakina. |
RUS 3-1 USA (25-16, 13-25, 25-19, 25-21) |
BRA 3-2 JPN (22-25, 33-35, 25-22, 25-22, 15-11) |
Russia 3-2 Brazil (21-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-14, 15-11) [JPN 3-2 USA (18-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-19, 15-8)] |
XV Japan 2006 (31.X/16.XI) 
RUSSIA - Coach: Giovanni Caprara |
Marina Akulova, Maria Borodakova, Maria Bruntseva, Ekaterina Gamova, Elena Godina, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Natalia Kulikova, Yulia Merkulova, Natalia Safronova, Liubov Shashkova, Marina Sheshenina, Olga Zhitova. |
RUS 3-0 ITA (25-19, 25-16, 25-20) |
BRA 3-1 SCG (25-17, 25-14, 21-25, 25-20) |
Russia 3-2 Brazil (15-25, 25-23, 25-18, 20-25, 15-13) [SCG 3-0 ITA (25-22, 25-22, 25-21)] |
XIV Germany 2002 (30.VIII/15.IX) 
ITALY - Coach: Marco Bonitta |
Simona Rinieri, Elisa Togut, Manuela Leggeri, Sara Anzanello, Paola Paggi, Darina Mifkova, Francesca Piccinini, Rachele Sangiuliano, Eleonora lo Bianco, Valentina Borrelli, Anna Vania Mello, Paola Cardullo. |
RUS 3-0 BUL |
USA 3-0 CUB |
ITA 3-0 KOR |
CHN 3-2 BRA |
USA 3-2 RUS (21-25, 25-23, 25-20, 21-25, 15-8) |
ITA 3-1 CHN (25-21, 25-20, 21-25, 25-23) |
Italy 3-2 United States (25-21, 25-20, 21-25, 25-23) [RUS 3-1 CHN (25-20, 21-25, 25-23, 25-16)] |
XIII Osaka, Japan 1998 (03/12.XI) 
CUBA - Coach: Antonio Perdomo |
Yumilka Ruiz, Marlenis Costa, Mireya Luis Hernández, Lilian Izquierdo, Regla Bell, Indira Mestre, Regla Torres, Liana Mesa, Taimaris Agüero, Ana Ibis Fernández, Mirka Francia, Martha Sánchez. |
CUB 3-1 BRA |
CHN 3-0 RUS |
Cuba 3-0 China (RUS 3-1 BRA) |
XII São Paolo, Brazil 1994 (17/30.X) 
CUBA - Coach: Eugenio George |
Tania Ortiz, Marlenys Costa, Mireya Luis Hernández, Lilian Izquierdo, Idalmis Gato, Regla Bell, Regla Torres, Sonia Lescaille, Mercedes Calderón, Ana Ibis Fernández, Magaly Carvajal, Mirka Francis. |
BRA 3-2 RUS |
CUB 3-0 KOR |
Cuba 3-0 Brazil (RUS 3-1 KOR) |
XI Beijing, China 1990 (22/31.VIII) 
SOVIET UNION - Coach: |
Jelena Batuchina, Bubnova, Gorbatiuk, Svetlana Korytova, Marina Nikulina, Valentina Ogijenko, Jelena Ovtschinnikova, Irina Parchomtschuk, Tatiana Sidorenko, Irina Smirnova, Tolmachova, Vasilevskaya. |
URS 3-0 CUB |
CHN 3-0 USA |
Soviet Union 3-1 China (USA 3-1 CUB) |
X Prague, Czechoslovakia 1986 (02/13.IX) 
CHINA - Coach: |
Xiaofeng Hu, Yuzhu Hu, Ying Jiang, Yanjun Li, Yan Liang, Wei Liu, Huijuan Su, Dan Wu, Xiaojun Yang, Xilan Yang, Gin Yin, Meizhu Zheng. |
CUB 3-1 GDR |
CHN 3-0 PER |
China 3-1 Cuba (PER 3-1 GDR) |
IX Lima, Peru 1982 (12/25.IX) 
CHINA - Coach: |
Huying Cao, Hxa Ciang Chen, Zhaodi Chen, Xing Jing, Ping Lang, Yan Liang, Keizhi Sheng, Jinfang Sun, Xi Yang, Xilan Yang, Reng Fang Zhang, Xiaolan Zhu. |
CHN 3-0 JPN |
PER 3-0 USA |
China 3-0 Peru (USA 3-1 JPN) |
VIII Leningrad, Soviet Union 1978 (25.VIII/07.IX) 
CUBA - Coach: |
Nelly Barnet, Ana Díaz, Erenia Díaz, Ana María García, Mavis Guilarte, L González, C Martínez, Mercedes Pérez, Mercedes Pomares, Imilsis Téllez, Lucila Urgelles. |
JPN 3-1 KOR |
CUB 3-1 URS |
Cuba 3-0 Japan (URS 3-1 KOR) |
VII Guadalajara, Mexico 1974 (12/28.X) 
JAPAN - Coach: |
Yuko Arakida, Furuta, Takako Iida, Kiyomi Kato, Koyama, Noriko Matsuda, Mariko Okamoto, Saito, Takako Shirai, Hiromi Yano, Juri Yokoyama. |
Final: Round-robin event / Liguilla (URS-JPN-PRK-HUN)
VI Varna, Bulgaria 1970 (22.IX/20.X) 
