Volleyball World Cup kicks off, Argentina take on Finland | OneFootball

The Argentine team will make their debut this Saturday in the Volleyball World Cup taking place in the Philippines, when they face off against Finland for the first match of Group C.

The match will start at 23:30 (Argentina time) and will be held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, which can accommodate approximately 16,000 spectators. The match can be watched on DSports and VBTV.

Argentina, led by Marcelo Méndez, is coming off a poor performance in the Nations League, where they finished in twelfth place and did not make it to the quarterfinals. That competition was won by Poland, who swept the final phase by winning in straight sets against both Japan and Brazil and Italy.

This will be Argentina's fourteenth participation in a Volleyball World Cup, where their best record is the third place achieved in 1982, which was held precisely on Argentine soil.

In the last World Cup, the Argentine team, which had just won a historic bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, finished in eighth place.

Finland, for its part, will participate in its eighth Volleyball World Cup, a competition in which its ninth place in 2022 stands out.

The other members of Group C are South Korea and France.

This tournament will be the first with the new competition system: the 32 teams are divided into eight groups of four and each plays three matches in the initial phase.

The top two from each group advance to the round of 16. From there, the bracket is played out in a knockout format until the grand final.

Argentina's schedule in the Volleyball World Cup – Argentina – Finland: Saturday at 23:30 – Argentina – South Korea: Monday at 23:30

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