2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

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%)Best blockerArgentina Agustín Loser (3.40 Avg)Best serverUkraine Oleh Plotnytskyi (3.60 Avg)Best setterArgentina Luciano De Cecco (26.29 Avg)Best diggerBrazil Thales Hoss (8.43 Avg)Best receiverNetherlands Robbert Andringa (39.53%)Official website2022 Men's World Championship

The 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the 20th staging of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held in Poland and Slovenia from 26 August to 11 September 2022. It was originally planned to be held in Russia. However, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine starting on 24 February, Russia was stripped of organization rights.

Italy claimed their fourth title, defeating the reigning world champions Poland in four sets.[1] Brazil won the third place match, defeating Slovenia in four sets.[2] Simone Giannelli from Italy was elected the MVP of the tournament, becoming the first setter to win the award since Vyacheslav Zaytsev in 1982.[3]

Host selection

On 15 November 2018, at the FIVB Congress in Cancún, Mexico, FIVB initially announced that the tournament would be held in Russia.[4] The tournament was to take place in ten cities (Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Yaroslavl, Kazan, Ufa, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, and Krasnoyarsk).[5][6]

On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency initially handed Russia a four-year ban from all major sporting events, after RUSADA was found non-compliant for handing over manipulating lab data to investigators. The WADA ruling allowed athletes who were not involved in the doping or the coverup to compete, but prohibited the use of the Russian flag and anthem at major international sporting events.[7] However, the Russia national team could still enter qualification, as the ban only applies to the final tournament to decide the world champions. The ruling was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS),[8] which ruled against RUSADA on 17 December 2020, but reduced the ban from four to two years, expiring on 16 December 2022.[9] The CAS ruling also allowed the name "Russia" to be displayed on uniforms, as well as the display of Russian colors, if the words "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team" had equal prominence. As Russia already qualified, its players were unable to use their country's name alone, flag or anthem at the championship, as a result of the two-year ban from world championships in any sport. Russia was scheduled to compete as the Volleyball Federation of Russia (VFR).[9][10]

Because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Poland, France, Slovenia,[11] as well as the Netherlands threatened to boycott the Championship if Russia were to remain the host. This was confirmed by the Dutch volleyball association on 28 February 2022.[12] Russia was later stripped of its hosting rights on 1 March 2022 due to its invasion.[13]

An accelerated bidding process was opened to determine the new host countries for the tournament. It allowed for the possibility that pool phase could be hosted by two or more countries, up to two hosts in the Round of 16 and quarterfinals, and a single host for the semifinals and final.[14]

On 15 April 2022, FIVB announced that Poland and Slovenia will host the relocated 2022 Men's World Championship.[15]

Qualification

The current world champions Poland automatically qualified for the competition. The top two teams from each of the 2021 Continental Championships secured qualification. The final 12 places were given to top 12 teams as per FIVB World Ranking who have not yet qualified.[16][17] After Russia was removed from the competition and new hosts Poland and Slovenia had already qualified, Ukraine has been invited in the competition line up as the next highest ranked team in the World Ranking.[15]

Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
VFRa CEV Host country 15 November 2018 19a 1949 2018 Champions (1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1982)
 Poland CEV Defending champions 30 September 2018 17 1949 2018 Champions (1974, 2014, 2018)
 Puerto Rico NORCECA 2021 NORCECA champions 22 August 2021 5 1974 2018 12th place (2006)
 Canada NORCECA 2021 NORCECA runners-up 22 August 2021 11 1974 2018 7th place (2014)
 Brazil CSV 2021 South American champions 4 September 2021 17 1956 2018 Champions (2002, 2006, 2010)
 Argentina CSV 2021 South American runners-up 4 September 2021 12 1960 2018 3rd place (1982)
 Cameroon CAVB 2021 African runners-up 13 September 2021 4 1990 2018 13th place (2010)
 Tunisia CAVB 2021 African champions 13 September 2021 10 1962 2018 15th place (2006)
 Iran AVC 2021 Asian champions 18 September 2021 6 1970 2018 6th place (2014)
 Japan AVC 2021 Asian runners-up 18 September 2021 15 1960 2018 3rd place (1970, 1974)
 Slovenia CEV 2021 European runners-up 18 September 2021 1 2018 12th place (2018)
 Italy CEV 2021 European champions 18 September 2021 17 1949 2018 Champions (1990, 1994, 1998)
 France CEV 1st World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 16 1949 2018 3rd place (2002)
 United States NORCECA 2nd World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 16 1956 2018 Champions (1986)
 Serbia CEV 3rd World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 10b 1956 2018 Runners-up (1998)
 Cuba NORCECA 4th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 15 1956 2018 Runners-up (1990, 2010)
 Netherlands CEV 5th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 12 1949 2018 Runners-up (1994)
 Germany CEV 6th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 11c 1956 2014 Champions (1970)
 Mexico NORCECA 7th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 5 1974 2014 10th place (1974)
 Turkey CEV 8th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 3 1956 1998 15th place (1966)
 Egypt CAVB 9th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 9 1974 2018 13th place (2010)
 Qatar AVC 10th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 0 None None
 Bulgaria CEV 11th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 18 1949 2018 Runners-up (1970)
 China AVC 12th World ranked non-qualified team 20 September 2021 14 1956 2018 7th place (1978, 1982)
 Ukraine CEV Reallocation 15 April 2022 1 1998 10th place (1998)
Notes
a Competed as Soviet Union from 1949 to 1990 (12 times); 7 appearances as Russia. Russia was initially suspended from competing under it national title due to Russia violating WADA regulations. Later, the team was removed completely from all FIVB and continental competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
b Competed as SFR Yugoslavia from 1956 to 1970 (4 times) and as Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia) from 1998 to 2006 (3 times); 3 appearances as Serbia.
c Competed as East Germany from 1956 to 1982 (7 times) and as West Germany from 1956 to 1966 (2 times); 4 appearances as Germany.

Format

Preliminary round

In the first round, the 24 teams were spread across six pools of four teams playing in a single round-robin format. The top two teams in each pool and the top four of the third placed teams qualified for the final round. All results of this round combined in a single ranking table to determine a final round pairing and also 17th to 24th rank in final standing.[18]

Final round

The qualified teams from preliminary round competed in the knock-out stage.

In round of sixteen, the qualified teams matched-up according to the Berger table based on their ranking in the combined ranking table. However, FIVB reserved the first and second position for the host teams if they qualify. The better ranked host team secured the first position, and the worse ranked host team secured the second position. The winners in this round qualified for quarterfinals. The results of this round have combined to preliminary round's combined ranking to determine 9th to 16th rank in final standing. This procedure also applied in quarterfinals to determine 5th to 8th rank in final standing. In semifinals, the winners advanced to compete for the World Championship title. The losers faced each other in the third place match.[18]

Pools composition

The 24 teams were distributed to 6 pools of 4 teams.[19] Teams were seeded in the first position of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 20 September 2021.[20] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the World Ranking.[21] The draw was held at Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace, Moscow, Russia on 30 September 2021.[22] Rankings are shown in brackets except the original hosts who ranked third.

Seeded teams Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

VFR (Hosts; later DQ)
 Brazil (1)
 Poland (2)
 France (4)
 Italy (5)
 Argentina (6)

 United States (7)
 Slovenia (8)
 Serbia (9)
 Iran (10)
 Japan (11)
 Canada (12)

 Cuba (13)
 Tunisia (14)
 Netherlands (15)
 Germany (16)
 Mexico (17)
 Turkey (18)

 Egypt (19)
 Qatar (20)
 Bulgaria (21)
 China (22)
 Puerto Rico (24)
 Cameroon (25)

Draw
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F
VFR
 Ukraine* 		 Brazil  Poland  France  Italy  Argentina
 Serbia  Japan  United States  Slovenia  Canada  Iran
 Tunisia  Cuba  Mexico  Germany  Turkey  Netherlands
 Puerto Rico  Qatar  Bulgaria  Cameroon  China  Egypt
  • (*) Replaced after the draw.

