FIVB Women's World Championships to start 2nd round

In new round, Turkey will compete in Group F with USA, Russia, Thailand, Azerbaijan, Italy, China and Bulgaria

By Fatih Erel

ISTANBUL (AA) - The second round of FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship in Japan is set to kick off on Sunday.

Japan hosts the world’s best 24 teams in six different cities during the tournament between Sept. 29-Oct. 20.

In the first round, 24 teams were divided into four pools of six teams playing in a round-robin system with the top four teams in each pool advancing to the second round.

The 16 teams in the second round are split into two pools of eight. In each of the two second-round pools, every team will play only against the four rivals they have not faced in the first round.

The top three teams from each second-round pool will progress to the third round, where two round-robin pools of three teams will determine the four semifinalists.

USA won the inaugural Volleyball Nations League in 2018 after beating Turkey 3-2 in the final.

In the second round, Turkey will compete in Group F with USA, Russia, Thailand, Azerbaijan, Italy, China and Bulgaria.

According to competition rules, Turkey will play only against the four rivals they have not faced in the first round which are USA, Russia, Thailand, Azerbaijan.

The two groups are as follows:

GROUP EPLDWLPOINTS
1SERBIA55015
2NETHERLANDS55014
3JAPAN54113
4BRAZIL54112
5GERMANY5329
6DOMINICAN REP.5329
7PUERTO RICO5236
8MEXICO
5143



GROUP FPLDWLPOINTS
1ITALY55015
2USA55013
3CHINA54112
4RUSSIA54112
5THAILAND53210
6TURKEY5329
7AZERBAIJAN5236
8BULGARIA5236



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