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

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]
Year	First team	Second team	Third team	Fourth team	Fifth team	Sixth team	Teams^[a]
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)	–

^ In Asian qualification tournament

Notes

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

References

[3] In Asian qualification tournament

[CHN-1] People's Republic of China replaced Republic of China (Asian Qualification Runners-up) after FIVB recognised China as a legitimate Chinese state.

[KOR-2] South Korea Withdrew after qualifying.

[IND-4] India withdrew.

[PRK-5] North Korea withdrew.

[MGL-6] Mongolia replaced South Korea (1966 Asian Games Runners-up) because of South Korea did not play due to political problems with Bulgaria.

[DPR-7] North Korea replaced India (1966 Asian Games 4th place) who withdrew.

[IRQ-8] Iraq replaced India.

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