2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
The 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the 20th staging of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held in Poland and Slovenia from 26 August to 11 September 2022. It was originally planned to be held in Russia. However, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine starting on 24 February, Russia was stripped of organization rights.
| Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Siatkowej Mężczyzn 2022 Svetovno prvenstvo v odbojki 2022 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host nations | Poland Slovenia |
| City | Gliwice Katowice Ljubljana |
| Dates | 26 August – 11 September |
| Teams | 24 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Officially opened by | Andrzej Duda and Borut Pahor |
| Champions | Italy (4th title) |
| Runners-up | Poland |
| Third place | Brazil |
| Fourth place | Slovenia |
| Tournament awards | |
| MVP | Simone Giannelli |
| Best Setter | Simone Giannelli |
| Best OH | Yoandy Leal Kamil Semeniuk |
| Best MB | Mateusz Bieniek Gianluca Galassi |
| Best OPP | Bartosz Kurek |
| Best Libero | Fabio Balaso |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 52 |
| Attendance | 194,612 (3,743 per match) |
| Best scorer | Yoandy Leal (125 points) |
| Best spiker | Daniele Lavia (52.91%) |
| Best blocker | Agustín Loser (3.40 Avg) |
| Best server | Oleh Plotnytskyi (3.60 Avg) |
| Best setter | Luciano De Cecco (26.29 Avg) |
| Best digger | Thales Hoss (8.43 Avg) |
| Best receiver | Robbert Andringa (39.53%) |
| Official website | |
| 2022 Men's World Championship | |
Italy claimed their fourth title, defeating the reigning world champions Poland in four sets. Brazil won the third place match, defeating Slovenia in four sets. Simone Giannelli from Italy was elected the MVP of the tournament, becoming the first setter to win the award since Vyacheslav Zaytsev in 1982.