The Colombian National Team, ready for the Women's Volleyball World Cup: this will be its calendar

The Colombian women's volleyball team.

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Everything is ready for him Women's volleyball world championship 2025, which will be played in Thailand between August 22 and September 7, with the participation of 32 selections divided into eight groups, including Colombia.

It will be the 20th edition of the tournamentin which Italy, current Olympic champion and the League of Nations, starts as a great favorite, while Brazil will try to conquer for the first time a title that has escaped in four finals.

Colombia is looking for revenge after 2022

The Colombian team faces the tournament with illusion and the fresh memory of its Debut EN 2022when he could not win any game and ended up last in his group.

Now, in its second World Cup appearance, the goal is to advance to the Eighth final and consolidate a process that has had significant advances in the region.

Colombia was located in the Grup fwhere he will face Dominican Republic, China and Mexico. Three rivals that represent different challenges: the Dominicans arrive with consolidated figures such as Brayelin Martínez; China, with a world and Olympic champion legacy, remains power; and Mexico, which shares with Colombia the goal of surprising and making the leap to the second round.

Italy and Brazil, the powers to follow

Beyond the coffee group, the spotlights will be placed in Italy, which with Paola Egonu Como Estrella It will try to complete the triple crown (JJ. OO., League of Nations and World Cup).

Brazil, on the other hand, faces the challenge of winning for the first time the trophy after falling in the finals of 1994, 2006, 2010 and 2022. Its reference is Gabimaximum scorer of the recent VNL.

The World Cup will have other great animators. Serbiachampion in 2018 and 2022, aspires to an unpublished consecutive tricampeonate, while Japan He wants to return to the top after 51 years. In the Japanese team, figures such as Mayu Ishikawa and Nanami Seki stand out, which lead a team with tradition.

Latin presence in the World Cup

The region will have Seven Latin American teams: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

For Latin American and Central American volleyball, it is a historical opportunity to compete with several nations at the same time in the maximum scenario.

Of all, in addition to Brazil, the one that arrives with the greatest projection is Dominican Republicled by Brayelin Martínez and Gaila González. The Caribbean team, who will be Colombia's first rival, starts as a candidate to overcome the group stage and aspires to consolidate as the great power of the region.

A demanding format

He World Cup format He contemplates that only the first two of each group advance to the round of 16.

From then on, the quarterfinals, semifinals, the grand final and the match for third place are disputed. The demand is maximum: a tropiez can cost premature elimination.

The Colombian team is confident that the experience acquired in continental tournaments, added to the international touch of several of its players, allows them to step forward. The key will be in the debut against the Dominican Republic, where a victory would give a decisive mood impulse.

Colombia calendar at the World Cup Volleyball

• August 23: Colombia vs. Dominican Republic – 4:00 PM Thailand → 4:00 am Colombia
• August 25: Colombia vs. China – 7:30 p.m. Tailandia → 7:30 a.m. Colombia
• August 27: Colombia vs. Mexico – 4:00 pm Thailand → 4:00 am Colombia

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