2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification explained

The 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball 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

CountryConfederationQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
VFRaCEV 15 November 201819a19492018 (1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1982)
CEV Defending champions 30 September 20181719492018 (1974, 2014, 2018)
NORCECA 2021 NORCECA champions 22 August 2021519742018 (2006)
NORCECA 2021 NORCECA runners-up 22 August 20211119742018 (2014)
CSV 2021 South American champions 4 September 20211719562018 (2002, 2006, 2010)
CSV 2021 South American runners-up 4 September 20211219602018 (1982)
CAVB 2021 African runners-up 13 September 2021419902018 (2010)
CAVB 2021 African champions 13 September 20211019622018 (2006)
AVC 2021 Asian champions 18 September 2021619702018 (2014)
AVC 2021 Asian runners-up 18 September 20211519602018 (1970, 1974)
CEV 2021 European runners-up 18 September 202112018 (2018)
CEV 2021 European champions 18 September 20211719492018 (1990, 1994, 1998)
CEV 1st World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 20211619492018 (2002)
NORCECA 2nd World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 20211619562018 (1986)
CEV 3rd World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 202110b19562018 (1998)
NORCECA 4th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 20211519562018 (1990, 2010)
CEV 5th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 20211219492018 (1994)
CEV 6th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 202111c19562014 (1970)
NORCECA 7th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021519742014 (1974)
CEV 8th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021319561998 (1966)
CAVB 9th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021919742018 (2010)
AVC 10th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 20210NoneNone
CEV 11th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 20211819492018 (1970)
AVC 12th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 20211419562018 (1978, 1982)
CEV Reallocation 15 April 202211998 (1998)

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Timelines

ConfederationTournamentstyle-"width:19%" DateVenueTeams
AVC (Asia and Oceania)13–21 September 2019 Tehran16
12–19 September 2021 Chiba and Funabashi16
CAVB (Africa)7–14 September 2021 Kigali16
CEV (Europe)2019 European Championship12–29 September 2019,, and 22+2
Pool A7–16 May 2021 Zadar and Rotterdam3
Pool B12–17 January 2021 Hadera3
Pool C11–16 January 2021 Skopje3
Pool D30 August – 6 September 2020 Nicosia4
Pool E6–16 May 2021 Ploiești and Nitra4
Pool F7–16 May 2021 Tbilisi and Podgorica4
Pool G7–16 May 2021 Budapest and Matosinhos4
1–19 September 2021,, and 22+2
CSV (South America)1–5 September 2021 Brasília5
NORCECA (North America)18–23 August 2021 Durango City8

Host country

FIVB reserved a berth for the 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball 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.[2]
  • has been invited to replace Russia in the competition line up as the next highest ranked team in the World Ranking.[3]

FIVB announced that Poland and Slovenia will host the relocated 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship on 15 April 2022.

Defending champions

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

  • from CEV (Europe)

AVC (Asia and Oceania)

Final positions (2021 Asian Championship)

See main article: 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Preliminary round

Pool D

Classification round

Pool F

Play-offs finalsWinners qualified for 2022 World Championship|}

CAVB (Africa)

Final positions (2021 African Championship)

See main article: 2021 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship.

Preliminary round

Pool D

Play-offs semifinalsWinners qualified for Play-offs finals|}
Play-offs finalsWinners qualified for 2022 World Championship|}

CEV (Europe)

Final positions (2021 European Championship)

See main article: 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Preliminary round

Pool D

Play-offs quarterfinalsWinners qualified for Play-offs semifinals|}
Play-offs semifinalsWinners qualified for Play-offs finals|}
Play-offs finalsWinners qualified for 2022 World Championship|}

CSV (South America)

Final positions (2021 South American Championship)

See main article: 2021 Men's South American Volleyball Championship.

Round robin

NORCECA (North America)

Final positions (2021 NORCECA Championship)

See main article: 2021 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Team
1314
2311
335
430
Source: NORCECA

Pool B

Team
1314
237
336
433
Source: NORCECA
Play-offs semifinalsWinners qualified for Play-offs finals|}
Play-offs finalsWinners qualified for 2022 World Championship|}

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Qualification system for FIVB Volleyball World Championships 2022 revealed . 1 December 2020 . . 14 December 2020.
  2. Web site: FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship 2022 to be removed from Russia . 1 March 2022 . . 1 March 2022.
  3. Web site: Poland and Slovenia to host relocated FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship 2022 . 15 April 2022 . . 15 April 2022.

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