2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification

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The 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's 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[]

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
				Total	First	Last
Russia1	CEV	Host Country	15 November 2018	19	1949	2018	Champions (1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1982)
Poland	CEV	Defending Champions	30 September 2018	17	1949	2018	Champions (1974, 2014, 2018)
Puerto Rico	NORCECA	2021 NORCECA Champions	22 August 2021	5	1974	2018	12th place (2006)
Canada	NORCECA	2021 NORCECA Runners-up	22 August 2021	11	1974	2018	7th place (2014)
Brazil	CSV	2021 South American Champions	4 September 2021	17	1956	2018	Champions (2002, 2006, 2010)
Argentina	CSV	2021 South American Runners-up	4 September 2021	12	1960	2018	3rd place (1982)
Cameroon	CAVB	2021 African Runners-up	13 September 2021	4	1990	2018	13th place (2010)
Tunisia	CAVB	2021 African Champions	13 September 2021	10	1962	2018	15th place (2006)
Iran	AVC	2021 Asian Champions	18 September 2021	6	1970	2018	6th place (2014)
Japan	AVC	2021 Asian Runners-up	18 September 2021	15	1960	2018	3rd place (1970, 1974)
Slovenia	CEV	2021 European Runners-up	18 September 2021	1	2018		12th place (2018)
Italy	CEV	2021 European Champions	18 September 2021	17	1949	2018	Champions (1990, 1994, 1998)
France	CEV	1st World ranked non-qualified team	20 September 2021	16	1949	2018	3rd place (2002)
United States	NORCECA	2nd World ranked non-qualified team	20 September 2021	16	1956	2018	Champions (1986)
Serbia2	CEV	3rd World ranked non-qualified team	20 September 2021	10	1956	2018	Runners-up (1998)
Cuba	NORCECA	4th World ranked non-qualified team	20 September 2021	15	1956	2018	Runners-up (1990, 2010)
Netherlands	CEV	5th World ranked non-qualified team	20 September 2021	12	1949	2018	Runners-up (1994)
Germany3	CEV	6th World ranked non-qualified team	20 September 2021	6	1956	2014	3rd place (2014)
Mexico	NORCECA	7th World ranked non-qualified team	20 September 2021	5	1974	2014	10th place (1974)
Turkey	CEV	8th World ranked non-qualified team	20 September 2021	3	1956	1998	15th place (1966)
Egypt	CAVB	9th World ranked non-qualified team	20 September 2021	9	1974	2018	13th place (2010)
Qatar	AVC	10th World ranked non-qualified team	20 September 2021	0	None		None
Bulgaria	CEV	11th World ranked non-qualified team	20 September 2021	18	1949	2018	Runners-up (1970)
China	AVC	12th World ranked non-qualified team	20 September 2021	14	1956	2018	7th place (1978, 1982)

Notes

¹ Competed as Soviet Union from 1949 to 1990; 8th appearance as Russia.

² Competed as SFR Yugoslavia from 1956 to 1990 and as Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia) from 1994 to 2006; 4rd appearance as Serbia.

³ Competed as West Germany from 1956 to 1966; 5th appearance as Germany.

Timelines[]

Confederation	Tournament		Date	Venue	Teams
AVC (Asia and Oceania)	2019 Asian Championship		13–21 September 2019	Tehran	16
	2021 Asian Championship		12–19 September 2021	Chiba and Funabashi	16
CAVB (Africa)	2021 African Championship		7–14 September 2021	Kigali	16
CEV (Europe)	2019 European Championship		12–29 September 2019	Belgium,  France,  Netherlands and  Slovenia	22+2
	2021 European Championship qualification	Pool A	7–16 May 2021	Zadar and Rotterdam	3
		Pool B	12–17 January 2021	Hadera	3
		Pool C	11–16 January 2021	Skopje	3
		Pool D	30 August – 6 September 2020	Nicosia	4
		Pool E	6–16 May 2021	Ploiești and Nitra	4
		Pool F	7–16 May 2021	Tbilisi and Podgorica	4
		Pool G	7–16 May 2021	Budapest and Matosinhos	4
	2021 European Championship		1–19 September 2021	Czech Republic,  Estonia,  Finland and  Poland	22+2
CSV (South America)	2021 South American Championship		1–5 September 2021	Brasília	5
NORCECA (North America)	2021 NORCECA Championship		18–23 August 2021	Durango City	8

Host country[]

FIVB reserved a berth for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship host country to participate in the tournament.

•  Russia from CEV (Europe)

Defending champions[]

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

•  Poland from CEV (Europe)

AVC (Asia and Oceania)[]

First round (2019 Asian Championship)[]

Of the 16 qualified teams, top ten teams excluding 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship host country qualified for the third round.

Ranking of the bottom eight teams[]

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Qatar	7	13
2	Kazakhstan	7	9
3	Thailand	7	11
4	Indonesia	7	9
5		7	5
6	Sri Lanka	7	10
7	Kuwait	1	2
8	Hong Kong	7	4

Second round (2021 Asian Championship qualification)[]

Third round (2021 Asian Championship)[]

Of the 16 qualified teams, winners and runners-up will qualify for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

CAVB (Africa)[]

First round (2021 African Championship)[]

Of the 16 registered teams, winners and runners-up qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

Rank	Team
	Tunisia
	Cameroon
	Egypt
4	Morocco
5
6
7
8	DR Congo
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

CEV (Europe)[]

First round (2019 European Championship)[]

Of the 24 qualified teams, top eight teams excluding 2021 European Championship host countries qualified for the third round.

Ranking of the top thirteen teams[]

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Serbia	9	25
2	Slovenia	9	18
3	France	9	22
4	Russia	7	18
5	Italy	7	15
6	Ukraine	7	12
7	Germany	7	10
8	Belgium	6	12
9	Netherlands	6	10
10	Bulgaria	6	9
11	Turkey	6	7
12	Spain	6	6
13	Greece	6	3

Second round (2021 European Championship qualification)[]

Of the 26 qualified teams, winners of each group and five best runners-up will qualify for the third round.

Pool G[]

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Portugal	6	17
2	Belarus	6	13
3	Hungary	6	3
4		6	3

Ranking of the second placed teams[]

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	North Macedonia	4	9
2	Spain	4	9
3	Greece	4	8
4	Croatia	4	7
5	Belarus	4	7
6	Switzerland	4	5
7	Austria	4	4

Third round (2021 European Championship)[]

Of the 24 qualified teams, winners and runners-up excluding Russia and Poland will qualify for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

CSV (South America)[]

First round (2021 South American Championship)[]

Of the 5 participating teams, winners and runners-up qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.