2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification

The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship will feature 24 teams. Three places were allocated to the hosts, Italy and Bulgaria and the titleholder, Poland. The remaining 21 places will be determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five FIVB confederations will compete.^[1]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualification date	Appearance in finals
Poland	1Worlds !Reigning Champion	0121 September 2014	17 !17th
Brazil	CSV 1 !2015 CSV Champion	024 October 2015	17 !17th
Italy	*Hosts 1 !Host	039 December 2015	17 !17th
Bulgaria	*Hosts 2 !Host	049 December 2015	18 !18th

Confederation qualification processes

The distribution by confederation for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship will be:^[1]

Asia and Oceania (AVC): 4 places
Africa (CAVB): 3 places
Europe (CEV): 7 places (+ Italy and Bulgaria qualified automatically as host nations and Poland qualified automatically as the reigning champions for a total of 10 places)
South America (CSV): 2 places
North America (NORCECA): 5 places

AVC

Main article: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (AVC)

* Teams in bold are still active in the competition.

Australia (Final Round)
Bangladesh (Sub Zonal Round)
China (Final Round)
Chinese Taipei (Zonal Round)
Fiji (Zonal Round)
India (Zonal Round)
Iran (Final Round)
Japan (Final Round)
Kazakhstan (Zonal Round)
Kyrgyzstan (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
Macau (Zonal Round)

Maldives (Sub Zonal Round)
Myanmar (Zonal Round)
New Zealand (Zonal Round, Final Round)
Pakistan (Zonal Round)
Qatar (Zonal Round)
South Korea (Final Round)
Thailand (Zonal Round, Final Round)
Tonga (Zonal Round)
United Arab Emirates (Zonal Round)
Vietnam (Zonal Round)

CEV

Main article: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CEV)

* Teams in bold are still active in the competition.

Andorra (First Round)
Austria (Second Round)
Azerbaijan (Second Round)
Belarus (Second Round)
Belgium (Second Round)
Croatia (Second Round)
Cyprus (First Round, Second Round)
Czech Republic (Second Round)
Denmark (Second Round)
Estonia (Second Round)
Faroe Islands (First Round)
Finland (Second Round)
France (Second Round)
Georgia (Second Round)
Germany (Second Round)
Greece (Second Round)
Hungary (Second Round)
Iceland (First Round, Second Round)
Israel (Second Round)
Kosovo (Second Round)

Latvia (Second Round)
Luxembourg (First Round, Second Round)
Moldova (Second Round)
Montenegro (Second Round)
Netherlands (Second Round)
Northern Ireland (First Round, Second Round)
Norway (Second Round)
Portugal (Second Round)
Romania (Second Round)
Russia (Second Round)
Scotland (First Round)
Serbia (Second Round)
Slovakia (Second Round)
Slovenia (Second Round)
Spain (Second Round)
Sweden (Second Round)
Switzerland (Second Round)
Turkey (Second Round)
Ukraine (Second Round)

CSV

* Teams in bold are still active in the competition.

Brazil (CSV Championship)

NORCECA

Main article: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA)

* Teams in bold are still active in the competition.

Anguilla (First Round, Second Round)
Antigua and Barbuda (First Round, Second Round)
Aruba (First Round)
Bahamas (First Round, Second Round)
Barbados (Second Round)
Belize (First Round)
Bermuda (First Round)
British Virgin Islands (First Round)
Canada (NORCECA Championship)
Cayman Islands (First Round)
Costa Rica (NORCECA Championship)
Cuba (NORCECA Championship)
Curaçao (First Round, Second Round)
Dominica (Second Round)
Dominican Republic (First Round, NORCECA Championship)
El Salvador (First Round)
Grenada (First Round)
Guadeloupe (First Round)
Guatemala (First Round, NORCECA Championship)
Haiti (First Round, Second Round)

Honduras (First Round)
Jamaica (First Round, Second Round)
Martinique (First Round, Second Round)
Mexico (NORCECA Championship)
Montserrat (First Round)
Nicaragua (First Round)
Panama (First Round)
Puerto Rico (NORCECA Championship)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (First Round, Second Round)
Saint Lucia (Second Round)
Saint Martin (First Round, Second Round)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (First Round, Second Round)
Sint Eustatius (First Round)
Sint Maarten (First Round, Second Round)
Suriname (First Round, Second Round)
Trinidad and Tobago (Second Round)
Turks and Caicos Islands (First Round)
U.S. Virgin Islands (First Round)
United States (NORCECA Championship)

References

1 2 "World Championships qualification process to be confirmed by Confederations". FIVB. 2 February 2016.

External links

FIVB Volleyball World Championship

Men's

Tournaments	Czechoslovakia 1949 Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Czechoslovakia 1966 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Italy 1978 Argentina 1982 France 1986 Brazil 1990 Greece 1994 Japan 1998 Argentina 2002 Japan 2006 Italy 2010 Poland 2014 Italy/Bulgaria 2018

Qualification	1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Squads	1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Women's

Tournaments	Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Japan 1967 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Soviet Union 1978 Peru 1982 Czechoslovakia 1986 China 1990 Brazil 1994 Japan 1998 Germany 2002 Japan 2006 Japan 2010 Italy 2014 Japan 2018

Qualification	1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Squads	1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

National team appearances (Men's – Women's)

2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification

AVC CAVB CEV CSV NORCECA

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