2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (AVC)

The AVC qualification for the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship saw member nations compete for four places at the finals in Italy.^[1]

Draw

16 AVC national teams entered qualification. (North Korea later withdrew) The teams were distributed according to their geographical positions. Teams ranked 1–5 in FIVB World Rankings do not compete in the zonal rounds, and automatically qualify for the final round. Australia and New Zealand also qualified automatically since no other team registered in Oceania zone.^[2]

Berths for final round

Zone	Total	Automatic	Remaining
Central	2	1	1
Eastern	4	3	1
Oceania	2	0	2
Southeastern	2	1	1

Zonal round

Central	Eastern	Southeastern
India   Uzbekistan	Chinese Taipei   Hong Kong   North Korea	Indonesia   Myanmar   Philippines   Vietnam

Final round

The ten remaining teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings as of 23 January 2013 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets)

Pool A	Pool B
Japan (3)   Thailand (12)   Chinese Taipei (28)   Vietnam (93)   Australia (103)	China (5)   South Korea (11)   Kazakhstan (30)   New Zealand (71)   India (103)

Zonal round

Central

• Venue:   Nakhon Pathom Sports Center Gymnasium, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
• Dates: June 26, 2013
• All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Qualified for the Final round

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	India	3	1	0	3	0	MAX	76	57	1.333
2	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	0	3	0.000	57	76	0.750

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jun	14:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	India	19–25	14–25	24–26			57–76	Report

Eastern

• Venue:   Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan
• Dates: June 28, 2013
• All times are Chungyuan Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Qualified for the Final round

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	3	0	MAX	75	45	1.667
2	Hong Kong	0	0	1	0	3	0.000	45	75	0.600

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jun	17:00	Hong Kong	0–3	Chinese Taipei	15–25	20–25	10–25			45–75	Report

Southeastern

• Venue:   Hướng Hóa Gymnasium, Khe Sanh, Vietnam
• Dates: June 14–16, 2013
• All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Qualified for the Final round

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Vietnam	9	3	0	9	1	9.000	249	154	1.617
2	Indonesia	6	2	1	7	3	2.333	237	213	1.113
3	Philippines	3	1	2	3	7	0.429	194	216	0.898
4	Myanmar	0	0	3	1	9	0.111	148	245	0.604

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jun	17:00	Myanmar	0–3	Indonesia	21–25	17–25	15–25			53–75	Report
14 Jun	20:00	Vietnam	3–0	Philippines	25–9	25–11	25–18			75–38	Report
15 Jun	18:00	Myanmar	1–3	Philippines	25–20	14–25	10–25	17–25		66–95	Report
15 Jun	20:00	Indonesia	1–3	Vietnam	27–29	25–20	15–25	20–25		87–99	Report
16 Jun	18:00	Philippines	0–3	Indonesia	20–25	19–25	22–25			61–75	Report
16 Jun	20:00	Myanmar	0–3	Vietnam	11–25	8–25	10–25			29–75	Report

Final round

Pool A

• Venue:   Park Arena, Komaki, Japan
• Dates: September 4–8, 2013
• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Qualified for the 2014 World Championship

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	12	4	0	12	0	MAX	300	181	1.657
2	Thailand	9	3	1	9	3	3.000	279	209	1.335
3	Vietnam	6	2	2	6	7	0.857	265	261	1.015
4	Chinese Taipei	3	1	3	3	9	0.333	205	281	0.730
5	Australia	0	0	4	1	12	0.083	206	323	0.638

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
04 Sep	16:00	Thailand	3–0	Australia	25–17	25–15	25–17			75–49	Report
04 Sep	19:15	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–15	25–10			75–44	Report
05 Sep	14:30	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Australia	25–15	25–19	25–22			75–56	Report
05 Sep	19:35	Japan	3–0	Vietnam	25–9	25–16	25–20			75–45	Report
06 Sep	16:00	Thailand	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–18	25–9	25–11			75–38	Report
06 Sep	19:00	Australia	1–3	Vietnam	8–25	14–25	25–23	16–25		63–98	Report
07 Sep	16:30	Vietnam	0–3	Thailand	17–25	12–25	18–25			47–75	Report
07 Sep	19:20	Japan	3–0	Australia	25–12	25–15	25–11			75–38	Report
08 Sep	11:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Vietnam	17–25	10–25	21–25			48–75	Report
08 Sep	14:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–23	25–21	25–10			75–54	Report

Pool B

• Venue:   Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Chenzhou, China
• Dates: September 27– October 1, 2013
• All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Qualified for the 2014 World Championship

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	12	4	0	12	0	MAX	300	132	2.273
2	Kazakhstan	9	3	1	9	4	2.250	283	225	1.258
3	South Korea	6	2	2	7	6	1.167	280	250	1.120
4	India	3	1	3	3	9	0.333	191	271	0.705
5	New Zealand	0	0	4	0	12	0.000	124	300	0.413

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	16:00	New Zealand	0–3	South Korea	9–25	8–25	10–25			27–75
27 Sep	19:30	India	0–3	China	7–25	8–25	10–25			25–75	Report
28 Sep	16:00	South Korea	1–3	Kazakhstan	25–21	22–25	17–25	14–25		78–96
28 Sep	18:30	China	3–0	New Zealand	25–4	25–7	25–7			75–18	Report
29 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–0	India	25–15	25–19	25–18			75–52	Report
29 Sep	19:30	Kazakhstan	3–0	New Zealand	25–12	25–14	25–7			75–33	Report
30 Sep	16:00	New Zealand	0–3	India	18–25	13–25	15–25			46–75	Report
30 Sep	19:30	Kazakhstan	0–3	China	12–25	8–25	17–25			37–75	Report
01 Oct	16:00	India	0–3	Kazakhstan	9–25	19–25	11–25			39–75	Report
01 Oct	19:30	China	3–0	South Korea	25–18	25–17	25–17			75–52	Report

References

1. "2014 World Championships – 1st, 2nd, 3rrd and Playoff Round Tournaments" (PDF). FIVB. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
2. . AVC. 20 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-06-18. Retrieved 17 June 2013.