FIVB Senior Continental Rankings

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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

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:

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TournamentCategoryOrganizerNote
Olympic Games finalsIntercontinental FIVB45only matches between teams in same confederations
Intercontinental Olympic QualifyingIntercontinental 25only matches between teams in same confederations
Continental Olympic QualifyingAsiaContinental 25co-sanctioned with AVC
Africaco-sanctioned with CAVB
Europeco-sanctioned with CEV
S Americaco-sanctioned with CSV
N Americaco-sanctioned with NORCECA
World Championship finalsIntercontinental FIVB45only matches between teams in same confederations
World Championship Qualifying 22.5only matches between teams in same confederations
Nations LeagueIntercontinental FIVB40only matches between teams in same confederations
Challenger Cup 20only matches between teams in same confederations
World CupIntercontinental FIVB35only matches between teams in same confederations
African Championship finalsContinental CAVB35
African Zonal ChampionshipNorth 17.5
West A
West B
Central
East
South A
South B
Asian Championship finalsContinental AVC35
Asian Championship Qualifying 17.5
Asian Challenge CupContinental AVC10
Asian Zonal ChampionshipWestContinental AVC10
Central
East
ASEAN
Oceania
EuroVolley finalsContinental CEV35
EuroVolley Qualifying 17.5
European LeagueContinental CEV10
NORCECA Championship finalsContinental NORCECA35
NORCECA Zonal ChampionshipN Central 17.5
Central
E Caribbean
Caribbean
NORCECA Champions CupContinental NORCECA10
Pan-American Volleyball CupContinental NORCECA10co-sanctioned with CSV
South American ChampionshipContinental CSV35
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AVC Continental Rankings

Top-ranked men's national teams

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Top ranked AVC Men's Teams as of 2025 10 13[3]
AVC Rank Change Team Points
1 7Steady  Japan294.77
2 16Steady  Iran209.02
3 21Steady  Qatar164.99
4 26Steady  South Korea137.28
5 28Steady  China129.01
6 33Steady  Australia114.18
7 40Steady  Bahrain105.08
8 44Steady  Pakistan92.83
9 51Steady  Indonesia78.41
10 53Steady  Chinese Taipei72.73
11 58Steady  India65.26
12 59Steady  Thailand63.92
13 60Steady  Vietnam63.86
14 67Steady  Turkmenistan53.47
15 68Steady  Kyrgyzstan53.17
16 70Steady  Kazakhstan50.76
17 73Steady  United Arab Emirates48.01
18 75Steady  Saudi Arabia46.03
19 76Steady  Oman43.95
20 77Steady  Kuwait42.95
21 80Steady  Philippines39.82
22 81Steady  Jordan35.14
23 82Steady  New Zealand34.6
24 84Steady  Macau31.5
25 90Steady  Hong Kong25.84
26 94Steady  Lebanon20.13
27 97Steady  Uzbekistan14.27
28 98Steady  Mongolia11.99
29 100Steady  Cambodia4.9
*Change from 2025 October 13
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Top-ranked women's national teams

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Top ranked AVC Women's Teams as of 2025 10 13[4]
AVC Rank Change Team Points
1 5Steady  Japan347.08
2 6Steady  China346.75
3 19Steady  Thailand173.1
4 26Increase 6  Vietnam141.21
5 34Increase 1  South Korea107.88
6 35Increase 2  Kazakhstan105.06
7 42Increase 2  Chinese Taipei91.24
8 47Increase 3  Philippines71.78
9 49Increase 4  Indonesia58.03
10 57Steady  Iran48.67
11 59Increase 9  India39.92
12 60Increase 9  Singapore39.47
13 65Increase 9  Australia32.48
14 68Increase 10  Hong Kong26
15 72Increase 10  Mongolia8.63
*Change from 2025 October 13
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CAVB Continental Rankings

Top-ranked men's national teams

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Top ranked CAVB Men's Teams as of 5 October 2025[3]
CAVB Rank Change Team Points
1 27Steady  Egypt136.56
2 37Steady  Tunisia108.93
3 50Steady  Cameroon79.27
4 79Steady  Libya40.62
5 92Steady  Morocco20.48
6 95Steady  Algeria18.48
*Change from 8 January 2025
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Top-ranked women's national teams

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Top ranked CAVB Women's Teams as of 29 June 2025[4]
CAVB Rank Change Team Points
1 23Steady  Kenya152.15
2 43Increase 2  Cameroon85.69
3 53Increase 6  Egypt54.62
4 66Increase 10  Algeria28
*Change from 8 January 2025
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CEV Continental Rankings

