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Türkiye’s women’s national volleyball team will find out its group-stage opponents at the 2027 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championship when the draw is held tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. Turkish time (3:00 p.m. GMT).
FIVB is the International Volleyball Federation, the sport’s global governing body, and the tournament will be hosted by the United States and Canada from Aug. 20 to Sept. 5, 2027.
In the draw, a “serpentine system” will be applied based on the FIVB world ranking of Oct. 2, 2026. Under this system, the teams ranked in the top eight in the world ranking will be placed in the first positions from Group A to Group H.
Türkiye, which is third in the world ranking, will be in the first position of Group C under this system.
The teams ranked between ninth and 16th in the ranking will be placed in the second positions of the groups, going from Group H to Group A.
The positions of the remaining 16 teams in the groups will be determined by the draw. The teams ranked between 25th and 32nd in the world ranking will be in the fourth positions of the groups, and the teams ranked between 17th and 24th will be in the third positions.
Hosts the United States and Canada will be in different sections of the tournament bracket so that they do not meet before the semifinals.
In the tournament, which will be held with the participation of 32 teams for the second time, the 16 teams that finish in the top two places in their groups will advance.
The tournament will be completed with the round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and the final.
The 2027 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championship will be organized in the United States and Canada from Aug. 20 to Sept. 5, 2027.
Group matches will be played at the Bell Centre in Montreal and the Videotron Centre in Quebec City in Canada, and at the CHI Health Center Arena in Omaha and the Kia Center in Orlando in the United States.
The final stage will be held at the Honda Center in Anaheim, in the U.S. state of California. The venue will also host volleyball competitions at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
In the tournament, in which the U.S. and Canada host and the latest world champion Italy, will participate directly, 15 teams secured their places through continental qualifiers and 14 teams through the world ranking.
Switzerland will compete in the tournament for the first time.
The countries that will participate in the 2027 Women’s Volleyball World Championship are as follows: hosts Canada and the United States and latest champion Italy; 14 teams through the world ranking, namely the Netherlands, Russia, Germany, Czechia, Belgium, France, Slovenia, Sweden, Mexico, Ukraine, Greece, South Korea, Bulgaria and Switzerland; the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Puerto Rico from North and Central America and the Caribbean; Thailand, China and Japan from Asia; Türkiye, Serbia and Poland from Europe; Egypt, Kenya and Cameroon from Africa; and Argentina, Brazil and Colombia from South America.
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