The Argentine volleyball national team will seek a ticket to the Olympic Games in Paris: the schedule of matches and what it needs to qualify

Argentine men’s volleyball teamWho won a historic bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Looking to qualify for Paris 2024. The team, led by Marcelo Mendes, will be one of the champions of the Olympic preliminary tournament, which will be held from Saturday, September 30, to Sunday, October 8, in the Chinese city of Xi’an.

The national team will be part of a system in which 24 teams compete in three tournaments. In addition to the tournament that will be held in China with the participation of Argentina, two other tournaments will be held before the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the remaining tournament in Tokyo, Japan.

The pre-Olympic system established by the FIVB will be all against all in the region and The top two from each group will be ranked To Paris 2024, as there are six places that will be distributed in total in these tournaments, taking into account that the local team, France, is already classified as the team that will represent the country organizing the maximum multidisciplinary event in the world of sports. .

With the top seven seeded for Paris 2024, there will then be five places to distribute to the best positions in the world rankings, who have not already qualified in this tournament, taking into account the total points they will achieve as they develop. Next year’s edition of the Volleyball Nations League.

For the case AlbicelesteWhich comes in sixth place in the world rankings for men’s teamsIt will face Mexico (21) in the first match, then Poland will be its most dangerous competitorThe best team on the list. Others will be: Canada (13), Bulgaria (31), Belgium (22), China (29) and the Netherlands (10).. The broadcast will be carried by ESPN and the Star+ platform.

The Argentine national team will arrive at the Olympic preparatory tournament in good condition. Throughout 2023, he achieved two very important results for the present international volleyball. In July, they qualified for the first time in their history to the final stage of the A.C Nations Volleyball LeagueThat is, it reached the stage where the best eight teams competed. After losing to Italy, they finished fifth.

On the other hand, Mendes’ team became champions of the South American Championship held in Recife. In the final match, the national team defeated Brazil with a crushing score of 3-0, with scores of 25-19, 29-27 and 25-22. In the 35th edition, Argentina won the title after 59 years, as the only time it won the title (1964) was when the local team did not participate. Thus, the Brazilian national team achieved 28 consecutive titles.

Pre-Olympics schedule for the Argentine national team

– Saturday, October 30

11pm – Argentina vs. Mexico

– Sunday, October 1

11pm – Argentina vs. Canada

– Tuesday, October 3

11pm – Argentina vs. Bulgaria

– Wednesday, October 4th

02 hours – Argentina vs. Belgium

– Friday, October 6

05 hours – Argentina vs. Poland

– Saturday, October 7th

08.30 AM – Argentina vs. China

– Sunday, October 8th

02 hours – Argentina vs. Holland

Those who are called will play pre-Olympics

Luciano De Cicco and Matias Sanchez (owners); Bruno Lima and Pablo Kokartsev (Opposites); Agustín Loser, Nicolas Zerpa, Martin Ramos, and Joaquín Gallego (center); Luciano Vicentin, Facundo Conte, Luciano Balonski, Manuel Armoa Muriel, Jean Martinez Franchi (throws), and Santiago Danani (libero).