Women's Volleyball World Cup 2019

The 2019 Volleyball World Cup was the thirteenth edition of the competition and took place in Japan between September 14th and 29th . China won the title for the fifth time, which is a new record. Silver went to the USA , bronze to Russia .

Attendees

•  Japan as a host
•  Serbia as world champion 2018
•  People's Republic of China and South Korea as the best-placed Asian teams in the volleyball world rankings 
•  Russia and the Netherlands as the best-placed European teams in the ranking of the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball 
•  Brazil and Argentina as the two finalists of the South American qualifying competition 
•  USA and Dominican Republic as the two best teams from the North American NORCECA Champions Cup 
•  Cameroon and Kenya the two best teams from the 2019 African Championship 

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The twelve participants played three rounds, informally divided into two groups. The system was “everyone against everyone”, which means that each team had to play 11 games in 16 days (with 5 days off). The number of wins was decisive for the placement. For a 3-0 or 3-1 win, the winner received three points and the loser no point. If the match was 3: 2, the winner received two points and the loser one point.

First round results

Games in Yokohama September 14th Cameroon Russia 0: 3 China South Korea 3-0 Dominican R. Japan 1: 3 September 15th Cameroon China 0: 3 South Korea Dominican R. 1: 3 Russia Japan 3: 2 16th September Dominican R. Cameroon 3: 2 China Russia 3-0 Japan South Korea 1: 3 September 18 Russia South Korea 3-0 China Dominican R. 3-0 Cameroon Japan 0: 3 September 19th Dominican R. Russia 2: 3 South Korea Cameroon 3-0 Japan China 0: 3

Games in Hamamatsu September 14th United States Kenya 3-0 Argentina Netherlands 0: 3 Serbia Brazil 2: 3 September 15th Kenya Netherlands 0: 3 United States Serbia 3: 1 Brazil Argentina 3-0 16th September Serbia Kenya 3-0 Argentina United States 1: 3 Netherlands Brazil 3-0 September 18 Serbia Argentina 3: 1 United States Netherlands 3-0 Kenya Brazil 0: 3 September 19th Netherlands Serbia 2: 3 Argentina Kenya 3-0 Brazil United States 0: 3

Second round results

Games in Sapporo September 22 Dominican R. Kenya 3-0 China Brazil 3: 2 Japan United States 2: 3 September 23rd Dominican R. Brazil 1: 3 China United States 3-0 Japan Kenya 3-0 September 24th Dominican R. United States 0: 3 China Kenya 3-0 Japan Brazil 0: 3

Games in Toyama September 22 South Korea Argentina 3: 1 Cameroon Netherlands 0: 3 Russia Serbia 3: 1 September 23rd South Korea Netherlands 1: 3 Cameroon Serbia 0: 3 Russia Argentina 3-0 September 24th South Korea Serbia 3: 1 Cameroon Argentina 2: 3 Russia Netherlands 3-0

Third round results

Games in Osaka September 27th Dominican R. Argentina 3-0 China Netherlands 3: 1 Japan Serbia 3: 2 September 28th Dominican R. Netherlands 3: 2 China Serbia 3-0 Japan Argentina 3-0 September 29th Dominican R. Serbia 3: 1 China Argentina 3-0 Japan Netherlands 3: 1

Games in Osaka September 27th South Korea Kenya 3-0 Cameroon Brazil 0: 3 Russia United States 2: 3 September 28th South Korea Brazil 3: 1 Cameroon United States 0: 3 Russia Kenya 3-0 September 29th South Korea United States 1: 3 Russia Brazil 1: 3 Cameroon Kenya 1: 3

Closing table

Overall rating
space	team	Victories	Points
1.	People's Republic of China	11	32
2.	United States	10	28
3.	Russia	8th	23
4th	Brazil	7th	21st
5.	Japan	6th	19th
6th	South Korea	6th	18th
7th	Dominican Republic	6th	17th
8th.	Netherlands	5	17th
9.	Serbia	4th	13
10.	Argentina	2	5
11.	Kenya	1	3
12.	Cameroon	0	2

The Chinese Zhu Ting was honored as the most valuable player ( MVP ) .

See also

• Men's Volleyball World Cup 2019

Web links

• Official web presence (English)