2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship Pool E

Pool E is one of eight pools of the preliminary round of the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. The pool consists of Turkey as well as Canada, Bulgaria, and Spain.[1] Teams will play one another in a round-robin, where the top two teams advancing to the final round.[2]

Teams

The following four teams will compete in Pool E 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
E1	Turkey^a	CEV	2023 European champions	30 August 2023	5	2006	2022	6th place (2010)
E2	Canada	NORCECA	2023 NORCECA 3rd placers	3 September 2023	10	1974	2022	10th place (2022)
E3	Bulgaria	CEV	8th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	13	1952	2022	4th place (1952)
E4	Spain	CEV	14th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	1	1982		20th place (1982)

Notes

^a Designated as Türkiye by the FIVB

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
E1	Turkey	4 (352.61)
E2	Canada	8 (284.76)
E3	Bulgaria	20 (153.92)
E4	Spain	29 (123.31)

Notes

^α The FIVB World Ranking at the end of August 2024.[3]

^β The FIVB World Ranking before the first game on 22 August 2025.

^γ The 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	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Advanced to final round
2	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
4	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: TBA. Source: Volleyball World
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure

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

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.

Canada vs Bulgaria

The teams will face each other in the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League ahead of the tournament. This is the seventh game between Canada and Bulgaria in the World Championship. Bulgaria has won four of the previous meetings in 1982, 1986, 2014, and 2018, while Canada has won two in 1974 and 2022.

	Canada	v	Bulgaria	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima

Turkey vs Spain

The teams recently faced each other in the 2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship, where Turkey won 3–0. They also met in the 2022 Mediterranean Games, with Turkey winning 3–1, but Turkey did not use the same squad as in the FIVB world tournaments. This is the first game between Turkey and Spain in the World Championship.

	Turkey	v	Spain	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima

Canada vs Spain

The teams recently faced each other in the 1991 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, where Canada won 3–1. This is the first game between Canada and Spain in the World Championship.

	Canada	v	Spain	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima

Turkey vs Bulgaria

The teams recently faced each other in the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments, where Turkey won 3–0. This is the third game between Turkey and Bulgaria in the World Championship with each team having won once — Bulgaria in 2014 and Turkey in 2018.

	Turkey	v	Bulgaria	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima

Bulgaria vs Spain

The teams recently faced each other in the 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship, where Bulgaria won 3–0. This is the second game between Bulgaria and Spain in the World Championship with Bulgaria winning in their first meeting in 1982.

	Bulgaria	v	Spain	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima

Turkey vs Canada

The teams will face each other in the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League ahead of the tournament. This is the fifth game between Turkey and Canada in the World Championship. Turkey has won all four of their previous encounters in four consecutive years: 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022.

	Turkey	v	Canada	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima

References

1. "2025 Women's World Championship pool-play duels determined". Volleyball World (Press release). 17 December 2024. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
2. "FIVB Volleyball Women's World Champ 2025 Competition Format". Volleyball World. Archived from the original on 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
3. "FIVB Women's Volleyball World Ranking". Volleyball World. 30 August 2024. Archived from the original on 8 October 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.

External links

• Official website