The FIVB Senior Continental Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in volleyball. Divided to five continental confederations, the teams of the member nations of FIVB, volleyball's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. A points system is used, with points being awarded based on the results of all FIVB-recognised full international matches. 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.
Calculation method
[edit]In 2019, FIVB collaborated with Hypercube Business Innovation of the Netherlands to design a new world ranking platform. The previous calculation method have a problem of circularity in the international volleyball calendar: only countries who participate in the major volleyball events can earn ranking points, whilst the number of ranking points of countries also determines seeding and access of teams for major events. This unfair principle does not contribute to the sporting and commercial quality of volleyball.[1]
On 1 February 2020, the new ranking system will be implemented and will take into account all results from 1 January 2019.[2] The system will be consistently updated to reflect the latest results and performances. The new World Ranking considers the match results between teams in the same continental confederations from all official competitions:
| Tournament | Category | Organizer | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games finals | Intercontinental | FIVB | 45 | only matches between teams in same confederations | |
| Intercontinental Olympic Qualifying | Intercontinental | 25 | only matches between teams in same confederations | ||
| Continental Olympic Qualifying | Asia | Continental | 25 | co-sanctioned with AVC | |
| Africa | co-sanctioned with CAVB | ||||
| Europe | co-sanctioned with CEV | ||||
| S America | co-sanctioned with CSV | ||||
| N America | co-sanctioned with NORCECA | ||||
| World Championship finals | Intercontinental | FIVB | 45 | only matches between teams in same confederations | |
| World Championship Qualifying | 22.5 | only matches between teams in same confederations | |||
| Nations League | Intercontinental | FIVB | 40 | only matches between teams in same confederations | |
| Challenger Cup | 20 | only matches between teams in same confederations | |||
| World Cup | Intercontinental | FIVB | 35 | only matches between teams in same confederations | |
| African Championship finals | Continental | CAVB | 35 | ||
| African Zonal Championship | North | 17.5 | |||
| West A | |||||
| West B | |||||
| Central | |||||
| East | |||||
| South A | |||||
| South B | |||||
| Asian Championship finals | Continental | AVC | 35 | ||
| Asian Championship Qualifying | 17.5 | ||||
| Asian Challenge Cup | Continental | AVC | 10 | ||
| Asian Zonal Championship | West | Continental | AVC | 10 | |
| Central | |||||
| East | |||||
| ASEAN | |||||
| Oceania | |||||
| EuroVolley finals | Continental | CEV | 35 | ||
| EuroVolley Qualifying | 17.5 | ||||
| European League | Continental | CEV | 10 | ||
| NORCECA Championship finals | Continental | NORCECA | 35 | ||
| NORCECA Zonal Championship | N Central | 17.5 | |||
| Central | |||||
| E Caribbean | |||||
| Caribbean | |||||
| NORCECA Champions Cup | Continental | NORCECA | 10 | ||
| Pan-American Volleyball Cup | Continental | NORCECA | 10 | co-sanctioned with CSV | |
| South American Championship | Continental | CSV | 35 | ||
AVC Continental Rankings
[edit]Top-ranked men's national teams
[edit]| Top ranked AVC Men's Teams as of 5 October 2025[3] | ||||
| AVC | Rank | Change | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 
|
 Japan |
294.77 |
| 2 | 16 |
|
 Iran |
209.02 |
| 3 | 21 |
|
 Qatar |
164.99 |
| 4 | 26 |
|
 South Korea |
137.28 |
