# 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. The pool consists of Poland as well as Germany, Kenya, and Vietnam. Teams will play one another in a round-robin, where the top two teams advancing to the final round.
It is scheduled to take place from 25 to 27 August 2025, with rest days on 24 and 26 August. Each matchday will feature two games, held at 17:00 and 20:30. As the seeded team, Poland will play all its matches at 20:30.

## Teams

The following four teams will compete in Pool G for the tournament, listed by their position in the pool.
| Position | Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous best performance |
| Position | Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Total | First | Last | Previous best performance |
| G1 | Poland | CEV | 1st World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 11 | 1952 | 2022 | Runners-up (1952) |
| G2 | Germany | 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 | Vietnam | AVC | 2023 Asian 4th placers | 30 August 2024 | 0 | None | 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

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 | FIVB World Rankings | FIVB World Rankings |
| Position | Country | Draw | Before | After |
| 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.
    $^β$ 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

The following four teams are ranked based on the pool standing procedure.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — | Advanced to final round |
| 3 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
* 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

The following six matches of Pool G will play at the Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket.

### Germany vs Kenya

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.

### Poland vs Vietnam

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.

### Germany vs Vietnam

The teams have never met before. This is the first game between Germany and Vietnam in any tournament, including the World Championship.

### Poland vs Kenya

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.

### Kenya vs Vietnam

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.

### Poland vs Germany

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.