2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship qualification (CEV)

The CEV qualification for the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship saw member nations compete for nine places at the finals in Italy.^[1] The two best-ranked teams from the 2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship, plus seven teams from the qualification tournaments qualify for the World Championship.

European Championship

	Qualified for the 2014 World Championship
	Host of the 2014 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Germany
	Belgium
4	Serbia
5	Croatia
6	Italy
7	Turkey
8	France
9	Netherlands
10	Czech Republic
11	Poland
12	Belarus
13	Bulgaria
14	Switzerland
15	Azerbaijan
16	Spain

Eliminated in third qualification round

Romania

Slovakia

Ukraine

Eliminated in second qualification round

Eliminated in first qualification round

Cyprus

Draw

41 CEV national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the CEV Senior Women's Confederation Rankings as of 1 January 2013 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets) Pools composition was determined by taking into consideration – as far as possible – the geographical location of the various countries. Teams ranked 1–12 do not compete in the first and second rounds, and automatically qualify for the third round.^[2] (Russia and Germany later qualified through European Championship)

First round

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Croatia (14) Bosnia and Herzegovina (25) Montenegro (28) North Macedonia (40)	Israel (15) Belarus (20) Finland (24) Denmark (32)	Belgium (16) Portugal (27) Switzerland (30) Northern Ireland (—)	Ukraine (17) Hungary (22) Albania (34) Moldova (35)
Pool E	Pool F	Pool G
Slovakia (18) Greece (19) Austria (26) Liechtenstein (41)	Estonia (36) Iceland (37) Latvia (—) Lithuania (—)	Luxembourg (33) Cyprus (38) San Marino (39) Malta (43) Scotland (45)

Second round

	Pool H
First round Pool A runner-up	Montenegro
First round Pool B runner-up	Israel
First round Pool C runner-up	Switzerland
First round Pool D runner-up	Hungary
First round Pool E runner-up	Greece
First round Pool F runner-up	Latvia

Third round

The twenty remaining teams were distributed according to their position in the CEV Senior Women's Confederation Rankings as of 1 January 2013 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets)

Pool I	Pool J	Pool K
Turkey (2) Romania (12) Ukraine (17) Cyprus (38)	Serbia (4) Azerbaijan (13) Israel (15) Estonia (36)	Poland (5) Spain (11) Belgium (16) Switzerland (30)
Pool L	Pool M
Netherlands (7) France (10) Croatia (14) Hungary (22)	Czech Republic (8) Bulgaria (9) Slovakia (18) Belarus (20)

First round

Pool A

Venue: Sportski Centar Igalo, Herceg Novi, Montenegro
Dates: May 24–26, 2013
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

	Qualified for the Third round
	Qualified for the Second round

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 May	17:30	Croatia	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–15	25–18	25–10			75–43	Report
24 May	20:00	Montenegro	3–0	North Macedonia	25–10	25–20	25–20			75–50	Report
25 May	17:30	Croatia	3–0	North Macedonia	25–15	25–13	25–10			75–38	Report
25 May	20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Montenegro	25–23	17–25	18–25	23–25		83–98	Report
26 May	17:30	North Macedonia	2–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18–25	25–23	7–25	25–20	8–15	83–108	Report
26 May	20:00	Montenegro	1–3	Croatia	17–25	7–25	25–23	14–25		63–98	Report

Pool B

Venue: SK Olimpiets, Mogilev, Belarus
Dates: May 24–26, 2013
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

	Qualified for the Third round
	Qualified for the Second round

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
24 May	15:30	Israel	3–0	Denmark	25–12	25–13	25–15		75–40	Report
24 May	18:00	Belarus	3–0	Finland	25–23	28–26	25–10		78–59	Report
25 May	15:30	Denmark	0–3	Belarus	12–25	9–25	11–25		32–75	Report
25 May	18:00	Finland	0–3	Israel	13–25	12–25	22–25		47–75	Report
26 May	15:30	Denmark	1–3	Finland	13–25	15–25	25–23	20–25	73–98	Report
26 May	18:00	Belarus	3–0	Israel	25–15	25–12	25–18		75–45	Report

Pool C

Venue: Sportcampus Lange Munte, Kortrijk, Belgium
Dates: May 23–26, 2013
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

	Qualified for the Third round
	Qualified for the Second round

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
23 May	15:00	Portugal	1–3	Switzerland	29–27	19–25	23–25	22–25	93–102	Report
24 May	15:00	Switzerland	3–0	Northern Ireland	25–6	25–2	25–10		75–18	Report
24 May	17:30	Belgium	3–0	Portugal	25–11	25–9	25–16		75–36	Report
25 May	15:00	Northern Ireland	0–3	Belgium	7–25	4–25	8–25		19–75	Report
26 May	15:00	Northern Ireland	0–3	Portugal	13–25	12–25	9–25		34–75	Report
26 May	17:30	Switzerland	0–3	Belgium	13–25	10–25	22–25		45–75	Report

Pool D

Venue: Sporting Complex of Regional Sports School, Lutsk, Ukraine
Dates: May 24–26, 2013
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

