1990 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

1990 FIVB Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	China
Dates	22 August – 1 September
Teams	16
Venue(s)	(in 3 host cities)
Officially opened by	Yang Shangkun
Champions	Soviet Union (5th title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Cuba
Tournament awards
MVP	Irina Parkhomchuk
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The 1990 FIVB Women's World Championship was the eleventh edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 22 August to 1 September 1990, in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenyang, PR China.

Teams

Group A – Beijing

Group B – Shanghai

Group C – Shanghai

Group D – Shenyang

Squads

Results

First round

Pool A

Location: Beijing

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	35	3.857	Quarterfinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	101	69	1.464	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Italy	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	84	94	0.894	Play-offs for quarterfinals
4	Egypt	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	13	135	0.096	13th–16th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
22 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Egypt	15–0	15–1	15–1	45–2
22 Aug	China	3–0	Italy	15–5	15–1	15–11	45–17
23 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Italy	15–9	15–6	15–7	45–22
23 Aug	China	3–0	Egypt	15–1	15–4	15–2	45–7
24 Aug	Italy	3–0	Egypt	15–4	15–0	15–0	45–4
24 Aug	China	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–5	15–2	45–11

Pool B

Location: Shanghai

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	148	94	1.574	Quarterfinals
2	Japan	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	144	118	1.220	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	114	128	0.891	Play-offs for quarterfinals
4	West Germany	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	92	158	0.582	13th–16th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
22 Aug	Cuba	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–10	15–9	15–13		45–32
22 Aug	Japan	3–1	West Germany	15–7	12–15	15–5	15–7	57–34
23 Aug	Cuba	3–0	West Germany	15–5	15–7	15–8		45–20
23 Aug	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–5	15–8	15–13		45–26
24 Aug	Chinese Taipei	3–1	West Germany	15–10	11–15	15–8	15–5	56–38
24 Aug	Cuba	3–1	Japan	15–10	13–15	15–4	15–13	58–42

Pool C

Location: Shanghai

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	149	80	1.863	Quarterfinals
2	Peru	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	128	104	1.231	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	108	129	0.837	Play-offs for quarterfinals
4	Canada	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	75	147	0.510	13th–16th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
22 Aug	Soviet Union	3–1	Netherlands	14–16	15–11	15–6	15–7	59–40
22 Aug	Peru	3–1	Canada	15–5	12–15	15–7	15–9	57–36
23 Aug	Peru	3–0	Netherlands	15–13	15–7	15–3		45–23
23 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Canada	15–3	15–1	15–10		45–14
24 Aug	Netherlands	3–0	Canada	15–9	15–11	15–5		45–25
24 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Peru	15–8	15–12	15–6		45–26

Pool D

Location: Shenyang

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	64	2.109	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	128	91	1.407	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	East Germany	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	101	126	0.802	Play-offs for quarterfinals
4	Argentina	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	52	135	0.385	13th–16th places

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
22 Aug	United States	3–0	East Germany	15–4	15–13	15–8		45–25
22 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	15–2	15–8	15–5		45–15
23 Aug	United States	3–0	Brazil	15–9	15–10	15–5		45–24
23 Aug	East Germany	3–0	Argentina	15–8	15–6	15–8		45–22
24 Aug	United States	3–0	Argentina	15–2	15–8	15–5		45–15
24 Aug	Brazil	3–1	East Germany	14–16	15–5	15–1	15–9	59–31

Final round

Play-offs for quarterfinals

Location: Shenyang

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
27 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Italy	15–5	15–4	15–11		45–20
27 Aug	Peru	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–3	15–5	15–7		45–15
27 Aug	Japan	3–0	East Germany	15–4	15–11	15–12		45–27
27 Aug	South Korea	3–1	Netherlands	9–15	15–8	15–8	15–9	54–40

Group head matches

Location: Beijing

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Aug	Cuba	3–0	United States	15–13	15–12	15–10			45–35
27 Aug	China	3–0	Soviet Union	15–13	15–13	16–14			46–40

13th–16th places

Location: Shanghai

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
13	West Germany	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	152	86	1.767
14	Canada	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	148	85	1.741
15	Argentina	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	88	98	0.898
16	Egypt	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	16	135	0.119

