2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

On 19 January 2019, FIVB announced that Netherlands and Poland were selected as dual hosts for this event. It is the first time that the women's World Championship host by two countries.[1]

The host countries Netherlands and Poland automatically qualified for the competition as well as the current world champions Serbia. The top two teams from each of the 2021 Continental Championships secured qualification. The final 11 places belonged to top 11 teams as per FIVB World Ranking who had not yet qualified.[2]

On 1 March 2022, FIVB declared Russia and Belarus not eligible for international and continental competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. As a result, Russia was out of the championship.[3]

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
				Total	First	Last
Serbia	CEV	Defending champions	20 October 2018	5a	1978	2018	Champions (2018)
Netherlands	CEV	Host countries	12 January 2019	14	1956	2018	4th place (2018)
Poland	CEV	Host countries	12 January 2019	10	1952	2010	2nd place (1952)
Dominican Republic	NORCECA	2021 NORCECA champions	31 August 2021	8	1974	2018	5th place (2014)
Puerto Rico	NORCECA	2021 NORCECA runners-up	31 August 2021	7	1974	2018	10th place (2002)
Italy	CEV	2021 European champions	4 September 2021	11	1978	2018	Champions (2002)
Turkey	CEV	2021 European third-place finisherse	4 September 2021	4	2006	2018	6th place (2010)
China	AVC	1st AVC ranked teamf	5 September 2021	14	1956	2018	Champions (1982, 1986)
Japan	AVC	2nd AVC ranked teamf	5 September 2021	16	1960	2018	Champions (1962, 1967, 1974)
Brazil	CSV	2021 South American champions	19 September 2021	16	1956	2018	2nd place (1994, 2006, 2010)
Colombia	CSV	2021 South American runners-up	19 September 2021	0	None		None
Cameroon	CAVB	2021 African champions	19 September 2021	3	2006	2018	21st place (2006, 2014, 2018)
Kenya	CAVB	2021 African runners-up	19 September 2021	6	1994	2018	13th place (1994, 1998)
United States	NORCECA	1st World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	16	1956	2018	Champions (2014)
VFRb	CEV	2nd World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	17b	1952	2018	Champions (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990)
Germany	CEV	3rd World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	16c	1956	2018	4th place (1974, 1986)
Belgium	CEV	4th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	3	1956	2014	11th place (2014)
South Korea	AVC	5th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	12	1967	2018	3rd place (1967, 1974)
Bulgaria	CEV	6th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	12	1952	2018	4th place (1952)
Canada	NORCECA	7th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	9	1974	2018	11th place (1974, 1982)
Thailand	AVC	8th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	5	1998	2018	13th place (1998, 2010, 2018)
Argentina	CSV	9th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	6	1960	2018	8th place (1960)
Czech Republic	CEV	10th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	11d	1952	2010	3rd place (1952, 1960)
Kazakhstan	AVC	11th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	4	2006	2018	15th place (2006)
Croatia	CEV	Reallocation	18 March 2022	3	1998	2014	6th place (1998)

Notes

^a Competed as SFR Yugoslavia from 1956 to 1990 and as Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia) from 1994 to 2006; 3 appearances as Serbia.

^b Competed as Soviet Union from 1949 to 1990; 8 appearances as Russia. Russia was suspended to compete under it national title due to violating WADA regulation. Later, the team was removed from all FIVB and continental competitions due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

^c Competed as East Germany and West Germany from 1956 to 1966; 7 appearances as Germany.

^d Competed as Czechoslovakia from 1956 to 1990; 3 appearances as Czech Republic.

^eTurkey qualified from the continental championship due to the runners-up, Serbia, have quailified as defending champions.

^f2021 Asian Championship was cancelled, The continental spots decided by AVC ranking.

First round[4]

In the first round, the 24 teams are spread across four pools of six teams playing in a round-robin system. The top four teams from each pool advance to the second round.

Second round

In the second round, the 16 teams are allocated in two pools of eight teams (top teams from first round pools A and D in one and top teams from pools B and C in the other). Once again a round-robin system is used in each pool, teams coming from the same first round pool (therefore already played each other) only play against opponents from a different first round pool. The second round standings takes into account the points scored by each team in the first and second rounds. The top four teams of each group will access the final round.

Final round

The top four teams of each pool play in quarterfinals. The winners advance to semifinals. The semifinals winners advance to compete for the World Championship title. The losers face each other in the third place match.

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as per end of 2021. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as heads of pool A and B. The better ranked hosted team allocated to pool A, and another team allocated to pool B. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines following the World Ranking.[5]

Seeded Teams	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Netherlands (10)  Poland (12)  United States (1)  Brazil (2)	China (3)  Turkey (4)  Serbia (5)  Italy (6)	Dominican Rep. (7)  Japan (9)  Germany (11)  Belgium (13)	South Korea (14)  Bulgaria (15)  Colombia (16)  Puerto Rico (17)	Canada (18)  Thailand (19)  Cameroon (20)  Argentina (21)	Czech Rep. (22)  Kazakhstan (23)  Croatia (24)  Kenya (28)

Draw

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Netherlands	Poland	United States	Brazil
Italy	Turkey	Serbia	China
Belgium	Dominican Republic	Germany	Japan
Puerto Rico	South Korea	Bulgaria	Colombia
Cameroon	Thailand	Canada	Argentina
Kenya	Croatia	Kazakhstan	Czech Republic

1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
   • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
   • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
   • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
3. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
   • Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
   • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
   • If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
• The top four teams in each pool will qualify for the second phase.

