Ukraine vs Qatar, 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 Ukraine take on Qatar to book a place for the Paris Olympics. The Ukrainian team is currently ranked sixteenth in the volleyball world rankings. At the same time, Qatar is ranked seventeenth in the world rankings. Heading into Saturday’s match, Ukraine is coming after going down in a fighting game against a dominant Brazilian side (2-3). On the other hand, Qatar is coming after getting outclassed by the Cuban side on the court (0-3). Ukraine should not face any problems as they take on the Asian team.

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.

Ukraine vs Qatar: Squads of both teams

Ukraine

Poluian Tymofii (OH), Mazenko Bohdan (MB), Plotnytskyi Oleh (OH), Synytsia Yurii (S), Ostapenko Volodymyr (MB), Semeniuk Yurii (MB), Kanaiev Dmytro (L), Yevstratov Serhii (S), Tupchii Vasyl (O), Kovalov Illia (OH), Kucher Vitalii (OH), Boiko Oleksandr (L), Kisiliuk Yevhenii (OH), Shchurov Vladyslav (MB)

Qatar

Diagne Papemaguette (MB), Renan Ribeiro (OH), Georgiev Borislav (S), Abunabot Belal Nabel (MB), Widatalla Mohamed (OH), Stevanovic Milos (S), Osman Abdulwahid Wagihalla (MB), Vasic Nikola (OH), Dahi W W Hammad Mubarak (O), Wadidie Raimi (OH), Noaman Gamal Ahmed (L), Abdelrahim Ahmed (MB), Naji Naji Mahmoud (L), Bakry Abdelrahman Ayman (O)