2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship


The 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship was the 17th staging of the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, contested by the 24 senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Italy from 23 September to 12 October 2014. Italy played hosts for this event for the first time. The final four was held at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan.
The United States won their first world title, defeating China in four sets at the final. Reigning olympic champions Brazil won the 3rd place match, defeating Italy in five sets. Kimberly Hill was selected Most Valuable Player.

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.

Format

The tournament was played in three different stages. In the, 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 progressed to the next round.
In the, the 16 teams were divided in two groups of eight teams. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, matches already played between teams in the were counted in this round. The three best teams of each group progressed to the next round.
In the, 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 progressed to the semifinals.
;Group standing criteria:
Source:FIVB

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.
Pool APool BPool CPool D

Squads

Venues

The tournament was played at six venues in six cities.
Pool G,H, FinalPool APool B,E
Milan, ItalyRome, ItalyTrieste, Italy
Mediolanum ForumPalaLottomaticaPalaTrieste
Capacity: 12,657Capacity: 10,710Capacity: 6,943
Pool C,FPool FPool D,E
Verona, ItalyModena, ItalyBari, Italy
PalaOlimpiaPalaPaniniPalaFlorio
Capacity: 6,200Capacity: 4,990Capacity: 5,080
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First round

Pool H

Final round

3rd place

Final

Final standing

RankTeam
*
4
5
5
7
7
9
9
11
11
13
13
15
15
17
17
17
17
21
21
21
21

* Qualified to the 2015 World Cup.

Awards