2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification

The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship will feature 24 teams. Three places were allocated to the hosts, Japan and the titleholder, United States. The remaining 22 places will be determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five FIVB confederations will compete.[1]

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Qualification date Appearance
in finals
 Japan Hosts 25 August 2014 16th
 United States Defending Champions 12 October 2014 16th
 Serbia CEV Pool B Winners 28 May 2017 5th1
 Azerbaijan CEV Pool E Winners 3 June 2017 4th
 Russia CEV Pool A Winners 3 June 2017 17th2
 Turkey CEV Pool C Winners 4 June 2017 4th
 Germany CEV Pool F Winners 4 June 2017 15th3
 Italy CEV Pool D Winners 4 June 2017 11th
1.^ Competed as SFR Yugoslavia in 1978 and Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia) in 2006; 3rd appearance as Serbia.
2.^ Competed as Soviet Union from 1952 to 1990; 7th appearance as Russia.
3.^ Competed as West Germany from 1956 to 1990; 7th appearance as Unified Germany.

Confederation qualification processes

The distribution by confederation for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship will be:[1]

AVC

* Teams in bold are still active in the competition.

CAVB

* Teams in bold are still active in the competition.

  •  Algeria (First Round)
  •  Botswana (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Cameroon (First Round)
  •  Cape Verde (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Central African Republic (First Round)
  •  DR Congo (First Round)
  •  Egypt (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Gabon (First Round)
  •  Ghana (First Round)
  •  Ivory Coast (First Round)
  •  Kenya (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Libya (First Round)
  •  Madagascar (First Round)
  •  Mauritius (First Round)
  •  Mozambique (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Niger (First Round)
  •  Nigeria (First Round)
  •  Rwanda (First Round)
  •  Senegal (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Seychelles (First Round)
  •  Swaziland (First Round)
  •  Tunisia (First Round)
  •  Uganda (First Round)

CEV

* Teams in bold are still active in the competition.
  •  Italy (Second Round)
  •  Kosovo (Second Round)
  •  Latvia (Second Round)
  •  Liechtenstein (First Round)
  •  Luxembourg (First Round)
  •  Montenegro (Second Round)
  •  Netherlands (Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Northern Ireland (First Round)
  •  Norway (Second Round)
  •  Poland (Second Round)
  •  Portugal (Second Round)
  •  Romania (Second Round)
  •  Russia (Second Round)
  •  Scotland (First Round)
  •  Serbia (Second Round)
  •  Slovakia (Second Round)
  •  Slovenia (Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Spain (Second Round)
  •   Switzerland (Second Round)
  •  Turkey (Second Round)
  •  Ukraine (Second Round)

CSV

* Teams in bold are still active in the competition.

NORCECA

* Teams in bold are still active in the competition.

  •  Anguilla (First Round)
  •  Antigua and Barbuda (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Aruba (First Round)
  •  Bahamas (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Barbados (First Round)
  •  Bermuda (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Bonaire (First Round)
  •  British Virgin Islands (First Round)
  •  Canada (NORCECA Championship)
  •  Cayman Islands (First Round)
  •  Costa Rica (NORCECA Championship)
  •  Cuba (NORCECA Championship)
  •  Curaçao (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Dominica (Second Round)
  •  Dominican Republic (NORCECA Championship)
  •  El Salvador (First Round)
  •  Grenada (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Guadeloupe (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Guatemala (First Round, NORCECA Championship)
  •  Jamaica (Second Round, NORCECA Championship)
  •  Haiti (First Round)
  •  Honduras (First Round)
  •  Martinique (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Mexico (NORCECA Championship)
  •  Netherlands Antilles (First Round)
  •  Nicaragua (First Round, NORCECA Championship)
  •  Panama (First Round)
  •  Puerto Rico (NORCECA Championship)
  •  Saba (First Round)
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Saint Lucia (Second Round)
  •  Saint Martin (First Round)
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (First Round)
  •  Sint Eustatius (First Round)
  •  Sint Maarten (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Suriname (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Trinidad and Tobago (Second Round, NORCECA Championship)
  •  Turks and Caicos Islands (First Round)
  •  U.S. Virgin Islands (First Round, Second Round)

References

  1. 1 2 "World Championships qualification process to be confirmed by Confederations". FIVB. 2 February 2016.
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