Ukraine's volleyball team lost to Japan at the World Championship 2025: match details.

According to inkorr.com: The Ukrainian women's volleyball team suffered its second defeat at the World Championship 2025 - in the second round, they lost to Japan in a tiebreak (2:3 in sets). This is reported by Glavcom, citing Suspilne Sport.

In the opening match of this championship, Ukraine lost to the reigning world champion - the Serbian national team.

This time, the opponent for the Ukrainian team was Japan, which ranks fourth in the world women's volleyball ranking. Prior to this match, the teams had not faced each other.

Match Summary

Initially, Ukraine won the first set with a score of 27:25, but then lost in the next three sets with scores of 20:25, 20:25, 24:26. The Ukrainian team still managed to earn its first point in the tournament, placing third in Group H behind Japan and Serbia.

Unfortunately, the next opponents for the Ukrainians will be Cameroon, with whom they will play in the final match of the group stage of the women's World Championship 2025 in volleyball.