2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

The 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship will be the 19th 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) and the Netherlands and Poland selected as dual hosts for this event.

2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nations Netherlands
 Poland
Dates26 August – 11 September
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)

Host selection

The Netherlands and Poland were selected as dual hosts for this event.[1][2][3]

Qualification
Main article: 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification

The host countries Netherlands and Poland will automatically qualify for the competition as well as the current world champions Serbia. The top two teams from each of the 2021 Continental Championships will secure qualification. The final 11 places will belong to top 11 teams as per FIVB World Ranking who have not yet qualified.[4]

Qualified teams
Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances
Total First Last
 Netherlands CEV (Europe) Host country 12 January 2019 14 1956 2018
 Poland CEV (Europe) Host country 12 January 2019 11 1952 2010
 Serbia1 CEV (Europe) Current world champions 20 October 2018 5 1978 2018
Notes
1 Competed as SFR Yugoslavia in 1978 and as Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia) in 2006; 4th appearance as Serbia.

Format
First round

In the first round, the 24 teams will be spread across four pools of six teams playing in a round-robin system. The top four teams from each pool will advance to the second round. featuring four pools of four teams playing in six cities.

Second round

The second round will feature four pools of four teams playing once again in a round-robin system. At the end of the second round matches, the rankings of the four pools will be drawn up taking into account the points scored by each team in the first and second rounds. The four pool-winning teams of the second stage will access the third stage, together with the top two of the second ranked teams.

Third round

The six teams competing in the third round will be divided into two three-team pools by a draw. After the matches played once again in a round-robin system, the top two in each pool will qualify for the semifinals and finals.

Final round

The third round pool winners play against the runners-up in this round. The semifinals winners advance to compete for the World Championship title. The losers face each other in the third place match.

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "The Netherlands and Poland selected as dual hosts for 2022 FIVB Women's World Championship". Inside the Games. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
    2. "Netherlands and Poland to host 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship". XinhuaNet.com. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
    3. "Netherlands and Poland to be first co-hosts of Volleyball Women's World Championship". ASOIF. Sportcal. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
    4. "Qualification system for FIVB Volleyball World Championships 2022 revealed". FIVB. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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