2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

2022 FIVB Women's World Championship
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Tournament details
Host nations	Netherlands; Poland
City	Apeldoorn; Arnhem; Gdańsk; Gliwice; Łódź; Rotterdam
Dates	23 September – 15 October
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Officially opened by	Willem-Alexander and Andrzej Duda
Champions	Serbia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	United States
Tournament awards
MVP	Tijana Bošković
Best Setter	Bojana Drča
Best OH	Gabriela Guimarães; Miriam Sylla
Best MB	Ana Carolina da Silva; Anna Danesi
Best OPP	Tijana Bošković
Best Libero	Teodora Pušić
Tournament statistics
Matches played	100
Attendance	231,515 (2,315 per match)
Best scorer	Paola Egonu (275 points)
Best spiker	Tijana Bošković (55.58%)
Best blocker	Ana Carolina da Silva (4.92 Ave.)
Best server	Caterina Bosetti (1.50 Ave.)
Best setter	Joanna Wołosz (14.00 Ave.)
Best digger	Monica De Gennaro (14.00 Ave.)
Best receiver	Li Yingying (46.99%)
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The 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was the 19th staging of the FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The Netherlands and Poland were dual hosts for this event.^[1]

Serbia won their second title for the consecutive edition, beating Brazil in straight sets.^[2] Italy took the bronze medal defeating USA.^[3] Tijana Bošković was again the recipient of the MVP award of the tournament.^[4]

Host selection

On 19 January 2019, FIVB announced that Netherlands and Poland were selected as dual hosts for this event. It is the first time that the women's World Championship has been hosted by two countries.^[5]

Qualification

The host countries Netherlands and Poland automatically qualified for the competition as well as the current world champions Serbia. The top two teams from each of the 2021 Continental Championships secured qualification. The final 11 places belonged to top 11 teams as per FIVB World Ranking who had not yet qualified.^[6]

On 1 March 2022, FIVB declared Russia and Belarus ineligible to compete in international and continental competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. As a result, Russia were out of the championship.^[7] After Russia was removed from the competition, Croatia was invited to compete as the next highest ranked team in the World Ranking.^[8]^[9]

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Total	First	Last	Previous best performance
Serbia	CEV	Defending champions	20 October 2018	5^a	1978	2018	Champions (2018)
Netherlands	CEV	Host countries	12 January 2019	14	1956	2018	4th place (2018)
Poland	CEV	Host countries	12 January 2019	10	1952	2010	Runners-up (1952)
Dominican Republic	NORCECA	2021 NORCECA champions	31 August 2021	8	1974	2018	5th place (2014)
Puerto Rico	NORCECA	2021 NORCECA runners-up	31 August 2021	7	1974	2018	10th place (2002)
Italy	CEV	2021 European champions	4 September 2021	11	1978	2018	Champions (2002)
Turkey	CEV	2021 European third-place finishers^e	4 September 2021	4	2006	2018	6th place (2010)
China	AVC	1st AVC ranked team^f	5 September 2021	14	1956	2018	Champions (1982, 1986)
Japan	AVC	2nd AVC ranked team^f	5 September 2021	16	1960	2018	Champions (1962, 1967, 1974)
Brazil	CSV	2021 South American champions	19 September 2021	16	1956	2018	Runners-up (1994, 2006, 2010)
Colombia	CSV	2021 South American runners-up	19 September 2021	0	None		None
Cameroon	CAVB	2021 African champions	19 September 2021	3	2006	2018	21st place (2006, 2014, 2018)
Kenya	CAVB	2021 African runners-up	19 September 2021	6	1994	2018	13th place (1994, 1998)
United States	NORCECA	1st World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	16	1956	2018	Champions (2014)
~~VFR~~^b	CEV	~~2nd World ranked non-qualified team~~	~~19 September 2021~~	~~17^b~~	1952	2018	Champions (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990, 2006, 2010)
Germany	CEV	3rd World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	16^c	1956	2018	4th place (1974, 1986)
Belgium	CEV	4th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	3	1956	2014	11th place (2014)
South Korea	AVC	5th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	12	1967	2018	3rd place (1967, 1974)
Bulgaria	CEV	6th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	12	1952	2018	4th place (1952)
Canada	NORCECA	7th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	9	1974	2018	11th place (1974, 1982)
Thailand	AVC	8th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	5	1998	2018	13th place (1998, 2010, 2018)
Argentina	CSV	9th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	6	1960	2018	8th place (1960)
Czech Republic	CEV	10th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	11^d	1952	2010	3rd place (1952, 1960)
Kazakhstan	AVC	11th World ranked non-qualified team	19 September 2021	4	2006	2018	15th place (2006)
Croatia	CEV	Reallocation	18 March 2022	3	1998	2014	6th place (1998)

