2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification

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2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates3 August 2022 – 30 August 2024
Teams80 (from 5 confederations)

The 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship will be the first edition featured 32 teams. The first two spots were allocated to the current titleholder, Italy, and the host, Philippines. As the FIVB has 5 continental federations, three spots were reserved for the top three of each continental championship held in 2023, which total 15 places. Remaining places were allocated to the top 15 teams in the FIVB World Ranking at the end of the 2024 national team season that have not yet qualified through the first three criteria. [1]

Contents

Qualification summary

Qualified teams

CountryConfederationQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 0NoneNone
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 18 1949 2022 Champions (1990, 1994, 1998, 2022)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 16 1960 2022 3rd place (1970, 1974)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 7 1970 2022 6th place (2014)
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 1 2022 21st place (2022)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 18 1956 2022 Champions (2002, 2006, 2010)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 13 1960 2022 3rd place (1982)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0NoneNone
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17 1956 2022 Champions (1986)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12 1974 2022 7th place (2014)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 16 1956 2022 Runners-up (1990, 2010)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 10 1974 2022 13th place (2010)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2 1994 1998 13th place (1994)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 18 1949 2022 Champions (1974, 2014, 2018)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2 2018 2022 4th place (2022)
Flag of France.svg  France 17 1949 2022 3rd place (2002)
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 1 1982 24th place (1982)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 12 b 1956 2022 Champions (1970)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 11 c 1956 2022 Runners-up (1998)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13 1949 2022 Runners-up (1994)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2 1998 2022 7th place (2022)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 9 1949 2018 8th place (1970)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4 1956 2022 11th place (2022)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 16 d 1949 2010 Champions (1956, 1966)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 19 1949 2022 Runners-up (1970)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2 1956 2002 8th place (2002)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8 1952 2018 9th place (2014)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 11 1962 2022 15th place (2006)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15 1956 2022 7th place (1978, 1982)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 10 1949 1982 Runners-up (1956, 1966)
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1 1982 23rd place (1982)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 9 1956 2014 4th place (1978)
Notes
aFrance, 4th placers of the tournament qualified since Italy, the runners-up of this tournament were the defending world champions.
bCompeted as East Germany from 1956 to 1990 (7 times) and as West Germany from 1956 to 1990 (8 times); 5 appearances as Germany.
cCompeted as SFR Yugoslavia from 1956 to 1970 (4 times) and as Serbia and Montenegro from 1998 to 2006 (3 times); 4 appearances as Serbia.
dCompeted as Czechoslovakia from 1949 to 1990; 5 appearances as Czech Republic.

Qualification process

There were two methods to qualify for the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship: a direct qualification through the 2023 Continental Championships and a qualification based on the FIVB World Ranking at the end of August 2024. The Continental Championships took place between August and September 2023. The qualification process commenced on 3 August 2022, initially with the qualifiers for the 2023 European Championship. In contrast, four other Continental Championships did not implement a qualification process. The Continental Championships took place between August and September 2023.

Timelines

The following five Continental Championships held to select and qualify teams for the tournament:

ConfederationTournamentDateVenueTeams
AVC (Asia and Oceania) 2023 Asian Championship 19–26 August 2023 Flag of Iran.svg Urmia 17
CAVB (Africa) 2023 African Championship 3–13 September 2023 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo 15
CEV (Europe) 2023 European Championship
qualification 		Pool A3–20 August 2022 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Baku, Flag of Denmark.svg Middelfart and Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul 3
Pool B3–21 August 2022 Flag of Austria.svg Ried im Innkreis, Flag of Finland.svg Tampere and Flag of Latvia.svg Valmiera 3
Pool C3–21 August 2022 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Beveren, Flag of Estonia.svg Tallinn and Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Tórshavn 3
Pool D3–21 August 2022 Flag of Iceland.svg Kópavogur, Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg City, Flag of Montenegro.svg Kolašin and Flag of Portugal.svg Póvoa de Varzim 4
Pool E3–21 August 2022 Flag of Croatia.svg Osijek, Flag of Cyprus.svg Nicosia, Flag of Greece.svg Glyfada and Flag of Norway.svg Volda 4
Pool F3–21 August 2022 Flag of Georgia.svg Tbilisi, Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest, Flag of Slovakia.svg Nitra and Flag of Spain.svg Teruel 4
Pool G3–21 August 2022 Flag of Albania.svg Tirana, Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Tuzla, Flag of Romania.svg Galați and Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Schönenwerd 4
2023 European Championship 28 August – 16 September 2023Flag of Italy.svg  Italy, Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria, Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia and Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 23+1
CSV (South America) 2023 South American Championship 26–30 August 2023 Flag of Brazil.svg Recife 5
NORCECA (North America) 2023 NORCECA Championship 5–10 September 2023 Flag of the United States.svg Charleston, West Virginia 7
Total5 Continental Championship3 August 2022 – 16 September 202392+1

