Photos: Vicente Ibarra Facebook, Antonin Thuillier/AFP, Volleyball World
Manila, Philippines – Slovenia and Germany are in chief the decline in FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship from September 12 to 28 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.
Slovenia, the former host of the World Championship in 2022, and the world No. 8 in Germany will face Bulgaria and Chile in their group, all the matches played in Moa Arena in Pasay City.
Germany is launching the matches of the E swimming pool E against Bulgaria, followed by Slovenia which fights against Chile on September 13.
Slovenia: Sulfing growing
La Slovenia # 17 Tine Urnaut (3L), # 02 Alen Pajenk (2R), # 13 Jani Kovacic, # 01 Toncek Stern (R) and his teammates celebrate during the male preliminary volleyball match between France and Slovenia during Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the South Paris Arena 1 2, 2024. AFP)
Slovenia seeks to rely on its breakthrough in the world of volleyball after reaching the semi-finals of the 2022 edition, which it co-organized with Poland.
Since then, Slovenia has qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for the first time, reaching the quarter -finals last year, and ranked fourth in the last two tournaments of the Nations Volleyball League.
Slovenia, now the world n ° 7, will miss the favorite of Filipino fans, Rok Mozic, who announced that he could not return to Manila because of his knee injury.
But the team remains with Captain Tine Urnaut, Klemen Cebulj, Gregor Ropret and the best intermediate blocker VNL Jan Kozamernik.
Germany: Swan Song Run
Germany Gyorgy Grozer (L) is missing the ball in their Male FIVB volleyball league match against the United States in Manila on June 22, 2024. (Photo of Ted Aljibe / AFP)
Germany hopes to rise from its previous 15th place in the 2022 edition after reaching the quarter -final of the Paris Olympic Games last year.
Now at the world n ° 8, the Germans hope to apply the last three years of experience to make a deep race in the inclination of the male male Male VIVB of this year’s IBFB in Manila.
This could probably be the swan song of Gyorgy Grozer, a 40 -year -old spiker and respect for the 2014 team.
Germany will also be the responsibility of young Talents Filip John, Erik Rohrs and Simon Valentin Torwie.
Chile: long -awaited return
Chile returns to the world championship after 43 years
It will be his second appearance since the 1982 worlds in Argentina. Chile won a place thanks to its increase in the global FIVB ranking last year, fueled by participation in several Challenger Cup and Pan American tournaments.
Chile is now one of the 27 best countries with Dusan Bonacic, Vicente Parraguirre and Tomas Gago under coach Daniel Nejamkin.
Bulgaria: hunt the momentum
Bulgaria walked towards its 11th appearance of the world championship, bringing its best VNL finish in seven years after having placed 11th this year.
Bulgaria has finished with a record of 6-6 in VNL, including an amazing right setting on content japan
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Now, as a world n ° 15, Bulgaria hopes to exceed its previous 20th place in 2022, with Aleksandar Nikolov, Aleks Grozdanov and Venislav Antov leading the charge.
