2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

The 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship will be the 20th 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 tournament will take place in Thailand.

2025 FIVB Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nationThailand
City
DatesTBA
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)

Starting from this staging, the World Championship will be expanded to include 32 teams, increasing from 24 teams.[1] The tournament will henceforth also be held biennially instead of quadrennially.[2]

Host selection

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At least five FIVB member associations have expressed interest in bidding for the hosting of the 2025 championship. As 2022, multiple hosts could be selected.[3] Philippines initially bid but later withdrew as "there were a lot of procedures and changes".[4] Vietnam withdrawn its bid on 29 August 2024 due to financial reasons.[5]

On 30 August 2024, FIVB announced that Thailand will host the tournament.[8]

Qualification

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The host country Thailand automatically qualified for the competition as well as the defending champions Serbia. The top three teams from each of the 2023 Continental Championships secured qualification. The final 15 places belonged to top 15 teams as per FIVB World Ranking who had not yet qualified.[9]

Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
  Thailand AVC Host country 30 August 2024a 6 1998 2022 13th place (1998, 2010, 2018, 2022)
  Serbia CEV Defending champions 15 October 2022 6b 1978 2022 Champions (2018, 2022)
  Brazil CSV 2023 South American champions 22 August 2023 17 1956 2022 Runners-up (1994, 2006, 2010, 2022)
  Argentina CSV 2023 South American runners-up 22 August 2023 7 1960 2022 8th place (1960)
  Colombia CSV 2023 South American 3rd placers 22 August 2023 1 2022 21st place (2022)
  Kenya CAVB 2023 African champions 23 August 2023 7 1994 2022 13th place (1994, 1998)
  Egypt CAVB 2023 African runners-up 23 August 2023 3 1990 2006 16th place (1990)
  Cameroon CAVB 2023 African 3rd placers 24 August 2023 4 2006 2022 21st place (2006, 2014, 2018)
  Turkey CEV 2023 European champions 30 August 2023 5 2006 2022 6th place (2010)
  Netherlands CEV 2023 European 3rd placers 30 August 2023 15 1956 2022 4th place (2018)
  Italy CEV 2023 European 4th placersc 30 August 2023 12 1978 2022 Champions (2002)
  Dominican Republic NORCECA 2023 NORCECA champions 2 September 2023 9 1974 2022 5th place (2014)
  United States NORCECA 2023 NORCECA runners-up 2 September 2023 17 1956 2022 Champions (2014)
  Canada NORCECA 2023 NORCECA 3rd placers 3 September 2023 10 1974 2022 10th place (2022)
  China AVC 2023 Asian runners-up 5 September 2023 15 1956 2022 Champions (1982, 1986)
  Japan AVC 2023 Asian 3rd placers 6 September 2023 17 1960 2022 Champions (1962, 1967, 1974)
  Vietnam AVC 2023 Asian 4th placersa 30 August 2024 0 None None
  Poland CEV 1st World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 11 1952 2022 Runners-up (1952)
  Germany CEV 2nd World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 17d 1956 2022 4th place (1974, 1986)
  Belgium CEV 3rd World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 4 1956 2022 9th place (2022)
  Czech Republic CEV 4th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 12e 1952 2022 3rd place (1952, 1960)
  Puerto Rico NORCECA 5th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 8 1974 2022 10th place (2002)
  Ukraine CEV 6th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 1 1994 9th place (1994)
  France CEV 7th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 3 1952 1974 7th place (1952)
  Bulgaria CEV 8th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 13 1952 2022 4th place (1952)
  Cuba NORCECA 9th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 13 1970 2018 Champions (1978, 1994, 1998)
  Sweden CEV 10th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 0 None None
  Mexico NORCECA 11th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 8 1970 2018 10th place (1974)
  Slovenia CEV 12th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 0 None None
  Slovakia CEV 13th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 0 None None
  Spain CEV 14th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 1 1982 20th place (1982)
  Greece CEV 15th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 1 2002 10th place (2002)
Notes
a Thailand qualified on 5 September 2023 as Asian champions. Since they were awarded hosting rights on 30 August 2024, their spot was allocated to Vietnam, 4th placers of the tournament.
b Competed as SFR Yugoslavia in 1978 (1 time) and as Serbia and Montenegro in 2006 (1 time); 4 appearances as Serbia.
c Italy, 4th placers of the tournament qualified since Serbia, the runners-up of this tournament were the defending world champions.
d Competed as East Germany from 1956 to 1990 (7 times) and as West Germany from 1956 to 1990 (8 times); 8 appearances as Germany.
e Competed as Czechoslovakia from 1952 to 1986 (8 times); 4 appearances as Czech Republic.

Format

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Pool phase

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In the pool phase, the 32 teams will spread across eight pools of four teams playing in a round-robin system. The top two teams from each pool then advance to the direct elimination phase.

Direct elimination phase

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In the direct elimination phase, the 16 teams will be matched up into eight matches in a knock-out stage: the winners will advance to the next stage, and the losers will be eliminated from the competition.

Pools composition

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Seeded teams Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

  Thailand (Hosts)

TBA
Draw
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
  Thailand
Pool E Pool F Pool G Pool H

Pool standing procedure

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  1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
  2. 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
  3. 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.

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final round
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBA. Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
            0–0  
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            0–0  
            0–0  
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Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final round
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBA. Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  

Pool C

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final round
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBA. Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
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Pool D

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final round
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBA. Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
            0–0  
            0–0  
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            0–0  
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Pool E

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final round
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBA. Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  

Pool F

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final round
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBA. Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  

Pool G

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final round
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBA. Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  

Pool H

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final round
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBA. Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
            0–0  
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Final round

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Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3rd place match
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

Round of 16

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
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Quarterfinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
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Semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
            0–0  
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3rd place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
            0–0  

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
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Final standing

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Awards

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  • Most valuable player
  • Best setter
  • Best outside spikers
  • Best opposite spiker
  • Best middle blockers
  • Best libero

Statistics leaders

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Statistics leaders correct as of preliminary round.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIVB Volleyball World Championships to expand to 32-teams per gender and enhance competition formula" (Press release). FIVB. 15 October 2022. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. ^ "All you need to know about the 2025-2028 volleyball calendar!" (Press release). FIVB. 5 July 2023. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
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  4. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (26 March 2024). "PH out of FIVB women's worlds host bidding race". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  5. ^ ส.วอลเลย์บอลเวียดนาม ไม่สู้จัด "ชิงแชมป์โลก 2025" FIVB มาตรฐานสูง ต้องใช้งบ 100 ล้าน [Vietnam Volleyball Association not competing to organize the "2025 FIVB World Championship", high standards, requires a budget of 100 million]. Thairath (in Thai). 29 August 2024. Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  6. ^ วงในลูกยางโลก เผย ส.วอลเลย์บอลไทย วางแผนจัด "ชิงแชมป์โลก 2025" ชาติเดียว ไม่เอาเจ้าภาพร่วม [Insiders in the world of volleyball reveal that the Thai Volleyball Association plans to organize the "2025 World Championship" as a single country, without a joint host]. Thairath (in Thai). 28 August 2024. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Thailand wants to co-host volleyball women's world champs 2025". Vietnam Plus. 24 November 2023. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Thailand to host FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship 2025! – FIVB". Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Volleyball Calendar 2025-2028 Approved By The FIVB Board Of Administration". 22 June 2023. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.