List of FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship qualifications

For the recent qualifying tournament, see 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship qualification.

The FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship is the process that a national women's volleyball team goes through to qualify for the FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship finals.

Qualifying tournaments are held within the five FIVB continental zones (Africa, Asia and Oceania, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America, Europe), and are organized by their respective confederations. For each tournament, FIVB decides beforehand the number of places in the finals allocated to each of the continental zones, based on the numbers or relative strength of the confederations' teams.

The most recent qualification process was the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship qualification which commenced in 2022 and finished in 2024.

History

Summary

Allocations of FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

Allocation	1952 (8)	1956 (17)	1960 (10)	1962 (14)	1967 (4)	1970 (16)	1974 (23)	1978 (23)	1982 (23)	1986 (16)	1990 (16)	1994 (16)	1998 (16)	2002 (24)	2006 (24)	2010 (24)	2014 (24)	2018 (24)	2022 (24)	2025 (32)
Africa								1	2–1	1	1		1	2	3	2	2	2	2	3
Asia						2	3	1	5	1	1	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	5	3
Europe						7	2	7	7	1	1	1	6	8	7	8	8	8	7	3
North America						2	4	1	3+1	1	1	1	3	5	6	6	6	6	4	3
South America						2		1	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Host nation(s)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Defending champions									1			1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
World Qualifiers										3	3	8
World Cup	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	11		7		7
Olympic champions									1
Wild cards	7	16	9	13	3
Highest-ranked-not-already-qualified teams according to the FIVB World Rankings																				15
Total	8	17	10	14	4	16	23	23	23	16	16	16	16	24	24	24	24	24	24	32

Graphical

•   Gray = Africa
•   Gold = Asia and Oceania
•   Blue = Europe
•   Red = North America, Central America and Caribbean
•   Green = South America

Tournament	H	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
1952		1	6
1956		2		12												1	1
1960		1	4				1	3
1962		3			9									1
1967		1	1	1
1970		3			7							3			2
1974		4				10										6						2
1978		1	3			11											5					2
1982		1	5					7							5					4
1986		1	4				5					3			2
1990		1	3			5					3			3
1994		1	3			8								2		1
1998		1	3			6						3			2
2002		2		5					8								6						2
2006		3			4				8								6						2
2010		2		4				9									6						2
2014		2		4				9									6						2
2018		2		4				8								7							2
2022	2		2		5					8								4				3
2025		3			3			16																6						3

Participation

These are the number of teams that participated in all levels of qualification in the last world championship:

Year	Teams entered						Map
	Africa	Asia and Oceania	Europe	North America	South America	Total
2018	16	12+1	42	38+1	7	115+2

Key to map

  Team qualified for World Championship

  Team failed to qualify for World Championship

  Team withdrew for World Championship

  Team expelled from the tournament by FIVB prior to playing a match

Current format

Summary

Confederation	Slots
Host nation(s)	1
Defending champions	1
CAVB (Africa)	3
AVC (Asia and Oceania)	3
CEV (Europe)	3
NORCECA (North America)	3
CSV (South America)	3
Highest-ranked-not-already-qualified teams according to the FIVB World Rankings	15
Total	32 (30+H+DC)

Africa

• First round: The bottom ranked tean of Africa were divided into seven groups of seven zonal association, later six groups of six zonal association. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the second round of FIVB World Championship qualification and CAVB Championship.
• Second round (CAVB Championship): A total of 13 teams (hosts, teams ranked 1–2 of Africa, nine first round winners and two wildcard teams), later 9 teams were divided into two groups. The top two teams of each group advanced to the play-offs. The winners of play-offs will qualified for the FIVB World Championship.

Asia and Oceania

• First round: The bottom ranked teams of Asia were divided into three groups of three zonal association. The group winners advanced to the second round of FIVB World Championship qualification.
• Second round: A total of 10 teams (teams ranked 1–7 and three first round winners) were divided into two groups of five teams. The top two teams of each group qualified for the FIVB World Championship.

