The CEV qualification for the 2006 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship saw member nations compete for seven places at the finals in Japan.
Draw 27 CEV national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings as of 15 January 2004 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 7–12 did not compete in the first round, and automatically qualified for the second round.
First round Pool APool BPool C (—) (—) (39) (—) (39) (47) (47) (—) (—) (47) (58) (47) (58) (—) (—)
Second round Pool DPool EPool F (20) (39) 1st Pool A 2nd Pool C (22) (29) 1st Pool C 2nd Pool B (24) (27) 1st Pool B 2nd Pool A
Third round Pool GPool HPool I (5) (15) 1st Pool D 2nd Pool F (9) (12) 1st Pool E 2nd Pool D (10) (11) 1st Pool F 2nd Pool E
Playoff round 3rd Pool G 3rd Pool H 3rd Pool I
First round Pool A Venue: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England Dates: January 12–16, 2005 All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00)
Pool B Venue: Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal, Santo Tirso, Portugal Dates: May 4–8, 2005 All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
Pool C Venue: Palais Omnisports Joseph Claudel, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France Dates: April 27 – May 1, 2005 All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Second round Pool D Venue: Sports Palace, Baku, Azerbaijan Dates: May 27–29, 2005 All times are Azerbaijan Summer Time (UTC+05:00)
Pool E Venue: Makis Liougas Indoor Hall, Athens, Greece Dates: June 10–12, 2005 All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)
Pool F Venue: , Zagreb, Croatia Dates: June 11–13, 2005 All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Third round Pool G Venue: Dynamo Sports Palace, Moscow, Russia Dates: July 1–3, 2005 All times are Moscow Daylight Time (UTC+04:00)
Pool H Venue: Atatürk Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey Dates: August 5–7, 2005 All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)
Pool I Venue: MZH, Dresden, Germany Dates: June 17–19, 2005 All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Playoff round Venue: DKS Arena, Varna, Bulgaria Dates: August 19–21, 2005 All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)
References
External links 2006 World Championship Qualification