en List of FIVB Men%27s Volleyball World Championship qualifications

The FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification is the process that a national men's volleyball team goes through to qualify for the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship finals.

Qualifying tournaments are held within the five FIVB continental zones (Africa, Asia and Oceania, Europe, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America), and are organized by their respective confederations. For each tournament, FIVB decides beforehand the number of places in the finals allocated to each of the continental zones, based on the numbers or relative strength of the confederations' teams.

History

Summary

Allocations of FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
Allocation	1949 (10)	1952 (11)	1956 (24)	1960 (14)	1962 (21)	1966 (22)	1970 (24)	1974 (24)	1978 (24)	1982 (24)	1986 (16)	1990 (16)	1994 (16)	1998 (24)	2002 (24)	2006 (24)	2010 (24)	2014 (24)	2018 (24)	2022 (24)	2025 (32)
Africa							2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Asia and Oceania						1	3	2	2	2	1	1	3	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3
Europe						5	8	3	3	3	1	1	1	11	10	9	8	8	10	8	3
North, Central America and Caribbean						2	2	6	2	2	1	1		3	3	4	5	5	5	5	3
South America							2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3
Host nation(s)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Defending champions															1	1	1		1	1	1
World Championship						11	6	8	12	12	7	7	2
World Qualifiers											3	3	6
Olympic champions													1
Wild cards	9	10	23	13	20	2														1
World ranking																					15

Graphical

Africa
Asia and Oceania
Europe
North, Central America and Caribbean
South America
H; host

Tournament	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	14	15	17	18	20	21	22	23	24	26	29
1949	9
1952	2		8
1956	3			17														2		1
1960	1	6						1	5
1962	1	4				14											1
1966	3			15												2		1
1970	2		4				13										2		2
1974	2		3			10								6					2
1978	2		3			11									4			3
1982	2		5					9							4			3
1986	1	3			6						2	3
1990	1	2		7							3		2
1994	1	3			6						3		2
1998	2		5					11								3			2
2002	2		5					11								3			2
2006	2		5					9							4			3
2010	3			4				8						5				3
2014	3			4				8						5				3
2018		3			4				8						5				2
2022		3			4				8						5				2
2025	4				5					15											3	4

Qualification competition used


Competition	1949 (10)	1952 (11)	1956 (24)	1960 (14)	1962 (21)	1966 (22)	1970 (24)	1974 (24)	1978 (24)	1982 (24)	1986 (16)	1990 (16)	1994 (16)	1998 (24)	2002 (24)	2006 (24)	2010 (24)	2014 (24)	2018 (24)	2022 (24)	2025 (32)
Summer Olympics	—	—	—	—	—	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
World Championship	—	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
African Championship	—	—	—	—	—	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Asian Championship	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
European Championship	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
NORCECA Championship	—	—	—	—	—	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
South American Championship	—	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Participation

These are the number of teams that participated in all levels of qualification for the World Championship since 1998:

Year	Teams entered
Year	Africa	Asia and Oceania	Europe	NORCECA	South America	Total
1998	6	10+1	28	7	4	55+1
2002	8	12	28+1	10	3+1	61+2
2006	13	19+1	35	20	7+1	94+2
2010	13	21	34+1	33	8+1	109+2
2014	33	28	43+1	39	6	149+1
2018	21	20	39+3	39	8	127+3

Current format

Confederation	Slots
CAVB (Africa)	3
AVC (Asia and Oceania)	3
CEV (Europe)	3
NORCECA (North America)	3
CSV (South America)	3
World ranked non-qualified teams	15
Total	32 (30+H+C)

First appearance in qualification (1998–2022)

Note: Only teams that played at least one match are considered for the purposes of first appearance. Teams that withdrew prior to the qualification, or that qualified to the World Championship by walkover due to other teams' withdrawals, are not considered.

Edition	Africa	Asia and Oceania	Europe	North, Central America and Caribbean	South America	Total
1998	Algeria Cameroon Egypt Kenya Nigeria Tunisia	Australia China Chinese Taipei Indonesia Iran Kazakhstan Saudi Arabia South Korea Thailand Uzbekistan	Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Israel Italy Latvia Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine Yugoslavia	Barbados Canada Cuba Haiti Mexico Puerto Rico United States	Argentina Brazil Peru Venezuela	55
2002	Namibia Morocco	India Japan Qatar	Andorra Norway Slovenia	Aruba Dominican Republic Jamaica Netherlands Antilles	Chile	13
2006	Botswana DR Congo Eritrea Ghana Mauritius South Africa Sudan Uganda	Afghanistan Jordan Macau Maldives Oman Philippines Tonga	Albania Azerbaijan England Northern Ireland Scotland Serbia and Montenegro	Anguilla British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Costa Rica Dominica Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Trinidad and Tobago	Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Uruguay	37
2010	Malawi Mozambique Zimbabwe	Bangladesh Fiji New Zealand Pakistan Samoa	Great Britain Montenegro Serbia	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Belize Bermuda El Salvador Grenada Montserrat Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname U.S. Virgin Islands	Bolivia	22
2014	Burkina Faso Burundi Cape Verde Chad Congo Gabon Ivory Coast Lesotho Libya Niger Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Eswatini Tanzania Togo Zambia	Bahrain Hong Kong Kuwait Lebanon Sri Lanka Syria United Arab Emirates Vietnam	Cyprus Iceland Luxembourg North Macedonia San Marino Switzerland	Curaçao Guadeloupe Martinique Saint Martin Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands	—	39
2018	—	Kyrgyzstan Myanmar	Andorra Georgia Kosovo	—	—	5
2022	—	—	—	—	—	0
2025	—	—	—	—	—	0