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Türkiye’s men’s national volleyball team will compete at the 2027 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men’s World Cup in Poland, according to a statement from the Türkiye Volleyball Federation.
The tournament will be held Sept. 10-26, 2027. Qualification has concluded, and all 32 participating teams have been confirmed.
Türkiye finished sixth at the 2025 edition, its best result in the competition's history. The team qualified through the world ranking route.
Poland takes part as host. Continental qualifiers include Brazil, Argentina and Chile from South America; the U.S., Canada and Cuba from North and Central America and the Caribbean; Japan, Iran and South Korea from Asia; and Tunisia, Cameroon and Algeria from Africa. Italy, France, Slovenia and Finland qualified from Europe.
The remaining 15 places, including Türkiye’s, were decided by world ranking. The other teams in that group are Bulgaria, Germany, Ukraine, Belgium, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Romania, the Netherlands, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Denmark, Egypt and Estonia.
The 2027 edition will be the second World Cup to feature 32 teams. The teams will be divided into eight groups of four in the group stage. The top two teams in each group will advance to the round of 16.
The draw will determine the groups. The draw date has not yet been announced.
Matches will be played in five Polish cities: Gdansk and Sopot, Katowice, Krakow, Lodz and Olsztyn. Gdansk and Sopot are neighboring cities on Poland’s northern Baltic coast. Katowice and Krakow are in southern Poland, Lodz is in the country's center, and Olsztyn is in the northeast.
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