"We had the plan to push the opponents early in the game and I was in the front row, so I felt I should shoulder the attacking responsibility," Zhu spoke of her strong start.

Serbia rounded into better form in the second set with Bjelica, Lazovic and Maja Aleksic creating troubles for China's defense. But the defending champions were also sharp in attacks, as Gong Xiangyu, Zhang and Zhu took turns to put China ahead after Serbia managed to catch up 11-11, 15-15 and 18-18. China had a 5-1 run for a 23-19 lead and Lazovic's spike error gave away Serbia's chance to pull one back 25-21.

China carried on the momentum into the third set with a 6-1 start and headed into the second technical timeout 16-10 with five players contributing points whereas captain Bjelica fought all alone trying to lift up the world No.1 out of the mire of errors. The back-to-back European champions closed the game with a 4-0 run to trail by 20-16 and forced China to a timeout, which worked for the four-time winners as they claim five points in a row to seal the victory 25-16.

This is China's fifth World Cup title following their victory in 1981, 1985, 2003 and 2017.

"We have a longer goal in mind: to win gold at the Olympic Games next year and I think the win here will encourage us to fight for it," Yuan Xinyue said.

China will play their last match against Argentina on Sunday before they could stand on top of the podium on the awarding ceremony.

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