| Competition: | Women's World Cup |
| Gender: | Women |
| Continent: | World |
| Year: | 1981 |
| Size: | 150 |
| Dates: | 6–16 November |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | CHN |
| Title Number: | 1 |
| Mvp: |  Sun Jinfang |
| Last: | 1977 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup |
| Next: | 1985 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup |
The 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 6 to 16 November 1981 in Osaka, Japan.
| width=180 | Teams ! | width=180 | Continents |
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| Asia | |||
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| Europe | |||
| Europe | |||
| Americas | |||
| Americas | |||
| Americas | |||
| Rank | Team | |
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| align=center | 4 | |
| align=center | 5 | |
| align=center | 6 | |
| align=center | 7 | |
| align=center | 8 | |
| Team roster |
| Cao Huiying, Liang Yan, Lang Ping, Zhou Xiaolan, Yang Xi, Sun Jinfang (c), Chen Zhaodi, Zhou Lumin, Zhu Ling, Chen Yaqiong, Zhang Rongfang, Zhang Jieyun |
| Head coach |
| Yuan Weimin |
Rieko Mizuhara
