The following were the events of volleyball for the year 2018 throughout the world.
Beach volleyball World and continental beach volleyball events July 9–13: 2018 World University Beach Volleyball Championship in Munich Winners: (Dan John & Eric Stadie) (m) / (Nicole McNamara & Megan McNamara) (f) July 10–15: 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships in Nanjing Winners: (Denis Shekunov & Dmitrii Veretiuk) (m) / (Mariia Bocharova & Maria Voronina) (f) July 15–22: 2018 European Beach Volleyball Championships in The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, & Apeldoorn Winners: (Anders Mol & Christian Sørum) (m) / (Sanne Keizer & Madelein Meppelink) (f) August 14–19: 2018 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals in Hamburg Winners: (Anders Mol & Christian Sørum) (m) / (Ágatha Bednarczuk & Eduarda Santos Lisboa) (f)
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour January 3 – TBD: 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball Schedule
2018 Swatch Major Series (Five Star BV events) February 27 – March 4: Major #1 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Winners: (Phil Dalhausser & Nick Lucena) (m) / (Bárbara Seixas & Fernanda Alves) (f) July 10–15: Major #2 in Gstaad Winners: (Anders Berntsen Mol & Christian Sandlie Sørum) (m) / (Sarah Pavan & Melissa Humana-Paredes) (f) July 31 – August 5: Major #3 (final) in Vienna Winners: (Anders Berntsen Mol & Christian Sandlie Sørum) (m) / (Barbora Hermannová & Markéta Sluková) (f)
2018 Four Star BV events January 3–7: Four Star #1 in The Hague Winners: (Mārtiņš Pļaviņš & Edgars Tocs) (m) / (April Ross & Alix Klineman) (f) March 6–10: Four Star #2 in Doha (men only) Winners: (Alexander Brouwer & Robert Meeuwsen) April 18–22: Four Star #3 in Xiamen Winners: (Oleg Stoyanovskiy & Igor Velichko) (m) / (Sarah Pavan & Melissa Humana-Paredes) (f) May 1–6: Four Star #4 in Huntington Beach, California Winners: (Alexander Brouwer & Robert Meeuwsen) (m) / (Bárbara Seixas & Fernanda Alves) (f) May 15–20: Four Star #5 in Itapema Winners: (André Stein & Evandro Oliveira) (m) / (Ágatha Bednarczuk & Eduarda Santos Lisboa) (f) June 19–24: Four Star #6 in Ostrava Winners: (Pablo Herrera & Adrián Gavira) (m) / (Barbora Hermannová & Markéta Sluková) (f) June 27 – July 1: Four Star #7 in Warsaw Winners: (Piotr Kantor & Bartosz Łosiak) (m) / (Heather Bansley & Brandie Wilkerson) (f) July 4–8: Four Star #8 in Espinho Winners: (Jānis Šmēdiņš & Aleksandrs Samoilovs) (m) / (Taliqua Clancy & Mariafe Artacho del Solar) (f) August 7–12: Four Star #9 in Moscow Winners: (Jānis Šmēdiņš & Aleksandrs Samoilovs) (m) / (Summer Ross & Sara Hughes) (f) October 9–14: Four Star #10 in Yangzhou Winners: (Ilya Leshukov & Konstantin Semenov) (m) / (April Ross & Alix Klineman) (f) October 16–21: Four Star #11 (final) in Las Vegas Winners: (Anders Berntsen Mol & Christian Sandlie Sørum) (m) / (Heather Bansley & Brandie Wilkerson) (f)
2018 Three Star BV events February 20–24: Three Star #1 in Kish Island (men only) Winners: (Mariusz Prudel & Jakub Szalankiewicz) May 2–6: Three Star #2 in Mersin Winners: (Ilya Leshukov & Konstantin Semenov) (m) / (Katharina Schützenhöfer & Lena Plesiutschnig) (f) May 9–13: Three Star #3 in Lucerne Winners: (John Mayer & Trevor Crabb) (m) / (Mariafe Artacho del Solar & Taliqua Clancy) (f) July 18–22: Three Star #4 in Haiyang Winners: (Robin Seidl & Philipp Waller) (m) / (Betsi Flint & Emily Day) (f) July 24–29: Three Star #5 in Tokyo Winners: (Marco Grimalt & Esteban Grimalt) (m) / (Teresa Mersmann & Cinja Tillmann) (f) September 30 – October 4: Three Star #6 in Qinzhou Winners: (Tri Bourne & Trevor Crabb) (m) / (Ana Patricia Silva Ramos & Rebecca Cavalcanti Barbosa Silva) (f) October 23–28: Three Star #7 (final) in Chetumal (women only) Winners: (Heather Bansley & Brandie Wilkerson)
