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The 1994 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was the twelfth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, Brazil from October 17 to October 30, 1994.

Teams

Squads

1994 FIVB Women's World Championship squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Brazil	6	3	3	0			2.266	9	1	9.000
2.	Germany	5	3	2	1			1.198	6	3	2.000
3.	South Korea	4	3	1	2			1.051	4	6	0.666
4.	Romania	3	3	0	3			0.222	0	9	0.000

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Cuba	6	3	3	0			1.985	9	0	MAX
2.	Netherlands	5	3	2	1			1.204	6	4	1.500
3.	Azerbaijan	4	3	1	2			0.856	4	6	0.666
4.	Peru	3	3	0	3			0.489	0	9	0.000

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	China	6	3	3	0			1.349	9	2	4.500
2.	Russia	5	3	2	1			1.067	6	4	1.500
3.	Ukraine	4	3	1	2			0.981	5	8	0.625
4.	Italy	3	3	0	3			0.719	3	9	0.333

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	United States	6	3	3	0			2.611	9	1	9.000
2.	Japan	5	3	2	1			1.649	7	3	2.333
3.	Czech Republic	4	3	1	2			0.670	3	6	0.500
4.	Kenya	3	3	0	3			0.230	0	9	0.000

Final round

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	1994-10-27 – São Paulo
	Germany	0
					1994-10-29 – São Paulo
	Cuba	3
					Cuba	3
	1994-10-27 – São Paulo
					South Korea	0
	China	1
									1994-10-30 – São Paulo
	South Korea	3
									Cuba	3
	1994-10-27 – São Paulo
									Brazil	0
	Brazil	3
					1994-10-29 – São Paulo
	Japan	0
					Brazil	3			Third place
	1994-10-27 – São Paulo
					Russia	2
	Russia	3							South Korea	1
	United States	1							Russia	3
									1994-10-30 – São Paulo

	5-8th place				5th place
	1994-10-29 – São Paulo
	Germany	3
	China	1
					1994-10-30 – São Paulo
					Germany	3
					United States	1
					7th place
	1994-10-29 – São Paulo			1994-10-30 – São Paulo
	Japan	1		China	2
	United States	3			Japan	3

Final standings

Cuba  Brazil  Russia  South Korea  Germany  United States  Japan  China  Czech Republic  Azerbaijan  Ukraine  Netherlands  Peru  Italy  Romania  Kenya

1994 FIVB Women's World Champions  Cuba Second title Team Roster Tania Ortíz, Marlenys Costa, Mireya Luis Hernández, Lilian Izquierdo, Idalmis Gato, Regla Bell, Regla Torres, Sonia Lescaille, Mercedes Calderón, Analbis Fernández, Magaly Carvajal, and Mirka Francia. Head Coach: Eugenio George.

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player:
  •  Regla Torres (CUB)

• Best Spiker:
  •  Mireya Luis (CUB)

• Best Blocker:
  •  Regla Torres (CUB)

• Best Server:
  •  Tomoko Yoshihara (JPN)

• Best Digger:
  •  Park Soo-Jeong (KOR)

• Best Setter:
  •  Tatyana Gracheva (RUS)

• Best Receiver:
  •  Natalya Morozova (RUS)

• Best Scorer:
  •  Elena Batukthina (RUS)

References

• Results
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball

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