FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship Qualification (AVC)

FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship Qualification (AVC)

Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1974
Ceased	2018
No. of teams	Various
Continent	Asia and Oceania (AVC)

The FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship Qualification (AVC) was a volleyball qualification tournament for the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship. Contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC).

Results summary

First format (1974–1994*)

Year	Host		Qualified Teams			Teams
			Winners	Runners-up
1974	Manila		South Korea	Republic of China[note 1]		5
1978	Hong Kong		South Korea	China		4
1986	Sydney		Chinese Taipei	—		4
1994	Sydney		Japan	China		5

* Not held in 1982 and 1990.

Second format (1998–2018)

Final round

Year		Qualified Teams					Teams
		First pool	Second pool	Third pool	Fourth pool
1998		Jeddah	Tehran	Tashkent	—		10
		South Korea Thailand	China Iran	Australia
2002		Almaty	Doha	Macau	—		12
		South Korea[note 2] Kazakhstan	Japan	China Australia
2006		Almaty	Chennai	Tehran	Chennai		12
		Kazakhstan	China	Iran	South Korea Australia
2010		Chengdu	Komaki	—			8
		China Australia	Japan Iran
2014		Canberra	Tehran	Chenzhou	Komaki		16
		Australia	Iran	China	South Korea
2018		Ardabil	Canberra	—			10
		Iran China	Japan Australia

All qualified teams

• Note: No qualifications – free entrance from 1949 to 1962.

Year		Asian nations in FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship (How to Qualify)							Teams[a]
		First team	Second team	Third team	Fourth team	Fifth team	Sixth team
1952		India	Lebanon						–
1956		China	India	South Korea					–
1960		India [note 3]	Japan						–
1962		China	India [note 3]	Japan	Mongolia	North Korea			–
1966		Japan (1962 World 5th Place)	China (1962 World 9th Place)	Mongolia (Unknown)	North Korea (Unknown) [note 4]				–
1970		Japan (1966 World 5th Place)	Mongolia (Replacement) [note 5]	Iran (1966 Asian Games 3rd Place)	North Korea (Replacement) [note 6]				–
1974 Details		Japan (1970 World 3rd Place)	South Korea (winners)	China (Replacement) [note 1]					5
1978 Details		Japan (1974 World 3rd Place)	South Korea (winners)	China (runners-up)					4
1982		South Korea (1978 World 4th Place)	China (1978 World 7th Place)	Japan (1978 World 11th Place)	Australia (1979 Asian 4th Place	Iraq (Replacement) [note 7]			–
1986 Details		Japan (1982 World 4th Place)	China (1982 World 7th Place)	Chinese Taipei (winners)					4
1990		South Korea (1989 Asian Champions)	Japan (World Qualification 3rd Place)						–
1994 Details		South Korea (1993 Asian Champions)	China (winners)	Japan (runners-up)					5
1998 Details		Japan (Host Country)	South Korea (Pool C Winners)	China (Pool D Winners)	Australia (Pool E Winners)	Thailand (Pool C Runners-up)	Iran (Pool D Runners-up)		10
2002 Details		South Korea (Pool C Winners) [note 2]	Japan (Pool D Winners)	China (Pool E Winners)	Kazakhstan (Pool C Runners-up)	Australia (Pool E Runners-up)			12
2006 Details		Japan (Host Country)	Kazakhstan (Pool D Winners)	China (Pool E Winners)	Iran (Pool F Winners)	South Korea (Play-off Winners)	Australia (Play-off Runners-up)		19
2010 Details		China (Pool G Winners)	Japan (Pool H Winners)	Australia (Pool G Runners-up)	Iran (Pool H Runners-up)				21
2014 Details		Australia (Pool A Winners)	Iran (Pool B Winners)	China (Pool C Winners)	South Korea (Pool D Winners)				28
2018 Details		Iran (Pool A Winners)	Japan (Pool B Winners)	China (Pool A Runners-up)	Australia (Pool B Runners-up)				20
2022		Iran (2021 Asian Champions)	Japan (2021 Asian Runners-up)	Qatar (World Rankings)	China (World Rankings)				–
2025		Philippines (Host Country)	Japan (2023 Asian Champions)	Iran (2023 Asian Runners-up)	Qatar (2023 Asian Third place)	China (World Rankings)	South Korea (World Rankings)		–

1. In Asian qualification tournament

Notes

1. People's Republic of China replaced Republic of China (Asian Qualification Runners-up) after FIVB recognised China as a legitimate Chinese state.
2. South Korea Withdrew after qualifying.
3. India withdrew.
4. North Korea withdrew.
5. Mongolia replaced South Korea (1966 Asian Games Runners-up) because of South Korea did not play due to political problems with Bulgaria.
6. North Korea replaced India (1966 Asian Games 4th place) who withdrew.
7. Iraq replaced India.

References

External links

Qualification information