Notes: ^a Competed as SFR Yugoslavia in 1978 (1 time) and as Serbia and Montenegro in 2006 (1 time); 3 appearances as Serbia.; ^b Competed as Soviet Union from 1952 to 1990 (10 times); 7 appearances as Russia. Russia was suspended to compete under it national title due to violating WADA regulation. Later, the team was removed from all FIVB and continental competitions due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.; ^c Competed as East Germany from 1956 to 1990 (7 times) and as West Germany from 1956 to 1990 (8 times); 7 appearances as Germany.; ^d Competed as Czechoslovakia from 1952 to 1986 (8 times); 3 appearances as Czech Republic.; ^e Turkey qualified from the continental championship due to the runners-up, Serbia, have qualified as defending champions.; ^f 2021 Asian Championship was cancelled, The continental spots decided by AVC ranking.

Squads

Venues

First round	Second round	Final round	Arnhem Rotterdam Apeldoorn
Arnhem	Rotterdam	Apeldoorn
GelreDome Arena (GDA)^[a]	Ahoy Arena (AHA)	Omnisport Arena (OMA)
Capacity: 21,248	Capacity: 16,426	Capacity: 6,525

First round	First round, Second round	Final round	Gdańsk Łódź Gliwice
Gdańsk	Łódź	Gliwice
Ergo Arena (ERA)	Atlas Arena (ATA)^[b]	Gliwice Arena (GLA)
Capacity: 11,409	Capacity: 13,805	Capacity: 13,752

Format

First round

In the first round, the 24 teams were spread across four pools of six teams playing in a round-robin system. The top four teams from each pool advanced to the second round.^[11]

Second round

In the second round, the 16 teams were allocated in two pools of eight teams (top teams from first round pools A and D in one and top teams from pools B and C in the other). Once again a round-robin system was used in each pool, teams coming from the same first round pool (therefore already played each other) only played against opponents from a different first round pool. The second round standings took the results in the first and second rounds into account. The top four teams of each group advanced to the final round.

Final round

The top four teams of each pool played in quarterfinals. The winners advanced to semifinals. The semifinals winners advanced to compete for the World Championship title. The losers faced each other in the third place match.

Pools composition

First round

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as per end of 2021. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as heads of pool A and B. The better ranked hosted team (10) allocated to pool A, and another team (12) allocated to pool B. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines following the World Ranking.^[12]

Seeded Teams	Pot 1	Pot 2
Netherlands (Co-hosts) Poland (Co-hosts) United States (1) Brazil (2)	China (3) Turkey (4) Serbia (5) Italy (6)	Dominican Republic (7) Japan (9) Germany (11) Belgium (13)

Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
South Korea (14) Bulgaria (15) Colombia (16) Puerto Rico (17)	Canada (18) Thailand (19) Cameroon (20) Argentina (21)	Czech Republic (22) Kazakhstan (23) Croatia (24) Kenya (28)

Draw

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Netherlands	Poland	United States	Brazil
Italy	Turkey	Serbia	China
Belgium	Dominican Republic	Germany	Japan
Puerto Rico	South Korea	Bulgaria	Colombia
Cameroon	Thailand	Canada	Argentina
Kenya	Croatia	Kazakhstan	Czech Republic

Second round

Pool E
Italy (Pool A 1st)	China (Pool D 1st)
Belgium (Pool A 2nd)	Japan (Pool D 2nd)
Netherlands (Pool A 3rd)	Brazil (Pool D 3rd)
Puerto Rico (Pool A 4th)	Argentina (Pool D 4th)

Pool F
Turkey (Pool B 1st)	Serbia (Pool C 1st)
Thailand (Pool B 2nd)	United States (Pool C 2nd)
Dominican Republic (Pool B 3rd)	Canada (Pool C 3rd)
Poland (Pool B 4th)	Germany (Pool C 4th)

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.

