The Cuban men’s volleyball team was included in the very strong group A of the qualifying tournament heading to the Olympic Games of Paris 2024, which will be held in Brazil from September 30 to October 8.
In addition to Cubans and hosts, the segment is completed by the squads of Italy, current world champion, along with those of Iran, Ukraine, Germany, the Czech Republic and Qatar, according to a note published by the sports portal Hit.
Cubans in a strong group heading to #volleyball of #Paris2024
They will face Italy, Brazil, Iran, Ukraine, Germany, the Czech Republic and Qatar for two places. #volleyball https://t.co/XasFRg11rj pic.twitter.com/vTn2GccnCs— JIT Cuban Sport (@jit_digital) March 29, 2023
According to the regulations, the first two places of the three keys recently announced by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) would access the Olympic event in the French capital.
Add the information that in group B, based in Japan, the local representation will share the bill with the cast of the United States, Slovenia, Serbia, Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia and Finland.
The Chinese squad will host lot C, where their counterparts from Poland, Argentina, the Netherlands, Canada, Mexico, Belgium and Bulgaria will also fight for tickets to Paris.
The six qualifiers of these three tournaments will join the cast of France, monarch of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, guaranteed as the venue for the multi-sport event, scheduled from July 26 to August 12, 2024, recalls the outlet.
The other five groups that would complete the registration would be chosen depending on their location in the ranking after the preliminary stage of the 2024 Volleyball Nations League has concluded. In addition, the cast that comes from a continent that has not been able to achieve the quota will be prioritized, points out Hit.
Among the tournaments of the edition held in Tokyo (1964 and 2020), the Cuban men’s team has six Olympic incursions and as its best result in these competitions appears the fourth place achieved in Barcelona 1992.
The most recent participation dates from Rio de Janeiro 2016, when he ranked 11th with a young team.
The new qualification system implemented will now also be used to define the nations qualified for the Paris 2024 women’s tournament and the qualifying matches will take place in China (group A), Japan (B) and Poland (C).
Cuba is not included among the applicants for the area of North, Central America and the Caribbean (Norceca), which were the Dominican Republic, Canada and Mexico (A), Puerto Rico (B) and the United States (C). The South American squads that will compete will be Brazil, Argentina and Peru (B), and Colombia (C).
