Poland, Serbia, Italy, United States, Brazil, France, Slovenia, Netherlands, Iran, Japan, Turkey, Argentina, Cuba, Ukraine, Germany and Tunisia advanced to Eight-Finals (1/8).Qatar, Mexico, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Puerto Rico, Canada, Egypt and China are eliminated.
12 teams from FIVB World RankingFrance (4.), United States (7.), Serbia (9.), Cuba (13.), Netherlands (15.), Germany (16.), Mexico (17.), Turkey (18.), Egypt (19.), Qatar (20), Bulgaria (21.) and China (22.). Next teams in World Ranking: Ukraine (23.), Belgium (26.), Chile (27.), Finland (28.), Taiwan (29.) and Czechia (30.).
1. First Pools Round - 24 teams, 6 Round Robin Pools with 4 teams. First 2 from each Pool and Best 4 3rd ranked teams will advance. 36 matches, 3 matches per team.
2. Second Pools Round - 16 teams, 4 Round Robin Pools with 4 teams. Ranking taking into account scores from First Round. Winners of each Pool and Best 2 second places advance to Third Pools Round. 24 matches, 3 matches per team.
3. Third Pools Round - 6 teams, 2 Round Robin Pools with 3 teams, made by draw. First 2 from each Pool advance to Final Elimination Round. Third places to Classification 5-6 match. 6 matches, 2 matches per team.
4. Final Elimination Round - 4 teams (2 more in Classification 5-6), Semi-Finals, Classification 5-6, 3rd place match and Final. 5 matches, 2 matches per team (1 match for 2 Classification 5-6 teams).
| | 2. Second Pools Round - 16 teamsPool GPool HPool IPool J | 3. Third Pools Round - 6 teamsPool KPool L | 4. Final Elimination Round - 4 (6) teamsSemi-Finals (1/2)Classification 5-62rd place matchFinal |
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Draw Thursday, 30th September 2021 in Sankt Petersburg. First pot - teams from 1. to 6. were not drawn. Russian VF was put in Pool A as Host. Other 5 teams were included in the Pools following World Ranking. Other 3 pots were drawn. Fist was pot 4 with teams from 19th to 24th place in WR. Teams draws from Pool F to Pool A. Then pot 3 - teams from 13th to 18th place in WR. Teams draws from Pool A to Pool F. Pot 2 with teams drom 7th to 12th place in WR. Teams draws from Pool F to Pool A.
Venues, exept Moscow, were drawn.
First Pools Round
First 2 from each Pool and Best 4 3rd ranked teams will advance.
Pool A Matches in Moscow-. Russian VF (H 3.)-. Serbia (9.)-. Tunisia (14.)-. Puerto Rico (24.)
Pool B Matches in Kemerovo-. Brazil (1.)-. Japan (11.)-. Cuba (13.)-. Qatar (20.)
Pool C Matches in Novosibirsk-. Poland (WC 2.) -. United States (7.) -. Mexico (17.) -. Bulgaria (21.)
Pool D Matches in Ufa-. France (4.) -. Slovenia (8.) -. Germany (16.) -. Cameroon (25.)
Pool E Matches in Yekaterinburg-. Italy (5.) -. Canada (12.)-. Turkey (18.) -. China (22.)
Pool F Matches in Krasnoyarsk-. Argentina (6.) -. Iran (10.) -. Netherlands (15.)-. Egypt (19.)
Second Pools Round
Winners of each Pool and Best 2 second places advance to Third Pools Round. In brackets teams ranked in WR.
Russian VF to play in Sankt Petersburg. Poland, if is not in Russian VF, will play in Kaliningrad.
Pool G-. A1 (RUS)-. B2 (JPN)-. C2 (USA)-. 4th Best 3rd (GER)
Pool H-. B1 (BRA)-. A2 (SRB)-. D2 (SLO)-. 3rd Best 3rd (NED)
Pool I-. C1 (POL)-. F1 (ARG)-. E2 (CAN)-. 2rd Best 3rd (TUN)
Pool I-. D1 (FRA)-. E1 (ITA)-. F2 (IRI)-. 1st Best 3rd (CUB)
Third Pools Round
Matches il be played in Moscow. First 2 from each Pool advance to Final Elimination Round. Third places to Classification 5-6 match.
| Pool KDraw - 1st G/H/I/JDraw - 1st G/H/I/J1st Best 2nd | | Pool LDraw - 1st G/H/I/JDraw - 1st G/H/I/J2nd Best 2nd | |
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