| 5 | 28 |
|
 China |
129.01 |
| 6 | 33 |
|
 Australia |
114.18 |
| 7 | 40 |
|
 Bahrain |
105.08 |
| 8 | 44 |
|
 Pakistan |
92.83 |
| 9 | 51 |
|
 Indonesia |
78.41 |
| 10 | 53 |
|
 Chinese Taipei |
72.73 |
| 11 | 58 |
|
 India |
65.26 |
| 12 | 59 |
|
 Thailand |
63.92 |
| 13 | 60 |
|
 Vietnam |
63.86 |
| 14 | 67 |
|
 Turkmenistan |
53.47 |
| 15 | 68 |
|
 Kyrgyzstan |
53.17 |
| 16 | 70 |
|
 Kazakhstan |
50.76 |
| 17 | 73 |
|
 United Arab Emirates |
48.01 |
| 18 | 75 |
|
 Saudi Arabia |
46.03 |
| 19 | 76 |
|
 Oman |
43.95 |
| 20 | 77 |
|
 Kuwait |
42.95 |
| 21 | 80 |
|
 Philippines |
39.82 |
| 22 | 81 |
|
 Jordan |
35.14 |
| 23 | 82 |
|
 New Zealand |
34.6 |
| 24 | 84 |
|
 Macau |
31.5 |
| 25 | 90 |
|
 Hong Kong |
25.84 |
| 26 | 94 |
|
 Lebanon |
20.13 |
| 27 | 97 |
|
 Uzbekistan |
14.27 |
| 28 | 98 |
|
 Mongolia |
11.99 |
| 29 | 100 |
|
 Cambodia |
4.9 |
| *Change from 8 January 2025 | ||||
| Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com | ||||
Top-ranked women's national teams
[edit]| Top ranked AVC Women's Teams as of 29 June 2025[4] | ||||
| AVC | Rank | Change | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
|
Japan |
347.08 |
| 2 | 6 |
|
China |
346.75 |
| 3 | 19 |
|
Thailand |
173.1 |
| 4 | 26 |  6
|
Vietnam |
141.21 |
| 5 | 34 | 1
|
South Korea |
107.88 |
| 6 | 35 | 2
|
Kazakhstan |
105.06 |
| 7 | 42 | 2
|
Chinese Taipei |
91.24 |
| 8 | 47 | 3
|
Philippines |
71.78 |
| 9 | 49 | 4
|
Indonesia |
58.03 |
| 10 | 57 |
|
Iran |
48.67 |
| 11 | 59 | 9
|
India |
39.92 |
| 12 | 60 | 9
|
 Singapore |
39.47 |
| 13 | 65 | 9
|
Australia |
32.48 |
| 14 | 68 | 10
|
Hong Kong |
26 |
| 15 | 72 | 10
|
Mongolia |
8.63 |
| *Change from 8 January 2025 | ||||
| Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com | ||||
CAVB Continental Rankings
[edit]Top-ranked men's national teams
[edit]| Top ranked CAVB Men's Teams as of 5 October 2025[3] | ||||
| CAVB | Rank | Change | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |
|
 Egypt |
136.56 |
| 2 | 37 |
|
 Tunisia |
108.93 |
| 3 | 50 |
|
 Cameroon |
79.27 |
| 4 | 79 |
|
 Libya |
40.62 |
| 5 | 92 |
|
 Morocco |
20.48 |
| 6 | 95 |
|
 Algeria |
18.48 |
| *Change from 8 January 2025 | ||||
| Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com | ||||
Top-ranked women's national teams
[edit]| Top ranked CAVB Women's Teams as of 29 June 2025[4] | ||||
| CAVB | Rank | Change | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |
|
 Kenya |
152.15 |
| 2 | 43 | 2
|
Cameroon |
85.69 |
| 3 | 53 | 6
|
Egypt |
54.62 |
| 4 | 66 | 10
|
Algeria |
28 |
| *Change from 8 January 2025 | ||||
| Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com | ||||
CEV Continental Rankings
[edit]Top-ranked men's national teams
[edit]| Top ranked CEV Men's Teams as of 5 October 2025[3] | ||||
| CEV | Rank | Change | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
|
 Poland |
390.96 |
| 2 | 2 |
|
 Italy |
385.02 |
| 3 | 4 |
|
 France |
328.22 |
| 4 | 6 |
|
 Slovenia |
303.61 |
| 5 | 9 |
|
 Bulgaria |
261.3 |
| 6 | 11 |
|
 Germany |
247.4 |
| 7 | 13 |
|
 Serbia |
233.34 |
| 8 | 14 |
|
 Turkey |
230.09 |
| 9 | 15 |
|
 Belgium |
225.86 |
| 10 | 17 |
|
 Ukraine |
202.85 |
| 11 | 18 |
|
 Czech Republic |
201.25 |
| 12 | 19 |
|
 Finland |
188.93 |
| 13 | 20 |
|
 Netherlands |
180.95 |
| 14 | 23 |
|
 Portugal |
145.04 |
| 15 | 24 |
|
 Romania |
141.7 |
| 16 | 25 |
|
 Greece |
137.44 |
| 17 | 31 |
|
 Israel |
119.14 |
| 18 | 32 |
|
 Switzerland |
118.01 |
| 19 | 34 |
|
 Estonia |
112.67 |
| 20 | 35 |
|
 Slovakia |
111.19 |
| 21 | 36 |
|
 Spain |
110.96 |
| *Change from 8 January 2025 | ||||
| Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com | ||||
Top-ranked women's national teams
[edit]| Top ranked CEV Women's Teams as of 29 June 2025[4] | ||||
