FIVB World Rankings

The FIVB World Ranking is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in volleyball. The teams of the member nations of FIVB, volleyball's world governing body, are ranked based on their competitions results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. A point system is used, with points being awarded based on the importance of each FIVB International competitions and Continental competitions also. Under the existing system, rankings are based on a team's performance, with more recent results and more significant competitions being more heavily weighted to help reflect the current competitive state of a team. As of October, 2015 the top 3 teams in men's category are, world's no. 1 Brazil, no. 2 Poland, no. 3 Russia and in women's category are as follows, world's no. 1 United States, no.2 China, no. 3 Brazil.

The ranking system was most recently revamped after the 2006 World League (for men) and 2006 Grand Prix (for women).

The rankings are used in international competitions to define the seeded teams and arrange them in pools. Specific procedures for seeding and pooling are established by the FIVB in each competition's formula, but the method usually employed is the serpentine system.

Senior World Rankings

Men Top 30 Rankings as of October 2015[1] Rank Change^[a] Team Points Confederation 1  Brazil 330 CSV 2 1  Poland 286 CEV 3 1  Russia 274 CEV 4 1  Italy 268 CEV 5 2  United States 245 NORCECA 6  Argentina 190 CSV 7  Bulgaria 150 CEV 8  Iran 145 AVC 9 1  Germany 135 CEV 10  Canada 131 NORCECA 2  France 131 CEV 12 3  Serbia 130 CEV 13  Australia 114 AVC 14  Japan 106 AVC 15  Cuba 85 NORCECA 16  Tunisia 78 CAVB 17  Egypt 73 CAVB 18 1  Finland 67 CEV 19  China 63 AVC 20 6  Venezuela 58 CSV 21  Belgium 55 CEV 22  Puerto Rico 53 NORCECA 23 5  South Korea 53 AVC 24 1  Mexico 51 NORCECA 25 14  Slovenia 45 CEV 26 2  Cameroon 41 CAVB 1  Netherlands 41 CEV 28  Czech Republic 37 CEV 29  Colombia 34 CSV 30  Portugal 32 CEV

Women Top 30 Rankings as of October 2015[2] Rank Change^[a] Team Points Confederation 1  United States 350 NORCECA 2 1  China 310 AVC 3 1  Brazil 302 CSV 4  Russia 253 CEV 5  Japan 225 AVC 6  Serbia 212 CEV 7  Dominican Republic 186 NORCECA 8  Italy 163 CEV 9  South Korea 146 AVC 10 1  Turkey 117 CEV 11 1  Germany 93 CEV 12  Argentina 87 CSV 13  Thailand 83 AVC 14 4  Netherlands 82 CEV 15 1  Belgium 76 CEV 16  Puerto Rico 70 NORCECA 17  Canada 64 NORCECA 18 1  Kenya 58 CAVB 19  Bulgaria 57 CEV 20 6  Cuba 52 NORCECA 21 4  Croatia 51 CEV  Cameroon 51 CAVB 2  Algeria 51 CAVB  Peru 51 CSV 25  Poland 44 CEV 26 5  Kazakhstan 42 AVC 27 3  Colombia 41 CSV 28 1  Mexico 38 NORCECA 1  Czech Republic 38 CEV 30  Azerbaijan 35 CEV

^{^[a]} Change from previous ranking (Men: October 2015; Women: October 2015).

Junior World Rankings

Men's U21 Men's U21 Volleyball Top 30 Rankings as of September 2015[3] Rank Change Team Points 1  Russia 130 2 4  Argentina 116 3 7  China 106 4 2  Brazil 100 5  Italy 74 6 12  Slovenia 58 7 1  Canada 56 8 1  Turkey 55 9 6 Poland 51 10 5  Iran 45 11 2  Cuba 43 12 8  Iran 42 13 13  Egypt 41 14 5  United States 40 15 57  Algeria 26 15 4  Japan 26 17 1  Chile 22 17  South Korea 22 17 15  Morocco 22 20 2  Bahrain 18 20  Colombia 18 20  Puerto Rico 18 23 1  Mexico 15 24 1  Ecuador 14 24  El Salvador 14 26 Four teams tied on 10 points

Women's U20 Women's U20 Volleyball Top 30 Rankings as of September 2015[4] Rank Change Team Points 1 7  Dominican Republic 122 2 1  Brazil 120 3 1  Japan 96 4 2  Serbia 90 5  Italy 83 6 3  Peru 76 7 6  China 55 8 1  Russia 45 9 1  Bulgaria 44 10 6  Turkey 42 11 13  Egypt 40 12 4  Cuba 39 13 1  Chinese Taipei 32 14 3  United States 30 15 2  Mexico 29 16 9  Algeria 26 16  Slovenia 26 18 4  Czech Republic 25 19  Argentina 22 19 46  Kenya 22 19  South Korea 22 22 1  Chile 18 22 1  Greece 18 22 1  Thailand 18 25 10  Colombia 14 25 2  Costa Rica 14 27 1  Puerto Rico 12 28 Two teams tied on 10 points

Youth World Rankings

Boys' U19 Boys' U19 Volleyball Top 30 Rankings as of August 2015[5] Rank Change Team Points 1 2 Poland 130 2 4  Argentina 120 3 1  Iran 110 4 12  Italy 86 5 4  Russia 84 6 1  Brazil 76 7 1  United States 70 8 6  China 52 9 3  Turkey 47 10 3  Cuba 46 11 1  Japan 37 12 10  Egypt 35 13 3  Mexico 34 14 5  Chile 32 15 3  Germany 31 16 11  Tunisia 26 17 8  Bulgaria 25 18 1  Chinese Taipei 25 19 1  Puerto Rico 24 20 8  Algeria 22 21 9  France 21 22 4  Colombia 18 23  Nicaragua 14  Sri Lanka 25 10  Belgium 10  Guatemala 11  South Korea 28 1  Australia 5  Barbados  Czech Republic  India  Serbia

