Volleyball competition held in Thailand
- Bangkok
- Nakhon Ratchasima
- Nonthaburi
- Phuket
Dates | 22 August – 7 September |
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Teams | 32 (from 5 confederations) |
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Venue(s) | 2 (in 4 host cities) |
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The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship will be the 20th 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). The tournament will take place in Thailand from 22 August to 7 September 2025.
Starting from this staging, the World Championship will be expanded to include 32 teams, increasing from 24 teams.[1] The tournament will henceforth also be held biennially instead of quadrennially.[2]
Host selection
At least five FIVB member associations have expressed interest in bidding for the hosting of the 2025 championship. As 2022, multiple hosts could be selected.[3] Philippines initially bid but later withdrew as "there were a lot of procedures and changes".[4] Vietnam withdrawn its bid on 29 August 2024 due to financial reasons.
On 30 August 2024, FIVB announced that Thailand will host the tournament.[11]
Qualification
The host country Thailand automatically qualified for the competition as well as the defending champions Serbia. 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.[12]
Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous best performance |
Total | First | Last |
Thailand | AVC | Host country | 30 August 2024a | 6 | 1998 | 2022 | 13th place (1998, 2010, 2018, 2022) |
Serbia | CEV | Defending champions | 15 October 2022 | 6b | 1978 | 2022 | Champions (2018, 2022) |
Brazil | CSV | 2023 South American champions | 22 August 2023 | 17 | 1956 | 2022 | Runners-up (1994, 2006, 2010, 2022) |
Argentina | CSV | 2023 South American runners-up | 22 August 2023 | 7 | 1960 | 2022 | 8th place (1960) |
Colombia | CSV | 2023 South American 3rd placers | 22 August 2023 | 1 | 2022 | 21st place (2022) |
Kenya | CAVB | 2023 African champions | 23 August 2023 | 7 | 1994 | 2022 | 13th place (1994, 1998) |
Egypt | CAVB | 2023 African runners-up | 23 August 2023 | 3 | 1990 | 2006 | 16th place (1990) |
Cameroon | CAVB | 2023 African 3rd placers | 24 August 2023 | 4 | 2006 | 2022 | 21st place (2006, 2014, 2018) |
Turkey | CEV | 2023 European champions | 30 August 2023 | 5 | 2006 | 2022 | 6th place (2010) |
Netherlands | CEV | 2023 European 3rd placers | 30 August 2023 | 15 | 1956 | 2022 | 4th place (2018) |
Italy | CEV | 2023 European 4th placersc | 30 August 2023 | 12 | 1978 | 2022 | Champions (2002) |
Dominican Republic | NORCECA | 2023 NORCECA champions | 2 September 2023 | 9 | 1974 | 2022 | 5th place (2014) |
United States | NORCECA | 2023 NORCECA runners-up | 2 September 2023 | 17 | 1956 | 2022 | Champions (2014) |
Canada | NORCECA | 2023 NORCECA 3rd placers | 3 September 2023 | 10 | 1974 | 2022 | 10th place (2022) |
China | AVC | 2023 Asian runners-up | 5 September 2023 | 15 | 1956 | 2022 | Champions (1982, 1986) |
Japan | AVC | 2023 Asian 3rd placers | 6 September 2023 | 17 | 1960 | 2022 | Champions (1962, 1967, 1974) |
Vietnam | AVC | 2023 Asian 4th placersa | 30 August 2024 | 0 | None | None |
Poland | CEV | 1st World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 11 | 1952 | 2022 | Runners-up (1952) |
Germany | CEV | 2nd World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 17d | 1956 | 2022 | 4th place (1974, 1986) |
Belgium | CEV | 3rd World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 4 | 1956 | 2022 | 9th place (2022) |
Czech Republic | CEV | 4th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 12e | 1952 | 2022 | 3rd place (1952, 1960) |
Puerto Rico | NORCECA | 5th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 8 | 1974 | 2022 | 10th place (2002) |
Ukraine | CEV | 6th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 1 | 1994 | 9th place (1994) |
France | CEV | 7th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 3 | 1952 | 1974 | 7th place (1952) |
Bulgaria | CEV | 8th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 13 | 1952 | 2022 | 4th place (1952) |
Cuba | NORCECA | 9th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 13 | 1970 | 2018 | Champions (1978, 1994, 1998) |
Sweden | CEV | 10th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 0 | None | None |
Mexico | NORCECA | 11th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 8 | 1970 | 2018 | 10th place (1974) |
Slovenia | CEV | 12th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 0 | None | None |
Slovakia | CEV | 13th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 0 | None | None |
Spain | CEV | 14th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 1 | 1982 | 20th place (1982) |
Greece | CEV | 15th World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 1 | 2002 | 10th place (2002) |
- Notes
- a Thailand qualified on 5 September 2023 as Asian champions. Since they were awarded hosting rights on 30 August 2024, their spot was allocated to Vietnam, 4th placers of the tournament.
