Brazil vs Iran, 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.

Saturday will see Brazil take on Iran to book a place for the Paris Olympics. The Brazilian team is currently ranked fifth in the volleyball world rankings. At the same time, Iran is ranked fourteenth in the world rankings. Heading into Saturday’s match, Brazil is coming after the Caribbean giants of volleyball, Cuba (3-1). On the other hand, Iran is coming after getting thrashed by the silver medalist of Rio, Italy (0-3). Brazil’s qualification drive this time has been on and off. However, Iran has not been in sync when it comes to the qualification. Naturally, it will be an easy match for the South American side.

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 Iran: 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)

Iran

Jelveh Ghaziani Mahdi (MB), Ebadipour Ghara H. Milad (OH), Sarlak Amir Reza (MB), Fallah Zarchoub L. Mohammad (MB), Mousavi Eraghi Seyed Mohammad (MB), Hazratpourtalatappeh Mohammadreza (L), Moazzen Mohammadreza (L), Esmaeilnezhad Amin (O), Kazemi Saber (O), Esfandiar Amirhossein (OH), Ramezani Ali (S), Karimisouchelmaei Javad (S), Salehi Meisam (OH), Vadi Mohammad Taher (S), Hossein Khanzadeh Firouzjah Poriya (OH), Homayonfarmanesh Shahrooz (OH), Salehi Arman (L), Saadat Bardia (O), Valizadeh Mohammad (MB), Nasri Mastanabad Mobin (OH)