2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship Pool D

Pool D is one of eight pools of the preliminary round of the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. The pool consists of the United States as well as the Czech Republic, Argentina, and Slovenia. ^{[1] [2]} Teams are playing one another in a round-robin, where the top two teams advancing to the final round. ^{[3] [4]}

It is currently 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, the United States will play all its matches at 19:30. ^{[5] [6]}

Teams

The following four teams will compete in Pool D for the tournament, listed by their position in the pool.

Position	Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
					Total	First	Last
D1	United States	NORCECA	2023 NORCECA runners-up	2 September 2023	17	1956	2022	Champions (2014)
D2	Czech Republic a b	CEV	4th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	12	1952	2022	3rd place (1952, 1960)
D3	Argentina	CSV	2023 South American runners-up	22 August 2023	7	1960	2022	8th place (1960)
D4	Slovenia	CEV	12th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	0	None		None

Notes

^aDesignated as Czechia by the FIVB

^bCompeted as Czechoslovakia from 1952 to 1986 (8 times); 4 appearances as Czech Republic.

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.

Position	Country	FIVB World Rankings
		Draw α	Before β	After γ
D1	United States	3 (362.27)	7 (332.77)	7 (335.03)
D2	Czech Republic	15 (189.61)	13 (205.94)	15 (194.30)
D3	Argentina	17 (180.96)	17 (189.05)	17 (182.42)
D4	Slovenia	26 (137.47)	25 (150.51)	20 (161.08)

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.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	266	211	1.261	Final round
2	Slovenia	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	263	261	1.008
3	Argentina	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	225	262	0.859
4	Czech Republic	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	254	274	0.927

Source: FIVB Women's World Championship - Standings
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure

• The winners of Pool D will advance to play the runners-up of Pool E.
• The runners-up of Pool D will advance to play the winners of Pool E.

Matches

All times are Thailand Standard Time (UTC+07:00).

The following six matches of Pool D will play at the Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima.

Czech Republic vs Argentina

The teams recently faced each other in the 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup, where the Czech Republic won 3–0. This is the second game between the Czech Republic and Argentina in the World Championship with Argentina winning in their first meeting in 2022.

22 August 2025 (2025-08-22) 16:00	Czech Republic	1–3	Argentina	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima Attendance: 695 Referees: Cespedes Francisco (DOM), Myoi Sumie (JPN)
	(25–18, 23–25, 17–25, 24–26) P2 Report
	Scoring leaders
Brancuská  [ cs ] (17/53)		Total	Cugno (25/74)
Brancuská (16/36)		Attack	Cugno (23/57)
Grozer (2/10)		Block	García (4/18)
Valková (1/21)		Serve	Cabrera (2/12)

United States vs Slovenia

The teams recently faced each other in the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments, where the United States won 3–1. This is the first game between the United States and Slovenia in the World Championship, marking Slovenia's debut in the tournament.

22 August 2025 (2025-08-22) 19:30	United States	3–1	Slovenia	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima Attendance: 1,511 Referees: Sonja Simonovska (MNE), Angela Grass (BRA)
	(25–23,17–25, 25–22, 25–14) P2 Report
	Scoring leaders
A. Skinner (15/49)		Total	Sillah (20/63)
A. Skinner (14/31)		Attack	Sillah (18/50)
Rettke (2/12)		Block	Milošič (4/15)
M. Skinner (2/17)		Serve	Milošič (2/19)

Czech Republic vs Slovenia

The teams recently faced each other in the 2024 Women's European Volleyball League, where the Czech Republic won 3–1. This is the first game between the Czech Republic and Slovenia in the World Championship.

24 August 2025 (2025-08-24) 16:00	Czech Republic	3–2	Slovenia	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima Attendance: 1,555 Referees: Yuliya Akulova (KAZ), Denny Francisco Cespedes Lassi (DOM)
	(22–25, 19–25, 25–23, 25–18, 15–13) P2 Report
	Scoring leaders
Brancuská  [ cs ] (24/86)		Total	Sillah (23/90)
Brancuská (20/47)		Attack	Sillah (21/57)
Grozer (3/9)		Block	Milošič (6/21)
Brancuská (2/25)		Serve	Lorber Fijok (2/16)

United States vs Argentina

The teams recently faced each other in the 2020 Summer Olympics, where the United States won 3–0. This is the third game between the United States and Argentina in the World Championship. The United States has won both of their previous meetings in 1990 and 2002.

24 August 2025 (2025-08-24) 19:30	United States	3–1	Argentina	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima Attendance: 2,150 Referees: Kandil Wael (EGY), Sonja Simonovska (MNE)
	(25–14, 23–25, 25–12, 25–17) P2 Report
	Scoring leaders
Rettke (15/40)		Total	Cugno (29/85)
Franklin (13/26)		Attack	Cugno (26/64)
Ogbogu (5/21)		Block	Cugno (3/8)
Rettke (1/13)		Serve	Graff (2/13)

Argentina vs Slovenia

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

26 August 2025 (2025-08-26) 16:00	Argentina	0–3	Slovenia	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima Attendance: 771 Referees: Denny Francisco Cespedes Lassi (DOM), Angela Grass (BRA)
	(20–25, 22–25, 21–25) P2 Report
	Scoring leaders
Cugno (16/56)		Total	Sillah (22/58)
Cugno (14/41)		Attack	Sillah (20/43)
Cugno (2/8)		Block	Zatkovič (3/12)
Bertolino (1/6)		Serve	Milošič (3/14)

United States vs Czech Republic

The teams recently faced each other in the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, where the Czech Republic won 3–2. This is the third game between the United States and the Czech Republic in the World Championship. The United States has won both of their previous meetings in 1994 and 2010. Prior to 1990, the former Czechoslovakia won twice in 1956 and 1960, while the United States won twice in 1978 and 1986.

26 August 2025 (2025-08-26) 19:30	United States	3–0	Czech Republic	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima Attendance: 1,944 Referees: Yuliya Akulova (KAZ), Sonja Simonovska (MNE)
	(26–24, 25–20, 25–15) P2 Report
	Scoring leaders
A. Skinner (15/46)		Total	Mlejnková (14/51)
A. Skinner (13/24)		Attack	Mlejnková (13/31)
M. Skinner (2/11)		Block	Grozer (1/5)
Eggleston (1/8)		Serve	Koulisiani (3/12)

References

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External links

• Official website