The 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship will be the first edition featured 32 teams. Two places are allocated to the current titleholder, Serbia, and the host, Thailand. Fifteen places were allocated to the top three teams from each of the 2023 continental championships that have not yet qualified as host or titleholder. Remaining places were allocated to the top fifteen 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.[1]
Qualification summary
editQualified teams
edit| 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.
Timelines
edit| Confederation | Tournament | Date | Venue | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVC (Asia and Oceania) | 2023 Asian Championship | 30 August – 6 September 2023 | Nakhon Ratchasima
|
14 | |
| CAVB (Africa) | 2023 African Championship | 16–24 August 2023 | Yaoundé
|
12 | |
| CEV (Europe) | 2023 European Championship qualification |
Pool A | 20 August – 11 September 2022 |  Osijek,  Tórshavn,  Hadera and  Piatra Neamț
|
3 |
| Pool B | 20 August – 11 September 2022 | Tábor,  Seinäjoki,  Kópavogur and  Pljevlja
|
3 | ||
| Pool C | 20 August – 10 September 2022 |  Nicosia, Kutná Hora, Tábor,  Budapest and  Santo Tirso
|
3 | ||
| Pool D | 20 August – 10 September 2022 |  Graz,  Baku,  Tbilisi and Maribor
|
4 | ||
| Pool E | 20 August – 11 September 2022 |  Middelfart,  Jelgava, Poprad and Gijón
|
4 | ||
| Pool F | 20 August – 11 September 2022 |  Sarajevo, Kalamaria,  Tromsø and  Schönenwerd
|
4 | ||
| 2023 European Championship | 15 August – 3 September 2023 | Belgium,  Estonia, Germany and Italy
|
23+1 | ||
| CSV (South America) | 2023 South American Championship | 19–23 August 2023 | Recife
|
5 | |
| NORCECA (North America) | 2023 NORCECA Championship | 29 August – 3 September 2023 | Quebec City
|
7 | |
Host country
editFIVB reserved a berth for the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship host country to participate in the tournament.
On 30 August 2024, FIVB announced that Thailand would host the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship.[2]
Defending champions
editFIVB reserved a berth for the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship champions to participate in the tournament.
Continental championships
editFIVB World Ranking
editReferences
edit- ^ "Volleyball Calendar 2025-2028 approved by the FIVB Board of Administration". FIVB. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Thailand to host FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship 2025!". FIVB. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
External links
edit- Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
