# List of FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship finals

The FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held every four years until 2022 and has been rescheduled to take place every two years starting from 2025.
Since 1978, the World Championship final is the last match of the competition, played by the only two teams remaining in contention, and the result determines which country is declared the world champion. Prior to that, the competition used a round-robin format in the final round, consisting of 4 to 10 teams that advanced from the preliminary rounds, and the world champion was determined based on the team with the best ranking in the final standings.
The team that wins the final receives the FIVB Volleyball World Championship Trophy, and its name is engraved on the bottom side of the trophy. The new trophy was designed by the Swiss design company BMCO and was first awarded to the United States in 2014. However, during the trophy tour in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2014, both the men's and women's World Championship trophies were stolen. As a result, the FIVB had to create new trophies to ensure they were available for the competition.
Of 84 different nations that have appeared in the tournament, 12 have made it to the final, and 8 have won. The former Soviet Union is also the most successful team in the competition, having won five titles and finished second twice. Japan and Cuba have three titles each, with Japan having reached more finals than any other team, three. China, Russia, and current champion Serbia have two each, while Italy and the United States have one each.
Serbia defeated Brazil in straight sets in the latest final, staged at Netherlands' Omnisport Arena in 2022.

## List of final matches

| Moscow (1952, 1962)Paris (1956)Varna (1970)Saint Petersburg (1978)Prague (1986)Berlin (2002)Milan (2014)Apeldoorn (2022)class=notpageimage| Locations of finals held in Europe | Tokyo (1967, 2010)Osaka (1998, 2006)Yokohama (2018)class=notpageimage| Locations of finals held in Japan |
Key to the list :
| † | Match was a round-robin contest between the champions and runners-up, not a final match. |
| ‡ | Match was won on the fifth set. |
List of FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship finals :
| Year | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Venue | Location | Attendance |
| 1952 | Soviet Union | 3–0† | Poland | Dynamo Stadium | Moscow, Soviet Union | — |
| 1956 | Soviet Union | 3–2† | Romania | Stade Pierre de Coubertin | Paris, France | — |
| 1960 | Soviet Union | 3–1† | Japan | Ginásio do Maracanãzinho | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | — |
| 1962 | Japan | 3–1† | Soviet Union | Luzhniki Palace of Sports | Moscow, Soviet Union | — |
| 1967 | Japan | 3–0† | United States | Nippon Budokan | Tokyo, Japan | — |
| 1970 | Soviet Union | 3–1† | Japan | Palace of Culture and Sports | Varna, Bulgaria | — |
| 1974 | Japan | 3–0† | Soviet Union | Auditorio Benito Juarez | Guadalajara, Mexico | — |
| 1978 | Cuba | 3–0 | Japan | Yubileyny Sports Palace | Leningrad, Soviet Union | — |
| 1982 | China | 3–0 | Peru | Coliseo Amauta | Lima, Peru | — |
| 1986 | China | 3–1 | Cuba | Tipsport Arena | Prague, Czechoslovakia | — |
| 1990 | Soviet Union | 3–1 | China | Capital Indoor Stadium | Beijing, China | — |
| 1994 | Cuba | 3–0 | Brazil | Ginásio do Ibirapuera | 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 |
| 2006 | Russia | 3–2‡ | Brazil | Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium | Osaka, Japan | 3,820 |
| 2010 | Russia | 3–2‡ | Brazil | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | Tokyo, Japan | 8,200 |
| 2014 | United States | 3–1 | China | Mediolanum Forum | Milan, Italy | 12,600 |
| 2018 | Serbia | 3–2‡ | Italy | Yokohama Arena | Yokohama, Japan | 11,500 |
| 2022 | Serbia | 3–0 | Brazil | Omnisport Arena | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 6,376 |
| 2025 | | | | Indoor Stadium Huamark | Bangkok, Thailand | |

## Results

Results by nation :
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Total finals | Years won | Years runners-up |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990 | 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 |
| Russia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2006, 2010 | — |
| Serbia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2018, 2022 | — |
| United States | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2014 | 1967, 2002 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2002 | 2018 |
| Brazil | 0 | 4 | 4 | — | 1994, 2006, 2010, 2022 |
| Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 1952 |
| Romania | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 1956 |
| Peru | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 1982 |
Results by confederation :
| Confederation | Appearances | Winners | Runners-up |
| CEV | 15 | 10 | 5 |
| AVC | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| NORCECA | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| CSV | 5 | 0 | 5 |