The latest world volleyball rankings have just been updated right after the 2022 world championship volleyball tournament ends. The rankings of the teams have changed a lot compared to before the tournament.
Italy won the championship, Poland was second while Brazil and Slovenia ranked third and fourth respectively this tournament. Meanwhile, candidates like the US and France have to stop quite early.
Therefore, the 2022 World Volleyball Ranking has made certain changes.
Although it is impossible to successfully protect the world championship, the Polish Men's Volleyball team is still at the top of the rankings and is the world's No. 1 male volleyball team.
With the championship, the Italian male volleyball team ascended the world's No. 2 and pushed the French to the third. However, the distance between the two teams is only 1 point and can completely change.
Brazil ranked fourth. Russia was banned from attending tournaments, so he still stood still in the 5th position while Micah Christenson's US team dropped to 6th rank right in Japan.
The Japanese men's volleyball team is the No. 1 team in Asia, No. 7 in the world while Iran's “rival” is ranked 10th in the world with 10 points inferior to Japan.
In the top 10 men's volleyball teams, there is Slovenia and Argentina. Cuba with significant achievements over the past time has also climbed to the 12th place and is full of opportunities to participate in the upcoming major tournaments.
The Vietnam Volleyball Team has not even been ranked because it has not participated in international tournaments for many years.