Top-ranked men's national teams

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Top ranked CEV Men's Teams as of 5 October 2025[3]
CEV Rank Change Team Points
1 1Steady  Poland390.96
2 2Steady  Italy385.02
3 4Steady  France328.22
4 6Steady  Slovenia303.61
5 9Steady  Bulgaria261.3
6 11Steady  Germany247.4
7 13Steady  Serbia233.34
8 14Steady  Turkey230.09
9 15Steady  Belgium225.86
10 17Steady  Ukraine202.85
11 18Steady  Czech Republic201.25
12 19Steady  Finland188.93
13 20Steady  Netherlands180.95
14 23Steady  Portugal145.04
15 24Steady  Romania141.7
16 25Steady  Greece137.44
17 31Steady  Israel119.14
18 32Steady   Switzerland118.01
19 34Steady  Estonia112.67
20 35Steady  Slovakia111.19
21 36Steady  Spain110.96
*Change from 8 January 2025
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Top-ranked women's national teams

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Top ranked CEV Women's Teams as of 29 June 2025[4]
CEV Rank Change Team Points
1 1Steady  Italy456.91
2 3Steady  Poland369.04
3 4Steady  Turkey368.54
4 8Steady  Netherlands262.59
5 11Steady  Serbia234.19
6 12Steady  Germany234.08
7 13Steady  Czech Republic208.84
8 14Steady  Belgium190.98
9 15Steady  Ukraine189.05
10 16Steady  France182.65
11 20Steady  Bulgaria169.78
12 21Steady  Sweden153.59
13 25Steady  Slovenia142.69
14 28Increase 1  Romania136.33
15 29Increase 1  Slovakia128.54
16 30Increase 1  Hungary127.51
17 31Increase 1   Switzerland115.17
18 32Increase 1  Greece114.27
19 33Increase 1  Spain112.45
20 36Increase 2  Croatia102.94
*Change from 8 January 2025
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CSV Continental Rankings

Top-ranked men's national teams

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Top ranked CSV Men's Teams as of 5 October 2025[3]
CSV Rank Change Team Points
1 3Steady  Brazil338.4
2 8Steady  Argentina269
3 29Steady  Chile125.32
4 43Steady  Venezuela94.25
5 45Steady  Colombia90.91
6 88Steady  Peru26.87
*Change from 8 January 2025
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Top-ranked women's national teams

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Top ranked CSV Women's Teams as of 29 June 2025[4]
CSV Rank Change Team Points
1 2Steady  Brazil417.92
2 18Steady  Argentina180.96
3 22Steady  Colombia152.37
4 40Increase 2  Peru93.05
5 58Increase 8  Chile47.26
*Change from 8 January 2025
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NORCECA Continental Rankings

Top-ranked men's national teams

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Top ranked NORCECA Men's Teams as of 5 October 2025[3]
NORCECA Rank Change Team Points
1 5Steady  United States324.35
2 10Steady  Canada252.99
3 12Steady  Cuba243.14
4 22Steady  Puerto Rico147.9
5 30Steady  Mexico121.91
6 39Steady  Dominican Republic105.83
7 49Steady  Curaçao79.3
8 57Steady  Saint Lucia65.6
9 61Steady  Belize63.09
10 63Steady  Dominica62.18
11 64Steady  Barbados61.26
12 66Steady  Jamaica55.33
13 69Steady  Antigua and Barbuda50.85
14 71Steady  Nicaragua49.81
15 74Steady  Bahamas46.49
16 83Steady  El Salvador34.02
17 85Steady  Grenada29.55
18 87Steady  Grenada27.64
19 89Steady  Guatemala26.32
20 91Steady  Trinidad and Tobago22.33
21 93Steady  Suriname20.26
*Change from 8 January 2025
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Top-ranked women's national teams

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Top ranked NORCECA Women's Teams as of 29 June 2025[4]
NORCECA Rank Change Team Points
1 7Steady  United States338.1
2 9Steady  Dominican Republic254.02
3 10Steady  Canada245.38
4 17Steady  Puerto Rico182.58
5 24Steady  Cuba145.17
6 27Increase 1  Mexico138.42
7 55Increase 6  Costa Rica53.23
8 56Increase 7  Suriname50.82
*Change from 8 January 2025
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