The CAVB qualification for the 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship saw member nations compete for two places at the finals in Italy.
Draw 42 CAVB national teams entered qualification (10 teams later withdrew). The teams were distributed according to their geographical positions.
Sub zonal round Zone 1 (Pool A)Zone 2 (Pool B)Zone 2 (Pool C)Zone 3 (Pool D)Merged with Pool BZone 3 (Pool E)Zone 4 (Pool F)Zone 4 (Pool G)Zone 5 (Pool H)Merged with Pool FZone 5 (Pool I)Zone 6 (Pool J)Zone 6 (Pool K)Zone 7 (Pool L)
Pool I later merged with Pool H after Rwanda and Sudan pulled out of the competition. Egypt and Ethiopia, which were the other two teams in Pool I, joined other teams in Pool H.
Final round
The draw for the final round of competition was held in Cairo on 9 October 2013. The top two FIVB ranked teams Algeria and Kenya headed the pools.
Pool TPool U1st Zone 6 1st Zone 3 1st Zone 4 2nd Zone 4 2nd Zone 3 2nd Zone 51st Zone 7 1st Zone 5 1st Zone 1 1st Zone 2 2nd Zone 6 2nd Zone 2
Sub zonal round
Pool A Venue: Salle Ammar Dakhlaoui, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia Dates: July 18–19, 2013 All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)
Pool B Venue: Marius Ndiaye Stadium, Dakar, Senegal Dates: July 18–21, 2013 All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00)
Pool D Venue: Palais des Sports de Ouaga 2000, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Dates: July 17–19, 2013 All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00)
Pool E Venue: Indoor Sports Hall, Abuja, Nigeria Dates: July 23–25, 2013 All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00)
Pool F Venue: Gymnase du Prytanée Militaire, Libreville, Gabon Dates: July 19–21, 2013
Pool H Venue: Kasarani Hall, Nairobi, Kenya Dates: July 26–30, 2013 All times are East Africa Time (UTC+03:00)
Pool J Venue: Pavilhão da Munhuana, Maputo, Mozambique Dates: July 3–6, 2013 All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00)
Pool K Venue: African Bible College, Lilongwe, Malawi Dates: July 23–25, 2013 All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00)
Pool L Venue: Palais des Sports, Victoria, Seychelles Dates: July 26–28, 2013 All times are Seychelles Time (UTC+04:00)
Zonal round
Pool N Venue: Pavilhão Desportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia, Cape Verde Dates: November 8–10, 2013 All times are Cape Verde Time (UTC−01:00)
qualified from the sub zonal round but withdrew.
Pool O Venue: Forum de l'Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Dates: November 28–30, 2013 All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00)
Pool P Venue: Stadium des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo Dates: November 3–4, 2013 All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00)
Pool Q Venue: MTN Arena, Kampala, Uganda Dates: October 17–19, 2013 All times are East Africa Time (UTC+03:00)
Pool R Venue: National Sports Development Centre, Lusaka, Zambia Dates: October 22–26, 2013 All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00)
Pool S Venue: Gymnase Pandit-Sahadeo, Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius Dates: October 6, 2013 All times are Mauritius Time (UTC+04:00)
Final round
Pool T Venue: Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers, Algeria Dates: February 23 – March 1, 2014 All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)
qualified from the zonal round but withdrew.
Pool U Venue: Safaricom Indoor Arena, Nairobi, Kenya Dates: February 16–22, 2014 All times are East Africa Time (UTC+03:00)
qualified from the zonal round but withdrew.
References
External links Official website