Russian volleyball banned from international competition

Immediately after the decision to deprive Russia of hosting rights at two world tournaments, FIBV issued a notice banning Russia from participating in international volleyball tournaments in all content related to this subject.

Russian volleyball banned from international competition

Two weeks ago, the World Volleyball Federation said that: “Sports outside of politics”, the Federation confirmed that Russia will continue to let Russia host the two top volleyball tournaments in the world, Volleyball Nations Leagues and Volleyball Men’s . World Championship.

However, these decisions have been changed since Russia attacked Ukraine, the Federation stripped the right to host all the tournaments that “Aries Country” organizes. Not stopping there, the Federation also banned Russia and athletes from participating in international and continental tournaments.

The official website of the World Volleyball Federation read: “FIVB declares that Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to participate in international and continental competitions due to ineligibility of the Federation. The decision is effective immediately and until further notice.

Following the initial decisions adopted by the FIVB to remove official events from Russia, the FIVB board confirmed that it would ban Russia from participating in international and continental tournaments.

“The FIVB remains deeply concerned about the ongoing war in Ukraine and its terrible impact on the lives of so many people.

FIBV has always had a deep concern for the Ukrainian people and hoped that the parties would find an urgent solution to end the war peacefully,” the federation added.

Currently, Russia has a large number of volleyball players going abroad to compete in the Turkish national championship, Italy, … Volleyball clubs and federations of countries with Russian athletes participating are still not available. notice on whether to allow these players to continue playing.

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