Volleyball Nations League Men's World Championship Women's World … Japan (Asian Volleyball Confederation) vs Italy (Confédération Européenne de Volleyball)Japan (Asian Volleyball Confederation) vs South Korea (Asian Volleyball Confederation)For historical men's FIVB rankings from October 2005 to present.For historical women's FIVB rankings from September 2005 to present. Nagano, Fukuoka ... Egypt v Iran 3-1 (22-25, 26-24, 25-18, 26-24) Iran Remains Unchanged at FIVB World Ranking - Sports news - … The 12 qualified teams per gender have been split into two single round-robin pools of six, with the top four in the standings of each pool to advance to the quarterfinals. In the new World Ranking system, the best Asian team Iran, sits eighth, while Brazil remains in top place. In the previous ranking, published in early 2017, Iran stood at third. Japan has also shot into prominence to be ranked 9th in the world. Coach Igor Kolakovic

But the Iranians will look at more recent events as a sign that the nation is growing fast as a volleyball power. Volleyball Nations League Men's World Championship Women's World … In addition to 1976 gold medalists Poland, the hosts will face the 2016 Olympic silver medalists Italy, as well as Canada, Iran, and Venezuela.In Pool B, three-time Olympic champs Brazil will defend their Rio gold playing against three-time podium toppers the US, four-time gold medalists and reigning VNL champions Russia and the teams of Argentina, France and Tunisia.In the quarterfinals, each pool winner will meet the fourth-placed team from the other pool, while a draw will determine the opponents of the second-placed and the third-placed teams which will be from the other pool as well, fivb.org reported.In the women’s tournament, the reigning world and European champions and 2016 Olympic silver medalists Serbia, two-time Olympic champions Brazil, as well as the teams of Korea, Dominican Republic, and Kenya will be in the company of hosts Japan, two-time Olympic gold medalists themselves, in Pool A.Three-time Olympic champions China will start the defense of their 2016 title in Pool B, where they will compete against back-to-back VNL gold medalists the US, the most decorated team in Olympic history – Russia, 2018 World Championship runners-up Italy, as well as Argentina and Turkey. Japan vs Italy will only be counting towards the new World Ranking, but Japan vs Korea will be counting towards the new World Ranking and the AVC Continental Ranking).However, in the FIVB Senior World Ranking, China stay on top with 391 points, while defending consecutive two-time VNL champions USA and 2008 and 2012 Olympic gold medallists Brazil finished second and third with 382 and 328 points respectively.

Defending consecutive two-time Asian champions Japan came in third position at the AVC Senior Continental Ranking with 278 points, while Thailand (197 points) and Kazakhstan (166) were placed fourth and fifth places respectively.For more teams in the AVC Senior Continental Ranking, click The 5 Continental Rankings filter the World Ranking points won and lost in matches played between teams from the same Continental Confederation (i.e. FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup - Results and ranking . The FIVB Senior World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in volleyball.The teams of the member nations of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), volleyball's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. Following the decision of the FIVB Board of Administration, the new World Ranking system has been implemented from February 1, 2020 and has taken into account all results from January 1, 2019. A point system is used, with points being awarded based on the last results of the following competitions : World League (now Nations League), Olympic Games, World Cup and World Championship. Iran, who qualified in September 2013, have competed in four previous World Championships, twice finishing 19th (1998, 2010) and twice 21st (1970, 2006).