[maestro 568]

All team rosters can be found below.

 

Group A

 

 Brazil

 Cuba

 Czechia

 Germany

 Iran

 Italy

 Qatar

 Ukraine

 

Group B

 

 Egypt

 Finland

 Japan

 Serbia

 Slovenia

 Tunisia

 Türkiye

 USA

 

Group C

 

 Argentina

 Belgium

 Bulgaria

 Canada

 China

 Mexico

 Netherlands

 Poland

[maestro 568]

21 minutes ago, hoversaBR said:

Will Mazzanti be fired this time? 

Don't have high hopes. I'm sure he will talk about his processo and blah, blah and he will most likely stay in his place. Also have in mind that FIPAV rules don't allow the national team coach to work at a club, which means available replacement options are rather limited. In the end it will come down to whether or not FIPAV feels there is a need for a scapegoat to put the blame. 

Edited September 24, 2023 by maestro

[maestro 568]

16 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Poland can qualify with a loss only if they lose to Italy with more sets won than USA vs Germany.

 

USA only needs to win two sets vs Germany and they qualify no matter what is the result of Italy vs Poland.

 

Poland basically has to win at least two sets to stand a chance. If they lose 1-3 the only result for them is Germany win 3-0 which is the least probable out of the entire set IMO.

 

 

I think there is one mistake in the table. If Italy and USA both lose 2-3, qualifiers will be Poland and Italy, not Poland and USA. Italy has a better set ratio than the US and if their result today is the same, Italy will stay above in the standings. 

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9 hours ago, phelps said:

I'm really happy...I expected them to lose games against  and others (not only vs "powehouses" like  and )

 

meanwhile they're winning those matches and yesterday playing also with a lot of reserves of this team of 3rd tier players and yesterday we did even see our usual "libero" (a midget, in volleyball terms) playing in an attacking role (she did even smashed a pipe shot from the 2nd line  )

 

and all this, despite a setter that can't play a ball in the area of any hitter (not saying a precise pass, just a reasonably decent one) and "that man" on the bench

 

we're doing so much beyond expectations, I couldn't be happier and more surprised (even if we just played luoghable opponents so far)   

 

[maestro 568]

You can find all team rosters below.

 

Group A

 

 Canada

 China

 Czechia

 Dominican Republic

 Mexico

 Netherlands

 Serbia

 Ukraine

 

Group B

 

 Argentina

 Belgium

 Brazil

 Bulgaria

 Japan

 Peru

 Puerto Rico

 Türkiye

 

Group C

 

 Colombia

 Germany

 Italy

 Republic of Korea

 Poland

 Slovenia

 Thailand

 USA

 

Edited September 15, 2023 by maestro

[maestro 568]

I think annual is the key word. Eurovolley isn't an annual competition. 

 

If for example Netherlands or Germany had also played in european league, their results there wouldn't count for world ranking.

[maestro 568]

2 hours ago, CCB said:

Do you know why the (poor) results of Canada from 6th-21st August doesn't count for the World Ranking? I see Canada played against Mexico, Peru, USA, Argentina, Colombia and so on. Results of Puerto Rico, Mexico and other lower ranked teams are counting for the World Ranking. But for Canada, USA, Dominican Republic they don't.

Because of the following rule.

 

Matches from other annual official events organized by Continental Confederations shall not be considered for the World Ranking if those matches include teams participating in the official FIVB events in the same year. For the avoidance of doubt, matches in the same tournament which do not involve teams who participate in official FIVB events in a given year are eligible for the FIVB World Ranking.

 

Canada, USA and Dominican Republic played in VNL (FIVB event) this year, therefore their results in annual NORCECA competitions don't count for world ranking purposes. 

[maestro 568]

Daniele Santarelli from Serbia to Turkey. Opposite route for Giovanni Guidetti.

 

[maestro 568]

16 hours ago, CCB said:

Second round nrs 1-4 A against nrs 1-4 B.

And C with D?

In 2021 it was group A teams with group C and group B teams with group D. I'm not sure, but I suppose it will be the same this time.

[maestro 568]

Draw

 

 

[maestro 568]

Draw

 

 

[maestro 568]

4 hours ago, De_Gambassi said:

Close to 2.7 millions viewers for the final Italy, which tbh doesn't seem that impressive:

 

https://www.volleyball.it/europei-f-2-600-000-di-telespettatori-per-loro-europeo/

I can't say if tv numbers were good, but with 20,565 spectators in the stadium, the match broke the record for most spectators in a women's indoor volleyball match.