2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification

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
Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Total	First	Last	Previous best performance
Russia¹	CEV	Host Country	15 November 2018	19	1949	2018	Winners (1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1982)
Poland	CEV	Defending Champions	30 September 2018	17	1949	2018	Winners (1974, 2014, 2018)
Puerto Rico	NORCECA	2021 NORCECA Championship Finalists	22 August 2021	5	1974	2018	Twelfth Place (2006)
Canada	NORCECA	2021 NORCECA Championship Finalists	22 August 2021	11	1974	2018	Seventh Place (2014)
Brazil	CSV	2021 South American Championship Top two	4 September 2021	17	1956	2018	Winners (2002, 2006, 2010)
Argentina	CSV	2021 South American Championship Top two	4 September 2021	12	1960	2018	Third Place (1982)
Cameroon	CAVB	2021 African Nations Championship Finalists	13 September 2021	4	1990	2018	Thirteenth Place (2010)
Tunisia	CAVB	2021 African Nations Championship Finalists	13 September 2021	10	1962	2018	Fifteenth Place (2006)
Iran	AVC	2021 Asian Championship Finalists	18 September 2021	6	1970	2018	Sixth Place (2014)
Japan	AVC	2021 Asian Championship Finalists	18 September 2021	15	1960	2018	Third Place (1970, 1974)
Italy	CEV	CEV Eurovolley 2021 Finalists	18 September 2021	17	1949	2018	Winners (1990, 1994, 1998)
Slovenia	CEV	CEV Eurovolley 2021 Finalists	18 September 2021	1	2018		Twelfth Place (2018)
France	CEV	1st World ranked non-qualified team		16	1949	2018	Third Place (2002)
United States	NORCECA	2nd World ranked non-qualified team		16	1956	2018	Winners (1986)
Serbia²	CEV	3rd World ranked non-qualified team		10	1956	2018	Runners-up (1998)
Cuba	NORCECA	4th World ranked non-qualified team		15	1956	2018	Runners-up (1990, 2010)
Netherlands	CEV	5th World ranked non-qualified team		12	1949	2018	Runners-up (1994)
Germany	CEV	6th World ranked non-qualified team		4	1994	2014	Third place (2014)
Mexico	NORCECA	7th World ranked non-qualified team		5	1974	2018	Tenth Place (1974)
Turkey	CEV	8th World ranked non-qualified team		3	1956	1998	Fifteenth Place (1966)
Egypt	CAVB	9th World ranked non-qualified team		9	1974	2018	Thirteenth Place (2010)
Qatar	AVC	10th World ranked non-qualified team		0	debut
Bulgaria	CEV	11th World ranked non-qualified team		18	1949	2018	Runners-up (1970)
China	AVC	12th World ranked non-qualified team		14	1956	2018	Seventh 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.

Timelines

Confederation	Tournament		Date	Venue	Teams
AVC (Asia and Oceania)	2019 Asian Championship		13–21 September 2019	Tehran	16
AVC (Asia and Oceania)	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	Brasilia	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.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Australia	3	8
2	Iran	3	6
3	Qatar	3	4
4	Sri Lanka	3	0

Source: AVC

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Japan	3	9
2	Chinese Taipei	3	6
3	Thailand	3	3
4	Hong Kong	3	0

Source: AVC

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	China	3	9
2	India	3	5
3	Kazakhstan	3	4
4	Oman	3	0

Source: AVC

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	South Korea	3	9
2	Pakistan	3	5
3	Indonesia	3	4
4	Kuwait	3	0

Source: AVC

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	Oman	7	5
6	Sri Lanka	7	10
7	Kuwait	1	2
8	Hong Kong	7	4

Source: AVC

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	Uganda
6	Rwanda
7	Nigeria
8	DR Congo
9	Kenya
10	Mali
11	Burundi
12	Niger
13	Burkina Faso
14	South Sudan
15	Ethiopia
16	Tanzania

CEV (Europe)