2014 in volleyball

The following were the events of Volleyball for the year 2014 throughout the world.

Beach volleyball

 * April 22 – December 14: 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
 * April 22 – December 14: Open Tournaments
 * April 22 – 27 in 🇨🇳 Fuzhou
 * Winners: 🇮🇹 Paolo Nicolai & Daniele Lupo (m) / 🇺🇸 Kerri Walsh Jennings & April Ross (f)
 * May 6 – 11 in 🇲🇽 Puerto Vallarta
 * Winners: Aleksandrs Samoilovs & Jānis Šmēdiņš (m) / 🇧🇷 Agatha Bednarczuk & Bárbara Seixas (f)
 * May 21 – 25 in 🇨🇿 Prague (women teams only)
 * Winners: 🇨🇿 Kristýna Kolocová & Markéta Sluková
 * May 27 – June 1 in 🇷🇺 Anapa
 * Winners: Mārtiņš Pļaviņš & Aleksandrs Solovejs (m) / 🇩🇪 Victoria Bieneck & Julia Großner (f)
 * October 7 – 12 in 🇨🇳 Xiamen
 * Winners: 🇫🇷 Youssef Krou & Edouard Rowlandson (m) / 🇧🇷 Juliana Silva & Maria Antonelli (f)
 * October 28 – November 2 in 🇦🇷 Paraná
 * Winners: 🇨🇦 Josh Binstock & Sam Schachter (m) / 🇧🇷 Larissa França & Talita Antunes (f)
 * November 4 – 8 in 🇶🇦 Doha (men only)
 * Winners: 🇩🇪 Tim Holler & Jonas Schröder
 * November 5 – 9 in 🇹🇭 Pattaya (women only)
 * Winners: Miller Elwin & Linline Matauatu
 * December 9 – 14 in Bloemfontein (final)
 * Winners: Reinder Nummerdor & Christiaan Varenhorst (m) / 🇨🇿 Martina Bonnerová & Barbora Hermannová (f)
 * April 29 – September 28: Grand Slam Tournaments
 * April 29 – May 4 in 🇨🇳 Shanghai
 * Winners: 🇮🇹 Paolo Nicolai & Daniele Lupo (m) / 🇩🇪 Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst (f)
 * June 11 – 15 in 🇷🇺 Moscow
 * Winners: 🇷🇺 Konstantin Semenov & Viacheslav Krasilnikov (m) / 🇺🇸 April Ross & Kerri Walsh (f)
 * June 17 – 22 in 🇩🇪 Berlin
 * Winners: 🇺🇸 John Hyden & Tri Bourne (m) / 🇨🇿 Kristýna Kolocová & Markéta Sluková (f)
 * June 24 – 29 in 🇳🇴 Stavanger
 * Winners: 🇺🇸 Phil Dalhausser & Sean Rosenthal (m) / 🇺🇸 April Ross & Kerri Walsh (f)
 * July 8 – 13 in Gstaad
 * Winners: 🇺🇸 Phil Dalhausser & Sean Rosenthal (m) / 🇩🇪 Katrin Holtwick & Ilka Semmler (f)
 * July 15 – 20 in The Hague
 * Winners: 🇵🇱 Grzegorz Fijałek & Mariusz Prudel (m) / 🇧🇷 Taiana Lima & Fernanda Alves (f)
 * July 22 – 27 in 🇺🇸 Long Beach, California
 * Winners: 🇺🇸 Phil Dalhausser & Sean Rosenthal (m) / 🇺🇸 April Ross & Kerri Walsh (f)
 * July 29 – August 3 in 🇦🇹 Klagenfurt
 * Winners: 🇧🇷 Alison Cerutti & Bruno Oscar Schmidt (m) / 🇧🇷 Larissa França & Talita Antunes (f)
 * August 19 – 24 in 🇵🇱 Stare Jabłonki
 * Winners: 🇧🇷 Pedro Solberg Salgado & Álvaro Morais Filho (m) / 🇧🇷 Larissa França & Talita Antunes (f)
 * September 23 – 28 in 🇧🇷 São Paulo (final)
 * Winners: Christiaan Varenhorst & Reinder Nummerdor (m) / 🇧🇷 Larissa França & Talita Antunes (f)
 * June 3 – 8: 2014 European Beach Volleyball Championships in 🇮🇹 Cagliari
 * Men's winners: 🇮🇹 Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo
 * Women's winners: Madelein Meppelink and Marleen van Iersel
 * June 5 – 8: 2014 Asian Beach Volleyball Championship in 🇨🇳 Jinjiang
 * Men's winners: 🇦🇺 Isaac Kapa and Christopher McHugh
 * Women's winners: 🇦🇺 Louise Bawden and Taliqua Clancy
 * June 10 – 15: 2014 FIVB U23 World Championships in 🇵🇱 Masłowice
 * Winners: 🇵🇱 Maciej Kosiak & Maciej Rudol (m) / 🇦🇺 Nicole Laird & Mariafe Artacho (f)
 * July 15 – 20: 2014 FIVB U17 World Championships in 🇲🇽 Acapulco
 * Winners: Yves Haussener & Florian Breer (m) / 🇺🇸 Morgan Martin & Kathryn Plummer (f)
 * July 23 – 27: 2014 FIVB U21 World Championships in 🇨🇾 Larnaca
 * Winners: 🇵🇱 Michal Bryl & Kacper Kujawiak (m) / 🇨🇦 Sophie Bukovec & Tiadora Miric (f)
 * July 29 – August 3: 2014 FIVB U19 World Championships in Porto
 * Winners: 🇧🇷 Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci & George Souto Maior Wanderley (m) / 🇧🇷 Eduarda Santos Lisboa & Andressa Cavalcanti Ramalho (f)
 * August 17 – 27: 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
 * Boys: 🇷🇺 Oleg Stoyanovskiy / Artem Iarzutkin;  🇻🇪 Rolando Hernandez / Jose Gregorio Gomez;  🇦🇷 Leandro Nicolas Aveiro / Santiago Karim Aulisi
 * Girls: 🇧🇷 Eduarda Santos Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva Ramos;  🇨🇦 Megan and Nicole McNamara;  🇩🇪 Sarah Schneider / Lisa Arnholdt

