# Volleyball at the 2021 Summer World University Games

Volleyball at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu was played between July 29 and August 7, 2023. 28 volleyball teams participated at the tournament.

## Qualification

Following the FISU regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in 2 volleyball events where the number of entries is larger than the authorised participation level will be selected by
* The entry and the payment of guarantee.
* Those 8 (in men's tournament) or 5 (in women's tournament) teams finishing top rankings of the previous edition will be automatically qualified.If any country gives up, the next in line is called up.
* Those 4 teams finishing bottom rankings of the previous edition will be replaced by new applying teams.If they are among the 4 relegated in the previous edition, the fifth worst team is the one that is eliminated.This rule did not need to be applied in this edition due to the high number of withdrawals from the tournament.
* The host country is always automatically qualified.
* The remaining teams could will be selected by wild card system according to geographical, continental representation, FISU ranking and FIVB rankings.

### Qualified teams
#### Men's competition

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Country | — | — | 1 | China |
| Top eight of previous edition | 5–13 July 2019 | Naples | 8 | Italy Poland Russia France Japan Czech Republic Chinese Taipei Portugal Switzerland South Korea |
| Continental Quotas | — | — | 2 | Brazil Ukraine |
| Wild Card | — | — | 1 | Argentina Mexico United States Canada |
| Invitation | — | — | 5 | Azerbaijan Germany India Iran Hong Kong Cyprus Australia |
| Total | Total | Total | 16 | |

#### Women's competition

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Country | — | — | 1 | China |
| Top five of previous edition | 5–13 July 2019 | Naples | 5 | Russia Italy Japan Hungary Germany Brazil Czech Republic |
| Continental Quotas | — | — | 2 | Mexico United States Argentina Chinese Taipei Australia Ukraine |
| Wildcards or Late Accepts | — | — | 4 | Colombia Hong Kong Poland India |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

## Medal table

* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN)* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

## Draw
### Men's competition

| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| Poland | Argentina | China | Italy |
| South Korea | Czech Republic | Azerbaijan | Chinese Taipei |
| Hong Kong | Iran | Japan | Germany |
| Portugal | India | Ukraine | Brazil |

### Women's competition

| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| Brazil | China | Italy | Japan |
| Poland | Argentina | India | Colombia |
| Chinese Taipei | Germany | Hong Kong | Czech Republic |

## Medal events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Italy (ITA) Paolo Porro Tim Held Alberto Pol Francesco Recine (c) Davide Gardini Lorenzo Cortesia Nicola Salsi Damiano Catania Marco Vitelli Edoardo Caneschi Giulio Magalini Lorenzo Sala | Poland (POL) Jakub Czyżowski Łukasz Kozub (c) Kewin Sasak Michał Gierżot Damian Kogut Mariusz Magnuszewski Jakub Abramowicz Dawid Woch Maciej Krysiak Dawid Dulski Kamil Szymura Mateusz Poręba | China (CHN) Chen Leiyang Wang Hebin Zhang Jingyin (c) Yu Yuantai Wang Bin Deng Xinpeng Peng Shikun Li Yongzhen Wang Dongchen Zhang Guanhua Yang Yiming Hu Zhenzhuo |
| Women details | China (CHN) Zhang Shiqi Ma Wanyue Xie Shengyu Xu Jianan Wu Mengjie Gao Yi Zhong Hui Xu Xiaoting Zhuang Yushan (c) Wang Wenhan Zhou Yetong Miao Yiwen | Japan (JPN) Sayaka Yokota (c) Sae Nakajima Saki Ishikura Angelina Kobayashi Kurumi Takama Hiroyo Yamanaka Haruna Kawabata Tsukasa Nakagawa Yoshino Sato Haruka Oyama Furi Kosa Ameze Miyabe | Poland (POL) Kornelia Moskwa Marta Orzyłowska Małgorzata Lisiak Aleksandra Rasińska Pola Nowakowska Julita Piasecka Kinga Drabek Karolina Drużkowska Marta Łyczakowska Justyna Łysiak Alicja Grabka (c) Weronika Szlagowska |