First round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
The top four teams in each pool qualified for the second phase.^[13]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	431	328	1.314	Second round
2	Belgium	5	4	1	12	13	4	3.250	417	331	1.260
3	Netherlands	5	3	2	9	11	7	1.571	413	357	1.157
4	Puerto Rico	5	2	3	6	7	10	0.700	371	382	0.971
5	Kenya	5	1	4	3	4	12	0.333	289	383	0.755
6	Cameroon	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	237	377	0.629

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
23 Sep	20:00	GDA	Netherlands	3–0	Kenya	25–11	25–17	25–11		75–39	P2 Report
24 Sep	14:00	GDA	Belgium	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–15	27–25	25–15		77–55	P2 Report
24 Sep	15:00	GDA	Italy	3–0	Cameroon	25–10	25–12	25–16		75–38	P2 Report
25 Sep	13:00	GDA	Belgium	3–0	Kenya	25–15	25–14	25–11		75–40	P2 Report
25 Sep	16:00	GDA	Netherlands	3–0	Cameroon	25–11	25–20	25–13		75–44	P2 Report
26 Sep	18:00	GDA	Italy	3–0	Puerto Rico	28–26	25–21	26–24		79–71	P2 Report
27 Sep	18:00	GDA	Italy	3–1	Belgium	21–25	30–28	29–27	25–9	105–89	P2 Report
27 Sep	20:00	GDA	Cameroon	0–3	Kenya	20–25	25–27	19–25		64–77	P2 Report
28 Sep	20:00	GDA	Netherlands	3–1	Puerto Rico	23–25	25–20	25–16	25–15	98–76	P2 Report
29 Sep	18:00	GDA	Italy	3–0	Kenya	25–15	25–23	25–17		75–55	P2 Report
29 Sep	20:00	GDA	Puerto Rico	3–0	Cameroon	25–23	25–16	25–11		75–50	P2 Report
30 Sep	20:00	GDA	Netherlands	1–3	Belgium	16–25	23–25	26–24	25–27	90–101	P2 Report
1 Oct	16:00	GDA	Puerto Rico	3–1	Kenya	25–15	19–25	25–18	25–20	94–78	P2 Report
2 Oct	13:00	GDA	Belgium	3–0	Cameroon	25–8	25–19	25–14		75–41	P2 Report
2 Oct	16:00	GDA	Netherlands	1–3	Italy	13–25	25–22	16–25	21–25	75–97	P2 Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	5	4	1	11	14	7	2.000	468	396	1.182	Second round
2	Thailand	5	4	1	10	12	7	1.714	419	392	1.069
3	Dominican Republic	5	3	2	11	13	7	1.857	457	401	1.140
4	Poland	5	3	2	10	12	7	1.714	441	382	1.154
5	South Korea	5	1	4	3	3	13	0.231	283	398	0.711
6	Croatia	5	0	5	0	2	15	0.133	326	425	0.767

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Sep	18:00	GDA	Poland	3–1	Croatia	25–19	21–25	25–23	25–15		96–82	P2 Report
24 Sep	13:00	GDA	Turkey	2–3	Thailand	25–17	29–31	25–22	19–25	13–15	111–110	P2 Report
24 Sep	18:30	GDA	Dominican Republic	3–0	South Korea	25–19	25–12	25–15			75–46	P2 Report
27 Sep	14:00	ERA	Turkey	3–0	South Korea	25–14	25–13	25–13			75–40	P2 Report
27 Sep	17:30	ERA	Dominican Republic	3–0	Croatia	25–20	25–15	25–21			75–56	P2 Report
27 Sep	20:30	ERA	Poland	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–17	25–17			75–51	P2 Report
28 Sep	14:00	ERA	Thailand	3–0	Croatia	25–18	25–13	25–21			75–52	P2 Report
28 Sep	17:30	ERA	Turkey	3–2	Dominican Republic	21–25	25–21	25–18	16–25	15–13	102–102	P2 Report
28 Sep	20:30	ERA	Poland	3–0	South Korea	25–17	25–18	25–16			75–51	P2 Report
29 Sep	14:00	ERA	South Korea	0–3	Thailand	13–25	15–25	14–25			42–75	P2 Report
29 Sep	17:30	ERA	Turkey	3–0	Croatia	25–14	25–12	25–12			75–38	P2 Report
29 Sep	20:30	ERA	Poland	1–3	Dominican Republic	25–18	22–25	21–25	21–25		89–93	P2 Report
1 Oct	14:00	ERA	Dominican Republic	2–3	Thailand	29–31	25–16	25–21	22–25	11–15	112–108	P2 Report
1 Oct	17:30	ERA	South Korea	3–1	Croatia	25–21	27–29	27–25	25–23		104–98	P2 Report
1 Oct	20:30	ERA	Poland	2–3	Turkey	25–22	23–25	22–25	25–18	11–15	106–105	P2 Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	5	5	0	14	15	2	7.500	412	326	1.264	Second round
2	United States	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	381	303	1.257
3	Canada	5	3	2	8	9	9	1.000	393	376	1.045
4	Germany	5	2	3	7	8	10	0.800	394	397	0.992
5	Bulgaria	5	1	4	4	8	12	0.667	417	464	0.899
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	244	375	0.651

