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2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CEV)

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The CEV qualification for the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship saw member nations compete for eight places at the finals in Italy.

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Draw

35 of the 55 CEV national teams entered qualification. (Iceland later withdrew) The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Men's Rankings as of 5 January 2008 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets) Teams ranked 1–6 did not compete in the first and second rounds, and automatically qualified for the third round. Teams ranked 7–20 did not compete in the first round, and automatically qualified for the second round.

First round
  • Iceland withdrew and Belarus replaced Iceland in Pool A to balance the number of teams in each group.
    • Second round
    Third round

    Pool A

  • Venue: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • Dates: January 2–4, 2009
  • All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00)

    • Pool B

  • Venue: Olympic Sports Centre, Riga, Latvia
  • Dates: January 2–4, 2009
  • All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)

    • Pool C

  • Venue: Budocenter, Vienna, Austria
  • Dates: January 3–5, 2009
  • All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)

    • Pool D

  • Venue: Olympic and Leisure Complex, Quba, Azerbaijan
  • Dates: January 9–11, 2009
  • All times are Azerbaijan Time (UTC+04:00)

    • Pool E

  • Venue: Aréna Poprad, Poprad, Slovakia
  • Dates: May 29–31, 2009
  • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

    • Pool F

  • Venue: Topsportcentrum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Dates: May 30–June 1, 2009
  • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

    • Pool G

  • Venue: Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
  • Dates: May 27–31, 2009
  • All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

    • Pool H

  • Venue: Tipsport Arena, Liberec, Czech Republic
  • Dates: May 27–31, 2009
  • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

    • Pool I

  • Venue: Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere, Finland
  • Dates: August 7–9, 2009
  • All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

    • Pool J

  • Venue: Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna, Bulgaria
  • Dates: August 14–16, 2009
  • All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

    • Pool K

  • Venue: Gdynia Sports Arena, Gdynia, Poland
  • Dates: August 14–16, 2009
  • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

    • Pool L

  • Venue: Hala Sportova Jezero, Kragujevac, Serbia
  • Dates: August 14–16, 2009
  • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

    • References

    2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CEV) Wikipedia
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