	Qualified for the Third round
	Qualified for the Second round

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
24 May	17:00	Albania	0–3	Ukraine	9–25	14–25	17–25		40–75	Report
24 May	19:30	Hungary	3–0	Moldova	25–16	25–17	25–13		75–46	Report
25 May	17:00	Ukraine	3–0	Moldova	25–6	25–16	25–19		75–41	Report
25 May	19:30	Albania	0–3	Hungary	13–25	14–25	18–25		45–75	Report
26 May	17:00	Ukraine	3–1	Hungary	25–17	22–25	25–21	25–16	97–79	Report
26 May	19:30	Moldova	0–3	Albania	22–25	24–26	20–25		66–76	Report

Pool E

Venue: Aréna Poprad, Poprad, Slovakia
Dates: May 24–26, 2013
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

	Qualified for the Third round
	Qualified for the Second round

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 May	15:30	Austria	0–3	Greece	23–25	20–25	22–25			65–75	Report
24 May	18:00	Slovakia	3–0	Liechtenstein	25–9	25–10	25–10			75–29	Report
25 May	15:30	Greece	3–0	Liechtenstein	25–9	25–12	25–11			75–32	Report
25 May	18:00	Slovakia	3–2	Austria	22–25	23–25	25–23	25–17	15–12	110–102	Report
26 May	15:30	Liechtenstein	0–3	Austria	14–25	8–25	14–25			36–75	Report
26 May	18:00	Greece	1–3	Slovakia	27–25	21–25	21–25	11–25		80–100	Report

Pool F

Venue: Olympic Sports Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
Dates: May 24–26, 2013
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

	Qualified for the Third round
	Qualified for the Second round

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
24 May	16:30	Lithuania	3–0	Iceland	25–15	25–12	25–18	75–45	Report
24 May	19:00	Latvia	0–3	Estonia	13–25	16–25	9–25	38–75	Report
25 May	16:00	Iceland	0–3	Estonia	16–25	15–25	10–25	41–75	Report
25 May	18:30	Lithuania	0–3	Latvia	26–28	14–25	21–25	61–78	Report
26 May	16:00	Iceland	0–3	Latvia	16–25	21–25	19–25	56–75	Report
26 May	18:30	Estonia	3–0	Lithuania	25–12	25–19	25–21	75–52	Report

Pool G

Venue: Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua, Malta
Dates: June 28–30, 2013
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

	Qualified for the Third round

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jun	14:00	Luxembourg	2–3	Scotland	11–25	25–22	22–25	25–22	12–15	95–109	Report
28 Jun	17:30	Cyprus	3–0	San Marino	25–14	26–24	25–20			76–58	Report
28 Jun	20:00	Malta	2–3	Luxembourg	25–20	9–25	17–25	25–17	9–15	85–102	Report
29 Jun	10:00	Cyprus	3–0	Malta	25–21	25–16	25–22			75–59	Report
29 Jun	13:00	San Marino	3–0	Scotland	25–20	25–17	25–19			75–56	Report
29 Jun	17:30	Luxembourg	0–3	Cyprus	10–25	13–25	20–25			43–75	Report
29 Jun	20:00	Malta	1–3	San Marino	20–25	10–25	25–14	23–25		78–89	Report
30 Jun	10:00	Scotland	1–3	Cyprus	22–25	25–16	22–25	21–25		90–91	Report
30 Jun	12:30	San Marino	3–2	Luxembourg	25–20	26–28	25–14	18–25	15–11	109–98	Report
30 Jun	16:00	Scotland	3–0	Malta	25–22	25–19	26–24			76–65	Report

Second round

Pool H

Venue: Metrowest Sport Palace, Ra'anana, Israel
Dates: October 2–6, 2013
All times are Israel Daylight Time (UTC+03:00)

	Qualified for the Third round

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
02 Oct	15:00	Greece	1–3	Hungary	22–25	25–16	26–28	17–25		90–94	Report
02 Oct	17:30	Montenegro	0–3	Switzerland	22–25	20–25	15–25			57–75	Report
02 Oct	20:00	Israel	3–1	Latvia	25–21	25–15	8–25	25–20		83–81	Report
03 Oct	15:00	Switzerland	3–2	Hungary	23–25	25–19	19–25	25–19	15–9	107–97	Report
03 Oct	17:30	Latvia	0–3	Greece	23–25	20–25	21–25			64–75	Report
03 Oct	20:00	Montenegro	0–3	Israel	15–25	19–25	20–25			54–75	Report
04 Oct	15:00	Hungary	3–1	Latvia	21–25	25–21	25–17	25–10		96–73	Report
04 Oct	17:30	Israel	3–2	Switzerland	25–22	25–21	14–25	11–25	17–15	92–108	Report
04 Oct	20:00	Greece	3–2	Montenegro	23–25	25–17	20–25	25–19	15–8	108–94	Report
05 Oct	15:00	Switzerland	3–0	Latvia	25–15	25–14	25–23			75–52	Report
05 Oct	17:30	Montenegro	0–3	Hungary	22–25	17–25	15–25			54–75	Report
05 Oct	20:00	Israel	3–1	Greece	20–25	25–21	30–28	25–23		100–97	Report
06 Oct	15:00	Latvia	3–2	Montenegro	27–25	23–25	22–25	25–20	18–16	115–111	Report
06 Oct	17:30	Greece	3–1	Switzerland	25–16	25–21	20–25	25–19		95–81	Report
06 Oct	20:00	Hungary	3–2	Israel	23–25	24–26	25–18	25–20	15–12	112–101	Report

