VOLLEYBALL – THE West Asia Volleyball Association (WAVA) announced yesterday the system for the knockout stage of the first WAVA Men’s Volleyball Championship 2025, set to be hosted by the kingdom this month.
The eight-nation tournament is scheduled for July 17 to 27 at Isa bin Rashid Volleyball Arena, located at Isa Sports City in Riffa.
The competition is being organised by WAVA and the Bahrain Volleyball Association (BVA).
In the preliminary round, Bahrain are in Group A along with the UAE, Jordan, and Lebanon, while Group B is composed of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, and Kuwait.
Following a single round-robin all eight teams will advance to the cross quarter-finals. Their opponents will be determined based on their seeding, with the first in Group A playing the last in Group B, the Group A runners-up playing third in Group B, the Group A third-placers playing the runners-up in Group B, and the last-placed team in Group A facing the winners of Group B.
The semi-finals will follow along with classification games, leading up to the gold and bronze medal contests.
The Bahrainis’ participation in the WAVA event comes less than a month after securing an historic crown in the AVC Men’s Volleyball Nations Cup 2025, also hosted by the kingdom in June.
It was the national team’s first-ever title in an Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) event, and the second major achievement for the kingdom’s spikers in less than a year, as they had also bagged the title in the 23rd Arab Men’s Volleyball Championship, held in Bahrain last November.
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