2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship statistics

The final tournament was held in Poland and Slovenia from 26 August to 11 September 2022.^[1]

Italy claimed their fourth title, defeating the reigning world champions Poland^[2] and Brazil won the third place match, defeating Slovenia in four sets.^[3]

• The top two teams in each pool and the top four of the third placed teams will qualify for the final round.

Pos	Pool	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Rank
1	E	Italy	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	239	166	1.440	First in each of the pools
2	A	Serbia	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	233	187	1.246
3	C	Poland	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	248	188	1.319
4	B	Brazil	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	271	222	1.221
5	D	France	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	273	242	1.128
6	F	Netherlands	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	286	250	1.144
7	D	Slovenia	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	260	237	1.097	Second in each of the pools
8	C	United States	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	237	215	1.102
9	E	Turkey	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	210	186	1.129
10	A	Ukraine	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	241	213	1.131
11	B	Japan	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	226	205	1.102
12	F	Iran	3	2	1	5	7	6	1.167	313	302	1.036
13	F	Argentina	3	1	2	4	7	8	0.875	351	347	1.012	Third in each of the pools
14	B	Cuba	3	1	2	4	6	7	0.857	281	302	0.930
15	D	Germany	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	207	215	0.963
16	A	Tunisia	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	189	210	0.900
17	E	Canada	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	206	231	0.892	Third in each of the pools
18	C	Mexico	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	211	259	0.815
19	F	Egypt	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	239	290	0.824	Fourth in each of the pools
20	C	Bulgaria	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	228	262	0.870
21	B	Qatar	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	199	248	0.802
22	A	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	197	250	0.788
23	D	Cameroon	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	184	230	0.800
24	E	China	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	153	225	0.680

• Matches played : 52
• Attendance (preliminary round) (played 36) : 86,520 (2,403 per match)
• Attendance (final round) (played 16) : 108,092 (6,776 per match)
• Total attendance on tournament : 194,612 (3,743 per match)

• Arena Stožice total attendance (played 30) : 71,038 (2,368 per match)
• Arena Spodek, Katowice, Poland total attendance (played 16) : 83,413 (5,213 per match)
• Arena Gliwice, Gliwice, Poland total attendance (played 6) : 40,161 (6,694 per match)

• Most attendance : 12,258 -  Poland v.  United States, Gliwice, Gliwice on 8 September 2022.
• Fewest attendance : 90 -  Turkey v.  China, Arena Stožice, Ljubljana on 27 August 2022.

• Most matches wins : 7 -  Italy
• Fewest matches wins : 0 -  Egypt,  Bulgaria,  Qatar,  Puerto Rico,  Cameroon,  China
• Most matches lost : 3 -  Egypt,  Bulgaria,  Qatar,  Puerto Rico,  Cameroon,  China
• Fewest matches lost : 0 -  Italy
• Most points played in match : 254 -  Argentina vs.  Iran 2 : 3 (124/130)
• Fewest points played in match : 113 -  Italy vs.  China 3 : 0 (75/38)
• Longest match played (duration) : 159 min. -  Argentina vs.  Iran (2h,39m)
• Shortest match played (duration) : 59 min. -  Italy vs.  China (0h,59m)

• Total sets (preliminary round)  : 126 (3.5 per match)
• Total sets (final round)  : 64 (4.0 per match)
• Total sets scored : 190 (3.65 per match)
• Most sets played : 27 -  Poland,  Brazil
• Most sets wins : 21 -  Italy
• Fewest sets wins : 0 -  Cameroon,  China
• Most sets lost : 11 -  Argentina,  Slovenia
• Fewest sets lost : 4 -  Italy
• Highest set ratio : 5.250 -  Italy (21/4)
• Lowest set ratio : 0.000 -  Cameroon,  China (0/9)

• Total points (preliminary round)  : 5,682 (158 per match)
• Total points (final round)  : 2,834 (177 per match)
• Total points scored  : 8,516 (164 per match)
• Most points wins : 641 -  Brazil
• Fewest points wins : 153 -  China
• Most points lost : 584 -  Slovenia
• Fewest points lost : 225 -  China
• Highest points ratio : 1.228 -  Italy (620/508)
• Lowest points ratio : 0.680 -  China (153/225)

• Oldest coach: Antonio Giacobbe  Tunisia – 75 years at the start of the tournament.
• Youngest coach: Michał Winiarski  Germany – 38 years at the start of the tournament.

