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

Last updated October 03, 2025

The CEV qualification for the 2014 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship saw member nations compete for eight places at the finals in Poland.^[1] The two best-ranked teams from the 2013 Men's European Volleyball Championship, plus six teams from the qualification tournaments qualified for the World Championship.

Contents

2013 European Championship

Venues: Denmark and Poland
Dates: 20–29 September 2013

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Italy
	Serbia
4	Bulgaria
5	France
6	Germany
7	Belgium
8	Finland
9	Poland
10	Netherlands
11	Slovakia
12	Denmark
13	Slovenia
14	Turkey
15	Belarus
16	Czech Republic

Eliminated in third qualification round

Eliminated in second qualification round

Eliminated in first qualification round

Draw

40 CEV national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the CEV Senior Men'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 seed 2 and Italy seed 5, later qualified through European Championship)

First round

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Netherlands (14) Croatia (26) Bosnia and Herzegovina (30) Azerbaijan (32)	Slovenia (15) Israel (23) Hungary (28) Moldova (34)	Estonia (16) Latvia (21) Belarus (25) Denmark (29)	Belgium (17) Austria (21) Romania (27) Northern Ireland (46)
Pool E	Pool F	Pool G
Greece (18) Sweden (31) Norway (39) Iceland (40)	Ukraine (19) Montenegro (23) Macedonia (32) Albania (38)	Luxembourg (35) Cyprus (37) Scotland (41) San Marino (43)

Second round

Pool H
2nd Pool A 2nd Pool B 2nd Pool C 2nd Pool D 2nd Pool E 2nd Pool F

Third round

The twenty remaining teams were distributed according to their position in the CEV Senior Men'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
Bulgaria (3) Czech Republic (13) Netherlands (14) Cyprus (37)	Serbia (4) Portugal (12) Slovenia (15) Macedonia (32)	Germany (6) Turkey (11) Estonia (16) Croatia (26)
Pool L	Pool M
France (7) Spain (10) Belgium (17) Belarus (25)	Finland (8) Slovakia (9) Greece (18) Ukraine (19)

First round

Pool A

Venue: Dom odbojke Bojan Stranić, Zagreb, Croatia
Dates: 24–26 May 2013
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	251	193	1.301	Pool K
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	219	178	1.230	Pool H
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	218	264	0.826
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	189	242	0.781

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 May	17:00	Azerbaijan	1–3	Croatia	16–25	25–23	19–25	17–25		77–98	Report
24 May	19:30	Netherlands	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–14	25–23	25–14			75–51	Report
25 May	17:00	Croatia	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–12	25–19	25–16			75–47	Report
25 May	19:30	Netherlands	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–18	25–17	25–14			75–49	Report
26 May	17:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Azerbaijan	25–27	25–15	18–25	23–25		91–92	Report
26 May	19:30	Croatia	3–0	Netherlands	25–23	28–26	25–20			78–69	Report

Pool B

Venue: Arena Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dates: 24–26 May 2013
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	245	196	1.250	Pool J
2	Israel	3	1	2	4	6	7	0.857	282	292	0.966	Pool H
3	Moldova	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	241	260	0.927
4	Hungary	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	259	279	0.928

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 May	17:00	Israel	1–3	Slovenia	21–25	16–25	25–20	22–25		84–95	Report
24 May	19:30	Moldova	3–1	Hungary	25–18	25–22	28–30	25–18		103–88	Report
25 May	17:00	Slovenia	3–0	Hungary	25–20	25–20	25–17			75–57	Report
25 May	19:30	Israel	3–1	Moldova	22–25	25–21	25–19	25–18		97–83	Report
26 May	17:00	Slovenia	3–0	Moldova	25–18	25–22	25–15			75–55	Report
26 May	19:30	Hungary	3–2	Israel	25–17	26–28	23–25	25–19	15–12	114–101	Report

