Looking back: 2022 Men's World Championship in pictures

There was excitement right from the beginning as Brazil erased a two-set deficit to beat Cuba in five in the tournament's opening match

Iran's 3-2 win over Tokyo Olympic bronze medallists Argentina was the highlight of the second day of competition

Olympic champions France were the ones pushed to five sets on day three, but they handled the pressure from the Slovenian crowd to top the hosts

Ukrainian captain Oleh Plotnytskyi was one of the individual standouts of the fourth day as he fired five aces to lead his team to a sweep of Tunisia

One of the most anticipated duels of the Preliminary Phase took place on the fifth day, with Poland downing the United States 3-1 in Katowice

With 17 points from opposite Adis Lagumdzija, Türkiye topped Canada in the last day of the Preliminary Phase and secured their spot in the elimination rounds

After a two-day break, the Round of 16 began - Slovenia's 3-1 victory against Germany in Ljubljana was one of the highlights

USA were pushed hard by Türkiye, but eventually secured a five-set win to move forward to the quarterfinals

France almost saw their campaign come to an end in the Round of 16, but with Earvin Ngapeth and Barthélémy Chinenyeze tallying 17 points each, they were able to survive a five-set battle against Japan

The fourth and last day of the Round of 16 featured a pair of sweeps, with Brazil topping Iran in one of them

Italy qualified for the semifinals to play Slovenia with a 3-2 win over Olympic champions France in one of the most exciting matches of the tournament

Poland and Brazil set up a rematch of the 2018 gold medal match in the semifinals after the Europeans defeated USA 3-2 and the South Americans overcame continental rivals Argentina 3-1

Italy did not give Slovenia a chance, winning their semifinal duel in straight sets to make it to the gold medal match for the first time since 1998

The encounter between Poland and Brazil went to five sets and ended in favour of the Europeans, who maintained their hopes of winning three consecutive world titles

The Brazilians recovered and dominated Slovenia in the bronze medal match and took a place on the podium at a sixth-straight edition of the World Championships

In the gold medal match, Italy overcame a first-set loss to beat Poland 3-1 and secure the world title

The Italian head coach, Ferdinando De Giorgi became the only person to be involved in the team's four world titles - he was the setter of the teams that won gold in 1990, 1994 and 1998

Setter Simone Giannelli lifted the trophy and also took home the Most Valuable Player award