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, Slovakia and Hungary, qualified for final round directly.
Qualification
The winners of each pools and the two second placed teams qualified for final round. Because Pool H has only three teams. The second placed teams will cut the result which they play with the fourth ranked teams before consider the qualified teams.
There was a pool which competed with three teams while the others had four teams. So, the result of fourth placed teams of each pools would be cut off before consider the qualified teams.