Pool C

Venue: Rakvere Spordihall, Rakvere, Estonia
Dates: 24–26 May 2013
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Estonia	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	267	246	1.085	Pool K
2	Belarus	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	238	218	1.092	Pool H
3	Latvia	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	241	241	1.000
4	Denmark	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	185	226	0.819

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 May	17:00	Denmark	0–3	Latvia	20–25	24–26	23–25			67–76	Report
24 May	20:00	Belarus	1–3	Estonia	23–25	25–20	17–25	21–25		86–95	Report
25 May	17:00	Latvia	0–3	Belarus	24–26	24–26	16–25			64–77	Report
25 May	20:00	Estonia	3–0	Denmark	25–15	25–21	25–23			75–59	Report
26 May	17:00	Belarus	3–0	Denmark	25–19	25–18	25–22			75–59	Report
26 May	20:00	Latvia	3–2	Estonia	25–18	16–25	25–19	20–25	15–10	101–97	Report

Pool D

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	266	190	1.400	Pool L
2	Romania	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	233	205	1.137	Pool H
3	Austria	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	215	213	1.009
4	Northern Ireland	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	119	225	0.529

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 May	17:30	Romania	3–0	Northern Ireland	25–12	25–15	25–12			75–39	Report
23 May	20:00	Austria	1–3	Belgium	13–25	25–19	14–25	19–25		71–94	Report
24 May	20:00	Austria	0–3	Romania	23–25	19–25	27–29			69–79	Report
25 May	17:30	Northern Ireland	0–3	Austria	18–25	11–25	11–25			40–75	Report
25 May	20:00	Belgium	3–1	Romania	25–18	22–25	25–15	25–21		97–79	Report
26 May	20:00	Northern Ireland	0–3	Belgium	14–25	12–25	14–25			40–75	Report

Pool E

Venue: Halmstad Arena, Halmstad, Sweden
Dates: 24–26 May 2013
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	257	193	1.332	Pool M
2	Sweden	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	255	226	1.128	Pool H
3	Norway	3	1	2	5	7	6	1.167	273	266	1.026
4	Iceland	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	125	225	0.556

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 May	16:00	Norway	2–3	Greece	16–25	25–21	25–21	21–25	9–15	96–107	Report
24 May	19:00	Sweden	3–0	Iceland	25–16	25–18	25–15			75–49	Report
25 May	15:00	Greece	3–0	Iceland	25–8	25–13	25–12			75–33	Report
25 May	18:00	Sweden	3–2	Norway	25–17	23–25	25–21	28–30	15–9	116–102	Report
26 May	15:00	Iceland	0–3	Norway	13–25	16–25	14–25			43–75	Report
26 May	18:00	Greece	3–0	Sweden	25–21	25–21	25–22			75–64	Report

Pool F

Venue: SRC Kale, Skopje, Macedonia
Dates: 24–26 May 2013
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Macedonia	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	231	182	1.269	Pool J
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	239	213	1.122	Pool H
3	Montenegro	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	253	248	1.020
4	Albania	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	168	248	0.677

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 May	15:30	Montenegro	1–3	Ukraine	20–25	25–27	25–23	20–25		90–100	Report
24 May	18:00	Macedonia	3–0	Albania	25–19	25–15	25–19			75–53	Report
25 May	15:30	Ukraine	3–0	Albania	25–16	25–12	25–16			75–44	Report
25 May	18:00	Montenegro	0–3	Macedonia	25–27	20–25	20–25			65–77	Report
26 May	15:30	Albania	1–3	Montenegro	16–25	25–23	16–25	14–25		71–98	Report
26 May	18:00	Macedonia	3–0	Ukraine	29–27	25–23	25–14			79–64	Report

Pool G

Venue: Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center, Limassol, Cyprus
Dates: 6–8 June 2013
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cyprus	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	251	182	1.379	Pool I
2	Scotland	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	217	196	1.107
3	Luxembourg	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	190	195	0.974
4	San Marino	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	163	248	0.657

