2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship Pool G
Pool G is one of eight pools of the preliminary round of the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. It consists of Poland, Germany, Kenya, and Vietnam.[1] Each team will play each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all to be played at the Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket. The top two teams will advance to the final round.[2]
Teams
[edit]The following four teams will compete in Pool G for the tournament, listed by the position in the pool.
| Position | Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous best performance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Last | ||||||
| G1 |  Poland
|
CEV | 1st World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 11 | 1952 | 2022 | Runners-up (1952) |
| G2 |  Germanya
|
CEV | 2nd World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 17 | 1956 | 2022 | 4th place (1974, 1986) |
| G3 |  Kenya
|
CAVB | 2023 African champions | 23 August 2023 | 7 | 1994 | 2022 | 13th place (1994, 1998) |
| G4 |  Vietnamb
|
AVC | 2023 Asian 4th placers | 30 August 2024 | 0 | None | None | |
- Notes
- a Competed as East Germany from 1956 to 1990 (7 times) and as West Germany from 1956 to 1990 (8 times); 8 appearances as Germany.
- b Finished at the Asian Championship as the 4th placers. Its spot was reallocated from Thailand, after qualified as the host country on 30 August 2024.
World Rankings
[edit]The following four teams are ranked in the FIVB World Rankings at the draw, the beginning and the final day of the tournament.
| Position | Country | FIVB World Rankings | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drawα | Beforeβ | Afterγ | ||
| G1 | Poland
|
6 (349.75) | ||
| G2 | Germany
|
12 (222.03) | ||
| G3 | Kenya
|
22 (152.15) | ||
| G4 | Vietnam
|
33 (112.73) | ||
- Notes
- α The FIVB World Ranking at the end of August 2024.[3]
- β The FIVB World Ranking before the first game on 22 August 2025.
- γ The FIVB World Ranking after the final game on 7 September 2025.
Standings
[edit]The following four teams are ranked according to the pool standing procedure.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Advanced to final round |
| 2 | Germany
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | Kenya
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | Vietnam
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure
- The winners of Pool G will advance to play the runners-up of Pool B.
- The runners-up of Pool G will advance to play the winners of Pool B.
Matches
[edit]The following six matches of Pool G will play at the Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket.
Germany vs Kenya
[edit]The teams recently faced each other in the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, where Germany won 3–0. This is the first game between Germany and Kenya in the World Championship.
| Germany
|
v | Kenya
|
Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket | |
Poland vs Vietnam
[edit]The teams have never met before. This is the first game between Poland and Vietnam in any tournament, including the World Championship, marking Vietnam's debut in the tournament.
| Poland
|
v | Vietnam
|
Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket | |
Germany vs Vietnam
[edit]The teams have never met before. This is the first game between Germany and Vietnam in any tournament, including the World Championship.
| Germany
|
v | Vietnam
|
Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket | |
Poland vs Kenya
[edit]The teams recently faced each other in the 2024 Summer Olympics, where Poland won 3–0. This is the second game between Poland and Kenya in the World Championship with Poland winning in their first meeting in 2006.
| Poland
|
v | Kenya
|
Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket | |
Kenya vs Vietnam
[edit]The teams have never met before in the official match. However, they played a friendly match in 2023, which ended in a 2–2 draw. This is the first game between Kenya and Vietnam in any tournament, including the World Championship.
| Kenya
|
v | Vietnam
|
Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket | |
Poland vs Germany
[edit]The teams will face each other in the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League ahead of the tournament. This is the second game between Poland and Germany in the World Championship, with Poland winning in their first meetings in 2022. Prior to 1994, Poland won twice against West Germany (in 1956 and 1974) and twice against East Germany (in 1962 and 1970), while losing once to East Germany in 1956.
| Poland
|
v | Germany
|
Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket | |
References
[edit]- ^ "2025 Women's World Championship pool-play duels determined". Volleyball World (Press release). 17 December 2024. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ "FIVB Volleyball Women's World Champ 2025 Competition Format". Volleyball World. Archived from the original on 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "FIVB Women's Volleyball World Ranking". Volleyball World. 30 August 2024. Archived from the original on 8 October 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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