Girls' U18 Girls' U18 Volleyball Top 30 Rankings as of August 2015[6] Rank Change Team Points 1 1  United States 116 2 10  Italy 114 3 2  China 102 4 5  Turkey 88 5 1  Serbia 86 6 10  Russia 70 7 19  Germany 60 8 3  Japan 55 9 6  Brazil 48 10 2  Argentina 46 11 1  Egypt 42 12 5  Dominican Republic 38 13 6  Belgium 37 14 6  Poland 35 15 2  Mexico 33 4  Thailand 17 13  Peru 32 18 1  South Korea 31 19 5  Tunisia 26 20 2  Algeria 22 21 7  Chinese Taipei 20 22 3  Colombia 18 6  Puerto Rico 24  Chile 14  Costa Rica 26  Guatemala 10  Kazakhstan  Uruguay 29 1  Trinidad and Tobago 5  Czech Republic  Honduras  New Zealand  Philippines 35  Cuba

Points Given by Tournament Finish

World Tournaments

FIVB Tournaments[7]
Finish	World Championship (Men)	World Championship (Women)	Olympic Games	World Cup	World League (Men)	World Grand Prix (Women)	Continental Championship
1st	100	100	100	100	50	50	30
2nd	90	90	90	90	45	45	26
3rd	80	80	80	80	42	42	22
4th	70	70	70	70	40	40	18
5th	62	58	50	50	38	38	14
6th	56			40	35	35	10
7th	50	50		30	32	32	5
8th				25		30
9th	45	45	30	5	28	28	3
10th					26	26
11th	40	40	20		24	24
12th					22	22
13th	36	36			20	20	2
14th						18
15th	33	33				17
16th					18	16
17th	30	30				15
18th						14
19th					16	13
20th						12
21st	25	25			10	10
22nd					8	8
23rd					7	7
24th					6	6
25th					5	5
26th						4
27th					4	3
28th						2

FIVB Tournaments' Qualifying Rounds

World Championship Qualifying Tournament Men Women Finish Points Finish Points 2nd EUR Round 3 18 2nd – EUR Round 3 18 3rd EUR Round 3 15 3rd – EUR Round 3 15 2nd NOR PO 2nd ASI Round 3 14 2nd–3rd NOR PO 14 3rd–4th NOR PO 3rd ASI Round 3 12 4th–5th NOR PO 12 4th EUR Round 3 3rd NOR Round 3 2nd SAM Round 3 4th ASI Round 3 2nd AFR Round 3 10 4th EUR Round 3 3rd NOR Round 3 2nd SAM Round 3 3rd ASI Round 3 2nd AFR Round 3 10 4th NOR Round 3 3rd SAM Round 3 3rd AFR Round 3 9 4th NOR Round 3 3rd SAM Round 3 4th ASI Round 3 3rd AFR Round 3 9 4th EUR Round 2 2nd NOR Round 2 4th SAM Round 3 4th AFR Round 3 8 4th EUR Round 2 5th ASI Round 3 4th AFR Round 3 8 5th–6th EUR Round 2 3rd NOR Round 2 5th AFR Round 3 2nd–4th ASI Round 2 7 5th–6th EUR Round 2 3rd NOR Round 2 3rd ASI Round 2 5th–7th AFR Round 3 7 2nd–3rd EUR Round 1 4th NOR Round 2 3rd–6th AFR Round 2 6 2nd–3rd EUR Round 1 4th NOR Round 2 4th ASI Round 2 3rd–6th AFR Round 2 6 4th EUR Round 1 2nd–5th NOR Round 1 3rd–4th AFR Round 1 5 4th NOR Round 1 4th–5th EUR Round 1 5th ASI Round 2 3rd–5th AFR Round 1 5

Olympic Qualifying Tournament Finish (Continental/World) Points Qualified 0 1st following 3 2nd–3rd following 2 4th–8th following 1 9th–12th .5

Continental Qualifying Tournament Finish Points Teams eliminated during a qualification round 1

World Under Age Tournaments

FIVB Tournaments Finish Under 23, Junior and Youth World Championship Under 23, Junior and Youth Continental Championship 1st 100 30 2nd 90 26 3rd 80 22 4th 70 18 5th 60 14 6th 50 10 7th 40 5 8th 30 9th 25 3 10th 20 11th 18 12th 15 13th 2 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th

World/Continental Qualifying Tournament Finish Points Teams eliminated during a qualification round 1

Notes and references

1. "FIVB Senior World Ranking – Men – As per October 2015". FIVB.
2. "FIVB Senior World Ranking – Women – As per 6 October 2015". FIVB.
3. "FIVB Men's U21 World Ranking – As per September 2015". FIVB.
4. "Women's U20 World Ranking – As per September 2015". FIVB.
5. "FIVB Boys' U19 World Ranking – As per 27 August 2015". FIVB.
6. "Girls' U18 World Ranking – 20 August 2015". FIVB.
7. http://www.fivb.org/en/volleyball/Rankings.asp

• Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). "FIVB World Rankings". Retrieved 2011-05-30.