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Jun	17:00	Scotland	3–0	Luxembourg	25–18	25–18	25–21			75–57	Report
6 Jun	20:00	San Marino	1–3	Cyprus	25–23	10–25	10–25	12–25		57–98	Report
7 Jun	17:00	Luxembourg	3–0	San Marino	25–12	25–17	25–16			75–45	Report
7 Jun	20:00	Cyprus	3–0	Scotland	28–26	25–22	25–19			78–67	Report
8 Jun	16:00	San Marino	0–3	Scotland	17–25	22–25	22–25			61–75	Report
8 Jun	19:00	Luxembourg	0–3	Cyprus	18–25	17–25	23–25			58–75	Report

Second round

Pool H

Venue: Topsportcentrum, Almere, Netherlands
Dates: 2–6 October 2013
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ukraine	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	389	345	1.128	Third round
2	Netherlands	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	403	360	1.119
3	Belarus	5	4	1	10	13	8	1.625	479	448	1.069
4	Romania	5	1	4	4	6	13	0.462	410	448	0.915
5	Sweden	5	1	4	4	5	12	0.417	364	402	0.905
6	Israel	5	1	4	3	5	12	0.417	364	406	0.897

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	14:30	Sweden	3–0	Romania	28–26	25–14	25–23			78–63	Report
2 Oct	17:00	Ukraine	0–3	Belarus	27–29	19–25	19–25			65–79	Report
2 Oct	19:30	Netherlands	3–0	Israel	25–23	25–20	25–21			75–64	Report
3 Oct	14:30	Sweden	0–3	Ukraine	24–26	15–25	22–25			61–76	Report
3 Oct	17:00	Romania	3–1	Israel	24–26	25–18	29–27	25–20		103–91	Report
3 Oct	19:30	Belarus	1–3	Netherlands	24–26	23–25	26–24	20–25		93–100	Report
4 Oct	14:30	Ukraine	3–1	Romania	27–25	25–23	18–25	25–14		95–87	Report
4 Oct	17:00	Israel	1–3	Belarus	17–25	25–22	18–25	22–25		82–97	Report
4 Oct	19:30	Netherlands	3–0	Sweden	36–34	25–16	25–21			86–71	Report
5 Oct	14:30	Romania	2–3	Belarus	25–23	21–25	16–25	25–21	13–15	100–109	Report
5 Oct	17:00	Sweden	0–3	Israel	15–25	14–25	24–26			53–76	Report
5 Oct	19:30	Ukraine	3–0	Netherlands	25–23	25–23	25–21			75–67	Report
6 Oct	13:30	Belarus	3–2	Sweden	18–25	16–25	25–14	27–25	15–12	101–101	Report
6 Oct	16:00	Netherlands	3–0	Romania	25–18	25–23	25–16			75–57	Report
6 Oct	18:30	Israel	0–3	Ukraine	26–28	11–25	14–25			51–78	Report

Third round

Pool I

Venue: Opava Sports Hall, Opava, Czech Republic
Dates: 3–5 January 2014
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	254	205	1.239	Qualified
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	218	202	1.079
3	Czech Republic	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	246	242	1.017
4	Cyprus	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	156	225	0.693

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jan	15:30	Cyprus	0–3	Bulgaria	18–25	19–25	5–25			42–75	Report
3 Jan	18:30	Czech Republic	0–3	Netherlands	14–25	19–25	33–35			66–85	Report
4 Jan	15:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Netherlands	25–19	27–25	25–14			77–58	Report
4 Jan	18:30	Cyprus	0–3	Czech Republic	18–25	21–25	16–25			55–75	Report
5 Jan	15:30	Netherlands	3–0	Cyprus	25–21	25–15	25–23			75–59	Report
5 Jan	18:30	Czech Republic	3–2	Bulgaria	22–25	25–18	25–22	18–25	15–12	105–102	Report

Pool J

Venue: Čair Sports Center, Niš, Serbia
Dates: 3–5 January 2014
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	248	206	1.204	Qualified
2	Slovenia	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	234	229	1.022
3	Portugal	3	1	2	3	5	6	0.833	245	258	0.950
4	Macedonia	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	200	234	0.855

