Women's World Championship 2022

2022 Women's World Championship lineup promises huge thrills

Twenty-four finalists confirmed after conclusion of continental championships

Published 10:07, 21 Sept 2021

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Serbia celebrate their 2018 world title, but are up against some formidable opponents in their quest to defend it in 2022.

Defending champions Serbia alongside joint hosts the Netherlands and Poland will lead a pack of 24 teams that were confirmed to participate at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, following the conclusion of all continental championships that were qualifiers for the flagship FIVB event.

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Cameroon and Kenya from Africa, alongside Brazil and Colombia from South America were the last two teams to grab spots through the continental championships.

Earlier this month, Italy and Turkey had confirmed their participation via the European Championship - the latter with their third-place finish as silver medallists Serbia had already qualified as defending champions - while the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico had advanced through the NORCECA (North & Central America and Caribbean) Championship.

From Asia, following the postponement of the continental championship due to the coronavirus pandemic, China and Japan got their tickets to the 2022 World Championship based on the continental ranking.

The 24-team lineup was then completed with the top 11 teams of the FIVB World Rankings - amongst those not already qualified through other paths.

Full list of participants at the 2022 FIVB Women's World Championship:

Qualification pathway
Country
FIVB World Rank
Hosts
Netherlands
10
Poland
12
Current world champion
Serbia
5
AVC Continental Ranking
China*
3
AVC Continental Ranking
Japan*
9
CAVB Continental Championship 2021 Winner
Cameroon
20
CAVB Continental Championship 2021 Runner-up
Kenya
28
CEV Continental Championship 2021 Winner
Italy
6
CEV Continental Championship 2021 Runner-up
Turkey**
4
CSV Continental Championship 2021 Winner
Brazil
2
CSV Continental Championship 2021 Runner-up
Colombia
16
NORCECA Continental Championship 2021 Winner
Dominican Republic
7
NORCECA Continental Championship 2021 Runner-up
Puerto Rico
17
FIVB Senior World Ranking
USA
1
VFR
8
Germany
11
Belgium
13
Korea
14
Bulgaria
15
Canada
18
Thailand
19
Argentina
21
Czech Republic
22
Kazakhstan
23

+Teams qualified through the AVC Continental Ranking - Women since the continental championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
++Third place team qualifies as not yet qualified team as Serbia has already qualified

The list includes all previous gold medallists except for Cuba, but also features one team, Colombia, who will be making their debut in the competition.

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