Overview of the events of 2014 in volleyball
The following were the events of Volleyball for the year 2014 throughout the world.
April 22 – December 14: 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour[ 1]
April 22 – December 14: Open Tournaments[ 2]
April 29 – September 28: Grand Slam Tournaments[ 27]
June 3 – 8: 2014 European Beach Volleyball Championships in Cagliari
June 5 – 8: 2014 Asian Beach Volleyball Championship in Jinjiang [ 58]
Men's winners: Isaac Kapa and Christopher McHugh
Women's winners: Louise Bawden and Taliqua Clancy
June 10 – 15: 2014 FIVB U23 World Championships in Masłowice [ 59]
Winners: Maciej Kosiak & Maciej Rudol (m)[ 60] / Nicole Laird & Mariafe Artacho (f)[ 61]
July 15 – 20: 2014 FIVB U17 World Championships in Acapulco [ 62]
Winners: Yves Haussener & Florian Breer (m)[ 63] / Morgan Martin & Kathryn Plummer (f)[ 64]
July 23 – 27: 2014 FIVB U21 World Championships in Larnaca [ 65]
Winners: Michal Bryl & Kacper Kujawiak (m)[ 66] / Sophie Bukovec & Tiadora Miric (f)[ 67]
July 29 – August 3: 2014 FIVB U19 World Championships in Porto [ 68]
Winners: Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci & George Souto Maior Wanderley (m)[ 69] / Eduarda Santos Lisboa & Andressa Cavalcanti Ramalho (f)[ 70]
August 17 – 27: 2014 Summer Youth Olympics [ 71]
Boys: Oleg Stoyanovskiy / Artem Iarzutkin; Rolando Hernandez / Jose Gregorio Gomez; Leandro Nicolas Aveiro / Santiago Karim Aulisi
Girls: Eduarda Santos Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva Ramos; Megan and Nicole McNamara; Sarah Schneider / Lisa Arnholdt
January 3 – October 25: 2014 FIVB Volleyball Schedule
October 22, 2013 – March 16, 2014: 2013–14 CEV Women's Champions League
October 22, 2013 – March 23, 2014: 2013–14 CEV Champions League
May 5 – 10: 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship in Belo Horizonte
Belogorie Belgorod defeated Al-Rayyan , 3–1, to claim its first title. UPCN San Juan took third place.
May 7 – 11: 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Zürich
Dinamo Kazan defeated Molico Osasco , 3–0, to claim its first title.
May 23 – July 20: 2014 FIVB Volleyball World League for Men in Italy [ 72]
United States defeated Brazil , 3–1 (in matches won), to claim its second FIVB World League title. Italy took third place.
July 25 – August 24: 2014 FIVB World Grand Prix for Women[ 73]
August 15 & 16: Group 2 Finals in Koszalin
August 16 & 17: Group 3 Finals in Samokov
August 20 – 24: Main Group 1 Finals in Tokyo
Brazil took first place (13 points) and won its tenth World Grand Prix title. Host nation, Japan , took second place (12 points). Russia took third place (7 points and higher points ratio).
August 30 – September 21: 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland [ 76]
Host nation, Poland , defeated Brazil , 3–1 in matches, to claim its second FIVB Men's World Championship title. Germany took the bronze medal.
September 23 – October 12: 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship in Italy [ 77]
The United States defeated China , 3–1 in matches, to claim its first FIVB Women's World Championship title. Brazil won the bronze medal.