2014 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification

The 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship featured 24 teams. One place was allocated to the hosts, Poland, but no automatic place is given to the defending champions, Brazil. The remaining 23 places were determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five FIVB confederations will compete.^[1]^[2]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualification date	Appearance in finals
Poland	Hosts	018 September 2008	16th
Argentina	2013 CSV Runners-up	029 August 2013	11th
Brazil	2013 CSV Champions	039 August 2013	16th
Australia	AVC Pool A Winners	048 September 2013	6th
South Korea	AVC Pool D Winners	058 September 2013	9th
Iran	AVC Pool B Winners	0613 September 2013	5th
Venezuela	CSV Qualification Tournament Winners	0715 September 2013	11th
China	AVC Pool C Winners	0822 September 2013	13th
Russia	2013 CEV Champions	0928 September 2013	18th¹
Italy	2013 CEV Runners-up	1028 September 2013	16th
Germany	CEV Pool K Winners	115 January 2014	6th²
Serbia	CEV Pool J Winners	125 January 2014	9th³
Bulgaria	CEV Pool I Winners	135 January 2014	17th
Belgium	CEV Pool L Winners	145 January 2014	8th
France	CEV Third Round Best Runners-up	155 January 2014	15th
Finland	CEV Pool M Winners	165 January 2014	7th
Egypt	CAVB Pool U Winners	1710 February 2014	8th
Cameroon	CAVB Pool T Winners	1817 February 2014	3rd
Tunisia	CAVB Pool V Winners	197 March 2014	9th
United States	NORCECA Pool O Winners	2018 May 2014	15th
Canada	NORCECA Pool Q Winners	2119 May 2014	10th
Cuba	NORCECA Pool P Winners	2224 May 2014	14th
Mexico	NORCECA Pool R Winners	2325 May 2014	5th
Puerto Rico	NORCECA Playoff Winners	2420 July 2014	4th

1.^ Competed as Soviet Union from 1949 to 1990; 6th appearance as Russia.

2.^ Competed as West Germany from 1956 to 1966; 4th appearance as Germany.

3.^ Competed as SFR Yugoslavia from 1956 to 1970 and Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia) from 1998 to 2006; 2nd appearance as Serbia.

Confederation qualification processes

The distribution by confederation for the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship will be:^[1]

Asia and Oceania (AVC): 4 places
Africa (CAVB): 3 places
Europe (CEV): 8 places (+ Poland qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 9 places)
South America (CSV): 3 places
North America (NORCECA): 5 places

AVC

Afghanistan (Zonal Round)
Australia (Final Round)
Bahrain (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
China (Final Round)
Chinese Taipei (Zonal Round, Final Round)
Hong Kong (Zonal Round)
India (Zonal Round, Final Round)
Indonesia (Zonal Round, Final Round)
Iran (Final Round)
Iraq (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
Japan (Final Round)
Jordan (Sub Zonal Round)
Kazakhstan (Zonal Round, Final Round)
Kuwait (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)

Lebanon (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
Maldives (Zonal Round)
Myanmar (Zonal Round)
New Zealand (Final Round)
Pakistan (Zonal Round, Final Round)
Qatar (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
Saudi Arabia (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
South Korea (Final Round)
Sri Lanka (Zonal Round)
Syria (Sub Zonal Round)
Thailand (Zonal Round, Final Round)
United Arab Emirates (Sub Zonal Round)
Uzbekistan (Zonal Round)
Vietnam (Zonal Round)

CAVB

Algeria (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
Botswana (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
Burkina Faso (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
Burundi (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
Cameroon (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
Cape Verde (Sub Zonal Round, Final Round)
Chad (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
Congo (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
Egypt (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
Gabon (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
Ghana (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
Ivory Coast (Sub Zonal Round)
Kenya (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
Lesotho (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
Libya (Sub Zonal Round)
Malawi (Sub Zonal Round)
Mauritius (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)

Morocco (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
Mozambique (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
Namibia (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
Niger (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
Nigeria (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
Rwanda (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
Senegal (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
Seychelles (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
Sierra Leone (Sub Zonal Round)
Eswatini (Sub Zonal Round)
Tanzania (Sub Zonal Round)
Togo (Sub Zonal Round)
Tunisia (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
Uganda (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
Zambia (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
Zimbabwe (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)

