As the host nation and the reigning Olympic champions, France reserved a direct spot each for the men's team.
[2] The remainder of the twelve-team field endured a dual qualification pathway to secure the quota places for Paris 2024.
Second, the last five berths were attributed to the eligible NOCs based on the FIVB World Rankings in June 2024, abiding by the universality principle, that was, prioritizing those from the continents without a qualified team yet in the Paris 2024 tournament.
[2] As a principal route for the tournament, the winners and runners-up in each of the three qualification pools secured the quota places for Paris 2024.
[2] FIVB released the names of the twenty-four teams eligible to compete in the men's Olympic qualification tournaments for Paris 2024 through the federation's world rankings of 12 September 2022 (except France — qualified for the Games as the host nation; and Russia — ineligible because of the country's instigation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine).