# 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship statistics

The final tournament was held in Poland and Slovenia from 26 August to 11 September 2022.
Italy claimed their fourth title, defeating the reigning world champions Poland and Brazil won the third place match, defeating Slovenia in four sets.

## Preliminary round

* The top two teams in each pool and the top four of the third placed teams will qualify for the final round.
* Qualified for the Final round

### Combined ranking

| Pos | Pool | Teamvte | 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 | First in each of the pools |
| 3 | C | Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 248 | 188 | 1.319 | First in each of the pools |
| 4 | B | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 271 | 222 | 1.221 | First in each of the pools |
| 5 | D | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 273 | 242 | 1.128 | First in each of the pools |
| 6 | F | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 286 | 250 | 1.144 | First in each of the pools |
| 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 | Second in each of the pools |
| 9 | E | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 210 | 186 | 1.129 | Second in each of the pools |
| 10 | A | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 241 | 213 | 1.131 | Second in each of the pools |
| 11 | B | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 226 | 205 | 1.102 | Second in each of the pools |
| 12 | F | Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 313 | 302 | 1.036 | Second in each of the pools |
| 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 | Third in each of the pools |
| 15 | D | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 207 | 215 | 0.963 | Third in each of the pools |
| 16 | A | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 189 | 210 | 0.900 | Third in each of the pools |
| 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 | Third in each of the pools |
| 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 | Fourth in each of the pools |
| 21 | B | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 199 | 248 | 0.802 | Fourth in each of the pools |
| 22 | A | Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 197 | 250 | 0.788 | Fourth in each of the pools |
| 23 | D | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 184 | 230 | 0.800 | Fourth in each of the pools |
| 24 | E | China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 153 | 225 | 0.680 | Fourth in each of the pools |

## Tournament statistics
### Attendance

* Matches played : 52
* Attendance (preliminary round) (played 36) : 86,520 (2,403 per match)
* Attendance (final round) (played 16) : 108,092 (6,776 per match)
* Total attendance on tournament : 194,612 (3,743 per match)
* Arena Stožice total attendance (played 30) : 71,038 (2,368 per match)
* Arena Spodek, Katowice, Poland total attendance (played 16) : 83,413 (5,213 per match)
* Arena Gliwice, Gliwice, Poland total attendance (played 6) : 40,161 (6,694 per match)
* Most attendance : 12,258 - Poland v. United States, Gliwice, Gliwice on 8 September 2022.
* Fewest attendance : 90 - Turkey v. China, Arena Stožice, Ljubljana on 27 August 2022.

### Matches

* Most matches wins : 7 - Italy
* Fewest matches wins : 0 - Egypt, Bulgaria, Qatar, Puerto Rico, Cameroon, China
* Most matches lost : 3 - Egypt, Bulgaria, Qatar, Puerto Rico, Cameroon, China
* Fewest matches lost : 0 - Italy
* Most points played in match : 254 - Argentina vs. Iran 2 : 3 (124/130)
* Fewest points played in match : 113 - Italy vs. China 3 : 0 (75/38)
* Longest match played (duration) : 159 min. - Argentina vs. Iran (2h,39m)
* Shortest match played (duration) : 59 min. - Italy vs. China (0h,59m)

### Sets

* Total sets (preliminary round) : 126 (3.5 per match)
* Total sets (final round) : 64 (4.0 per match)
* Total sets scored : 190 (3.65 per match)
* Most sets played : 27 - Poland, Brazil
* Most sets wins : 21 - Italy
* Fewest sets wins : 0 - Cameroon, China
* Most sets lost : 11 - Argentina, Slovenia
* Fewest sets lost : 4 - Italy
* Highest set ratio : 5.250 - Italy (21/4)
* Lowest set ratio : 0.000 - Cameroon, China (0/9)

### Points

* Total points (preliminary round) : 5,682 (158 per match)
* Total points (final round) : 2,834 (177 per match)
* Total points scored : 8,516 (164 per match)
* Most points wins : 641 - Brazil
* Fewest points wins : 153 - China
* Most points lost : 584 - Slovenia
* Fewest points lost : 225 - China
* Highest points ratio : 1.228 - Italy (620/508)
* Lowest points ratio : 0.680 - China (153/225)

## Squads
### Coaches

* Oldest coach: Antonio Giacobbe Tunisia – 75 years at the start of the tournament.
* Youngest coach: Michał Winiarski Germany – 38 years at the start of the tournament.

