1990 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship explained

Competition:	FIVB Women's World Championship
Gender:	women
Continent:	World
Year:	1990
Dates:	22 August – 1 September
Opened:	Yang Shangkun
Teams:	16
Cities:	3
Champions:	Soviet Union
Title Number:	5
Second:	China
Third:	United States
Fourth:	Cuba
Mvp:	Irina Parkhomchuk
Last:	1986 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
Next:	1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

The 1990 FIVB Women's World Championship was the eleventh edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 22 August to 1 September 1990, in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenyang, PR China.

Teams

Group A – Beijing

Group B – Shanghai

Group C – Shanghai

Group D – Shenyang

Squads

See main article: 1990 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship squads.

Results

First round

Pool A

Location: Beijing

Pool B

Location: Shanghai

Pool C

Location: Shanghai

Pool D

Location: Shenyang

Final round

Play-offs for quarterfinals

Location: Shenyang

Group head matches

Location: Beijing

13th–16th places

Location: Shanghai

9th–12th places

9th place match

Finals

Final

Final standing

Rank	Team
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align=center	4
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align=center	6
align=center	7
align=center	8
align=center	9
align=center	10
align=center	11	Chinese Taipei
align=center	12
align=center	13
align=center	14
align=center	15
align=center	16