Qualification Rounds

The four challengers chosen by their confederations (via direct nomination or qualification tournament) —Iran, Egypt, Germany and Mexico— have competed in the inaugural World League Qualification Tournament. 

Germany and Mexico played each other in Berlin on August 21-22 and Egypt and Iran squared off on September 4-5 in the First Round for a chance to play against the bottom two teams from the 2009 World League: No. 15 Japan and No. 16 Venezuela in the second leg from September 18-20.

Germany and Egypt went through the whole qualification process and qualified for the 2010 World League.

For detailed competition results, click on Qualifications in the menu bar

Intercontinental Round

The Intercontinental round takes place over six weekends from June 4 to July 10, 2010. Each team plays two matches against the same team on separate days over the same weekend (usually from Friday to Sunday).

With three rounds at home and three away, there are a total of 12 matches for each team and an overall total of 96 matches in the intercontinental round.

Pool's Seeding

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Brazil	Serbia	Russia	Cuba
Bulgaria	Italy	USA	Argentina
Netherlands	France	Finland	Poland
Korea	China	Egypt	Germany

Pool's Ranking System

Match won 3-0 or 3-1:  3 points for the winner, 0 point for the loser.
Match won 3-2:  2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser.

In case of tie, the teams will be classified according to the following criteria: number of matches won, points ratio and sets ratio.
 

Final Round qualification (6 teams)

- 4 Winners of pools, A, B, C, D.

- 1 Host Country of the Final Round (Argentina)*

- 1 Best Second of all pools**

*If Argentina is ranked first in its pool, the team ranked second of Pool D will qualify for the Final Round.

**The team ranked best second according to the ranking points amongst pools A, B, C and D will take the last available vacancy for the Final Round. In case of a tie, criteria used to determine pool rankings and described above will be followed.

Final Round
21 - 25 July 2010, Cordoba, ARGENTINA
TEAMS QUALIFIED: Argentina, plus 5 teams to be defined

The Final Round will be played over 5 days (10 matches in total).

The teams are divided in two Pools "E" and "F" of three teams each and will play round-robin during the first three days. Ranking will be established as per the WL Specific Competition Regulation described above.

The two top teams of each pool will advance to crossed semi-finals (1st of pool E Vs 2nd of pool F and 1st of pool F Vs 2nd of pool E) and final matches. Teams ranked 3rd of each pool are eliminated and will be ranked tied for the 5th place.

Order of matches