2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship will be the 21st staging of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).

2025 FIVB Men's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nationTBD
DatesTBA
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)

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

Bidding Process

Qualification
Main article: 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification

The qualification stage of the competition consists of four categories. The host(s) will secure the first place(s). The current world champions Italy also automatically qualifies. The top three teams from each of the latest Continental Championships will also qualify. The final places will be allocated to the top teams who had not yet qualified as per FIVB World Ranking at the end of the national team season in the year prior to the World Championship.[6]

Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Italy CEV Defending champions 11 September 2022 18 1949 2022 Champions (1990, 1994, 1998, 2022)
 Japan AVC 2023 Asian champions 25 August 2023 16 1960 2022 3rd place (1970, 1974)
 Iran AVC 2023 Asian runners-up 25 August 2023 7 1970 2022 6th place (2014)
 Qatar AVC 2023 Asian 3rd placers 26 August 2023 1 2022 21st place (2022)
 Brazil CSV 2023 South American runners-up 28 August 2023 18 1956 2022 Champions (2002, 2006, 2010)
 Argentina CSV 2023 South American champions 29 August 2023 13 1960 2022 3rd place (1982)
 Colombia CSV 2023 South American 3rd placers 29 August 2023 0 None None
 United States NORCECA 2023 NORCECA champions 9 September 2023 17 1956 2022 Champions (1986)
 Canada NORCECA 2023 NORCECA runners-up 9 September 2023 12 1974 2022 7th place (2014)
 Cuba NORCECA 2023 NORCECA 3rd placers 10 September 2023 16 1956 2022 Runners-up (1990, 2010)
 Egypt CAVB 2023 African champions 11 September 2023 10 1974 2022 13th place (2010)
 Algeria CAVB 2023 African runners-up 11 September 2023 2 1994 1998 13th place (1994)
 Poland CEV 2023 European champions 12 September 2023 18 1949 2022 Champions (1974, 2014, 2018)
 Slovenia CEV 2023 European 3rd placers 12 September 2023 2 2018 2022 4th place (2022)
 France CEV 2023 European 4th placersa 12 September 2023 17 1949 2022 3rd place (2002)
 Libya CAVB 2023 African 3rd placers 13 September 2023 1 1982 24th place (1982)
1st World ranked non-qualified team 12 August 2024
2nd World ranked non-qualified team 12 August 2024
3rd World ranked non-qualified team 12 August 2024
4th World ranked non-qualified team 12 August 2024
5th World ranked non-qualified team 12 August 2024
6th World ranked non-qualified team 12 August 2024
7th World ranked non-qualified team 12 August 2024
8th World ranked non-qualified team 12 August 2024
9th World ranked non-qualified team 12 August 2024
10th World ranked non-qualified team 12 August 2024
11th World ranked non-qualified team 12 August 2024
12th World ranked non-qualified team 12 August 2024
13th World ranked non-qualified team 12 August 2024
14th World ranked non-qualified team 12 August 2024
15th World ranked non-qualified team 12 August 2024
Host country
Notes
a France, 4th placers of the tournament qualified since Italy, the runners-up of the tournament, have qualified as defending world champions.

Format

Pool phase

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

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

Pool phase
  • All times are local.

Pool A
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
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Pool B
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
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Pool C
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
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Pool D
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
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Pool E
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
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Pool F
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
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Pool G
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
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Pool H
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
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Direct elimination phase
  • All times are local.
 
Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3rd place match
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

Round of 16
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
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Final
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See also

References
  1. "FIVB Volleyball World Championships to expand to 32-teams per gender and enhance competition formula". FIVB. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. "All you need to know about the 2025-2028 volleyball calendar!". FIVB. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  3. "Indonesian govt approves Volleyball World Cup host bid". Antara News.
  4. Bhwana, Petir Garda (October 19, 2023). "FIVB Inspects Potential Venue for FIVB Men's World Championship 2025 in Indonesia". Tempo.
  5. "Minister, FIVB discuss Indonesia's bid to host Volleyball World Cup". Antara News.
  6. "Volleyball Calendar 2025-2028 Approved By The FIVB Board Of Administration". 22 June 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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