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Sep	19:30	GDA	United States	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–16	25–13	25–22			75–51	P2 Report
25 Sep	19:00	GDA	Germany	3–1	Bulgaria	25–22	21–25	25–23	25–21		96–91	P2 Report
25 Sep	20:00	GDA	Serbia	3–0	Canada	25–23	25–16	25–20			75–59	P2 Report
26 Sep	15:30	GDA	Germany	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–15	25–18	25–21			75–54	P2 Report
26 Sep	16:00	GDA	Serbia	3–2	Bulgaria	25–21	22–25	25–27	25–21	15–9	112–103	P2 Report
26 Sep	21:00	GDA	United States	3–0	Canada	25–19	26–24	25–15			76–58	P2 Report
29 Sep	13:00	ATA	Canada	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–14	25–16	25–11			75–41	P2 Report
29 Sep	16:00	ATA	Serbia	3–0	Germany	25–23	25–22	25–23			75–68	P2 Report
29 Sep	19:00	ATA	United States	3–1	Bulgaria	25–14	23–25	25–11	25–15		98–65	P2 Report
30 Sep	13:00	ATA	Serbia	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–13	25–17	25–10			75–40	P2 Report
30 Sep	16:00	ATA	Bulgaria	1–3	Canada	21–25	27–25	20–25	15–25		83–100	P2 Report
30 Sep	19:00	ATA	United States	3–0	Germany	25–17	25–13	26–24			76–54	P2 Report
1 Oct	13:00	ATA	Bulgaria	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–18	25–22	25–18			75–58	P2 Report
1 Oct	16:00	ATA	Germany	2–3	Canada	25–12	26–24	23–25	18–25	9–15	101–101	P2 Report
1 Oct	19:00	ATA	United States	0–3	Serbia	20–25	23–25	13–25			56–75	P2 Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	5	4	1	12	13	3	4.333	395	352	1.122	Second round
2	Japan	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	387	327	1.183
3	Brazil	5	4	1	12	13	5	2.600	431	356	1.211
4	Argentina	5	2	3	5	6	12	0.500	377	413	0.913
5	Czech Republic	5	1	4	3	5	13	0.385	375	422	0.889
6	Colombia	5	0	5	1	3	15	0.200	335	430	0.779

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Sep	20:30	GDA	Brazil	3–1	Czech Republic	25–20	25–16	22–25	25–18		97–79	P2 Report
25 Sep	14:00	GDA	China	3–0	Argentina	25–23	25–22	25–20			75–65	P2 Report
25 Sep	14:15	GDA	Japan	3–0	Colombia	25–20	25–22	25–17			75–59	P2 Report
26 Sep	14:15	GDA	Japan	3–0	Czech Republic	25–15	25–20	25–12			75–47	P2 Report
26 Sep	18:30	GDA	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–19	25–13	25–21			75–53	P2 Report
27 Sep	14:00	GDA	China	3–0	Colombia	25–16	25–21	25–16			75–53	P2 Report
28 Sep	14:15	GDA	China	3–0	Japan	28–26	25–17	29–27			82–70	P2 Report
28 Sep	15:00	GDA	Brazil	3–0	Colombia	25–14	25–12	25–20			75–46	P2 Report
28 Sep	18:00	GDA	Argentina	3–1	Czech Republic	25–20	20–25	25–22	25–22		95–89	P2 Report
30 Sep	14:00	GDA	China	3–0	Czech Republic	25–19	25–22	27–25			77–66	P2 Report
30 Sep	14:15	GDA	Brazil	1–3	Japan	22–25	19–25	25–17	20–25		86–92	P2 Report
30 Sep	18:00	GDA	Colombia	2–3	Argentina	25–19	17–25	29–27	20–25	8–15	99–111	P2 Report
1 Oct	14:00	GDA	Brazil	3–1	China	23–25	25–17	25–22	25–22		98–86	P2 Report
1 Oct	18:00	GDA	Colombia	1–3	Czech Republic	22–25	13–25	25–19	18–25		78–94	P2 Report
2 Oct	14:15	GDA	Japan	3–0	Argentina	25–17	25–19	25–17			75–53	P2 Report

