The CEV

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for the 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship saw member nations compete for nine places at the finals in

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. The two best-ranked teams from the

2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 28th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted by Germany and Switzerl ...

, plus seven teams from the qualification tournaments qualify for the World Championship.

European Championship

; Eliminated in third qualification round * * * ; Eliminated in second qualification round * * * * * * * * * * * * ; Eliminated in first qualification round *

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

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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. (Russia and Germany later qualified through European Championship) ;First round ;Second round ;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

for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets)

First round

Pool A

*Venue: Sportski Centar Igalo,

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*Dates: May 24–26, 2013 *All times are

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( UTC+02:00)

Pool B

*Venue: SK Olimpiets,

Mogilev Mogilev (; , ), also transliterated as Mahilyow (, ), is a city in eastern Belarus. It is located on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, about from the Belarus–Russia border, border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from Bryansk Oblast. As of 2024, ...

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

*Dates: May 24–26, 2013 *All times are

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( UTC+03:00)

Pool C

*Venue: Sportcampus Lange Munte,

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; or ''Kortrik''; ), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of We ...

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*Dates: May 23–26, 2013 *All times are

( UTC+02:00)

Pool D

*Venue: Sporting Complex of Regional Sports School,

Lutsk Lutsk (, ; see #Names and etymology, below for other names) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of Lutsk Raion within the oblast. Lutsk has a populati ...

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

*Dates: May 24–26, 2013 *All times are

( UTC+03:00)

Pool E

*Venue:

Aréna Poprad Aréna Poprad is an indoor sporting arena located in Poprad, Slovakia. The arena was built in 2006. The capacity of the arena is 1,968 people. The 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women was the 27th edition of the FIBA Europe Under- ...

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*Dates: May 24–26, 2013 *All times are

( UTC+02:00)

Pool F

*Venue: Olympic Sports Centre,

Daugavpils Daugavpils (see also other names) is a state city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city derives its name. The parts of the city to the north of the river belong to the historical Latvian region ...

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*Dates: May 24–26, 2013 *All times are

( UTC+03:00)

Pool G

*Venue:

Cottonera Sports Complex The Three Cities () is a collective description of the three fortified cities of Vittoriosa, Senglea and Cospicua in Malta. The oldest of the Three Cities is Vittoriosa, which has existed since prior to the Middle Ages. The other two cities, Sen ...

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*Dates: June 28–30, 2013 *All times are

( UTC+02:00)

Second round

Pool H

*Venue:

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*Dates: October 2–6, 2013 *All times are

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( UTC+03:00)

Third round

Pool I

*Venue:

Başkent Volleyball Hall Başkent Volleyball Hall, () is an indoor volleyball venue within the TVF Sports Complex located at Beşevler neighborhood of Yenimahalle district in Ankara, Turkey. Opened in 2010, the venue has a seating capacity of 7,600 spectators. Construc ...

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*Dates: January 3–5, 2014 *All times are

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( UTC+02:00)

Pool J

*Venue: A.Y.S. Sport Hall,

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*Dates: January 3–5, 2014 *All times are

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( UTC+04:00)

Pool K

*Venue:

Atlas Arena Atlas Arena
- lodz.gazeta.pl - 25-08-2009 is a multipurpose indoor arena in Łódź ...

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*Dates: January 3–5, 2014 *All times are

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( UTC+01:00)

Pool L

*Venue: Dvorana Gimnasium,

Rovinj Rovinj (; Venetian and ; Istriot: or ; ; ) is a city in west Croatia situated on the north Adriatic Sea with a population of 14,294 (2011). Located on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, it is a popular tourist resort and beach destin ...

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*Dates: January 3–5, 2014 *All times are

( UTC+01:00)

Pool M

*Venue: Arena Samokov,

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*Dates: January 3–5, 2014 *All times are

( UTC+02:00)

Second placed teams

References

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