2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship Pool F

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Pool F was one of eight pools of the preliminary round of the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. The pool consisted of China as well as the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Mexico. [1] [2] Teams are playinh one another in a round-robin, where the top two teams advancing to the final round. [3] [4]

Contents

It took place from 23 to 27 August 2025, with rest days on 24 and 26 August. Each matchday features two games, held at 16:00 and 19:30. As the seeded team, China would play all its matches at 19:30. [5] [6]

Teams

The following four teams are competing in Pool F 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 the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3309924.5002712011.348 Final round
2Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 3216632.0002031731.173
3Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 3122480.5002342800.836
4Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3031390.3332242780.806
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.

Dominican Republic vs Colombia

The teams recently faced each other twice in the 2025 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, where the Dominican Republic won both matches 3–1 and 3–0. This is the first game between the Dominican Republic and Colombia in the World Championship.

23 August 2025 (2025-08-23)
16:00
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg3–0Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia CMECC, Chiang Mai
Attendance: 1,781
Referees: Ksenija Jurkovic (CRO), Lourdes Perez Perez (CUB)
(25–15, 25–18, 25–13)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Martínez (20/40)Total Olaya  [ es ] (11/38)
Martínez (17/28) Attack Olaya (11/27)
Martínez (3/4) Block Rangel (3/9)
Gaila (4/18) Serve Marín (1/8)

China vs Mexico

The teams recently faced each other in the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments, where China won 3–0. This is the second game between China and Mexico in the World Championship with China winning in their first meeting in 2006.

23 August 2025 (2025-08-23)
19:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3–1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico CMECC, Chiang Mai
Attendance: 3,090
Referees: Ebrahim Firouzi (IRI), Agnieszka Michlic (POL)
(22–25, 26–24, 25–10, 25–18)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Zhuang Y.S. (23/59)Total Maldonado (22/68)
Zhuang Y.S. (20/40) Attack Maldonado (21/53)
Wang Y.Y. (4/12) Block Urías (2/10)
Gong X.Y. (1/14) Serve Parra (1/17)

Dominican Republic vs Mexico

The teams recently faced each other in the 2025 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, where the Dominican Republic won 3–1. This is the third game between the Dominican Republic and Mexico in the World Championship. The Dominican Republic has won both of their previous meetings in 2006 and 2018.

25 August 2025 (2025-08-25)
16:00
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg3–0Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico CMECC, Chiang Mai
Attendance: 1,449
Referees: Ksenija Jurkovic (CRO), Lourdes Perez Perez (CUB)
(25–15, 25–17, 25–20)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
B. Martínez (22/50)Total Maldonado (13/50)
B. Martínez (18/26) Attack Maldonado (13/39)
B. Martínez (3/9) Block Urías (2/17)
J. Martínez (1/7) Serve Flores (1/5)

China vs Colombia

The teams recently faced each other in the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, where China won 3–0. This is the second game between China and Colombia in the World Championship.

25 August 2025 (2025-08-25)
19:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3–1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia CMECC, Chiang Mai
Attendance: 3,128
Referees: Ebrahim Firouzi (IRI), Stanislava Simic (SRB)
(25–16, 23–25, 25–14, 25–16)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Zhuang Y.S. (17/60)Total Olaya  [ es ] (21/58)
Gong X.Y. (13/28) Attack Olaya (19/43)
Zhuang Y.S. (5/12) Block Rangel (3/12)
Gao Y. (1/9) Serve Pascua (2/15)

Colombia and Mexico

The teams recently faced each other in the 2024 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, where Colombia won 3–1. This is the first game between Colombia and Mexico in the World Championship.

27 August 2025 (2025-08-27)
16:00
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg2–3Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico CMECC, Chiang Mai
Attendance: 1,924
Referees: Paul Catalin Szabo Alexi (ROU), Ebrahim Firouz (IRI)
(22–25, 25–22, 23–25, 25–18, 12–15)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Olaya  [ es ] (27/83)Total Maldonado (34/84)
Olaya (25/61) Attack Maldonado (31/59)
Rangel (3/16) Block Urías (9/25)
Carabalí (2/15) Serve Topete (1/3)

China vs Dominican Republic

The teams recently faced each other in the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, where China won 3–2. This is the fifth game between China and the Dominican Republic in the World Championship. China has won all four of their previous meetings in 2006, 2010, and both the second and third rounds of 2014.

27 August 2025 (2025-08-27)
19:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3–0Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic CMECC, Chiang Mai
Attendance: 3,413
Referees: Ksenija Jurkovic (CRO), Lourdes Perez Perez (CUB)
(25–15, 25–21, 25–17)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Wu M.J. (16/48)Total Martínez (15/46)
Wu M.J. (15/34) Attack Tapia (13/33)
Wang Y.Y. (5/22) Block Rangel (2/8)
Zhuang Y.S. (1/12) Serve González (1/4)

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