- b Competed as SFR Yugoslavia in 1978 (1 time) and as Serbia and Montenegro in 2006 (1 time); 4 appearances as Serbia.
- c Italy, 4th placers of the tournament qualified since Serbia, the runners-up of this tournament were the defending world champions.
- d Competed as East Germany from 1956 to 1990 (7 times) and as West Germany from 1956 to 1990 (8 times); 8 appearances as Germany.
- e Competed as Czechoslovakia from 1952 to 1986 (8 times); 4 appearances as Czech Republic.
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 eight matches in a knock-out stage: the winners will advance to the next stage, and the losers will be eliminated from the competition.
Pools composition
Seeded teams | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
Thailand (Hosts) | TBA |
- Draw
Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
TBA |
Pool E | Pool F | Pool G | Pool H |
TBA |
Pool standing procedure
- Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
- 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
- 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
Preliminary round
Pool A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
Source: [citation needed]
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
Pool B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
Source: [citation needed]
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
Pool C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
Source: [citation needed]
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
Pool D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
Source: [citation needed]
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
Pool E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
Source: [citation needed]
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
Pool F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
Source: [citation needed]
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
Pool G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
Source: [citation needed]
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
Pool H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
Source: [citation needed]
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
Final round
Round of 16
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
Quarterfinals
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
Semifinals
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
3rd place match
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
Final
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| | | – | | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
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.
Best Scorers | | Player | Spikes | Blocks | Serves | Total | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | Best Spikers | | Player | Spikes | Faults | Shots | % | Total | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | |
Best Blockers | | Player | Blocks | Faults | Rebounds | Avg | Total | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | Best Servers | | Player | Aces | Faults | Hits | Avg | Total | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | |
Best Setters | | Player | Running | Faults | Still | Avg | Total | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | Best Diggers | | Player | Digs | Faults | Receptions | Avg | Total | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | |
Best Receivers | | Player | Excellents | Faults | Serve | % | Total | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | |
See also
References
- ^ "FIVB Volleyball World Championships to expand to 32-teams per gender and enhance competition formula" (Press release). FIVB. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ "All you need to know about the 2025-2028 volleyball calendar!" (Press release). FIVB. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Fuertes Jr., Rommel (9 July 2023). "PNVF to bid for hosting of 2025 FIVB Women's World Championship". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ Agcaoili, Lance (26 March 2024). "PH out of FIVB women's worlds host bidding race". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ Preechachan (23 November 2023). "FIVB, VOLLEYBALL WORLD AND MINISTER DISCUSS THAILAND'S BID TO HOST 2025 FIVB VOLLEYBALL WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "วงในลูกยางโลก เผย ส.วอลเลย์บอลไทย วางแผนจัด "ชิงแชมป์โลก 2025" ชาติเดียว ไม่เอาเจ้าภาพร่วม". www.thairath.co.th. 28 August 2024.
- ^ ""บิ๊กสมพร" เผยแผนสนามแข่ง "วอลเลย์บอลหญิงแชมป์โลก 2025" หากไทยเป็นเจ้าภาพ". www.thairath.co.th. 28 August 2024.
- ^ https://www.innnews.co.th/news/news_768263/
- ^ "Thailand wants to co-host volleyball women's world champs 2025". Vietnam Plus. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "ส.วอลเลย์บอลเวียดนาม ไม่สู้จัด "ชิงแชมป์โลก 2025" FIVB มาตรฐานสูง ต้องใช้งบ 100 ล้าน". www.thairath.co.th. 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Thailand to host FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship 2025! – FIVB".
- ^ "Volleyball Calendar 2025-2028 Approved By The FIVB Board Of Administration". 22 June 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
External links
- Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
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