2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship qualification (CEV)

The CEV qualification for the 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship will see member nations compete for eight places at the finals in Japan.^[1]

Pools composition

42 CEV national teams will enter qualification.^[2]

First round

8 Small Countries Division teams will participate in the first round. The first round will also act as the 2017 European Championship Small Countries Division qualification round.^[3]

Pool A	Pool B
Cyprus	Scotland
Faroe Islands	Luxembourg
Liechtenstein	Iceland
Ireland	Northern Ireland

Second round

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Croatia	Poland	Bulgaria
Russia	Serbia	Turkey
Hungary	Czech Republic	Romania
Greece	Slovakia	Switzerland
Austria	Cyprus	Montenegro
Georgia	Iceland	Kosovo

Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Belgium	Azerbaijan	Portugal
Italy	Netherlands	Germany
Belarus	Israel	France
Spain	Ukraine	Finland
Latvia	Denmark	Slovenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Norway	Estonia

Third round

	Pool G
Second round Pool A runner-up	Greece
Second round Pool B runner-up	Czech Republic
Second round Pool C runner-up	Bulgaria
Second round Pool D runner-up	Belgium
Second round Pool E runner-up	Netherlands
Second round Pool F runner-up	Slovenia

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

First round

• The top teams in each pool will qualify for the second round and the 2017 European Championship Small Countries Division final round.

Pool A

• Venue: Tórshavnar Ittrottar, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
• Dates: 23–25 May 2016
• All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cyprus	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	244	162	1.506	Second round
2	Faroe Islands	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	223	176	1.267
3	Liechtenstein	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	182	181	1.006
4	Ireland	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	95	225	0.422

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 May	17:00	Liechtenstein	0–3	Cyprus	19–25	16–25	21–25			56–75	Report
23 May	20:00	Faroe Islands	3–0	Ireland	25–8	25–12	25–11			75–31	Report
24 May	17:00	Cyprus	3–0	Ireland	25–12	25–9	25–12			75–33	Report
24 May	20:00	Liechtenstein	0–3	Faroe Islands	15–25	15–25	21–25			51–75	Report
25 May	17:00	Ireland	0–3	Liechtenstein	14–25	7–25	10–25			31–75	Report
25 May	20:00	Cyprus	3–1	Faroe Islands	25–21	25–14	19–25	25–13		94–73	Report

Pool B

• Venue: d'Coque Gymnase, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
• Dates: 24–26 June 2016
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iceland	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	246	157	1.567	Second round
2	Scotland	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	218	194	1.124
3	Luxembourg	3	1	2	3	5	6	0.833	244	223	1.094
4	Northern Ireland	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	91	225	0.404

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	17:00	Iceland	3–0	Scotland	25–21	25–14	25–17			75–52	Report
24 Jun	19:30	Luxembourg	3–0	Northern Ireland	25–18	25–11	25–7			75–36	Report
25 Jun	17:00	Scotland	3–0	Northern Ireland	25–13	25–4	25–11			75–28	Report
25 Jun	19:30	Iceland	3–1	Luxembourg	21–25	25–19	25–17	25–17		96–78	Report
26 Jun	15:30	Northern Ireland	0–3	Iceland	8–25	13–25	6–25			27–75	Report
26 Jun	18:00	Scotland	3–1	Luxembourg	25–23	16–25	25–23	25–20		91–91	Report

Second round

• The winners in each pool will qualify for the 2018 World Championship whereas the runners-up in each pool will qualify for the third round.

Pool A

• Venue: Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek, Croatia
• Dates: 31 May – 4 June 2017

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	419	266	1.575	2018 World Championship
2	Greece	5	4	1	11	13	6	2.167	425	392	1.084	Third round
3	Hungary	5	2	3	7	10	11	0.909	436	428	1.019
4	Croatia	5	2	3	7	9	10	0.900	426	424	1.005
5	Austria	5	2	3	5	8	11	0.727	394	419	0.940
6	Georgia	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	207	378	0.548

