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)
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.

Qualification

1994 FIVB Women's World Championship Qualification

Teams

Squads

1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Brazil	6	3	3	0			2.266	9	1	9.000
2.	Germany	5	3	2	1			1.198	6	3	2.000
3.	South Korea	4	3	1	2			1.051	4	6	0.666
4.	Romania	3	3	0	3			0.222	0	9	0.000

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Cuba	6	3	3	0			1.985	9	0	MAX
2.	Netherlands	5	3	2	1			1.204	6	4	1.500
3.	Azerbaijan	4	3	1	2			0.856	4	6	0.666
4.	Peru	3	3	0	3			0.489	0	9	0.000

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	China	6	3	3	0			1.349	9	2	4.500
2.	Russia	5	3	2	1			1.067	6	4	1.500
3.	Ukraine	4	3	1	2			0.981	5	8	0.625
4.	Italy	3	3	0	3			0.719	3	9	0.333

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	United States	6	3	3	0			2.611	9	1	9.000
2.	Japan	5	3	2	1			1.649	7	3	2.333
3.	Czech Republic	4	3	1	2			0.670	3	6	0.500
4.	Kenya	3	3	0	3			0.230	0	9	0.000

Final round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1994-10-27 – São Paulo
	Germany	0
					1994-10-29 – São Paulo
	Cuba	3
					Cuba	3
	1994-10-27 – São Paulo
					South Korea	0
	China	1
									1994-10-30 – São Paulo
	South Korea	3
									Cuba	3
	1994-10-27 – São Paulo
									Brazil	0
	Brazil	3
					1994-10-29 – São Paulo
	Japan	0
					Brazil	3
	1994-10-27 – São Paulo
					Russia	2			Third place
	Russia	3
									1994-10-30 – São Paulo
	United States	1
									South Korea	1
									Russia	3

CUB-BRA: 15-2; 15-10; 15-5

	5-8th place				5th place
	1994-10-29 – São Paulo
	Germany	3
					1994-10-30 – São Paulo
	China	1
					Germany	3
	1994-10-29 – São Paulo
					United States	1
	Japan	1
	United States	3
					7th place
					1994-10-30 – São Paulo
					China	2
					Japan	3

Final standings

Place Team 1  Cuba 2  Brazil 3  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 lbis Fernández, Magaly Carvajal, and Mirka Francia. Head Coach: Eugenio George.

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:
  •  Cui Yongmei (CHN)
• Best Scorer:
  •  Elena Batukhtina (RUS)

References

• Results
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball