The AVC qualification for the 2014 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship saw member nations compete for four places at the finals in Poland.
Draw 29 AVC national teams entered qualification. (Yemen later withdrew) The teams were distributed according to their geographical positions. Teams ranked 1–5 in FIVB World Rankings did not compete in the zonal rounds, and automatically qualified for the final round. New Zealand also qualified automatically as the only registered team from Oceania.
Berths for final round Zone Total Automatic RemainingCentral Asia 4 1 3Eastern Asia 4 3 1Oceania 2 1 1Southeastern Asia 2 0 2Western Asia 4 0 4
Subzonal round Western Asia 1Western Asia 2Western Asia 3
Zonal round Central Asia 1Central Asia 2Eastern AsiaSoutheastern AsiaWestern Asia 4Western Asia 51st Subzonal Western 1 2nd Subzonal Western 3 2nd Subzonal Western 21st Subzonal Western 2 1st Subzonal Western 3 2nd Subzonal Western 1
Final round
The sixteen remaining teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Men's Rankings as of 23 January 2013 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets)
Pool APool BPool CPool D (11) (48) (48) (122) (14) (41) (52) (122) (16) (30) (53) (122) (19) (24) (53) (78)
Subzonal round
Western Asia 1 Venue: Ghazir Club Court, Beirut, Lebanon Dates: 7–9 June 2013 All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Western Asia 2 Venue: Yarmouk Club Hall, Kuwait City, Kuwait Dates: 8 June 2013 All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
Western Asia 3 Venue: Mohammed Bin Hamad Al-Hitmi Hall, Doha, Qatar Dates: 5–7 June 2013 All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
Zonal round
Central Asia 1 Venue: Astana Ice Palace, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan Dates: 14–16 June 2013 All times are Almaty Time (UTC+06:00).
Central Asia 2 Venue: Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Dates: 3–5 July 2013 All times are Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30).
Eastern Asia Venue: Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei Dates: 29 June 2013 All times are National Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Southeastern Asia Venue: Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Dates: 26–28 June 2013 All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).
Western Asia 4 Venue: Al-Shabab Indoor Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dates: 5–7 July 2013 All times are United Arab Emirates Standard Time (UTC+04:00).
Western Asia 5 Venue: Isa Sports City Hall C, Riffa, Bahrain Dates: 4–6 July 2013 All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
Final round
Pool A Venue: AIS Arena, Canberra, Australia Dates: 6–8 September 2013 All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00).
Pool B Venue: Azadi Volleyball Hall, Tehran, Iran Dates: 11–13 September 2013 All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
Pool C Venue: Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Chenzhou, China Dates: 20–22 September 2013 All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Pool D Venue: Park Arena, Komaki, Japan Dates: 5–8 September 2013 All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
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