Argentina will play the group stage of the Volleyball Male League at the Quebec (Canada), Belgrade (Serbia) and Kanto (Japan) headquarters In the three weeks of competition distributed between June 11 and July 20, 2025, in which he will play twelve games.
The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) on Tuesday published the distribution of venues of the preliminary phase of the competition, which in its seventh edition aims to inaugurate a new stage in this sport, with novelties such as the Expansion of 16 to 18 teams participants, among which there will be no distinction between main and challenging ('Challenger').
The male tournament will start between June 11 and 15 of next year in Quebec, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Xian (China) and will continue in the Serbian capital, Burgas (Bulgaria) and Chicago (USA) from 25 to 29 of the same month.
The first phase will be completed from July 15 to 20 in Kanto, Gdansk (Poland) and Liubliana (Slovenia).
Brazil It is framed at the headquarters of Rio, Chicago and Kanto, while Cuba will play in the city of Carioca, Belgrade and Gdansk.
The rest of the participants are Francechampion in the last edition, andStados Unidos, Italy, Canada, Germany, Bulgaria, Iran, Slovenia, Turkey, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, China and Ukraine.
After the 216 games of the preliminary round distributed in three weeks, the eight best will go to the final phase, which will be played between July 30 and August 3 in direct qualifiers in a headquarters still to be determined, according to the FIVB.
In Female categoryDominican Republic will compete in the first phase in Ottawa (Canada), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Arlington (USA).
The first round will be between June 4 and 8with headquarters also in Rio de Janeiro and Beijing, and the second, from 18 to 22 of the same month, with Hong Kong and Belgrade, in addition to the Turkish city.
The third week will be from July 9 to 13 in Kanto, Apeldoorn (Netherlands) and the American headquarters.
The fight for the title will be settled between July 23 and 27 at a headquarters that is not set for now.
In addition to the Dominicans, the female tournament is made up of another 17 participants: Italy (defender of the title), Japan, Canada, Netherlands, Serbia, Bulgaria, Germany, Brazil, United States, Czech Republic, South Korea, Turkey, Poland, Belgium, Thailand, China and France.
The claim, according to the FIBV, is that the changes in the format of the competition and the calendar facilitate additional time of recovery to the teams and generate more attraction to the fans.
