List of FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship finals

The FIVB Volleyball Women's 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	—	Moscow, Soviet Union	—	—
1956	Soviet Union	3–2†	Romania	—	Paris, France	—	—
1960	Soviet Union	3–1†	Japan	—	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	—	—
1962	Japan	3–1†	Soviet Union	—	Moscow, Soviet Union	—	—
1967	Japan	3–0†	United States	Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	—	—
1970	Soviet Union	3–1†	Japan	—	Varna, Bulgaria	—	—
1974	Japan	3–0†	Soviet Union	—	Guadalajara, Mexico	—	—
1978	Cuba	3–0	Japan	—	Leningrad, Soviet Union	—	—
1982	China	3–0	Peru	—	Lima, Peru	—	—
1986	China	3–1	Cuba	—	Prague, Czechoslovakia	—	—
1990	Soviet Union	3–1	China	—	Beijing, China	—	—
1994	Cuba	3–0	Brazil	—	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

Results by nation

National team	Wins	Runners-up	Total finals	Years won	Years runners-up
Russia	7	2	9	1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990, 2006, 2010	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
United States	1	2	3	2014	1967, 2002
Italy	1	0	1	2002	—
Brazil	0	3	3	—	1994, 2006, 2010
Poland	0	1	1	—	1952
Romania	0	1	1	—	1956
Peru	0	1	1	—	1982

Note

Results by confederation

Confederation	Appearances	Winners	Runners-up
CEV	12	8	4
AVC	11	5	6
NORCECA	7	4	3
CSV	4	0	4

External links

• FIVB