2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship Pool H
Pool H is one of eight pools of the preliminary round of the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. It consists of Japan, the defending champion Serbia, Ukraine, and Cameroon.[1] Each team will play each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all to be played at the Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok. The top two teams will advance to the final round.[2]
Teams
[edit]The following four teams will compete in Pool H 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 | ||||||
| H1 |  Japan
|
AVC | 2023 Asian 3rd placers | 6 September 2023 | 17 | 1960 | 2022 | Champions (1962, 1967, 1974) |
| H2 |  Serbiaab
|
CEV | Defending champions | 15 October 2022 | 6 | 1978 | 2022 | Champions (2018, 2022) |
| H3 |  Ukraine
|
CEV | 6th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 1 | 1994 | 9th place (1994) | |
| H4 |  Cameroon
|
CAVB | 2023 African 3rd placers | 24 August 2023 | 4 | 2006 | 2022 | 21st place (2006, 2014, 2018) |
- Notes
- a Competed as SFR Yugoslavia in 1978 (1 time) and as Serbia and Montenegro in 2006 (1 time); 4 appearances as Serbia.
- b Finished at the European Championship as the runner-up. Its spot was allocated to Italy, after qualified as the defending champion.
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 | ||
| H1 | Japan
|
7 (325.18) | ||
| H2 | Serbia
|
10 (280.42) | ||
| H3 | Ukraine
|
18 (172.15) | ||
| H4 | Cameroon
|
27 (135.69) | ||
- 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 | Japan
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Advanced to final round |
| 2 | Serbia
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | Ukraine
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | Cameroon
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure
- The winners of Pool H will advance to play the runners-up of Pool A.
- The runners-up of Pool H will advance to play the winners of Pool A.
Matches
[edit]The following six matches of Pool H will play at the Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok.
Serbia vs Ukraine
[edit]The teams recently faced each other in the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments, where Serbia won 3–0. This is the first game between Serbia and Ukraine in the World Championship.
| Serbia
|
v | Ukraine
|
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok | |
Japan vs Cameroon
[edit]The teams recently faced each other in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, where Japan won 3–0. This is the second game between Japan and Cameroon in the World Championship with Japan winning in their first meeting in 2018.
| Japan
|
v | Cameroon
|
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok | |
Serbia vs Cameroon
[edit]The teams recently faced each other in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, where Serbia won 3–0. This is the second game between Serbia and Cameroon in the World Championship with Serbia winning in their first meeting in 2014.
| Serbia
|
v | Cameroon
|
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok | |
Japan vs Ukraine
[edit]The teams recently faced each other in the 1996 Summer Olympics, where Japan won 3–0. This is the second game between Japan and Ukraine in the World Championship with Japan winning in their first meeting in 1994.
| Japan
|
v | Ukraine
|
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok | |
Ukraine vs Cameroon
[edit]The teams have never met before. This is the first game between Ukraine and Cameroon in any tournament, including the World Championship.
| Ukraine
|
v | Cameroon
|
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok | |
Japan vs Serbia
[edit]The teams will face each other in the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League ahead of the tournament. This is the fifth game between Japan and Serbia in the World Championship. Japan has won all three of their previous meetings in 2006, 2010, and the second round of 2018, while Serbia won in the third round of 2018.
| Japan
|
v | Serbia
|
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok | |
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.
External links
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