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2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World

Championship

Tournament details

Host nation Philippines

Pasay[a]
City
Quezon City[a]

Dates 12–28 September

 Teams 32 (from 5 confederations)

Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

Officially opened by Bongbong Marcos[2]

Tournament statistics

Matches played 48

Attendance 128,823 (2,684 per match)

Official website

philippineswch2025.com

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The 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship is the 21st staging of the FIVB
Men's Volleyball World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of
the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). It is currently taking
place in two cities of the Philippines from 12 to 28 September 2025, and the first edition
under the two-year cycles in odd-numbered years with an expanded format featuring 32
teams.

The tournament is the first World Championship to be hosted in Southeast Asia, and the
second of two consecutive World Championships in 2025 held in this region, following
the Women's World Championship in Thailand. The Philippines became the second
country in Asia to host the World Championship, following Japan. The competition is
also the second world senior championship in Olympic team sports to be hosted in the
Philippines.

Italy are the defending champions, having won their fourth title in 2022.

Background
Previously, the competition format was determined through agreements between the
host country and the FIVB, resulting in varying and inconsistent formats. In March 2022,
the FIVB Board of Administration approved the new proposed World Championship
format.[3] To standardize, the proposed format started with a pool phase and then
proceeded with a direct elimination phase. Additionally, they proposed increasing the
number of teams from 24 to 32 to guarantee universality. The new format of the World
Championship was confirmed in late 2022 and started with this edition.[4][5]

In May 2022, the FIVB revealed the television rights agreement for Polsat covering the
competition events from 2022 to 2032, which included a new event to be held in 2025
and 2029.[6] Before that, Fabio Azevedo, now the FIVB president and a member of the
Board of Administration, suggested that the World Championships be held in 2027 and
subsequently every two years, while the Continental Championships would take place in
2026 and 2028, serving as qualifiers for the World Championships.[3] However, the
proposed timeline was moved up after the FIVB announced the competition calendar for
2025 to 2028 in June 2023, shifting the World Championships to 2025 and using the
2023 Continental Championships as qualifiers for that event.[7][8]

Host selection
The bidding procedure to host the 2025 and 2027 FIVB World Championships began in
August 2023. National federations had until 31 August 2023 to register interest. [9] Around
31 countries expressed interest to host the tournament.[10] This figure was reduced to
three final candidates: Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.[11][12] On 20 March
2024, FIVB announced that the Philippines was selected to host the tournament.[13][14]

Qualification
Main article: 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification

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.[15]

Previous
Quali appearances
Confede Previous best
Country Qualified as fied
ration performance
on To Fir La
tal st st

20
Philipp
AVC Host country March 0 None None
ines
2024

11
Defending cha Septem Champions (1990, 1994,
Italy CEV 18 1949 2022
mpions ber 1998, 2022)
2022
 Previous
Quali appearances
Confede Previous best
Country Qualified as fied
ration performance
on To Fir La
tal st st

2023 25
Japan AVC Asian champio August 16 1960 2022 3rd place (1970, 1974)
ns 2023

2023 25
Iran AVC Asian runners- August 7 1970 2022 6th place (2014)
up 2023

2023 26
Qatar AVC Asian 3rd August 1 2022 21st place (2022)
placers 2023

2023 South 28
Champions (2002, 2006,
Brazil CSV American run August 18 1956 2022
2010)
ners-up 2023

2023 South 29
Argen
CSV American cha August 13 1960 2022 3rd place (1982)
tina
mpions 2023

2023 South 29
Colom
CSV American 3rd August 0 None None
bia
placers 2023

9
2023
United Septem
NORCECA NORCECA cha 17 1956 2022 Champions (1986)
States ber
mpions
2023

9
2023
Canad Septem
NORCECA NORCECA run 12 1974 2022 7th place (2014)
a ber
ners-up
2023
 Previous
Quali appearances
Confede Previous best
Country Qualified as fied
ration performance
on To Fir La
tal st st

10
2023
Septem Runners-up (1990, 201
Cuba NORCECA NORCECA 3rd 16 1956 2022
ber 0)
placers
2023

11
2023
Septem
Egypt CAVB African champ 10 1974 2022 13th place (2010)
ber
ions
2023

11
2023
Septem
Algeria CAVB African runner 2 1994 1998 13th place (1994)
ber
s-up
2023

12
2023
Septem Champions (1974, 2014,
Poland CEV European cha 18 1949 2022
ber 2018)
mpions
2023

12
2023
Sloveni Septem
CEV European 3rd 2 2018 2022 4th place (2022)
a ber
placers
2023

12
2023
Septem
France CEV European 4th 17 1949 2022 3rd place (2002)
ber
placersa
2023

Libya CAVB 2023 13 1 1982 24th place (1982)

