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 (FIVB), 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.

2014 FIVB Women's World Championship
Campionato Mondiale Di Pallavolo Femminile
Italia 2014
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
Dates23 September–12 October
Teams24
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Officially opened byGiorgio Napolitano
Champions United States (1st title)
Runners-up China
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Italy
Tournament awards
MVP Kimberly Hill
Best Setter Alisha Glass
Best OH Zhu Ting
Kimberly Hill
Best MB Thaísa Menezes
Yang Junjing
Best OPP Sheilla Castro
Best Libero Monica De Gennaro
Official website

The United States won their first world title, defeating China in four sets at the final.[1][2] Reigning olympic champions Brazil won the 3rd place match, defeating Italy in five sets. Kimberly Hill was selected Most Valuable Player.[3]

Qualification
Main article: 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship 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).[4]

Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances
Total* First Last
 ItalyCEVHost0125 November 200910th19782010
 ThailandAVCAVC Pool A Runner-up027 September 20134th19982010
 JapanAVCAVC Pool A Winner037 September 201315th19602010
 RussiaCEV2013 CEV Championship Winner0413 September 201316th119522010
 GermanyCEV2013 CEV Championship Runner-up0513 September 201314th219562010
 BrazilCSV2013 CSV Championship Winner0621 September 201315th19562010
 ChinaAVCAVC Pool B Winner0730 September 201313th19562010
 KazakhstanAVCAVC Pool B Runner-up081 October 20133rd20062010
 ArgentinaCSVCSV Qualification Tournament Winner0920 October 20135th19602002
 TurkeyCEVCEV Pool I Winner105 January 20143rd20062010
 BulgariaCEVCEV Pool M Winner115 January 201411th19522002
 AzerbaijanCEVCEV Pool J Winner125 January 20143rd19942006
 BelgiumCEVCEV Pool K Winner135 January 20143rd19561978
 CroatiaCEVCEV Pool L Winner145 January 20143rd19982010
 SerbiaCEVCEV Third Round Best Runner-up155 January 20144th319782010
 NetherlandsCEVCEV Third Round Second Best Runner-up165 January 201413th19562010
 TunisiaCAVBCAVB Pool U Winner1722 February 20143rd19781986
 CameroonCAVBCAVB Pool T Winner181 March 20142nd20062006
 CubaNORCECANORCECA Pool Q Winner1917 May 201412th19702010
 United StatesNORCECANORCECA Pool O Winner2018 May 201415th19562010
 Dominican RepublicNORCECANORCECA Pool P Winner2118 May 20147th19742010
 CanadaNORCECANORCECA Pool S Winner2219 May 20148th19742010
 Puerto RicoNORCECANORCECA Pool R Winner2325 May 20146th19742010
 MexicoNORCECANORCECA Playoff Winner2420 July 20147th19702006
* Total (including 2014 edition).
1.^ Competed as Soviet Union from 1952 to 1990; 6th appearance as Russia.
2.^ Competed as West Germany from 1956 to 1990; 6th appearance as Germany.
3.^ Competed as Yugoslavia for 1978 and Serbia and Montenegro for 2006; 2nd appearance as Serbia.

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.

Group standing criteria
1. Ranking points (3 points for a 3–0 or 3–1 win; 2 points for a 3–2 win; 1 point for a 2–3 loss; 0 points for a 1–3 or 0–3 loss)
2. Number of wins
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. Head to head

Source:FIVB[5]

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first three positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking.[6] 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.[7]

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
 Italy (Hosts)  Brazil (1)  United States (2)  Japan (3)
 Dominican Republic (8)  Serbia (7)  Russia (6)  China (5)
 Germany (9)  Turkey (11)  Thailand (12)  Puerto Rico (17)
 Argentina (18)  Canada (20)  Netherlands (18)  Cuba (21)
 Croatia (24)  Cameroon (26)  Kazakhstan (23)  Belgium (22)
 Tunisia (27)  Bulgaria (35)  Mexico (28)  Azerbaijan (37)

