2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification explained

The 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship featured 24 teams. One place was allocated to the hosts, Poland, but no automatic place is given to the defending champions, Brazil. The remaining 23 places were determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five FIVB confederations competed.[1] [2]

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asQualification dateAppearance
in finals
018 September 2008
029 August 2013
039 August 2013
048 September 2013
058 September 2013
0613 September 2013
0715 September 2013
0822 September 2013
0928 September 2013
1028 September 2013
115 January 2014
125 January 2014
135 January 2014
145 January 2014
155 January 2014
165 January 2014
1710 February 2014
1817 February 2014
197 March 2014
2018 May 2014
2119 May 2014
2224 May 2014
2325 May 2014
2420 July 2014

1.Competed as Soviet Union from 1949 to 1990; 6th appearance as Russia.

2.Competed as West Germany from 1956 to 1966; 4th appearance as Germany.

3.Competed as SFR Yugoslavia from 1956 to 1970 and Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia) from 1998 to 2006; 2nd appearance as Serbia.

Confederation qualification processes

The distribution by confederation for the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was:

AVC

See main article: 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (AVC).

CAVB

See main article: 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CAVB).

CEV

See main article: 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CEV).

CSV

See main article: 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CSV).

NORCECA

See main article: 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA).

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014 World Championships – 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Playoff Round Tournaments . 9 March 2012 . . 26 October 2012.
  2. Web site: Record registration for FIVB Volleyball World Championships . 1 February 2013 . FIVB.