03-DECEMBER-2012
FIVB CONFIRMS ITS VOLLEYBALL
CALENDAR FOR 2013
The International Volleyball Federation announced its volleyball calendar for 2013, highlighting the new World League and World Grand Prix format, and the introduction of a new competition: The Under-23 World Championship.
2013 World League’s edition will present a new format: The Intercontinental round will be played by 18 National Teams divided in 3 pools with 6 teams each.
Pool A: Brazil, Poland, USA, Bulgaria, Argentina and France;
Pool B: Russia, Italy, Cuba, Serbia, Germany and Iran;
Pool C: Canada, South Korea, Finland, The Netherlands and two
adittional countries, yet to be announced by FIVB.
Pools A and B were determined by using the “coil system” based on the World Ranking (August 13 update), while Pool C will be formed by the 4 better ranked teams, (after the 12 teams on Pools A and B) and by two FIVB chosen nations, yet to be announced.
The Final Round will be played by 8 teams: Host country, the 3 better ranked teams from Pools A and B and the 1st ranked team of Pool C.
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(FIVB) 2013 Volleyball Calendar
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More info: www.fivb.org