Squads
Main article: 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship squads

Venues

The tournament was played at six venues in six cities.[8]

Pool G,H, Final Pool A Pool B,E
Host cities in Italy
Milan, Italy Rome, Italy Trieste, Italy
Mediolanum Forum PalaLottomatica PalaTrieste
Capacity: 12,657 Capacity: 10,710 Capacity: 6,943
Pool C,F Pool F Pool D,E
Verona, Italy Modena, Italy Bari, Italy
PalaOlimpia PalaPanini PalaFlorio
Capacity: 6,200 Capacity: 4,990 Capacity: 5,080
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First round
Qualified for the Second round

Pool A
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Italy 13 4 1 14 4 3.500 416 299 1.391
2  Dominican Republic 12 5 0 15 7 2.143 492 422 1.166
3  Croatia 9 3 2 11 10 1.100 442 444 0.995
4  Germany 8 2 3 11 9 1.222 431 363 1.187
5  Argentina 3 1 4 5 12 0.417 328 404 0.812
6  Tunisia 0 0 5 1 15 0.067 219 396 0.553
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Sep10:30Argentina  1–3  Croatia 17–2528–2624–2619–25 88–102P2 P3
23 Sep17:00Dominican Republic  3–2  Germany 22–2525–2125–2124–2615–13111–106P2 P3
23 Sep20:00Italy  3–0  Tunisia 25–1125–1325–8  75–32P2 P3
24 Sep10:30Dominican Republic  3–0  Tunisia 25–1425–1925–10  75–43P2 P3
24 Sep17:00Germany  3–0  Argentina 25–1225–1325–14  75–39P2 P3
24 Sep20:00Croatia  0–3  Italy 24–2615–2511–25  50–76P2 P3
25 Sep10:30Germany  3–0  Tunisia 25–725–1225–7  75–26P2 P3
25 Sep17:00Croatia  2–3  Dominican Republic 22–2513–2525–2226–2417–19103–115P2 P3
25 Sep20:00Argentina  0–3  Italy 17–2517–2516–25  50–75P2 P3
27 Sep10:30Tunisia  1–3  Croatia 6–2525–2116–2513–25 60–96P2 P3
27 Sep17:00Dominican Republic  3–1  Argentina 25–1325–2019–2525–18 94–76P2 P3
27 Sep20:00Italy  3–1  Germany 21–2525–1725–1025–18 96–70P2 P3
28 Sep10:30Tunisia  0–3  Argentina 19–2518–2521–25  58–75P2 P3
28 Sep17:00Croatia  3–2  Germany 17–2525–239–2525–2115–1191–105P2 P3
28 Sep20:00Italy  2–3  Dominican Republic 15–2525–1621–2525–168–1594–97P2 P3

Pool B
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Brazil 14 5 0 15 3 5.000 428 333 1.285
2  Serbia 11 4 1 13 7 1.857 467 405 1.153
3  Bulgaria 9 3 2 11 8 1.375 417 396 1.053
4  Turkey 8 2 3 11 9 1.222 436 396 1.101
5  Canada 3 1 4 4 13 0.308 296 392 0.755
6  Cameroon 0 0 5 1 15 0.067 274 396 0.692
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Sep10:30Canada  3–1  Cameroon 25–1225–1520–2525–14 95–66P2 P3
23 Sep17:00Serbia  3–1  Turkey 25–1520–2525–1925–22 95–81P2 P3
23 Sep20:00Brazil  3–0  Bulgaria 25–1925–2225–16  75–57P2 P3
24 Sep10:30Turkey  3–0  Canada 25–1025–1225–17  75–39P2 P3
24 Sep17:00Cameroon  0–3  Brazil 14–2515–2518–25  47–75P2 P3
24 Sep20:00Serbia  3–2  Bulgaria 25–1923–2525–1918–2515–12106–100P2 P3
25 Sep10:30Canada  0–3  Brazil 14–258–2518–25  40–75P2 P3
25 Sep17:00Cameroon  0–3  Serbia 17–2513–2524–26  54–76P2 P3
25 Sep20:00Turkey  2–3  Bulgaria 25–2023–2518–2527–2512–15105–110P2 P3
27 Sep10:30Bulgaria  3–0  Cameroon 25–1625–2025–23  75–59P2 P3
27 Sep17:00Serbia  3–1  Canada 25–726–2825–2125–15 101–71P2 P3
27 Sep20:00Brazil  3–2  Turkey 17–2522–2525–1925–2115–10104–100P2 P3
28 Sep10:30Cameroon  0–3  Turkey 18–2518–2512–25  48–75P2 P3
28 Sep17:00Bulgaria  3–0  Canada 25–1725–1625–18  75–51P2 P3
28 Sep20:00Brazil  3–1  Serbia 24–2625–2125–1925–23 99–89P2 P3

