2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship Pool C

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Pool C is one of eight pools of the preliminary round of the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. The pool consists of Brazil as well as Puerto Rico, France, and Greece. [1] [2] Teams are playing one another in a round-robin, where the top two teams advancing to the final round. [3] [4]

Contents

It is curretly taking place from 22 to 26 August 2025, with rest days on 23 and 25 August. Each matchday features two games, held at 16:00 and 19:30. As the seeded team, Brazil will play all its matches at 19:30. [5] [6]

Teams

The following four teams are competing in Pool C for the tournament, listed by their position in the pool.

World Rankings

The following four teams are ranked in the FIVB World Rankings at the draw, the beginning and the final day of the tournament.

Notes
αThe FIVB World Ranking at the end of August 2024. [7]
βThe FIVB World Ranking before the first game on 22 August 2025.
γThe FIVB World Ranking after the final game on 7 September 2025.

Standings

The following four teams are ranked based on the pool standing procedure.

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3308924.5002561951.313 Final round
2Flag of France.svg  France 3217851.6002862741.044
3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3123470.5712372410.983
4Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 3030290.2222002690.743
Source: FIVB Women's World Championship - Standings
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure

Matches

The following six matches of Pool C will play at the Chiang Mai International Exhibition and Convention Centre, Chiang Mai.

Puerto Rico vs France

The teams recently faced each other in the 1974 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, where France won 3–1. This is the second game between Puerto Rico and France in the World Championship.

22 August 2025 (2025-08-22)
16:00
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg1–3Flag of France.svg  France CMECC, Chiang Mai
Attendance: 2,167
Referees: Stanislava Simic (SRB), Ebrahim Firouzi (IRI)
(22–25, 18–25, 25–21, 14–25)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Vázquez (12/57)Total Ndiaye (22/71)
Vázquez (11/37) Attack Cazaute  [ fr ] (20/44)
Reyes (2/7) Block Sylves  [ fr ] (5/18)
Rivera (2/13) Serve Ndiaye (5/23)

Brazil vs Greece

The teams recently faced each other in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where Brazil won 3–0. This is the second game between Brazil and Greece in the World Championship with Brazil winning in their first meeting in 2002.

22 August 2025 (2025-08-22)
19:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–0Flag of Greece.svg  Greece CMECC, Chiang Mai
Attendance: 2,963
Referees: Paul Catalin Szabo Alexi (ROU), Lourdes Perez Perez (CUB)
(25–18, 25–16, 25–16)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Gabi (18/45)Total Anthouli (18/44)
Gabi (16/28) Attack Anthouli (17/29)
Júlia (2/9) Block Tontai (2/12)
Gabi (2/14) Serve

Puerto Rico vs Greece

The teams have never met before. This is the first game between Puerto Rico and Greece in any tournament, including the World Championship.

24 August 2025 (2025-08-24)
16:00
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg1–3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece CMECC, Chiang Mai
Attendance: 2,426
Referees: Agnieszka Michlic (POL), Lourdes Perez Perez (CUB)
(19–25, 13–25, 25–23, 14–25)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Vázquez (14/50)Total Anthouli (27/63)
Vázquez (13/33) Attack Anthouli (22/45)
Santiago (2/6) Block Anthouli (3/6)
Santiago (1/8) Serve Anthouli (2/12)

Brazil vs France

The teams recently faced each other in the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, where Brazil won 3–2. This is the second game between Brazil and France in the World Championship, with Brazil winning in their first meeting in 1956.

24 August 2025 (2025-08-24)
19:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–2Flag of France.svg  France CMECC, Chiang Mai
Attendance: 3,621
Referees: Stanislava Simic (SRB), Paul Catalin Szabo Alexi (ROU)
(21–25, 20–25, 25–15, 25–17, 15–13)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Gabi (18/63)Total Cazaute  [ fr ] (20/60)
Bergmann (14/31) Attack Cazaute (19/43)
Gabi (5/10) Block Sylves  [ fr ] (3/10)
Bergmann (1/17) Serve Ndiaye (3/16)

France vs Greece

The teams recently faced each other in the 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship, where Greece won 3–0. This is the first game between France and Greece in the World Championship.

26 August 2025 (2025-08-26)
16:00
France  Flag of France.svg3–1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece CMECC, Chiang Mai
Attendance: 1,631
Referees: Stanislava Simic (SRB), Ksenija Jurkovic (CRO)
(17–25, 25–21, 28–26, 25–17)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Cazaute (25/61)Total Anthouli (21/64)
Cazaute (19/36) Attack Anthouli (19/45)
Cazaute (5/11) Block Tontai (3/13)
Ndiaye (1/19) Serve Bakodimou (2/15)

Brazil vs Puerto Rico

The teams recently faced each other in the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments, where Brazil won 3–0. They also played in the 2023 Pan American Games, with Brazil winning 3–0, but Brazil did not use the same squad as in the FIVB world tournaments. This is the fifth game between Brazil and Puerto Rico in the World Championship. Brazil has won all four of their previous meetings in 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2022.

26 August 2025 (2025-08-26)
19:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–0Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico CMECC, Chiang Mai
Attendance: 3,533
Referees: Agnieszka Michlic (POL), Lourdes Perez Perez (CUB)
(25–19, 25–13, 25–18)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Júlia (14/43)Total Vázquez (11/39)
Júlia (8/14) Attack Vázquez (11/27)
Júlia (6/19) Block Reyes (3/12)
Bergmann (1/11) Serve

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