Draw heralds second stage of European qualification process for 2018 World Championships

Luxembourg, October 26, 2016. As many as 36 men’s and 36 women’s teams will be involved in the second stage of the European qualification process for the 2018 edition of the FIVB Volleyball World Championships. The Drawing of Lots for the much anticipated second qualifying round in May and June next year was held on Wednesday at the CEV headquarters in Luxembourg, thus composing the six pools per gender – each one featuring six teams playing a single round robin whose eventual winners will move on straight to the global volleyball showpiece taking place in 2018 in Italy / Bulgaria (Men) and Japan (Women).Men’s pools The second stage of the European qualification for the 2018 FIVB Men’s Volleyball World Championship will take place from May 23 to 28, and the composition of the six pools reads as follows:Pool A: France (org.), Germany, Turkey, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, IcelandPool B: Netherlands (org.), Slovakia, Greece, Austria, Luxembourg, Republic of MoldovaPool C: Slovenia (org.), Belgium, Portugal, Latvia, Israel, Georgia  Pool D: Estonia (org.), Russia, Montenegro, Romania, Hungary, KosovoPool E: Croatia (org.), Serbia, Belarus, Denmark, Switzerland, NorwayPool F: Czech Republic (org.), Finland, Spain, …

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