Paola Ogechi Egonu is an Italian opposite who plays for Numia Vero Volley Milano and the Italy women’s national team. Born on December 18, 1998, in Cittadella, she developed through Club Italia before becoming one of the defining scorers of her generation. She wears No. 18 for both Milano and Italy and has represented the senior national team since her teenage years.
Her career includes Olympic gold at Paris 2024, the 2025 World Championship, the 2021 European Championship and three Volleyball Nations League titles. At club level, Egonu has won the CEV Champions League with three different teams — Novara, Conegliano and VakıfBank — and was named MVP of all three title runs. Her 45-point performance against China at the 2018 World Championship remains one of the landmark scoring matches in international women’s volleyball.
Egonu returned to Italy with Vero Volley Milano in 2023 after one season in Türkiye. She became Milano’s captain for 2025–26, led the club to its first national trophy in the 2025 Italian Super Cup and remains captain for the 2026–27 season.
Player Information
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Paola Ogechi Egonu |
| Date of Birth | December 18, 1998 |
| Place of Birth | Cittadella, Padua, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Position | Opposite |
| Height | 193 cm |
| Weight | 72 kg in Italy’s Paris 2024 Olympic listing |
| Spike Reach | 344 cm |
| Block Reach | 321 cm |
| Current Club | Numia Vero Volley Milano |
| Current League | Italian Serie A1 |
| Club Number | 18 |
| Club Role | Captain |
| Previous Clubs | Club Italia, Igor Gorgonzola Novara, Imoco Volley Conegliano, VakıfBank Istanbul |
| National Team | Italy Women’s National Volleyball Team |
| National-Team Number | 18 |
| Senior International Debut | May 16, 2014 vs Czech Republic |
| Olympic Appearances | Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024 |
| @paolaegonu |
Current Italian league and Volleyball World listings give Egonu’s height as 193 cm. Her club has also published a 344 cm spike reach and 321 cm block reach, while older CEV and Olympic records contain different historical measurements.
The official FIPAV record lists her senior Italy debut as May 16, 2014, against the Czech Republic in San Bonifacio. By the 2026 European Championship final, she had reached 257 senior national-team appearances.
Early Life & Volleyball Beginnings
Egonu grew up in Cittadella in northern Italy and began playing volleyball at around 12. Her father encouraged her to try different sports, but volleyball was the one that held her interest. Team Volley Cittadella became her first club before the Italian federation brought her into the Club Italia development system.
The move happened early. She entered Club Italia as a teenager and was already competing against senior players while most athletes of the same age were still confined to youth volleyball. The program moved from Serie B1 through Serie A2 and then into Serie A1 during her time there, exposing Egonu to increasing levels of physical and tactical pressure without requiring her to leave the federation pathway.
Her international progress was almost as fast. In 2015 she led Italy to gold at the Girls’ U18 World Championship and was named tournament MVP. The same year, she was also part of the Italian team that won bronze at the U20 World Championship. FIVB’s career feature on Egonu documents how quickly those age-group results placed her among Italy’s most important young players.
By 17, she was already an Olympian. Egonu travelled with Italy to Rio 2016 and appeared in five matches, gaining senior Olympic experience four years before turning 22.
Club Career
Club Italia: Development Against Senior Competition
Club Italia gave Egonu an unusual professional foundation. Instead of dominating only age-group tournaments, she spent her teenage years facing adult opposition inside the Italian league structure.
The progression began in Serie B1, moved through Serie A2 and eventually reached Serie A1. Her responsibilities grew with the level. By her final Club Italia seasons, Egonu was not simply being developed for future senior volleyball; she had already become a high-volume attacker against professional teams.
That experience made her 2017 transfer fundamentally different from a standard prospect signing. Igor Gorgonzola Novara was adding a teenager, but one who already had years of senior league exposure, an Olympic Games and major youth international medals behind her.
Novara and the First Champions League Title
Egonu joined Igor Gorgonzola Novara in 2017 and immediately moved into a team expected to win trophies rather than simply develop players.
Her two seasons in Piedmont produced an Italian Super Cup, back-to-back Coppa Italia titles and the first CEV Champions League crown of her career. The European title came in 2019 against Imoco Volley Conegliano — the club she would join only months later.
Egonu scored 27 points in the 2019 Champions League final and was named MVP. CEV’s retrospective on her European breakthrough highlights that performance as the moment she became a Champions League winner at 20.