2018 Two Star BV events May 4–6: Two Star #1 in Phnom Penh (women only) Winners: (Anna Behlen & Sarah Schneider) May 31 – June 3: Two Star #2 in Jinjiang Winners: (Trevor Crabb, Jr. & John Mayer) (m) / (Sayaka Mizoe & Suzuka Hashimoto) (f) June 7–10: Two Star #3 in Nantong (women only) Winners: (Josemari Alves & Liliane Maestrini) June 14–17: Two Star #4 in Tangshan (women only) Winners: (Josemari Alves & Liliane Maestrini) June 21–24: Two Star #5 in Winners: (GAO Peng & LI Yang) (m) / (Chiyo Suzuki & Reika Murakami) (f) July 25–29: Two Star #6 in Agadir Winners: (Maksim Hudyakov & Ruslan Bykanov) (m) / (Marta Menegatti & Viktoria Orsi Toth) (f) September 14–16: Two Star #7 (final) in Zhongwei (women only) Winners: (WEN Shuhui & WANG Jingzhe)
2018 One Star BV events February 1–4: One Star #1 in Shepparton Winners: (Chase Frishman & James Avery Drost) (m) / (Amanda Dowdy & Irene Pollock) (f) March 14–17: One Star #2 in Muscat (men only) Winners: (Philipp Arne Bergmann & Yannick Harms) March 15–18: One Star #3 in Aalsmeer (men only) Winners: (Alexander Brouwer & Robert Meeuwsen) April 8–11: One Star #4 in Satun Winners: (Nuttanon Inkiew & Sedtawat Padsawud) (m) / (Caitlin Ledoux & Emily Stockman) (f) April 26–29: One Star #5 in Langkawi Winners: (Simon Frühbauer & Jörg Wutzl) (m) / (Daria Mastikova & Ksenia Dabizha) (f) May 3–6: One Star #6 in Manila Winners: (Max-Jonas Karpa & Milan Sievers) (m) / (Takemi Nishibori & Ayumi Kusano) (f) May 9–12: One Star #7 in Tuần Châu (women only) Winners: (Sayaka Mizoe & Suzuka Hashimoto) May 10–13: One Star #8 in Bangkok Winners: (Takumi Takahashi & Yusuke Ishijima) (m) / (Bree Scarbrough & Aurora Davis) (f) May 17–20: One Star #9 in Aydın Winners: (Stefan Basta & Lazar Kolaric) (m) / (Mailen Deliz Tamayo & Leila Consuelo Martinez Ortega) (f) May 24–27: One Star #10 in Miguel Pereira Winners: (Vinicius Rezende Costa Freitas & Luciano Ferreira de Paula) (m) / (Adriana-Maria Matei & Beata Vaida) (f) May 31 – June 3: One Star #11 in Alanya Winners: (Maksim Hudyakov & Ruslan Bykanov) (m) / (Sarah Schneider & Viktoria Seeber) (f) June 14–17: One Star #12 in Baden bei Wien Note: This event was supposed to be held in , but it was cancelled. Winners: (Clemens Doppler & Alexander Horst) (m) / (Teresa Mersmann & Cinja Tillmann) (f) June 20–23: One Star #13 in Manavgat Winners: (Oscar Brandão & Luciano Ferreira de Paula) (m) / (Satono Ishitsubo & Asami Shiba) (f) July 5–8: One Star #14 in Poreč Winners: (Sergiy Popov & Vladyslav Iemelianchyk) (m) / (Torrey Van Winden & Emily Sonny) (f) July 5–8: One Star #15 in Anapa Winners: (HA Likejiang & WU Jiaxin) (m) / (Nadezda Makroguzova & Svetlana Kholomina) (f) July 12–15: One Star #16 in Daegu (women only) Winners: (Phoebe Bell & Jessyka Ngauamo) July 19–22: One Star #17 in Ulsan (women only) Winners: (Kou Nai-han & LIU Pi Hsin) July 26–29: One Star #18 in Samsun Winners: (Jindrich Weiss & Donovan Džavoronok) (m) / (Carolina Ferraris & Francesca Michieletto) (f) August 3–5: One Star #19 in Ljubljana #1 Winners: (Valeriy Samoday & Taras Myskiv) (m) / (Esmée Böbner & Zoé Vergé-Dépré) (f) August 8–12: One Star #20 in Vaduz Winners: (Valeriy Samoday & Taras Myskiv) (m) / (Alexandra Wheeler & Lara Dykstra) (f) August 23–26: One Star #21 in Siófok Winners: (Romain di Giantommaso & Jérémy Silvestre) (m) / (Tjasa Kotnik & Tjasa Jancar) (f) August 28 – September 1: One Star #22 in Montpellier Winners: (Edouard Rowlandson & Olivier Barthelemy) (m) / (Alexandra Jupiter & Lézana Placette) (f) October 3–5: One Star #23 in Bandar Torkaman (men only) Winners: (Bahman Salemiinjehboroun & Arash Vakili) October 9–12: One Star #24 in Babolsar (men only) Winners: (Rahman Raoufi & Abolhamed Mirzaali) October 16–19: One Star #25 in Bandar-e Anzali (men only) Winners: (Alexey Sidorenko & Alexandr Dyachenko) November 29 – December 2: One Star #26 (final) in Ljubljana #2 (winter edition) Winners: (Aliaksandr Dziadkou & Pavel Piatrushka) (m) / (Peny Karagkouni & Vassiliki Arvaniti) (f)
