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Czech volleyball men qualify for Worlds from ranking No. 20

Qualification was confirmed today. The ranking closed on 16 October decided the place, not a qualifying match played on Monday.

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Marek Šotola with Berlin Recycling Volleys at the cup final in Mannheim on 3 March 2024 — archive. Photo: Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0; resized and display-cropped for the web. · Photo: Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized and display-cropped; adaptations under the same licence
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Czechia’s men have qualified for the 2027 volleyball world championship in Poland: the Czech federation’s announcement on 19 October identifies their No. 20 world ranking as the basis for qualification.

Ranking position is not qualification order

The FIVB says the final 15 places were allocated using the ranking of 16 October, excluding teams already qualified. A position in the overall ranking is therefore different from a position in the ranking-based qualification queue.

For BSR, that distinction is the key to today’s news: this is official confirmation of participation, not a new match result. The tournament has 32 teams in eight groups of four, with two advancing from each group. Find more international fixtures in the BSR events calendar.

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