Europe

• First round: The 8 bottom ranked teams of Asia were divided into two groups of small association. The group winners advanced to the second round of FIVB World Championship qualification. The first round will also act as the European Championship Small Countries Division qualification round.
• Second round: A total of 36 teams (teams ranked 1–34 and two first round winners) were divided into six groups of six teams. The winner team of each group qualified for the FIVB World Championship, whereas the runners-up in each pool will qualify for the third round.
• Third round: A total of 6 teams (runners-up of second round winners) played in round robin format. The top two teams qualified for the FIVB World Championship.

North America

• First round: The bottom ranked teams of North America were divided into three (CAZOVA), two (ECVA), a (AFECAVOL) group(s) of three zonal association. The best two teams of each group advanced to the second round of FIVB World Championship qualification.
• Second round (CAZOVA Championship and ECVA Championship): A total of 10 (CAZOVA), 6 (ECVA) teams (the best two teams in first round) were divided into two groups of 5 (CAZOVA), 3 (ECVA) teams. The winners teams of two tournaments qualified for the 2018 FIVB World Championship.
• Third round (NORCECA Continental Championship):

South America

• First round (CSV Championship): A total of 6 teams played in round robin format. The winners will qualified for the FIVB World Championship.
• Second round: A total of 4 teams played in round robin format. The winners will qualified for the FIVB World Championship.

First appearance in qualification (1986–2022)

Note: Only teams that played at least one match are considered for the purposes of first appearance. Teams that withdrew prior to the qualification, or that qualified to the World Cup by walkover due to other teams' withdrawals, are not considered.

Edition	Africa	Asia and Oceania	Europe	North, Central America and Caribbean	South America	Total
1998	Algeria   Egypt   Kenya   Nigeria   Tunisia	Australia   China   Indonesia   Japan   Kazakhstan   Philippines   South Korea   Chinese Taipei   Thailand   Uzbekistan	Austria   Azerbaijan   Belarus   Belgium   Bulgaria   Croatia   Czech Republic   France   Germany   Greece   Hungary   Italy   Latvia   Netherlands   Poland   Portugal   Romania   Russia   Spain   Slovakia   Turkey   Ukraine   Yugoslavia [A]	Barbados   Canada   Cuba   Dominican Republic   Mexico   Puerto Rico   United States	Argentina   Brazil   Peru   Venezuela	49+H
2002	Cameroon   Morocco   Namibia	Sri Lanka	Denmark   Finland   Israel   Norway   Slovenia    Switzerland	Aruba   Costa Rica   Jamaica   Netherlands Antilles	—	14
2006	Botswana   Congo   DR Congo   Eritrea   Mauritius   South Africa   Uganda	Jordan   Tonga	Albania   Bosnia and Herzegovina   England   Scotland	Anguilla   British Virgin Islands   Cayman Islands   Dominica   Guatemala   Honduras   Netherlands Antilles   Nicaragua   Panama   Saint Kitts and Nevis	Ecuador   Uruguay	25
2010	Mozambique   Senegal   Eswatini   Zimbabwe	Bangladesh   Fiji   New Zealand   Samoa	Estonia   Georgia   Great Britain   Moldova   Montenegro   Serbia	Antigua and Barbuda   Bahamas   Belize   Bermuda   El Salvador   Grenada   Haiti   Saint Lucia   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   Suriname   Trinidad and Tobago	Bolivia   Chile   Colombia	28
2014	Burkina Faso   Burundi   Cape Verde   Gabon   Gambia   Ghana   Guinea   Ivory Coast   Lesotho   Malawi   Niger   Seychelles   Sierra Leone   Tanzania   Togo   Zambia	Hong Kong   India   Myanmar   Vietnam	Cyprus   Iceland   Liechtenstein   Lithuania   Luxembourg   North Macedonia   Malta   Northern Ireland   San Marino   Sweden	Bonaire   Curaçao   Guadeloupe   Martinique   Saint Martin   Sint Eustatius   Sint Maarten	—	37
2018	Rwanda	Iran   Maldives     Nepal   North Korea	Faroe Islands   Ireland   Kosovo	Turks and Caicos Islands   Saba	—	10
2022	—	—	—	—	—	0

Notes

1. The   Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was later renamed as   Serbia and Montenegro (first appearance: 2006), which in turn was succeeded by   Serbia (first appearance: 2010).

See also

• National team appearances in the FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship