2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification

The 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship featured 24 teams. Two places were allocated to the host, Russia, and the current titleholder, Poland. Ten places will be allocated to the top two teams from each of the 2021 Continental Championships that have not yet qualified as host or titleholder. Remaining places will be allocated to the top twelve teams in the FIVB World Ranking that have not yet qualified through the first three criteria.[1]

Qualification summary

Qualified teams

Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
VFRa CEV Host country 15 November 2018 19a 1949 2018 Champions (1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1982)
 Poland CEV Defending champions 30 September 2018 17 1949 2018 Champions (1974, 2014, 2018)
 Puerto Rico NORCECA 2021 NORCECA champions 22 August 2021 5 1974 2018 12th place (2006)
 Canada NORCECA 2021 NORCECA runners-up 22 August 2021 11 1974 2018 7th place (2014)
 Brazil CSV 2021 South American champions 4 September 2021 17 1956 2018 Champions (2002, 2006, 2010)
 Argentina CSV 2021 South American runners-up 4 September 2021 12 1960 2018 3rd place (1982)
 Cameroon CAVB 2021 African runners-up 13 September 2021 4 1990 2018 13th place (2010)
 Tunisia CAVB 2021 African champions 13 September 2021 10 1962 2018 15th place (2006)
 Iran AVC 2021 Asian champions 18 September 2021 6 1970 2018 6th place (2014)
 Japan AVC 2021 Asian runners-up 18 September 2021 15 1960 2018 3rd place (1970, 1974)
 Slovenia CEV 2021 European runners-up 18 September 2021 1 2018 12th place (2018)
 Italy CEV 2021 European champions 18 September 2021 17 1949 2018 Champions (1990, 1994, 1998)
 France CEV 1st World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 16 1949 2018 3rd place (2002)
 United States NORCECA 2nd World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 16 1956 2018 Champions (1986)
 Serbia CEV 3rd World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 10b 1956 2018 Runners-up (1998)
 Cuba NORCECA 4th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 15 1956 2018 Runners-up (1990, 2010)
 Netherlands CEV 5th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 12 1949 2018 Runners-up (1994)
 Germany CEV 6th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 6c 1956 2014 3rd place (2014)
 Mexico NORCECA 7th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 5 1974 2014 10th place (1974)
 Turkey CEV 8th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 3 1956 1998 15th place (1966)
 Egypt CAVB 9th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 9 1974 2018 13th place (2010)
 Qatar AVC 10th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 0 None None
 Bulgaria CEV 11th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 18 1949 2018 Runners-up (1970)
 China AVC 12th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 14 1956 2018 7th place (1978, 1982)
 Ukraine CEV Reallocation 15 April 2022 1 1998 10th place (1998)
Notes
a Competed as Soviet Union from 1949 to 1990; 7 appearances as Russia. Russia was initially suspended from competing under it national title due to Russia violating WADA regulations. Later, the team was removed completely from all FIVB and continental competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]
b Competed as SFR Yugoslavia from 1956 to 1990 and as Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia) from 1994 to 2006; 3 appearances as Serbia.
c Competed as East Germany and West Germany from 1956 to 1966; 4 appearances as Germany.

Timelines
Confederation Tournament Date Venue Teams
AVC (Asia and Oceania) 2019 Asian Championship 13–21 September 2019 Tehran 16
2021 Asian Championship 12–19 September 2021 Chiba and Funabashi 16
CAVB (Africa) 2021 African Championship 7–14 September 2021 Kigali 16
CEV (Europe) 2019 European Championship 12–29 September 2019  Belgium,  France,  Netherlands and  Slovenia 22+2
2021 European Championship
qualification		 Pool A 7–16 May 2021 Zadar and Rotterdam 3
Pool B 12–17 January 2021 Hadera 3
Pool C 11–16 January 2021 Skopje 3
Pool D 30 August – 6 September 2020 Nicosia 4
Pool E 6–16 May 2021 Ploiești and Nitra 4
Pool F 7–16 May 2021 Tbilisi and Podgorica 4
Pool G 7–16 May 2021 Budapest and Matosinhos 4
2021 European Championship 1–19 September 2021  Czech Republic,  Estonia,  Finland and  Poland 22+2
CSV (South America) 2021 South American Championship 1–5 September 2021 Brasília 5
NORCECA (North America) 2021 NORCECA Championship 18–23 August 2021 Durango City 8

Host country

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

  • VFR originally qualified as host country, but the team was removed due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
  •  Ukraine has been invited to replace Russia in the competition line up as the next highest ranked team in the World Ranking.[4]

Defending champions

FIVB reserved a berth for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship champions to participate in the tournament.

