The 1994
FIVB Women's World Championship
The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was varia ...
was the twelfth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the
FIVB. It was held from 17 to 30 October 1994 in
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
and
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...
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Brazil
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Teams
;Group A
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;Group B
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;Group C
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;Group D
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Squads
Results
First round
Pool A
Venue:
Ginasio de Mineirinho,
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...
Pool B
Venue:
Ginásio do Ibirapuera
Ginásio do Ibirapuera (officially named Ginásio Estadual Geraldo José de Almeida)
Pool C
Venue:
Ginasio de Mineirinho,
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...
Pool D
Venue:
Ginásio do Ibirapuera
Ginásio do Ibirapuera (officially named Ginásio Estadual Geraldo José de Almeida)
Final round
Play-offs for quarterfinals
Venue:
Ginásio do Ibirapuera
Ginásio do Ibirapuera (officially named Ginásio Estadual Geraldo José de Almeida)
Group head matches
Venue:
Ginásio do Ibirapuera
Ginásio do Ibirapuera (officially named Ginásio Estadual Geraldo José de Almeida)
Finals
Venue:
Ginásio do Ibirapuera
Ginásio do Ibirapuera (officially named Ginásio Estadual Geraldo José de Almeida)
=Quarterfinals
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=5th–8th semifinals
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=Semifinals
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=7th place match
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=5th place match
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=3rd place match
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=Final
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Final standing
Awards
* Most Valuable Player
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Regla Torres
Regla Torres Herrera (born February 12, 1975 in Havana) is a Cuban volleyball player who has won three Olympic gold medals with her first being at the young, for volleyball, age of 17. She has played on the international circuit since she was 14 ...
* Best Scorer
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Elena Batukhtina
Elena Tyurina-Batukhtina (born 12 April 1971 in Sverdlovsk) is a retired female volleyball player from Russia who made her debut for the Soviet national team in 1989. She competed consecutively in four Olympic Games. She was part of the Soviet ...
* Best Spiker
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Mireya Luis
Alejandrina Mireya Luis Hernández, often referred to as Mireya (born August 25, 1967 in Camagüey) is a retired Cuban volleyball player.
Life
At the age of 10 she started playing volleyball. At 16, Mireya joined the Cuban national team for t ...
* Best Blocker
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Regla Torres
Regla Torres Herrera (born February 12, 1975 in Havana) is a Cuban volleyball player who has won three Olympic gold medals with her first being at the young, for volleyball, age of 17. She has played on the international circuit since she was 14 ...
* Best Server
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Tomoko Yoshihara
Tomoko Yoshihara (吉原知子 ''Yoshihara Tomoko'', born 4 February 1970 in the Uryū District, Hokkaido) is a former volleyball player from Japan, who competed in the 1992, 1996, and 2004 Summer Olympics. She captained the 2004 Olympic sq ...
* Best Digger
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Park Soo-jeong
Park Soo-jeong ( ko, 박 수정; born 2 March 1972) was a South Korean female volleyball player. She was part of the South Korea women's national volleyball team.
She competed with the national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Su ...
* Best Setter
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Tatyana Grachova
Tatyana Aleksandrovna Grachova (russian: Татьяна Александровна Грачёва, born 23 February 1973 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the national team that won the silver medal in the Sydney ...
* Best Receiver
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Natalia Morozova
Natalya Igorevna Morozova (russian: Наталья Игоревна Морозова), (born 28 January 1973 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian volleyball player who was a member of the national team that won the silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympi ...
External links
ResultsFederation Internationale de Volleyball
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FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was varia ...