2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CEV)

The CEV qualification for the 2010 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship saw member nations compete for eight places at the finals in Japan.

Draw
33 of the 55 CEV national teams entered qualification. (Iceland later withdrew) The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings as of 5 January 2008 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 7–20 did not compete in the first round, and automatically qualified for the second round.


 * First round
 * Iceland withdrew and Montenegro replaced Iceland in Pool B to balance the number of teams in each group.


 * Second round


 * Third round

Pool A

 * Venue: Sport Hall Lendava, Lendava, Slovenia
 * Dates: January 9–11, 2009
 * All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)

Pool B

 * Venue: 🇬🇧 English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, United Kingdom
 * Dates: January 2–4, 2009
 * All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00)

Pool C

 * Venue: 🇪🇪 Kalevi Spordihall, Tallinn, Estonia
 * Dates: January 9–11, 2009
 * All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool D

 * Venue: 🇦🇿 Olympic and Leisure Complex, Quba, Azerbaijan
 * Dates: May 15–17, 2009
 * All times are Azerbaijan Summer Time (UTC+05:00)

Pool E

 * Venue: Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia
 * Dates: May 15–17, 2009
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool F

 * Venue: 🇧🇬 Sport Hall Orlovec, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
 * Dates: May 13–17, 2009
 * All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Pool G

 * Venue: 🇫🇷 Palais des Sports, Marseille, France
 * Dates: May 13–17, 2009
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool H

 * Venue: 🇮🇹 Zoppas Arena, Conegliano, Italy
 * Dates: July 17–19, 2009
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool I

 * Venue: 🇷🇸 Hala Sportova Dudova Suma, Subotica, Serbia
 * Dates: July 17–19, 2009
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool J

 * Venue: 🇵🇱 Hala Podpromie, Rzeszów, Poland
 * Dates: July 17–19, 2009
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool K

 * Venue: Topsportcentrum, Almere, Netherlands
 * Dates: July 17–19, 2009
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)