Novara therefore established a pattern that would follow her through the next several years: large scoring responsibility in the biggest matches and individual awards attached to team trophies rather than only regular-season production.
Conegliano and a Trophy-Heavy Three-Year Run
Imoco Volley Conegliano signed Egonu in 2019. The move placed her inside one of Europe’s strongest club structures and began the most trophy-dense period of her domestic career.
Her first months produced the Italian Super Cup and the 2019 FIVB Club World Championship. Egonu was named MVP at the Club World Championship after helping Conegliano defeat Eczacıbaşı in the final. Earlier in the tournament, she had scored 38 points in a dramatic five-set semifinal against VakıfBank.
Conegliano then developed into a historically dominant team. Across Egonu’s three seasons, the club won three Italian Cups, three Italian Super Cups and two Serie A1 championships.
Europe provided the defining performance. In the 2021 Champions League Super Final against VakıfBank, Egonu scored 41 points in a five-set victory as Conegliano won the first European title in club history. CEV’s official Super Final report recorded her 41-point total as the highest of the match.
The individual recognition followed. Egonu was Champions League MVP for the second time, Serie A1 MVP and Italian Cup MVP during the same calendar period. CEV later named her its 2021 Women’s Player of the Year.
Her Conegliano chapter ended in 2022 with another Italian championship. She had spent three seasons inside a roster that turned high expectations into an almost continuous sequence of trophies and had become the primary terminal attacker of one of the strongest club teams of the era.
One Season Abroad with VakıfBank
Egonu left Italy in 2022 to join VakıfBank Istanbul, her first professional club outside her home country.
The move carried a different challenge. VakıfBank already had a championship culture under Giovanni Guidetti, and Egonu entered a Turkish league featuring some of the strongest attackers and blockers in world volleyball.
The domestic season included a Turkish Cup title, with Egonu earning MVP honors. The defining result, however, arrived in Europe.
VakıfBank met Eczacıbaşı in the 2023 Champions League Super Final in Turin. Egonu produced 40 points in four sets — 37 attack points, two blocks and an ace — as VakıfBank won 3–1. CEV’s Super Final MVP feature records the performance as one of the largest individual scoring displays of her career.
She was named Champions League MVP for the third time.
The achievement also completed an unusual sequence: Egonu had now won Europe’s premier club competition with Novara in 2019, Conegliano in 2021 and VakıfBank in 2023, receiving MVP in every winning campaign.
After one season in Istanbul, she returned to Italy.
Returning to Italy with Vero Volley Milano
Vero Volley Milano announced Egonu’s signing for the 2023–24 season, bringing her back to Serie A1 after the single year in Türkiye. CEV’s transfer announcement described the move as one of the central additions to a Milano team trying to close the gap on Conegliano.
Her first season immediately showed why Milano had made her the focal point of its attack. Egonu finished as the top scorer of the Serie A1 regular season and led her own team in both aces and blocks.
Milano also reached major finals. The club made the Serie A1 championship series and the Champions League final, repeatedly running into a Conegliano team operating at the peak of its cycle.
The pattern continued in 2024–25. Milano again reached the Scudetto final and finished third at the Champions League Final Four. In the bronze-medal match against VakıfBank, Egonu scored 21 points as Milano won 3–1.
Those first two years did not yet bring a trophy, but they established Milano as a consistent finalist and made Egonu the attacking reference around which the team was built.
Captaincy and Milano’s First National Trophy
The 2025–26 season added a new dimension to Egonu’s role: captaincy.
Milano opened the campaign by facing Conegliano in the Italian Super Cup. After losing numerous finals to the same opponent over the previous seasons, Vero Volley finally broke through with a five-set victory.
The win gave Milano the first national trophy in the history of its women’s team. Volleyball World’s Super Cup report details the 3–2 victory and Egonu lifting the trophy as captain.
She was also named MVP of the competition.
Her league workload remained enormous. Volleyball World’s 2025–26 season statistics credit Egonu with 807 points in 36 matches: 723 attack points, 61 blocks and 23 aces. Her listed attack efficiency was 47.60 percent.
Milano returned to the Serie A1 final and again faced Conegliano. The series ended 3–1 to the defending champions, although Egonu produced one of her biggest matches of the playoffs in Game 3, scoring 34 points as Milano won 3–1 at the Palaverde.