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	15:00	Russia	3–0	Austria	25–14	25–13	25–15			75–42	Report
31 May	17:30	Greece	3–2	Hungary	25–18	20–25	20–25	25–21	15–13	105–102	Report
31 May	20:00	Georgia	0–3	Croatia	26–28	11–25	18–25			55–78	Report
1 Jun	15:00	Austria	3–2	Hungary	27–29	25–22	25–18	11–25	15–12	103–106	Report
1 Jun	17:30	Russia	3–0	Georgia	25–8	25–6	25–13			75–27	Report
1 Jun	20:00	Croatia	0–3	Greece	21–25	23–25	18–25			62–75	Report
2 Jun	15:00	Georgia	0–3	Austria	14–25	16–25	14–25			44–75	Report
2 Jun	17:30	Greece	1–3	Russia	10–25	26–24	16–25	23–25		75–99	Report
2 Jun	20:00	Hungary	3–2	Croatia	19–25	30–32	25–15	25–21	15–11	114–104	Report
3 Jun	15:00	Georgia	0–3	Greece	13–25	13–25	14–25			40–75	Report
3 Jun	17:30	Russia	3–0	Hungary	25–11	25–21	25–7			75–39	Report
3 Jun	20:00	Austria	1–3	Croatia	25–23	24–26	20–25	16–25		85–99	Report
4 Jun	15:00	Hungary	3–0	Georgia	25–12	25–8	25–21			75–41	Report
4 Jun	17:30	Greece	3–1	Austria	20–25	25–19	25–22	25–23		95–89	Report
4 Jun	20:00	Croatia	1–3	Russia	22–25	21–25	25–20	15–25		83–95	Report

Pool B

• Venue: Torwar Hall, Warsaw, Poland
• Dates: 23–28 May 2017

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	5	5	0	15	15	0	MAX	376	221	1.701	2018 World Championship
2	Czech Republic	5	4	1	11	12	6	2.000	416	327	1.272	Third round
3	Poland	5	3	2	10	11	7	1.571	402	353	1.139
4	Slovakia	5	2	3	6	8	9	0.889	344	350	0.983
5	Cyprus	5	1	4	3	3	12	0.250	244	365	0.668
6	Iceland	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	210	376	0.559

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 May	15:30	Slovakia	1–3	Czech Republic	25–18	15–25	17–25	16–25		73–93	Report
23 May	18:00	Serbia	3–0	Iceland	25–13	25–15	25–9			75–37	Report
23 May	20:30	Cyprus	0–3	Poland	14–25	17–25	15–25			46–75	Report
24 May	15:30	Czech Republic	0–3	Serbia	19–25	18–25	24–26			61–76	Report
24 May	18:00	Cyprus	0–3	Slovakia	15–25	13–25	10–25			38–75	Report
24 May	20:30	Poland	3–0	Iceland	25–16	25–5	25–18			75–39	Report
25 May	15:30	Serbia	3–0	Cyprus	25–10	25–12	25–15			75–37	Report
25 May	18:00	Iceland	0–3	Czech Republic	6–25	7–25	13–25			26–75	Report
25 May	20:30	Slovakia	1–3	Poland	19–25	15–25	28–26	19–25		81–101	Report
27 May	15:30	Cyprus	3–0	Iceland	25–20	26–24	25–21			76–65	Report
27 May	18:00	Slovakia	0–3	Serbia	8–25	14–25	18–25			40–75	Report
27 May	20:30	Poland	2–3	Czech Republic	35–33	14–25	25–14	22–25	9–15	105–112	Report
28 May	15:30	Iceland	0–3	Slovakia	11–25	21–25	11–25			43–75	Report
28 May	18:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Cyprus	25–18	25–14	25–15			75–47	Report
28 May	20:30	Serbia	3–0	Poland	25–15	25–16	25–15			75–46	Report

Pool C

• Venue: Hristo Botev Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Dates: 31 May – 4 June 2017

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	5	5	0	14	15	2	7.500	401	280	1.432	2018 World Championship
2	Bulgaria	5	4	1	13	14	3	4.667	409	268	1.526	Third round
3	Romania	5	3	2	9	9	7	1.286	356	322	1.106
4	Switzerland	5	2	3	6	7	9	0.778	312	335	0.931
5	Montenegro	5	1	4	3	3	12	0.250	272	332	0.819
6	Kosovo	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	162	375	0.432

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	15:00	Turkey	3–0	Kosovo	25–5	25–13	25–10			75–28	Report
31 May	17:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Switzerland	25–8	25–9	25–20			75–37	Report
31 May	20:00	Romania	3–0	Montenegro	25–23	25–15	25–16			75–54	Report
1 Jun	15:00	Switzerland	0–3	Turkey	16–25	11–25	17–25			44–75	Report
1 Jun	17:30	Montenegro	3–0	Kosovo	25–20	25–7	25–5			75–32	Report
1 Jun	20:00	Romania	0–3	Bulgaria	23–25	15–25	21–25			59–75	Report
2 Jun	15:00	Kosovo	0–3	Switzerland	11–25	8–25	15–25			34–75	Report
2 Jun	17:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Montenegro	25–15	25–12	25–13			75–40	Report
2 Jun	20:00	Turkey	3–0	Romania	25–14	25–19	25–18			75–51	Report
3 Jun	15:00	Montenegro	0–3	Switzerland	22–25	16–25	17–25			55–75	Report
3 Jun	17:30	Bulgaria	2–3	Turkey	25–23	23–25	23–25	25–13	13–15	109–101	Report
3 Jun	20:00	Romania	3–0	Kosovo	25–12	25–12	25–13			75–37	Report
4 Jun	15:00	Turkey	3–0	Montenegro	25–16	25–13	25–19			75–48	Report
4 Jun	17:30	Switzerland	1–3	Romania	25–21	19–25	16–25	21–25		81–96	Report
4 Jun	20:00	Kosovo	0–3	Bulgaria	8–25	13–25	10–25			31–75	Report

