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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.

On 1 February 2020, the new ranking system will be implemented and will take into account all results from 1 January 2019. 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	${\displaystyle K}$	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

Top-ranked men's national teams

Top ranked AVC Men's Teams as of 8 January 2025
AVC	Rank	Change	Team	Points
1	6		Japan	338.12
2	15		Iran	185.07
3	21		Qatar	151.46
4	24	1	China	144.02
5	27	1	South Korea	138.48
6	33	2	Australia	114.61
7	45	2	Chinese Taipei	81.22
8	46	2	Pakistan	80.71
9	51	3	Indonesia	59.29
10	52	3	Vietnam	58.91
11	53	3	Kazakhstan	57.96
12	56	8	Philippines	46.69
13	57	8	Thailand	46.43
14	58	10	Bahrain	43.12
*Change from 30 August 2024
Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com

Top-ranked women's national teams

Top ranked AVC Women's Teams as of 8 January 2025
AVC	Rank	Change	Team	Points
1	5		China	350.3
2	7		Japan	325.18
3	13		Thailand	194.91
4	31	1	Kazakhstan	112.89
5	32	1	Vietnam	112.73
6	35	2	South Korea	104.61
7	45	1	Chinese Taipei	80.08
8	52	6	Philippines	46.77
9	53	6	India	46.53
10	54	6	Indonesia	45.6
11	55	6	Australia	44.13
12	57	7	Iran	41.46
13	58	8	Singapore	39.47
14	60	9	Hong Kong	36.18
*Change from 30 August 2024
Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com

CAVB Continental Rankings

Top-ranked men's national teams

Top ranked CAVB Men's Teams as of 8 January 2025
CAVB	Rank	Change	Team	Points
1	20		Egypt	156.94
2	40	16	Tunisia	95.09
3	47	16	Cameroon	79.27
4	59	15	Libya	41.63
5	65	15	Algeria	23.43
6	52	1	Morocco	70.48
*Change from 30 August 2024
Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com

Top-ranked women's national teams

Top ranked CAVB Women's Teams as of 8 January 2025
CAVB	Rank	Change	Team	Points
1	22		Kenya	152.15
2	44	17	Cameroon	85.69
3	48	12	Egypt	54.62
4	64	17	Algeria	28
*Change from 30 August 2024
Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com

CEV Continental Rankings

Top-ranked men's national teams

Top ranked CEV Men's Teams as of 8 January 2025
CEV	Rank	Change	Team	Points
1	1		Poland	401.31
2	2		France	378.07
3	4		Slovenia	352.5
4	5		Italy	346.23
5	8		Germany	274.38
6	10		Serbia	259.28
7	13		Netherlands	204.81
8	14		Ukraine	196
9	16		Belgium	183.24
10	17		Turkey	175.28
11	19		Bulgaria	161.06
12	22		Portugal	147.16
13	23		Finland	146.72
14	25	1	Romania	143.07
15	28	1	Croatia	136.4
16	31	2	Greece	118.87
17	32	2	Spain	115.11
18	35	2	Latvia	111.93
19	36	2	Estonia	110.82
20	37	2	Slovakia	107.72
*Change from 30 August 2024
Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com

Top-ranked women's national teams

Top ranked CEV Women's Teams as of 8 January 2025
CEV	Rank	Change	Team	Points
1	1		Italy	437.03
2	4		Turkey	352.61
3	6		Poland	349.75
4	9		Netherlands	283.99
5	10		Serbia	280.42
6	12		Germany	222.03
7	14		Belgium	190.98
8	15		Czech Republic	189.61
9	18		Ukraine	172.15
10	19		France	157.5
11	20		Bulgaria	153.92
12	24		Sweden	138.57
13	26		Slovenia	137.47
14	28	1	Slovakia	133.33
14	28	1	Spain	123.31
16	29	1	Greece	117.4
17	30	1	Romania	113.4
18	33	1	Croatia	111.33
19	34	1	Azerbaijan	108.95
20	36	2	Hungary	103.53
*Change from 30 August 2024
Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com

CSV Continental Rankings

Top-ranked men's national teams

Top ranked CSV Men's Teams as of 8 January 2025
CSV	Rank	Change	Team	Points
1	7		Brazil	305.87
2	9		Argentina	266.94
3	26	1	Chile	139.14
4	43	2	Colombia	84.36
5	60	12	Peru	36.79
*Change from 30 August 2024
Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com

Top-ranked women's national teams

Top ranked CSV Women's Teams as of 8 January 2025
CSV	Rank	Change	Team	Points
1	2		Brazil	407.09
2	17		Argentina	180.96
3	21		Colombia	152.37
4	40	2	Peru	93.05
5	51	5	Chile	47.26
*Change from 30 August 2024
Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com

NORCECA Continental Rankings

Top-ranked men's national teams

Top ranked NORCECA Men's Teams as of 8 January 2025
NORCECA	Rank	Change	Team	Points
1	3		United States	365.87
2	11		Canada	254.46
3	12		Cuba	249.34
4	29	1	Puerto Rico	135.23
5	30	2	Dominican Republic	125.41
6	34	2	Mexico	112.85
7	66	15	Guatemala	22.74
*Change from 30 August 2024
Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com

Top-ranked women's national teams

Top ranked NORCECA Women's Teams as of 8 January 2025
NORCECA	Rank	Change	Team	Points
1	3		United States	362.27
2	8		Canada	284.76
3	11		Dominican Republic	260.54
4	16		Puerto Rico	182.58
5	23		Cuba	145.17
6	25		Mexico	138.42
7	49	4	Costa Rica	53.23
8	50	4	Suriname	50.82
*Change from 30 August 2024
Complete rankings at volleyballworld.com

References

1. "Ranking FIVB (2019)". Hypercube. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
2. "FIVB to introduce new World Ranking system for 2020". FIVB. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
3. ^ "The FIVB World Ranking". FIVB. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
4. ^ "The FIVB Women's World Ranking". FIVB. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.

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