The 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship will be the first edition featured 32 teams. Two places are allocated to the current titleholder, Serbia, and the host, Thailand. Fifteen places were allocated to the top three teams from each of the 2023 continental championships that have not yet qualified as host or titleholder. Remaining places were allocated to the top fifteen teams in the FIVB World Ranking at the end of the 2024 national team season that have not yet qualified through the first three criteria.[1]
| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous best performance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Last | |||||
| AVC | Host country | 30 August 2024a | 6 | 1998 | 2022 | (1998, 2010, 2018, 2022) | |
| CEV | Defending champions | 15 October 2022 | 6b | 1978 | 2022 | (2018, 2022) | |
| CSV | 2023 South American champions | 22 August 2023 | 17 | 1956 | 2022 | (1994, 2006, 2010, 2022) | |
| CSV | 2023 South American runners-up | 22 August 2023 | 7 | 1960 | 2022 | (1960) | |
| CSV | 2023 South American 3rd placers | 22 August 2023 | 1 | 2022 | (2022) | ||
| CAVB | 2023 African champions | 23 August 2023 | 7 | 1994 | 2022 | (1994, 1998) | |
| CAVB | 2023 African runners-up | 23 August 2023 | 3 | 1990 | 2006 | (1990) | |
| CAVB | 2023 African 3rd placers | 24 August 2023 | 4 | 2006 | 2022 | (2006, 2014, 2018) | |
| CEV | 2023 European champions | 30 August 2023 | 5 | 2006 | 2022 | 6th place (2010) | |
| CEV | 2023 European 3rd placers | 30 August 2023 | 15 | 1956 | 2022 | (2018) | |
| CEV | 2023 European 4th placersc | 30 August 2023 | 12 | 1978 | 2022 | (2002) | |
| NORCECA | 2023 NORCECA champions | 9 | 1974 | 2022 | (2014) | ||
| NORCECA | 2023 NORCECA runners-up | 2 September 2023 | 17 | 1956 | 2022 | (2014) | |
| NORCECA | 2023 NORCECA 3rd placers | 3 September 2023 | 10 | 1974 | 2022 | (2022) | |
| AVC | 2023 Asian runners-up | 5 September 2023 | 15 | 1956 | 2022 | (1982, 1986) | |
| AVC | 2023 Asian 3rd placers | 6 September 2023 | 17 | 1960 | 2022 | (1962, 1967, 1974) | |
| AVC | 2023 Asian 4th placersa | 30 August 2024 | 0 | None | None | ||
| CEV | 1st World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 11 | 1952 | 2022 | (1952) | |
| CEV | 2nd World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 17d | 1956 | 2022 | (1974, 1986) | |
| CEV | 3rd World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 4 | 1956 | 2022 | (2022) | |
| CEV | 4th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 12e | 1952 | 2022 | (1952, 1960) | |
| NORCECA | 5th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 8 | 1974 | 2022 | (2002) | |
| CEV | 6th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 1 | 1994 | (1994) | ||
| CEV | 7th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 3 | 1952 | 1974 | (1952) | |
| CEV | 8th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 13 | 1952 | 2022 | (1952) | |
| NORCECA | 9th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 13 | 1970 | 2018 | (1978, 1994, 1998) | |
| CEV | 10th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 0 | None | None | ||
| NORCECA | 11th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 8 | 1970 | 2018 | (1974) | |
| CEV | 12th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 0 | None | None | ||
| CEV | 13th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 0 | None | None | ||
| CEV | 14th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 1 | 1982 | (1982) | ||
| CEV | 15th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 1 | 2002 | (2002) | ||
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| Confederation | Tournament | style-"width:19%" | Date | Venue | Teams | |
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| AVC (Asia and Oceania) | 30 August – 6 September 2023 |  Nakhon Ratchasima | 14 | |||
| CAVB (Africa) | 16–24 August 2023 |  Yaoundé | 12 | |||
| CEV (Europe) | Pool A | 20 August – 11 September 2022 | Osijek,  Tórshavn,  Hadera and  Piatra Neamț | 3 | ||
| Pool B | 20 August – 11 September 2022 |  Tábor,  Seinäjoki,  Kópavogur and  Pljevlja | 3 | |||
| Pool C | 20 August – 10 September 2022 |  Nicosia, Kutná Hora, Tábor,  Budapest and Santo Tirso | 3 | |||
| Pool D | 20 August – 10 September 2022 |  Graz,  Baku,  Tbilisi and  Maribor | 4 | |||
| Pool E | 20 August – 11 September 2022 | Middelfart,  Jelgava,  Poprad and  Gijón | 4 | |||
| Pool F | 20 August – 11 September 2022 |  Sarajevo, Kalamaria,  Tromsø and Schönenwerd | 4 | |||
| 15 August – 3 September 2023 | ,, and | 23+1 | ||||
| CSV (South America) | 19–23 August 2023 |  Recife | 5 | |||
| NORCECA (North America) | 29 August – 3 September 2023 |  Quebec City | 7 | |||
FIVB reserved a berth for the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship host country to participate in the tournament.
On 30 August 2024, FIVB announced that Thailand would host the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship.[2]
FIVB reserved a berth for the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship champions to participate in the tournament.