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List of FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship qualifications

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

Qualifying tournaments are held within the five FIVB continental zones (Africa, Asia and Oceania, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America, Europe), 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.

The most recent qualification process was the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship qualification which commenced in 2018 and finished in 2021.

History

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Summary

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Allocations of FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship
Allocation 1952
Soviet Union
(8)
1956
France
(17)
1960
Brazil
(10)
1962
Soviet Union
(14)
1967
Japan
(4)
1970
Bulgaria
(16)
1974
Mexico
(23)
1978
Soviet Union
(23)
1982
Peru
(23)
1986
Czechoslovakia
(16)
1990
China
(16)
1994
Brazil
(16)
1998
Japan
(16)
2002
Germany
(24)
2006
Japan
(24)
2010
Japan
(24)
2014
Italy
(24)
2018
Japan
(24)
2022
Netherlands
Poland
(24)
Africa 1 2–1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2
Asia 2 3 1 5 1 1 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 5
Europe 7 2 7 7 1 1 1 6 8 7 8 8 8 7
North America 2 4 1 3+1 1 1 1 3 5 6 6 6 6 4
South America 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 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
Defending champions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
World Qualifiers 3 3 8
World Cup 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 11 7 7
Olympic champions 1
Wild cards 7 16 9 13 3
Total 8 17 10 14 4 16 23 23 23 16 16 16 16 24 24 24 24 24 24

Graphical

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  •   Gray = Africa
  •   Gold = Asia and Oceania
  •   Blue = Europe
  •   Red = North America, Central America and Caribbean
  •   Green = South America
Tournament H 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Soviet Union 1952 1 6
France 1956 2 12 1 1
Brazil 1960 1 4 1 3
Soviet Union 1962 3 9 1
Japan 1967 1 1 1
Bulgaria 1970 3 7 3 2
Mexico 1974 4 10 6 2
Soviet Union 1978 1 3 11 5 2
Peru 1982 1 5 8 5 3
Czechoslovakia 1986 1 4 5 3 2
China 1990 1 3 5 3 3
Brazil 1994 1 3 8 2 1
Japan 1998 1 3 6 3 2
Germany 2002 2 5 8 5 2
Japan 2006 3 4 7 6 2
Japan 2010 2 4 8 6 2
Italy 2014 2 4 8 6 2
Japan 2018 2 4 8 6 2
Netherlands Poland 2022 2 2 5 8 4 3

Participation

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These are the number of teams that participated in all levels of qualification in the last world championship:

Year Teams entered Map
Africa Asia and Oceania Europe North America South America Total
2018 16 12+1 42 38+1 7 115+2
Key to map
  Team qualified for World Championship
  Team failed to qualify for World Championship
  Team withdrew for World Championship
  Team expelled from the tournament by FIVB prior to playing a match

Current format

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Summary

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Confederation Slots
CAVB (Africa) 2
AVC (Asia and Oceania) 4
CEV (Europe) 8
NORCECA (North America) 6
CSV (South America) 2
Total 24 (22+H+C)

Africa

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  • First round: The bottom ranked tean of Africa were divided into seven groups of seven zonal association, later six groups of six zonal association. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the second round of FIVB World Championship qualification and CAVB Championship.
  • Second round (CAVB Championship): A total of 13 teams (hosts, teams ranked 1–2 of Africa, nine first round winners and two wildcard teams), later 9 teams were divided into two groups. The top two teams of each group advanced to the play-offs. The winners of play-offs will qualified for the FIVB World Championship.

Asia and Oceania

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  • First round: The bottom ranked teams of Asia were divided into three groups of three zonal association. The group winners advanced to the second round of FIVB World Championship qualification.
  • Second round: A total of 10 teams (teams ranked 1–7 and three first round winners) were divided into two groups of five teams. The top two teams of each group qualified for the FIVB World Championship.

Europe

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  • First round: The 8 bottom ranked teams of Asia were divided into two groups of small association. The group winners advanced to the second round of FIVB World Championship qualification. The first round will also act as the European Championship Small Countries Division qualification round.
  • Second round: A total of 36 teams (teams ranked 1–34 and two first round winners) were divided into six groups of six teams. The winner team of each group qualified for the FIVB World Championship, whereas the runners-up in each pool will qualify for the third round.
  • Third round: A total of 6 teams (runners-up of second round winners) played in round robin format. The top two teams qualified for the FIVB World Championship.

