The 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 6 to 16 November 1981 in

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Teams

Results

Final standing

Awards

* Most Valuable Player :

Sun Jinfang Sun Jinfang (, born 6 April 1955 in Suzhou) is a Chinese former volleyball player who played the setter position. She captained China to the gold medal at both the 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup and the 1982 FIVB Women's World Championship. She als ...

* Best Attacker :

Flo Hyman Flora Jean "Flo" Hyman (July 31, 1954 – January 24, 1986) was an American athlete who played volleyball. She was an Olympic silver medalist and played professional volleyball in Japan. Early life and education Hyman was the second of eight chi ...

* Best Blocker :

Yelena Akhaminova Yelena Rabigovna Sokolovskaya (née Akhaminova) ('' rus, Еле́на Раби́говна Соколо́вская (Ахами́нова)'') (born 5 October 1961 in Sverdlovsk) is a former volleyball female player and coach. As a player for the S ...

* Best Setter :

* Best Server :

Rieko Mizuhara is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Rieko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *理恵子, "logic, blessing, child" *梨枝子, "pear, branch, child" *利恵子, "profit, blessing, child" *里江子, "hom ...

* Best Defender :

Miyoko Hirose Miyoko Hirose (広瀬美代子 ''Hirose Miyoko'', born March 5, 1959) is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. National team * 1982 ...

* Best Coach :

Yuan Weimin Yuan Weimin (; born July 8, 1939 in Suzhou, Jiangsu) is a Chinese sports administrator and civil servant. He was the Executive President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Player career Yuan was selected to repr ...

* Spirit of Fight : Mercedez Pérez

External links

Results
{{DEFAULTSORT:1981 Fivb Women's World Cup 1981 Women Women's World Cup 2 2 November 1981 sports events in Asia Sports competitions in Osaka Women's volleyball in Japan 20th century in Osaka