Pool D

• Venue: Lange Munte, Kortrijk, Belgium
• Dates: 31 May – 4 June 2017

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	15	15	0	MAX	376	245	1.535	2018 World Championship
2	Belgium	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	391	315	1.241	Third round
3	Belarus	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	400	377	1.061
4	Spain	5	2	3	5	6	11	0.545	332	371	0.895
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	1	4	5	7	13	0.538	404	443	0.912
6	Latvia	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	248	400	0.620

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	15:00	Spain	0–3	Belarus	14–25	20–25	13–25			47–75	Report
31 May	17:30	Belgium	3–0	Latvia	25–17	25–13	25–12			75–42	Report
31 May	20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Italy	12–25	12–25	13–25			37–75	Report
1 Jun	15:00	Spain	0–3	Belgium	21–25	18–25	14–25			53–75	Report
1 Jun	17:30	Belarus	0–3	Italy	12–25	24–26	22–25			58–76	Report
1 Jun	20:00	Latvia	1–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11–25	21–25	27–25	12–25		71–100	Report
2 Jun	15:00	Italy	3–0	Latvia	25–12	25–9	25–16			75–37	Report
2 Jun	17:30	Belgium	3–1	Belarus	25–23	23–25	25–17	25–17		98–82	Report
2 Jun	20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–3	Spain	25–22	20–25	25–20	23–25	10–15	103–107	Report
3 Jun	15:00	Belarus	3–0	Latvia	25–19	25–20	25–16			75–55	Report
3 Jun	17:30	Spain	0–3	Italy	17–25	18–25	15–25			50–75	Report
3 Jun	20:00	Belgium	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–19	30–28	25–16			80–63	Report
4 Jun	15:00	Latvia	0–3	Spain	8–25	16–25	19–25			43–75	Report
4 Jun	17:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–3	Belarus	17–25	25–27	25–18	27–25	7–15	101–110	Report
4 Jun	20:00	Italy	3–0	Belgium	25–18	25–22	25–23			75–63	Report

Pool E

• Venue: Sports Games Palace, Baku, Azerbaijan
• Dates: 30 May – 3 June 2017

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Azerbaijan	5	5	0	15	15	0	MAX	380	230	1.652	2018 World Championship
2	Netherlands	5	4	1	12	12	5	2.400	410	313	1.310	Third round
3	Ukraine	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	393	353	1.113
4	Israel	5	2	3	6	7	10	0.700	329	382	0.861
5	Norway	5	1	4	3	5	13	0.385	318	415	0.766
6	Denmark	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	259	396	0.654

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 May	15:00	Denmark	0–3	Netherlands	12–25	13–25	9–25			34–75	Report
30 May	17:30	Azerbaijan	3–0	Norway	25–15	25–10	25–6			75–31	Report
30 May	20:00	Israel	0–3	Ukraine	22–25	20–25	11–25			53–75	Report
31 May	15:00	Netherlands	3–0	Norway	25–11	25–14	25–13			75–38	Report
31 May	17:30	Ukraine	0–3	Azerbaijan	17–25	17–25	21–25			55–75	Report
31 May	20:00	Denmark	0–3	Israel	22–25	19–25	18–25			59–75	Report
1 Jun	15:00	Norway	1–3	Ukraine	21–25	25–22	14–25	17–25		77–97	Report
1 Jun	17:30	Azerbaijan	3–0	Denmark	25–12	25–14	25–14			75–40	Report
1 Jun	20:00	Israel	1–3	Netherlands	19–25	11–25	25–22	15–25		70–97	Report
2 Jun	15:00	Denmark	1–3	Norway	25–21	15–25	23–25	15–25		78–96	Report
2 Jun	17:30	Israel	0–3	Azerbaijan	9–25	14–25	18–25			41–75	Report
2 Jun	20:00	Netherlands	3–1	Ukraine	30–28	18–25	25–13	27–25		100–91	Report
3 Jun	15:00	Norway	1–3	Israel	19–25	25–15	17–25	15–25		76–90	Report
3 Jun	17:30	Azerbaijan	3–0	Netherlands	30–28	25–22	25–13			80–63	Report
3 Jun	20:00	Ukraine	3–0	Denmark	25–14	25–18	25–16			75–48	Report

