The final tournament took place in two cities of the Philippines from 12 to 28 September 2025.

Italy claimed their fifth title, defeating the silver medalist Bulgaria from 1970 World Championship in the final. Preliminary round All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00). Pool A

Venue: SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City

Total matches played : 6 Total sets played : 23 (3.8 per match) Total points played : 1040 (173.3 per match)

Pool B

Venue: Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Total matches played : 6 Total sets played : 21 (3.5 per match) Total points played : 991 (165.2 per match)

Pool C

Venue: Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Total matches played : 6 Total sets played : 26 (4.3 per match) Total points played : 1123 (187.2 per match)

Pool D

Venue: SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City

Total matches played : 6 Total sets played : 22 (3.7 per match) Total points played : 981 (163.5 per match)

Pool E

Venue: SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City

Total matches played : 6 Total sets played : 21 (3.5 per match) Total points played : 949 (158.2 per match)

Pool F

Venue: Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Total matches played : 6 Total sets played : 20 (3.3 per match) Total points played : 851 (141.8 per match)

Pool G

Venue: Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Total matches played : 6 Total sets played : 20 (3.3 per match) Total points played : 895 (149.2 per match)

Pool H

Venue: SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City

Total matches played : 6 Total sets played : 19 (3.2 per match) Total points played : 870 (145 per match)

Final round

Total matches played : 16 Total sets played : 59 (3.7 per match) Total points played : 2,622 (163.9 per match)

Tournament statistics

Host cities Pasay City, Quezon City Venues Pasay City : SM Mall of Asia Arena (20,000) Quezon City : Araneta Coliseum (14,429)

Attendance Matches played : 64 Attendance (preliminary round) (played 48) : 128,823 (2,684 per match) Attendance (final round) (played 16) : 88,107 (5,507 per match) Total attendance on tournament : 216,930 (3,390 per match)

Arena SM Mall of Asia Arena total attendance (played 40) : 172,579 (4,314 per match) Arena Smart Araneta Coliseum total attendance (played 24) : 44,351 (1,848 per match)

Most attendance : 16,429 - v. , SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City on 28 September 2025. 14,240 - v. , SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City on 18 September 2025. 10,474 - v. , SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City on 25 September 2025.

Fewest attendance :312 - v. , Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City on 17 September 2025. 422 - v. , Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City on 16 September 2025. 502 - v. , Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City on 16 September 2025.

Matches Matches finished in 3 sets: 34 () Matches finished in 4 sets: 21 () Matches finished in 5 sets: 9 () Total matches played : 64 (100%)

Most matches wins : 6 - , , Fewest matches wins : 0 - , , , , , , Most matches lost : 3 - , , , , , , , Fewest matches lost : 1 - , , , , , , ,

Longest match played (duration) : 134 min. - vs. (2h,14m) 129 min. - vs. (2h,09m) 127 min. - vs. (2h,07m) 125 min. - vs. (2h,05m) 125 min. - vs. (2h,05m)

Shortest match played (duration) : 57 min. - vs. (0h,57m)62 min. - vs. (1h,02m) 64 min. - vs. (1h,04m)

Sets Total sets (preliminary round) : 172 (3.6 per match) Total sets (final round) : 59 (3.7 per match) Total sets scored : 231 (3.6 per match)

Most sets played : 27 - (19/8) Most sets wins : 20 - (20/4) Fewest sets wins : 0 - , Most sets lost : 11 - Fewest sets lost : 4 - (20/4)

Most 5 sets played : 2 - (2/0), (2/0), (2/0), (0/2) Most 5 sets win : 2 - (2/0), (2/0), (2/0) Most 5 sets lost : 2 - (0/2)

Highest set ratio : 5.000 - (20/4) Lowest set ratio : 0.000 - (0/9), (0/9)

Points Total points (preliminary round) : 7,700 (160.4 per match) Total points (final round) : 2,622 (163.9 per match) Total points scored : 10,322 (161.3 per match)

Most points wins : 622 - (622/554) Fewest points wins : 146 - (146/225)

