The 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship was the 17th edition of the Women's Volleyball World Championship, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The tournament was held in Italy from 23 September to 12 October 2014 and was contested by 24 teams. The United States defeated China 3-1 to win the tournament. Kimberly Hill was selected Most Valuable Player.
Maps, Directions, and Place Reviews
Qualification
The regional qualification stage determined the 24 teams competing in the championship competition. Hosts Italy were granted automatic qualification. Regional governing bodies were allocated the remaining 23 spots. Africa was granted two, Asia and Oceania four, North, Central America and Caribbean six, South America two, and Europe ten places (including hosts).
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Format
The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and third rounds). In the First round, the 24 participants were divided in four groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, the four best teams of each group (total of 16 teams) progressed to the next round.
In the Second round, the 16 teams were divided in two groups of eight teams (four teams from groups A and D in one group, and four teams from groups B and C in the other group). A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, matches already played between teams in the First round were counted in this round. The three best teams of each group (total of 6 teams) progressed to the next round.
In the Third round, the 6 teams were divided in two groups of three teams. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, the two best teams of each group (total of 4 teams) progressed to the semifinals.
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Pools composition
Teams were seeded in the first three positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the World Ranking. The drawing was held in Parma, Italy on 10 March 2014. Because NORCECA qualification were in progress on 10 March 2014, FIVB used the best world rankings of NORCECA when the draw was made. Ranking shown in brackets except Hosts which rank 4th.
Squads
Venues
The tournament was played at six venues in six cities.
First round
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool A
- venue: PalaLottomatica, Rome
Pool B
- venue: PalaTrieste, Trieste
Pool C
- venue: PalaOlimpia, Verona
Pool D
- venue: PalaFlorio, Bari
Second round
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
- The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the First Round shall be taken into account for the Second Round.
Pool E
- venues: PalaFlorio (in Bari) and PalaTrieste (in Trieste)
Pool F
- venues: PalaOlimpia (in Verona) and PalaPanini (in Modena)
Third round
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
- All matches at Mediolanum Forum, Milan.
- Second round pool winners were placed in each third round pool, while the second and third were drawn.
Pool G
Pool H
Final round
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
- All matches at Mediolanum Forum, Milan.
Semifinals
3rd place
Final
Final standing
Awards
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