2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification

The 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship will be the first edition featured 32 teams. The first two spots were allocated to the current titleholder, Italy, and the host, Philippines. As the FIVB has 5 continental federations, three spots were reserved for the top three of each Continental Championship held in 2023, which totals 15 places. Remaining places were allocated to the top 15 teams in the FIVB World Ranking at the end of the 2024 national team season that have not yet qualified through the first three criteria.

Qualification summary

Qualified teams

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
				Total	First	Last
Philippines	AVC	Host country	20 March 2024	0	None		None
Italy	CEV	Defending champions	11 September 2022	18	1949	2022	Champions (1990, 1994, 1998, 2022)
Japan	AVC	2023 Asian champions	25 August 2023	16	1960	2022	3rd place (1970, 1974)
Iran	AVC	2023 Asian runners-up	25 August 2023	7	1970	2022	6th place (2014)
Qatar	AVC	2023 Asian 3rd placers	26 August 2023	1	2022		21st place (2022)
Brazil	CSV	2023 South American runners-up	28 August 2023	18	1956	2022	Champions (2002, 2006, 2010)
Argentina	CSV	2023 South American champions	29 August 2023	13	1960	2022	3rd place (1982)
Colombia	CSV	2023 South American 3rd placers	29 August 2023	0	None		None
United States	NORCECA	2023 NORCECA champions	9 September 2023	17	1956	2022	Champions (1986)
Canada	NORCECA	2023 NORCECA runners-up	9 September 2023	12	1974	2022	7th place (2014)
Cuba	NORCECA	2023 NORCECA 3rd placers	10 September 2023	16	1956	2022	Runners-up (1990, 2010)
Egypt	CAVB	2023 African champions	11 September 2023	10	1974	2022	13th place (2010)
Algeria	CAVB	2023 African runners-up	11 September 2023	2	1994	1998	13th place (1994)
Poland	CEV	2023 European champions	12 September 2023	18	1949	2022	Champions (1974, 2014, 2018)
Slovenia	CEV	2023 European 3rd placers	12 September 2023	2	2018	2022	4th place (2022)
France	CEV	2023 European 4th placersa	12 September 2023	17	1949	2022	3rd place (2002)
Libya	CAVB	2023 African 3rd placers	13 September 2023	1	1982		24th place (1982)
Germany	CEV	1st World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	12b	1956	2022	Champions (1970)
Serbia	CEV	2nd World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	11c	1956	2022	Runners-up (1998)
Netherlands	CEV	3rd World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	13	1949	2022	Runners-up (1994)
Ukraine	CEV	4th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	2	1998	2022	7th place (2022)
Belgium	CEV	5th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	9	1949	2018	8th place (1970)
Turkey	CEV	6th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	4	1956	2022	11th place (2022)
Czech Republic	CEV	7th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	16d	1949	2010	Champions (1956, 1966)
Bulgaria	CEV	8th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	19	1949	2022	Runners-up (1970)
Portugal	CEV	9th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	2	1956	2002	8th place (2002)
Finland	CEV	10th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	8	1952	2018	9th place (2014)
Tunisia	CAVB	11th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	11	1962	2022	15th place (2006)
China	AVC	12th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	15	1956	2022	7th place (1978, 1982)
Romania	CEV	13th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	10	1949	1982	Runners-up (1956, 1966)
Chile	CSV	14th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	1	1982		23rd place (1982)
South Korea	AVC	15th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	9	1956	2014	4th place (1978)

Notes

^a France, 4th placers of the tournament qualified since Italy, the runners-up of this tournament were the defending world champions.

^b Competed as East Germany from 1956 to 1990 (7 times) and as West Germany from 1956 to 1990 (8 times); 5 appearances as Germany.

^c Competed as SFR Yugoslavia from 1956 to 1970 (4 times) and as Serbia and Montenegro from 1998 to 2006 (3 times); 4 appearances as Serbia.

^d Competed as Czechoslovakia from 1949 to 1990; 5 appearances as Czech Republic.

