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 Pool APool BPool C (54) (74) (—) (84) (—) (74) (84) (—) (—) (—) (—) (—) (—) Iceland withdrew and Montenegro replaced Iceland in Pool B to balance the number of teams in each group.
Second round Pool DPool EPool FPool G (26) (43) (44) 1st Pool B (33) (41) (44) 1st Pool A (34) (38) (48) (54) 1st Pool C (35) (36) (44) (54) 2nd Pool A
Third round Pool HPool IPool JPool K (2) 1st Pool F 1st Pool D 2nd Pool F (7) 1st Pool G 1st Pool E 3rd Pool F (9) (22) 2nd Pool E 2nd Pool G (10) (15) 2nd Pool D 3rd Pool G
First 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)
Second round
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)
Third round 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)
References
External links 2010 World Championship Qualification