List of FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualifications

The FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification is the process that a national men's volleyball team goes through to qualify for the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship finals.

Qualifying tournaments are held within the five FIVB continental zones (Africa, Asia and Oceania, Europe, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America), and are organized by their respective confederations. For each tournament, FIVB decides beforehand the number of places in the finals allocated to each of the continental zones, based on the numbers or relative strength of the confederations' teams.

Graphical

 * Africa
 * Asia and Oceania
 * Europe
 * North, Central America and Caribbean
 * South America
 * H; host

Participation
These are the number of teams that participated in all levels of qualification for the World Championship since 1998:

First appearance in qualification (1998–2022)
Note: Only teams that played at least one match are considered for the purposes of first appearance. Teams that withdrew prior to the qualification, or that qualified to the World Championship by walkover due to other teams' withdrawals, are not considered.