This article describes the qualification for the 2023 Women's European Volleyball Championship.[1] [2]
Belgium, Italy, Estonia and Germany as host countries were directly qualified. The eight best placed teams at the 2021 edition also gained direct entries into the tournament. 24 teams compete for the remaining 12 places at the final tournament.
| width=30% | Means of qualification | width=20% | Qualifier | Means of qualification | width=28% | Qualifier |
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| Host Countries | Qualification | Pool A | ||||
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| 2021 European Championship | Pool C | |||||
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| Total 24 | ||||||
All of the hosted countries' teams directly qualified for the tournament. Then, the top eight teams from previous edition also automatically qualified.
| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the 2023 European Championship | ||
| width=10px bgcolor=#87ceeb | Qualified as hosts for the 2023 European Championship |
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The pools were set following the Serpentine system according to their European Ranking for national teams as of January 2022. Rankings are shown in brackets.[5]
| width=190 | Pool A | width=200 | Pool B | width=190 | Pool C | width=190 | Pool D | width=190 | Pool E | width=270 | Pool F |
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| (40) | (36) | (35) | (34) | (33) | (31) |
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Switzerland replaced Russia and qualified by being the third place team with the best record.