Pool A

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

• Venue: Arnhem

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	–	Kenya	–	–	–			0–0
24 Sep	14:00	Belgium	–	Puerto Rico	–	–	–			0–0
24 Sep	15:00	Italy	–	Cameroon	–	–	–			0–0
25 Sep	13:00	Belgium	–	Kenya	–	–	–			0–0
25 Sep	16:00	Netherlands	–	Cameroon	–	–	–			0–0
26 Sep	18:00	Italy	–	Puerto Rico	–	–	–			0–0
27 Sep	18:00	Italy	–	Belgium	–	–	–			0–0
27 Sep	20:00	Cameroon	–	Kenya	–	–	–			0–0
28 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	–	Puerto Rico	–	–	–			0–0
29 Sep	18:00	Italy	–	Kenya	–	–	–			0–0
29 Sep	20:00	Puerto Rico	–	Cameroon	–	–	–			0–0
30 Oct	20:00	Netherlands	–	Belgium	–	–	–			0–0
1 Oct	16:00	Puerto Rico	–	Kenya	–	–	–			0–0
2 Oct	13:00	Belgium	–	Cameroon	–	–	–			0–0
2 Oct	16:00	Netherlands	–	Italy	–	–	–			0–0

Pool B

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

• Venue: Arnhem

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Sep	18:00	Poland	–	Croatia	–	–	–			0–0
24 Sep	13:00	Turkey	–	Thailand	–	–	–			0–0
24 Sep	18:30	Dominican Republic	–	South Korea	–	–	–			0–0

• Venue: Gdańsk

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	14:00	Turkey	–	South Korea	–	–	–			0–0
27 Sep	17:30	Dominican Republic	–	Croatia	–	–	–			0–0
27 Sep	20:30	Poland	–	Thailand	–	–	–			0–0
28 Sep	14:00	Thailand	–	Croatia	–	–	–			0–0
28 Sep	17:30	Turkey	–	Dominican Republic	–	–	–			0–0
28 Sep	20:30	Poland	–	South Korea	–	–	–			0–0
29 Sep	14:00	South Korea	–	Thailand	–	–	–			0–0
29 Sep	17:30	Turkey	–	Croatia	–	–	–			0–0
29 Sep	20:30	Poland	–	Dominican Republic	–	–	–			0–0
1 Oct	14:00	Dominican Republic	–	Thailand	–	–	–			0–0
1 Oct	17:30	South Korea	–	Croatia	–	–	–			0–0
1 Oct	20:30	Poland	–	Turkey	–	–	–			0–0

Pool C

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	United States	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

• Venue: Arnhem

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Sep	19:30	United States	–	Kazakhstan	–	–	–			0–0
25 Sep	19:00	Germany	–	Bulgaria	–	–	–			0–0
25 Sep	20:00	Serbia	–	Canada	–	–	–			0–0
26 Sep	15:30	Germany	–	Kazakhstan	–	–	–			0–0
26 Sep	16:00	Serbia	–	Bulgaria	–	–	–			0–0
26 Sep	21:00	United States	–	Canada	–	–	–			0–0

• Venue: Łódź

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	13:00	Canada	–	Kazakhstan	–	–	–			0–0
29 Sep	16:00	Serbia	–	Germany	–	–	–			0–0
29 Sep	19:00	United States	–	Bulgaria	–	–	–			0–0
30 Sep	13:00	Serbia	–	Kazakhstan	–	–	–			0–0
30 Sep	16:00	Bulgaria	–	Canada	–	–	–			0–0
30 Sep	19:00	United States	–	Germany	–	–	–			0–0
1 Oct	13:00	Germany	–	Canada	–	–	–			0–0
1 Oct	16:00	Bulgaria	–	Kazakhstan	–	–	–			0–0
1 Oct	19:00	United States	–	Serbia	–	–	–			0–0

Pool D

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	China	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

• Venue: Arnhem

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Sep	20:30	Brazil	–	Czech Republic	–	–	–			0–0
25 Sep	14:00	China	–	Argentina	–	–	–			0–0
25 Sep	14:15	Japan	–	Colombia	–	–	–			0–0
26 Sep	14:15	Japan	–	Czech Republic	–	–	–			0–0
26 Sep	18:30	Brazil	–	Argentina	–	–	–			0–0
27 Sep	14:00	China	–	Colombia	–	–	–			0–0
28 Sep	14:15	China	–	Japan	–	–	–			0–0
28 Sep	15:00	Brazil	–	Colombia	–	–	–			0–0
28 Sep	18:00	Argentina	–	Czech Republic	–	–	–			0–0
30 Sep	14:00	China	–	Czech Republic	–	–	–			0–0
30 Sep	14:15	Brazil	–	Japan	–	–	–			0–0
30 Sep	18:00	Colombia	–	Argentina	–	–	–			0–0
1 Oct	14:00	Brazil	–	China	–	–	–			0–0
2 Oct	18:00	Colombia	–	Czech Republic	–	–	–			0–0
2 Oct	14:15	Japan	–	Argentina	–	–	–			0–0

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
• The top four teams will qualify for the final phase.

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

• 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

• Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website