Entries

FIVB's 222 national federations, 80 men's national teams entered or qualified for the Continental Championships in 2023, while Russia and Belarus were banned due to suspension from CEV and FIVB competitions following their country's invasion of Ukraine. [2] [3] For Europe, 25 additional teams entered the qualifiers of their Continental Championship. The other 13 teams were listed in the FIVB World Ranking at the end of August 2024, but were not compete in their Continental Championships. [4]

The entries, listed by confederation:

AVC (17 entries)
CAVB (15 entries)
CEV (36 entries)
CSV (5 entries)
NORCECA (7 entries)

Host country

FIVB reserved a berth for the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship host country to participate in the tournament.

On 20 March 2024, FIVB announced that the Philippines would host the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship. [5] [6] The Philippines did not take part at the 2023 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Defending champions

FIVB reserved a berth for the 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship champions to participate in the tournament.

Continental championships

AVC (Asia and Oceania)

Final standing
  Qualified for 2025 World Championship
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Iran.svg  Iran
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
5Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
6Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
7Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
8Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
9Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
10Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
11Flag of India.svg  India
12Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
13Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
14Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
15Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
16Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
17Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan

CAVB (Africa)

Final standing
  Qualified for 2025 World Championship
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Libya.svg  Libya
4Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
5Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
6Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
7Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
8Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
9Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
10Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
11Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
12Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia
13Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
14Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
15Flag of Mali.svg  Mali

CEV (Europe)

Final standing
  Qualified for 2025 World Championship
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
4Flag of France.svg  France
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
6Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
7Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
10Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
11Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
12Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
13Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
14Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
15Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
16Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
17Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
18Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
19Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
20Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
21Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
22Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
23Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
24Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark

CSV (South America)

Final standing
  Qualified for 2025 World Championship
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
4Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
5Flag of Peru.svg  Peru

NORCECA (North America)

Final standing
  Qualified for 2025 World Championship
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
4Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
5Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
6Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
7Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname

FIVB World Ranking

The final 15 places belonged to the top 15 teams as per FIVB World Ranking who had not yet qualified.

Top 30 rankings as of 30 August 2024
Qualified for the 2025 World Championship via continental championship
Qualified for the 2025 World Championship as defending champions
Qualified for the 2025 World Championship via FIVB World Ranking
RankTeamPoints
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 401.31
2Flag of France.svg  France 378.07
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 365.87
4Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 352.5
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 346.23
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 338.12
7Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 305.87
8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 274.38
9Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 266.94
10Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 259.28
11Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 254.46
12Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 249.34
13Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 204.81
14Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 196
15Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 185.07
16Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 183.24
17Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 175.28
18Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 168.95
19Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 161.06
20Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 156.94
21Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 151.46
22Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 147.16
23Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 146.72
24Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 145.09
25Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 144.02
26Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 143.07
27Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 139.14
28Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 138.48
29Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 136.4
30Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 135.23

References

  1. ↑ "Volleyball Calendar 2025-2028 approved by the FIVB Board of Administration". FIVB. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "FIVB declares Russia and Belarus not eligible for international and continental competitions". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (Press release). 1 March 2022. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "CEV official statement following Board of Administration decision". European Volleyball Confederation (Press release). 1 March 2022. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "FIVB Women's Volleyball World Ranking". Volleyball World . 30 August 2024. Archived from the original on 8 October 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Philippines locks in hosting rights for Men's World Championship 2025". Volleyball World. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Beltran, Nelson (20 March 2024). "Philippines to host men's world volleyball championship in 2025". The Philippine Star . Retrieved 20 March 2024.
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