Timelines

Confederation	Tournament		Date	Venue	Teams
AVC (Asia and Oceania)	2023 Asian Championship		19–26 August 2023	Urmia	17
CAVB (Africa)	2023 African Championship		3–13 September 2023	Cairo	16
CEV (Europe)	2023 European Championship qualification	Pool A	3–20 August 2022	Baku, Middelfart and Istanbul	3
		Pool B	3–21 August 2022	Ried im Innkreis, Tampere and Valmiera	3
		Pool C	3–21 August 2022	Beveren, Tallinn and Tórshavn	3
		Pool D	3–21 August 2022	Kópavogur, Luxembourg City, Kolašin and Póvoa de Varzim	4
		Pool E	3–21 August 2022	Osijek, Nicosia, Glyfada and Volda	4
		Pool F	3–21 August 2022	Tbilisi, Budapest, Nitra and Teruel	4
		Pool G	3–21 August 2022	Tirana, Tuzla, Galați and Schönenwerd	4
	2023 European Championship		28 August – 16 September 2023	Italy, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Israel	23+1
CSV (South America)	2023 South American Championship		26–30 August 2023	Recife	5
NORCECA (North America)	2023 NORCECA Championship		5–10 September 2023	Charleston, West Virginia	8

Host country

FIVB reserved a berth for the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship host country to participate in the tournament.

On 20 March 2024, FIVB announced that the Philippines would host the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship.

Defending champions

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

• Italy from CEV (Europe)

Continental Championships

AVC (Asia and Oceania)

Main article: 2023 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Final standing

  Qualified to 2025 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Japan
	Iran
	Qatar
4	China
5	South Korea
6	Chinese Taipei
7	Pakistan
8	Bahrain
9	Indonesia
10	Thailand
11	India
12	Iraq
13	Kazakhstan
14	Afghanistan
15	Bangladesh
16	Hong Kong
17	Uzbekistan

CAVB (Africa)

Main article: 2023 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship

Final standing

  Qualified to 2025 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Egypt
	Algeria
	Libya
4	Cameroon
5	Tunisia
6	Rwanda
7	Chad
8	Morocco
9	Kenya
10	Ghana
11	Senegal
12	Gambia
13	Tanzania
14	Burundi
15	Mali

CEV (Europe)

Main article: 2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Final standing

  Qualified to 2025 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Poland
	Italy
	Slovenia
4	France
5	Netherlands
6	Serbia
7	Romania
8	Ukraine
9	Germany
10	Portugal
11	Croatia
12	Czech Republic
13	Turkey
14	Belgium
15	Bulgaria
16	North Macedonia
17	Spain
18	Israel
19	Montenegro
20	Estonia
21	Finland
22	Greece
23	Switzerland
24	Denmark

CSV (South America)

Main article: 2023 Men's South American Volleyball Championship

Final standing

  Qualified to 2025 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Argentina
	Brazil
	Colombia
4	Chile
5	Peru

NORCECA (North America)

Main article: 2023 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

Final standing

  Qualified to 2025 World Championship

Rank	Team
	United States
	Canada
	Cuba
4	Dominican Republic
5	Mexico
6	Puerto Rico
7	Suriname

FIVB World Ranking

The final 15 places belonged to top 15 teams as per FIVB World Ranking who had not yet qualified.

World ranking as of August 2025

  Qualified to 2025 World Championship

Rank	Team
1	Poland
2	France
3	United States
4	Slovenia
5	Italy
6	Japan
7	Brazil
8	Germany
9	Argentina
10	Serbia
11	Canada
12	Cuba
13	Netherlands
14	Ukraine
15	Iran
16	Belgium
17	Turkey
18	Czech Republic
19	Bulgaria
20	Egypt
21	Qatar
22	Portugal
23	Finland
24	Tunisia
25	China
26	Romania
27	Chile
28	South Korea
29	Croatia
30	Puerto Rico

External links

• Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website