2014 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification (CAVB)

The CAVB qualification for the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship saw member nations compete for three places at the finals in Poland.^[1]

Draw

44 CAVB national teams entered qualification (11 teams later withdrew). The teams were distributed according to their geographical positions.^[2]^[3]

Sub zonal round

Zone 1 (Pool A)	Zone 2 (Pool B)	Zone 2 (Pool C)	Zone 3 (Pool D)
Algeria Libya Morocco Tunisia	Cape Verde ~~Gambia~~ ~~Guinea~~ Senegal Sierra Leone	Merged with Pool B	Burkina Faso Ghana Ivory Coast ~~Liberia~~
Zone 3 (Pool E)	Zone 4 (Pool F)	Zone 4 (Pool G)	Zone 5 (Pool H)
~~Benin~~ Niger Nigeria Togo	Cameroon ~~Central African Republic~~ Chad Congo ~~DR Congo~~ Gabon	Merged with Pool F	Burundi Kenya Tanzania Uganda
Zone 5 (Pool I)	Zone 6 (Pool J)	Zone 6 (Pool K)	Zone 7 (Pool L)
Egypt ~~Ethiopia~~ Rwanda ~~Sudan~~	Botswana Lesotho Mozambique ~~South Africa~~ Eswatini	Malawi Namibia Zambia Zimbabwe	~~Comoros~~ ~~Madagascar~~ Mauritius Seychelles

Final round

The draw for the final round of competition was held in Cairo on 9 October 2013. The top three FIVB ranked teams Tunisia, Egypt and Cameroon headed the pools.^[4]

Pool T	Pool U	Pool V
Cameroon 1st Zone 1 1st Zone 3 1st Zone 5 2nd Zone 4	Egypt 1st Zone 6 1st Zone 2 2nd Zone 5 2nd Zone 6	Tunisia 1st Zone 7 1st Zone 4 2nd Zone 2 2nd Zone 3

Sub zonal round

Pool A

Venue: Salle Omnisport Mohamed Nasri, Chlef, Algeria
Dates: July 29–31, 2013
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	22:00	Tunisia	3–1	Morocco	25–16	18–25	25–22	33–31		101–94	Report
29 Jul	24:00	Algeria	3–0	Libya	25–20	25–19	25–16			75–55	Report
30 Jul	22:00	Libya	0–3	Tunisia	30–32	18–25	24–26			72–83	Report
30 Jul	24:00	Morocco	2–3	Algeria	20–25	25–20	22–25	25–21	11–15	103–106	Report
31 Jul	22:00	Libya	0–3	Morocco	22–25	22–25	23–25			67–75	Report
31 Jul	24:00	Algeria	2–3	Tunisia	27–29	25–21	25–20	23–25	12–15	112–110	Report

Pool B

Venue: Pavilhão Desportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia, Cape Verde
Dates: July 4–6, 2013
All times are Cape Verde Time (UTC−01:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
04 Jul	19:30	Sierra Leone	0–3	Cape Verde	11–25	12–25	20–25			43–75	Report
05 Jul	19:30	Senegal	3–0	Sierra Leone	25–16	25–14	25–14			75–44	Report
06 Jul	19:30	Cape Verde	3–2	Senegal	25–20	18–25	20–25	25–22	17–15	105–107	Report

Pool D

Venue: Palais des Sports de Ouaga 2000, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Dates: July 24–26, 2013
All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jul	18:30	Ghana	2–3	Burkina Faso	15–25	25–17	20–25	25–19	14–16	99–102	Report
25 Jul	18:30	Ivory Coast	0–3	Ghana	22–25	18–25	21–25			61–75	Report
26 Jul	18:30	Burkina Faso	2–3	Ivory Coast	21–25	25–23	20–25	25–23	11–15	102–111	Report

Pool E

Venue: Indoor Sports Hall, Abuja, Nigeria
Dates: July 23–25, 2013
All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jul	19:00	Niger	3–0	Togo	25–18	25–21	25–20			75–59	Report
24 Jul	19:00	Niger	2–3	Nigeria	20–25	25–21	19–25	25–21	12–15	101–107	Report
25 Jul	19:00	Togo	0–3	Nigeria	18–25	21–25	15–25			54–75	Report

