1990 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

The 1990 FIVB Women's World Championship was the eleventh edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 22 August to 1 September 1990, in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenyang, PR China.

1990 FIVB Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	China
Dates	22 August – 1 September
Teams	16
Venue(s)	(in 3 host cities)
Officially opened by	Yang Shangkun
Champions	Soviet Union (5th title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Cuba
Tournament awards
MVP	Irina Parkhomchuk
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Teams

Group A – Beijing

•   China
•   Egypt
•   Italy
•   South Korea

Group B – Shanghai

•   Cuba
•   Japan
•   Chinese Taipei
•   West Germany

Group C – Shanghai

•   Canada
•   Netherlands
•   Soviet Union
•   Peru

Group D – Shenyang

•   Argentina
•   Brazil
•   East Germany
•   United States

Squads

Main article: 1990 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship squads

Results

First round

Pool A

Location: Beijing

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	35	3.857	Quarterfinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	101	69	1.464	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Italy	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	84	94	0.894
4	Egypt	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	13	135	0.096	13th–16th places

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Egypt	15–0	15–1	15–1			45–2
22 Aug	China	3–0	Italy	15–5	15–1	15–11			45–17
23 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Italy	15–9	15–6	15–7			45–22
23 Aug	China	3–0	Egypt	15–1	15–4	15–2			45–7
24 Aug	Italy	3–0	Egypt	15–4	15–0	15–0			45–4
24 Aug	China	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–5	15–2			45–11

Pool B

Location: Shanghai

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	148	94	1.574	Quarterfinals
2	Japan	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	144	118	1.220	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	114	128	0.891
4	West Germany	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	92	158	0.582	13th–16th places

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Aug	Cuba	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–10	15–9	15–13			45–32
22 Aug	Japan	3–1	West Germany	15–7	12–15	15–5	15–7		57–34
23 Aug	Cuba	3–0	West Germany	15–5	15–7	15–8			45–20
23 Aug	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–5	15–8	15–13			45–26
24 Aug	Chinese Taipei	3–1	West Germany	15–10	11–15	15–8	15–5		56–38
24 Aug	Cuba	3–1	Japan	15–10	13–15	15–4	15–13		58–42

Pool C

Location: Shanghai

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	149	80	1.863	Quarterfinals
2	Peru	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	128	104	1.231	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	108	129	0.837
4	Canada	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	75	147	0.510	13th–16th places

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Aug	Soviet Union	3–1	Netherlands	14–16	15–11	15–6	15–7		59–40
22 Aug	Peru	3–1	Canada	15–5	12–15	15–7	15–9		57–36
23 Aug	Peru	3–0	Netherlands	15–13	15–7	15–3			45–23
23 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Canada	15–3	15–1	15–10			45–14
24 Aug	Netherlands	3–0	Canada	15–9	15–11	15–5			45–25
24 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Peru	15–8	15–12	15–6			45–26

Pool D

Location: Shenyang

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	64	2.109	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	128	91	1.407	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	East Germany	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	101	126	0.802
4	Argentina	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	52	135	0.385	13th–16th places

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Aug	United States	3–0	East Germany	15–4	15–13	15–8			45–25
22 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	15–2	15–8	15–5			45–15
23 Aug	United States	3–0	Brazil	15–9	15–10	15–5			45–24
23 Aug	East Germany	3–0	Argentina	15–8	15–6	15–8			45–22
24 Aug	United States	3–0	Argentina	15–2	15–8	15–5			45–15
24 Aug	Brazil	3–1	East Germany	14–16	15–5	15–1	15–9		59–31

Final round

Play-offs for quarterfinals

Location: Shenyang

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Italy	15–5	15–4	15–11			45–20
27 Aug	Peru	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–3	15–5	15–7			45–15
27 Aug	Japan	3–0	East Germany	15–4	15–11	15–12			45–27
27 Aug	South Korea	3–1	Netherlands	9–15	15–8	15–8	15–9		54–40

Group head matches

Location: Beijing

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Aug	Cuba	3–0	United States	15–13	15–12	15–10			45–35
27 Aug	China	3–0	Soviet Union	15–13	15–13	16–14			46–40