CEV

Albania (CEV Championship) (First Round)
Andorra (CEV Championship)
Austria (CEV Championship) (First Round)
Azerbaijan (First Round)
Belarus (CEV Championship) (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
Belgium (CEV Championship) (First Round, Third Round)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (First Round)
Bulgaria (CEV Championship) (Third Round)
Croatia (CEV Championship) (First Round, Third Round)
Cyprus (CEV Championship) (First Round, Third Round)
Czech Republic (CEV Championship) (Third Round)
Denmark (CEV Championship) (First Round)
Estonia (CEV Championship) (First Round, Third Round)
Finland (CEV Championship) (Third Round)
France (CEV Championship) (Third Round)
Germany (CEV Championship) (Third Round)
Great Britain (CEV Championship)
Greece (CEV Championship) (First Round, Third Round)
Hungary (CEV Championship) (First Round)
Iceland (First Round)
Israel (CEV Championship) (First Round, Second Round)
Italy (CEV Championship)

Latvia (CEV Championship) (First Round)
Luxembourg (CEV Championship) (First Round)
North Macedonia (CEV Championship) (First Round, Third Round)
Moldova (First Round)
Montenegro (CEV Championship) (First Round)
Netherlands (CEV Championship) (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
Northern Ireland (First Round)
Norway (First Round)
Portugal (CEV Championship) (Third Round)
Romania (CEV Championship) (First Round, Second Round)
Russia (CEV Championship)
San Marino (First Round)
Scotland (First Round)
Serbia (CEV Championship) (Third Round)
Slovakia (CEV Championship) (Third Round)
Slovenia (CEV Championship) (First Round, Third Round)
Spain (CEV Championship) (Third Round)
Sweden (CEV Championship) (First Round, Second Round)
Switzerland (CEV Championship)
Turkey (CEV Championship) (Third Round)
Ukraine (CEV Championship) (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)

CSV

Argentina (CSV Championship)
Brazil (CSV Championship)
Chile (CSV Championship) (Qualification Tournament)

Colombia (CSV Championship) (Qualification Tournament)
Paraguay (CSV Championship) (Qualification Tournament)
Venezuela (Qualification Tournament)

NORCECA

Anguilla (First Round, Second Round)
Antigua and Barbuda (First Round, Second Round)
Aruba (First Round, Second Round)
Bahamas (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
Barbados (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
Belize (First Round)
Bermuda (First Round)
British Virgin Islands (First Round, Second Round)
Canada (Third Round)
Cayman Islands (First Round)
Costa Rica (First Round, Second Round, Third Round, Final Round)
Cuba (Third Round)
Curaçao (First Round, Second Round)
Dominica (First Round, Second Round)
Dominican Republic (First Round, Second Round, Third Round, Final Round)
El Salvador (First Round, Second Round)
Grenada (First Round, Second Round)
Guadeloupe (First Round, Second Round)
Guatemala (First Round, Second Round, Third Round, Final Round)
Haiti (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)

Honduras (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
Jamaica (First Round)
Martinique (First Round, Second Round)
Mexico (Third Round)
Montserrat (First Round)
Nicaragua (First Round, Second Round)
Panama (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
Puerto Rico (Third Round, Final Round)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (First Round, Second Round)
Saint Lucia (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
Saint Martin (First Round, Second Round)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (First Round, Second Round)
Sint Eustatius (First Round)
Sint Maarten (First Round)
Suriname (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
Trinidad and Tobago (Third Round)
Turks and Caicos Islands (First Round)
U.S. Virgin Islands (First Round)
United States (Third Round)

References

^ ^a ^b "2014 World Championships – 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Playoff Round Tournaments" (PDF). FIVB. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
^ "Record registration for FIVB Volleyball World Championships". FIVB. 1 February 2013.

External links

[FIVB-1] "2014 World Championships – 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Playoff Round Tournaments" (PDF). FIVB. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

[2] "Record registration for FIVB Volleyball World Championships". FIVB. 1 February 2013.

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