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Algeria confirmed as CAVB representative at 2013 WGP

This will be Algeria's first appearance in the World Grand Prix

Lausanne, Switzerland, January 28, 2013 – The last piece of the puzzle fell into place on Monday as Algeria were confirmed to be the African team taking part in the 2013 FIVB World Grand Prix.

With all of the teams now decided and the preliminary groups arranged, the biggest WGP competition is now ready to kick off come August 2.

The teams qualified are the following:

FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix 2013 Qualified Teams

Continent	No. of Vacancies	Determined By	Teams Qualified
Africa	1	CAVB appointment	Algeria (WR14)
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)

The 2013 FIVB World Grand Prix preliminary groups will be the following:

Date	Lieu/équipes	Lieu/équipes	Lieu/équipes	Lieu/équipes	Lieu/équipes
Semaine 1	Groupe A	Groupe B	Groupe C	Groupe D	Groupe E
2-4 août	Brésil	Rép. dominicaine	Turquie	Macao	Italie
2013	BRA	DOM	JPN	CHN	ITA
	USA	SRB	THA	CUB	GER
	POL	PUR	TUR	NED	ARG
	RUS	CZE	CAVB	BUL	KAZ

Semaine 2	Groupe F	Groupe G	Groupe H	Groupe I	Groupe J
9-11 août	Serbie	Porto Rico	Pologne	Hong Kong	Russie
2013	USA	BRA	JPN	CHN	RUS
	SRB	DOM	GER	TUR	ITA
	NED	PUR	POL	ARG	THA
	ALG	BUL	KAZ	CZE	CUB

Semaine 3	Groupe K	Groupe L	Groupe M	Groupe N	Groupe O
16-18 août	Kazakhstan	Thaïlande	Japon	Chine	Taipeh chinois
2013	BRA	RUS	USA	CHN	ITA
	CUB	THA	CZE	SRB	TUR
	NED	GER	JPN	POL	DOM
	KAZ	PUR	BUL	ARG	CAVB

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