Third round

Pool I

Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey
Dates: January 3–5, 2014
All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)

	Qualified for the 2014 World Championship

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Jan	17:30	Cyprus	0–3	Turkey	9–25	9–25	12–25			30–75	Report
03 Jan	20:30	Romania	3–2	Ukraine	23–25	26–24	19–25	25–21	15–12	108–107	Report
04 Jan	15:00	Turkey	3–0	Ukraine	25–7	25–12	25–21			75–40	Report
04 Jan	18:00	Cyprus	0–3	Romania	15–25	17–25	9–25			41–75	Report
05 Jan	15:00	Turkey	3–0	Romania	25–15	25–23	25–18			75–56	Report
05 Jan	18:00	Ukraine	3–0	Cyprus	25–16	25–12	25–13			75–41	Report

Pool J

Venue: A.Y.S. Sport Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan
Dates: January 3–5, 2014
All times are Azerbaijan Time (UTC+04:00)

	Qualified for the 2014 World Championship

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Jan	16:00	Serbia	3–0	Estonia	25–21	25–18	25–15			75–54	Report
03 Jan	19:00	Azerbaijan	3–1	Israel	25–15	25–21	19–25	25–15		94–76	Report
04 Jan	16:00	Serbia	3–0	Israel	25–9	25–12	25–20			75–41	Report
04 Jan	19:00	Estonia	0–3	Azerbaijan	17–25	19–25	13–25			49–75	Report
05 Jan	16:00	Israel	3–0	Estonia	25–21	25–20	25–18			75–59	Report
05 Jan	19:00	Azerbaijan	3–2	Serbia	19–25	25–18	18–25	25–16	18–16	105–100	Report

Pool K

Venue: Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland
Dates: January 3–5, 2014
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)

	Qualified for the 2014 World Championship

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
03 Jan	17:30	Spain	0–3	Belgium	20–25	18–25	12–25		50–75	Report
03 Jan	20:30	Switzerland	0–3	Poland	14–25	15–25	9–25		38–75	Report
04 Jan	17:30	Belgium	3–0	Switzerland	25–11	25–16	25–12		75–39	Report
04 Jan	20:30	Poland	3–0	Spain	25–13	25–12	25–18		75–43	Report
05 Jan	17:30	Switzerland	1–3	Spain	19–25	22–25	25–15	14–25	80–90	Report
05 Jan	20:30	Poland	0–3	Belgium	20–25	20–25	25–27		65–77	Report

Pool L

Venue: Dvorana Gimnasium, Rovinj, Croatia
Dates: January 3–5, 2014
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)

	Qualified for the 2014 World Championship

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Jan	17:15	France	0–3	Netherlands	18–25	18–25	28–30			64–80	Report
03 Jan	20:15	Croatia	3–0	Hungary	25–20	25–10	25–16			75–46	Report
04 Jan	17:15	Netherlands	3–0	Hungary	25–15	25–19	25–11			75–45	Report
04 Jan	20:15	France	1–3	Croatia	19–25	25–18	15–25	10–25		69–93	Report
05 Jan	17:15	Hungary	3–2	France	12–25	17–25	25–22	25–23	15–4	94–99	Report
05 Jan	20:15	Croatia	3–2	Netherlands	25–18	25–23	22–25	22–25	16–14	110–105	Report

Pool M

Venue: Arena Samokov, Samokov, Bulgaria
Dates: January 3–5, 2014
All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)

	Qualified for the 2014 World Championship

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
03 Jan	17:30	Slovakia	1–3	Bulgaria	13–25	19–25	26–24	24–26	82–100	Report
03 Jan	20:30	Belarus	0–3	Czech Republic	20–25	15–25	18–25		53–75	Report
04 Jan	17:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Czech Republic	25–14	25–19	25–22		75–55	Report
04 Jan	20:30	Slovakia	3–1	Belarus	18–25	25–18	25–20	25–16	93–79	Report
05 Jan	17:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Belarus	25–11	32–34	25–9	25–23	107–77	Report
05 Jan	20:30	Czech Republic	3–0	Slovakia	29–27	25–12	25–21		79–60	Report

Second placed teams

	Qualified for the 2014 World Championship

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References

^ "2014 World Championships – 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Playoff Round Tournaments" (PDF). FIVB. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
^ "Qualification process for 2014 World Champs split into three rounds". CEV. 8 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

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

[2] "Qualification process for 2014 World Champs split into three rounds". CEV. 8 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

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