In Europe, Milano’s Champions League run ended in the quarterfinals against Egonu’s former club VakıfBank. She still delivered 38 points in the first leg, but VakıfBank recovered from two sets down to win 3–2 and later completed the series victory in Istanbul. CEV’s quarterfinal report records Egonu as the highest scorer of the opening match.
By the end of the season, her Milano scoring total across Lega Volley Femminile competitions and the Champions League had passed 1,000 points.
Fourth Season with Milano
Milano confirmed Egonu for 2026–27 in May 2026. She remains No. 18 and continues as captain for a second season. Vero Volley’s official confirmation identifies the campaign as her fourth consecutive year with the club.
The continuity is notable within her career. After the three-year Conegliano period and one season at VakıfBank, Milano has become another long-term club chapter rather than a short transfer stop.
Club Career Timeline
| Seasons | Team | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2013–17 | Club Italia | Italy |
| 2017–19 | Igor Gorgonzola Novara | Italy |
| 2019–22 | Imoco Volley Conegliano | Italy |
| 2022–23 | VakıfBank Istanbul | Türkiye |
| 2023–present | Vero Volley Milano | Italy |
National Team Career
From Teenager to 2018 World Championship Record-Setter
Egonu entered Italy’s senior national-team environment while still in her mid-teens. FIPAV records her first senior appearance on May 16, 2014, against the Czech Republic.
She was already an Olympian by Rio 2016, but the tournament that changed her international standing was the 2018 FIVB Women’s World Championship in Japan.
Egonu scored 45 points against China in the semifinal, breaking the previous single-match scoring record at a women’s World Championship. FIVB’s profile of the record performance also records that she finished the tournament with 324 points in 13 matches, another World Championship scoring record at the time.
Italy won the semifinal 3–2 and reached its first World Championship final since 2002. Egonu then scored 33 points against Serbia, but Italy lost another five-set match and finished with silver.
She was named Best Opposite of the tournament.
The event turned her from one of Italy’s leading young players into one of the central attackers in international volleyball.
EuroVolley Gold and the First VNL Title
Italy continued to build around Egonu through the next Olympic cycle. The team won bronze at EuroVolley 2019 before reaching its major continental breakthrough in 2021.
At EuroVolley 2021, Italy went through the knockout rounds to face Serbia in the final in Belgrade. The Italians won 3–1, ending Serbia’s bid for a third consecutive European title.
Egonu was named tournament MVP.
The following international season produced another major first. Italy won the 2022 Volleyball Nations League, and Egonu received both the MVP and Best Opposite awards.
She then helped Italy win bronze at the 2022 World Championship.
The 2022 Pause and Return to the National Team
The end of the 2022 World Championship was also a difficult personal point in Egonu’s national-team career.
After the bronze-medal match, she publicly described the effect of racist abuse and repeated questioning of her Italian identity and said she needed a break from the national team. In an interview with Rai Sport, Egonu clarified that the decision was a pause rather than a permanent farewell. Rai Sport’s October 2022 interview documented her explanation immediately after the tournament.
She later indicated that she was prepared to return. Italy’s senior-team structure changed again when Julio Velasco became head coach, and Egonu was formally back in the squad for the 2024 international season. Volleyball World’s 2024 roster announcement identified her return as one of the central developments in Velasco’s first VNL group.
What followed became the most successful national-team period of her career.
2024 VNL MVP
Italy won the 2024 Volleyball Nations League, and Egonu was named both MVP and Best Opposite.
Her tournament statistics included 92 points during her recorded appearances, with 80 attack points, nine blocks and three aces. She produced 27 points against Japan in the final, helping Italy win the VNL for the second time.
The title also served as the immediate competitive preparation for Paris.
Olympic Champion and MVP in Paris
Paris 2024 became Egonu’s third Olympic Games after Rio and Tokyo.
Italy entered the tournament without having won an Olympic medal in women’s volleyball. Six victories later, the team had gold.
Egonu scored 110 points in six matches, finishing as the tournament’s second-highest scorer. In the gold-medal match against the United States, she delivered 22 points as Italy won 3–0.
Volleyball World named her Olympic MVP after the final; she was also selected as the tournament’s Best Opposite. The official competition record lists 95 attack points, eight blocks and seven aces across the Olympic campaign.
The medal had broader significance than another title in an already decorated career: it was the first Olympic gold medal in Italian women’s volleyball history.
VNL and World Championship Gold in 2025
Italy carried the Olympic momentum into 2025.