North America

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  • First round: The bottom ranked teams of North America were divided into three (CAZOVA), two (ECVA), a (AFECAVOL) group(s) of three zonal association. The best two teams of each group advanced to the second round of FIVB World Championship qualification.
  • Second round (CAZOVA Championship and ECVA Championship): A total of 10 (CAZOVA), 6 (ECVA) teams (the best two teams in first round) were divided into two groups of 5 (CAZOVA), 3 (ECVA) teams. The winners teams of two tournaments qualified for the 2018 FIVB World Championship.
  • Third round (NORCECA Continental Championship):

South America

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  • First round (CSV Championship): A total of 6 teams played in round robin format. The winners will qualified for the FIVB World Championship.
  • Second round: A total of 4 teams played in round robin format. The winners will qualified for the FIVB World Championship.

First appearance in qualification (1986–2022)

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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 Cup by walkover due to other teams' withdrawals, are not considered.

Edition Africa Asia and Oceania Europe North, Central America and Caribbean South America Total
Japan 1998  Algeria
 Egypt
 Kenya
 Nigeria
 Tunisia
 Australia
 China
 Indonesia
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Philippines
 South Korea
 Chinese Taipei
 Thailand
 Uzbekistan
 Austria
 Azerbaijan
 Belarus
 Belgium
 Bulgaria
 Croatia
 Czech Republic
 France
 Germany
 Greece
 Hungary
 Italy
 Latvia
 Netherlands
 Poland
 Portugal
 Romania
 Russia
 Spain
 Slovakia
 Turkey
 Ukraine
 Yugoslavia[A]
 Barbados
 Canada
 Cuba
 Dominican Republic
 Mexico
 Puerto Rico
 United States
 Argentina
 Brazil
 Peru
 Venezuela
49+H
Germany 2002  Cameroon
 Morocco
 Namibia
 Sri Lanka  Denmark
 Finland
 Israel
 Norway
 Slovenia
  Switzerland
 Aruba
 Costa Rica
 Jamaica
 Netherlands Antilles
14
Japan 2006  Botswana
 Congo
 DR Congo
 Eritrea
 Mauritius
 South Africa
 Uganda
 Jordan
 Tonga
 Albania
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 England
 Scotland
 Anguilla
 British Virgin Islands
 Cayman Islands
 Dominica
 Guatemala
 Honduras
 Netherlands Antilles
 Nicaragua
 Panama
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Ecuador
 Uruguay
25
Japan 2010  Mozambique
 Senegal
 Eswatini
 Zimbabwe
 Bangladesh
 Fiji
 New Zealand
 Samoa
 Estonia
 Georgia
 Great Britain
 Moldova
 Montenegro
 Serbia
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Bahamas
 Belize
 Bermuda
 El Salvador
 Grenada
 Haiti
 Saint Lucia
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Suriname
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Bolivia
 Chile
 Colombia
28
Italy 2014  Burkina Faso
 Burundi
 Cape Verde
 Gabon
 Gambia
 Ghana
 Guinea
 Ivory Coast
 Lesotho
 Malawi
 Niger
 Seychelles
 Sierra Leone
 Tanzania
 Togo
 Zambia
 Hong Kong
 India
 Myanmar
 Vietnam
 Cyprus
 Iceland
 Liechtenstein
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 North Macedonia
 Malta
 Northern Ireland
 San Marino
 Sweden
 Bonaire
 Curaçao
 Guadeloupe
 Martinique
 Saint Martin
 Sint Eustatius
 Sint Maarten
37
Japan 2018  Rwanda  Iran
 Maldives
   Nepal
 North Korea
 Faroe Islands
 Ireland
 Kosovo
 Turks and Caicos Islands
 Saba
10
Netherlands Poland 2022 0
Notes
  1. ^ The  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was later renamed as  Serbia and Montenegro (first appearance: 2006), which in turn was succeeded by  Serbia (first appearance: 2010).

See also

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References

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