The Bulgarian Volleyball Federation is organizing a four-sided friendly tournament formen under 17. The competition, which will take place in the "Levski Sofia" hall in the capital, will last three days -August 18-21. It serves as preparation for our national team for theWorld Championshipin this age group, which our country is also hosting. The planetary championship is in Sofia from August 24-31.
According to the regulations, in the friendly tournament for men under 17, the teams will play using the "round-robin" system.
PROGRAM for the friendly tournament:
August 19
5:00 PM Bulgaria - Brazil
7:30 PM Iran - Italy
August 20
5:00 PM Bulgaria - Iran
7:30 PM Brazil - Italy
August 21
5:00 PM Bulgaria - Italy
7:30 PM Iran - Brazil
The U17 Men's World Championship will be played in two halls in the capital - "Levski Sofia" and "Hristo Botev". Our team is in Group A along with the teams ofSpain, Taiwan and Mexico.
Brazil, Italy and Iran are separately in the other three groups, so we won't play them in the World Cup group stage, but we could meet them in the knockout rounds (possibly Italy in the round of 16, and Brazil and Iran in the quarter-finals).