Second round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
The top four teams qualified for the final phase.^[13]
The results of all the matches in the first round were taken into account for this round.^[13]

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	9	8	1	25	26	6	4.333	783	627	1.249	Final round
2	Brazil	9	8	1	23	25	8	3.125	793	631	1.257
3	Japan	9	7	2	21	22	8	2.750	707	628	1.126
4	China	9	7	2	20	22	8	2.750	712	642	1.109
5	Belgium	9	5	4	15	18	13	1.385	708	667	1.061
6	Netherlands	9	4	5	13	16	17	0.941	733	680	1.078
7	Puerto Rico	9	3	6	9	10	20	0.500	616	690	0.893
8	Argentina	9	2	7	5	8	24	0.333	644	755	0.853

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Oct	14:15	AHA	Japan	3–1	Belgium	21–25	25–20	25–16	25–22		96–83	P2 Report
4 Oct	17:15	AHA	Italy	2–3	Brazil	20–25	25–22	25–22	21–25	15–17	106–111	P2 Report
4 Oct	20:15	AHA	Netherlands	3–1	Argentina	22–25	25–18	25–12	25–13		97–68	P2 Report
5 Oct	14:15	AHA	Italy	3–1	Japan	20–25	25–20	25–14	25–15		95–74	P2 Report
5 Oct	17:15	AHA	China	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–15	25–19	25–21			75–55	P2 Report
5 Oct	20:15	AHA	Belgium	3–0	Argentina	25–16	25–23	25–23			75–62	P2 Report
6 Oct	16:00	AHA	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–11	25–13	25–15			75–39	P2 Report
6 Oct	20:00	AHA	China	3–2	Netherlands	22–25	25–21	25–15	18–25	15–12	105–98	P2 Report
7 Oct	14:15	AHA	Japan	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–16	25–19	25–21			75–56	P2 Report
7 Oct	17:15	AHA	Italy	3–0	Argentina	25–19	25–18	25–17			75–54	P2 Report
7 Oct	20:15	AHA	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	25–19	25–19	25–20			75–58	P2 Report
8 Oct	13:30	AHA	Italy	3–0	China	26–24	25–16	25–20			76–60	P2 Report
8 Oct	17:00	AHA	Brazil	3–1	Belgium	26–28	25–17	25–11	25–16		101–72	P2 Report
9 Oct	12:30	AHA	China	3–0	Belgium	25–18	25–18	27–25			77–61	P2 Report
9 Oct	15:30	AHA	Japan	3–0	Netherlands	25–23	25–23	25–21			75–67	P2 Report
9 Oct	18:30	AHA	Puerto Rico	3–1	Argentina	20–25	25–15	25–20	25–23		95–83	P2 Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	9	9	0	26	27	2	13.500	714	570	1.253	Final round
2	United States	9	7	2	20	21	11	1.909	745	652	1.143
3	Turkey	9	6	3	17	21	13	1.615	775	699	1.109
4	Poland	9	6	3	17	21	14	1.500	792	720	1.100
5	Canada	9	5	4	14	17	18	0.944	767	741	1.035
6	Dominican Republic	9	4	5	15	19	17	1.118	789	764	1.033
7	Thailand	9	4	5	11	16	19	0.842	757	769	0.984
8	Germany	9	3	6	11	14	20	0.700	735	767	0.958