The team successfully defended its Volleyball Nations League title, beating Brazil 3–1 in the final in Łódź. Egonu was selected as the Best Opposite on the VNL Dream Team, while Monica De Gennaro received the tournament MVP award. FIVB’s 2025 VNL Dream Team announcement documents four Italians in the ideal lineup.
The World Championship followed in Thailand.
Italy entered the tournament as Olympic and VNL champion and won all seven of its matches. The final against Türkiye went to five sets.
Egonu scored 22 points — 18 attacks, three blocks and an ace — as Italy won 3–2 and became world champion for the first time since 2002. FIVB’s World Championship final report records her as Italy’s top scorer in the title match.
The result gave Egonu a complete set of senior national-team titles across the Olympics, World Championship, European Championship and Volleyball Nations League.
2026: VNL Bronze and EuroVolley Silver
Italy entered 2026 as reigning Olympic and world champion but used the VNL with a broader rotation at opposite.
Egonu appeared in seven recorded VNL matches and scored 31 points, while Ekaterina Antropova handled a larger share of the tournament scoring load. Italy lost a five-set semifinal against Brazil before beating China 3–1 for bronze.
Her international role became larger again at EuroVolley.
Italy reached the 2026 final in Istanbul against Türkiye. The Italians led twice in sets, but Türkiye recovered and won the championship 3–2, leaving Italy with silver. Volleyball World’s EuroVolley final report confirms the final as Italy’s first major championship defeat since the start of the Velasco title run.
FIPAV listed Egonu with 257 senior national-team appearances at the conclusion of the European Championship.
Playing Style & Strengths
Egonu’s game begins with scoring volume. Few opposites in elite women’s volleyball have been asked to handle the combination of attempt volume and end-of-set responsibility that has followed her from the youth national teams into Serie A1, Champions League and the Italian senior team.
Her physical profile gives her a high attacking contact point, but the important trait is what she does with it. Egonu is capable of attacking over the block, using sharp cross-court angles, hitting hard through the seam or driving high hands when the set is pushed away from the net. This makes her particularly valuable in imperfect side-out situations, where the setter has fewer tactical options and the opposite is expected to solve a high ball.
The 2018 World Championship remains the clearest example of extreme workload. Scoring 324 points over 13 matches required Italy to continue feeding Egonu even when opposing teams knew where the high ball was going. Her 45-point semifinal against China was not simply a high-percentage match; it was a demonstration of sustained attacking responsibility over five sets.
Her Champions League finals show the same trait in club volleyball. She scored 27 points in the 2019 final, 41 in the 2021 final and 40 in the 2023 final. Those performances came for three different clubs and with different setters, which makes the pattern more meaningful than one system-dependent peak.
Serving is another important scoring phase. Egonu has historically used an aggressive jump serve capable of producing direct aces but also carrying error risk. The balance changes by season and coaching strategy, yet the serve matters because it allows her to influence a rotation even when she is in the back row and unavailable as a front-court attacker.
Her blocking is less central to her reputation than her attacking, but it is significant for an opposite. The 2025–26 Serie A1 season produced 61 block points alongside 723 attack points, and the Paris Olympic final included four blocks among her 22 total points.
Egonu’s development has also involved decision-making rather than simply power. At club level, teams increasingly organize entire defensive systems around slowing her down. The strongest phases of her career have come when she uses the block rather than trying to beat it cleanly every time, varies attack direction and accepts that some rotations require recycling the ball instead of terminating immediately.
The result is a player whose statistical profile remains unusually concentrated around point production but whose best performances are not limited to raw hitting velocity. Her importance comes from sustaining that scoring responsibility across difficult sets, long matches and championship pressure.
Major Achievements
Selected National Team Honors
| Year | Competition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | FIVB Girls’ U18 World Championship | Gold |
| 2015 | FIVB Women’s U20 World Championship | Bronze |
| 2017 | FIVB World Grand Prix | Silver |
| 2018 | FIVB Women’s World Championship | Silver |
| 2019 | CEV European Championship | Bronze |
| 2021 | CEV European Championship | Gold |
| 2022 | Volleyball Nations League | Gold |
| 2022 | FIVB Women’s World Championship | Bronze |
| 2024 | Volleyball Nations League | Gold |
| 2024 | Paris Olympic Games | Gold |
| 2025 | Volleyball Nations League | Gold |
| 2025 | FIVB Women’s World Championship | Gold |
| 2026 | Volleyball Nations League | Bronze |
| 2026 | CEV European Championship | Silver |
The 2024–25 sequence stands above the rest: Italy won four consecutive major tournaments — VNL 2024, Paris 2024, VNL 2025 and the 2025 World Championship — before the medal run continued with bronze and silver in 2026.
