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 hosts, Russia the titleholder, Poland. Twelve places will be allocated to top twelves not yet qualified teams of FIVB World Ranking. The remaining 10 places will be determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five FIVB confederations competed.

Qualification summary

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	TBD
CAVB (Africa)	2021 African Championship		TBD	TBD	TBD
CEV (Europe)	2019 European Championship		12–29 September 2019	Belgium, France, Netherlands and Slovenia	22+2
	2021 European Championship qualification	Pool A	TBD	TBD 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	TBD	TBD and TBD	4
		Pool F	TBD	TBD and TBD	4
		Pool G	TBD	TBD and TBD	4
	2021 European Championship		TBD	Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland and Poland	22+2
CSV (South America)	2021 South American Championship		TBD	TBD	TBD
NORCECA (North America)	2021 NORCECA Championship		10–20 September 2021	TBD	TBD

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)

Main article: 2019 Asian Men's Volleyball 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	7	2
8	Hong Kong	7	4

Source: AVC

Second round (2021 Asian Championship qualification)

Main article: 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship qualification

Third round (2021 Asian Championship)

Main article: 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

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

CEV (Europe)

First round (2019 European Championship)

Main article: 2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship

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

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	France	5	15
2	Italy	5	12
3	Bulgaria	5	9
4	Greece	5	3
5	Portugal	5	3
6	Romania	5	3

Source: CEV

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Serbia	5	15
2	Belgium	5	11
3	Germany	5	7
4	Spain	5	6
5	Slovakia	5	5
6	Austria	5	1

Source: CEV

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Russia	5	15
2	Slovenia	5	9
3	Turkey	5	7
4	Finland	5	6
5	North Macedonia	5	6
6	Belarus	5	2

Source: CEV

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Poland	5	15
2	Netherlands	5	10
3	Ukraine	5	9
4	Czech Republic	5	6
5	Montenegro	5	5
6	Estonia	5	0

Source: CEV

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

Source: CEV

Second round (2021 European Championship qualification)

Main article: 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

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

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Netherlands	0	0
2	Sweden	0	0
3	Croatia	0	0

Source: CEV

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Bulgaria	4	12
2	Austria	4	4
3	Israel	4	2

Source: CEV

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Turkey	4	9
2	North Macedonia	4	9
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	0

Source: CEV

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Latvia	6	12
2	Spain	6	12
3	Moldova	6	7
4	Cyprus	5	5

Source: CEV

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Slovakia	0	0
2	Romania	0	0
3	Switzerland	0	0
4	Albania	0	0

Source: CEV

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Greece	0	0
2	Montenegro	0	0
3	Azerbaijan	0	0
4	Georgia	0	0

Source: CEV

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Belarus	0	0
2	Portugal	0	0
3	Norway	0	0
4	Hungary	0	0

Source: CEV

Ranking of the second placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	North Macedonia	4	9
2	Spain	4	9
3	Austria	4	4
4	Sweden	0	0
5	Romania	0	0
6	Montenegro	0	0
7	Portugal	0	0

Source: CEV

Third round (2021 European Championship)

Main article: 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship

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

External links

• Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website