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Oct	15:00	ATA	Thailand	1–3	Canada	19–25	21–25	25–23	22–25		87–98	P2 Report
4 Oct	17:30	ATA	United States	3–1	Dominican Republic	21–25	25–19	25–20	25–14		96–78	P2 Report
4 Oct	19:00	ATA	Turkey	3–0	Germany	25–21	25–18	25–21			75–60	P2 Report
4 Oct	20:30	ATA	Serbia	3–0	Poland	26–24	25–22	25–18			76–64	P2 Report
5 Oct	15:00	ATA	Thailand	1–3	Germany	19–25	22–25	25–18	23–25		89–93	P2 Report
5 Oct	17:30	ATA	Turkey	3–0	Canada	25–22	26–24	28–26			79–72	P2 Report
5 Oct	19:00	ATA	Serbia	3–0	Dominican Republic	26–24	25–20	25–17			76–61	P2 Report
5 Oct	20:30	ATA	United States	0–3	Poland	23–25	20–25	18–25			61–75	P2 Report
7 Oct	15:00	ATA	Serbia	3–0	Thailand	25–23	25–17	25–15			75–55	P2 Report
7 Oct	17:30	ATA	United States	3–1	Turkey	25–22	21–25	25–20	25–22		96–89	P2 Report
7 Oct	19:00	ATA	Dominican Republic	3–1	Germany	19–25	25–18	25–22	25–18		94–83	P2 Report
7 Oct	20:30	ATA	Poland	3–2	Canada	25–18	19–25	16–25	25–23	15–5	100–96	P2 Report
8 Oct	15:00	ATA	United States	3–2	Thailand	23–25	21–25	25–19	27–25	15–13	111–107	P2 Report
8 Oct	17:30	ATA	Serbia	3–0	Turkey	25–20	25–21	25–23			75–64	P2 Report
8 Oct	19:00	ATA	Dominican Republic	2–3	Canada	25–18	23–25	17–25	27–25	7–15	99–108	P2 Report
8 Oct	20:30	ATA	Poland	3–2	Germany	26–24	20–25	25–18	26–28	15–10	112–105	P2 Report

Final round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

11 October – Apeldoorn

1E Italy	3
		13 October – Apeldoorn
4E China	1
		Italy	1
11 October – Apeldoorn
		Brazil	3
2E Brazil	3
				15 October – Apeldoorn
3E Japan	2
				Brazil	0
11 October – Gliwice
				Serbia	3
1F Serbia	3
		12 October – Gliwice
4F Poland	2
		Serbia	3
11 October – Gliwice
		United States	1	3rd place match
2F United States	3
				15 October – Apeldoorn
3F Turkey	0
				Italy	3

				United States	0

Quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Oct	17:00	OMA	Italy	3–1	China	25–16	25–22	13–25	25–17		88–80	P2 Report
11 Oct	17:30	GLA	United States	3–0	Turkey	25–22	25–15	25–20			75–57	P2 Report
11 Oct	20:00	OMA	Brazil	3–2	Japan	18–25	18–25	25–22	27–25	15–13	103–110	P2 Report
11 Oct	20:30	GLA	Serbia	3–2	Poland	21–25	25–21	25–19	24–26	16–14	111–105	P2 Report

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Oct	20:30	GLA	Serbia	3–1	United States	25–21	25–20	17–25	25–23		92–89	P2 Report
13 Oct	20:00	OMA	Italy	1–3	Brazil	23–25	25–22	24–26	19–25		91–98	P2 Report

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Oct	16:00	OMA	Italy	3–0	United States	25–20	25–15	27–25			77–60	P2 Report

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Oct	20:00	OMA	Brazil	0–3	Serbia	24–26	22–25	17–25			63–76	P2 Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Serbia
	Brazil
	Italy
4	United States
5	Japan
6	China
7	Poland
8	Turkey
9	Belgium
10	Canada
11	Dominican Republic
12	Netherlands
13	Thailand
14	Germany
15	Puerto Rico
16	Argentina
17	Bulgaria
18	Czech Republic
19	Kenya
20	South Korea
21	Colombia
22	Croatia
23	Kazakhstan
24	Cameroon

	Qualified for the 2025 World Championship

Source: WCH 2022 final standings

2022 Women's World champions
Serbia 2nd title

Team roster

Bianka Buša, Katarina Lazović, Bojana Drča, Mina Popović, Slađana Mirković, Brankica Mihajlović, Teodora Pušić, Ana Bjelica, Maja Aleksić, Jovana Stevanović, Aleksandra Jegdić, Tijana Bošković (c), Bojana Milenković, Sara Lozo

Head coach

Daniele Santarelli

Awards

Most valuable player
Tijana Bošković (SRB)
Best setter
Bojana Drča (SRB)
Best outside spikers
Gabriela Guimarães (BRA)

