1990 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

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

1990 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

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

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	35	3.857
2	South Korea	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	101	69	1.464
3	Italy	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	84	94	0.894
4	Egypt	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	13	135	0.096

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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	148	94	1.574
2	Japan	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	144	118	1.220
3	Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	114	128	0.891
4	West Germany	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	92	158	0.582

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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	149	80	1.863
2	Peru	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	128	104	1.231
3	Netherlands	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	108	129	0.837
4	Canada	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	75	147	0.510

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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	64	2.109
2	Brazil	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	128	91	1.407
3	East Germany	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	101	126	0.802
4	Argentina	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	52	135	0.385

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

Classification 13th–16th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	West Germany	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	152	86	1.767
2	Canada	5	2	1	8	3	2.667	148	85	1.741
3	Argentina	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	88	98	0.898
4	Egypt	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	16	135	0.119

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

1/8 finals

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

Classification 9th–12th

	9th-12th place				9th place
	1990-08-30 – Shenyang
	Italy	3
					1990-08-31 – Shenyang
	Chinese Taipei	2
					Italy	1
	1990-08-30 – Shenyang
					Netherlands	3
	Netherlands	3
	East Germany	0
					11th place
					1990-08-31 – Shenyang
					Chinese Taipei	3
					East Germany	0

9th–12th place

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

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

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

Finals

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1990-08-30 – Beijing
	Soviet Union	3
					1990-08-31 – Beijing
	Brazil	1
					Soviet Union	3
	1990-08-30 – Beijing
					Cuba	0
	Cuba	3
									1990-09-01 – Beijing
	South Korea	0
									Soviet Union	3
	1990-08-30 – Beijing
									China	1
	United States	3
					1990-08-31 – Beijing
	Japan	1
					United States	0
	1990-08-30 – Beijing
					China	3			Third place
	China	3
									1990-09-01 – Beijing
	Peru	0
									Cuba	1
									United States	3

	5th-8th place				5th place
	1990-08-31 – Beijing
	South Korea	3
					1990-09-01 – Beijing
	Brazil	1
					South Korea	3
	1990-08-31 – Beijing
					Peru	1
	Peru	3
	Japan	0
					7th place
					1990-09-01 – Beijing
					Brazil	3
					Japan	0

Classification round

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

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	China	3–0	Peru	15–5	15–6	15–3			45–14
30 Aug	United States	3–1	Japan	15–13	15–5	11–15	15–13		56–46
30 Aug	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–5	15–3	15–8			45–16

5th–8th semifinals

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

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	China	3–0	United States	15–7	15–8	15–7			45–22

7th place

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

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

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

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 standings

Place 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 FIVB Women's World Champions  Soviet Union Fifth 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 (URS)
• Best Attacker
  •  Ana Moser (BRA)
• Best Receiver
  •  Sonia Ayaucán (PER)
• Best Server
  •  Li Guojun (CHN)
• Best Setter
  •  Su Huijuan (CHN)
• Best Blocker
  •  Kimberly Oden (USA)

References

• Results
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball
• Peru Info