Volleyball World & Challenger volleyball championships June 20 – 24: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup in Matosinhos (debut event) defeated , 3–1 in matches played, to win the inaugural FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup title. took third place. Note: Portugal has qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League. June 20 – 24: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup in Lima (debut event) defeated , 3–1 in matches played, to win the inaugural FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup title. took third place. Note: Bulgaria has qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League. September 9 – 30: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in both and defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and third overall FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship title. took third place. September 29 – October 20: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win their first FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship title. took third place.
FIVB Nations League Note: The Nations League replaced both the World League for Men and the World Grand Prix for Women. May 15 – July 1: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League (final top six teams to Nanjing)Nanjing announced as FIVB Women’s Volleyball Nations League Finals Host defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win the inaugural FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League title. took third place. May 25 – July 8: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League (final top six teams to Lille)Lille, France selected to host FIVB Men’s Volleyball Nations League Finals defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win the inaugural FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League title. took third place.
AVC National teams events May 20 – 27: 2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship in Nakhon Pathom defeated , 3–1 in matches played, to win their seventh consecutive and eighth overall Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship title. took third place. Note: All the teams mentioned above, plus , have qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship. June 10 – 17: 2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship in Bắc Ninh defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their sixth Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship title. took third place. June 29 – July 6: 2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship in Tabriz defeated , 3–1 in matches played, to win their second consecutive Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship title. took third place. Note: All teams mentioned above, plus , have qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. July 21 – 28: 2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship in Manama defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their sixth Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship title. took third place. Note: Iran and South Korea both qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship. August 8 – 15: 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup in Taipei defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win their first Asian Men's Volleyball Cup title. took third place. September 15 – 22: 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup in Colombo (debut event) defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win the inaugural Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup title. took third place. Note: Iraq was promoted to compete at the 2020 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup. September 16 – 23: 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup in Nakhon Ratchasima defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their third consecutive and fifth overall Asian Women's Volleyball Cup title. took third place. December 3 – 9: 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup in (debut event)
Clubs teams events July 11 – 18: 2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship in Ust-Kamenogorsk Supreme Chonburi defeated NEC Red Rockets, 3–2 in matches played, to win their second consecutive Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship title. Jiangsu Zenith Steel took third place.