Squads

Venues

Pool A, C and Final round Final round Pool B, D, E, F and Final round
Katowice, Poland Gliwice, Poland Ljubljana, Slovenia
Spodek Gliwice Arena Arena Stožice
Capacity: 11,036 Capacity: 13,752 Capacity: 12,480
2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship (Poland)
2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship (Slovenia)

Pool standing procedure

  1. Ranking of pool. Only valid to determine ranking position to Round of 16.
  2. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
  3. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
    • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
    • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
    • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
  4. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
    • Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
    • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
    • If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Preliminary round

  • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
  • The top two teams in each pool and the top four of the third placed teams qualified for the final round.[18]

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Serbia 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 233 187 1.246 Final round
2  Ukraine 3 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 241 213 1.131
3  Tunisia 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 189 210 0.900
4  Puerto Rico 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 197 250 0.788
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Aug 17:30 Tunisia  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–19 25–17 25–20     75–56 P2 Report
27 Aug 20:30 Ukraine  0–3  Serbia 26–28 21–25 20–25     67–78 P2 Report
29 Aug 17:30 Serbia  3–0  Puerto Rico 26–24 25–21 25–16     76–61 P2 Report
29 Aug 20:30 Ukraine  3–0  Tunisia 25–21 25–19 25–15     75–55 P2 Report
31 Aug 17:30 Serbia  3–0  Tunisia 29–27 25–15 25–17     79–59 P2 Report
31 Aug 20:30 Ukraine  3–1  Puerto Rico 24–26 25–19 25–16 25–19   99–80 P2 Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 8 9 2 4.500 271 222 1.221 Final round
2  Japan 3 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 226 205 1.102
3  Cuba 3 1 2 4 6 7 0.857 281 302 0.930
4  Qatar 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 199 248 0.802
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Aug 11:00 Brazil  3–2  Cuba 31–33 21–25 25–16 25–17 18–16 120–107 P2 Report
26 Aug 14:00 Japan  3–0  Qatar 25–20 25–18 25–15     75–53 P2 Report
28 Aug 11:00 Cuba  3–1  Qatar 25–21 25–21 22–25 25–19   97–86 P2 Report
28 Aug 14:00 Brazil  3–0  Japan 25–21 25–18 25–16     75–55 P2 Report
30 Aug 11:00 Brazil  3–0  Qatar 25–13 25–23 26–24     76–60 P2 Report
30 Aug 14:00 Japan  3–1  Cuba 25–18 21–25 25–15 25–19   96–77 P2 Report

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Poland 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 248 188 1.319 Final round
2  United States 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 237 215 1.102
3  Mexico 3 1 2 2 3 8 0.375 211 259 0.815
4  Bulgaria 3 0 3 1 2 9 0.222 228 262 0.870
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Aug 17:30 United States  3–0  Mexico 25–18 25–20 25–12     75–50 P2 Report
26 Aug 20:30 Poland  3–0  Bulgaria 25–12 25–20 25–20     75–52 P2 Report
28 Aug 17:30 United States  3–0  Bulgaria 25–20 25–23 26–24     76–67 P2 Report
28 Aug 20:30 Poland  3–0  Mexico 25–17 25–14 25–19     75–50 P2 Report
30 Aug 17:30 Mexico  3–2  Bulgaria 20–25 25–20 25–23 23–25 18–16 111–109 P2 Report
30 Aug 20:30 Poland  3–1  United States 23–25 25–21 25–19 25–21   98–86 P2 Report

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 8 9 2 4.500 273 242 1.128 Final round
2  Slovenia 3 2 1 7 8 3 2.667 260 237 1.097
3  Germany 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 207 215 0.963
4  Cameroon 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 184 230 0.800
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Aug 17:30 France  3–0  Germany 25–22 28–26 26–24     79–72 P2 Report
26 Aug 20:30 Slovenia  3–0  Cameroon 25–19 25–23 25–21     75–63 P2 Report
28 Aug 17:30 Germany  3–0  Cameroon 30–28 25–14 25–19     80–61 P2 Report
28 Aug 20:30 France  3–2  Slovenia 25–21 22–25 23–25 34–32 15–7 119–110 P2 Report
30 Aug 17:30 France  3–0  Cameroon 25–19 25–19 25–22     75–60 P2 Report
30 Aug 20:30 Slovenia  3–0  Germany 25–16 25–22 25–17     75–55 P2 Report

