2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship Pool H

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 champion Serbia, Ukraine, and Cameroon.[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 H 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
H1	Japan	AVC	2023 Asian 3rd placers	6 September 2023	17	1960	2022	Champions (1962, 1967, 1974)
H2	Serbia^'a'b	CEV	Defending champions	15 October 2022	6	1978	2022	Champions (2018, 2022)
H3	Ukraine	CEV	6th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	1	1994		9th place (1994)
H4	Cameroon	CAVB	2023 African 3rd placers	24 August 2023	4	2006	2022	21st place (2006, 2014, 2018)

Notes

^a Competed as SFR Yugoslavia in 1978 (1 time) and as Serbia and Montenegro in 2006 (1 time); 4 appearances as Serbia.

^b Finished at the European Championship as the runner-up. Its spot was allocated to Italy, after qualifying as the defending champion.

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
H1	Japan	7 (325.18)
H2	Serbia	10 (280.42)
H3	Ukraine	18 (172.15)
H4	Cameroon	27 (135.69)

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	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Advanced to final round
2	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
4	Cameroon	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 H will advance to play the runners-up of Pool A.
• The runners-up of Pool H will advance to play the winners of Pool A.

Matches

All times are Thailand Standard Time (UTC+07:00).

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

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.

	Serbia	v	Ukraine	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.

	Japan	v	Cameroon	Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

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.

	Serbia	v	Cameroon	Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

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.

	Japan	v	Ukraine	Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

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.

	Ukraine	v	Cameroon	Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Japan vs Serbia

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 Japan and Serbia in the World Championship. Japan has won all three of their previous meetings in 2006, 2010, and the second round of 2018, while Serbia won in the third round of 2018.

	Japan	v	Serbia	Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

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