The 2015 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from August 22 to September 6 in Japan.

The tournament was a qualification process for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The top two ranked teams, China and Serbia, qualified for the Olympics,[1] and joined Brazil as they had already secured a berth as the host country.

[2] Only teams who had not yet qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games could compete in the tournament.

The pools composition followed the Serpentine system based on the World ranking where the host team was at the top position.