2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship Pool H

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Pool H is one of eight pools of the preliminary round of the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. The pool consists of Japan as well as the defending champions Serbia, Ukraine, and Cameroon. [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 currently taking place from 23 to 27 August 2025, with rest days on 24 and 26 August. Each matchday features two games, held at 17:00 and 20:30. As the seeded team, Japan would play all its matches at 17:00 instead of 20:30, as this time corresponds to prime time for live broadcasting in Japan, which is 2 hours ahead of Thailand. [5] [6]

Teams

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

Notes
aCompeted as SFR Yugoslavia in 1978 (1 time) and as Serbia and Montenegro in 2006 (1 time); 4 appearances as Serbia.
bFinished at the European Championship as the runners-up. Their spot was allocated to Italy, after qualified as the defending champions.

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 Japan.svg  Japan 3308933.0002892581.120 Final round
2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 3216732.3332442051.190
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3124560.8332392440.980
4Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 3030090.0001602250.711
Source: FIVB Women's World Championship - Standings
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure

Matches

The following six matches of Pool H will play at the Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok.

Japan vs Cameroon

The teams recently faced each other in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, where Japan won 3–0. This is the second game between Japan and Cameroon in the World Championship with Japan winning in their first meeting in 2018.

23 August 2025 (2025-08-23)
17:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–0Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Attendance: 2,994
Referees: Nathan Mahaven (USA), Mohamed Moez Baouab (TUN)
(25–21, 25–17, 25–19)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Akimoto  [ ja ] (18/44)Total Blamdaî  [ fr ] (11/42)
Akimoto (14/34) Attack Blamdaî (8/24)
Akimoto (1/2) Block Blamdaî (2/8)
Seki (4/15) Serve Blamdaî (1/10)

Serbia vs Ukraine

The teams recently faced each other in the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments, where Serbia won 3–0. This is the first game between Serbia and Ukraine in the World Championship.

23 August 2025 (2025-08-23)
20:30
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg3–0Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Attendance: 3,390
Referees: Dominga Lot (ITA), Karina Noemi Rene (ARG)
(25–21, 25–19, 25–17)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Bošković (19/44)Total Artyshuk (13/41)
Bošković (18/30) Attack Artyshuk (12/28)
Kurtagić (5/12) Block Meliushkyna (1/9)
Uzelac (3/18) Serve Artyshuk (1/7)

Japan vs Ukraine

The teams recently faced each other in the 1996 Summer Olympics, where Japan won 3–0. This is the second game between Japan and Ukraine in the World Championship with Japan winning in their first meeting in 1994.

25 August 2025 (2025-08-25)
17:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Attendance: 1,141
Referees: Karina Noemi Rene (ARG), Nathan Mahaven (USA)
(25–27, 20–25, 25–20, 26–24, 15–11)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Ishikawa (29/91)Total Milenko (21/67)
Ishikawa (26/65) Attack Milenko (20/46)
Ishikawa (3/7) Block Meliushkyna (11/27)
Seki (1/20) Serve Sharhorodska (2/23)

Serbia vs Cameroon

The teams recently faced each other in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, where Serbia won 3–0. This is the second game between Serbia and Cameroon in the World Championship with Serbia winning in their first meeting in 2014.

25 August 2025 (2025-08-25)
20:30
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg3–0Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Attendance: 1,283
Referees: Mohamed Moez Baouab (TUN), Andrew Cameron (CAN)
(25–16, 25–16, 25–12)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Uzelac (18/36)Total Olomo (11/30)
Uzelac (16/25) Attack Blamdaî  [ fr ] (10/27)
Aleksić (5/9) Block Olomo (3/11)
Aleksić (2/10) Serve Olomo (2/11)

Japan vs Serbia

The teams recently faced each other in the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, where Japan won 3–0. This is the fifth game between Japan and Serbia in the World Championship. Japan has won three of their previous meetings in 2006, 2010, and the second round of 2018, while Serbia won their fourth meeting in the third round of 2018.

27 August 2025 (2025-08-27)
17:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Attendance: 4,142
Referees: Cameron Andrew (CAN), Karina Noemi Rene (ARG)
(25–23, 30–28, 23–25, 25–18)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Ishikawa (19/64)Total Uzelac (20/81)
Ishikawa (17/40) Attack Uzelac (19/52)
Seki (3/7) Block Aleksić (4/20)
Ishikawa (2/19) Serve Bukilić (2/14)

Ukraine vs Cameroon

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

27 August 2025 (2025-08-27)
20:30
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg3–0Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Attendance: 4,433
Referees: David Fernandez Fuentes (ESP), Dominga Lot (ITA)
(25–17, 25–21, 25–20)
P2 Report
Scoring leaders
Meliushkyna (13/34)Total Blamdaî  [ fr ] (14/41)
Milenko (10/18) Attack Blamdaî (11/30)
Meliushkyna (3/6) Block Olomo (5/15)
Artyshuk (3/11) Serve Olomo (1/11)

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