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 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship qualification which commenced in 2018 and finished in 2021.
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) |
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Africa | 1 | 2–1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
Asia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||||
Europe | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | |||||
North America | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | |||||
South America | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
Host nation(s) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Defending champions | 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 | ||||||||||||||
Total | 8 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
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 |
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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 | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
2006 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
2014 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
2018 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
These are the number of teams that participated in all levels of qualification in the last world championship:
Year | Teams entered | Map | |||||
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Africa | Asia and Oceania | Europe | North America | South America | Total | ||
2018 | 16 | 12+1 | 42 | 38+1 | 7 | 115+2 |
Confederation | Slots |
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CAVB (Africa) | 2 |
AVC (Asia and Oceania) | 4 |
CEV (Europe) | 8 |
NORCECA (North America) | 6 |
CSV (South America) | 2 |
Total | 24 (22+H+C) |
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.
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