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2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship

2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
Tournament details
Host nationPhilippines
City
Dates12–28 September
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
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2025 Men's World Championship

The 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship will be the 21st staging of the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB). The tournament will take place in the Philippines from 12–28 September 2025.

Starting from 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]

Host selection

Around 31 countries expressed interest to host the tournament.[3] This figure was reduced to three final candidates: Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.[4]

On 20 March 2024, FIVB announced that the Philippines will host the tournament.[6][7]

Qualification

Main article: 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification
The Philippine national team at the "PH to Serve" concert on September 15, 2024 which doubles as the start of the 100 days countdown to the 2025 world championship.

The host country Philippines qualified for the competition as well as the defending champions Italy. The top three teams from each of the 2023 Continental Championships secured qualification. The final 15 places belonged to top 15 teams as per FIVB World Ranking who had not yet qualified.[8]


Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 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)
 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)
 Germany CEV 1st World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 12b 1956 2022 Champions (1970)
 Serbia CEV 2nd World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 11c 1956 2022 Runners-up (1998)
 Netherlands CEV 3rd World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 13 1949 2022 Runners-up (1994)
 Ukraine CEV 4th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 2 1998 2022 7th place (2022)
 Belgium CEV 5th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 9 1949 2018 8th place (1970)
 Turkey CEV 6th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 4 1956 2022 11th place (2022)
 Czech Republic CEV 7th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 16d 1949 2010 Champions (1956, 1966)
 Bulgaria CEV 8th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 19 1949 2022 Runners-up (1970)
 Portugal CEV 9th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 2 1956 2002 8th place (2002)
 Finland CEV 10th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 8 1952 2018 9th place (2014)
 Tunisia CAVB 11th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 11 1962 2022 15th place (2006)
 China AVC 12th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 15 1956 2022 7th place (1978, 1982)
 Romania CEV 13th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 10 1949 1982 Runners-up (1956, 1966)
 Chile CSV 14th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 1 1982 23rd place (1982)
 South Korea AVC 15th World ranked non-qualified team 30 August 2024 9 1956 2014 4th place (1978)
Notes
a France, 4th placers of the tournament qualified since Italy, the runners-up of this tournament were the defending world champions.
b Competed as East Germany from 1956 to 1990 (7 times) and as West Germany from 1956 to 1990 (8 times); 5 appearances as Germany.
c Competed as SFR Yugoslavia from 1956 to 1970 (4 times) and as Serbia and Montenegro from 1998 to 2006 (3 times); 4 appearances as Serbia.
d Competed as Czechoslovakia from 1949 to 1990; 5 appearances as Czech Republic.

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.

Pools composition

The 32 teams were distributed to eight pools of four teams. The draw of lots took place at Solaire Hotel in Parañaque on 14 September 2024.[9][10][11] Rankings of teams are shown in brackets.

The host and the top seven teams are automatically seeded as the first teams of the eight pools.[12]

Seeded teams Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 Philippines (61) (Hosts)
 Poland (1)
 France (2)
 United States (3)
 Slovenia (4)
 Italy (5)
 Japan (6)
 Brazil (7) 		 Germany (8)
 Argentina (9)
 Serbia (10)
 Canada (11)
 Cuba (12)
 Netherlands (13)
 Ukraine (14)
 Iran (15) 		 Belgium (16)
 Turkey (17)
 Czech Republic (18)
 Bulgaria (19)
 Egypt (20)
 Qatar (21)
 Portugal (22)
 Finland (23) 		 Tunisia (24)
 China (25)
 Romania (26)
 Chile (27)
 South Korea (28)
 Libya (44)
 Colombia (45)
 Algeria (50)
Draw
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
 Philippines  Poland  France  United States
 Iran  Netherlands  Argentina  Cuba
 Egypt  Qatar  Finland  Portugal
 Tunisia  Romania  South Korea  Colombia
Pool E Pool F Pool G Pool H
 Slovenia  Italy  Japan  Brazil
 Germany  Ukraine  Canada  Serbia
 Bulgaria  Belgium  Turkey  Czech Republic
 Chile  Algeria  Libya  China

Pool standing procedure

  1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
  2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
    • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
    • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
    • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
  3. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
    • Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
    • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
    • If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Venues

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Host venues of the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship in the Greater Manila Area

Both the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay and the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City were the first two confirmed locations for the championship. There were possibilities for the finals to be held at the Mall of Asia Arena due to its capacity and the technical reasons. Other host cities would be confirmed later.[13][14] The former was confirmed to be the venue for the final round matches.[15]

Additionally the Philsports Arena in Pasig, the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan, and the Ninoy Aquino Stadium and Rizal Memorial Coliseum within the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila are named as official training venues for the participating teams.[16]

Preliminary and final rounds Preliminary round
Pasay Quezon City
SM Mall of Asia Arena Araneta Coliseum
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 14,429