AVC (Asia and Oceania)

First round (2019 Asian Championship)
Main article: 2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Of the 16 qualified teams, top ten teams excluding 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship host country qualified for the third round.

Ranking of the bottom eight teams
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Qatar 7 13
2  Kazakhstan 7 9
3  Thailand 7 11
4  Indonesia 7 9
5  Oman 7 5
6  Sri Lanka 7 10
7  Kuwait 1 2
8  Hong Kong 7 4
Source: AVC

Second round (2021 Asian Championship qualification)

Five direct zonal wildcards were given to the federations. Aside from previously qualified  Thailand from the Southeast Asia, one was allocated to the East Asia's  Hong Kong and three to the West Asia's  Bahrain,  Saudi Arabia and  Kuwait. Only the Central Asian qualification tournament was held which was contested by Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[5] The host won the match 3–0 but withdrew from the tournament due to all of its players and staff testing positive for COVID-19. As a result, Uzbekistan was chosen to fill the vacated spot.[6]

Third round (2021 Asian Championship)
Main article: 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Of the 16 qualified teams, winners and runners-up qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

Rank Team
 Iran
 Japan
 China
4  Chinese Taipei
5  Qatar
6  Australia
7  Pakistan
8  South Korea
9  India
10  Bahrain
11  Kazakhstan
12  Saudi Arabia
13  Uzbekistan
14  Hong Kong
15  Thailand
16  Kuwait

CAVB (Africa)

First round (2021 African Championship)
Main article: 2021 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship

Of the 16 registered teams, winners and runners-up qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

Rank Team
 Tunisia
 Cameroon
 Egypt
4  Morocco
5  Uganda
6  Rwanda
7  Nigeria
8  DR Congo
9  Kenya
10  Mali
11  Burundi
12  Niger
13  Burkina Faso
14  South Sudan
15  Ethiopia
16  Tanzania

CEV (Europe)

First round (2019 European Championship)
Main article: 2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Of the 24 qualified teams, top eight teams excluding 2021 European Championship host countries qualified for the third round.

Ranking of the top thirteen teams
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Serbia 9 25
2  Slovenia 9 18
3  France 9 22
4  Russia 7 18
5  Italy 7 15
6  Ukraine 7 12
7  Germany 7 10
8  Belgium 6 12
9  Netherlands 6 10
10  Bulgaria 6 9
11  Turkey 6 7
12  Spain 6 6
13  Greece 6 3
Source: CEV

Second round (2021 European Championship qualification)
Main article: 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

Of the 26 qualified teams, winners of each group and five best runners-up qualified for the third round.

Pool G
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Portugal 6 17
2  Belarus 6 13
3  Hungary 6 3
4  Norway 6 3
Source: CEV

Ranking of the second placed teams
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  North Macedonia 4 9
2  Spain 4 9
3  Greece 4 8
4  Croatia 4 7
5  Belarus 4 7
6   Switzerland 4 5
7  Austria 4 4
Source: CEV

Third round (2021 European Championship)
Main article: 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Of the 24 qualified teams, winners and runners-up excluding Russia and Poland qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

Rank Team[7]
 Italy
 Slovenia
 Poland
4  Serbia
5  Netherlands
6  Germany
7  Russia
8  Czech Republic
9  France
10  Turkey
11  Bulgaria
12  Finland
13  Ukraine
14  Croatia
15  Portugal
16  Latvia
17  Belarus
18  Belgium
19  Slovakia
20  Spain
21  Estonia
22  Greece
23  North Macedonia
24  Montenegro

CSV (South America)

First round (2021 South American Championship)
Main article: 2021 Men's South American Volleyball Championship

Of the 5 participating teams, winners and runners-up qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

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