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

Qualified teams

Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances
Total* First Last
 ItalyCEVHost25 November 200910th19782010
 ThailandAVCAVC Pool A Runner-up7 September 20134th19982010
 JapanAVCAVC Pool A Winner7 September 201315th19602010
 RussiaCEV2013 CEV Championship Winner13 September 201316th119522010
 GermanyCEV2013 CEV Championship Runner-up13 September 201314th219562010
 BrazilCSV2013 CSV Championship Winner21 September 201315th19562010
 ChinaAVCAVC Pool B Winner30 September 201313th19562010
 KazakhstanAVCAVC Pool B Runner-up1 October 20133rd20062010
 ArgentinaCSVCSV Qualification Tournament Winner20 October 20135th19602002
 TurkeyCEVCEV Pool I Winner5 January 20143rd20062010
 BulgariaCEVCEV Pool M Winner5 January 201411th19522002
 AzerbaijanCEVCEV Pool J Winner5 January 20143rd19942006
 BelgiumCEVCEV Pool K Winner5 January 20143rd19561978
 CroatiaCEVCEV Pool L Winner5 January 20143rd19982010
 SerbiaCEVCEV Third Round Best Runner-up5 January 20144th319782010
 NetherlandsCEVCEV Third Round Second Best Runner-up5 January 201413th19562010
 TunisiaCAVBCAVB Pool U Winner22 February 20143rd19781986
 CameroonCAVBCAVB Pool T Winner1 March 20142nd20062006
 CubaNORCECANORCECA Pool Q Winner17 May 201412th19702010
 United StatesNORCECANORCECA Pool O Winner18 May 201415th19562010
 Dominican RepublicNORCECANORCECA Pool P Winner18 May 20147th19742010
 CanadaNORCECANORCECA Pool S Winner19 May 20148th19742010
 Puerto RicoNORCECANORCECA Pool R Winner25 May 20146th19742010
 MexicoNORCECANORCECA Playoff Winner20 July 20147th19702006
* Total (including 2014 edition).
1.^ Competed as Soviet Union from 1952 to 1990; 6th appearance as Russia.
2.^ Competed as West Germany from 1956 to 1990; 6th appearance as Germany.
3.^ Competed as Yugoslavia for 1978 and Serbia and Montenegro for 2006; 2nd appearance as Serbia.

Confederation qualification processes

The distribution by confederation for the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship will be:[1]

  • Asia and Oceania (AVC): 4 places
  • Africa (CAVB): 2 places
  • Europe (CEV): 9 places (+ Italy qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 10 places)
  • South America (CSV): 2 places
  • North, Central America and Caribbean (NORCECA): 6 places

AVC

CAVB

  •  Algeria (Sub Zonal Round, Final Round)
  •  Botswana (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
  •  Burkina Faso (Sub Zonal Round)
  •  Burundi (Sub Zonal Round)
  •  Cameroon (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
  •  Cape Verde (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Withdrew)
  •  Congo (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
  •  DR Congo (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
  •  Egypt (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
  •  Gabon (Sub Zonal Round)
  •  Gambia (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
  •  Ghana (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Withdrew)
  •  Guinea (Sub Zonal Round, Withdrew)
  •  Ivory Coast (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
  •  Kenya (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
  •  Lesotho (Sub Zonal Round)
  •  Malawi (Sub Zonal Round)
  •  Mauritius (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
  •  Mozambique (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
  •  Namibia (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
  •  Niger (Sub Zonal Round)
  •  Nigeria (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
  •  Senegal (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
  •  Seychelles (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
  •  Sierra Leone (Sub Zonal Round)
  •  Eswatini (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
  •  Tanzania (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
  •  Togo (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
  •  Tunisia (Sub Zonal Round, Final Round)
  •  Uganda (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round)
  •  Zambia (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)
  •  Zimbabwe (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round)

CEV

CSV

  •  Argentina (CSV Championship) (Qualification Tournament)
  •  Brazil (CSV Championship)
  •  Chile (CSV Championship)
  •  Colombia (CSV Championship) (Qualification Tournament)
  •  Peru (CSV Championship) (Qualification Tournament)
  •  Venezuela (CSV Championship)

NORCECA

  •  Anguilla (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Antigua and Barbuda (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Aruba (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Bahamas (First Round)
  •  Barbados (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Belize (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Bermuda (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Bonaire (First Round)
  •  British Virgin Islands (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Canada (Third Round)
  •  Cayman Islands (First Round)
  •  Costa Rica (Third Round, Playoff round)
  •  Cuba (Third Round)
  •  Curaçao (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Dominica (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Dominican Republic (Third Round)
  •  El Salvador (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Grenada (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Guadeloupe (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Guatemala (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Haiti (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Honduras (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Jamaica (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Martinique (First Round)
  •  Mexico (Third Round, Playoff round)
  •  Nicaragua (First Round, Second Round, Third Round, Playoff round)
  •  Panama (First Round, Second Round, Third Round, Playoff round)
  •  Puerto Rico (Third Round)
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Saint Lucia (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
  •  Saint Martin (First Round)
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Sint Eustatius (First Round)
  •  Sint Maarten (First Round)
  •  Suriname (First Round, Second Round)
  •  Trinidad and Tobago (First Round, Second Round, Third Round, Playoff round)
  •  U.S. Virgin Islands (First Round, Second Round, Third Round)
  •  United States (Third Round)

References

  1. 1 2 "2014 World Championships – 1st, 2nd, 3rrd and Playoff Round Tournaments" (PDF). FIVB. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Record registration for FIVB Volleyball World Championships". FIVB. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
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