Rise of the Iranian national volleyball team for success/ the second period with the Iranian coach – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr News Agency, the League of Nations 2023 in the men’s group will start on June 16 this year and will end on August 1 with the introduction of the top teams.
The preliminary stage of the 2023 Nations League volleyball tournament will be followed with the participation of 16 teams from Canada, America, Argentina, Italy, Cuba, Germany, Holland, Brazil, Japan, France, China, Iran, Poland, Serbia, Bulgaria and Slovenia in the men’s group.
The Iranian national volleyball team, which has the experience of participating in the previous four rounds of these competitions with Igor Kolakovich (2018 and 2019), Vladimir Alkeno (2021) and Behrooz Atai (2022), will participate in 2023 for the second consecutive year with its Iranian head coach. will make Iranian volleyball men defend the name and reputation of Iranian volleyball by attending this international event.
Iran’s national volleyball team will face Japan in its first match in the 2023 League of Nations qualifiers, so that the two contenders of the ancient continent of Asia will hold their 43rd official match in history.
How the World League and the League of Nations came into being
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the FIVB has launched annual World League (men’s) and Grand Prix (women’s) tournaments as part of a worldwide marketing and outreach program for the sport of volleyball.
Although these two annual events had fundamental differences with each other in terms of the number of teams present, the method of holding and the cash prizes, they gradually found an important place in the countries active in the field of volleyball and also the volleyball audience during the two decades of holding. To the extent that participation in these tournaments became part of the countries’ goals and visions; Because the World League and the Grand Prix had become a necessary introduction to the evolution and progress of the teams.
Facing the powerful countries of the volleyball world and gaining experience of international presence at the highest level of volleyball in a two-month period was not something that countries could easily pass by. Especially since through these competitions, they could prepare for other important tournaments, including the Olympic Games, the Men’s World Championship, the World Cup and the Continental Championships.
Iranian volleyball was also among the countries that considered the World League as the gateway to globalization and progress and aimed to participate in this tournament, but the Iranian national team was stopped in the selection stage of this tournament in 2010 and 2011, until in 2012 it finally succeeded by winning Two victories against Egypt in Cairo and then recording two more victories over Japan in Tehran earned the right to participate in the 2013 World League.
From that year until 2017, when the last edition of the World League was held, Iran was always one of the teams present in this prestigious tournament, and its best result was in 2014, when it reached the final stage from the group stage, and from this stage it advanced to the semi-finals. did and finally won the fourth place in the competition.
However, since 2018, the World Volleyball Federation established and implemented the “League of Nations” competitions by combining and equalizing the World League (men) and the Grand Prix (women) in terms of the number of teams, the way it is held and the amount of cash prizes. The competitions in which Iran is also one of the regular participants and ended with the championship of Russia in 2018 and 2019. In 2020, the spread of the Corona virus canceled the third round of these competitions, and in 2021, Brazil and 2022, France lifted the championship trophy.
2023 preliminary stage at a glance
The preliminary stage of the 2023 Nations League volleyball tournament will be followed with the participation of 16 teams from Canada, America, Argentina, Italy, Cuba, Germany, Holland, Brazil, Japan, France, China, Iran, Poland, Serbia, Bulgaria and Slovenia in the men’s group.
According to the announced schedule of the World Volleyball Federation, the first week of the 2023 Nations League will be hosted by the two cities of Ottawa in Canada and Nagoya, Japan, from June 6 to 11, corresponding to June 16 to 21, 1402, and the students of Behrouz Atai will face the teams of Japan and Poland this week in Nagoya. , China and Slovenia go.
The second week will be hosted by Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Orleans in France from June 20 to 25 (June 30 to July 4).
In addition, the third and final week of the Nations League 2023 preliminary stage will be held from July 4 to 9, from July 13 to 18 next year, in the cities of Anaheim, America, and Pasay, Philippines, and the Iranian volleyball team will face France, Bulgaria, Argentina, and Cuba in Anaheim. did Iran’s men’s volleyball team does not play against the teams of Brazil, Canada and Serbia in the preliminary stage.
The results of all preliminary rounds of Volleyball League of Nations are recorded in one table, and at the end of the group stage, the top seven teams advance to the final stage, which, along with the Polish team, will be eight teams in the final stage of this competition.
The World Volleyball Federation has introduced the city of Gdansk, Poland as the host of the final stage of the League of Nations 2023 in the men’s group. This competition will begin on July 28, 1402 and will continue for five days until August 1, with the presence of the top seven teams of the preliminary stage and the host. became.
The program of the 12 matches of the Iranian national volleyball team in the group stage, Tehran time
First week – Nagoya – Japan:
Tuesday, June 16: Iran – Japan, at 14:10
Thursday, June 18: Iran – Poland, 12:30 p.m
Saturday, June 20: Iran – China, 10:10
Sunday, June 21: Iran – Slovenia, at 7:10
Second week – Rotterdam – Netherlands:
Tuesday, June 30: Iran – Germany, at 14:30
Wednesday, June 31: Iran – Italy, 2:30 p.m
Second Friday of July: Iran – America, 18:00
Saturday, July 3rd: Iran-Netherlands, at 18:30
Third week – Anaheim – USA:
Wednesday, July 14: Iran – France; 10 o’clock
Friday, July 16: Iran – Bulgaria, 5 am
Sunday, July 18: Iran – Argentina, 1:30 am
Sunday, July 18: Iran – Cuba, 10:00 p.m
The results of the group stage matches will be calculated in one table and at the end of the preliminary stage, the top seven teams in the table plus Poland (the host) will advance to the final stage to face each other to determine the first to eighth place.
The matches of the 2023 Nations League finals will also be held from July 28 to August 1 in the city of Gdansk, Poland.
Brazil is the most proud team
In a total of 32 World League (28 times) and League of Nations (four times) held, the Brazilian men’s volleyball team has been on the podium 21 times with 10 championships, seven runner-up titles and four bronze medals and third place. He owns the team.
Italy ranks second with 15 medals with eight championships, three runner-ups, and four third places in terms of this statistical data, and Russia ranks third among the most proud with five gold medals, five silver medals, and six bronze medals, respectively.
It should be noted that in the four seasons of the League of Nations, Russia won two championships and Brazil and France won one championship.
Iran’s performance in the World League and League of Nations
In 2013, Iranian volleyball won the quota to participate in the World League for the first time, and since then it has participated in these competitions and the League of Nations.
The best performance of the Iranian national volleyball team in the eight periods of participation in these competitions was in 2014, when it reached the final stage from the group stage, and from this stage it also advanced to the semi-finals, and finally achieved the fourth place in the tournament, led by Slobodan. Kovach was in charge.
Iran’s national volleyball team, which has the experience of participating in five world leagues and four nations leagues, will participate for the second time in 2023 and in its tenth appearance with Iranian head coach (Behrouz Atai).
Iran’s national volleyball team, which has the experience of participating in the previous four rounds of these competitions, with Igor Kolakovich (2018 and 2019), Vladimir Alkeno (2021) and Behrooz Atai (2022), in 2023 for the second year in a row with the Iranian head coach (Behrooz Atai) will participate.