24 teams competed in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, with two places allocated for the hosts, Italy and the titleholder, Brazil. In the qualification process for the 2010 FIVB World Championship, the Five FIVB confederations were allocated a share of the 22 remaining spots.

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Qualification date Appearance
in finals
 ItalyHost Country22 December 200515th
 BrazilDefending Champions3 December 200615th
 Puerto RicoNORCECA Pool G Winners10 July 20093rd
 RussiaCEV Pool I Winners9 August 200917th1
 GermanyCEV Pool I Runners-up9 August 20095th2
 VenezuelaCSV Pool B Winners12 August 200910th
 ChinaAVC Pool G Winners15 August 200912th
 AustraliaAVC Pool G Runners-up15 August 20095th
 PolandCEV Pool K Winners15 August 200915th
 FranceCEV Pool K Runners-up15 August 200914th
 SerbiaCEV Pool L Winners15 August 20098th3
 SpainCEV Pool L Runners-up15 August 20093rd
 TunisiaCAVB Pool D Winners16 August 20098th
 BulgariaCEV Pool J Winners16 August 200916th
 Czech RepublicCEV Pool J Runners-up16 August 200916th4
 CubaNORCECA Pool H Winners16 August 200913th
 United StatesNORCECA Pool F Winners17 August 200914th
 EgyptCAVB Pool C Winners20 August 20097th
 CameroonCAVB Pool E Winners23 August 20092nd
 CanadaNORCECA Pool I Winners29 August 20099th
 MexicoNORCECA Pool I Runners-up29 August 20094th
 JapanAVC Pool H Winners30 August 200914th
 IranAVC Pool H Runners-up30 August 20094th
 ArgentinaCSV Pool A Winners30 August 200910th
1.^ Competed as Soviet Union from 1949 to 1990; 5th appearance as Russia.
2.^ Competed as West Germany from 1956 to 1966; 3rd appearance as Germany.
3.^ Competed as SFR Yugoslavia from 1956 to 1970 and Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia) from 1998 to 2006; 1st appearance as Serbia.
4.^ Competed as Czechoslovakia from 1949 to 1990; 4th appearance as Czech Republic.

Confederation qualification processes

The distribution by confederation for the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was:[1]

  • Asia and Oceania (AVC): 4 places
  • Africa (CAVB): 3 places
  • Europe (CEV): 8 places (+ Italy qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 9 places)
  • South America (CSV) 2 places (+ Brazil qualified automatically as the defending champions for a total of 3 places)
  • North America (NORCECA): 5 places

AVC

CAVB

  •  Algeria (Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Botswana (Third Round)
  •  Cameroon (Third Round)
  •  Egypt (Third Round)
  •  Kenya (Third Round)
  •  Malawi (Second Round)
  •  Mauritius (Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Morocco (Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Mozambique (Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Nigeria (Second Round, Third Round)
  •  South Africa (Third Round)
  •  Tunisia (Third Round)
  •  Zimbabwe (Second Round, Third Round)

CEV

CSV

NORCECA

  •  Anguilla (First Round)
  •  Antigua and Barbuda (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Aruba (Second Round)
  •  Bahamas (Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Barbados (Third Round)
  •  Belize (Second Round)
  •  Bermuda (First Round)
  •  British Virgin Islands (First Round)
  •  Canada (Third Round, Playoff Round)
  •  Cayman Islands (Second Round)
  •  Costa Rica (Second Round)
  •  Cuba (Third Round)
  •  Dominica (First Round)
  •  Dominican Republic (Third Round, Playoff Round)
  •  El Salvador (Second Round)
  •  Grenada (First Round)
  •  Guatemala (Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Haiti (Second Round)
  •  Honduras (Second Round)
  •  Jamaica (Second Round)
  •  Mexico (Second Round, Third Round, Playoff Round)
  •  Montserrat (First Round)
  •  Netherlands Antilles (Second Round)
  •  Nicaragua (Second Round)
  •  Panama (Second Round, Third Round, Playoff Round)
  •  Puerto Rico (Third Round)
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis (First Round)
  •  Saint Lucia (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (First Round)
  •  Suriname (Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Trinidad and Tobago (Second Round)
  •  U.S. Virgin Islands (Second Round, Third Round)
  •  United States (Third Round)

References

  1. ↑ "2010 World Championship Qualification Draw" (PDF). FIVB. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
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