2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CEV)
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. 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. 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 A | Pool B | Pool C |
- Iceland withdrew and Montenegro replaced Iceland in Pool B to balance the number of teams in each group.
Pool D | Pool E | Pool F | Pool G |
1st Pool B | 1st Pool A | 1st Pool C | 2nd Pool A |
;Third round
Pool H | Pool I | Pool J | Pool K |
1st Pool F 1st Pool D 2nd Pool F | 1st Pool G 1st Pool E 3rd Pool F | 2nd Pool E 2nd Pool G | 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
Pool B
- Venue: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Dates: January 2–4, 2009
- All times are Greenwich Mean Time
Pool C
- Venue: Kalevi Spordihall, Tallinn, Estonia
- Dates: January 9–11, 2009
- All times are Eastern European Time
Second round
Pool D
- Venue: Olympic and Leisure Complex, Quba, Azerbaijan
- Dates: May 15–17, 2009
- All times are Azerbaijan Summer Time
Pool E
- Venue: Arena Gripe, Split, Croatia
- Dates: May 15–17, 2009
- All times are Central European Summer Time
Pool F
- Venue: Sport Hall Orlovec, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
- Dates: May 13–17, 2009
- All times are Eastern European Summer Time
Pool G
- Venue: Palais des Sports, Marseille, France
- Dates: May 13–17, 2009
- All times are Central European Summer Time
Third round
Pool H
- Venue: Zoppas Arena, Conegliano, Italy
- Dates: July 17–19, 2009
- All times are Central European Summer Time
Pool I
- Venue: Hala Sportova Dudova Suma, Subotica, Serbia
- Dates: July 17–19, 2009
- All times are Central European Summer Time
Pool J
- Venue: Hala Podpromie, Rzeszów, Poland
- Dates: July 17–19, 2009
- All times are Central European Summer Time
Pool K
- Venue: Topsportcentrum, Almere, Netherlands
- Dates: July 17–19, 2009
- All times are Central European Summer Time