[1] Teams already qualified for the event were not eligible to play in the following qualification tournaments.
FIVB reserved a vacancy for the 2020 Olympic Games host country to participate in the tournament.
[4][5] Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 1 January 2019.
The 2019 NORCECA Champions Cup champions and the top three teams from the 2019 NORCECA Championship which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics will compete in the North American Olympic Qualification Tournament.
The top four teams from the 2019 South American Championship which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Olympic Games will compete in the South American Olympic Qualification Tournament.