Pool F

• Venue: Centro Cultural de Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
• Dates: 31 May – 4 June 2017

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	5	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	412	331	1.245	2018 World Championship
2	Slovenia	5	4	1	12	12	3	4.000	361	294	1.228	Third round
3	Portugal	5	3	2	7	10	10	1.000	415	441	0.941
4	Estonia	5	2	3	5	6	12	0.500	359	411	0.873
5	Finland	5	1	4	4	6	12	0.500	393	411	0.956
6	France	5	0	5	2	5	15	0.333	402	454	0.885

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	15:00	Germany	3–0	Slovenia	25–18	25–20	25–22			75–60	Report
31 May	17:30	Portugal	3–2	France	25–21	13–25	23–25	27–25	15–13	103–109	Report
31 May	20:30	Finland	1–3	Estonia	17–25	25–17	23–25	20–25		85–92	Report
1 Jun	15:00	France	0–3	Slovenia	17–25	15–25	16–25			48–75	Report
1 Jun	17:30	Portugal	3–2	Finland	25–23	27–29	17–25	25–22	15–12	109–111	Report
1 Jun	20:30	Estonia	0–3	Germany	18–25	19–25	20–25			57–75	Report
2 Jun	15:00	Finland	3–0	France	26–24	25–18	25–17			76–59	Report
2 Jun	17:30	Germany	3–1	Portugal	25–18	25–15	15–25	25–11		90–69	Report
2 Jun	20:30	Slovenia	3–0	Estonia	25–19	25–20	25–12			75–51	Report
3 Jun	15:00	Finland	0–3	Germany	23–25	23–25	14–25			60–75	Report
3 Jun	17:30	Portugal	0–3	Slovenia	18–25	19–25	22–25			59–75	Report
3 Jun	20:30	France	2–3	Estonia	25–22	20–25	25–15	17–25	14–16	101–103	Report
4 Jun	15:00	Slovenia	3–0	Finland	25–16	25–21	26–24			76–61	Report
4 Jun	17:30	Germany	3–1	France	25–22	25–21	22–25	25–17		97–85	Report
4 Jun	20:30	Estonia	0–3	Portugal	23–25	20–25	13–25			56–75	Report

Third round

• The winners and runners-up will qualify for the 2018 World Championship.

Pool G

• Venue: Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Dates: 22–27 August 2017

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	15	15	0	MAX	375	264	1.420	2018 World Championship
2	Bulgaria	5	4	1	12	12	6	2.000	422	390	1.082
3	Belgium	5	3	2	8	9	9	1.000	391	381	1.026
4	Czech Republic	5	2	3	6	9	11	0.818	426	430	0.991
5	Slovenia	5	1	4	3	5	12	0.417	339	402	0.843
6	Greece	5	0	5	1	3	15	0.200	340	426	0.798

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	14:30	Slovenia	1–3	Bulgaria	18–25	19–25	25–20	22–25		84–95	Report
22 Aug	17:00	Belgium	3–2	Czech Republic	25–22	23–25	25–20	13–25	15–11	101–103	Report
22 Aug	19:30	Netherlands	3–0	Greece	25–13	25–13	25–18			75–44	Report
23 Aug	14:30	Czech Republic	1–3	Bulgaria	25–18	24–26	16–25	21–25		86–94	Report
23 Aug	17:00	Greece	0–3	Slovenia	17–25	22–25	19–25			58–75	Report
23 Aug	19:30	Belgium	0–3	Netherlands	18–25	18–25	22–25			58–75	Report
24 Aug	14:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Greece	26–24	21–25	25–21	25–17		97–87	Report
24 Aug	17:00	Slovenia	1–3	Belgium	24–26	13–25	25–23	23–25		85–99	Report
24 Aug	19:30	Netherlands	3–0	Czech Republic	25–18	25–22	25–18			75–58	Report
26 Aug	14:30	Netherlands	3–0	Slovenia	25–16	25–11	25–16			75–43	Report
26 Aug	17:00	Belgium	0–3	Bulgaria	17–25	22–25	19–25			58–75	Report
26 Aug	19:30	Czech Republic	3–2	Greece	25–23	22–25	26–24	16–25	15–11	104–108	Report
27 Aug	14:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Netherlands	21–25	17–25	23–25			61–75	Report
27 Aug	16:30	Greece	0–3	Belgium	14–25	17–25	12–25			43–75	Report
27 Aug	19:00	Slovenia	0–3	Czech Republic	17–25	15–25	20–25			52–75	Report

References

1. "World Championships qualification process to be confirmed by Confederations". FIVB. 2 February 2016.
2. "CEV announces 2018 World Championships qualification formula". FIVB. 3 May 2016.
3. "All set for 2016 & 2017 Small Countries Division Championships". CEV. 14 January 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.