Most points played (w+l) : 1,176 - (622/554) Fewest points played (w+l) : 371 - (146/225)

Most points lost : 548 - (550/548) Fewest points lost : 190 - (191/190)

Highest points ratio : 1.209 - (573/474) Lowest points ratio : 0.649 - (146/225)

Most points played in match (top 3 ): 224 - vs. 2 : 3 (114/110)220 - vs. 2 : 3 (111/109) 214 - vs. 2 : 3 (106/108)

Fewest points played in match (top 3 ) : 115 - vs. 3 : 0 (75/40)116 - vs. 3 : 0 (75/41) 121 - vs. 3 : 0 (75/46)

Highest points score in set (excluding 5th set) :78 - vs. (38/40)66 - vs. (34/32)60 - vs. (31/29)

Lowest points score in set (excluding 5th set) : 35 - vs. (10/25) 36 - vs. (25/11) 36 - vs. (25/11) 37 - vs. (25/12) 37 - vs. (25/12) 37 - vs. (25/12) 37 - vs. (25/12 (2x)) 37 - vs. (25/12) 37 - vs. (25/12)

Squads

Teams Total teams : 32 Total players : 448 (14 per team) Coaches Oldest coach: Angiolino Frigoni – At of age, at the start of the tournament. Raúl Lozano – At of age, at the start of the tournament. Camillo Placi – At of age, at the start of the tournament. Youngest coach: Michał Winiarski – At of age, at the start of the tournament. Olli Kunnari – At of age, at the start of the tournament. – At of age, at the start of the tournament.

Players Appearance record: Luciano De Cecco participated in the World Championship for the sixth time. Oldest player: At of age, Foad Elmaarug is the oldest player ever to be nominated for a 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship finals. Youngest player: At of age, Dimitar Dobrev is the youngest player ever to be nominated for a 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship finals. Tallest player: At 2.15 m (7 ft 05 in), Siebe Korenblek is the tallest player ever to be nominated for a 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship finals. Shortest player: At 1.70 m (5 ft 6 in), Josh Ybañez is the shortest player ever to be nominated for a 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship finals.

Multiple World Championships

Name 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2025 Total Luciano De Cecco ✔ 6 Earvin N'Gapeth ✔ 5 Ahmed Kadhi ✔ 5 Nicholas Hoag ✔ 4 Robertlandy Simón✔ ✔4 Benjamin Toniutti ✔ 4 Jenia Grebennikov ✔ 4 Nicolas Le Goff ✔ 4 Simone Anzani ✔ 4 Bartosz Kurek ✔ ✔ 4 Marko Ivović ✔ 4 Elyes Karamosli ✔ 4 Micah Christenson ✔ 4 Agustín Loser ✔ 3 Javier Concepción ✔ 3 Miguel Ángel López ✔ 3 Osniel Melgarejo ✔ 3 Yonder García ✔ 3 Abdelrahman Seoudy ✔ 3 Ahmed Shafik ✔ 3 Antoine Brizard ✔ 3 Barthélémy Chinenyeze ✔ 3 Jean Patry ✔ 3 Mohammad Reza Hazratpour ✔ 3 Morteza Sharifi ✔ 3 Simone Giannelli ✔ 3 Yūki Ishikawa ✔ 3 Wessel Keemink ✔ 3 Gijs Jorna ✔ 3 Jakub Kochanowski ✔ 3 Alen Pajenk ✔ 3 Gregor Ropret ✔ 3 Jan Kozamernik ✔ 3 Jani Kovačič ✔ 3 Sašo Štalekar ✔ 3 Tine Urnaut ✔ 3 Tonček Štern ✔ 3 Ali Bongui ✔ 3 Erik Shoji ✔ 3 Jeffrey Jendryk ✔ 3 Taylor Averill ✔ 3

Final standing

Statistics leaders

Awards

See also

2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship statistics FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League statistics FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League statistics Volleyball records and statistics Major achievements in volleyball by nation List of indoor volleyball world medalists

References

External links Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website

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