Pool F

Venue: Palais des Sports de Diguel, N'Djamena, Chad
Dates: July 4–6, 2013
All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
04 Jul	14:00	Cameroon	3–0	Gabon	25–12	25–16	25–21			75–49	Report
04 Jul	17:00	Congo	3–1	Chad	26–24	18–25	25–21	25–13		94–83	Report
05 Jul	15:00	Gabon	1–3	Congo	18–25	22–25	25–19	20–25		85–94	Report
05 Jul	17:00	Chad	0–3	Cameroon	23–25	22–25	19–25			64–75	Report
06 Jul	15:00	Cameroon	3–0	Congo	25–20	25–17	25–19			75–56	Report
06 Jul	17:00	Chad	3–2	Gabon	25–19	23–25	25–21	20–25	15–13	108–103	Report

Pool H

Venue: MTN Arena, Kampala, Uganda
Dates: July 25–27, 2013
All times are East Africa Time (UTC+03:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
25 Jul	17:00	Kenya	3–0	Tanzania	25–13	25–21	25–15		75–49	Report
25 Jul	19:30	Burundi	1–3	Uganda	25–23	19–25	11–25	29–31	84–104	Report
26 Jul	17:00	Tanzania	0–3	Burundi	13–25	20–25	17–25		50–75	Report
26 Jul	19:30	Uganda	0–3	Kenya	16–25	22–25	16–25		54–75	Report
27 Jul	17:00	Kenya	3–0	Burundi	25–14	25–15	25–17		75–46	Report
27 Jul	19:30	Uganda	3–1	Tanzania	25–20	25–16	21–25	25–15	96–76	Report

Pool I

Venue: Amahoro Indoor Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda
Dates: July 25–26, 2013
All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jul	19:00	Egypt	3–0	Rwanda	25–23	28–26	31–29			84–78	Report
26 Jul	19:00	Rwanda	1–3	Egypt	25–21	21–25	23–25	18–25		87–96	Report

Pool J

Venue: Pavilhão da Munhuana, Maputo, Mozambique
Dates: July 3–6, 2013
All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
03 Jul	14:00	Botswana	3–0	Eswatini	25–16	25–18	25–14		75–48	Report
03 Jul	20:00	Lesotho	1–3	Mozambique	14–25	17–25	25–19	16–25	72–94	Report
04 Jul	14:00	Botswana	3–0	Lesotho	25–21	25–16	25–16		75–53	Report
04 Jul	20:00	Eswatini	0–3	Mozambique	17–25	18–25	17–25		52–75	Report
06 Jul	14:00	Lesotho	3–1	Eswatini	18–25	25–18	25–20	25–18	93–81	Report
06 Jul	20:00	Mozambique	1–3	Botswana	19–25	15–25	31–29	14–25	79–104	Report

Pool K

Venue: African Bible College, Lilongwe, Malawi
Dates: July 23–25, 2013
All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jul	18:00	Malawi	1–3	Zimbabwe	11–25	13–25	25–23	25–27		74–100	Report
23 Jul	20:00	Namibia	0–3	Zambia	16–25	21–25	19–25			56–75	Report
24 Jul	14:00	Zimbabwe	2–3	Zambia	25–18	19–25	20–25	25–23	13–15	102–106	Report
24 Jul	16:00	Malawi	0–3	Namibia	15–25	13–25	21–25			49–75	Report
25 Jul	16:00	Namibia	1–3	Zimbabwe	25–14	14–25	11–25	26–28		76–92	Report
25 Jul	18:00	Zambia	3–0	Malawi	25–12	25–19	25–20			75–51	Report

Pool L

Venue: Palais des Sports, Victoria, Seychelles
Dates: July 26–27, 2013
All times are Seychelles Time (UTC+04:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	19:00	Seychelles	3–0	Mauritius	25–22	25–13	25–19			75–54	Report
27 Jul	18:00	Mauritius	0–3	Seychelles	20–25	18–25	19–25			57–75	Report

Zonal round

Pool M

Venue: Salle Taoufik Bouhima, Radès, Tunisia
Dates: November 20–22, 2013
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Nov	18:00	Morocco	2–3	Tunisia	25–21	14–25	16–25	25–20	8–15	88–106	Report
21 Nov	18:00	Algeria	3–0	Morocco	25–20	25–23	25–16			75–59	Report
22 Nov	18:00	Tunisia	3–1	Algeria	25–15	25–22	21–25	27–25		98–87	Report

Pool O

Venue: Académie des Arts Martiaux, Niamey, Niger
Dates: October 24–26, 2013
All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Oct	15:30	Burkina Faso	0–3	Ghana	15–25	21–25	10–25			46–75	Report
24 Oct	17:00	Nigeria	3–0	Niger	25–22	25–21	25–22			75–65	Report
25 Oct	15:30	Ghana	1–3	Nigeria	19–25	25–21	27–29	17–25		88–100	Report
25 Oct	17:00	Niger	3–1	Burkina Faso	27–25	16–25	25–11	25–11		93–72	Report
26 Oct	15:30	Burkina Faso	0–3	Nigeria	26–28	20–25	11–25			57–78	Report
26 Oct	17:00	Ghana	2–3	Niger	22–25	25–17	14–25	25–14	9–15	95–96	Report