### Players

* Appearance record: Luciano de Cecco Argentina and Marko Podraščanin Serbia participated in the World Championship for the fifth time.
* Oldest player: At 38 years and 61 days, Mitja Gasparini Slovenia is the oldest player ever to be nominated for a 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship finals.
* Youngest player: At 17 years and 343 days Mahdi Ben Tahar Tunisia is the youngest player ever to be nominated for a 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship finals.
* Tallest player: At 2.15 m (7 ft 0.65 in), Yvan Arthur Kody Bitjaa Cameroon is the tallest player ever to be nominated for a 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship finals.
* Shortest player: At 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in), José Roberto Mendoza Perdomo Mexico is the shortest player ever to be nominated for a 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship finals.

### Multiple World Championships

| Name | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | Total |
| Luciano de Cecco | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 5 |
| Marko Podraščanin | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 5 |
| Facundo Conte | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 4 |
| Bruno Rezende | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 4 |
| Lucas Saatkamp | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 4 |
| Svetoslav Gotsev | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 4 |
| Sem Dolegombai | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 4 |
| Earvin N'Gapeth | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 4 |
| Nemanja Petrić | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 4 |
| Ahmed Kadhi | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 4 |
| Hamza Nagga | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 4 |
| Martín Ramos | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Wallace de Souza | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Georgi Seganov | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Todor Skrimov | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Joseph Kofane Boyomo | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Yvan Arthur Kody Bitjaa | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Nicholas Hoag | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Steven Marshall | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Liván Osoria | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Hossam Abdalla | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Benjamin Toniutti | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Jenia Grebennikov | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Kévin Tillie | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Nicolas Le Goff | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Milad Ebadipour | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Simone Anzani | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Grzegorz Łomacz | | ✔ | | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Bartosz Kurek | | ✔ | | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Paweł Zatorski | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Dennis Del Valle | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Aleksandar Atanasijević | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Marko Ivović | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Srećko Lisinac | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Uroš Kovačević | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Elyes Karamosli | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| David Smith | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Matt Anderson | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Micah Christenson | | | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3 |
| Agustín Loser | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Bruno Lima | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Thales Hoss | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Didier Sali Hilé | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Arthur Szwarc | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Lucas Van Berkel | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Ryan Sclater | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Stephen Maar | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Miao Ruantong | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Yu Yaochen | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Zhang Binglong | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Zhang Jingyin | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Adrián Goide | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Javier Concepción | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Jesús Herrera | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Liván Taboada | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Miguel Gutiérrez | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Miguel Ángel López | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Osniel Melgarejo | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Yonder García | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Abdelrahman Seoudy | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Ahmed Shafik | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Mohamed Masoud | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Antoine Brizard | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Barthélémy Chinenyeze | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Jean Patry | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Amir Hossein Toukhteh | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Mohammad Javad Manavinejad | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Mohammad Reza Hazratpour | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Mohammad Taher Vadi | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Morteza Sharifi | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Saber Kazemi | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Simone Giannelli | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Akihiro Yamauchi | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Masahiro Sekita | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Yuji Nishida | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Yūki Ishikawa | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Wessel Keemink | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Maarten van Garderen | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Thijs ter Horst | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Gijs Jorna | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Nimir Abdel-Aziz | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Wouter ter Maat | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Michaël Parkinson | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Aleksander Śliwka | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Bartosz Kwolek | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Jakub Kochanowski | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Mateusz Bieniek | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Pedro Nieves | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Jonathan Rodríguez | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Alen Pajenk | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Dejan Vinčić | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Gregor Ropret | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Jan Klobučar | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Jan Kozamernik | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Jani Kovačič | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Klemen Čebulj | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Mitja Gasparini | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Sašo Štalekar | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Tine Urnaut | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Tonček Štern | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Ali Bongui | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Aaron Russell | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Erik Shoji | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Jeffrey Jendryk | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |
| Taylor Averill | | | | ✔ | ✔ | 2 |

## Final standing

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification or relegation |
| | Italy | 7 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 5.250 | 620 | 508 | 1.220 | Champions |
| | Poland | 7 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 2.375 | 626 | 547 | 1.144 | Runners-up |
| | Brazil | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2.857 | 641 | 556 | 1.153 | Third place |
| 4 | Slovenia | 7 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1.364 | 593 | 584 | 1.015 | Fourth place |
| 5 | France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2.000 | 491 | 461 | 1.065 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |
| 6 | United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1.500 | 450 | 425 | 1.059 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |
| 7 | Ukraine | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1.429 | 407 | 360 | 1.131 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |
| 8 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1.000 | 510 | 512 | 0.996 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |
| 9 | Serbia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 300 | 262 | 1.145 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1.500 | 339 | 325 | 1.043 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 11 | Turkey | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1.333 | 310 | 292 | 1.062 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 12 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1.143 | 333 | 317 | 1.050 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 13 | Iran | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0.778 | 375 | 377 | 0.995 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 14 | Cuba | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0.700 | 369 | 399 | 0.925 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 15 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0.444 | 291 | 311 | 0.936 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 16 | Tunisia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 244 | 285 | 0.856 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 17 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 206 | 231 | 0.892 | Eliminated in preliminary round |
| 18 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 211 | 259 | 0.815 | Eliminated in preliminary round |
| 19 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 239 | 290 | 0.824 | Eliminated in preliminary round |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 228 | 262 | 0.870 | Eliminated in preliminary round |
| 21 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 199 | 248 | 0.802 | Eliminated in preliminary round |
| 22 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 197 | 250 | 0.788 | Eliminated in preliminary round |
| 23 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 184 | 230 | 0.800 | Eliminated in preliminary round |
| 24 | China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 153 | 225 | 0.680 | Eliminated in preliminary round |