Pool C
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  United States 15 5 0 15 2 7.500 437 357 1.224
2  Russia 12 4 1 13 4 3.250 427 354 1.206
3  Netherlands 9 3 2 10 6 1.667 377 358 1.053
4  Kazakhstan 6 2 3 6 9 0.667 316 331 0.955
5  Thailand 3 1 4 3 12 0.250 323 383 0.843
6  Mexico 0 0 5 1 15 0.067 318 415 0.766
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Sep10:30Netherlands  3–0  Kazakhstan 25–2125–1725–21  75–59P2 P3
23 Sep17:00Russia  3–0  Thailand 25–1825–1925–22  75–59P2 P3
23 Sep20:00United States  3–1  Mexico 19–2525–1125–2025–14 94–70P2 P3
24 Sep10:30Kazakhstan  0–3  United States 20–2515–2522–25  57–75P2 P3
24 Sep17:00Russia  3–0  Mexico 25–1725–2225–13  75–52P2 P3
24 Sep20:00Thailand  0–3  Netherlands 20–2522–2518–25  60–75P2 P3
25 Sep10:30Thailand  3–0  Mexico 27–2536–3426–24  89–83P2 P3
25 Sep17:00Kazakhstan  0–3  Russia 13–2521–2516–25  50–75P2 P3
25 Sep20:00Netherlands  0–3  United States 27–2921–2518–25  66–79P2 P3
27 Sep10:30Mexico  0–3  Kazakhstan 12–2516–2521–25  49–75P2 P3
27 Sep17:00Russia  3–1  Netherlands 19–2525–1327–2525–16 96–79P2 P3
27 Sep20:00United States  3–0  Thailand 25–1525–2325–20  75–58P2 P3
28 Sep10:30Mexico  0–3  Netherlands 30–3217–2517–25  64–82P2 P3
28 Sep17:00Kazakhstan  3–0  Thailand 25–1525–2225–20  75–57P2 P3
28 Sep20:00United States  3–1  Russia 34–3225–1929–3126–24 114–106P2 P3

