Iran to Play Argentina Saturday at 2022 FIVB Volleyball World C’ship Opener
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The 20th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship will start on Friday and Team Melli will meet Argentina in its opener on Saturday.
Iran has recently defeated its South American rival 3-2 in the Polish tournament but it was a friendly match.
Behrouz Ataei’s men have been drawn in Pool F along with Argentina, the Netherlands and Egypt.
The top two teams in each pool and the top four of the third placed teams will qualify for the final round.
The world championship will be held in Poland and Slovenia from August 26 to September 11.
It had originally been planned to be held in Russia but the country was stripped of hosting rights.
