1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

1994 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
Dates	17–30 October
Teams	16
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Champions	Cuba (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament awards
MVP	Regla Torres

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

Teams

Group A – Belo Horizonte

Group B – São Paulo

Group C – Belo Horizonte

Group D – São Paulo

Squads

Preliminary round

Pool A

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

Pool B

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

Pool C

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

Pool D

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

Final round

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

1994-10-28 – São Paulo

Cuba	3
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Germany	0
		Cuba	3
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		South Korea	0
China	1
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South Korea	3
				Cuba	3
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				Brazil	0
Brazil	3
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Japan	0
		Brazil	3
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		Russia	2	Third place
United States	1
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Russia	3
				South Korea	1

				Russia	3

5th-8th place		5th place

1994-10-29 – São Paulo

Germany	3
		1994-10-30 – São Paulo
China	1
		Germany	3
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		United States	1
Japan	1

United States	3
		7th place

		1994-10-30 – São Paulo

		China	2

		Japan	3

1/8 finals

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

Classification round

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

Quarterfinals

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

5th–8th semifinals

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

Semifinals

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

7th place

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

5th place

Date		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

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

Final

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

Final standings

Place	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 FIVB Women's World Champions
Cuba Second 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

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player:
- Regla Torres (CUB)
Best Spiker:
- Mireya Luis (CUB)
Best Blocker:
- Regla Torres (CUB)
Best Server:
- Tomoko Yoshihara (JPN)
Best Digger:
- Park Soo-Jeong (KOR)
Best Setter:
- Tatyana Gracheva (RUS)
Best Receiver:
- Natalia Morozova (RUS)
Best Scorer:
- Elena Batukhtina (RUS)

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