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 Philippines
Manila
South Korea
Republic of China[note 1] 		5
1978 British Hong Kong
Hong Kong
South Korea
China 		4
1986 Australia
Sydney
Chinese Taipei 		— 4
1994 Australia
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 Saudi Arabia Jeddah Iran Tehran Uzbekistan Tashkent — 10

South Korea

Thailand
China

Iran
Australia
2002 Kazakhstan Almaty Qatar Doha Macau Macau — 12

South Korea[note 2]

Kazakhstan
Japan
China

Australia
2006 Kazakhstan Almaty India Chennai Iran Tehran India Chennai 12

Kazakhstan
China
Iran
South Korea

Australia
2010 China Chengdu Japan Komaki — 8

China

Australia
Japan

Iran
2014 Australia Canberra Iran Tehran China Chenzhou Japan Komaki 16

Australia
Iran
China
South Korea
2018 Iran Ardabil Australia 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. ^ a b People's Republic of China replaced Republic of China (Asian Qualification Runners-up) after FIVB recognised China as a legitimate Chinese state.
  2. ^ a b South Korea Withdrew after qualifying.
  3. ^ a b 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

Qualification information

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIVB_Men%27s_Volleyball_World_Championship_Qualification_(AVC)
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