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jan	15:00	Slovenia	3–1	Portugal	20–25	25–19	25–21	25–21		95–86	Report
3 Jan	18:00	Serbia	3–0	Macedonia	25–22	25–22	25–23			75–67	Report
4 Jan	15:00	Portugal	3–0	Macedonia	25–14	33–31	25–21			83–66	Report
4 Jan	18:00	Slovenia	0–3	Serbia	20–25	19–25	24–26			63–76	Report
5 Jan	15:00	Macedonia	0–3	Slovenia	24–26	20–25	23–25			67–76	Report
5 Jan	18:00	Serbia	3–1	Portugal	22–25	25–11	25–19	25–21		97–76	Report

Pool K

Venue: MHP Arena, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Dates: 3–5 January 2014
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	162	1.389	Qualified
2	Turkey	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	245	247	0.992
3	Estonia	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	209	232	0.901
4	Croatia	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	249	287	0.868

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jan	15:30	Germany	3–0	Croatia	25–20	25–13	25–21			75–54	Report
3 Jan	18:30	Estonia	0–3	Turkey	19–25	15–25	24–26			58–76	Report
4 Jan	17:00	Germany	3–0	Estonia	25–18	25–18	25–17			75–53	Report
4 Jan	20:00	Croatia	2–3	Turkey	21–25	25–19	27–25	28–30	13–15	114–114	Report
5 Jan	14:00	Estonia	3–1	Croatia	25–21	23–25	25–17	25–18		98–81	Report
5 Jan	17:00	Turkey	0–3	Germany	17–25	19–25	19–25			55–75	Report

Pool L

Venue: Halle Georges Carpentier, Paris, France
Dates: 3–5 January 2014
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	279	246	1.134	Qualified
2	France	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	273	246	1.110	Qualified
3	Spain	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	204	238	0.857
4	Belarus	3	0	3	0	3	9	0.333	261	287	0.909

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jan	17:00	Belarus	1–3	France	18–25	25–23	22–25	22–25		87–98	Report
3 Jan	20:00	Spain	0–3	Belgium	20–25	19–25	21–25			60–75	Report
4 Jan	17:00	France	3–0	Spain	25–16	25–17	25–18			75–51	Report
4 Jan	20:00	Belgium	3–1	Belarus	21–25	25–22	25–19	25–20		96–86	Report
5 Jan	15:00	Spain	3–1	Belarus	25–22	18–25	25–19	25–22		93–88	Report
5 Jan	18:00	France	2–3	Belgium	22–25	25–20	17–25	25–23	11–15	100–108	Report

Pool M

Venue: Aréna Poprad, Poprad, Slovakia
Dates: 3–5 January 2014
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Finland	3	3	0	8	9	4	2.250	303	288	1.052	Qualified
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	270	264	1.023
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	237	236	1.004
4	Greece	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	261	283	0.922

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jan	17:30	Greece	0–3	Slovakia	16–25	21–25	21–25			58–75	Report
3 Jan	20:30	Finland	3–1	Ukraine	23–25	25–20	25–22	25–22		98–89	Report
4 Jan	17:30	Slovakia	0–3	Ukraine	20–25	23–25	20–25			63–75	Report
4 Jan	20:30	Greece	1–3	Finland	21–25	23–25	25–19	31–33		100–102	Report
5 Jan	17:30	Ukraine	3–2	Greece	18–25	25–22	23–25	25–23	15–8	106–103	Report
5 Jan	20:30	Slovakia	2–3	Finland	26–24	19–25	19–25	25–14	10–15	99–103	Report

Second placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	273	246	1.110	Qualified
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	218	202	1.079
3	Slovenia	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	234	229	1.022
4	Ukraine	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	270	264	1.023
5	Turkey	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	245	247	0.992

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

↑ "2014 World Championships – 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Playoff Round Tournaments" (PDF). FIVB. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
↑ "Qualification process for 2014 World Champs split into three rounds". CEV. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

External links

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