The 2027 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Cup is the upcoming 21st staging of the FIVB Women's Volleyball World Cup, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the (FIVB). It is scheduled to be held in the United States and Canada from August 20 to September 5, 2027.
Following the FIVB's announcement on March 5, 2026, the 2027 tournament will be the first edition held under the event's newly rebranded name, World Cup.
The tournament will be the first World Cup to be hosted in North America since 1974 and the second edition to be co-hosted, after 2022.
Italy are the defending champions.
Host selection The three following bids were placed:
and
The bidding procedure to host the 2025 and 2027 FIVB World Championships began in August 2023. National federations had until August 31, 2023, to register interest. On September 26, 2025, the United States and Canada were awarded the hosting rights at the FIVB meeting in Manila.
Qualification
The host countries Canada and United States qualified for the competition as well as the defending champions Italy. The top three teams from each of the 2026 Continental Championships secured qualification. The final 14 places (reduced by 1 due to there being two co-hosts) belonged to top 14 teams as per FIVB World Ranking (October 2, 2026) who had not yet qualified.
+ Team Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Appearance(s) Previous bestperformance First Last Hosts 12th 1974 2025 6 (2022) Hosts 19th 1956 2025 17 (2014) Defending champions 14th 1978 2025 14 (2002, 2025) 2026 NORCECA 4th placers 11th 1974 2025 9 (2014) 2026 NORCECA 3rd placers 14th 1970 2025 2 (1978, 1994, 1998) 2026 NORCECA 5th placers 10th 1974 2025 8 (2002) 2026 AVC champions 8th 1998 2025 6 (1998, 2010, 2018, 2022, 2025) 2026 AVC runners-up 17th 1956 2025 15 (1982, 1986) 2026 AVC 3rd placers 19th 1956 2025 19 (1962, 1967, 1974) 2026 CEV 3rd placers 8th 1978 2025 6 (2018, 2022) 2026 CEV 4th placers 13th 1952 2025 3 (1952) 2026 CEV champions 7th 2006 2025 7 (2025) 2026 CAVB champions 5th 1990 2025 2 (1990) 2026 CAVB runners-up 9th 1994 2025 4 (1994, 1998) 2026 CAVB 3rd placers 6th 2006 2025 5 (2006, 2014, 2018) 2026 CSV runners-up 9th 1960 2025 5 (1960) 2026 CSV champions 19th 1956 2025 16 (1994, 2006, 2010, 2022) 2026 CSV 3rd placers 3rd 2022 2025 3 (2022) 1st World ranked non-qualified team 17th 1956 2025 11 (2018) 2nd World ranked non-qualified team 18th 1952 2018 1 (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990, 2006, 2010) 3rd World ranked non-qualified team 19th 1956 2025 14 (1974, 1986) 4th World ranked non-qualified team 14th 1952 2025 3 (1952, 1960) 5th World ranked non-qualified team 6th 1956 2025 3 (2022) 6th World ranked non-qualified team 5th 1952 2025 2 (1952) 7th World ranked non-qualified team 2nd 2025 2025 2 (2025) 8th World ranked non-qualified team 2nd 2025 2025 2 (2025) 9th World ranked non-qualified team 10th 1970 2025 2 (1974) 10th World ranked non-qualified team 3rd 1994 2025 2 (1994) 11th World ranked non-qualified team 3rd 2002 2025 2 (2002) 12th World ranked non-qualified team 14th 1967 2022 1 (1967, 1974) 13th World ranked non-qualified team 15th 1952 2025 5 (1952) 14th World ranked non-qualified team 1st Debut 1 Notes
Venues Anaheim, Omaha and Orlando were confirmed as the American host cities on September 17, 2026. The finals are scheduled to be held at the Honda Center in Anaheim, as the test event for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Montreal and Québec City were confirmed as the Canadian host cities on October 1, 2026 completing the roster of host cities.
+ Distribution of tournament Anaheim will host preliminary round games, round of 16 knockout stage games, the semi-finals and final. Omaha, Orlando is planned to host preliminary round games and the knockout stage up to the quarter-finals. Montreal and Quebec City is planned to host preliminary round games and the knockout stage up to the Round of 16.
Anaheim Montreal Omaha Orlando Québec City Honda Center Bell Centre CHI Health Center Arena Kia Center Centre Vidéotron Capacity: 18,336 Capacity: 20,962 Capacity: 18,300 Capacity: 18,846 Capacity: 18,259
Marketing Partnerships In June 2026, Volleyball World and the tournament's organizing committee appointed Horizon Sports & Experiences (HS&E) as the exclusive sponsorship sales and media rights agency in the United States. Under this agreement, HS&E oversees U.S. sponsorship inventory and media rights sales to attract brand partners and broadcasters. The partnership is aimed at capitalizing on the growing market for women's sports and the tournament's North American debut across the U.S. and Canada.
Broadcasting In July 2026, Scripps Sports acquired the exclusive U.S. media rights for the 2027 tournament in a deal facilitated by HS&E. The agreement dictates that all 64 matches of the 32-team tournament will be broadcast across Ion Television and Scripps Sports platforms in both English and Spanish, marking the widest U.S. television distribution in the event's history. In addition to broadcasting, Scripps Sports, Volleyball World, and HS&E established a commercial collaboration to jointly develop title and presenting sponsorship packages.
References
External links
at Volleyball World