China
Coach: Zhang Rongfang
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liu Wei | |||
| 2 | Liang Yan | |||
| 3 | Hu Xiaofeng | |||
| 4 | Hou Yuzhu | |||
| 5 | Yin Qin | |||
| 6 | Yang Xilan | |||
| 7 | Su Huijuan | |||
| 8 | Jiang Ying | |||
| 9 | Li Yanjun | |||
| 10 | Yang Xiaojun | |||
| 11 | Zheng Meizhu | |||
| 12 | Wu Dan |
This article shows the participating team squads at the 1986 FIVB Women's World Championship , held from 2 to 13 September in Czechoslovakia. [1]
China Coach: Zhang Rongfang
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liu Wei | |||
| 2 | Liang Yan | |||
| 3 | Hu Xiaofeng | |||
| 4 | Hou Yuzhu | |||
| 5 | Yin Qin | |||
| 6 | Yang Xilan | |||
| 7 | Su Huijuan | |||
| 8 | Jiang Ying | |||
| 9 | Li Yanjun | |||
| 10 | Yang Xiaojun | |||
| 11 | Zheng Meizhu | |||
| 12 | Wu Dan |
Cuba Coach: Laeita
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tania Ortiz | |||
| 2 | Mireya Luis | |||
| 4 | Inesma Molinet | |||
| 5 | Nancy González | |||
| 6 | María Teresa Santamaría | |||
| 7 | Ana María Hourrutinier | |||
| 9 | Josefina Capote | |||
| 10 | Lazara González | |||
| 11 | Josefina O'Farrill | |||
| 12 | Norka Latamblet | |||
| 14 | Ana María García | |||
| 15 | Magaly Carvajal |
Peru Coach:Mambo Bok Park
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonia Ayaucan | |||
| 2 | Cenaida Uribe | |||
| 3 | Rosa Garcia | |||
| 4 | Miriam Gallardo | |||
| 5 | Gaby Perez del Solar | |||
| 6 | Sonia Heredia | |||
| 7 | Cecilia Tait | |||
| 8 | Luisa Cervera | |||
| 9 | Denisse Fajardo | |||
| 10 | Ana Arostegui | |||
| 11 | Gina Torrealva | |||
| 12 | Natalia Malaga |
East Germany | No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ute Bitterlich | |||
| 3 | Monika Beu | |||
| 4 | Ariane Radfan | |||
| 5 | Kathrin Langschwager | |||
| 6 | Maike Arlt | |||
| 7 | Anke Lindemann | |||
| 8 | Ute Oldenburg | |||
| 9 | Heike Jensen | |||
| 10 | Dorte Studemann | |||
| 11 | Ramona Landgraf | |||
| 13 | Rank | |||
| 14 | Ute Landgenau |
Brazil | No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Isabel Barroso Salgado Alencar | 02.08.60 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 71 lb (32 kg) | |
| 9 | Regina Pereira de Mendonca Uchoa | 20.09.59 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | 67 lb (30 kg) |
| 4 | Vera Helena Bonetti Mossa | 27.09.64 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 62 lb (28 kg) |
| Ana Cláudia da Silva Ramos | 31.10.61 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | 66 lb (30 kg) | |
| Roseli Ana Timm | 25.07.62 | |||
| Eliani "Lica" Miranda da Costa | 05.08.69 | |||
| Sandra Maria Lima Suruagy | 17.04.61 | |||
| Vânia Mello | ||||
| Ana Margarida Ida Vieira Alvares | 22.01.65 | |||
| Denise Ferreira de Souza | 02.09.67 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 77 lb (35 kg) | |
| Ana Lúcia de Camargo Barros | 16.12.65 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 71 lb (32 kg) | |
| Adriana Samuel Ramos | 12.04.66 |
Soviet Union Coach:Vladimir Patkin
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yelena Volkova | 13.06.60 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Svetlana Badulina | 26.10.60 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Valentina Ogienko | 26.05.65 | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 72 lb (33 kg) | |
| Elena Chebukina | 11.10.65 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 77 lb (35 kg) | |
| Diana Kachalova | ||||
| Olga Krivosheyeva | 15.05.61 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Irina Gorbatyuk | ||||
| Yuliya Saltsevich | 12.05.67 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Elena Kundaleva | ||||
| Marina Kiryakova | ||||
| Svetlana Likholetova | ||||
| Irina Rizen |
Japan | No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight |
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South Korea | No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight |
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Italy | No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight |
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Czechoslovakia Coach: Vladimír Hančík
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baráková | ||||
| Bromová | ||||
| Daniela Cuníková | ||||
| Eva Dostálová | ||||
| Dvoráková | ||||
| Vladěna Holubová | ||||
| Homolková | ||||
| Stanislava Králová | ||||
| Táňa Krempaská | ||||
| Lajcáková | ||||
| Simona Mandelová | ||||
| Lucie Vaclavikova |
Bulgaria | No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight |
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West Germany 
North Korea | No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight |
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Canada | No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight |
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Tunisia | No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight |
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