The tournament will compete in a knock-out phase (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final), with the host country (Croatia) playing its quarterfinal match against the lowest ranked team among the participating teams. The remaining seven teams are placed from 2nd to 8th positions as per the FIVB World Ranking as of 3 July 2022.[4][5] Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts.
Court switch at the end of the sets to be eliminated due to COVID-19 safety guidelines and for a better television broadcasts.
Each team is allowed to call only one time-out during each set in the preliminary. The time-out lasts 30 seconds long. During the finals, each team is granted one time-out before the technical and one time-out after the technical, except in a fifth set.
Only one technical time-out is made when the leading team reaches 12 points, but no technical in a fifth set.
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