This is an article about qualification for the 2014 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship.
Qualification summary
Pool standing procedure Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio 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
Direct qualification
Host countries, and qualified for final round directly.
First round First round was held 3–5 January 2014. With there being 31 teams for this edition, only one 1st Round pool played with the 3 lowest ranked teams (according to the CEV U20 Men European Ranking List), where the 1st and 2nd placed teams qualified to the 2nd Round.
All times are local.
Venue: National Volleyball Centre, Kettering, England
Second round 28 teams competed in seven 2nd Round tournaments consisting of 4 teams. These took place between 25 – 27 April 2014.
The 1st placed teams of each pool qualified directly for the Final Round. The 2nd placed teams of each Pool as well as the 3rd placed team with the best score among the 2nd Round Pools qualified for the 3rd Round.
Following Ukraine's withdrawal from the competition, Pool B featured only three teams. As a result, in order to determine the third placed team with the best score among the 2nd Round Pools, the result of all the matches played with the last placed team wouldn't be taken into account in pools with four participants. This means an updated final standing will be calculated accordingly so that the comparison among all third placed teams was done counting the same number of matches.
Pools composition Pool APool BPool CPool DPool EPool FPool G
All times are local.
Pool A
Venue: Audentes Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
Pool B
Venue: Pala Principi, Porto Potenza Picena, Italy
Pool C
Venue: Sala Polivalenta, Piatra Neamț, Romania
Pool D
Venue: Dunaújvárosi Sportcsarnok, Dunaújváros, Hungary
Pool E
Venue: Pavilhao do, Castelo da Maia, Portugal
Pool F
Venue: Hristo Botev, Sofia, Bulgaria
Pool G
Venue: TVF SC Baskent Sports Hall, Ankara, Turkey
Ranking of the third placed teams
Third round The 3rd Round consisted of 2 tournaments of 4 teams and took place between 11 – 13 July 2014.
The 1st placed teams of each Pool as well as the 2nd placed team with the best score among the 3rd Round Pools qualified for the Final Round.
Pools composition Pool HPool I
All times are local.
Pool H Venue: PalaRoma, Pescara, Italy
Pool I Venue: Sportsko Poslovni Centar, Ruma, Serbia
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