2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship final
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The Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok hosted the match | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Italy won in five sets | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 7 September 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | |||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 5,719 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship final was the final match of the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, the 20th edition of FIVB's competition for women's national volleyball teams. The match was played at the Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok, Thailand, on 7 September 2025, between Turkey and Italy. It was the first all-European final since 2018 in Japan, when Serbia won its first title against Italy.[1][2]
Background
The 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was the 20th edition of the tournament. It was held in four cities of Thailand from 22 August to 7 September 2025, and the first edition under the two-year cycles in odd-numbered years with an expanded format featuring 32 teams. It was also the first World Championship to be hosted in Southeast Asia.
The host country Thailand and the defending champion Serbia qualified automatically.[3][4][5] Meanwhile, the other fifteen teams (three per confederation) qualified through the Continental Championships in 2023. The remaining fifteen places (twelve from CEV and three from NORCECA) were allocated to the highest-ranked teams according to the FIVB World Rankings at the end of August 2024. Therefore, all of the teams were from all confederations with sixteen from CEV, six from NORCECA, four from AVC, three from CAVB, and another three from CSV.
Of the 32 teams qualified, 21 teams were returning after appearing in the 2022 edition. Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Vietnam made their World Championship debut. Meanwhile, France, Spain, Ukraine, Greece and Egypt returned to the tournament after long absences, having last participated in 1974, 1982, 1994, 2002 and 2006, respectively. Additionally, Cuba and Mexico returned to the tournament after missing the 2022 edition. In contrast, South Korea, Kazakhstan and Croatia, all of whom qualified for the 2022 edition, failed to qualify due to insufficient rankings.
The defending champions Serbia finished at the second in their preliminary pool behind Japan, and were eliminated by the Netherlands in the round of 16.[6] Italy reached the finals in 2002 and 2018, winning the title in the former.[7] Meanwhile, Turkey have never reached the finals.[8]
Route to the final
| Turkey | Round | Italy | ||
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| Opponent | Result | Preliminary round | Opponent | Result |
| Spain | 3–0 | Match 1 | Slovakia | 3–0 |
| Bulgaria | 3–0 | Match 2 | Cuba | 3–0 |
| Canada | 3–0 | Match 3 | Belgium | 3–1 |
| Pool E winner | Final standings | Pool B winner | ||
| Opponent | Result | Final round | Opponent | Result |
| Slovenia | 3–0 | Round of 16 | Germany | 3–0 |
| United States | 3–1 | Quarterfinals | Poland | 3–0 |
| Japan | 3–1 | Semifinals | Brazil | 3–2 |
Match details
The teams recently faced each other in the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, where Italy won 3–2. This is the fourth game between Turkey and Italy in the World Championship. Italy has won all three of their previous meetings in 2006, 2010, and 2018.
| 7 September 2025 19:30 |
Turkey | 2–3 | Italy | Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok Attendance: 5,719 Referees: Karina Noemi Rene (ARG), Joo-Hee Kang (KOR) |
| (23–25, 25–13, 24–26, 25–19, 8–15) P2 Report | ||||
| Scoring leaders | ||||
| Vargas (33/95) | Total | Egonu (22/77) | ||
| Vargas (28/69) | Attack | Egonu (18/58) | ||
| Erdem (3/17) | Block | Sylla (4/11) | ||
| Vargas (4/20) | Serve | Egonu (1/8) | ||
See also
References
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- ^ "Serbia sweep Brazil and retain world title". Volleyball World (Press release). 15 October 2022. Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Vietnam qualify for FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship for first time". Việt Báo (Vietnam). 31 August 2023. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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- ^ "Champions dethroned! Netherlands on to World Championship quarterfinals". Volleyball World. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Italy power through to top Brazil and play for the world title". Volleyball World. 6 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Unstoppable Vargas takes Türkiye to first World Championship final". Volleyball World. 6 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.