• Appearance record: Luciano de Cecco  Argentina and Marko Podraščanin  Serbia participated in the World Championship for the fifth time.
• Oldest player: At 38 years and 61 days, Mitja Gasparini  Slovenia is the oldest player ever to be nominated for a 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship finals.
• Youngest player: At 17 years and 343 days Mahdi Ben Tahar  Tunisia is the youngest player ever to be nominated for a 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship finals.
• Tallest player: At 2.15 m (7 ft 0.65 in), Yvan Arthur Kody Bitjaa  Cameroon is the tallest player ever to be nominated for a 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship finals.
• Shortest player: At 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in), José Roberto Mendoza Perdomo  Mexico is the shortest player ever to be nominated for a 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship finals.

Name	2006	2010	2014	2018	2022	Total
Luciano de Cecco	✔					5
Marko Podraščanin	✔					5
Facundo Conte		✔				4
Bruno Rezende		✔				4
Lucas Saatkamp		✔				4
Svetoslav Gotsev		✔				4
Sem Dolegombai		✔				4
Earvin N'Gapeth		✔				4
Nemanja Petrić		✔				4
Ahmed Kadhi		✔				4
Hamza Nagga		✔				4
Martín Ramos			✔			3
Wallace de Souza			✔			3
Georgi Seganov			✔			3
Todor Skrimov			✔			3
Joseph Kofane Boyomo			✔			3
Yvan Arthur Kody Bitjaa			✔			3
Nicholas Hoag			✔			3
Steven Marshall			✔			3
Liván Osoria			✔			3
Hossam Abdalla			✔			3
Benjamin Toniutti			✔			3
Jenia Grebennikov			✔			3
Kévin Tillie			✔			3
Nicolas Le Goff			✔			3
Milad Ebadipour			✔			3
Simone Anzani			✔			3
Grzegorz Łomacz		✔		✔		3
Bartosz Kurek		✔		✔		3
Paweł Zatorski			✔			3
Dennis Del Valle			✔			3
Aleksandar Atanasijević			✔			3
Marko Ivović			✔			3
Srećko Lisinac			✔			3
Uroš Kovačević			✔			3
Elyes Karamosli			✔			3
Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi			✔			3
David Smith			✔			3
Matt Anderson			✔			3
Micah Christenson			✔			3
Agustín Loser				✔		2
Bruno Lima				✔		2
Thales Hoss				✔		2
Didier Sali Hilé				✔		2
Arthur Szwarc				✔		2
Lucas Van Berkel				✔		2
Ryan Sclater				✔		2
Stephen Maar				✔		2
Miao Ruantong				✔		2
Yu Yaochen				✔		2
Zhang Binglong				✔		2
Zhang Jingyin				✔		2
Adrián Goide				✔		2
Javier Concepción				✔		2
Jesús Herrera				✔		2
Liván Taboada				✔		2
Miguel Gutiérrez				✔		2
Miguel Ángel López				✔		2
Osniel Melgarejo				✔		2
Yonder García				✔		2
Abdelrahman Seoudy				✔		2
Ahmed Shafik				✔		2
Mohamed Masoud				✔		2
Antoine Brizard				✔		2
Barthélémy Chinenyeze				✔		2
Jean Patry				✔		2
Amir Hossein Toukhteh				✔		2
Mohammad Javad Manavinejad				✔		2
Mohammad Reza Hazratpour				✔		2
Mohammad Taher Vadi				✔		2
Morteza Sharifi				✔		2
Saber Kazemi				✔		2
Simone Giannelli				✔		2
Akihiro Yamauchi				✔		2
Masahiro Sekita				✔		2
Yuji Nishida				✔		2
Yūki Ishikawa				✔		2
Wessel Keemink				✔		2
Maarten van Garderen				✔		2
Thijs ter Horst				✔		2
Gijs Jorna				✔		2
Nimir Abdel-Aziz				✔		2
Wouter ter Maat				✔		2
Michaël Parkinson				✔		2
Aleksander Śliwka				✔		2
Bartosz Kwolek				✔		2
Jakub Kochanowski				✔		2
Mateusz Bieniek				✔		2
Pedro Nieves				✔		2
Jonathan Rodríguez				✔		2
Alen Pajenk				✔		2
Dejan Vinčić				✔		2
Gregor Ropret				✔		2
Jan Klobučar				✔		2
Jan Kozamernik				✔		2
Jani Kovačič				✔		2
Klemen Čebulj				✔		2
Mitja Gasparini				✔		2
Sašo Štalekar				✔		2
Tine Urnaut				✔		2
Tonček Štern				✔		2
Ali Bongui				✔		2
Aaron Russell				✔		2
Erik Shoji				✔		2
Jeffrey Jendryk				✔		2
Taylor Averill				✔		2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification or relegation
	Italy	7	7	0	20	21	4	5.250	620	508	1.220	Champions
	Poland	7	6	1	16	19	8	2.375	626	547	1.144	Runners-up
	Brazil	7	6	1	18	20	7	2.857	641	556	1.153	Third place
4	Slovenia	7	4	3	13	15	11	1.364	593	584	1.015	Fourth place
5	France	5	4	1	11	14	7	2.000	491	461	1.065	Eliminated in quarterfinals
6	United States	5	3	2	9	12	8	1.500	450	425	1.059
7	Ukraine	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	407	360	1.131
8	Argentina	5	2	3	7	11	11	1.000	510	512	0.996
9	Serbia	4	3	1	9	9	3	3.000	300	262	1.145	Eliminated in round of 16
10	Netherlands	4	3	1	8	9	6	1.500	339	325	1.043
11	Turkey	4	2	2	7	8	6	1.333	310	292	1.062
12	Japan	4	2	2	7	8	7	1.143	333	317	1.050
13	Iran	4	2	2	5	7	9	0.778	375	377	0.995
14	Cuba	4	1	3	4	7	10	0.700	369	399	0.925
15	Germany	4	1	3	3	4	9	0.444	291	311	0.936
16	Tunisia	4	1	3	3	3	9	0.333	244	285	0.856
17	Canada	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	206	231	0.892	Eliminated in preliminary round
18	Mexico	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	211	259	0.815
19	Egypt	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	239	290	0.824
20	Bulgaria	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	228	262	0.870
21	Qatar	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	199	248	0.802
22	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	197	250	0.788
23	Cameroon	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	184	230	0.800
24	China	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	153	225	0.680