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Final round
2  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 12 September 2025. Source: FIVB
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Sep 19:00 MAA Philippines  –  Tunisia – – –     0–0 Report
14 Sep 13:30 MAA Iran  –  Egypt – – –     0–0 Report
16 Sep 13:30 MAA Iran  –  Tunisia – – –     0–0 Report
16 Sep 17:30 MAA Philippines  –  Egypt – – –     0–0 Report
18 Sep 13:30 MAA Egypt  –  Tunisia – – –     0–0 Report
18 Sep 17:30 MAA Philippines  –  Iran – – –     0–0 Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Final round
2  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 12 September 2025. Source: FIVB
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Sep 18:00 AC Netherlands  –  Qatar – – –     0–0 Report
13 Sep 21:30 AC Poland  –  Romania – – –     0–0 Report
15 Sep 18:00 AC Netherlands  –  Romania – – –     0–0 Report
15 Sep 21:30 AC Poland  –  Qatar – – –     0–0 Report
17 Sep 10:30 AC Qatar  –  Romania – – –     0–0 Report
17 Sep 18:00 AC Poland  –  Netherlands – – –     0–0 Report

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Final round
2  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 12 September 2025. Source: FIVB
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Sep 10:30 AC Argentina  –  Finland – – –     0–0 Report
14 Sep 18:00 AC France  –  South Korea – – –     0–0 Report
16 Sep 10:30 AC Argentina  –  South Korea – – –     0–0 Report
16 Sep 18:00 AC France  –  Finland – – –     0–0 Report
18 Sep 10:30 AC Finland  –  South Korea – – –     0–0 Report
18 Sep 18:00 AC France  –  Argentina – – –     0–0 Report

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Final round
2  Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 12 September 2025. Source: FIVB
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Sep 10:00 MAA United States  –  Colombia – – –     0–0 Report
13 Sep 13:30 MAA Cuba  –  Portugal – – –     0–0 Report
15 Sep 10:00 MAA Cuba  –  Colombia – – –     0–0 Report
15 Sep 21:00 MAA United States  –  Portugal – – –     0–0 Report
17 Sep 10:00 MAA Portugal  –  Colombia – – –     0–0 Report
17 Sep 17:30 MAA United States  –  Cuba – – –     0–0 Report

Pool E

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Final round
2  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 12 September 2025. Source: FIVB
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Sep 17:30 MAA Germany  –  Bulgaria – – –     0–0 Report
13 Sep 21:00 MAA Slovenia  –  Chile – – –     0–0 Report
15 Sep 13:30 MAA Germany  –  Chile – – –     0–0 Report
15 Sep 17:30 MAA Slovenia  –  Bulgaria – – –     0–0 Report
17 Sep 13:30 MAA Bulgaria  –  Chile – – –     0–0 Report
17 Sep 21:00 MAA Slovenia  –  Germany – – –     0–0 Report

Pool F

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Final round
2  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 12 September 2025. Source: FIVB
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Sep 14:00 AC Ukraine  –  Belgium – – –     0–0 Report
14 Sep 21:30 AC Italy  –  Algeria – – –     0–0 Report
16 Sep 14:00 AC Ukraine  –  Algeria – – –     0–0 Report
16 Sep 21:30 AC Italy  –  Belgium – – –     0–0 Report
18 Sep 14:00 AC Belgium  –  Algeria – – –     0–0 Report
18 Sep 21:30 AC Italy  –  Ukraine – – –     0–0 Report

Pool G

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Final round
2  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 12 September 2025. Source: FIVB
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Sep 10:30 AC Canada  –  Libya – – –     0–0 Report
13 Sep 14:00 AC Japan  –  Turkey – – –     0–0 Report
15 Sep 10:30 AC Turkey  –  Libya – – –     0–0 Report
15 Sep 14:00 AC Japan  –  Canada – – –     0–0 Report
17 Sep 14:00 AC Canada  –  Turkey – – –     0–0 Report
17 Sep 21:30 AC Japan  –  Libya – – –     0–0 Report

Pool H

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Final round
2  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 12 September 2025. Source: FIVB
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Sep 17:30 MAA Serbia  –  Czech Republic – – –     0–0 Report
14 Sep 21:00 MAA Brazil  –  China – – –     0–0 Report
16 Sep 10:00 MAA Brazil  –  Czech Republic – – –     0–0 Report
16 Sep 21:00 MAA Serbia  –  China – – –     0–0 Report
18 Sep 10:00 MAA Brazil  –  Serbia – – –     0–0 Report
18 Sep 21:00 MAA Czech Republic  –  China – – –     0–0 Report

Final round

 
Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
23 September
 
 
1A
 
25 September
 
2H
 
 
 
23 September
 
 
 
1H
 
27 September
 
2A
 
 
 
22 September
 
 
 
1D
 
25 September
 
2E
 
 
 
22 September
 
 
 
1E
 
28 September
 
2D
 
 
 
20 September
 
 
 
1B
 
24 September
 
2G
 
 
 
20 September
 
 
 
1G
 
27 September
 
2B
 
 
 
21 September
 
 3rd place match
 
1C
 
24 September28 September
 
2F
 
  
 
21 September
 
  
 
1F
 
 
2C
 

Round of 16

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report
20 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report
21 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report
21 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report
22 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report
22 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report
23 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report
23 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report
24 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report
25 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report
25 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report
27 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Sep     –   – – –     0–0 Report

Final standing

Awards

  • Most valuable player
  • Best setter
  • Best outside spikers
  • Best opposite spiker
  • Best middle blockers
  • Best libero

Statistics leaders

Statistics leaders correct as of preliminary round.

Broadcasting rights

Country/region Broadcaster
 Philippines Cignal[17]

See also

References

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Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_FIVB_Volleyball_Men%27s_World_Championship