Men's Volleyball FIVB World Championship 2025

rafalgorka · September 23

My FIVB/FIFA bracket (see above - post #171).

:USA - :JPN --- :USA

:ESP - :MAR --- :ESP

:CRO - :FRA —- :FRA

:SUI - :SEN —- :SUI

:URU - :PAN --- :URU

:BRA - :NED --- :BRA

:SCO - :IRI --- :IRI

:GER - :COL --- :COL

1/8 went on with no major surprises until match 8 when Germans went out

QFs:

:USA - :ESP

:FRA - :SUI

:URU - :BRA

:IRI - :COL

This is just pure fun - putting FIFA rankings teams instead of FIVB ranking teams into the bracket.

But it shows very well how surprising these volleyball WCH are.

And I must admit I would love to see such an entertaining football World Cup as well, full of surprises.

Edited September 23 by rafalgorka

Josh · September 23

7 hours ago, copravolley said:

So, on paper we have two clear favorites tomorrow: Italy and Poland and two very close matches on Thursday: 50/50%. Although I'm very worried about tomorrow's match against Belgium – the pressure will be intense for us, becouse second consecutive defeat to Belgium at the World Championship would be embarrassing. However, if we win, we can play without any pression, as no one in Italy expects us to beat Poland after our recent matches against them.

Belgium are super underrated and a great team, come on. Obviously it’ll be disappointing, and will feel like a missed opportunity, but having watched them here and at the Olympic Qualifiers they deserve a higher ranking.