06/26/2024 10:59 a.m.Updated on 06/26/2024 1:26 p.m.
The Argentina volleyball team achieved his first two goals of the year: qualifying for the Olympic Games and to the VNL playoffs. For the League, he will play in the quarterfinals this Friday, but today, Wednesday, he found out who will be in the Paris 2024 zone from the draw that was held in Poland and It was possible to follow live in Olé.
The group that was assigned to France seems to be the simplest, that of Brazil, with three strong teams and one simple one, and that of Argentina, the most even and difficultthe one that can be lost against everyone.
The draw took place in the city of Lodz, where the Final 8 of the VNL will be played with the presence of the team that secured the ticket with the victory against Bulgaria and the defeats of Cuba against the Poles and Serbia against Slovenia. The balls began to appear at 1:00 p.m. in our country.
The 12 teams They separated in the famous bass drums, with France (locally), Poland and Japan as seeds; in the second step were Slovenia, Italy and the USA; in the third, Brazil, Argentina and Canada, and in the last, Serbia, Germany and Egypt. Then the draw was made.
This is how the areas of the Olympic Games looked like
Zone A: France (7th), Slovenia (3rd), Canada (9th) and Serbia (10th).
Zone B: Poland (1st), Italy (4th), Brazil (6th) and Egypt (19th).
Zone C: Japan (2nd), USA (5th), Argentina (8th) and Germany (11th).
In parentheses, the ranking.
The areas of the Olympic Games.
This is how volleyball will be played in the Olympic Games
with activity from July 27 to August 11, there will be 12 teams participating in the Olympic event in the French capital. They will be divided into the three mentioned zones of four sets each, and The first two in each group plus the two best third parties will advance to the quarterfinals. All matches will be played at the Arena Paris Sud.
The Argentine volleyball team defends the bronze medal from Tokyo 2021.
Argentina finished eighth in the FIVB ranking and third among the last five teams that managed to qualify for the Games in the International Federation’s VNL table.. France (by local), Brazil, Germany, United States, Canada, Japan and Poland (by Pre-Olympics) had qualified before. In addition to Argentina, the ranking included: Italy, Slovenia and Serbia. Egypt advanced by being the best African.
Marcelo Méndez, coach of the Argentine volleyball team.
As a novelty for these Games, although the plates will continue to be 12 players, it is allowed to wear a 13°who will be in Paris, but as a reserve and will only be able to enter the squad to replace a teammate who leaves the list.
