The third and last round of European qualifications to the 2018 FIVB Women’s World Championship (WCH) will take place August 22 to 27 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The eventual winners as well as the runners-up of this single round robin tournament will book their ticket to the World Championship in Japan next year.
The Netherlands will be trying to take the home-court advantage so as to qualify to next year’s WCH after they failed to do so in early June when losing to Azerbaijan in the second-round qualifier in Baku. The silver medalists of 2015 European Championships- The Netherlands is probably the ‘hottest’ candidates for one of the top spots in this third-round qualifier, but stiff competition is expected from the runners-up of the five remaining second-round qualification tournaments – i.e. Greece, Czech Republic, Belgium, Bulgaria and Slovenia.
In the second round of European qualifier, Russia, Serbia, Italy, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Germany, who all emerged on top of the charts from their respective qualifiers, have already booked their tickets to 2018 FIVB Women’s WCH.
The match schedule of the third round of European qualifications will be release in due course, InstaVolley will follow and keep you undated.
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