Pool D
  • venue: PalaFlorio, Bari
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  China 14 5 0 15 2 7.500 408 309 1.320
2  Japan 11 3 2 13 7 1.857 444 426 1.042
3  Belgium 9 3 2 10 6 1.667 377 325 1.160
4  Azerbaijan 7 3 2 9 11 0.818 410 449 0.913
5  Puerto Rico 4 1 4 5 12 0.417 364 399 0.912
6  Cuba 0 0 5 1 15 0.067 308 403 0.764
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Sep10:30China  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–2325–1825–20  75–61P2 P3
23 Sep17:00Japan  2–3  Azerbaijan 25–1720–2525–2021–259–15100–102P2 P3
23 Sep20:00Cuba  0–3  Belgium 15–2512–2516–25  43–75P2 P3
24 Sep10:30China  3–0  Azerbaijan 25–1325–1625–17  75–46P2 P3
24 Sep17:00Belgium  1–3  Japan 22–2525–2220–2523–25 90–97P2 P3
24 Sep20:00Puerto Rico  3–0  Cuba 25–2227–2525–19  77–66P2 P3
25 Sep10:30Puerto Rico  2–3  Azerbaijan 20–2526–2424–2625–1615–17110–108P2 P3
25 Sep17:00Cuba  0–3  Japan 19–2524–2623–25  66–76P2 P3
25 Sep20:00Belgium  0–3  China 21–2522–2519–25  62–75P2 P3
27 Sep10:30Azerbaijan  0–3  Belgium 21–2512–2521–25  54–75P2 P3
27 Sep17:00Japan  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–2125–2025–19  75–60P2 P3
27 Sep20:00China  3–0  Cuba 25–1525–1125–18  75–44P2 P3
28 Sep10:30Azerbaijan  3–1  Cuba 25–2025–2725–2025–22 100–89P2 P3
28 Sep17:00Japan  2–3  China 16–2525–1827–2517–2511–1596–108P2 P3
28 Sep20:00Belgium  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–2025–1725–19  75–56P2 P3

Second round
Qualified for the Third round
  • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
  • The results and points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the First Round were taken into account for the Second Round.

Pool E
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Italy 19 6 1 20 6 3.333 610 509 1.198
2  China 16 6 1 19 7 2.714 599 504 1.188
3  Dominican Republic 13 5 2 19 15 1.267 734 686 1.070
4  Japan 10 3 4 15 17 0.882 670 693 0.967
5  Germany 9 2 5 13 15 0.867 597 591 1.010
6  Belgium 7 2 5 9 16 0.563 534 563 0.948
7  Croatia 5 2 5 10 19 0.526 556 670 0.830
8  Azerbaijan 5 2 5 8 18 0.444 519 603 0.861
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Oct17:00BariDominican Republic  3–2  Belgium 25–1725–2222–2522–2515–6109–95P2 P3
1 Oct17:10TriesteCroatia  3–2  Japan 18–2525–2325–2725–2015–8108–103P2 P3
1 Oct20:00BariItaly  3–1  Azerbaijan 25–1925–2121–2525–23 96–88P2 P3
1 Oct20:00TriesteGermany  0–3  China 16–2523–2523–25  62–75P2 P3
2 Oct17:00BariDominican Republic  3–1  Azerbaijan 23–2525–1125–2125–17 98–74P2 P3
2 Oct17:10TriesteGermany  2–3  Japan 25–2324–2619–2525–1611–15104–105P2 P3
2 Oct20:00BariItaly  3–0  Belgium 25–1825–2225–18  75–58P2 P3
2 Oct20:00TriesteCroatia  0–3  China 12–2515–2515–25  42–75P2 P3
4 Oct17:00BariDominican Republic  2–3  China 19–2519–2525–2225–2010–1598–107P2 P3
4 Oct17:00TriesteGermany  3–0  Belgium 25–2025–1525–21  75–56P2 P3
4 Oct20:00BariItaly  3–0  Japan 25–2325–2025–19  75–62P2 P3
4 Oct20:00TriesteCroatia  1–3  Azerbaijan 25–2323–2513–2523–25 84–98P2 P3
5 Oct17:00TriesteGermany  3–0  Azerbaijan 25–1525–2325–19  75–57P2 P3
5 Oct17:10BariDominican Republic  2–3  Japan 21–2523–2525–1925–2312–15106–107P2 P3
5 Oct20:00BariItaly  3–1  China 22–2525–1826–2425–17 98–84P2 P3
5 Oct20:00TriesteCroatia  1–3  Belgium 12–2523–2525–2318–25 78–98P2 P3

