List of FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship qualifications

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
 
(8)
1956
 
(17)
1960
 
(10)
1962
 
(14)
1967
 
(4)
1970
 
(16)
1974
 
(23)
1978
 
(23)
1982
 
(23)
1986
 
(16)
1990
 
(16)
1994
 
(16)
1998
 
(16)
2002
 
(24)
2006
 
(24)
2010
 
(24)
2014
 
(24)
2018
 
(24)
2022
 
 
(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
  1952 1 6
  1956 2 12 1 1
  1960 1 4 1 3
  1962 3 9 1
  1967 1 1 1
  1970 3 7 3 2
  1974 4 10 6 2
  1978 1 3 11 5 2
  1982 1 5 8 5 3
  1986 1 4 5 3 2
  1990 1 3 5 3 3
  1994 1 3 8 2 1
  1998 1 3 6 3 2
  2002 2 5 8 5 2
  2006 3 4 7 6 2
  2010 2 4 8 6 2
  2014 2 4 8 6 2
  2018 2 4 8 6 2
    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
  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
  2002   Cameroon
  Morocco
  Namibia
  Sri Lanka   Denmark
  Finland
  Israel
  Norway
  Slovenia
   Switzerland
  Aruba
  Costa Rica
  Jamaica
  Netherlands Antilles
14
  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
  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
  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
  2018   Rwanda   Iran
  Maldives
    Nepal
  North Korea
  Faroe Islands
  Ireland
  Kosovo
  Turks and Caicos Islands
  Saba
10
    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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