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.
Sunday will see the USA take on Finland to book a place for the Paris Olympics. The USA is currently ranked second in the world rankings for volleyball. While Finland is ranked twenty-ninth in the world rankings. Heading into Sunday’s match, the United States is coming after thrashing Egypt (3-0). On the other hand, Finland is also coming with a defeat in their last game against Japan (2-3). As the Olympic berth is at stake both teams will look to hunt for a team after having a nervy start to the campaign. However, given the fighting spirit that Finland has shown it’s going to be a pretty difficult game for the Americans.
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.
Anderson Matthew (O), Russell Aaron (OH), Jendryk II Jeffrey (MB), Ensing Kyle (O), McIntosh Timothy (L), Pasteur Jacob (OH), Defalco Torey (OH), Hanes Jake (O), Dagostino Kyle (L), Dagostino Kyle (S), Holt Maxwell (MB), Gasman Patrick (MB), Ma’a Micah (S), Russell Kyle (O), Tuaniga Joshua (S), Jaeschke Thomas (OH), Muagututia Garrett (OH), Averill Taylor (MB), Smith David (MB), Shoji Erik (L), Kessel Cody (OH), Marshman Michael (MB), Champlin Ethan (OH), Isaacson Quinn (S), Ewert Jordan (OH)
Tervaportti Eemi (Setter), Hänninen Jiri (Outside Hitter), Zhbankov Aleksei (Middle B), Suihkonen Niko (OH), Köykkä Voitto (L), Marttila Luka (OH), Haapaniemi Miika (MB), Nikula Aaro (O), Jokela Joonas Mikael (O), Niinivaara Nuutti (MB), Breilin Niklas Aleksi (L), Porkka Henrik (MB), Ivanov Fedor (S), Mäkinen Sakari, Antti (OH)
| Schedule (01.10.23) | Timings (IST) |
| Iran vs Germany | 01:30 |
| Cuba vs Ukraine | 05:00 |
| Slovenia vs Turkey | 06:30 |
| Argentina vs Canada | 07:30 |
| Serbia vs Tunisia | 09:30 |
| Netherlands vs Mexico | 10:30 |
| USA vs Finland | 12:30 |
| Poland vs Bulgaria | 13:30 |
| Japan vs Egypt | 15:55 |
| China vs Belgium | 17:00 |
| Brazil vs Czech Republic | 18:30 |
| Cuba vs Germany | 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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