| CEV | Rank | Change | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
|
Italy |
456.91 |
| 2 | 3 |
|
Poland |
369.04 |
| 3 | 4 |
|
Turkey |
368.54 |
| 4 | 8 |
|
Netherlands |
262.59 |
| 5 | 11 |
|
Serbia |
234.19 |
| 6 | 12 |
|
Germany |
234.08 |
| 7 | 13 |
|
Czech Republic |
208.84 |
| 8 | 14 |
|
Belgium |
190.98 |
| 9 | 15 |
|
Ukraine |
189.05 |
| 10 | 16 |
|
France |
182.65 |
| 11 | 20 |
|
Bulgaria |
169.78 |
| 12 | 21 |
|
 Sweden |
153.59 |
| 13 | 25 |
|
Slovenia |
142.69 |
| 14 | 28 | 1
|
Romania |
136.33 |
| 15 | 29 | 1
|
Slovakia |
128.54 |
| 16 | 30 | 1
|
 Hungary |
127.51 |
| 17 | 31 | 1
|
Switzerland |
115.17 |
| 18 | 32 | 1
|
Greece |
114.27 |
| 19 | 33 | 1
|
Spain |
112.45 |
| 20 | 36 | 2
|
 Croatia |
102.94 |
| *Change from 8 January 2025 | ||||
| Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com | ||||
CSV Continental Rankings
[edit]Top-ranked men's national teams
[edit]| Top ranked CSV Men's Teams as of 5 October 2025[3] | ||||
| CSV | Rank | Change | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
|
 Brazil |
338.4 |
| 2 | 8 |
|
 Argentina |
269 |
| 3 | 29 |
|
 Chile |
125.32 |
| 4 | 43 |
|
 Venezuela |
94.25 |
| 5 | 45 |
|
 Colombia |
90.91 |
| 6 | 88 |
|
 Peru |
26.87 |
| *Change from 8 January 2025 | ||||
| Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com | ||||
Top-ranked women's national teams
[edit]| Top ranked CSV Women's Teams as of 29 June 2025[4] | ||||
| CSV | Rank | Change | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |
|
Brazil |
417.92 |
| 2 | 18 |
|
Argentina |
180.96 |
| 3 | 22 |
|
Colombia |
152.37 |
| 4 | 40 | 2
|
Peru |
93.05 |
| 5 | 58 | 8
|
Chile |
47.26 |
| *Change from 8 January 2025 | ||||
| Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com | ||||
NORCECA Continental Rankings
[edit]Top-ranked men's national teams
[edit]| Top ranked NORCECA Men's Teams as of 5 October 2025[3] | ||||
| NORCECA | Rank | Change | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
|
 United States |
324.35 |
| 2 | 10 |
|
 Canada |
252.99 |
| 3 | 12 |
|
 Cuba |
243.14 |
| 4 | 22 |
|
 Puerto Rico |
147.9 |
| 5 | 30 |
|
 Mexico |
121.91 |
| 6 | 39 |
|
 Dominican Republic |
105.83 |
| 7 | 49 |
|
 Curaçao |
79.3 |
| 8 | 57 |
|
 Saint Lucia |
65.6 |
| 9 | 61 |
|
 Belize |
63.09 |
| 10 | 63 |
|
 Dominica |
62.18 |
| 11 | 64 |
|
 Barbados |
61.26 |
| 12 | 66 |
|
 Jamaica |
55.33 |
| 13 | 69 |
|
 Antigua and Barbuda |
50.85 |
| 14 | 71 |
|
 Nicaragua |
49.81 |
| 15 | 74 |
|
 Bahamas |
46.49 |
| 16 | 83 |
|
 El Salvador |
34.02 |
| 17 | 85 |
|
 Grenada |
29.55 |
| 18 | 87 |
|
Grenada |
27.64 |
| 19 | 89 |
|
 Guatemala |
26.32 |
| 20 | 91 |
|
 Trinidad and Tobago |
22.33 |
| 21 | 93 |
|
 Suriname |
20.26 |
| *Change from 8 January 2025 | ||||
| Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com | ||||
Top-ranked women's national teams
[edit]| Top ranked NORCECA Women's Teams as of 29 June 2025[4] | ||||
| NORCECA | Rank | Change | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
|
United States |
338.1 |
| 2 | 9 |
|
Dominican Republic |
254.02 |
| 3 | 10 |
|
Canada |
245.38 |
| 4 | 17 |
|
Puerto Rico |
182.58 |
| 5 | 24 |
|
Cuba |
145.17 |
| 6 | 27 | 1
|
Mexico |
138.42 |
| 7 | 55 | 6
|
 Costa Rica |
53.23 |
| 8 | 56 | 7
|
Suriname |
50.82 |
| *Change from 8 January 2025 | ||||
| Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Ranking FIVB (2019)". Hypercube. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "FIVB to introduce new World Ranking system for 2020". FIVB. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "The FIVB World Ranking". FIVB. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "The FIVB Women's World Ranking". FIVB. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
