The highly-intriguing contest will see two sides that are still unbeaten in the tournament taking on each other.
Poland will take on Brazil in a mouth-watering FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship 2022 semifinal clash on Saturday. The highly-intriguing contest will see two sides that are still unbeaten in the tournament taking on each other. Both sides topped their respective groups to storm into the knockout rounds. In the elimination rounds, they got past their opponents with relative ease. Poland are the two-time defending champions, having won the title in the 2014 and 2018 editions. They are also the co-hosts of the tournament along with Slovenia.
The European nation was placed in a difficult Pool C alongside the United States of America. Both teams comfortably won their respective matches against Mexico and Bulgaria. Then they came up against each other in an intriguing clash, however, Poland won the contest 3-1. Then Poland got past Tunisia before overcoming the Americans for the second time in a thrilling quarterfinal. Meanwhile, Brazil topped Pool B with eight points and had tricky knockout ties. They got the better of Iran in the round-of-16 before beating continent rival Argentina in the quarterfinals.
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The 24-team competition will take place from August 26th to September 11th. All of the teams are divided into six groups with each pool consisting of four teams. The group phase will last for six days, with each team playing once against their pool opponents. Following the completion of the schedule, 16 teams will be ascertained. It will have all six pool winners, runners-up, and the best four third-placed teams. They will proceed to the first round of elimination.
Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D | Pool E | Pool F |
Puerto Rico | Brazil | Poland | Slovenia | Canada | Argentina |
Serbia | Cuba | Bulgaria | Cameroon | China | Egypt |
Tunisia | Japan | Mexico | Germany | Italy | Iran |
Ukraine | Qatar | United States | France | Turkey | Netherlands |
Matches | Result |
Brazil beat Argentina | 3-1 |
Poland beat United States | 3-2 |
10th September Matches | Time (IST) |
Poland vs Brazil | 9:30 pm |
Italy vs Slovenia | 12:30 am (Sunday) |
The FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship 2022 matches will be shown live on Volleyball TV. Visit the official website for more details.