FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
Results summary

FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

Section Title: Results summary
Table Section Text: None

Year	Host	Final	3rd place match	Teams

Champions	Score	Runners-up	3rd place	Score	4th place

1952 Details	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Soviet Union	Round-robin	Poland	Czechoslovakia	Round-robin	Bulgaria	8

1956 Details	France France	Soviet Union	Round-robin	Romania	Poland	Round-robin	Czechoslovakia	17

1960 Details	Brazil Brazil	Soviet Union	Round-robin	Japan	Czechoslovakia	Round-robin	Poland	10

1962 Details	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Japan	Round-robin	Soviet Union	Poland	Round-robin	Romania	14

1967 Details	Japan Japan	Japan	Round-robin	United States	South Korea	Round-robin	Peru	4

1970 Details	Bulgaria Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Round-robin	Japan	North Korea	Round-robin	Hungary	16

1974 Details	Mexico Mexico	Japan	Round-robin	Soviet Union	South Korea	Round-robin	East Germany	23

1978 Details	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Cuba	3–0	Japan	Soviet Union	3–1	South Korea	23

1982 Details	Peru Peru	China	3–0	Peru	United States	3–1	Japan	23

1986 Details	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	China	3–1	Cuba	Peru	3–1	East Germany	16

1990 Details	China China	Soviet Union	3–1	China	United States	3–1	Cuba	16

1994 Details	Brazil Brazil	Cuba	3–0	Brazil	Russia	3–1	South Korea	16

1998 Details	Japan Japan	Cuba	3–0	China	Russia	3–1	Brazil	16

2002 Details	Germany Germany	Italy	3–2	United States	Russia	3–1	China	24

2006 Details	Japan Japan	Russia	3–2	Brazil	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Italy	24

2010 Details	Japan Japan	Russia	3–2	Brazil	Japan	3–2	United States	24

2014 Details	Italy Italy	United States	3–1	China	Brazil	3–2	Italy	24

2018 Details	Japan Japan	Serbia	3–2	Italy	China	3–0	Netherlands	24

2022 Details	Netherlands Poland Netherlands / Poland	24

Sentence(s)

In 2002, Italy won the final against United States and in 2006, Brazil lost the gold medal match to Russia in a shocking final tie-breaker.

final_sentence: In 2002, Italy won the final against United States and in 2006, Brazil lost the gold medal match to Russia in a shocking final tie-breaker.