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featured 24 teams. One place was allocated to the hosts, Italy, but no automatic place is given to the defending champions, Russia. The remaining 23 places were determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five FIVB confederations will compete.

Qualified teams

:* Total (including 2014 edition). :1.Competed as

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

from 1952 to 1990; 6th appearance as Russia. :2.Competed as

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 ...

from 1956 to 1990; 6th appearance as Germany. :3.Competed as

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

for 1978 and

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of ...

for 2006; 2nd appearance as Serbia.

Confederation qualification processes

The distribution by confederation for the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship will be: * Asia and Oceania ( AVC): 4 places * Africa (

CAVB The African Volleyball Confederation (French: ''Confédération Africaine de Volleyball'', or CAVB) is the continental governing body for the sports of volleyball in Africa. Its headquarters are located in Rabat, Morocco. Profile The CAVB wa ...

): 2 places * Europe ( CEV): 9 places (+ Italy qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 10 places) * South America ( CSV): 2 places * North, Central America and Caribbean (

NORCECA The North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) is the international governing body for the sports of volleyball in Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean. NORCECA is the continental confederation that r ...

): 6 places

AVC

* (''Final Round'') * (Final Round) * (Zonal Round, ''Final Round'') * (''Zonal Round'') * (Zonal Round, ''Final Round'') * (''Zonal Round'') * (Final Round) * (Final Round) * (''Zonal Round'') * (''Final Round'') * (''Zonal Round'') * (''Final Round'') * (Final Round) * (''Zonal Round'') * (Zonal Round, ''Final Round'')

CAVB

* (Sub Zonal Round, ''Final Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, ''Final Round'') * (''Sub Zonal Round'') * (''Sub Zonal Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, Final Round) * (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, ''Withdrew'') * (Sub Zonal Round, ''Zonal Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, ''Final Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, ''Final Round'') * (''Sub Zonal Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, ''Zonal Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, ''Withdrew'') * (Sub Zonal Round, ''Withdrew'') * (Sub Zonal Round, ''Zonal Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, ''Final Round'') * (''Sub Zonal Round'') * (''Sub Zonal Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, ''Zonal Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, ''Final Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, ''Zonal Round'') * (''Sub Zonal Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, ''Final Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, ''Final Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, ''Final Round'') * (''Sub Zonal Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, ''Zonal Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, ''Zonal Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, ''Zonal Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, Final Round) * (Sub Zonal Round, Zonal Round, ''Final Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, ''Zonal Round'') * (Sub Zonal Round, ''Zonal Round'')

CEV

* (''First Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (''First Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (Third Round) * (''CEV Championship'') (First Round, ''Third Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (First Round, Third Round) * (''First Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (Third Round) * (''CEV Championship'') (First Round, Third Round) * (''CEV Championship'') (First Round, ''Third Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (''Third Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (''First Round'') * (First Round, ''Third Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (''First Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (''Third Round'') * (CEV Championship) * (''CEV Championship'') * (''CEV Championship'') (''First Round'', ''Second Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (''First Round'', Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (''First Round'', Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (''First Round'', ''Second Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (''First Round'', ''Second Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (Third Round) * (''First Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (''Third Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (''First Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (''Third Round'') * (CEV Championship) * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (Third Round) * (''CEV Championship'') (First Round, ''Third Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') * (''CEV Championship'') (''Third Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') * (''CEV Championship'') (''First Round'', Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (''CEV Championship'') (Third Round) * (''CEV Championship'') (First Round, ''Third Round'')

CSV

* (''CSV Championship'') (Qualification Tournament) * (CSV Championship) * (''CSV Championship'') * (''CSV Championship'') (''Qualification Tournament'') * (''CSV Championship'') (''Qualification Tournament'') * (''CSV Championship'')

NORCECA

* (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (''First Round'') * (First Round, Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (''First Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (Third Round) * (''First Round'') * (''Third Round'', ''Playoff round'') * (Third Round) * (First Round, Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (Third Round) * (First Round, Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (First Round, Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (First Round, Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (First Round, Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (First Round, Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (First Round, Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''Third Round'', Playoff round) * (First Round, Second Round, ''Third Round'', ''Playoff round'') * (First Round, Second Round, ''Third Round'', ''Playoff round'') * (Third Round) * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (First Round, Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (''First Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (First Round, Second Round, ''Third Round'', ''Playoff round'') * (First Round, Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (Third Round)

References

External links

2014 World Championship Qualification NORCECA
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