FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (AVC)
The Asian section of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification acts as qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, for national teams which are members of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. A total of 4+1 slots (4 direct slots and 1 host slot) in the final tournament are available for AVC teams.
Qualified teams[]
| Year | Asian nations in FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship (How to Qualify) |
Teams (in AVC Q.) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | Fourth team | Fifth team | Sixth team | ||||
| 1952 |  India (Unknown) |
 Lebanon (Unknown) |
– | ||||||
| 1956 |  China (Unknown) |
India (Unknown) |
 South Korea (Unknown) |
– | |||||
| 1960 | India (Unknown) |
 Japan (Unknown) |
– | ||||||
| 1962 | China (Unknown) |
India (Unknown) |
Japan (Unknown) |
 (Unknown) |
 North Korea (Unknown) |
– | |||
| 1966 | Japan (1962 World 5th Place) |
China (1962 World 9th Place) |
(Unknown) |
North Korea (Unknown) |
– | ||||
| 1970 | Japan (1966 World 5th Place) |
(Replacement) [note 3] |
 Iran (1966 Asian Games 3rd Place) |
North Korea (Unknown) |
– | ||||
| 1974 |
Japan (1970 World 3rd Place) |
South Korea (Winners) |
China (Replacement) [note 4] |
5 | |||||
| 1978 |
Japan (1974 World 3rd Place) |
South Korea (Winners) |
China (Runners-up) |
4 | |||||
| 1982 | South Korea (1978 World 4th Place) |
China (1978 World 7th Place) |
Japan (1978 World 11th Place) |
 Australia (1979 Asian 4th Place |
 Iraq (Replacement) [note 5] |
– | |||
| 1986 |
Japan (1982 World 4th Place) |
China (1982 World 7th Place) |
 Chinese Taipei (Winners) |
4 | |||||
| 1990 | South Korea (1989 Asian Champions) |
Japan (World Qualification 3rd Place) |
– | ||||||
| 1994 |
South Korea (1993 Asian Champions) |
China (Winners) |
Japan (Runners-up) |
5 | |||||
| 1998 Details |
Japan (Host Country) |
South Korea (Pool C Winners) |
China (Pool D Winners) |
Australia (Pool E Winners) |
 Thailand (Pool C Runners-up) |
 Iran (Pool D Runners-up) |
10 | ||
| 2002 Details |
South Korea (Pool C Winners) |
Japan (Pool D Winners) |
China (Pool E Winners) |
 Kazakhstan (Pool C Runners-up) |
Australia (Pool E Runners-up) |
12 | |||
| 2006 Details |
Japan (Host Country) |
Kazakhstan (Pool D Winners) |
China (Pool E Winners) |
Iran (Pool F Winners) |
South Korea (Play-off Winners) |
Australia (Play-off Runners-up) |
19 | ||
| 2010 Details |
China (Pool G Winners) |
Japan (Pool H Winners) |
Australia (Pool G Runners-up) |
Iran (Pool H Runners-up) |
21 | ||||
| 2014 Details |
Australia (Pool A Winners) |
Iran (Pool B Winners) |
China (Pool C Winners) |
South Korea (Pool D Winners) |
28 | ||||
| 2018 Details |
Iran (Pool A Winners) |
Japan (Pool B Winners) |
China (Pool A Runners-up) |
Australia (Pool B Runners-up) |
20 | ||||
| 2022 | Iran (2021 Asian Champions) |
Japan (2021 Asian Runners-up) |
 Qatar (World Rankings) |
China (World Rankings) |
– | ||||
Results (Final round)[]
This table only shows the teams that qualified for the FIVB Men's World Championship through the Asian Qualification Tournaments and does not include the teams that qualified for the World Championship through the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, the Intercontinental Qualifications or the World Ranking.
| Year | First group | Second group | Third group | Fourth group | Teams | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | Team qualified | Host | Team qualified | Host | Team qualified | Host | Team qualified | |||||||||||||
| 1949 | No Asian team was participanted. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1952 to 1970 | No Asian qualification Tournaments were held or Information is not available. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 |  Manila |
 South Korea Republic of China
|
5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1978 |  Hong Kong |
South Korea China
|
4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | No Asian qualification Tournaments were held. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 |  Sydney |
 Chinese Taipei
|
4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | No Asian qualification Tournaments were held. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Sydney |
 Japan China
|
5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998 Details |
 Jeddah |
South Korea Thailand
|
 Tehran |
China Iran
|
 Tashkent |
Australia
|
10 | |||||||||||||
| 2002 Details |
 Almaty |
South Korea Kazakhstan
|
 Doha |
Japan
|
 Macau |
China Australia
|
12 | |||||||||||||
| 2006 Details |
Almaty |
Kazakhstan
|
 Chennai |
China
|
Tehran |
Iran
|
Chennai |
South Korea Australia
|
12 | |||||||||||
| 2010 Details |
Chengdu |
China Australia
|
Komaki |
Japan Iran
|
8 | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 Details |
Canberra |
Australia
|
Tehran |
Iran
|
Chenzhou |
China
|
Komaki |
South Korea
|
16 | |||||||||||
| 2018 Details |
Ardabil |
Iran China
|
Canberra |
Japan Australia
|
10 | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 | No Asian qualification Tournaments were held. | |||||||||||||||||||
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References[]
Notes[]
- ^ a b India withdrew.
- ^ North Korea withdrew.
- ^ Mongolia replaced South Korea (1966 Asian Games Runners-up) because of South Korea did not play due to political problems with Bulgaria.
- ^ People's Republic of China replaced Republic of China (Asian Qualification Runners-up) after FIVB recognised China as a legitimate Chinese state.
- ^ Iraq replaced India.
- ^ South Korea Withdrew after qualifying.
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