26/02/2016 18:55
World League Group 3 hosts confirmed
News from the FIVB
Lausanne, Switzerland, February 26, 2016. The 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League Group 3 hosts have been finalised with Slovenia, Mexico and Greece preparing to welcome matches in the first week of the Preliminary Round. Greece will also host a pool in the second week, alongside Tunisia and Kazakhstan.
The Week 1 matches in World League Group 3 will all be played from June 17 to 19. Pool A3 featuring Slovenia, Tunisia, Venezuela and Qatar will take place at the Sport Hall Stozice in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Olympic Complex Mexico 68 will be the venue for the Pool B3 matches in Mexico City, Mexico - the teams involved are Mexico, Spain, Montenegro and Germany. The New Indoor Sports Hall in Kozani, Greece will play host to Pool C3, which includes hosts Greece, Kazakhstan, Chinese Taipei and Puerto Rico.
The second weekend of the Group 3 Preliminary Round will take place from June 24 to 26. The matches in Pool D3 will be played in Greece at a venue still to be confirmed featuring hosts Greece, Slovenia, Puerto Rico and Qatar. The teams in Pool E3 - Mexico, Venezuela, Montenegro and Tunisia - will play at the Salle Olympique de Rades in Tunis, Tunisia. Finally, Pool F3 including Kazakhstan, Germany, Spain and Chinese Taipei will take place at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Twelve teams will participate in World League Group 3 in 2016. The Group will take place over a total of three weekends. The first two Preliminary Round weekends will be played by three four-team pools. Hosts Germany and the top three teams from the Group 3 Preliminary Round will play a Final Round at the Fraport Arena in Frankfurt, Germany from July 1 to 3.
|