Volleyball at the 2021 Summer World University Games

Volleyball at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu was played between July 29 and August 7, 2023. 28 volleyball teams will participate in the tournament.

Qualification
Following the FISU regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in 2 volleyball events where the number of entries is larger than the authorised participation level will be selected by
 * The entry and the payment of guarantee.
 * Those 8 (in men's tournament) or 5 (in women's tournament) teams finishing top rankings of the previous edition will be automatically qualified.If any country gives up, the next in line is called up.
 * Those 4 teams finishing bottom rankings of the previous edition will be replaced by new applying teams.If they are among the 4 relegated in the previous edition, the fifth worst team is the one that is eliminated.This rule did not need to be applied in this edition due to the high number of withdrawals from the tournament.
 * The host country is always automatically qualified.
 * The remaining teams could will be selected by wild card system according to geographical, continental representation, FISU ranking and FIVB rankings.