The promotion of 8 teams to the final 16 has been confirmed / Iran is the only team of the old continent – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr News Agency, the fourth day of the preliminary round of the 2022 World Men’s Volleyball Championship ended on Monday, the 7th of September, with 6 matches held in Poland and Slovenia, so that all the teams participating in this competition have played two matches.
At the end of the fourth day of the tournament, the eight teams who won their second win will advance to the round of 16, and the remaining teams will try for eight more quotas on the fifth and sixth days of the tournament.
In this way, the Serbian team from Group A, the Brazilian team from Group B, the Polish and American teams from Group C, France from Group D, Italy from Group E, and the Netherlands and Iran from Group F to the round of 16.
Four teams from the ancient continent of Asia are participating in these competitions, and Iran’s national volleyball team is the only team that has confirmed its promotion with two wins and five points. Currently, the Japanese team is in the 14th place in the overall team table with one win and three points and has a better chance of promotion.
Today (Tuesday, the 8th of Shahrivar), the Samurais will face Cuba in their last match in the group stage, in order to confirm their promotion if this team loses, and if they fail against this team, they hope to be promoted as one of the third teams in the table.
At the end of the group stage of the world championship, the top two teams of each group will advance to the second stage, and four teams from among the third teams of the six groups who perform better will enter the elimination stage.
Qatar and China are the other Asian teams of this tournament, who are currently in the fourth place of their groups without a win or points. Qatar will face Brazil in their last match in the group stage today, and if they lose against this team, they will have no hope of promotion.
China’s national volleyball team will also face Italy in the last match of the group stage on Wednesday, September 9th, and if they lose against the representative of the booted country, they will lose their hope of promotion.
In this way, Iran’s national volleyball team has performed the best among the four representatives of Asia so far and has confirmed its promotion before the third match, and this issue will lead to the regretful look of other representatives of the old continent.
Behrouz Atai’s students will face the Netherlands at 20:00 on Wednesday, the 9th of Shahrivar in their last match in the preliminary stage and to win the top spot in Group F.
The game schedule for the fifth day (Tuesday, the 8th of Shahrivar) at Tehran time is as follows:
Qatar – Brazil, 13:30
Japan – Cuba, 16:30
Bulgaria – Mexico, 20:00
France – Cameroon, 20:00
Poland – America, 23:00
Slovenia – Germany, 23:00