SOVIET UNION - Coach: |
Ludmila Buldakova, Vera Dujunova, Vera Lantratova, Galina Leontieva, Ludmila Michailovskaya, Inna Ryskal, Tatiana Tretiakova, Rosa Salichova, Tatiana Sarytscheva, Nina Smolejeva, Liubov Turina, Marita Batutite. |
V Tokyo, Japan 1967 
JAPAN - Coach: |
Toyoko Iwahara, Wakako Kumasaka, Katsumi Matsumura, Sumie Oinuma, Aiko Onozawa, Setsuko Sasaki, Eiko Haga, Yoko Shinozaki, Kunie Shishikura, Suzue Takayama, Teruko Yamada, Setsuko Yoshida. |
Final: Round-robin event / Liguilla (JPN-URS-KOR-GDR)
IV Moscow, Soviet Union 1962 
JAPAN - Coach: |
Yoko Aoki, Noriko Honda, Yuriko Honda, Sada Isobe, Masae Kasai, Mitsue Masuo, Katsumi Matsumura, Yoshiko Matsumura, Emiko Miyamoto, Yoko Shinozaki, Kuniko Tanida, Teruko Yamada. |
III Río de Janeiro, Brazil 1960 
SOVIET UNION - Coach: |
Lidia Boldireva, Ludmila Buldakova, Aleksandra Tschudina, Lidia Konovalova, Alica Krasenjinikova, Ludmila Michailovskaya, Skaidrite Plisman, Antonina Rischova, Lidia Strelnikova, Valentina Varkevitsch, Antonina Volodina, Militia Jeremeyeva. |
II Paris, France 1956 
SOVIET UNION - Coach: |
Lidia Boldireva, Ludmila Buldakova, Aleksandra Tschudina, Skaidra Galachova, Kira Gorbachova, Sofia Gorbunova, Lidia Ivanetskaya, Militia Kononova, Lidia Kalenjik, Ludmila Metscheryakova, Antonina Moiseyeva, Lidia Strelnikova, Valentina Varkevitsch. |
I Moscow, Soviet Union 1952 
SOVIET UNION - Coach: |
Tatiana Bunina, Aleksandra Tschudina, Sofia Gorbunova, Militia Kononova, Serafirna Kundirenko, Sinaida Kuskina, Vera Oserova, Anna Ponomariova, Miniona Sakse, Valentina Sviridova, Simonina, Maria Toporkova. |
Medal Table 
Ps |
Country |
CNT |
GD |
SV |
BZ |
TOT |
1. |
Soviet Union |
URS |
5 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
2. |
Japan |
JPN |
3 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
3. |
Cuba |
CUB |
3 |
1 |
- |
4 |
4. |
China |
CHN |
2 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
5. |
Russia |
RUS |
2 |
- |
3 |
5 |
6. |
Serbia |
SRB |
2 |
- |
- |
2 |
7. |
United States |
USA |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
8. |
Italy |
ITA |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
9. |
Brazil |
BRA |
- |
4 |
1 |
5 |
10. |
Poland |
POL |
- |
1 |
2 |
3 |
11. |
Peru |
PER |
- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
12. |
Romania |
ROM |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
13. |
South Korea |
KOR |
- |
- |
2 |
2 |
. |
Czechoslovakia |
TCH |
- |
- |
2 |
2 |
15. |
North Korea |
PRK |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
. |
Serbia & Montenegro |
SCG |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
|
16 |
TOTAL |
|
19 |
19 |
19 |
57 |
Most titles (players) 
3 Aleksandra Tschudina, URS (52 56 60); Ludmila Buldakova, URS (56 60 70)
2
Regla Bell,
Lidia Boldireva,
Maria Borodakova,
Marlenys Costa,
Ana Ibis Fernández,
Mirka Francia,
Ekaterina Gamova,
Sofia Gorbunova,
Mireya Luis Hernández,
Lilian Izquierdo,
Militia Kononova,
Svetlana Kryuchkova,
Yan Liang,
Katsumi Matsumura,
Yulia Merkulova
Ludmila Michailovskaya,
Liubov Shashkova,
Yoko Shinozaki,
Lidia Strelnikova,
Regla Torres,
Valentina Varkevitsch,
Teruko Yamada,
Xilan Yang,
Maja Aleksic, Ana Bjelica, Tijana Boskovic, Bianka Busa, Brankica Mihajlovic, Teodora Pusic, Jovana Stevanovic.
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