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Thailand is hosting the 2025 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championship, the oversight of which is by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the worldwide regulating authority of the sport.

Where and When Will the 2025 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championship Be Held?

The competition will take place in Thailand between August 22 and September 7, 2025. Prior to the Men’s World Championship in the Philippines, the 2025 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championship will be the first World Championship to be hosted in Southeast Asia and the first of two World Championships to be held in the region in a row in 2025.

In odd-numbered years, the tournament is scheduled to take place for the first time under a two-year cycle. Thirty-two teams will compete for the coveted world champions title for the first time ever; previously, there were only 24 teams.

Volleyball will be the first Olympic team sport whose world senior championship will be held in Thailand. The national federation suggested four cities to host the tournament. Bangkok, the Thai capital, and its Indoor Stadium Huamark will host the majority of the games (two group stages and the final round). Only preliminary matches will be played in the remaining three cities, which are Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat Chatchai Hall), Chiang Mai (CMECC), and Phuket (Phuket Municipal Stadium).

The total prize pool for the 2025 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championship is US$2 million. According to the latest published breakdown, the top teams will distribute prize money as follows:

• Champion (1st place): US$1 million
• Runner-up (2nd place): US$1 million
• 3rd place: US$1 million

Combined, the top three teams take US$1.75 million, leaving US$450,000 to be allocated to other ranked teams (4th through 32nd). However, public notes don’t specify exact amounts for teams taking these places.

Which Teams Will Take Part in the 2025 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championship?

Below are listed all participating teams along with their pathways toward the 2025 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championship.

Automatic berths:

• Thailand—qualified automatically as the host nation
• Serbia—qualified automatically as defending world champion (won the previous edition in 2022)

Continental championship qualifiers. Each confederation received 3 direct slots based on the results of their 2023 continental championships (teams qualified via this route are not already qualified as host or defending champion):

• Africa (CAVB): Kenya, Egypt, Cameroon
• Asia & Oceania (AVC): China, Japan, Vietnam (Vietnam was awarded a slot after Thailand was named host, as Thailand had originally qualified via Asian Champs)
• Europe (CEV): Turkey, Netherlands, Italy (excluding Serbia, since Serbia was already automatic)
• NORCECA (North, Central America & Caribbean): Dominican Republic, USA, Canada
• South America (CSV): Brazil, Argentina, Colombia

FIVB World Ranking allocations. The final 15 spots were allocated to the highest-ranked teams not already qualified, based on the FIVB World Ranking at the end of August 2024. Those spots went to:

• Europe (12 teams): Poland, Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Spain, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, France, Sweden
• NORCECA (3 teams): Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Cuba (as the highest-ranked nonqualified)

Features of the 2025 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championship

The tournament structure consists of 2 stages.

Preliminary round (pool phase):

• Dates: August 22–27, 2025
• Format: 32 teams divided into 8 pools (A–H) of 4 teams each—typically a seeded top-ranked nation plus 3 others drawn across pots.

Pool A (Bangkok): Thailand, Netherlands, Sweden, Egypt

Pool B (Phuket): Italy, Belgium, Cuba, Slovakia

Pool C (Chiang Mai): Brazil, Puerto Rico, France, Greece

Pool D (Nakhon Ratchasima): USA, Czechia, Argentina, Slovenia

Pool E (Nakhon Ratchasima): Turkey, Canada, Bulgaria, Spain

Pool F (Chiang Mai): China, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Mexico

Pool G (Phuket): Poland, Germany, Kenya, Vietnam

Pool H (Bangkok): Japan, Serbia, Ukraine, Cameroon

• Teams in a pool face each other once (round-robin). The top 2 teams from each pool advance to the knockout stage, while the bottom 2 are eliminated from title contention.

Final round (knockout phase)

• Dates: August 29–September 7, 2025
• Format: Round of 16 commences on August 29, progressing to quarterfinals (September 3–4), semifinals (September 6), and concluding with the 3rd-place match and final, both on September 7. All matches are to be played in Bangkok.
• Single-elimination bracket

All matches in the tournament follow the standard 5-set format (best-of-5 sets).

Who’ll Win the 2025 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championship?

Quarterfinalist or better in every major tournament since 2016, the USA, is the main favorite for the title at the 2025 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championship. They possess all there is in modern volleyball on the highest level: depth, athleticism, elite setters, and liberos. Another team with a proven international record, Brazil, ranks second among the favorites, followed by Italy, led by one of the world’s best scorers, Paola Egonu, and multiple world champion China.

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Until 2022, the tournament featured 24 teams. The 2025 edition is the first ever with 32 teams, following the men’s tournament expansion in 2022. Some of the earlier editions used a mix of group and second-round pool play, followed by knockouts. In 2025, FIVB shifted to a simpler 2-stage format.

The all-time most successful team is the former Soviet Union with 7 titles.

The 2022 Women’s World Championship (Netherlands/Poland) reached over 200 million viewers globally via VolleyballWorld TV, a digital streaming & VOD service—FIVB’s media partner – and broadcast deals with Eurosport, TBS, and Globo. The final between Serbia and Brazil drew record digital traffic for VolleyballWorld platforms and was watched in over 100 countries.

The tournament can be watched on the following platforms.

• Volleyball World TV (VBTV): Official global streaming platform for FIVB events. Full replays and highlights. Subscription required, but often offers a free trial or day pass.
• Official broadcasters by region (based on past partnerships — final list to be announced closer to the event).
• YouTube & social media. The Volleyball World YouTube channel may offer free highlight clips, previews, interviews, and behind-the-scenes.

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