Pool F
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Brazil 20 7 0 21 5 4.200 628 539 1.165
2  United States 18 6 1 18 5 3.600 586 506 1.158
3  Russia 13 4 3 16 11 1.455 653 600 1.088
4  Serbia 11 4 3 13 12 1.083 565 549 1.029
5  Turkey 10 3 4 15 15 1.000 654 640 1.022
6  Bulgaria 6 2 5 10 17 0.588 565 611 0.925
7  Netherlands 6 2 5 9 16 0.563 542 591 0.917
8  Kazakhstan 0 0 7 0 21 0.000 368 525 0.701
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Oct17:00VeronaSerbia  3–0  Netherlands 25–2225–2325–23  75–68P2 P3
1 Oct17:00ModenaTurkey  1–3  United States 29–2719–2523–2515–25 86–102P2 P3
1 Oct20:00VeronaBrazil  3–0  Kazakhstan 25–2225–2225–18  75–62P2 P3
1 Oct20:00ModenaBulgaria  1–3  Russia 23–2515–2528–2619–25 85–101P2 P3
2 Oct17:00VeronaSerbia  3–0  Kazakhstan 25–1325–1525–20  75–48P2 P3
2 Oct17:00ModenaTurkey  3–2  Russia 19–2525–2725–2225–2215–13109–109P2 P3
2 Oct20:00VeronaBrazil  3–1  Netherlands 23–2525–2025–1625–16 98–77P2 P3
2 Oct20:00ModenaBulgaria  0–3  United States 17–2519–2516–25  52–75P2 P3
4 Oct17:00VeronaSerbia  0–3  United States 22–2520–2522–25  64–75P2 P3
4 Oct17:00ModenaTurkey  3–1  Netherlands 23–2525–1725–1625–20 98–78P2 P3
4 Oct20:00VeronaBrazil  3–1  Russia 25–1725–2725–1927–25 102–88P2 P3
4 Oct20:00ModenaBulgaria  3–0  Kazakhstan 25–2225–1525–13  75–50P2 P3
5 Oct17:00VeronaSerbia  0–3  Russia 26–2818–2517–25  61–78P2 P3
5 Oct17:00ModenaTurkey  3–0  Kazakhstan 25–1525–1325–14  75–42P2 P3
5 Oct20:00VeronaBrazil  3–0  United States 25–2325–2225–21  75–66P2 P3
5 Oct20:00ModenaBulgaria  1–3  Netherlands 26–2421–2523–2516–25 86–99P2 P3

Third round
Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool G
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Italy 6 2 0 6 1 6.000 162 142 1.141
2  United States 3 1 1 3 4 0.750 155 165 0.939
3  Russia 0 0 2 2 6 0.333 167 177 0.944
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Oct20:00Italy  3–0  United States 25–2325–2225–20  75–65P2 P3
9 Oct20:00United States  3–1  Russia 25–1925–2315–2525–23 90–90P2 P3
10 Oct20:00Italy  3–1  Russia 25–1225–1712–2525–23 87–77P2 P3

Pool H
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Brazil 6 2 0 6 0 MAX 150 107 1.402
2  China 2 1 1 3 5 0.600 160 183 0.874
3  Dominican Republic 1 0 2 2 6 0.333 165 185 0.892
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Oct17:30Brazil  3–0  China 25–1925–1625–15  75–50P2 P3
9 Oct17:30China  3–2  Dominican Republic 22–2523–2525–2325–2315–12110–108P2 P3
10 Oct17:30Brazil  3–0  Dominican Republic 25–1925–2125–17  75–57P2 P3

Final round
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 Oct
 
 
 Italy1
 
12 Oct
 
 China3
 
 China1
 
11 Oct
 
 United States3
 
 United States3
 
 
 Brazil0
 
3rd place
 
 
12 Oct
 
 
 Italy2
 
 
 Brazil3

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Oct17:30United States  3–0  Brazil 25–1829–2725–20  79–65P2 P3
11 Oct20:45Italy  1–3  China 21–2520–2525–2028–30 94–100P2 P3

3rd place
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Oct17:30Italy  2–3  Brazil 15–2513–2525–2225–227–1585–109P2 P3

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Oct20:00China  1–3  United States 25–2720–2525–1624–26 94–94P2 P3

Final standing

Awards

See also

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