Vietnam women's volleyball team registered to participate in the world championship

Today (August 30), many international volleyball websites announced that Thailand has been officially chosen as the host of the 2025 Women's Volleyball World Championship (taking place from August 22 to September 7). With Thailand, the 2023 Asian champion, participating as the host, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team (ranked 4th in Asia) will be chosen to replace this team in the 3 continental slots.

Vietnam women's volleyball team has a chance to win a ticket to the 2025 World Volleyball Championship

Speaking to Thanh Nien , Mr. Le Tri Truong, General Secretary of the Vietnam Volleyball Federation, said: "We received notice from FIVB that the Vietnamese women's volleyball team is likely to participate in the 2025 World Championship. FIBV requested Vietnam to submit an application to participate in the tournament and we have completed the registration procedures. As of this afternoon (August 30), there has been no official announcement from FIVB about the Vietnamese team winning a ticket to participate. We are also eagerly waiting for this good news."

If successful, this will be the first time in history that the Vietnamese women's volleyball team has qualified for the World Volleyball Championship. The tournament has 32 teams, of which the first 16 slots include the defending champion (Serbia) and 15 teams with high rankings in continental championships (3 leading teams from each continent). The remaining 16 slots will include 1 slot for the host team and 15 teams with high rankings in the world rankings but have not yet had a slot. Currently, 31 teams have been determined, including Serbia, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Kenya, Egypt, Cameroon, Thailand, China, Japan, Turkey, Netherlands, Italy, Dominican Republic, USA, Canada, Poland, Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Puerto Rico, France, Cuba, Bulgaria, Sweden, Mexico, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Greece.

Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen and the Vietnamese women's volleyball team are getting closer to a historic ticket.

On the latest FIVB rankings, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team is ranked 33rd in the world and 5th in Asia. At 7:30 p.m. today in Ninh Binh , Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen and her teammates will compete with Expressway Club (Korea) for a ticket to the final of the VTV Cup 2024 international women's volleyball tournament.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/doi-tuyen-bong-chuyen-nu-viet-nam-dang-ky-tham-du-giai-vo-dich-the-gioi-185240830185707261.htm