USA Men's Volleyball team vs. Italy - Chicago - July 10th & 11th
Volley...@hotmail.com
Friday July 10th & Saturday July 11th
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
USA team features several Olympic Gold Medalists from the 2008 Beijing
Olympics.
The FIVB World League is a men's volleyball competition created in
1990. It consists of 16 teams from around the world competing over the
course of seven weeks. The total prize purse for the event is more
than $20 million, with the overall winner receiving $1 million for
winning the final round.
During the first six weekends, the teams compete in pools of four. The
teams within a pool all play each other in two matches on the road and
two at home.
The winners of each of the pools qualify for the final round. The
final round host country automatically qualifies for the final round
and there is also a wild card qualifier selected by the FIVB.
The FIVB determines the teams that participate in World League. The
United States has competed in World League 11 times in 1990-95,
2000-01 and 2006-08. Its best finish was first place in the 2008 World
League. It also finished third in 1992 and 2007.
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