FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship
| Upcoming season or competition: 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship | |
Official logo | |
| Sport | Volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1991 |
| First season | 1991 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country | FIVB members |
| Continent | International (FIVB) |
| Most recent champion(s) | Imoco Volley Conegliano (3 titles) (2024) |
| Most titles | Vakıfbank Spor Kulubu (4 titles) |
| Streaming partner(s) | Volleyball TV (since 2018) |
The FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship is an international women's club volleyball competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first contested in 1991 in Brazil. It was not held between 1995 and 2009, but since 2010, the competition has been held every year, and has been hosted by Qatar, Switzerland, the Philippines, Japan, China and Turkey. The competition was held in Zhejiang Province of China in 2018 and 2019. After the 2020 championship was cancelled due to corona virus pandemic,[1] the competition was held in Turkey in 2021.
The current champions are Italy's Imoco Volley Conegliano, who defeated China's Tianjin Bohai Bank 3–0 in the final of the 2024 edition, to win their third title in the competition. Turkish teams have been the most successful, with eight titles in total.
Results summary
Results by confederation
| Confederation | Winner | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEV | 14 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
| CSV | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| AVC | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| NORCECA | — | — | — | 3 |
| CAVB | — | — | — | — |
- As of 22 December 2024
Format
The competition formula of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship has been constantly changed to fit the different number of teams that participate in each edition.
In general, the format of the tournament involves eight teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about one week; the winners of that year's AVC Club Volleyball Championship (Asia), African Clubs Championship (Africa), South American Volleyball Club Championship (South America) and CEV Champions League (Europe), along with the host city's team and a nominated team from North America. The number of teams is increased through wild card invitees.
Starting from 2024, the qualification for the Club World Championships will be as follows: two places per continent for Europe, Asia, and South America; one place for Africa; and finally, a club from the host nation will be granted a place. This change aims to ensure the fair representation from different continents and provides an opportunity for the host country to participate in the tournament.[4]
| Slots | Qualified as |
|---|---|
| 1 | Host club |
| 2 | CEV Champions League - Winner |
| CEV Champions League - Runner-up | |
| 2 | CSV Club Championship - Winner |
| CSV Club Championship - Runner-up | |
| 2 | AVC Champions League - Winner |
| AVC Champions League - Runner-up | |
| 1 | CAVB Club Championship - Winner |
| Total: 8 | |
Prize Money
The total prize money for the tournament is over USD$350,000.[5]
Medals summary
Medal table by club
| Rank | club | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vakıfbank İstanbul | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Eczacıbaşı VitrA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Imoco Volley Conegliano | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Osasco | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Rabita Baku | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Fenerbahçe | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Dinamo Kazan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Leite Moça Sorocaba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sadia São Paulo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Teodora Ravenna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Minas Tênis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 | Tianjin Bohai Bank | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Casalmaggiore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dinamo Krasnodar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Matera | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| São Caetano | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Voléro Zürich | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Bergamo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Guangdong Evergrande | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mladost Zagreb[C] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Numia Vero Volley Milano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| SESI São Paulo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uralochka Yekaterinburg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (24 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
Medal table by country
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | China | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
- As of 22 December 2024
Most valuable player by edition
- 1991 – Ida Alvares (S. São Paulo)
- 1992 – Ana Flávia Sanglard (Minas T. C.)
- 1994 – Ana Moser (L. M. Sorocaba)
- 2010 – Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata (Fenerbahçe)
- 2011 – Nataša Osmokrović (R. Baku)
- 2012 – Sheilla Castro (Osasco)
- 2013 – Jovana Brakočević (Vakıfbank İ.)
- 2014 – Yekaterina Gamova (D. Kazan)
- 2015 – Jordan Larson (Eczacıbaşı VitrA)
- 2016 – Tijana Bošković (Eczacıbaşı VitrA)[6]
- 2017 – Zhu Ting (Vakıfbank İ.)[7]
- 2018 – Zhu Ting (2) (Vakıfbank İ.)
- 2019 – Paola Egonu (I. V. Conegliano)
- 2021 – Isabelle Haak (Vakıfbank İ.)
- 2022 – Isabelle Haak (2) (I. V. Conegliano)
- 2023 – Tijana Bošković (2) (Eczacıbaşı D. I.)
- 2024 – Isabelle Haak (3) (I. V. Conegliano)
See also
- Men's
- African Clubs Championship
- Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
- CEV Champions League
- CEV Challenge Cup
- CEV Cup
- FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship
- Men's South American Volleyball Club Championship
- Women's
- Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
- CEV Women's Champions League
- CEV Women's Challenge Cup
- CEV Cup Women's
- Women's African Clubs Championship
- Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship
Notes
- ^ At the time the club was competing under the name Colgate/Pão de Açúcar.
- ^ At the time the club was competing under the name BCN/Guarujá.
- ^ FIVB considers Serbia (Since 2007) as the inheritor of the records of Yugoslavia (1948-1991), Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2002) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).
References
- ^ "FIVB confirms cancellation of 2020 Volleyball Club World Championships". 21 September 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ a b ""Jornal do Brasil" (Português)". 13 May 1991. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ a b ""Jornal do Brasil" (Português)". 28 November 1991. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "FIVB Board of Administration approves key proposals from FIVB Commissions and Councils". www.fivb.com. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
- ^ "For the first time ever, the Volleyball Club World Championships are coming to India!". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ^ "MVP Bošković leads dream team of Club Worlds in Manila". FIVB.org. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Zhu Ting spearheads Kobe 2017 Dream Team". FIVB.org. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.