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Volleyball competition
2025 FIVB Women's World Championship Dates 22 August – 7 September Teams 32
The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship will be the 20th staging of the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship , contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).
Starting with this staging, the World Championship will be expanded to include 32 teams, increasing from 24 teams.[ 1] The tournament will henceforth also be held biennially instead of quadrennially.[ 2]
At least five FIVB member associations have expressed interest in bidding for the hosting of the 2025 championship. As 2022, multiple hosts could be selected.[ 3] Philippines initially bid but later withdrew as "there were a lot of procedures and changes".[ 4]
The qualification stage of the competition consists of four categories. The host(s) will secure the first place(s). The current world champions Serbia 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.[ 7]
Country
Confederation
Qualified as
Qualified on
Previous appearances
Previous best performance
Total
First
Last
Serbia
CEV
Defending champions
15 October 2022
6a
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 placersb
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 )
Thailand
AVC
2023 Asian champions
5 September 2023
6
1998
2022
13th place (1998 , 2010 , 2018 , 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 )
1st World ranked non-qualified team
30 August 2024
2nd World ranked non-qualified team
30 August 2024
3rd World ranked non-qualified team
30 August 2024
4th World ranked non-qualified team
30 August 2024
5th World ranked non-qualified team
30 August 2024
6th World ranked non-qualified team
30 August 2024
7th World ranked non-qualified team
30 August 2024
8th World ranked non-qualified team
30 August 2024
9th World ranked non-qualified team
30 August 2024
10th World ranked non-qualified team
30 August 2024
11th World ranked non-qualified team
30 August 2024
12th World ranked non-qualified team
30 August 2024
13th World ranked non-qualified team
30 August 2024
14th World ranked non-qualified team
30 August 2024
15th World ranked non-qualified team
30 August 2024
Host country
Notes
a Competed as SFR Yugoslavia in 1978 (1 time) and as Serbia and Montenegro in 2006 (1 time); 4 appearances as Serbia.
b Italy, 4th placers of the tournament qualified since Serbia, the runners-up of this tournament were the defending world champions .
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 [ edit ]
In the direct elimination phase, the 16 teams will be matched up into eight matches in a knock-out stage: the winners will advance to the next stage, and the losers will be eliminated from the competition.
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