FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship 2018
We have a great piece of news for volleyball fans. The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship is about to begin. The volleyball women’s world tournament 2018 will be held in Japan. The matches will be held in six cities of Japan: Hamamatsu, Kobe, Nagoya, Osaka, Sapporo and Yokohama.
You need to know that the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship is going to be the 18th world championship in the history of women’s volleyball. The event will start on September 29 and last till October 18. The tournament is expected to bring together the best 24 women’s national teams from around the world.
This blog post focuses on the 2018 FIVB volleyball women’s world championship. First of all, we’ll take a quick look at the history of FIVB volleyball women’s world championship. Then, we’ll list all of teams which have qualified for the 2018 FIVB volleyball women’s world championship. Also, we’ll provide you with pool composition for the championships.
The History of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship
It’s important to know that the history of FIVB volleyball women’s world championship dates back to 1952. The 1-st championship took place in Soviet Union in 1952. Then, the championships took place in France in 1956, in Brazil in 1960, in Soviet Union in 1962, in Japan in 1967, in Bulgaria in 1970, in Mexico in 1974, in Soviet Union in 1978, in Peru in 1982, in Czechoslovakia in 1986, in China in 1990, in Brazil in 1994, in Japan in 1998, in Germany in 2002, in Japan in 2006, in Japan in 2010, in Italy in 2014 and the next FIVB volleyball women’s world championship is going to take place in Japan in 2018.
Among the countries that have hosted FIVB volleyball women’s world championship are:
– Japan hosted FIVB volleyball women’s world championship 5 times in the history (in 1967, in 1998, in 2006, in 2008 and in 2018);
– Soviet Union hosted FIVB volleyball women’s world championship 3 times in the history (in 1952, in 1962 and in 1978);
– Brazil hosted FIVB volleyball women’s world championship 2 times in the history (in 1960 and in 1994);
– Bulgaria hosted FIVB volleyball women’s world championship only 1 time in the history (in 1970);
– China hosted FIVB volleyball women’s world championship only 1 time in the history (in 1990);
– Czechoslovakia hosted FIVB volleyball women’s world championship only 1 time in the history (in 1986);
– France hosted FIVB volleyball women’s world championship only 1 time in the history (in 1956);
– Germany hosted FIVB volleyball women’s world championship only 1 time in the history (in 2002);
– Italy hosted FIVB volleyball women’s world championship only 1 time in the history (in 2014);
– Mexico hosted FIVB volleyball women’s world championship only 1 time in the history (1974);
– Peru hosted FIVB volleyball women’s world championship only 1 time in the history (in 1982).
Among the countries that have demonstrated excellent results at FIVB volleyball women’s world championship are:
– Soviet Union won 5 Gold medals (in 1952, in 1956, in 1960, in 1970 and in 1990), 2 Silver medals (in 1962 and in 1974) as well as 1 Bronze medal (in 1978);
– Japan won 3 Gold medals (in 1962, in 1967 and in 1974), 3 Silver medals (in 1960, in 1970 and in 1978) as well as 1 Bronze medal (in 2010);
– Cuba won 3 Gold medals (in 1978, in 1994 and in 1998) as well as 1 Silver medal (in 1986);
– China won 2 Gold medals (in 1982 and in 1986) as well as 3 Silver medals (in 1990, in 1998 and in 2014);
– United States won 1 Gold medal (in 2014), 2 Silver medals (in 1967 and in 2002) as well as 2 Bronze medals (in 1982 and in 1990);
– Italy won 1 Gold medal (in 2002);
– Brazil won 3 Silver medals (in 1994, in 2006 and in 2010) as well as 1 Bronze medal (in 2014);
– Poland won 1 Silver medal (in 1952) as well as 2 Bronze medals (in 1956 and in 1962);
– Peru won 1 Silver medal (in 1982) as well as 1 Bronze medal (in 1986);
– Romania won 1 Silver medal (in 1956);
– South Korea won 2 Bronze medals (in 1967 and in 1974);
– Czech Republic won 2 Bronze medals (in 1952 and in 1960);
– North Korea won 1 Bronze medal (in 1970);
– Serbia won 1 Bronze medal (in 2006).
What Teams Have Qualified for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship?
Totally, 24 nations have qualified for the 2018 FIVB volleyball women’s world championship:
Japan (qualified as the Host Country);
United States (qualified as the defending champions);
Serbia (qualified as the winners of CEV Second Round Pool B), Russia (qualified as the winners of CEV Second Round Pool A), Azerbaijan (qualified as the winners of CEV Second Round Pool E), Turkey (qualified as the winners of CEV Second Round Pool C) as well as Italy (qualified as the winners of CEV Second Round Pool D) and Germany (qualified as the winners of CEV Second Round Pool F);
Brazil (qualified as the winners of CSV Championship);
Netherlands (qualified as the winners of CEV Third Round Pool G) as well as Bulgaria (qualified as the runners-up of CEV Third Round Pool G);
China (qualified as the winners of AVC Second Round Pool A), South Korea (qualified as the winners of AVC Second Round Pool B) as well as Thailand (qualified as the runners-up of AVC Second Round Pool B) and Kazakhstan (qualified as the runners-up of AVC Second Round Pool A);
Canada (qualified as the winners of NORCECA Championship Pool B) as well as Cuba (qualified as the runners-up of NORCECA Championship Pool B);
Cameroon (qualified as the winners of CAVB Championship) as well as Kenya (qualified as the runners-up of CAVB Championship);
Dominican Republic (qualified as the winners of NORCECA Championship Pool A), Mexico (qualified as the winners of NORCECA Championship Pool C) as well as Puerto Rico (qualified as the runners-up of NORCECA Championship Pool A) and Trinidad and Tobago (qualified as the runners-up of NORCECA Championship Pool C);
Argentina (qualified as the winners of CSV Qualifier).
It’s worth noting that 21 of these 24 countries took part in the 2014 FIVB volleyball women’s world championship.
Pool Composition for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship
All teams that will participate in the 2018 FIVB volleyball women’s world championship will be divided into four pools – Pool A, Pool B, Pool C as well as Pool D.
– Japan, Netherlands, Argentina, Germany as well as Cameroon and Mexico will play in Pool A;
– China, Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria as well as Canada and Cuba will play in Pool B;
– United States, Russia, South Korea, Thailand as well as Azerbaijan and Trinidad and Tobago will play in Pool C;
– Serbia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico as well as Kazakhstan and Kenya will play in Pool D.
Canada Will Participate in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship
We are happy to say that the Canada women’s national volleyball team has qualified for the 2018 FIVB volleyball women’s world championship. As it was mentioned above, Canada qualified for the 2018 FIVB volleyball women’s world championship as the winners of NORCECA Championship Pool B.
Among female volleyball players who will represent Canada at the 2018 FIVB volleyball women’s world championship are: Janie Guimond, Lisa Barclay, Brittney Page, Kyla Richey, Jaimie Thibeault, Tabitha Love, Marisa Field, Tesca Andrew-Wasylik, Lucille Charuk, Rebecca Pavan, Megan Cyr, Shanice Marcelle as well as Jennifer Lundquist and Dana Cranston.
The head coach of the Canada women’s national volleyball team: Arnd Ludwig
It’s important to know that the Canada women’s national volleyball team also participated in the 2014 FIVB volleyball women’s world championship. The team took the 8-th place at the tournament. We hope that Canadian female volleyball players will improve their results at the 2018 FIVB volleyball women’s world championship.
Thank you so much for reading this article. We’ve just provided you with some insights into the 2018 FIVB volleyball women’s world championship. As you probably remember, the United States women’s national volleyball team won 2014 FIVB volleyball women’s world championship. We’ll be able to figure out who is the winner of the next women’s world championship. Time will show. Best of luck!