2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship explained
| Competition: | FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship |
| Continent: | World |
| Year: | 2025 |
| Host: | Philippines |
| Dates: | 12–28 September |
| Teams: | 32 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Last: | 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship |
| Next: | 2027 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship |
The 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship will be the 21st staging of the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB). The tournament will take place in the Philippines from 12–28 September 2025.
Starting from this staging, the World Championship will be expanded to include 32 teams, increasing from 24 teams.[1] The tournament will thus also be held biannually instead of quadrennially.[2]
Host selection
Around 31 countries expressed interest to host the tournament.[3] This figure was reduced to a three final candidates; Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.[4]
On 20 March 2024, FIVB announced that the Philippines will host the tournament.[6] [7]
Qualification
See main article: 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification. The host country Philippines qualified for the competition as well as the defending champions Italy. The top three teams from each of the 2023 Continental Championships secured qualification. The final 15 places belonged to top 15 teams as per FIVB World Ranking who had not yet qualified.[8]
Format
Pool phase
In the pool phase, the 32 teams will spread across eight pools of four teams playing in a round-robin system. The top two teams from each pool then advance to the direct elimination phase.
Direct elimination phase
In the direct elimination phase, the 16 teams will be matched-up into knock-out stage: the winners will advance to the next stage, and the losers will be eliminated from the competition.
Pools composition
The 32 team will be distributed to eight pools of four teams. The draw of lots is scheduled to take place at Solaire Hotel in Parañaque on 14 September 2024.[9] [10] Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 64th.
The host and the top seven teams are automatically seeded as the first teams of the eight pools.[11]
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- Draw
Pool standing procedure
- Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
- 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
- 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.
Venues
Both the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay and the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City were the first two confirmed locations for the championship. There were possibilities for the finals to be held at the Mall of Asia Arena due to its capacity and the technical reasons. Other host cities would be confirmed later.[12] [13] The former was confirmed to be the venue for the final round matches.[14]
Preliminary round
Pool H
Final round
Final
Final standing
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Awards
Statistics leaders
Statistics leaders correct as of preliminary round.
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See also
Notes and References
- FIVB Volleyball World Championships to expand to 32-teams per gender and enhance competition formula . 9 July 2023 . . 15 October 2022 . 9 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230709093203/https://www.fivb.com/en/media/news_pressrelease/fivb-volleyball-world-championships-to-expand-to?id=100250 . live.
- All you need to know about the 2025-2028 volleyball calendar! . 9 July 2023 . FIVB . 5 July 2023 . 17 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230717104541/https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/all-you-need-to-know-about-the?id=100934 . live.
- Web site: Javier . Nikole . PH looking to win hosting of FIVB Men's World Championships . 29 February 2024 . . 29 February 2024 . 14 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240914150818/https://mb.com.ph/2024/2/28/ph-looking-to-win-hosting-of-fivb-men-s-world-championships . live.
- News: Agcaoili . Lance . Fans give Philippines its biggest edge in FIVB men's worlds hosting . 26 March 2024 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 26 March 2024 . en . 26 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240326143447/https://sports.inquirer.net/559119/fans-give-philippines-its-biggest-edge-in-fivb-mens-worlds-hosting . live.
- Web site: Indonesian govt approves Volleyball World Cup host bidn . . 15 August 2023 . 26 October 2023 . 26 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231026175757/https://en.antaranews.com/news/291162/indonesian-govt-approves-volleyball-world-cup-host-bid . live.
- Web site: Philippines locks in hosting rights for Men's World Championship 2025 . Volleyball World . 20 March 2024 . 20 March 2024 . 20 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240320124618/https://en.volleyballworld.com/news/philippines-locks-in-hosting-rights-for-men-s-world-championship-2025 . live.
- Web site: Beltran . Nelson . Philippines to host men's world volleyball championship in 2025 . . 20 March 2024 . 20 March 2024 . 20 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240320155418/https://www.philstar.com/sports/2024/03/20/2342036/philippines-host-mens-world-volleyball-championshipin-2025 . live.
- News: Volleyball Calendar 2025-2028 Approved By The FIVB Board Of Administration . 25 July 2023 . 22 June 2023 . 29 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230629203821/https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/volleyball-calendar-2025-2028-approved-by-the-fivb?id=100917 . live.
- Web site: Dioquino . Delfin . Manny Pangilinan commits to support PH hosting of 2025 FIVB Men's World Championship . 28 August 2024 . . 26 August 2024 . 28 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240828023659/https://www.rappler.com/sports/volleyball/manny-pangilinan-commits-support-philippines-hosting-fivb-men-world-championship-2025/ . live.
- Web site: Cadayona . Russell . 2025 FIVB men’s world championship draw ngayon . 2025 FIVB men’s world championship draw today . Pilipino Star Ngayon . . 14 September 2024 . fil . 14 September 2024 . 14 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240914003020/https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/palaro/2024/09/14/2385122/2025-fivb-mens-world-championship-draw-ngayon . live.
- Web site: 2025 Men's World Championship pools to be drawn on September 14 . Volleyball World . 5 September 2024 . 4 September 2024 . 14 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240914150818/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/men-world-championship/news/2025-men-s-world-championship-pools-to-be-drawn-on-september-14 . live.
- News: Beltran . Nelson . Big Dome, MOA eyed for FIVB world meet . 24 March 2024 . . 22 March 2024 . 14 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240914150823/https://www.philstar.com/sports/2024/03/22/2342366/big-dome-moa-eyed-fivb-world-meet . live.
- News: Ulanday . John Bryan . Philippines vows hosting readiness for men's volleyball world championship . 26 March 2024 . . 26 March 2024 . 28 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240328063814/https://www.philstar.com/sports/2024/03/26/2343494/philippines-vows-hosting-readiness-mens-volleyball-world-championship . live.
- News: Masoy . Niel Victor . Formation of PH team for Men's World Championships to start next month . 26 March 2024 . . 26 March 2024 . 26 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240326143035/https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/03/26/sports/formation-of-ph-team-for-mens-world-championships-to-start-next-month/1938586 . live.
- News: Ulanday . John Bryan . Red carpet to be rolled out for FIVB world meet . 27 March 2024 . The Philippine Star . 27 March 2024 . 28 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240328062620/https://www.philstar.com/sports/2024/03/27/2343533/red-carpet-be-rolled-out-fivb-world-meet . live.
