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The World Cup has a smaller entry than the World Championship, with at most twelve teams. The World Cup was to be held in the year following the Olympic Games. The first two tournaments were for men's volleyball only; in 1973, a women's tournament was also introduced.
The 2019 FIVB Men's World Cup was the 14th edition of the event, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held from 1 to 15 October 2019 in Japan. [1]
The tournament was held from 14 to 29 September 2019 in Japan. [1] This was the first time that the FIVB did not distribute Olympics places since 1991 due to Japan hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics, but points for the FIVB World Rankings were given. China won their historic fifth title, following titles from 1981, 1985, 2003, and 2015. China ...
The World Cup has a smaller entry than the World Championship, with at most 12 teams. The World Cup was to be held in the year following the Olympic Games. The first two tournaments were for men's volleyball only; in 1973, a women's tournament was also introduced.
Other proposed names were "Raffy", "Houpi" and "Gallik". The mascot for the 2019 Women's World Cup, also hosted by France, was a young female chicken named "Ettie", portrayed as the daughter of Footix. [5] 2002: South Korea Japan: Ato, Kaz and Nik. Orange, purple, and blue (respectively) futuristic, computer-generated creatures. Collectively ...
Teams were made up as follows: hosts Japan, continental champions and vice-champions from Europe, Asia, NORCECA and South America, continental champion from Africa plus two wild-card teams nominated jointly by FIVB and the Japan Volleyball Association. Teams played a single-round robin format (66 games overall), in two parallel groups (site A ...
The 2015 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 8 to 23 September 2015 in Japan. The tournament served as a qualification process for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . The top two teams, USA and Italy , qualified for the Olympics, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and joined Brazil as they had already secured a berth as the host country.
Teams were made up as follows: hosts Japan, continental champions and vice-champions from Europe, Asia, NORCECA and South America, continental champion from Africa, and two wild-card teams nominated jointly by the FIVB and the Japan Volleyball Association. Teams played a single-round robin format (66 games overall), in two parallel groups (site ...