2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification


The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification is a series of tournaments to decide teams which will play in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. The 2018 World Championship will feature 24 teams. Two 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.

Qualified teams


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Qualification process

The distribution by confederation for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship will be:
Note: AVC total includes +1 for Japan as hosts.
Note: NORCECA total includes +1 for United States as reigning champions.

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser.
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.
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Match won 3–0: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–1: 4 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Match won 3–2: 3 match points for the winner, 2 match points for the loser

Confederation qualification

AVC (Asia and Oceania)

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  • First round: The bottom ranked teams of Asia were divided into three groups of three zonal association. The group winners advanced to the second round of FIVB World Championship qualification.
  • Second round: A total of 10 teams were divided into two groups of five teams. The top two teams of each group qualified for the 2018 FIVB World Championship.

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    Final positions (Second round)

The draw for the second round was held on 19 March 2017, at the Dusit Princess Srinakarin Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.
RankTeamPldWPts
14412
2439
3426
4413
5400

RankTeamPldWPts
14412
2439
3426
4413
5400

CAVB (Africa)

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  • First round: The bottom ranked tean of Africa were divided into seven groups of seven zonal association, later six groups of six zonal association. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the second round of FIVB World Championship qualification and CAVB Championship in Cameroon.
  • Second round : A total of 13 teams, later 9 teams were divided into two groups. The top two teams of each group advanced to the play-offs. The winners of play-offs will qualified for the 2018 FIVB World Championship.

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  • Final positions (CAVB Championship)

;Preliminary round
RankTeamPldWPts
1339
2326
3312
4301

RankTeamPldWPts
14412
2439
3426
4413
5400

;Play-offs
Winners qualified for 2018 World Championship

CEV (Europe)

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    Final positions (Second round)

RankTeamPldWPts
15515
25411
3527
4527
5525
6500

RankTeamPldWPts
15514
25413
3539
4526
5513
6500

RankTeamPldWPts
15515
25412
3539
4526
5513
6500

RankTeamPldWPts
15515
25411
35310
4526
5513
6500

RankTeamPldWPts
15515
25412
3538
4525
5515
6500

RankTeamPldWPts
15515
25412
3537
4525
5514
6502

Third round

RankTeamPldWPts
15515
25412
3538
4526
5513
6501

CSV (South America)

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RankTeamPldWPts
15515
25411
3539
4527
5513
6500

CSV Qualifier

RankTeamPldWPts
1339
2326
3313
4300

NORCECA

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    Final positions (NORCECA Continental Championship)

RankTeamPldWPts
13315
23210
3315
4300

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13315
23210
3315
4300

RankTeamPldWPts
13313
23212
3315
4300