13th–16th places

Location: Shanghai

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
13	West Germany	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	152	86	1.767
14	Canada	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	148	85	1.741
15	Argentina	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	88	98	0.898
16	Egypt	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	16	135	0.119

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Aug	West Germany	3–0	Egypt	15–1	15–0	15–0			45–1
27 Aug	Canada	3–0	Argentina	15–2	15–2	15–12			45–16
28 Aug	West Germany	3–2	Canada	7–15	15–10	15–10	10–15	15–8	62–58
28 Aug	Argentina	3–0	Egypt	15–1	15–3	15–4			45–8
29 Aug	Canada	3–0	Egypt	15–0	15–2	15–5			45–7
29 Aug	West Germany	3–0	Argentina	15–8	15–8	15–11			45–27

9th–12th places

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place
	28 August – Shenyang
	Italy	3
					29 August – Shenyang
	Chinese Taipei	2
					Italy	1
	28 August – Shenyang
					Netherlands	3
	Netherlands	3
	East Germany	0
					11th place
					29 August – Shenyang
					Chinese Taipei	3
					East Germany	0

9th–12th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Aug	Italy	3–2	Chinese Taipei	5–15	15–12	11–15	15–2	15–9	61–53
28 Aug	Netherlands	3–0	East Germany	15–2	15–2	15–12			45–16

11th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Aug	Chinese Taipei	3–0	East Germany	15–8	15–12	15–7			45–27

9th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Aug	Italy	1–3	Netherlands	15–5	9–15	13–15	6–15		43–50

Finals

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	30 August – Beijing
	Soviet Union	3
					31 August – Beijing
	Brazil	1
					Soviet Union	3
	30 August – Beijing
					Cuba	0
	Cuba	3
									1 September – Beijing
	South Korea	0
									Soviet Union	3
	30 August – Beijing
									China	1
	United States	3
					31 August – Beijing
	Japan	1
					United States	0
	30 August – Beijing
					China	3			3rd place
	China	3
									1 September – Beijing
	Peru	0
									Cuba	1
									United States	3

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place
	31 August – Beijing
	Brazil	1
					1 September – Beijing
	South Korea	3
					South Korea	3
	31 August – Beijing
					Peru	1
	Japan	0
	Peru	3
					7th place
					1 September – Beijing
					Brazil	3
					Japan	0

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Aug	Soviet Union	3–1	Brazil	9–15	15–0	15–9	15–13		54–37
30 Aug	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–5	15–3	15–8			45–16
30 Aug	United States	3–1	Japan	15–13	15–5	11–15	15–13		56–46
30 Aug	China	3–0	Peru	15–5	15–6	15–3			45–14

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Aug	Brazil	1–3	South Korea	13–15	13–15	15–11	4–15		45–56
31 Aug	Japan	0–3	Peru	1–15	2–15	6–15			9–45

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Cuba	17–15	15–7	15–8			47–30
31 Aug	United States	0–3	China	7–15	8–15	7–15			22–45

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Japan	15–12	15–13	15–8			45–33

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Peru	15–10	15–10	9–15	15–7		54–42

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	Cuba	1–3	United States	15–11	13–15	9–15	6–15		43–56

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	China	15–13	6–15	15–9	16–14		52–51

Final standing

Rank Team     Soviet Union     China     United States 4   Cuba 5   South Korea 6   Peru 7   Brazil 8   Japan 9   Netherlands 10   Italy 11   Chinese Taipei 12   East Germany 13   West Germany 14   Canada 15   Argentina 16   Egypt

1990 Women's World champions    Soviet Union 5th title Team Roster Valentina Ogiyenko, Marina Nikulina, Elena Batukhtina, Irina Smirnova, Tatyana Sidorenko, Irina Parchomtschuk, Svetlana Vasilevskaya, Yelena Ovtschinnikova, Irina Gorbatiuk, Svetlana Korytova, Yuliya Bubnova, Olga Tolmachyova Head coach Nikolay Karpol

Awards

• Most valuable player

    Irina Parkhomchuk

• Best attacker

    Ana Moser

• Best receiver

    Sonia Ayaucán

• Best server

    Li Guojun

• Best setter

    Fernanda Venturini

• Best blocker

    Kimberly Oden

External links

• Federation Internationale de Volleyball