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]

Subzonal 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

Subzonal round

Pool A

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

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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	Result
29 Jul	24:00	Algeria	3–0	Libya	25–20	25–19	25–16			75–55	Result
30 Jul	22:00	Libya	0–3	Tunisia	30–32	18–25	24–26			72–83	Result
30 Jul	24:00	Morocco	2–3	Algeria	20–25	25–20	22–25	25–21	11–15	103–106	Result
31 Jul	22:00	Libya	0–3	Morocco	22–25	22–25	23–25			67–75	Result
31 Jul	24:00	Algeria	2–3	Tunisia	27–29	25–21	25–20	23–25	12–15	112–110	Result

Pool B

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

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

Pool D

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

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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	Result
25 Jul	18:30	Ivory Coast	0–3	Ghana	22–25	18–25	21–25			61–75	Result
26 Jul	18:30	Burkina Faso	2–3	Ivory Coast	21–25	25–23	20–25	25–23	11–15	102–111	Result

Pool E

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

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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	Result
24 Jul	19:00	Niger	2–3	Nigeria	20–25	25–21	19–25	25–21	12–15	101–107	Result
25 Jul	19:00	Togo	0–3	Nigeria	18–25	21–25	15–25			54–75	Result

Pool F

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

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

Pool H

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

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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	Result
25 Jul	19:30	Burundi	1–3	Uganda	25–23	19–25	11–25	29–31	84–104	Result
26 Jul	17:00	Tanzania	0–3	Burundi	13–25	20–25	17–25		50–75	Result
26 Jul	19:30	Uganda	0–3	Kenya	16–25	22–25	16–25		54–75	Result
27 Jul	17:00	Kenya	3–0	Burundi	25–14	25–15	25–17		75–46	Result
27 Jul	19:30	Uganda	3–1	Tanzania	25–20	25–16	21–25	25–15	96–76	Result

Pool I

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

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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	Result
26 Jul	19:00	Rwanda	1–3	Egypt	25–21	21–25	23–25	18–25		87–96	Result

Pool J

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

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

Pool K

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

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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	Result
23 Jul	20:00	Namibia	0–3	Zambia	16–25	21–25	19–25			56–75	Result
24 Jul	14:00	Zimbabwe	2–3	Zambia	25–18	19–25	20–25	25–23	13–15	102–106	Result
24 Jul	16:00	Malawi	0–3	Namibia	15–25	13–25	21–25			49–75	Result
25 Jul	16:00	Namibia	1–3	Zimbabwe	25–14	14–25	11–25	26–28		76–92	Result
25 Jul	18:00	Zambia	3–0	Malawi	25–12	25–19	25–20			75–51	Result

Pool L

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

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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	Result
27 Jul	18:00	Mauritius	0–3	Seychelles	20–25	18–25	19–25			57–75	Result

Zonal round

Pool M

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

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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	Result
21 Nov	18:00	Algeria	3–0	Morocco	25–20	25–23	25–16			75–59	Result
22 Nov	18:00	Tunisia	3–1	Algeria	25–15	25–22	21–25	27–25		98–87	Result

Pool O

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

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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	Result
24 Oct	17:00	Nigeria	3–0	Niger	25–22	25–21	25–22			75–65	Result
25 Oct	15:30	Ghana	1–3	Nigeria	19–25	25–21	27–29	17–25		88–100	Result
25 Oct	17:00	Niger	3–1	Burkina Faso	27–25	16–25	25–11	25–11		93–72	Result
26 Oct	15:30	Burkina Faso	0–3	Nigeria	26–28	20–25	11–25			57–78	Result
26 Oct	17:00	Ghana	2–3	Niger	22–25	25–17	14–25	25–14	9–15	95–96	Result

Pool P

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

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

Pool Q

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

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

Pool R

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

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

Pool S

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

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

Final round

Pool T

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

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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	Result
13 Feb	18:00	Nigeria	1–3	Cameroon	11–25	25–22	18–25	19–25	73–97	Result
14 Feb	15:00	Gabon	1–3	Nigeria	25–22	20–25	11–25	16–25	72–97	Result
14 Feb	18:00	Cameroon	1–3	Rwanda	20–25	20–25	25–22	17–25	82–97	Result
15 Feb	15:00	Rwanda	3–1	Gabon	25–15	25–19	24–26	25–17	99–77	Result
15 Feb	18:00	Algeria	0–3	Cameroon	26–28	21–25	15–25		62–78	Result
16 Feb	15:00	Gabon	0–3	Algeria	21–25	21–25	10–25		52–75	Result
16 Feb	18:00	Nigeria	1–3	Rwanda	23–25	16–25	25–21	17–25	81–96	Result
17 Feb	15:00	Algeria	3–1	Nigeria	25–17	25–14	21–25	25–15	96–71	Result
17 Feb	18:00	Cameroon	3–0	Gabon	25–11	25–14	25–17		75–42	Result

Pool U

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

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

Pool V

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

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

References

^ "2014 World Championships – 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Playoff Round Tournaments" (PDF). FIVB. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
^ "African qualifications format for FIVB World Championships confirmed". CAVB. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-01-11. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
^ "Subzonal phase organizers and dates confirmed". CAVB. 12 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
^ "CAVB Sports Organizing Commission confirms 2014 World Championship qualifier final pools". CAVB. 9 October 2013. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2013.

External links

Official website

[1] "2014 World Championships – 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Playoff Round Tournaments" (PDF). FIVB. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

[2] "African qualifications format for FIVB World Championships confirmed". CAVB. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-01-11. Retrieved 12 June 2013.

[3] "Subzonal phase organizers and dates confirmed". CAVB. 12 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2013-06-12.

[4] "CAVB Sports Organizing Commission confirms 2014 World Championship qualifier final pools". CAVB. 9 October 2013. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2013.

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