List of FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualifications

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

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

Allocations of FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship

Allocation	1949 (10)	1952 (11)	1956 (24)	1960 (14)	1962 (21)	1966 (22)	1970 (24)	1974 (24)	1978 (24)	1982 (24)	1986 (16)	1990 (16)	1994 (16)	1998 (24)	2002 (24)	2006 (24)	2010 (24)	2014 (24)	2018 (24)	2022 (24)	2025 (32)
Africa							2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Asia and Oceania						1	3	2	2	2	1	1	3	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3
Europe						5	8	3	3	3	1	1	1	11	10	9	8	8	10	8	3
North, Central America and Caribbean						2	2	6	2	2	1	1		3	3	4	5	5	5	5	3
South America							2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	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	2	1
Defending champions															1	1	1		1	1	1
World Championship						11	6	8	12	12	7	7	2
World Qualifiers											3	3	6
Olympic champions													1
Wild cards	9	10	23	13	20	2														1
World ranking																					15

•   Africa
•   Asia and Oceania
•   Europe
•   North, Central America and Caribbean
•   South America
• H; host

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	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
1949		9
1952		2		8
1956		3			17																	2		1
1960		1	6						1	5
1962		1	4				14														1
1966		3			15															2		1
1970		2		4				13													2		2
1974		2		3			10										6						2
1978		2		3			11											4				3
1982		2		5					9									4				3
1986		1	3			6						2		3
1990		1	2		7							3			2
1994		1	3			6						3			2
1998		2		5					11											3			2
2002		2		5					11											3			2
2006		2		5					9									4				3
2010		3			4				8								5					3
2014		3			4				8								5					3
2018			3			4				8								5					2
2022			3			4				8								5					2
2025		4				5					15															3			4

Competition	1949 (10)	1952 (11)	1956 (24)	1960 (14)	1962 (21)	1966 (22)	1970 (24)	1974 (24)	1978 (24)	1982 (24)	1986 (16)	1990 (16)	1994 (16)	1998 (24)	2002 (24)	2006 (24)	2010 (24)	2014 (24)	2018 (24)	2022 (24)	2025 (32)
Summer Olympics	—	—	—	—	—	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
World Championship	—	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
African Championship	—	—	—	—	—	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Asian Championship	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
European Championship	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
NORCECA Championship	—	—	—	—	—	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
South American Championship	—	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

These are the number of teams that participated in all levels of qualification for the World Championship since 1998:

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 Championship 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  Cameroon  Egypt  Kenya  Nigeria  Tunisia	Australia  China  Chinese Taipei  Indonesia  Iran  Kazakhstan  Saudi Arabia  South Korea  Thailand  Uzbekistan	Austria  Belarus  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Croatia  Czech Republic  Denmark  Estonia  Finland  France  Germany  Greece  Hungary  Israel  Italy  Latvia  Netherlands  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Slovakia  Spain  Sweden  Turkey  Ukraine  Yugoslavia	Barbados  Canada  Cuba  Haiti  Mexico  Puerto Rico  United States	Argentina  Brazil  Peru  Venezuela	55
2002	Namibia  Morocco	India  Japan  Qatar	Andorra  Norway  Slovenia	Aruba  Dominican Republic  Jamaica  Netherlands Antilles	Chile	13
2006	Botswana  DR Congo  Eritrea  Ghana  Mauritius  South Africa  Sudan  Uganda	Afghanistan  Jordan  Macau  Maldives  Oman  Philippines  Tonga	Albania  Azerbaijan  England  Northern Ireland  Scotland  Serbia and Montenegro	Anguilla  British Virgin Islands  Cayman Islands  Costa Rica  Dominica  Guatemala  Honduras  Nicaragua  Panama  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Trinidad and Tobago	Colombia  Ecuador  Paraguay  Uruguay	37
2010	Malawi  Mozambique  Zimbabwe	Bangladesh  Fiji  New Zealand  Pakistan  Samoa	Great Britain  Montenegro  Serbia	Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Belize  Bermuda  El Salvador  Grenada  Montserrat  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Suriname  U.S. Virgin Islands	Bolivia	22
2014	Burkina Faso  Burundi  Cape Verde  Chad  Congo  Gabon  Ivory Coast  Lesotho  Libya  Niger  Rwanda  Senegal  Seychelles  Sierra Leone  Eswatini  Tanzania  Togo  Zambia	Bahrain  Hong Kong  Kuwait  Lebanon  Sri Lanka  Syria  United Arab Emirates  Vietnam	Cyprus  Iceland  Luxembourg  North Macedonia  San Marino   Switzerland	Curaçao  Guadeloupe  Martinique  Saint Martin  Sint Eustatius  Sint Maarten  Turks and Caicos Islands	—	39
2018	—	Kyrgyzstan  Myanmar	Andorra  Georgia  Kosovo	—	—	5
2022	—	—	—	—	—	0
2025	—	—	—	—	—	0

• National team appearances in the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
• FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship Qualification (AVC)
• List of FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualifications