World Cup 3 Qualication

Format
64 teams would be chosen to play in the second Voru Ball World Cup. Regions would be paired up, and face each other in a tournament (with seeding determined by international rankings) to create a two-region standings. Each group of two regions had a predetermined number of qualifying teams, and the top teams in the standings would qualify.

Each Group was held in a different host city that was trying to become a World Cup Host eventually.

Groupings
This does not include Japan's Automatic Qualification.

Group 1 Qualification
Held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Pre Tournament Seeding

 * 1) Canada
 * 2) Argentina
 * USA
 * 1) Chile
 * 2) Brazil
 * 3) Honduras
 * 4) Venezuela
 * 5) Colombia
 * 6) Suriname
 * 7) Panama
 * 8) Peru
 * 9) Costa Rica
 * 10) Ecuador
 * 11) Mexico
 * 12) Cuba
 * 13) Dominican Republic
 * 14) Guatemala
 * 15) Bolivia
 * 16) Nicaragua
 * 17) Uruguay
 * 18) Haiti
 * 19) Puerto Rico (Separate From USA)
 * 20) El Salvador
 * 21) Paraguay
 * 22) Jamaica
 * 23) Bahamas
 * 24) Belize
 * 25) Guadeloupe (Separate From France)
 * 26) Barbados
 * 27) Guyana
 * 28) Martinique (Separate From France)
 * 29) Aruba (Separate From Netherlands)
 * 30) Trinidad and Tobago
 * 31) Curacao (Separate from Netherlands)
 * 32) Dominica
 * 33) Antigua and Barbuda
 * 34) French Guiana (Separate from France)
 * 35) Bermuda (Separate from England)
 * 36) Grenada
 * 37) St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Format
The 40 teams would be split into 4 divisions. Each division would complete a round robin. The top 3 teams in each division after the round robin would advance, with seeding as the tiebreaker.

Division A
Canada, Colombia, and Dominican Republic Qualify.

Division B
Argentina, Panama, and Venezuela Qualify

Division C
Honduras, Mexico, an Peru advance

Division D
Chile, Costa Rica, and Brazil Qualify

Group 1 Qualifyers

 * 1) Canada
 * 2) Argentina
 * 3) Honduras
 * 4) Chile
 * 5) Costa Rica
 * 6) Mexico
 * 7) Panama
 * 8) Colombia
 * 9) Dominican Republic
 * 10) Venezuela
 * 11) Peru
 * 12) Brazil

Group 2 Qualification
Held in Paris

Pre Tournament Seeding

 * 1) Netherlands
 * 2) Russia
 * 3) Turkey
 * 4) Germany
 * 5) Greece
 * 6) England
 * 7) France
 * 8) Portugal
 * 9) Spain
 * 10) Italy
 * 11) Belgium
 * 12) Finland
 * 13) Sweden
 * 14) Ireland
 * 15) Romania
 * 16) Israel
 * 17) Norway
 * 18) Ukraine
 * 19) Slovakia
 * 20) Croatia
 * 21) Albania
 * 22) Denmark
 * 23) Austria
 * 24) Poland
 * 25) Switzerland
 * 26) Czech Republic
 * 27) Belarus
 * 28) Scotland (Separate from England)
 * 29) Wales (Separate from England)
 * 30) Hungary
 * 31) Bulgaria
 * 32) Serbia
 * 33) Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * 34) Lithuania
 * 35) Latvia
 * 36) Moldova
 * 37) Slovenia
 * 38) Armenia
 * 39) Macedonia
 * 40) Northern Ireland (Separate from England)
 * 41) Kosovo
 * 42) Estonia
 * 43) Montenegro
 * 44) Cyprus
 * 45) Luxembourg
 * 46) Iceland
 * 47) Malta
 * 48) Jersey (Separate from England)

Format
There would be eight divisions of six teams. Two teams per division would qualify.

Division A
Netherlands and Norway Qualify.

Division B
Russia and Romania Qualify.

Division C
Turkey and Slovakia Qualify.

Division D
Germany and Sweden Qualify.

Division E
Greece and Sweden Qualify.

Division F
Belgium and Denmark Qualify.

Division G
Italy and France Qualify.

Division H
Spain and Portugal Qualify.

Group 2 Qualifyers

 * 1) Netherlands
 * 2) Russia
 * 3) Turkey
 * 4) Germany
 * 5) Greece
 * 6) Belgium
 * 7) Italy
 * 8) Spain
 * 9) Portugal
 * 10) France
 * 11) Denmark
 * 12) Finland
 * 13) Sweden
 * 14) Slovakia
 * 15) Romania
 * 16) Norway

Group 3 Qualification
Held in Kinshasa, DRC.

Pre-Torunament Seeding

 * 1) Algeria
 * 2) Angola
 * 3) Nigeria
 * 4) Kenya
 * 5) Morocco
 * 6) Ethiopia
 * 7) Uganda
 * 8) South Africa
 * DRC
 * 1) Ghana
 * 2) Libya
 * 3) Sudan
 * 4) Cote D'Ivoire
 * 5) Tanzania
 * 6) Mozambique
 * 7) Madagascar
 * 8) Zimbabwe
 * 9) Cameroon
 * 10) Niger
 * 11) Zambia
 * 12) Gabon
 * 13) Malawi
 * 14) Mali
 * 15) Burkina Faso
 * 16) Republic of Congo
 * 17) Guinea
 * 18) Tunisia
 * 19) Somalia
 * 20) Namibia
 * 21) Chad
 * 22) Senegal
 * 23) Botswana
 * 24) South Sudan
 * 25) Togo
 * 26) Burundi
 * 27) Rwanda
 * 28) Lesotho
 * CAR
 * 1) Eritrea
 * 2) Mauritania
 * 3) Liberia
 * 4) Sierra Leone
 * 5) Canary Islands (Separate from Spain)
 * 6) Western Sahara (Separate from Morocco)
 * 7) Swaziland
 * 8) Guinea-Bissau
 * 9) Djibouti
 * 10) Reunion (Separate from France)
 * 11) Gambia
 * 12) Comoros
 * 13) Cape Verde
 * 14) Mauritius
 * 15) Mayotte (Separate from France)
 * 16) Sao Tome and Principe
 * 17) Equitorial Guinea
 * 18) Seychelles

Format
The 56 teams would be split into four division of fourteen teams. The top 3 teams in each divison would qualify.

Division A
Algeria, DRC, and Zimbabwe Qualify

Division B
Angola, Ghana, and Uganda Qualify.

Division C
Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tunisia Qualify

Division D
Morocco, Kenya, and Sudan Qualify.

Group 3 Qualifyers

 * 1) Algeria
 * 2) Angola
 * 3) Ethiopia
 * 4) Morocco
 * 5) Kenya
 * 6) Nigeria
 * 7) Ghana
 * DRC
 * 1) Zimbabwe
 * 2) Uganda
 * 3) Tunisia
 * 4) Sudan

Group 4 Qualification
Hosted by Tehran, Iran.

Pre Tournament Seeding
Four countries backed out before Israel did not qualify. They were Palestine, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar.
 * 1) India
 * 2) Saudi Arabia
 * 3) Egypt
 * 4) Pakistan
 * 5) Iran
 * 6) Iraq
 * 7) Jordan
 * 8) Sri Lanka
 * 9) Uzbekistan
 * 10) Yemen
 * 11) Syria
 * UAE
 * 1) Nepal
 * 2) Kazakhstan
 * 3) Afghanistan
 * 4) Georgia
 * 5) Oman
 * 6) Tajikistan
 * 7) Azerbaijan
 * 8) Armenia
 * 9) Kyrgyzstan
 * 10) Lebanon
 * 11) Turkmenistan
 * 12) Maldives

Format
There would be three divisions of eight teams. The top 3 teams from each division would advance.

