2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship qualification

The 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship features 24 teams. Three places are allocated to the hosts, the Netherlands and Poland, and the current titleholder, Serbia. Ten places were to 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 were to be allocated to the top eleven teams in the FIVB World Ranking that have not yet qualified through the first three criteria.[1] Following the cancellation of the 2021 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, AVC allocated two quota spots to China and Japan, the top two teams in the AVC Continental Ranking.[2]

Qualification summary

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On 1 March 2022, FIVB declared Russia and Belarus not eligible for international and continental competitions due to the invasion of Ukraine. As a result, Russia was disqualified.[3]

Qualified teams

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Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
  Serbia CEV Defending champions 20 October 2018 5a 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 finisherse 4 September 2021 4 2006 2018 6th place (2010)
  China AVC 1st AVC ranked teamf 5 September 2021 14 1956 2018 Champions (1982, 1986)
  Japan AVC 2nd AVC ranked teamf 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)
  VFRb CEV 2nd World ranked non-qualified team 19 September 2021 17b 1952 2018 Champions (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990, 2006, 2010)
  Germany CEV 3rd World ranked non-qualified team 19 September 2021 16c 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 11d 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.


Timelines

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Confederation Tournament Date Venue Teams
AVC (Asia and Oceania) 2019 Asian Championship 17–25 August 2019   Seoul 13
2021 Asian Championship 15–22 May 2022   San Fernando, Pampanga 7
CAVB (Africa) 2021 African Nations' Championship 12–19 September 2021   Kigali 9
CEV (Europe) EuroVolley 2019 23 August–8 September 2019   Budapest,   Łódź,   Bratislava,   Ankara 21+3
EuroVolley 2021 qualification Pool A 10–15 May 2021   Minsk 3
Pool B 7–16 May 2021   Matosinhos,   Tbilisi 4
Pool C 7–15 May 2021   Larissa,   Graz 4
Pool D 7–15 May 2021   Podgorica,   Nitra 4
Pool E 7–16 May 2021   Belfort,   Budapest 4
Pool F 6–16 May 2021   Daugavpils,   Zenica 4
EuroVolley 2021 18 August–4 September 2021   Plovdiv,   Zadar,   Cluj-Napoca,   Belgrade 21+3
CSV (South America) 2021 South American Championship 15–19 September 2021   Barrancabermeja 5
NORCECA (North America) 2021 NORCECA Championship 26–31 August 2021   Guadalajara 7

Host countries

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FIVB reserved berths for the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship host countries to participate in the tournament.

Current world champions

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FIVB reserved a berth for the 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship champions to participate in the tournament.

CEV (Europe)

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First round (EuroVolley 2019)

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

Pos Team Pld Pts
1   Turkey 9 20
2   Italy 9 22
3   Poland 9 17
4   Netherlands 7 18
5   Germany 7 18
6   Russia 7 16
7   Belgium 6 11
8   Azerbaijan 6 10
9   Slovakia 6 8
10   Greece 6 6
11   Spain 6 5
12   Slovenia 6 5

Second round (EuroVolley 2021 qualification)

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Of the 23 qualified teams, winners and runners-up of each group qualified for the third round.

Third round (EuroVolley 2021)

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Of the 24 qualified teams, winner and runner-up excluding the Netherlands, Poland, and Serbia qualified for the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship.

CSV (South America)

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First round (2021 South American Championship)

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Of the 5 participating teams, winners and runners-up qualified for the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship.

Rank Team
    Brazil
    Colombia
    Argentina
4   Peru
5   Chile

CAVB (African)

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First round (2021 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship)

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Of the 9 participating teams, winners and runners-up qualified for the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship.

Rank Team
    Cameroon
    Kenya
    Morocco
4   Nigeria
5   Tunisia
6   DR Congo
7   Burundi
8   Senegal
DSQ   Rwanda

NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean)

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First round (2021 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship)

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Of the 7 participating teams, winners and runners-up qualified for the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship.

Rank Team
    Dominican Republic
    Puerto Rico
    Canada
4   United States
5   Mexico
6   Costa Rica
7   Trinidad and Tobago

References

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  1. ^ "Qualification System For FIVB Volleyball World Championships 2022 Revealed". fivb.com. 30 Aug 2021.
  2. ^ "AVC postpones Asian Women's Championship to May 2022". tiebreakertimes.com.ph. 9 Sep 2021.
  3. ^ "FIVB Declares Russia And Belarus Not Eligible For International And Continental Competitions". FIVB. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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