The CEV qualification for the 2010 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship saw member nations compete for eight places at the finals in Italy.
Draw 35 of the 55 CEV national teams entered qualification. (Iceland later withdrew) The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Men'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 Pool APool BPool CPool D (61) (—) (81) (55) (—) (92) (72) (61) (72) (55) (92) (72) (81) (92) (—)
Iceland withdrew and Belarus replaced Iceland in Pool A to balance the number of teams in each group. Second round Pool EPool FPool GPool H (19) (46) (51) 1st Pool A (29) (42) (50) 1st Pool B (24) (39) (49) (55) 1st Pool C (27) (22) (46) (55) 1st Pool D
Third round Pool IPool JPool KPool L (2) 1st Pool H 2nd Pool E 3rd Pool H (4) 1st Pool G 1st Pool F 2nd Pool H (5) (13) 1st Pool E 3rd Pool G (6) (8) 2nd Pool F 2nd Pool G
First round Pool A Venue: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, United Kingdom Dates: January 2–4, 2009 All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00)
Pool B Venue: Olympic Sports Centre, Riga, Latvia Dates: January 2–4, 2009 All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)
Pool C Venue: Budocenter, Vienna, Austria Dates: January 3–5, 2009 All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)
Pool D Venue: Olympic and Leisure Complex, Quba, Azerbaijan Dates: January 9–11, 2009 All times are Azerbaijan Time (UTC+04:00)
Second round Pool E Venue: Aréna Poprad, Poprad, Slovakia Dates: May 29–31, 2009 All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Pool F Venue: Topsportcentrum, Rotterdam, Netherlands Dates: May 30–June 1, 2009 All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Pool G Venue: Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal Dates: May 27–31, 2009 All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
Pool H Venue: Tipsport Arena, Liberec, Czech Republic Dates: May 27–31, 2009 All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Third round Pool I Venue: Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere, Finland Dates: August 7–9, 2009 All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)
Pool J Venue: Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna, Bulgaria Dates: August 14–16, 2009 All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)
Pool K Venue: Gdynia Sports Arena, Gdynia, Poland Dates: August 14–16, 2009 All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Pool L Venue: Hala Sportova Jezero, Kragujevac, Serbia Dates: August 14–16, 2009 All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
References
External links 2010 World Championship Qualification