Selected Club Honors
| Season / Year | Competition | Result | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Italian Super Cup | Winner | Igor Gorgonzola Novara |
| 2017–18 | Coppa Italia | Winner | Igor Gorgonzola Novara |
| 2018–19 | Coppa Italia | Winner | Igor Gorgonzola Novara |
| 2018–19 | CEV Champions League | Winner | Igor Gorgonzola Novara |
| 2019 | FIVB Club World Championship | Winner | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| 2019 | Italian Super Cup | Winner | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| 2019–20 | Coppa Italia | Winner | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| 2020 | Italian Super Cup | Winner | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| 2020–21 | Serie A1 | Champion | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| 2020–21 | Coppa Italia | Winner | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| 2020–21 | CEV Champions League | Winner | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| 2021 | Italian Super Cup | Winner | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| 2021–22 | Serie A1 | Champion | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| 2021–22 | Coppa Italia | Winner | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| 2022–23 | Turkish Cup | Winner | VakıfBank Istanbul |
| 2022–23 | CEV Champions League | Winner | VakıfBank Istanbul |
| 2025 | Italian Super Cup | Winner | Numia Vero Volley Milano |
The current Lega Volley Femminile record credits Egonu with two Italian championships, five Italian Cups, five Italian Super Cups and three Champions League titles, alongside the other international club trophies in her career.
Selected Individual Awards
| Year | Competition | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | FIVB Girls’ U18 World Championship | MVP |
| 2018 | FIVB Women’s World Championship | Best Opposite |
| 2019 | CEV Champions League | MVP |
| 2019 | FIVB Club World Championship | MVP |
| 2021 | Serie A1 | MVP |
| 2021 | CEV Champions League | MVP |
| 2021 | CEV European Championship | MVP |
| 2021 | CEV | Women’s Player of the Year |
| 2022 | Serie A1 | MVP |
| 2022 | Volleyball Nations League | MVP, Best Opposite |
| 2023 | Turkish Cup | MVP |
| 2023 | CEV Champions League | MVP |
| 2024 | Volleyball Nations League | MVP, Best Opposite |
| 2024 | Paris Olympic Games | MVP, Best Opposite |
| 2024 | Volleyball World | Women’s Player of the Year |
| 2025 | CEV Champions League | Best Opposite |
| 2025 | Volleyball Nations League | Best Opposite |
| 2025 | Italian Super Cup | MVP |
Three Champions League MVP awards with three different clubs form one of the most distinctive parts of the list. The Olympic MVP in Paris added the most important national-team individual award of her career.
Personal Life & Background
Egonu was born in Cittadella to Nigerian parents and grew up in the Veneto region. She began volleyball after her father encouraged her to try different sports, eventually choosing the game that would become her profession.
Her public interests outside volleyball have included music, reading and manga. Italy’s Olympic profile for Paris also highlighted her willingness to speak publicly about racism and violence against women.
The 2022 national-team pause became the most visible intersection between her personal experience and volleyball career. Egonu said she had been hurt by racist comments and by people questioning why she represented Italy. She later made clear that she had not permanently closed the door on the national team, and her eventual return led into the most successful international period of her career.
She has also taken on public roles away from the court. In February 2023, Egonu co-hosted the third evening of the Sanremo Music Festival, one of Italy’s largest television events, and used part of the appearance to speak about her experiences and identity.
At the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, she participated as a torchbearer at the opening ceremony in San Siro, adding another Olympic role two years after winning volleyball gold in Paris.
Where Is Paola Egonu Playing Now?
Paola Egonu plays for Numia Vero Volley Milano in the 2026–27 Italian Serie A1 season. She wears No. 18 and is the club captain for a second consecutive year.
Milano confirmed her return for a fourth season in May 2026. The decision followed a 2025–26 campaign in which the club won its first Italian Super Cup, reached another Scudetto final and relied on Egonu for 807 league and playoff points.
The 2026–27 season has started strongly. Through October 21, Milano has opened the league with four wins from four matches and the maximum 12 points, its best start in club history.