Pool P

Venue: Centre sportif de Makélékélé, Brazzaville, Congo
Dates: November 7–9, 2013
All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Nov	16:00	Cameroon	3–1	Gabon	25–13	25–23	23–25	25–15		98–76	Report
07 Nov	18:00	Chad	0–3	Congo	18–25	12–25	21–25			51–75	Report
08 Nov	16:00	Cameroon	3–0	Chad	25–19	25–10	25–17			75–46	Report
08 Nov	18:00	Gabon	0–3	Congo	23–25	14–25	11–25			48–75	Report
09 Nov	16:00	Chad	2–3	Gabon	25–21	25–22	26–28	22–25	12–15	110–111	Report
09 Nov	18:00	Congo	2–3	Cameroon	26–24	11–25	20–25	25–18	8–15	90–107	Report

Pool Q

Venue: Amahoro Indoor Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda
Dates: November 26–30, 2013
All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Nov	16:00	Egypt	3–2	Kenya	23–25	25–20	25–17	19–25	15–13	107–100	Report
26 Nov	18:00	Burundi	0–3	Rwanda	23–25	17–25	13–25			53–75	Report
27 Nov	16:00	Uganda	3–0	Burundi	25–21	25–19	25–17			75–57	Report
27 Nov	18:00	Rwanda	1–3	Egypt	33–31	23–25	14–25	16–25		86–106	Report
28 Nov	16:00	Egypt	3–0	Uganda	25–15	25–22	25–16			75–53	Report
28 Nov	18:00	Kenya	2–3	Rwanda	18–25	20–25	25–21	25–22	13–15	101–108	Report
29 Nov	16:00	Uganda	0–3	Kenya	23–25	23–25	18–25			64–75	Report
29 Nov	18:00	Burundi	0–3	Egypt	16–25	14–25	17–25			47–75	Report
30 Nov	16:00	Kenya	3–0	Burundi	25–23	31–29	25–20			81–72	Report
30 Nov	18:00	Rwanda	3–0	Uganda	25–18	25–23	25–19			75–60	Report

Pool R

Venue: Institute of Health Sciences, Molepolole, Botswana
Dates: October 8–12, 2013
All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Oct	12:00	Lesotho	2–3	Zimbabwe	25–10	13–25	25–18	23–25	10–15	96–93	Report
08 Oct	16:00	Mozambique	0–3	Botswana	17–25	16–25	18–25			51–75	Report
08 Oct	18:00	Namibia	0–3	Zambia	21–25	18–25	16–25			55–75	Report
09 Oct	13:00	Zimbabwe	3–0	Namibia	25–19	25–18	25–15			75–52	Report
09 Oct	15:30	Botswana	3–0	Lesotho	25–18	25–17	25–19			75–54	Report
09 Oct	18:00	Zambia	3–2	Mozambique	27–25	17–25	19–25	25–18	15–11	103–104	Report
10 Oct	13:00	Zimbabwe	0–3	Zambia	18–25	21–25	23–25			62–75	Report
10 Oct	15:30	Botswana	3–0	Namibia	25–18	25–19	25–18			75–55	Report
10 Oct	18:00	Lesotho	2–3	Mozambique	20–25	25–20	25–22	20–25	13–15	103–107	Report
11 Oct	13:00	Mozambique	1–3	Zimbabwe	18–25	24–26	27–25	20–25		89–101	Report
11 Oct	15:30	Namibia	0–3	Lesotho	10–25	22–25	18–25			50–75	Report
11 Oct	18:00	Zambia	0–3	Botswana	12–25	10–25	23–25			45–75	Report
12 Oct	11:00	Lesotho	3–0	Zambia	25–20	25–19	25–19			75–58	Report
12 Oct	13:30	Mozambique	1–3	Namibia	22–25	18–25	25–21	21–25		86–96	Report
12 Oct	16:00	Botswana	3–1	Zimbabwe	21–25	25–14	25–16	25–19		96–74	Report

Pool S

Venue: Gymnase Pandit-Sahadeo, Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius
Dates: October 6, 2013
All times are Mauritius Time (UTC+04:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Oct	18:00	Mauritius	2–3	Seychelles	25–23	25–23	15–25	16–25	9–15	90–111	Report