African 3rd Septem
placers ber
 Previous
Quali appearances
Confede Previous best
Country Qualified as fied
ration performance
on To Fir La
tal st st

2023

1st World 30
Germa
CEV ranked non- August 12b 1956 2022 Champions (1970)
ny
qualified team 2024

2nd World 30
Serbia CEV ranked non- August 11c 1956 2022 Runners-up (1998)
qualified team 2024

3rd World 30
Nether
CEV ranked non- August 13 1949 2022 Runners-up (1994)
lands
qualified team 2024

4th World 30
Ukrain
CEV ranked non- August 2 1998 2022 7th place (2022)
e
qualified team 2024

5th World 30
Belgiu
CEV ranked non- August 9 1949 2018 8th place (1970)
m
qualified team 2024

6th World 30
Turkey CEV ranked non- August 4 1956 2022 11th place (2022)
qualified team 2024

7th World 30
Czech Champions (1956, 1966
CEV ranked non- August 16d 1949 2010
Republic )
qualified team 2024

8th World 30
Bulgari
CEV ranked non- August 19 1949 2022 Runners-up (1970)
a
qualified team 2024
 Previous
Quali appearances
Confede Previous best
Country Qualified as fied
ration performance
on To Fir La
tal st st

9th World 30
Portug
CEV ranked non- August 2 1956 2002 8th place (2002)
al
qualified team 2024

10th World 30
Finlan
CEV ranked non- August 8 1952 2018 9th place (2014)
d
qualified team 2024

11th World 30
Tunisia CAVB ranked non- August 11 1962 2022 15th place (2006)
qualified team 2024

12th World 30
China AVC ranked non- August 15 1956 2022 7th place (1978, 1982)
qualified team 2024

13th World 30
Roman Runners-up (1956, 196
CEV ranked non- August 10 1949 1982
ia 6)
qualified team 2024

14th World 30
Chile CSV ranked non- August 1 1982 23rd place (1982)
qualified team 2024

15th World 30
South
AVC ranked non- August 9 1956 2014 4th place (1978)
Korea
qualified team 2024

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
The tournament is played in two rounds: a preliminary round (pool phase)
and a final round (direct elimination phase). During the preliminary round,
32 qualified teams were divided into eight pools, labeled A through H,
with four teams in each pool. In this phase, every team within a pool
competed against the other three teams once. After the pool phase, the
top two teams from each pool will advanced to the final round, creating a
round of 16 teams. Simultaneously, the bottom two teams from each pool
will be ranked from 17th to 32nd based on the Team Combined Ranking
System.[16][17]

The final round follows a single-elimination format with the round of 16

match-ups determined by each team's pool and ranking position. The
initial pairings—A1 versus H2, H1 versus A2, D1 versus E2, E1 versus
D2, B1 versus G2, G1 versus B2, C1 versus F2, and F1 versus B2—
ensured that teams from pools A, D, E, and H will not encounter with
teams from pools B, C, F, and G until the final match. As the competition
progresses, the round of 16 losers will be ranked from 9th to 16th
according to the Team Combined Ranking System, while the winners will
advance to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals followed a similar pattern,
with losing teams will rank from 5th to 8th, and victorious teams will
moving to the next stage of the competition. In the semifinals, the losers
will compete for the third place, while the winners will face each other in
the final match.[16][17]

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.[18][19]
[20]
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.[21]

Seeded teams Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot

Philippines (61) (Hosts Germany (8) Belgium (16) Tunisia (24

) Argentina (9) Turkey (17) China (25)
Poland (1) Serbia (10) Czech Republic (18) Romania (
France (2) Canada (11) Bulgaria (19) Chile (27)
United States (3) Cuba (12) Egypt (20) South Kore
Slovenia (4) Netherlands (13) Qatar (21) Libya (44)
Italy (5) Iran (14) Portugal (22) Colombia
Japan (6) Finland (23)
 Brazil (7) Ukraine (15) Algeria (50

Draw

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool

Philippines Poland France United Sta

Iran Netherlands Argentina Cuba

Egypt Qatar Finland Portugal

Tunisia Romania South Korea Colombia

Pool E Pool F Pool G Pool

Slovenia Italy Japan Brazil

Germany Ukraine Canada Serbia

Bulgaria Belgium Turkey Czech Rep

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.
Squads
Main article: 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship squads

Each national team had to register a long-list roster with up to 25 players,

which eventually had to be reduced to a final list of 14 players.[22]

Venues

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9km
5.6miles

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

 1

Pasay

 2

Quezon City

The tournament will have two venues in two cities in Metro Manila.[a] 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.[23][24] The former was confirmed to be the venue for the
final round matches.[25]

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.[26]

Preliminary and final rounds Preliminary round

Pasay Quezon City

SM Mall of Asia Arena Araneta Coliseum

Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 14,429