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

The CEV qualification for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship will see member nations compete for seven places at the finals in Italy and Bulgaria.^[1]

Pools composition

39 CEV national teams entered qualification.^[2]

First round

7 Small Countries Division teams participated in the first round. The first round also acted as the 2017 European Championship Small Countries Division qualification round. Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their final ranking of 2015 European Championship Small Countries Division. But, Northern Ireland and Iceland were switched between the pools as Iceland were drawn as the 2nd hosts alongside Luxembourg who applied to hosts.^[3] Rankings are shown in brackets.

Pool A	Pool B
Luxembourg (1)	Cyprus (2)
Faroe Islands (4)	Scotland (3)
Northern Ireland (6)	Iceland (5)
	Andorra (7)

Second round

The six hosts were drawn as heads of series in one of the six pools (from left to right, A–B–C–D–E–F). The remaining participating teams were grouped in five sub-groups – each one including six teams – according to the CEV National Team Ranking as of 19 October 2015^[4] – i.e. when National Federations registered for participation in the World Championship qualification – and drawn accordingly into one of the six pools (from left to right, A–B–C–D–E–F). Rankings are shown in brackets except hosts. The pools were confirmed on 26 October 2016.^[5]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
France (Hosts)	Netherlands (Hosts)	Slovenia (Hosts)
Germany (4)	Slovakia (11)	Belgium (9)
Turkey (14)	Greece (18)	Portugal (15)
Ukraine (23)	Austria (28)	Latvia (25)
Azerbaijan (33)	Luxembourg (31)	Israel (29)
Iceland (41)	Moldova (35)	Georgia (41)

Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Estonia (Hosts)	Croatia (Hosts)	Czech Republic (Hosts)
Russia (1)	Serbia (6)	Finland (8)
Montenegro (21)	Belarus (20)	Spain (17)
Romania (26)	Denmark (24)	Sweden (27)
Hungary (30)	Switzerland (34)	Cyprus (31)
Kosovo (–)	Norway (36)	Northern Ireland (43)

Third round

Pool G
Second Round Pool A 2nd
Second Round Pool B 2nd
Second Round Pool C 2nd
Second Round Pool D 2nd
Second Round Pool E 2nd
Second Round Pool F 2nd

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 two teams in each pool qualified for the second round and the 2017 European Championship Small Countries Division final round.

Qualified for the Second round and the 2017 European Championship Small Countries Division Final round

Pool A

• Venue: d'Coque Gymnase, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
• Dates: 13–15 May 2016
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Luxembourg	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	89	1.685
2	Northern Ireland	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	151	173	0.873
3	Faroe Islands	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	140	179	0.782

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 May	19:00	Northern Ireland	3–1	Faroe Islands	25–21	24–26	29–27	26–24		104–98	Report
14 May	19:00	Luxembourg	3–0	Northern Ireland	25–14	25–13	25–20			75–47	Report
15 May	17:00	Faroe Islands	0–3	Luxembourg	19–25	13–25	10–25			42–75	Report

Pool B

• Venue: Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík, Iceland
• Dates: 20–22 May 2016
• All times are Western European Time (UTC±00:00).

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cyprus	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	280	210	1.333
2	Iceland	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	244	240	1.017
3	Scotland	1	2	5	7	6	1.167	284	270	1.052
4	Andorra	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	137	225	0.609

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	17:00	Cyprus	3–0	Andorra	25–12	25–12	25–13			75–37	Report
20 May	20:00	Iceland	3–2	Scotland	25–21	15–25	25–18	23–25	15–13	103–102	Report
21 May	15:00	Andorra	0–3	Scotland	17–25	19–25	21–25			57–75	Report
21 May	18:00	Cyprus	3–1	Iceland	25–14	20–25	25–16	25–11		95–66	Report
22 May	15:00	Scotland	2–3	Cyprus	23–25	25–23	25–22	21–25	13–15	107–110	Report
22 May	18:00	Andorra	0–3	Iceland	8–25	18–25	17–25			43–75	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.

	Qualified for the 2018 World Championship
	Qualified for the Third round

Pool A

• Venue: France
• Dates: 23–28 May 2017
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	France	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

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Pool B

• Venue: Netherlands
• Dates: 23–28 May 2017
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Moldova	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

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Pool C

• Venue: Slovenia
• Dates: 23–28 May 2017
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

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Pool D

• Venue: Estonia
• Dates: 23–28 May 2017
• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

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Pool E

• Venue: Croatia
• Dates: 23–28 May 2017
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

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Pool F

• Venue: Czech Republic
• Dates: 23–28 May 2017
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

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Third round

• The winners will qualify for the 2018 World Championship.

Qualified for the 2018 World Championship

Pool G

• Venue:
• Dates: 15–20 August 2017
• All times are

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Second Round Pool A 2nd	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Second Round Pool B 2nd	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Second Round Pool C 2nd	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Second Round Pool D 2nd	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Second Round Pool E 2nd	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Second Round Pool F 2nd	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

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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. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
4. "CEV European Ranking List - Men (as per 19.10.2015)". CEV. 19 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016.
5. "Pools set for second stage of 2018 World Champs qualification". CEV. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

External links

• Official website