The 2025 Men’s Volleyball World Cup began on the morning of Friday (12), in the Philippines, with victory of Tunisia by 3 sets to 0 against Philippines. Two other games take place at night to close the first day of games.
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Check out photos of the Brazilian Men’s Volleyball Team
Brazil 3 x 0 Japan for the third and last week of the 2025 Men’s Volleyball League (Photo: Disclosure, FIVB)
Brazil surpasses Argentina for the third and last qualifying week of Men’s VNL 2025 (Photo: Disclosure, FIVB)
Brazilian National Team debuts the third and last qualifying week with Vitória (Photo: Disclosure, FIVB)
Friday will also mark the US debut against Colombia at 23h. Thirty minutes later, the confrontation between Canada and Libya begins to close the first day of Men’s Volleyball World Cup 2025.
Results of the 1st Day of the Men’s Volleyball 2025
- Philippines 0 x 3 Tunisia
- United States x Colombia – 23h
- Canada x Libya – 11:30 pm
*The NSC Total report will update the results upon completion of the games
How the Men’s Volleyball World Cup 2025 works
The World Championship is one of the main volleyball competitions organized by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB). The 21st edition will take place in the Philippines, between September 12 and 28, which will host the preliminary phases in two different cities, Quezon City (Manila) and Pasay.
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The tournament will have 14 days and, from this edition, will be 32 participants, eight more than the past editions. In addition, the competition will also be held biennially instead of quadinyally.
In the preliminary phase, the 32 teams were distributed in eight groups of four teams and will play with each other in a single shift. The first two teams in each group qualify for the final phase. Thus, the final phase will consist of the 16 best teams of the first phase.
Mata Mata, which will be held solely in Pasay, will feature 16 matches. There will be eight games in the round of 16, four in the quarterfinals, two matches in the semifinals, the dispute for third place and finally for the title of the championship. In all, 64 matches will be held.
World Cup participating selections
- Czech Republic
- Egypt
- Algeria
- Libya
- Tunisia
- USA
- Canada
- Cuba
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Chile
- Filipinas
- Japan
- Iran
- Qatar
- Korea
- China
- Italy
- Poland
- Slovenia
- France
- Netherlands
- Romania
- Finland
- Portugal
- Germany
- Bulgaria
- Ukraine
- Belgium
- Türkiye
- Serbia
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GROUPS OF THE MALE VOLLEY WORLD 2025
The eight groups were formed by random raffle, with a selected team from each of the three pots and designated for a group based on their placement in the pot.
Centrals from Brazil are highlights in the 2025 Women’s Championship
The first seven teams in the world ranking were selected as key heads, which are Poland (B1), France (C1), the United States (D1), Slovenia (E1), Italy (F1), Japan (G1) and Brazil (H1). Already the Philippines was positioned as A1, as the hostess.
- Group A – Philippines, Iran, Egypt and Tunisia
- Group B – Poland, Netherlands, Qatar and Romania
- Group C – France, Argentina, Finland and Korea
- Group D – United States, Cuba, Portugal and Colombia
- Group E – Slovenia, Germany, Bulgaria and Chile
- Group F – Italy, Ukraine, Belgium and Algeria
- Group G – Japan, Canada, Türkiye and Libya
- Group H – BrazilSerbia, Czech Republic and China