Volleyball

 * January 3 – October 25: 2014 FIVB Volleyball Schedule
 * October 22, 2013 – March 16, 2014: 2013–14 CEV Women's Champions League
 * 🇷🇺 Dinamo Kazan defeated 🇹🇷 VakıfBank İstanbul 3–0, to claim its first title. The bronze medal went to 🇦🇿 Rabita Baku.
 * October 22, 2013 – March 23, 2014: 2013–14 CEV Champions League
 * 🇷🇺 Belogorie Belgorod defeated 🇹🇷 Halkbank Ankara 3–1. 🇵🇱 Jastrzębski Węgiel took third place.
 * May 5 – 10: 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship in 🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte
 * 🇷🇺 Belogorie Belgorod defeated 🇶🇦 Al-Rayyan, 3–1, to claim its first title.🇦🇷 UPCN San Juan took third place.
 * May 7 – 11: 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Zürich
 * 🇷🇺 Dinamo Kazan defeated 🇧🇷 Molico Osasco, 3–0, to claim its first title.
 * May 23 – July 20: 2014 FIVB Volleyball World League for Men in 🇮🇹
 * defeated, 3–1 (in matches won), to claim its second FIVB World League title. took third place.
 * July 25 – August 24: 2014 FIVB World Grand Prix for Women
 * August 15 & 16: Group 2 Finals in 🇵🇱 Koszalin
 * defeated the, 3–2 in matches won, in this group final. took third place.
 * August 16 & 17: Group 3 Finals in 🇧🇬 Samokov
 * defeated the, 3–0 in matches won, in this group final. took third place.
 * August 20 – 24: Main Group 1 Finals in 🇯🇵 Tokyo
 * took first place (13 points) and won its tenth World Grand Prix title. Host nation,, took second place (12 points). took third place (7 points and higher points ratio).
 * August 30 – September 21: 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in 🇵🇱
 * Host nation,, defeated , 3–1 in matches, to claim its second FIVB Men's World Championship title. took the bronze medal.
 * September 23 – October 12: 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship in 🇮🇹
 * The defeated, 3–1 in matches, to claim its first FIVB Women's World Championship title.  won the bronze medal.

Volleyball Hall of Fame

 * Class of 2014:
 * Nalbert Bitencourt
 * Tara Cross-Battle
 * Sandra Pires
 * Rosa Salikhova
 * Joop Alberda