Miriam Sylla (ITA)
Best opposite spiker
Tijana Bošković (SRB)
Best middle blockers
Ana Carolina da Silva (BRA)

Anna Danesi (ITA)
Best libero
Teodora Pušić (SRB)

Statistics leaders

Statistics leaders correct as of final round.^[14]

Best Scorers
	Player	Spikes	Blocks	Serves	Total
1	Paola Egonu	244	23	8	275
2	Magdalena Stysiak	197	35	9	241
3	Tijana Bošković	219	13	8	240
4	Britt Herbots	203	11	8	222
5	Gabriela Guimarães	200	6	8	214

Best Spikers
	Player	Spikes	Faults	Shots	%	Total
1	Paola Egonu	244	77	173	49.39	494
2	Tijana Bošković	219	49	126	55.58	394
3	Britt Herbots	203	56	248	40.04	507
4	Gabriela Guimarães	200	48	187	45.98	435
5	Magdalena Stysiak	197	67	156	46.90	420

Best Blockers
	Player	Blocks	Faults	Rebounds	Avg	Total
1	Ana Carolina da Silva	59	48	55	4.92	162
2	Anna Danesi	42	30	81	3.50	153
3	Neira Ortiz	39	39	43	4.33	121
4	Magdalena Stysiak	35	28	1	3.50	64
5	Agnieszka Kąkolewska	34	33	10	3.40	77

Best Servers
	Player	Aces	Faults	Hits	Avg	Total
1	Caterina Bosetti	18	12	114	1.50	144
2	Andrea Drews	18	25	116	1.50	159
3	Jordyn Poulter	14	10	96	1.17	120
4	Mayu Ishikawa	14	15	96	1.40	125
5	Gaila González	13	24	94	1.44	131

Best Setters
	Player	Running	Faults	Still	Avg	Total
1	Alessia Orro	144	7	930	12.00	1081
2	Joanna Wołosz	140	5	813	14.00	958
3	Diao Linyu	135	11	782	13.50	928
4	Victoria Mayer	126	3	836	14.00	965
5	Nanami Seki	117	4	1029	11.70	1150

Best Diggers
	Player	Digs	Faults	Receptions	Avg	Total
1	Monica De Gennaro	168	49	24	14.00	241
2	Gabriela Guimarães	106	41	25	8.83	172
3	Caterina Bosetti	98	26	8	8.17	132
4	Kotona Hayashi	91	39	19	9.10	149
5	Myrthe Schoot	90	34	30	10.00	154

Best Receivers
	Player	Excellents	Faults	Serve	%	Total
1	Gabriela Guimarães	101	4	139	41.39	244
2	Miriam Sylla	96	9	217	29.81	322
3	Li Yingying	86	9	88	46.99	183
4	Yamila Nizetich	84	14	170	31.34	268
5	Priscila Daroit	80	17	151	32.26	248

Notes

^ The event in Arnhem had three volleyball courts installed inside the stadium, allowing three games to be played simultaneously in the first days of competition (where all participating countries were concentrated until September 26, 2022).^[10]
^ The event in Łódź will also have several games played at the Łódź Sports Arena, an auxiliary volleyball court in the same complex as the Łódź Atlas Arena, with a capacity of 3,000 people.

References

^ "NETHERLANDS AND POLAND SET TO HOST UNFORGETTABLE FIVB Women's Volleyball WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2022". volleyballworld.com. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
^ "Serbia sweep Brazil and retain world title". volleyballworld.com. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
^ "Italy shut out USA for bronze". volleyballworld.com. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
^ "Boskovic earns second World Championship MVP award". volleyballworld.com. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
^ "Netherlands and Poland selected as dual-hosts for 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship".
^ "Qualification system for FIVB Volleyball World Championships 2022 revealed". FIVB. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
^ "FIVB Declares Russia And Belarus Not Eligible For International And Continental Competitions". FIVB. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ "Draw Sets Up Electrifying Clashes At Netherlands-Poland 2022". FIVB. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "Draw for 2022 Women's World Championship over: Croatia replaces Russia, competition formula modified". WoV. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "WCH 2022 W: Football stadium split into 3 volleyball courts, bleachers with no light – both co-hosts successful at opening". WorldofVolley. September 23, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
^ "Algemene informatie".^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Drawing of Lots - FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championships 2022". YouTube.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Competition Formula". Volleyball World. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ Statistics

External links

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
2022 Women's World Championship – official website

[11] The event in Arnhem had three volleyball courts installed inside the stadium, allowing three games to be played simultaneously in the first days of competition (where all participating countries were concentrated until September 26, 2022).^[10]

[12] The event in Łódź will also have several games played at the Łódź Sports Arena, an auxiliary volleyball court in the same complex as the Łódź Atlas Arena, with a capacity of 3,000 people.

