The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments are the three volleyball tournaments to be contested by 24 national teams.
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 Japan take on Slovenia to book a place for the Paris Olympics. The Japanese team is currently ranked fourth in the volleyball world rankings. At the same time, Slovenia is ranked seventh in the world rankings. Heading into Saturday’s match, Japan is coming after thrashing the Serbian side (3-0). On the other hand, Slovenia is coming after getting thrashed by the USA (1-3). Japan will look to get things done with the likes of players like Yuji Nishida and Ran Takahashi. While on the other side, the Slovenian side will be looking to stage a comeback.
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.
Nishida Yuji (O), Onodera Taishi (MB), Miyaura Kento (O), Otsuka Tatsunori (OH), Yamauchi Akihiro (MB), Sekita Masahiro (S), Takahashi Kentaro (MB), Tomita Shoma (OH), Takahashi Ran (OH), Ogawa Tomohiro (L), Ishikawa Yuki (OH), Yamamoto Tomohiro (L), Yamamoto Ryu (S), Kai Masato (OH)
Pajenk Alen (MB), Planinšič Uroš (S), Kozamernik Jan (MB), Kök Matej (OH), Toman Urban (L), Bracko Rok (OH), Vincic Dejan (S), Štalekar Sašo (MB), Koncilja Danijel (MB), Kumer Ziga (L), Kovačič Jani (L), Štern Žiga (OH), Sešek Jaka (O), Ropret Gregor (S), Urnaut Tine (OH), Čebulj Klemen (OH), Možič Rok (OH), Mujanovič Nik (O), Pernuš Gregor (S), Kržić Janez Janž (MB), Bošnjak Crtomir (OH), Najdič Nejc (S), Sen Klemen (OH)
| Schedule (07.10.23) | Timings (IST) |
| Ukraine Vs Qatar | 01:30 |
| Germany Vs Czech Republic | 05:00 |
| Turkey vs Egypt | 06:30 |
| Canada vs Belgium | 07:30 |
| Tunisia vs Finland | 09:30 |
| Mexico vs Bulgaria | 10:30 |
| USA vs Serbia | 12:30 |
| Poland vs Netherlands | 13:30 |
| Japan vs Slovenia | 15:55 |
| China vs Argentina | 17:00 |
| Brazil vs Iran | 18:30 |
| Italy vs Cuba | 22:00 |
The Paris Olympics Volleyball Qualifier 2023 Men starts on September 30, 2023 and ends on October 8, 2023.
The LIVE Streaming of the Paris Olympics Volleyball Qualifier 2023 Men will be available on Volleyball World TV (VBTV). However, one has to buy a premium subscription of $ 3.99/month to watch the important matches. It is also speculated that there will be a streaming on the official YouTube channel of the Volleyball World.
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