## Statistics leaders

Statistics leaders correct as of final round.
Best Scorers :
| | Player | Spikes | Blocks | Serves | Total |
| 1 | Yoandy Leal | 107 | 8 | 10 | 125 |
| 2 | Klemen Čebulj | 95 | 13 | 6 | 114 |
| 3 | Daniele Lavia | 91 | 10 | 2 | 103 |
| 4 | Bartosz Kurek | 85 | 7 | 8 | 100 |
| 5 | Wallace de Souza | 85 | 9 | 3 | 97 |
Best Spikers :
| | Player | Spikes | Faults | Shots | % | Total |
| 1 | Yoandy Leal | 107 | 24 | 72 | 52.61 | 203 |
| 2 | Klemen Čebulj | 95 | 26 | 90 | 45.02 | 211 |
| 3 | Daniele Lavia | 91 | 22 | 59 | 52.91 | 172 |
| 4 | Wallace de Souza | 85 | 31 | 57 | 49.13 | 173 |
| 5 | Bartosz Kurek | 85 | 30 | 54 | 50.30 | 169 |
Best Blockers :
| | Player | Blocks | Faults | Rebounds | Avg | Total |
| 1 | Agustín Loser | 17 | 30 | 2 | 3.40 | 49 |
| 2 | Lucas Saatkamp | 16 | 30 | 4 | 2.29 | 50 |
| 3 | Flávio Gualberto | 16 | 28 | 4 | 2.29 | 48 |
| 4 | Mateusz Bieniek | 16 | 31 | 13 | 2.29 | 60 |
| 5 | Jan Kozamernik | 15 | 29 | 8 | 2.14 | 52 |
Best Servers :
| | Player | Aces | Faults | Hits | Avg | Total |
| 1 | Oleh Plotnytskyi | 18 | 16 | 48 | 3.60 | 82 |
| 2 | Nimir Abdel-Aziz | 12 | 27 | 35 | 3.00 | 74 |
| 3 | Mateusz Bieniek | 11 | 16 | 78 | 1.57 | 105 |
| 4 | Yoandy Leal | 10 | 20 | 61 | 1.43 | 91 |
| 5 | Kamil Semeniuk | 10 | 22 | 68 | 1.43 | 100 |
Best Setters :
| | Player | Running | Faults | Still | Avg | Total |
| 1 | Simone Giannelli | 139 | 3 | 376 | 19.86 | 518 |
| 2 | Luciano De Cecco | 131 | 3 | 314 | 26.20 | 448 |
| 3 | Antoine Brizard | 107 | 3 | 286 | 21.40 | 396 |
| 4 | Marcin Janusz | 94 | 3 | 428 | 13.43 | 525 |
| 5 | Lukas Kampa | 87 | 0 | 187 | 21.75 | 274 |
Best Diggers :
| | Player | Digs | Faults | Receptions | Avg | Total |
| 1 | Thales Hoss | 59 | 12 | 7 | 8.43 | 78 |
| 2 | Paweł Zatorski | 52 | 15 | 6 | 7.43 | 73 |
| 3 | Fabio Balaso | 48 | 19 | 11 | 6.68 | 78 |
| 4 | Jani Kovačič | 39 | 17 | 5 | 5.57 | 61 |
| 5 | Santiago Danani | 30 | 10 | 4 | 6.00 | 44 |
Best Receivers :
| | Player | Excellents | Faults | Serve | % | Total |
| 1 | Santiago Danani | 39 | 11 | 90 | 27.86 | 140 |
| 2 | Earvin N'Gapeth | 35 | 1 | 74 | 31.82 | 110 |
| 3 | Robbert Andringa | 34 | 3 | 49 | 39.53 | 86 |
| 4 | Facundo Conte | 34 | 3 | 81 | 28.81 | 118 |
| 5 | Thales Hoss | 33 | 6 | 87 | 26.19 | 126 |