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Aug	West Germany	3–0	Egypt	15–1	15–0	15–0			45–1
27 Aug	Canada	3–0	Argentina	15–2	15–2	15–12			45–16
28 Aug	West Germany	3–2	Canada	7–15	15–10	15–10	10–15	15–8	62–58
28 Aug	Argentina	3–0	Egypt	15–1	15–3	15–4			45–8
29 Aug	Canada	3–0	Egypt	15–0	15–2	15–5			45–7
29 Aug	West Germany	3–0	Argentina	15–8	15–8	15–11			45–27

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals		9th place

28 August – Shenyang

Italy	3
		29 August – Shenyang
Chinese Taipei	2
		Italy	1
28 August – Shenyang
		Netherlands	3
Netherlands	3

East Germany	0
		11th place

		29 August – Shenyang

		Chinese Taipei	3

		East Germany	0

9th–12th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Aug	Italy	3–2	Chinese Taipei	5–15	15–12	11–15	15–2	15–9	61–53
28 Aug	Netherlands	3–0	East Germany	15–2	15–2	15–12			45–16

11th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Aug	Chinese Taipei	3–0	East Germany	15–8	15–12	15–7			45–27

9th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Aug	Italy	1–3	Netherlands	15–5	9–15	13–15	6–15		43–50

Finals

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

30 August – Beijing

Soviet Union	3
		31 August – Beijing
Brazil	1
		Soviet Union	3
30 August – Beijing
		Cuba	0
Cuba	3
				1 September – Beijing
South Korea	0
				Soviet Union	3
30 August – Beijing
				China	1
United States	3
		31 August – Beijing
Japan	1
		United States	0
30 August – Beijing
		China	3	3rd place
China	3
				1 September – Beijing
Peru	0
				Cuba	1

				United States	3

5th–8th semifinals		5th place

31 August – Beijing

Brazil	1
		1 September – Beijing
South Korea	3
		South Korea	3
31 August – Beijing
		Peru	1
Japan	0

Peru	3
		7th place

		1 September – Beijing

		Brazil	3

		Japan	0

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
30 Aug	Soviet Union	3–1	Brazil	9–15	15–0	15–9	15–13	54–37
30 Aug	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–5	15–3	15–8		45–16
30 Aug	United States	3–1	Japan	15–13	15–5	11–15	15–13	56–46
30 Aug	China	3–0	Peru	15–5	15–6	15–3		45–14

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Aug	Brazil	1–3	South Korea	13–15	13–15	15–11	4–15		45–56
31 Aug	Japan	0–3	Peru	1–15	2–15	6–15			9–45

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Cuba	17–15	15–7	15–8			47–30
31 Aug	United States	0–3	China	7–15	8–15	7–15			22–45

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Japan	15–12	15–13	15–8			45–33

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Peru	15–10	15–10	9–15	15–7		54–42

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	Cuba	1–3	United States	15–11	13–15	9–15	6–15		43–56

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	China	15–13	6–15	15–9	16–14		52–51

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	China
	United States
4	Cuba
5	South Korea
6	Peru
7	Brazil
8	Japan
9	Netherlands
10	Italy
11	Chinese Taipei
12	East Germany
13	West Germany
14	Canada
15	Argentina
16	Egypt

1990 Women's World champions
Soviet Union 5th title

Team Roster

Valentina Ogiyenko, Marina Nikulina, Elena Batukhtina, Irina Smirnova, Tatyana Sidorenko, Irina Parchomtschuk, Svetlana Vasilevskaya, Yelena Ovtschinnikova, Irina Gorbatiuk, Svetlana Korytova, Yuliya Bubnova, Olga Tolmachyova

Head coach

Nikolay Karpol

Awards

Most valuable player
Irina Parkhomchuk
Best attacker
Ana Moser
Best receiver
Sonia Ayaucán
Best server
Li Guojun
Best setter
Fernanda Venturini
Best blocker
Kimberly Oden

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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB)
Tournaments	Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Japan 1967 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Soviet Union 1978 Peru 1982 Czechoslovakia 1986 China 1990 Brazil 1994 Japan 1998 Germany 2002 Japan 2006 Japan 2010 Italy 2014 Japan 2018 Netherlands / Poland 2022 Thailand 2025
Qualification	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2025
Finals	2025
Squads	1952 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2025
Statistics	2018 2022 2025
Final draw	2025
Broadcasters	2025
Officials	2025
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1990 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

Teams

Squads

Results

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round

Play-offs for quarterfinals

Group head matches

13th–16th places

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

Finals

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

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