20/01/2014 23:00
Warsaw gets set to host Men’s World Championship Drawing of Lots
2014 FIVB Volleyball World Championship - Men
Lausanne, Switzerland, January 20, 2014. The International Volleyball Federation is pleased to announce that the Drawing of Lots for the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship Poland 2014 will take place on Monday, January 27 at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw.
The Drawing of Lots will determine the teams that will play against each other for the coveted FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship title, a tournament which is scheduled to take place from August 30 to September 21 in Poland.
In addition to the Drawing of Lots and announcement of the host cities, highlights include the unveiling of the World Championship trophy and full details of the opening ceremony and match that will launch the most anticipated event of the 2014 Volleyball season.
The event will be live streamed on www.fivb.org and the trophy will be on display for members of the media following the ceremony.
To date 16 out of 24 teams have qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship following the completion of the European round of qualifications in early January 3 to 5, with only the African Confederation (three vacancies) and NORCECA (five vacancies) still to complete their qualification process for the World Championship tournament.
The nine European teams set to compete at the World Championship are: Poland, Russia, Italy, Bulgaria, Serbia, Germany, Belgium, Finland, and France.
The men’s tournament will be followed by the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship Italy 2014, which will take place from September 23 to October 12.
The FIVB Volleyball World Championships are a quadrennial event. In the men’s competition, Brazil will be looking to add a fourth consecutive win to their hat-trick of back-to-back titles in 2002, 2006 and 2010.
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