# FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship Qualification (AVC)

The FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship Qualification (AVC) was a volleyball qualification tournament for the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship. Contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC).

## Results summary
### First format (1974–1994*)

| Year | Host | Qualified Teams | Qualified Teams | Teams |
| Year | Host | Winners | Runners-up | Teams |
| 1974 | Manila | South Korea | Republic of China | 5 |
| 1978 | Hong Kong | South Korea | China | 4 |
| 1986 | Sydney | Chinese Taipei | — | 4 |
| 1994 | Sydney | Japan | China | 5 |
* Not held in 1982 and 1990.

### Second format (1998–2018)
#### Final round

| Year | Qualified Teams | Qualified Teams | Qualified Teams | Qualified Teams | Teams |
| Year | First pool | Second pool | Third pool | Fourth pool | Teams |
| 1998 | Jeddah | Tehran | Tashkent | — | 10 |
| 1998 | South Korea Thailand | China Iran | Australia | — | 10 |
| 2002 | Almaty | Doha | Macau | — | 12 |
| 2002 | South Korea Kazakhstan | Japan | China Australia | — | 12 |
| 2006 | Almaty | Chennai | Tehran | Chennai | 12 |
| 2006 | Kazakhstan | China | Iran | South Korea Australia | 12 |
| 2010 | Chengdu | Komaki | — | — | 8 |
| 2010 | China Australia | Japan Iran | — | — | 8 |
| 2014 | Canberra | Tehran | Chenzhou | Komaki | 16 |
| 2014 | Australia | Iran | China | South Korea | 16 |
| 2018 | Ardabil | Canberra | — | — | 10 |
| 2018 | Iran China | Japan Australia | — | — | 10 |

## All qualified teams

* Note: No qualifications – free entrance from 1949 to 1962.
| Year | Asian nations in FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship (How to Qualify) | Asian nations in FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship (How to Qualify) | Asian nations in FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship (How to Qualify) | Asian nations in FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship (How to Qualify) | Asian nations in FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship (How to Qualify) | Asian nations in FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship (How to Qualify) | Teams |
| Year | First team | Second team | Third team | Fourth team | Fifth team | Sixth team | Teams |
| 1952 | India | Lebanon | | | | | – |
| 1956 | China | India | South Korea | | | | – |
| 1960 | India | Japan | | | | | – |
| 1962 | China | India | Japan | Mongolia | North Korea | | – |
| 1966 | Japan (1962 World 5th Place) | China (1962 World 9th Place) | Mongolia (Unknown) | North Korea (Unknown) | | | – |
| 1970 | Japan (1966 World 5th Place) | Mongolia (Replacement) | Iran (1966 Asian Games 3rd Place) | North Korea (Replacement) | | | – |
| 1974 Details | Japan (1970 World 3rd Place) | South Korea (winners) | China (Replacement) | | | | 5 |
| 1978 Details | Japan (1974 World 3rd Place) | South Korea (winners) | China (runners-up) | | | | 4 |
| 1982 | South Korea (1978 World 4th Place) | China (1978 World 7th Place) | Japan (1978 World 11th Place) | Australia (1979 Asian 4th Place | Iraq (Replacement) | | – |
| 1986 Details | Japan (1982 World 4th Place) | China (1982 World 7th Place) | Chinese Taipei (winners) | | | | 4 |
| 1990 | South Korea (1989 Asian Champions) | Japan (World Qualification 3rd Place) | | | | | – |
| 1994 Details | South Korea (1993 Asian Champions) | China (winners) | Japan (runners-up) | | | | 5 |
| 1998 Details | Japan (Host Country) | South Korea (Pool C Winners) | China (Pool D Winners) | Australia (Pool E Winners) | Thailand (Pool C Runners-up) | Iran (Pool D Runners-up) | 10 |
| 2002 Details | South Korea (Pool C Winners) | Japan (Pool D Winners) | China (Pool E Winners) | Kazakhstan (Pool C Runners-up) | Australia (Pool E Runners-up) | | 12 |
| 2006 Details | Japan (Host Country) | Kazakhstan (Pool D Winners) | China (Pool E Winners) | Iran (Pool F Winners) | South Korea (Play-off Winners) | Australia (Play-off Runners-up) | 19 |
| 2010 Details | China (Pool G Winners) | Japan (Pool H Winners) | Australia (Pool G Runners-up) | Iran (Pool H Runners-up) | | | 21 |
| 2014 Details | Australia (Pool A Winners) | Iran (Pool B Winners) | China (Pool C Winners) | South Korea (Pool D Winners) | | | 28 |
| 2018 Details | Iran (Pool A Winners) | Japan (Pool B Winners) | China (Pool A Runners-up) | Australia (Pool B Runners-up) | | | 20 |
| 2022 | Iran (2021 Asian Champions) | Japan (2021 Asian Runners-up) | Qatar (World Rankings) | China (World Rankings) | | | – |
| 2025 | Philippines (Host Country) | Japan (2023 Asian Champions) | Iran (2023 Asian Runners-up) | Qatar (2023 Asian Third place) | China (World Rankings) | South Korea (World Rankings) | – |
* ↑ In Asian qualification tournament