2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship Pool G

Pool G is one of eight pools of the preliminary round of the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. The pool consists of Poland as well as Germany, Kenya, and Vietnam.[1][2] Teams will play one another in a round-robin, where the top two teams advancing to the final round.[3][4]

It is scheduled to take place from 25 to 27 August 2025, with rest days on 24 and 26 August. Each matchday will feature two games, held at 17:00 and 20:30. As the seeded team, Poland will play all its matches at 20:30.[5][6]

Teams

The following four teams will compete in Pool G 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
G1  Poland CEV 1st World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 11 1952 2022 Runners-up (1952)
G2  Germanya CEV 2nd World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 17 1956 2022 4th place (1974, 1986)
G3  Kenya CAVB 2023 African champions 23 August 2023 7 1994 2022 13th place (1994, 1998)
G4  Vietnamb AVC 2023 Asian 4th placers 30 August 2024 0 None None
Notes
a Competed as East Germany from 1956 to 1990 (7 times) and as West Germany from 1956 to 1990 (8 times); 8 appearances as Germany.
b Finished at the Asian Championship as the 4th placers. Their spot was reallocated from Thailand, after qualified as the host country on 30 August 2024.

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
Drawα Beforeβ Afterγ
G1  Poland 6 (349.75) 3 (365.17)
G2  Germany 12 (222.03) 11 (243.68)
G3  Kenya 22 (152.15) 23 (152.15)
G4  Vietnam 33 (112.73) 22 (155.79)
Notes
α The FIVB World Ranking at the end of August 2024.[7]
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 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Final round
2  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 23 August 2025. Source: Volleyball World
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure
  • The winners of Pool G will advance to play the runners-up of Pool B.
  • The runners-up of Pool G will advance to play the winners of Pool B.

Matches

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

The following six matches of Pool G will play at the Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket.

Germany vs Kenya

The teams recently faced each other in the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, where Germany won 3–0. This is the first game between Germany and Kenya in the World Championship.

23 August 2025 (2025-08-23)
17:00 		Germany  v  Kenya Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket

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Poland vs Vietnam

The teams have never met before. This is the first game between Poland and Vietnam in any tournament, including the World Championship, marking Vietnam's debut in the tournament.

23 August 2025 (2025-08-23)
20:30 		Poland  v  Vietnam Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket

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Germany vs Vietnam

The teams have never met before. This is the first game between Germany and Vietnam in any tournament, including the World Championship.

25 August 2025 (2025-08-25)
17:00 		Germany  v  Vietnam Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket

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Poland vs Kenya

The teams recently faced each other in the 2024 Summer Olympics, where Poland won 3–0. This is the second game between Poland and Kenya in the World Championship with Poland winning in their first meeting in 2006.

25 August 2025 (2025-08-25)
20:30 		Poland  v  Kenya Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket

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Kenya vs Vietnam

The teams have never met before in the official match. However, they played a friendly match in 2023, which ended in a 2–2 draw. They recently faced each other in another friendly match ahead of the tournament, where Vietnam won 4–0. This is the first game between Kenya and Vietnam in any tournament, including the World Championship.

27 August 2025 (2025-08-27)
17:00 		Kenya  v  Vietnam Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket

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Poland vs Germany

The teams recently faced each other in the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, where Poland won 3–0. This is the second game between Poland and Germany in the World Championship, with Poland winning in their first meetings in 2022. Prior to 1994, Poland won twice against West Germany (in 1956 and 1974) and twice against East Germany (in 1962 and 1970), while losing once to East Germany in 1956.

27 August 2025 (2025-08-27)
20:30 		Poland  v  Germany Phuket Municipal Stadium, Phuket

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References

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  2. ^ "FIVB Volleyball Women's World Champ 2025 Pools". Volleyball World. Archived from the original on 20 December 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  3. ^ "FIVB Volleyball Women's World Champ 2025 Competition Format". Volleyball World. Archived from the original on 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  4. ^ "FIVB Volleyball Women's World Champ 2025 Competition Format". Volleyball World. Archived from the original on 11 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Match Schedule Released for FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship 2025 in Thailand". Volleyball World (Press release). 11 March 2025. Archived from the original on 11 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
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  7. ^ "FIVB Women's Volleyball World Ranking". Volleyball World. 30 August 2024. Archived from the original on 8 October 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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