Final round

Pool T

Venue: Palais des Sports de Warda, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Dates: February 13–17, 2014
All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
13 Feb	15:00	Rwanda	0–3	Algeria	23–25	12–25	19–25		54–75	Report
13 Feb	18:00	Nigeria	1–3	Cameroon	11–25	25–22	18–25	19–25	73–97	Report
14 Feb	15:00	Gabon	1–3	Nigeria	25–22	20–25	11–25	16–25	72–97	Report
14 Feb	18:00	Cameroon	1–3	Rwanda	20–25	20–25	25–22	17–25	82–97	Report
15 Feb	15:00	Rwanda	3–1	Gabon	25–15	25–19	24–26	25–17	99–77	Report
15 Feb	18:00	Algeria	0–3	Cameroon	26–28	21–25	15–25		62–78	Report
16 Feb	15:00	Gabon	0–3	Algeria	21–25	21–25	10–25		52–75	Report
16 Feb	18:00	Nigeria	1–3	Rwanda	23–25	16–25	25–21	17–25	81–96	Report
17 Feb	15:00	Algeria	3–1	Nigeria	25–17	25–14	21–25	25–15	96–71	Report
17 Feb	18:00	Cameroon	3–0	Gabon	25–11	25–14	25–17		75–42	Report

Pool U

Venue: Safaricom Indoor Arena, Nairobi, Kenya
Dates: February 6–10, 2014
All times are East Africa Time (UTC+03:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Feb	14:00	Zambia	0–3	Botswana	19–25	12–25	11–25			42–75	Report
06 Feb	16:00	Kenya	3–0	Cape Verde	25–14	25–17	25–15			75–46	Report
07 Feb	14:00	Cape Verde	3–1	Zambia	25–21	31–29	27–29	25–21		108–100	Report
07 Feb	16:00	Egypt	3–1	Kenya	25–21	25–22	20–25	25–20		95–88	Report
08 Feb	14:00	Zambia	0–3	Egypt	13–25	15–25	15–25			43–75	Report
08 Feb	16:00	Botswana	3–1	Cape Verde	25–22	23–25	25–17	25–21		98–85	Report
09 Feb	14:00	Egypt	3–0	Botswana	25–16	25–19	25–9			75–44	Report
09 Feb	16:00	Kenya	3–0	Zambia	25–15	25–15	25–17			75–47	Report
10 Feb	14:00	Cape Verde	0–3	Egypt	14–25	14–25	16–25			44–75	Report
10 Feb	16:00	Botswana	2–3	Kenya	28–26	15–25	26–24	25–27	17–19	111–121	Report

Pool V

Venue: El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis, Tunisia
Dates: March 3–7, 2014
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)

Template:Vb cl header Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team Template:Vb cl4 team |}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Mar	16:00	Senegal	1–3	Seychelles	16–25	25–18	22–25	19–25		82–93	Report
03 Mar	18:00	Niger	0–3	Tunisia	16–25	13–25	12–25			41–75	Report
04 Mar	16:00	Congo	3–2	Niger	25–17	35–37	14–25	25–17	15–12	114–108	Report
04 Mar	18:00	Tunisia	3–0	Senegal	25–16	25–7	25–17			75–40	Report
05 Mar	16:00	Senegal	0–3	Congo	16–25	16–25	16–25			48–75	Report
05 Mar	18:00	Seychelles	0–3	Tunisia	19–25	10–25	16–25			45–75	Report
06 Mar	16:00	Congo	3–0	Seychelles	25–21	25–23	25–16			75–60	Report
06 Mar	18:00	Niger	3–1	Senegal	25–19	25–12	21–25	25–14		96–70	Report
07 Mar	14:30	Seychelles	3–0	Niger	28–26	25–19	26–24			79–69	Report
07 Mar	17:00	Tunisia	3–0	Congo	25–11	25–17	25–17			75–45	Report

References

^ "2014 World Championships – 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Playoff Round Tournaments" (PDF). FIVB. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
^ "African qualifications format for FIVB World Championships confirmed". CAVB. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
^ "Sub zonal phase organizers and dates confirmed". CAVB. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
^ "CAVB Sports Organizing Commission confirms 2014 World Championship qualifier final pools". CAVB. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.

External links

Official website

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

[2] "African qualifications format for FIVB World Championships confirmed". CAVB. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.

[3] "Sub zonal phase organizers and dates confirmed". CAVB. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.

[4] "CAVB Sports Organizing Commission confirms 2014 World Championship qualifier final pools". CAVB. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]