Brazil vs Cuba, Paris Olympics Volleyball Qualifier 2023 Men: Live Stream, Schedule, Squads

The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Olympic Qualification Tournaments, alternatively the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cup (for the tournament held in Japan) and also known as FIVB Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier, are the three volleyball tournaments to be contested by 24 men’s national teams of the FIVB. The top teams will earn a place in the 2024 Summer Olympics volleyball tournament.

Friday will see Brazil take on Cuba to book a place for the Paris Olympics. The Brazilian team is currently ranked fifth in the volleyball world rankings. At the same time, Cuba is ranked eleventh in the world rankings. Heading into Friday’s match, the Brazilian side is coming with a win after initial hiccups against Ukraine (3-2). On the other hand, Cuba is also coming after outclassing the Qatari side to win in straight sets (3-0). Brazil had once dominated the volleyball circuit, however in recent years th South American kings have been dethroned. Nevertheless, Cuba will be facing a resilient Brazilian side who will have the home advantage with them.

What is the format of the Paris Olympics Volleyball Qualifier 2023 Men?

The 24 teams are placed in three pools of eight, for a round-robin tournament. Subsequently, in each group, every team will face each other once. After this, the top two ranked teams will obtain a quota for Paris 2024. Rio de Janeiro in Brazil will host all games of Pool A. While, while the teams in Pool B will play in Tokyo, Japan. On the other hand, nations in Pool C are going to play in Xi’an, People’s Republic of China.

The Olympic Qualification Tournaments will include the 24 best-placed non-qualified teams except Russia who is ineligible to compete in the OQTs due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games. Therefore, the athletes’ participation at the Paris Games depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at Paris 2024.

Brazil vs Cuba: Squads of both teams

Brazil

Rezende Bruno Mossa (S), Bergmann Lukas Felipe (OH), Rodrigues Pinto Otávio Henrique (MB), Fernandes P.X.Cavalcante Adriano (OH), Honorato Henrique Dantas Nóbrega (OH), Gil Kreling Fernando (S), Nascimento Maique Reis (L), Saatkamp Lucas (MB), Hoss Thales (L), Souza Ricardo Lucarelli (OH), Souza Alan (O), Resende Gualberto Flavio (MB), Ferreira Souza Darlan (O), Nunes da Cunha Jr Judson Amabel (MB)

Cuba

Masso Alvarez Jose Israel (MB), Mergarejo Hernandez Osniel Lazaro (OH), Concepcion Rojas Javier Octavio (MB), Thondike Mejias Christian Manuel (S), Garcia Alvarez Yonder Roman (L), Gutierrez Suarez Miguel David (O), Taboada Diaz Lyvan (S), Herrera Jaime Jesus (O), Alonso Arce Roamy Raul (MB), Lopez Castro Miguel Angel (OH), Gutierrez Suarez Jose Miguel (OH), Yant Herrera Marlon (OH), Gorguet Salas Alain (L), Wilson Velazquez Alexis (MB)