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FIVB World Grand Prix continues growth with expansion to 20 teams in 2013
Lausanne, Switzerland, December 2, 2012 – The premier annual FIVB women’s volleyball event - the World Grand Prix - will expand to 20 teams for the first time in 2013 following a decision by the World Grand Prix Council at its annual meeting at the FIVB head office in Lausanne, Switzerland on Sunday to add four new teams. The move follows the same decision by the World League Council on Saturday to increase the annual men’s tournament from 16 to 18 teams. The World Grand Prix Council, chaired by FIVB executive vice-president in charge of volleyball events Aleksandar Boricic, decided to add World Cup winners Italy (WR4), world champions Russia (WR6), 2012 World Grand Prix bronze medallists Turkey (WR7) and Germany (WR10) to the 16 teams already qualified to ensure all of the world’s top 10 world ranked nations will participate. Continent No. of Vacancies Determined By Teams Qualified Africa 1 To Be Confirmed To Be Confirmed Asia 2 AVC Cup Thailand (WR12), Kazakhstan (WR32) 2 Automatically Qualified Japan (WR3), China (WR5) Europe 4 European League Czech Republic (WR26), Bulgaria (WR44), the Netherlands (WR22), Serbia (WR9) 4 FIVB appointments Italy (WR4), Russia (WR6), Turkey (WR7), Germany (WR10) 1 Automatically Qualified Poland (WR15) NORCECA 4 Pan American Cup USA (WR1), Cuba(WR13), Dominican Republic(WR8), Puerto Rico(WR19) South America 2 Pan American Cup Brazil(WR2), Argentina(WR18) Date City/Teams City/Teams City/Teams City/Teams City/Teams Week 1 Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E 2-4 Aug Brazil Dominican Rep. Turkey Macau Italy 2013 BRA DOM JPN CHN ITA USA SRB THA CUB GER POL PUR TUR NED ARG RUS CZE CAVB BUL KAZ Week 2 Group F Group G Group H Group I Group J 9-11 Aug Serbia Puerto Rico Poland Hong Kong Russia 2013 USA BRA JPN CHN RUS SRB DOM GER TUR ITA NED PUR POL ARG THA CAVB BUL KAZ CZE CUB Week 3 Group K Group L Group M Group N Group O 16-18 Aug Kazakhstan Thailand Japan China Chinese Taipei 2013 BRA RUS USA CHN ITA CUB THA CZE SRB TUR NED GER JPN POL DOM KAZ PUR BUL ARG CAVB The tournament will run in accordance with previous years in terms of having round-robin tournaments and two matches per day. A more detailed match schedule will be released in the near future. Following the Preliminary Round, the organisers and the next best five teams will qualify for the Finals. The World Grand Prix featured eight teams in its debut season of 1993 and from 1995 to 2002, while 12 teams were in action in 1994 and from 2003 to 2010. Sixteen teams have been involved in the 2011 and 2012 editions. The FIVB Commission and Council meetings continue in Lausanne on Monday and Tuesday with the Sports Events Council.
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