Following the AVC regulations, the maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by: • 1 team for the host country • 10 teams based on the final standing of the previous edition • 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed) Due to anticipated difficulty for national federations to field teams due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the AVC allowed two clubs from the same national federation to participate in the case that there are less than 8 federations enter the tournament. In the case of less than 16 entrants, the host is entitled to enter two teams. Only five national federations entered with Kazakhstan the only country to have two representative club.
Qualified associations : Kazakhstan as host country is entitled to enter two teams if they are less than 16 entrants. : The
Japan Volleyball Association decided to withdraw
JT Marvelous from the Asian Club Championship due to the COVID-19 infection among their team members. ==Squads==