2029 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation | Philippines |
| Dates | August – September |
| Teams | 32 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | TBD (in TBD host cities) |
The 2029 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship is the 22nd staging of the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). It will be held in Philippines in August to September 2029, and the third edition under the two-year cycles in odd-numbered years with an expanded format featuring 32 teams.
Philippines will become the fourth country in Asia to host the World Championship, following Japan, China and Thailand. Philippines will also become the second country from Southeast Asia to host the competition after Thailand. The competition was also the first world senior women's championship in Olympic team sports to be hosted in Philippines.
Host selection
On 26 September 2025, Philippines was awarded the hosting rights at the FIVB meeting in Manila.[1][2] Philippines had originally bid for the 2025 edition before being awarded the 2025 men's competition instead.[3][4]
Qualification
The host country Philippines qualified for the competition as well as the defending champions. The top three teams from each of the 2028 Continental Championships secured qualification. The final 15 places belonged to top 15 teams as per FIVB World Ranking who had not yet qualified.[5]
Qualified teams
| Team | Qualification method | Date of qualification | Appearances | Previous best performance[A] | WR[B] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Last | Streak | |||||
| Philippines | Host nation | 28 September 2025 | 2nd/3rd | 1974 | 1974/2027 | 1/2 | Eighteenth place (1974) | TBD |
See also
- 2029 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
- 2029 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship
- 2029 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship
Notes
References
- ^ "The Philippines announced as host of FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship 2029". 28 September 2025.
- ^ https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/9/28/ph-set-to-host-fivb-volleyball-women-s-world-championship-in-2029-1831
- ^ "Philippines to make bid for Women's World Championship". www.pvl.ph.
- ^ "Suzara admits original PH bid was to host Volleyball Women's Championship". Spin.ph.
- ^ "Volleyball Calendar 2025-2028 Approved By The FIVB Board Of Administration" (Press release). FIVB. 22 June 2023. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.