[newhosts-1] "NETHERLANDS AND POLAND SET TO HOST UNFORGETTABLE FIVB Women's Volleyball WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2022". volleyballworld.com. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

[2] "Serbia sweep Brazil and retain world title". volleyballworld.com. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

[3] "Italy shut out USA for bronze". volleyballworld.com. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

[4] "Boskovic earns second World Championship MVP award". volleyballworld.com. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

[5] "Netherlands and Poland selected as dual-hosts for 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship".

[6] "Qualification system for FIVB Volleyball World Championships 2022 revealed". FIVB. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

[7] "FIVB Declares Russia And Belarus Not Eligible For International And Continental Competitions". FIVB. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

[8] "Draw Sets Up Electrifying Clashes At Netherlands-Poland 2022". FIVB. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

[9] "Draw for 2022 Women's World Championship over: Croatia replaces Russia, competition formula modified". WoV. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

[10] "WCH 2022 W: Football stadium split into 3 volleyball courts, bleachers with no light – both co-hosts successful at opening". WorldofVolley. September 23, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2022.

[13] "Algemene informatie".^{[permanent dead link]}

[14] "Drawing of Lots - FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championships 2022". YouTube.

[formula-15] "Competition Formula". Volleyball World. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

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Tournaments	Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Japan 1967 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Soviet Union 1978 Peru 1982 Czechoslovakia 1986 China 1990 Brazil 1994 Japan 1998 Germany 2002 Japan 2006 Japan 2010 Italy 2014 Japan 2018 Netherlands / Poland 2022 Thailand 2025
Qualifications	1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2025
Statistics	2018 2022 2025
Squads	1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2025
National team appearances

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Summer sports & indoor sports	American football (women) Aquatics artistic swimming diving open water swimming swimming water polo Association football (men) Athletics ~~half marathon~~ indoor outdoor mountain and trail running Badminton individual team Basketball women 3x3 Basque pelota Beach handball men women Beach korfball Beach volleyball Bowling (9-pin) Bowls indoor WBT indoor WB/IIBC Boxing (women) Canoeing marathon slalom sprint Cricket men (T20) women Cycling road track mountain bike marathon BMX cyclo-cross urban gravel Equestrian Fencing Field hockey (women) Finswimming Floorball (men) Gymnastics artistic rhythmic trampoline acrobatic aerobic aesthetic parkour Indoor hockey ~~men~~ ~~women~~ Judo Lacrosse (women) Modern pentathlon Orienteering Racquetball Real Tennis men women Roller sports Rowing Rugby league men women wheelchair PDRL Rugby sevens men women Rugby union women wheelchair Sitting volleyball Men Women Shooting rifle / pistol running target shotgun Softball (men) Squash men women Surfing shortboard SUP/paddleboard Swimming (25m) Table tennis Volleyball men women Taekwondo Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter sports	Bandy ~~men~~ women Curling men women mixed doubles mixed Figure skating Ice climbing Ice hockey men women Luge Ski flying Ski orienteering Short track speed skating Sled dog racing on-snow sleddog Speed skating allround sprint Winter triathlon
Cue & mind sports	Bridge teams Carom billiards individual team Chess Fischer Random Darts PDC WDF Draughts men Pool nine-ball ten-ball Snooker open women
Motor sports	Electric touring car Endurance auto racing Endurance moto racing Superstock Formula E Formula One Motocross men women team MotoGP Moto2 Moto3 MotoE Radio-controlled racing 1:8 nitro off-road 1:10 electric touring car Rally Rallycross Rally raid FIA Bajas FIM Bajas Sidecarcross Speedway individual team Superbike Supersport Supersport 300 Supercross Touring car

Host selection

Qualification

Squads

Venues

Format

First round

Second round

Final round

Pools composition

First round

Second round

Pool standing procedure

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

Pool E

Pool F

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

Statistics leaders

See also

Notes

References

External links