Men's Olympic qualifier in Sofia PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 22 January 2012 17:06

Sofia, Bulgaria, January 22, 2012. The 8 teams participating in the men’s Olympic qualifier slated

for this coming May 8-13 at “Arena Armeets” in Bulgaria’s capital city were drawn yesterday

afternoon thereby providing all Volleyball fans with an interesting constellation given the great

value and strength of the sides that will be battling for one ticket to make it to the 2012 Summer

Olympics in London.


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The composition of the preliminary Pools reads as follows: 


Pool A: Serbia, Bulgaria, Spain and Slovenia 
Pool B: Italy, Germany, Finland and Slovakia 

The first and second ranked team of each Pool – to be played with the format of a single round

robin – will play crossed semifinals (1A vs. 2B and 1B vs. 2A) before the tournament is rounded

out by a final game that will assign the much wanted pass for the 2012 Olympics. Russia and Poland

are already qualified for the sports event of the year after topping the standings of the 2011 FIVB

World Cup recently completed in Japan. 

A detailed match schedule of the Olympic qualifier in Sofia will follow in the next days.
 

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