2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CEV)

The CEV qualification for the 2006 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship saw member nations compete for seven places at the finals in Japan.

Draw
27 CEV national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings as of 15 January 2004 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets) Teams ranked 1–6 did not compete in the first and second rounds, and automatically qualified for the third round. Teams ranked 7–12 did not compete in the first round, and automatically qualified for the second round.


 * First round


 * Second round


 * Third round


 * Playoff round

Pool A

 * Venue: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England
 * Dates: January 12–16, 2005
 * All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00)

Pool B

 * Venue: Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal, Santo Tirso, Portugal
 * Dates: May 4–8, 2005
 * All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Pool C

 * Venue: 🇫🇷 Palais Omnisports Joseph Claudel, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France
 * Dates: April 27 – May 1, 2005
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool D

 * Venue: 🇦🇿 Sports Palace, Baku, Azerbaijan
 * Dates: May 27–29, 2005
 * All times are Azerbaijan Summer Time (UTC+05:00)

Pool E

 * Venue: Makis Liougas Indoor Hall, Athens, Greece
 * Dates: June 10–12, 2005
 * All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Pool F

 * Venue: Dom odbojke, Zagreb, Croatia
 * Dates: June 11–13, 2005
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool G

 * Venue: 🇷🇺 Dynamo Sports Palace, Moscow, Russia
 * Dates: July 1–3, 2005
 * All times are Moscow Daylight Time (UTC+04:00)

Pool H

 * Venue: 🇹🇷 Atatürk Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey
 * Dates: August 5–7, 2005
 * All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Pool I

 * Venue: 🇩🇪 MZH, Dresden, Germany
 * Dates: June 17–19, 2005
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Playoff round

 * Venue: 🇧🇬 DKS Arena, Varna, Bulgaria
 * Dates: August 19–21, 2005
 * All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)