Pool E

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Italy 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 239 166 1.440 Final round
2  Turkey 3 2 1 6 6 3 2.000 210 186 1.129
3  Canada 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 206 231 0.892
4  China 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 153 225 0.680
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Aug 11:00 Turkey  3–0  China 25–15 25–19 25–14     75–48 P2 Report
27 Aug 21:15 Italy  3–0  Canada 25–13 25–18 39–37     89–68 P2 Report
29 Aug 11:00 Canada  3–0  China 25–23 25–21 25–23     75–67 P2 Report
29 Aug 21:15 Italy  3–0  Turkey 25–18 25–20 25–22     75–60 P2 Report
31 Aug 14:00 Canada  0–3  Turkey 23–25 23–25 17–25     63–75 P2 Report
31 Aug 21:15 Italy  3–0  China 25–14 25–10 25–14     75–38 P2 Report

Pool F

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 8 9 3 3.000 286 250 1.144 Final round
2  Iran 3 2 1 5 7 6 1.167 313 302 1.036
3  Argentina 3 1 2 4 7 8 0.875 351 347 1.012
4  Egypt 3 0 3 1 3 9 0.333 239 290 0.824
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Aug 14:00 Netherlands  3–0  Egypt 25–17 25–22 25–16     75–55 P2 Report
27 Aug 17:30 Argentina  2–3  Iran 25–22 28–30 18–25 34–32 19–21 124–130 P2 Report
29 Aug 14:00 Argentina  2–3  Netherlands 30–28 25–20 21–25 25–27 9–15 110–115 P2 Report
29 Aug 17:30 Iran  3–1  Egypt 25–14 25–19 22–25 26–24   98–82 P2 Report
31 Aug 11:00 Argentina  3–2  Egypt 27–25 26–28 24–26 25–17 15–6 117–102 P2 Report
31 Aug 17:30 Iran  1–3  Netherlands 22–25 25–21 20–25 18–25   85–96 P2 Report

Combined ranking

Pos Pool Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Rank
1 E  Italy 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 239 166 1.440 First in each
of the pools
2 A  Serbia 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 233 187 1.246
3 C  Poland 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 248 188 1.319
4 B  Brazil 3 3 0 8 9 2 4.500 271 222 1.221
5 D  France 3 3 0 8 9 2 4.500 273 242 1.128
6 F  Netherlands 3 3 0 8 9 3 3.000 286 250 1.144
7 D  Slovenia 3 2 1 7 8 3 2.667 260 237 1.097 Second in each
of the pools
8 C  United States 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 237 215 1.102
9 E  Turkey 3 2 1 6 6 3 2.000 210 186 1.129
10 A  Ukraine 3 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 241 213 1.131
11 B  Japan 3 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 226 205 1.102
12 F  Iran 3 2 1 5 7 6 1.167 313 302 1.036
13 F  Argentina 3 1 2 4 7 8 0.875 351 347 1.012 Third in each
of the pools
14 B  Cuba 3 1 2 4 6 7 0.857 281 302 0.930
15 D  Germany 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 207 215 0.963
16 A  Tunisia 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 189 210 0.900
17 E  Canada 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 206 231 0.892 Third in each
of the pools
18 C  Mexico 3 1 2 2 3 8 0.375 211 259 0.815
19 F  Egypt 3 0 3 1 3 9 0.333 239 290 0.824 Fourth in each
of the pools
20 C  Bulgaria 3 0 3 1 2 9 0.222 228 262 0.870
21 B  Qatar 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 199 248 0.802
22 A  Puerto Rico 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 197 250 0.788
23 D  Cameroon 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 184 230 0.800
24 E  China 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 153 225 0.680
Source: WCH 2022 standings

Final round

  • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
  • FIVB reserved the first and second position for the host teams if they qualify for the final round. The better ranked host team secured the first position, and the worse ranked host team secured the second position.
 
Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
4 September – Gliwice
 
 
1
 Poland		3
 
8 September – Gliwice
 
16
 Tunisia		0
 
 Poland3
 
4 September – Gliwice
 
 United States2
 
8
 United States		3
 
10 September – Katowice
 
9
 Turkey		2
 
 Poland3
 
6 September – Gliwice
 
 Brazil2
 
4
 Serbia		0
 
8 September – Gliwice
 
13
 Argentina		3
 
 Argentina1
 
6 September – Gliwice
 
 Brazil3
 
5
 Brazil		3
 
11 September – Katowice
 
12
 Iran		0
 
 Poland1
 
3 September – Ljubljana
 
 Italy3
 
2
 Slovenia		3
 
7 September – Ljubljana
 
15
 Germany		1
 
 Slovenia3
 
5 September – Ljubljana
 
 Ukraine1
 
7
 Netherlands		0
 
10 September – Katowice
 
10
 Ukraine		3
 
 Slovenia0
 
3 September – Ljubljana
 
 Italy3 3rd place match
 
3
 Italy		3
 
7 September – Ljubljana11 September – Katowice
 
14
 Cuba		1
 
 Italy3 Brazil3
 
5 September – Ljubljana
 
 France2  Slovenia1
 
6
 France		3
 
 
11
 Japan		2
 

Round of 16

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Sep 17:30 AST Slovenia  3–1  Germany 25–18 25–19 21–25 25–22   96–84 P2 Report
3 Sep 21:15 AST Italy  3–1  Cuba 25–21 21–25 26–24 25–18   97–88 P2 Report
4 Sep 17:30 GLA United States  3–2  Turkey 25–21 25–17 22–25 19–25 15–12 106–100 P2 Report
4 Sep 21:00 GLA Poland  3–0  Tunisia 25–20 25–15 25–20     75–55 P2 Report
5 Sep 17:30 AST Netherlands  0–3  Ukraine 16–25 19–25 18–25     53–75 P2 Report
5 Sep 21:00 AST France  3–2  Japan 25–17 21–25 26–24 22–25 18–16 112–107 P2 Report
6 Sep 17:30 GLA Serbia  0–3  Argentina 23–25 21–25 23–25     67–75 P2 Report
6 Sep 21:00 GLA Brazil  3–0  Iran 25–17 25–22 25–23     75–62 P2 Report

Quarterfinals

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Sep 17:30 AST Italy  3–2  France 24–26 25–21 23–25 25–22 15–12 112–106 P2 Report
7 Sep 21:00 AST Slovenia  3–1  Ukraine 18–25 26–24 25–19 25–23   94–91 P2 Report
8 Sep 17:30 GLA Argentina  1–3  Brazil 16–25 25–23 22–25 21–25   84–98 P2 Report
8 Sep 21:00 GLA Poland  3–2  United States 25–20 27–25 21–25 22–25 15–12 110–107 P2 Report

Semifinals

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 Sep 18:00 SPO Poland  3–2  Brazil 23–25 25–18 25–20 21–25 15–12 109–100 P2 Report
10 Sep 21:00 SPO Italy  3–0  Slovenia 25–21 25–22 25–21     75–64 P2 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Sep 18:00 SPO Brazil  3–1  Slovenia 25–18 25–18 22–25 25–18   97–79 P2 Report

Final

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Sep 21:00 SPO Poland  1–3  Italy 25–22 21–25 18–25 20–25   84–97 P2 Report

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil
4  Slovenia
5  France
6  United States
7  Ukraine
8  Argentina
9  Serbia
10  Netherlands
11  Turkey
12  Japan
13  Iran
14  Cuba
15  Germany
16  Tunisia
17  Canada
18  Mexico
19  Egypt
20  Bulgaria
21  Qatar
22  Puerto Rico
23  Cameroon
24  China
Qualified for the 2025 World Championship

Source: WCH 2022 final standings

2022 World Champions

Italy
Italy
Fourth title

Team roster: Giulio Pinali, Francesco Recine, Alessandro Michieletto, Simone Giannelli, Fabio Balaso, Riccardo Sbertoli, Mattia Bottolo, Gianluca Galassi, Daniele Lavia, Yuri Romanò, Simone Anzani, Roberto Russo, Leonardo Scanferla, Leandro Mosca
Head coach: Ferdinando De Giorgi

Awards

  • Most valuable player
 Simone Giannelli (ITA)
  • Best setter
 Simone Giannelli (ITA)
  • Best outside spikers
 Yoandy Leal (BRA)
 Kamil Semeniuk (POL)
  • Best opposite spiker
 Bartosz Kurek (POL)
  • Best middle blockers
 Mateusz Bieniek (POL)
 Gianluca Galassi (ITA)
  • Best libero
 Fabio Balaso (ITA)

Prize money

The champion of the tournament was rewarded with US$200,000. The second place winner received US$125,000 while the third holder received US$75,000. Players selected into Dream Team received US$10,000 each while the MVP was given US$30,000.[23]

