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).
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| Host nation |  Philippines |
| Dates | 12–28 September |
| Teams | 32 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
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Starting this staging, the World Championship will be expanded to include 32 teams, increasing from 24 teams.[1] The tournament will thus also be held biannually instead of quadrennially.[2]
Around 31 countries expressed interest to host the tournament.[3] This figure was reduced to a three final candidates; Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.[4]
On 20 March 2024, FIVB announced that the Philippines will host the tournament.[6][7]
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 also qualifies. The final slots 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.[8]
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| Philippines |
AVC | Host country | 20 March 2024 | 0 | None | None | |
 Italy |
CEV | Defending champions | 11 September 2022 | 18 | 1949 | 2022 | Champions (1990, 1994, 1998, 2022) |
 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) |
 Libya |
CAVB | 2023 African 3rd placer | 13 September 2023 | 1 | 1982 | 24th place (1982) | |
 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 placer | 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 placer | 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 placer | 10 September 2023 | 16 | 1956 | 2022 | Runners-up (1990, 2010) |
 Poland |
CEV | 2023 European champions | 12 September 2023 | 18 | 1949 | 2022 | Champions (1974, 2014, 2018) |
 Slovenia |
CEV | 2023 European 3rd placer | 12 September 2023 | 2 | 2018 | 2022 | 4th place (2022) |
 France |
CEV | 2023 European 4th placera | 12 September 2023 | 17 | 1949 | 2022 | 3rd place (2002) |
| 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 | ||||||
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- Notes
- a France, although having placed 4th in the 2023 European Championship, has qualified, as Italy, who placed 2nd in the Championship, is the defending champion of the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, so they automatically qualify. This left an extra spot for a European team, which went to the next eligible team.
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.
The draw of lots is scheduled to take place on 24 September 2024 in a yet to be announced venue in Metro Manila.[9]
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Both the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City and the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay will served as venues for the world championship.[10][11] The latter will be used for matches of the final round.[12]
More information Preliminary round, Preliminary and Final round ...
| Preliminary round | Preliminary and Final round |
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| Quezon City | Pasay |
| Araneta Coliseum | SM Mall of Asia Arena |
| Capacity: 14,429 | Capacity: 20,000 |
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Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Pool D
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Pool E
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Pool F
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Pool G
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Pool H
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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3rd place match
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Final
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