{"id":36872,"date":"2019-03-06T02:59:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T02:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=36872"},"modified":"2019-03-06T03:28:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T03:28:31","slug":"2019-world-cups-entrants-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/2019-world-cups-entrants-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 WORLD CUPS ENTRANTS CONFIRMED"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Lausanne, Switzerland, March 4, 2019 &#8211; The participating teams in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men&#8217;s and Women&#8217;s World Cups to be held later this year have been confirmed, as host cities across Japan for the two tournaments have been announced.<\/p>\n<p>The competition, which this year will not be part of the Olympic Qualification process, features, for each gender, hosts Japan, the reigning world champions, plus the top two teams from each continental confederation according to the FIVB World Rankings.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s competition will run from September 14 to 29, followed by the men&#8217;s event from October 1 to 15.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u2022 Women&#8217;s 2019 FIVB World Cup:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Host: Japan<\/p>\n<p>World Champion: Serbia<\/p>\n<p>Asia: China &amp; Korea<\/p>\n<p>Africa: Cameroon &amp; Kenya<\/p>\n<p>Europe: Russia and the Netherlands<\/p>\n<p>North and Central America and Caribbean: USA &amp; Dominican Republic<\/p>\n<p>South America: Brazil &amp; Argentina<\/p>\n<p><b>\u2022 Men&#8217;s 2019 FIVB World Cup:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Host: Japan<\/p>\n<p>World Champion: Poland<\/p>\n<p>Asia: Iran &amp; Australia<\/p>\n<p>Africa: Egypt &amp; Tunisia<\/p>\n<p>Europe: Italy &amp; Russia<\/p>\n<p>North and Central America and Caribbean: USA &amp; Canada<\/p>\n<p>South America: Brazil &amp; Argentina<\/p>\n<p>The two events will follow the format of previous editions, with the 12 participating teams involved in a single round-robin competition over 11 match days and with one single ranking per gender. Three games will be played at each venue each match day.<\/p>\n<p>The Women&#8217;s World Cup will start with groups in Yokohama (Yokohama Arena) and Hamamatsu (Hamamatsu Arena) over five match days, before teams travel to Sapporo (Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Centre) and Toyama (Toyama City Gymnasium) for three more matches. The competition wraps up in Osaka&#8217;s Maruzen Intec Arena and Edion Arena.<\/p>\n<p>The Men&#8217;s World Cup kicks off for five match days in Fukuoka (Marinmesse) and Nagano (White Ring), before teams move to Hiroshima for the remaining six matches at the city&#8217;s Green Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Last time around, China claimed women&#8217;s gold, followed by Serbia and USA. USA dominated the men&#8217;s competition, with Italy taking silver and Poland bronze.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC:<\/p>\n<p>AVC Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianvolleyball.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">www.asianvolleyball.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Instagram:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Youtube: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n<p>AVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lausanne, Switzerland, March 4, 2019 &#8211; The participating teams in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men&#8217;s and Women&#8217;s World Cups to be held later this year have been confirmed, as host&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":36873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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