Statistics leaders

Statistics leaders correct as of final round.[24]

Best Scorers
Player Spikes Blocks Serves Total
1 Brazil Yoandy Leal 107 8 10 125
2 Slovenia Klemen Čebulj 95 13 6 114
3 Italy Daniele Lavia 91 10 2 103
4 Poland Bartosz Kurek 85 7 8 100
5 Brazil Wallace de Souza 85 9 3 97


Best Spikers
Player Spikes Faults Shots % Total
1 Brazil Yoandy Leal 107 24 72 52.61 203
2 Slovenia Klemen Čebulj 95 26 90 45.02 211
3 Italy Daniele Lavia 91 22 59 52.91 172
4 Brazil Wallace de Souza 85 31 57 49.13 173
5 Poland Bartosz Kurek 85 30 54 50.30 169

Best Blockers
Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Avg Total
1 Argentina Agustín Loser 17 30 2 3.40 49
2 Brazil Lucas Saatkamp 16 30 4 2.29 50
3 Brazil Flávio Gualberto 16 28 4 2.29 48
4 Poland Mateusz Bieniek 16 31 13 2.29 60
5 Slovenia Jan Kozamernik 15 29 8 2.14 52


Best Servers
Player Aces Faults Hits Avg Total
1 Ukraine Oleh Plotnytskyi 18 16 48 3.60 82
2 Netherlands Nimir Abdel-Aziz 12 27 35 3.00 74
3 Poland Mateusz Bieniek 11 16 78 1.57 105
4 Brazil Yoandy Leal 10 20 61 1.43 91
5 Poland Kamil Semeniuk 10 22 68 1.43 100

Best Setters
Player Running Faults Still Avg Total
1 Italy Simone Giannelli 139 3 376 19.86 518
2 Argentina Luciano De Cecco 131 3 314 26.20 448
3 France Antoine Brizard 107 3 286 21.40 396
4 Poland Marcin Janusz 94 3 428 13.43 525
5 Germany Lukas Kampa 87 0 187 21.75 274


Best Diggers
Player Digs Faults Receptions Avg Total
1 Brazil Thales Hoss 59 12 7 8.43 78
2 Poland Paweł Zatorski 52 15 6 7.43 73
3 Italy Fabio Balaso 48 19 11 6.68 78
4 Slovenia Jani Kovačič 39 17 5 5.57 61
5 Argentina Santiago Danani 30 10 4 6.00 44

Best Receivers
Player Excellents Faults Serve % Total
1 Argentina Santiago Danani 39 11 90 27.86 140
2 France Earvin N'Gapeth 35 1 74 31.82 110
3 Netherlands Robbert Andringa 34 3 49 39.53 86
4 Argentina Facundo Conte 34 3 81 28.81 118
5 Brazil Thales Hoss 33 6 87 26.19 126

Broadcasting rights

FIVB, through several companies, sold the broadcasting rights for the 2022 World Championship[25] to the following broadcasters.[26]

The championship was screened through broadcast partnerships covering 90 territories around the world, while Volleyball World TV, Volleyball World's OTT platform, saw over 600,000 unique viewers watch 38.8 million minutes of action during the course of the competition.[27]

Country/region Broadcaster
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sport Klub
 Brazil Grupo Globo
 Bulgaria BNT
 Canada CBC Sports
 Caribbean ESPN
 China CCTV
 Croatia Sport Klub
 Cuba ICRT
 Egypt Nile Sport, OnTime Sports
 France L'Équipe
 Germany Sky Sport
 Indonesia TVRI Sport
 Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
 Israel Charlton
 Italy RAI
 Japan Paravi
 Kazakhstan Saran Holding
 Latin America ESPN
 Macedonia Sport Klub
 MENA ASBU
 Montenegro Sport Klub
 Morocco SNRT
 Netherlands Ziggo Sport
 Oman Oman Sport
 Poland Polsat Sport, TVP
 Puerto Rico WAPA-TV
 Serbia Sport Klub
 Slovenia Sport Klub, Pop TV, Kanal A
 Tunisia El Watania 2
 Turkey TRT Spor
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Sports, Dubai Sports
Worldwide Volleyball World TV

See also

  • iconVolleyball portal

References

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