Pools For 2018 Men’s World Championships Released

2018 Men’s World Championships

• September 10-30, 2018
• Italy & Bulgaria
• Tournament Central

The pools for the 2018 Men’s World Championships have been announced for the competition that will take place from September 10-30, 2018. The tournament is split up into four pools of six teams with the top-four teams in each pool advancing to Round 2. From there, the top six teams will battle it out in Round 3 followed by the medal matches.

Pool B will be the most challenging group in the competition after securing three top-ten teams and an average World Rank of 12.3 – #1 Brazil, #6 Canada and #9 France. This year, France took the 2017 World League title away from Brazil in a nail-biter five-set battle on the Brazilians homecourt. On the flip side, Brazil won their record fifth Men’s World Grand Champions Cup title just months later.

Team USA will have a tough test ahead of them in Pool C, as they have to face off against an always consistent Russian squad along with a rising Serbian team.

Poland and Iran will fight for the top spot in Pool D as both are strong teams that are among the top-ten in the world. This goes the same for Pool A’s Italy and Argentina who have been on the rise in the past few competitions.

Pool A

• WR4 Italy
• WR7 Argentina
• WR12 Japan
• WR15 Belgium
• WR23 Slovenia
• WR38 The Dominican Republic

Pool’s average World Rank – 16.5

Pool B

• WR1 Brazil
• WR6 Canada
• WR9 France
• WR13 Egypt
• WR20 China
• WR25 The Netherlands

Pool’s average World Rank – 12.3

Pool C

• WR2 USA
• WR4 Russia
• WR11 Serbia
• WR16 Australia
• WR24 Tunisia
• WR30 Cameroon

Pool’s average World Rank – 14.5

Pool D

• WR14 Bulgaria
• WR3 Poland
• WR8 Iran
• WR16 Cuba
• WR18 Finland
• WR29 Puerto Rico

Pool’s average World Rank – 14.6