2027 Volleyball World Championship in Poland: all 32 national teams are known

All 32 national teams that will play at the men’s Volleyball World Championship in Poland in September 2027 are now known. Poland takes part as host, and Italy qualified automatically as the 2025 champion. Another 15 places were decided at the continental championships: France, Finland and Slovenia qualified directly from Europe, Japan, Iran and South Korea from Asia, and the USA, Canada and Cuba from North America.

The remaining teams qualified through the FIVB ranking as of 16 October: among them Bulgaria, Germany, Ukraine, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Belgium, the Netherlands and Greece, as well as Romania, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Denmark, Egypt and Estonia. For Estonia it is the first World Championship in its history, while Denmark returns to the tournament for the first time since 1966.

The tournament will be held from 10 to 26 September 2027 in Gdańsk, Katowice, Łódź, Olsztyn and Kraków. Poland will start in Gdańsk, while the semi-finals and medal matches are scheduled at Tauron Arena Kraków. The teams will be split into eight groups of four, with the top two from each group advancing to the play-offs.