Statistics leaders correct as of final round.^[4]

Best Scorers Player Spikes Blocks Serves Total 1 Yoandy Leal 107 8 10 125 2 Klemen Čebulj 95 13 6 114 3 Daniele Lavia 91 10 2 103 4 Bartosz Kurek 85 7 8 100 5 Wallace de Souza 85 9 3 97

Best Spikers Player Spikes Faults Shots % Total 1 Yoandy Leal 107 24 72 52.61 203 2 Klemen Čebulj 95 26 90 45.02 211 3 Daniele Lavia 91 22 59 52.91 172 4 Wallace de Souza 85 31 57 49.13 173 5 Bartosz Kurek 85 30 54 50.30 169

Best Blockers Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Avg Total 1 Agustín Loser 17 30 2 3.40 49 2 Lucas Saatkamp 16 30 4 2.29 50 3 Flávio Gualberto 16 28 4 2.29 48 4 Mateusz Bieniek 16 31 13 2.29 60 5 Jan Kozamernik 15 29 8 2.14 52

Best Servers Player Aces Faults Hits Avg Total 1 Oleh Plotnytskyi 18 16 48 3.60 82 2 Nimir Abdel-Aziz 12 27 35 3.00 74 3 Mateusz Bieniek 11 16 78 1.57 105 4 Yoandy Leal 10 20 61 1.43 91 5 Kamil Semeniuk 10 22 68 1.43 100

Best Setters Player Running Faults Still Avg Total 1 Simone Giannelli 139 3 376 19.86 518 2 Luciano De Cecco 131 3 314 26.20 448 3 Antoine Brizard 107 3 286 21.40 396 4 Marcin Janusz 94 3 428 13.43 525 5 Lukas Kampa 87 0 187 21.75 274

Best Diggers Player Digs Faults Receptions Avg Total 1 Thales Hoss 59 12 7 8.43 78 2 Paweł Zatorski 52 15 6 7.43 73 3 Fabio Balaso 48 19 11 6.68 78 4 Jani Kovačič 39 17 5 5.57 61 5 Santiago Danani 30 10 4 6.00 44

Best Receivers Player Excellents Faults Serve % Total 1 Santiago Danani 39 11 90 27.86 140 2 Earvin N'Gapeth 35 1 74 31.82 110 3 Robbert Andringa 34 3 49 39.53 86 4 Facundo Conte 34 3 81 28.81 118 5 Thales Hoss 33 6 87 26.19 126

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