2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA) explained

The NORCECA qualification for the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship saw member nations compete for five places at the finals in Poland.^[1]

Draw

39 of the 41 NORCECA national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the NORCECA Senior Men's Confederation Rankings as of 15 January 2012^[2] using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets) Teams ranked 1–6 do not compete in the first and second rounds, and automatically qualify for the third round.^[3]

First round (AFECAVOL)

width=25%	Pool G	width=25%	Pool H
(7) (16) (20) (—)	(9) (13) (23) (25)

First round (CAZOVA)

width=33%	Pool A	width=33%	Pool C	width=33%	Pool E
(8) (17) (19) (—)	(10) (15) (28) (31)	(12) (14) (29) (30)

First round (ECVA)

width=33%	Pool B	width=33%	Pool D	width=33%	Pool F
valign=top	(11) (26) (27) (—)	(18) (24) (32) (—) (—)	valign=top	(21) (22) (33) (34)

Second round

width=33%	Pool I	width=33%	Pool J	width=33%	Pool K
1st Pool A 2nd Pool D 2nd Pool E 3rd Pool H	1st Pool B 2nd Pool C 2nd Pool F 3rd Pool G	1st Pool C 2nd Pool B 2nd Pool G 3rd Pool F
width=33%	Pool L	width=33%	Pool M	width=33%	Pool N
1st Pool D 2nd Pool A 2nd Pool H 3rd Pool E	1st Pool E 1st Pool H 3rd Pool A 3rd Pool D	1st Pool F 1st Pool G 3rd Pool B 3rd Pool C

Third round

The sixteen remaining teams were distributed according to their position in second round and then in the NORCECA Senior Men's Confederation Rankings as of January 2014 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Positions in second round and NORCECA rankings shown in brackets)

width=25%	Pool O	width=25%	Pool P	width=25%	Pool Q	width=25%	Pool R
(Seeded – 1) (1st – 9) (1st – 10) (2nd – 24)	(Seeded – 2) (1st – 6) (1st – 12) (2nd – 23)	(Seeded – 3) (Seeded – 8) (1st – 13) (2nd – 11)	(Seeded – 4) (Seeded – 5) (1st – 17) (2nd – 7)

Final round

2nd Pool O 2nd Pool P 2nd Pool Q 2nd Pool R

First round

Pool A

Venue: International School Auditorium, Willemstad, Curaçao
Dates: December 1–2, 2012
All times are Atlantic Standard Time

Final round

Final

Final standing

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1
2
3
4

Pool B

Venue: Beausejour Indoor Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Dates: April 27–29, 2012
All times are Atlantic Standard Time

Final round

Final

Final standing

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1
2
3
4

Pool C

Venue: Pabellón de Voleibol, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Dates: November 3–4, 2012
All times are Atlantic Standard Time

Final round

Final

Final standing

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1
2
3
4

Pool D

Venue: Omnisports Hall, Marigot, Saint Martin
Dates: August 31 – September 2, 2012
All times are Atlantic Standard Time

Pool E

Venue: Clifton Hunter High School Sports Center, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Dates: October 6–7, 2012
All times are Eastern Standard Time

Final round

Final

Final standing

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1
2
3
4

Pool F

Venue: Multi-Purpose Sports Complex, Road Town, British Virgin Islands
Dates: June 7–8, 2012
All times are Atlantic Standard Time

Final round

Final

Final standing

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1
2
3
4

Pool G

Venue: Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda, San Salvador, El Salvador
Dates: May 18–20, 2012
All times are Central Standard Time

Pool H

Venue: Gimnasio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
Dates: July 27–29, 2012
All times are Central Standard Time

Second round

Pool I

Venue: Omnisports Hall, Marigot, Saint Martin
Dates: August 10–11, 2013
All times are Atlantic Standard Time .

Final round

Final

Final standing

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1
2
3
4

Pool J

Venue: Beausejour Indoor Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Dates: April 27–28, 2013
All times are Atlantic Standard Time

Final round

Final

Final standing

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1
2
3
4

Pool K

Venue: Multi-Purpose Sports Complex, Road Town, British Virgin Islands
Dates: July 27–28, 2013
All times are Atlantic Standard Time

Final round

Final

Final standing

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1
2
3
4

Pool L

Venue: Centro Deportivo Betico Croes, Santa Cruz, Aruba
Dates: May 18–19, 2013
All times are Atlantic Standard Time

Final round

Final

Final standing

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1
2
3
4

Pool M

Venue: Ismay van Wilgen Sports Hall, Paramaribo, Suriname
Dates: June 15–16, 2013
All times are Suriname Time

Final round

Final

Final standing

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1
2
3
4

Pool N

Venue: Hall Paul Chonchon, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Dates: June 15–16, 2013
All times are Atlantic Standard Time

Final round

Final

Final standing

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1
2
3
4

Second placed teams

width=40	Pool	width=40	width=210	Team
I	7
K	11
M	23
J	24
L	26
N	35

Third round

Pool O

Venue: OTC Sports Center I, Colorado Springs, United States
Dates: May 15–18, 2014
All times are Mountain Daylight Time

Final round

Final

Final standing

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1
2
3
4

Pool P

Venue: Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva, Havana, Cuba
Dates: May 21–24, 2014
All times are Cuba Daylight Time

Final round

Final

Final standing

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1
2
3
4

Pool Q

Venue: Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Canada
Dates: May 16–19, 2014
All times are Eastern Daylight Time

Final round

Final

Final standing

width=40	Rank	width=250	Team
1
2
3
4

Pool R

Venue: Auditorio Juan Pachín Vicéns, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Dates: May 22–25, 2014
All times are Atlantic Standard Time

Final round

Final

Final standing

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1
2
3
4

Final round

Playoff

Venue: Coliseo Guillermo Angulo, Carolina, Puerto Rico
Dates: July 17–20, 2014
All times are Atlantic Standard Time

Final round

Final

Final standing

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1
2
3
4

External links

Notes and References

Web site: 2014 World Championships – 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Playoff Round Tournaments . 9 March 2012 . . 26 October 2012.
Web site: 2011 NORCECA Senior Men's Ranking . 15 January 2012 . . 3 April 2013.
Web site: NORCECA’s 2014 FIVB Men & Women World Championship Continental Qualification Tournament . 18 November 2012 . . 30 December 2012.