Italy claimed their fourth title, defeating the reigning world champions Poland in four sets.

[2] Simone Giannelli from Italy was elected the MVP of the tournament, becoming the first setter to win the award since Vyacheslav Zaytsev in 1982.

[4] The tournament was to take place in ten cities (Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Yaroslavl, Kazan, Ufa, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, and Krasnoyarsk).

The WADA ruling allowed athletes who were not involved in the doping or the coverup to compete, but prohibited the use of the Russian flag and anthem at major international sporting events.

[7] However, the Russia national team could still enter qualification, as the ban only applies to the final tournament to decide the world champions.

[9][10] Because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Poland, France, Slovenia,[11] as well as the Netherlands threatened to boycott the Championship if Russia were to remain the host.

[14] On 15 April 2022, FIVB announced that Poland and Slovenia will host the relocated 2022 Men's World Championship.

[19] Teams were seeded in the first position of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 20 September 2021.

[20] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking.

VFR (Hosts; later DQ) Brazil (1) Poland (2) France (4) Italy (5) Argentina (6) United States (7) Slovenia (8) Serbia (9) Iran (10) Japan (11) Canada (12) Cuba (13) Tunisia (14) Netherlands (15) Germany (16) Mexico (17) Turkey (18) Egypt (19) Qatar (20) Bulgaria (21) China (22) Puerto Rico (24) Cameroon (25) Source: WCH 2022 final standings ItalyFourth title Team roster: Giulio Pinali, Francesco Recine, Alessandro Michieletto, Simone Giannelli, Fabio Balaso, Riccardo Sbertoli, Mattia Bottolo, Gianluca Galassi, Daniele Lavia, Yuri Romanò, Simone Anzani, Roberto Russo, Leonardo Scanferla, Leandro MoscaHead coach: Ferdinando De Giorgi