2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CEV)

The CEV qualification for the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship saw member nations compete for eight places at the finals in Poland. The two best-ranked teams from the 2013 Men's European Volleyball Championship, plus six teams from the qualification tournaments qualified for the World Championship.

2013 European Championship

 * Venues: and 🇵🇱
 * Dates: 20–29 September 2013


 * Eliminated in third qualification round




 * Eliminated in second qualification round




 * Eliminated in first qualification round



Draw
40 CEV national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the CEV Senior Men's Confederation Rankings as of 1 January 2013 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets) Pools composition was determined by taking into consideration – as far as possible – the geographical location of the various countries. Teams ranked 1–12 do not compete in the first and second rounds, and automatically qualify for the third round. (Russia seed 2 and Italy seed 5, later qualified through European Championship)


 * First round


 * Second round


 * Third round

The twenty remaining teams were distributed according to their position in the CEV Senior Men's Confederation Rankings as of 1 January 2013 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets)

Pool A

 * Venue: Dom odbojke Bojan Stranić, Zagreb, Croatia
 * Dates: 24–26 May 2013
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool B

 * Venue: Arena Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia
 * Dates: 24–26 May 2013
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool C

 * Venue: 🇪🇪 Rakvere Spordihall, Rakvere, Estonia
 * Dates: 24–26 May 2013
 * All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool D

 * Venue: 🇧🇪 Sportcampus Lange Munte, Kortrijk, Belgium
 * Dates: 23–26 May 2013
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool E

 * Venue: 🇸🇪 Halmstad Arena, Halmstad, Sweden
 * Dates: 24–26 May 2013
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool F

 * Venue: 🇲🇰 SRC Kale, Skopje, Macedonia
 * Dates: 24–26 May 2013
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool G

 * Venue: 🇨🇾 Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center, Limassol, Cyprus
 * Dates: 6–8 June 2013
 * All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool H

 * Venue: Topsportcentrum, Almere, Netherlands
 * Dates: 2–6 October 2013
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool I

 * Venue: 🇨🇿 Opava Sports Hall, Opava, Czech Republic
 * Dates: 3–5 January 2014
 * All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Pool J

 * Venue: 🇷🇸 Čair Sports Center, Niš, Serbia
 * Dates: 3–5 January 2014
 * All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Pool K

 * Venue: 🇩🇪 MHP Arena, Ludwigsburg, Germany
 * Dates: 3–5 January 2014
 * All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Pool L

 * Venue: 🇫🇷 Halle Georges Carpentier, Paris, France
 * Dates: 3–5 January 2014
 * All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Pool M

 * Venue: 🇸🇰 Aréna Poprad, Poprad, Slovakia
 * Dates: 3–5 January 2014
 * All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).