Division A
India, Iraq, and UAE Qualify

Division B
Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Syria Qualify.

Division C
Pakistan, Egypt, and Yemen Qualify.

Group 4 Qualifyers

 * 1) India
 * 2) Saudi Arabia
 * 3) Pakistan
 * 4) Egypt
 * 5) Iran
 * 6) Iraq
 * UAE
 * 1) Syria
 * 2) Yemen

Group 5 Qualification
Hosted by Jakarta. This does not include Japan.
 * 1) Indonesia
 * 2) New Zealand
 * 3) China
 * 4) Australia
 * 5) Malaysia
 * 6) Myanmar
 * 7) Singapore
 * 8) South Korea
 * 9) Philippines
 * 10) Bangladesh
 * 11) Thailand
 * 12) North Korea
 * 13) Taiwan
 * 14) Vietnam
 * 15) Cambodia
 * 16) Laos
 * 17) Bhutan
 * 18) Hong Kong (Separate from China)
 * 19) Brunei
 * 20) Papua New Guinea
 * 21) Fiji
 * 22) Marshall Islands
 * 23) Macau (Separate from China)
 * 24) East Timor
 * 25) Samoa
 * 26) Vanuatu
 * 27) French Polynesia (Separate from France)
 * 28) Solomon Islands
 * 29) American Samoa (Separate from USA)
 * 30) Micronesia


 * 1) Guam (Separate from USA)


 * 1) New Caledonia (Separate from France)

Minitournament
Group 5 would have an 8 team minitournament that would determine who would make the actual tournament.

Division A
Indonesia, Australia, South Korea, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, and North Korea advance.

Division B
New Zealand, China, Singapore, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Hong Kong, and Thailand Qualify.

Group 5 Qualifyers
Includes Japan
 * 1) Indonesia
 * 2) Japan
 * 3) New Zealand
 * 4) China
 * 5) Australia
 * 6) South Korea
 * 7) Singapore
 * 8) Bangladesh
 * 9) Philippines
 * 10) Malaysia
 * 11) Myanmar
 * 12) Hong Kong
 * 13) Taiwan
 * 14) North Korea
 * 15) Thailand

Final Rankings

 * 1) Canada
 * 2) Netherlands
 * 3) Indonesia
 * 4) Japan
 * 5) India
 * 6) Algeria
 * 7) Argentina
 * 8) New Zealand
 * 9) Saudi Arabia
 * 10) Angola
 * 11) Russia
 * 12) Turkey
 * 13) China
 * 14) Pakistan
 * 15) Ethiopia
 * 16) Honduras
 * 17) Chile
 * 18) Australia
 * 19) Germany
 * 20) Greece
 * 21) South Korea
 * 22) Morocco
 * 23) Costa Rica
 * 24) Belgium
 * 25) Egypt
 * 26) Kenya
 * 27) Italy
 * 28) Singapore
 * 29) Spain
 * 30) Iran
 * 31) Nigeria
 * 32) Mexico
 * 33) Portugal
 * 34) Bangladesh
 * 35) Panama
 * 36) Ghana
 * 37) Philippines
 * DRC
 * 1) France
 * 2) Iraq
 * 3) Colombia
 * 4) Malaysia
 * 5) Denmark
 * 6) Dominican Republic
 * UAE
 * 1) Myanmar
 * 2) Hong Kong
 * 3) Finland
 * 4) Zimbabwe
 * 5) Sweden
 * 6) Venezuela
 * 7) Taiwan
 * 8) Syria
 * 9) Uganda
 * 10) Slovakia
 * 11) Peru
 * 12) Yemen
 * 13) Brazil
 * 14) Tunisia
 * 15) Romania
 * 16) North Korea
 * 17) Sudan
 * 18) Norway
 * 19) Thailand