Egonu has immediately resumed the captain-and-primary-scorer role. She scored 27 points and was MVP against Firenze in the opening match, added 21 at Macerata, scored 18 against Novara and produced 22 points at 55 percent attacking in the straight-set win over Bergamo.
The current chapter therefore combines two developments that were less central earlier in her career: long-term club continuity and formal leadership. Milano is no longer simply the club she joined after returning from Türkiye; by 2026–27 it is the second multi-season club era of her senior career after Conegliano.
Recent Performance Snapshot
2025–26 Serie A1 and Playoffs
| Category | Total |
|---|---|
| Matches | 36 |
| Total Points | 807 |
| Average Points per Match | 22.42 |
| Attack Points | 723 |
| Attack Efficiency | 47.60% |
| Block Points | 61 |
| Aces | 23 |
The season was one of the largest scoring workloads in the Italian league. Egonu remained Milano’s primary high-ball option from the regular season through the Scudetto final, where she scored 34 points in the Game 3 victory at Conegliano and 24 in Game 4.
2026 VNL
| Category | Total |
|---|---|
| Recorded Matches | 7 |
| Total Points | 31 |
| Attack Points | 27 |
| Attack Efficiency | 36.00% |
| Block Points | 4 |
| Aces | 0 |
| Italy Result | Bronze |
The lower scoring total reflected Italy’s rotation at opposite, with Antropova handling a larger share of the offensive workload. Egonu’s largest recorded VNL match was the semifinal against Brazil, when she scored 16 points before Italy lost 3–2.
Start of the 2026–27 Serie A1 Season
| Date | Opponent | Result | Egonu |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 3, 2026 | Il Bisonte Firenze | Won 3–0 | 27 points, MVP |
| October 11, 2026 | CBF Balducci HR Macerata | Won 3–1 | 21 points |
| October 17, 2026 | Igor Gorgonzola Novara | Won 3–0 | 18 points |
| October 21, 2026 | ChorusLife Volley Bergamo | Won 3–0 | 22 points, MVP |
The four matches produced 88 points for Egonu while Milano started 4–0. Her latest performance against Bergamo included 22 points, one ace, one block and 55 percent attacking.
Frequently Asked Questions
How tall is Paola Egonu?
Paola Egonu is currently listed at 193 cm by Lega Volley Femminile, Volleyball World and the Italian national team. Some older club and international records use different measurements.
What position does Paola Egonu play?
Egonu plays as an opposite. She is primarily responsible for high-volume attacking from the right side and back row and is also a significant serving and blocking threat.
Which club does Paola Egonu play for?
Egonu plays for Numia Vero Volley Milano in Italy’s Serie A1. The 2026–27 campaign is her fourth consecutive season with the club, and she is the team captain.
How many Champions League titles has Paola Egonu won?
Egonu has won the CEV Champions League three times: with Igor Gorgonzola Novara in 2019, Imoco Volley Conegliano in 2021 and VakıfBank Istanbul in 2023. She was named MVP after all three title-winning finals.
Did Paola Egonu win Olympic gold?
Yes. Egonu helped Italy win its first women’s volleyball Olympic gold medal at Paris 2024. She scored 22 points in the final against the United States and was named tournament MVP and Best Opposite.
Is Paola Egonu a world champion?
Yes. Italy won the 2025 FIVB Women’s World Championship by defeating Türkiye 3–2 in Bangkok. Egonu led Italy with 22 points in the final.
What scoring records did Paola Egonu set at the 2018 World Championship?
Egonu scored 45 points in the semifinal against China, then a World Championship single-match record, and finished the tournament with 324 points in 13 matches, also a record total at the time.
References
- Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile — Paola Egonu player profile
- Vero Volley — Paola Egonu confirmed for the 2026–27 season
- FIPAV — Italy player records after EuroVolley 2026
- FIVB — Paola Egonu career feature and 2018 World Championship records
- CEV — Paola Egonu’s 2021 Champions League Super Final
- CEV — Paola Egonu named 2023 Champions League Super Final MVP
- Volleyball World — Paola Egonu wins Paris 2024 Olympic MVP
- FIVB — Italy wins the 2025 Women’s World Championship
- FIVB — Italy’s 2025 VNL title and Dream Team
- Volleyball World — Paola Egonu 2025–26 Serie A1 statistics
- Vero Volley — Milano’s 2026–27 win over Bergamo
- Rai Sport — Paola Egonu explains her 2022 national-team pause
