The ceremony will take place in Parma’s famed Farnese Theatre, a Baroque-style theatre which was built in 1618 by Giovanni Battista Aleotti.
Lausanne,
Switzerland, March 7, 2014 – All eyes will be on the Italian city of
Parma on Monday when the official Drawing of Lots for the FIVB Volleyball Women’s
World Championship Italy 2014 takes place at the Farnese Theatre at 16:30 (local time). The
Drawing of Lots for the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship Italy 2014
will determine the make-up of the pools in the first round of this year’s
tournament, which will take place from September 23 to October 12 across the
following six cities: Rome, Trieste, Verona, Bari, Modena, Milan.
The ceremony will be broadcast in Italy by RAI Sport from 16:30 to 18:00 (local time) and will be live streamed on www.fivb.org.It
will be carried out in the presence of FIVB President Dr. Ary S. Graça F°,
Italian Volleyball Federation President Mr. Carlo Magri, Organising Committee
President Mr. Carlo Salvatori, Italian Olympic Committee President Mr. Giovanni
Malagò among other dignitaries.The
evening will also see the unveiling of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World
Championship trophy especially designed for the event.The
organisers have also put together an exciting lineup of nationally known artists
for a rich programme highlighting many aspects of Italy’s sporting and cultural
heritage.
To date 18 out of 24 teams have qualified for the FIVB
Volleyball Women’s World Championship Italy 2014.The Asian, South
American, African and European confederations have completed their
qualification processes, with one of the European spots reserved for hosts,
Italy. Only NORCECA have still to determine the countries that will participate
in the tournament.The NORCECA
confederation will hold five qualifying tournaments (each with four teams)
scheduled to take place in Cuba (May 12 to 18), USA and Dominican Republic (May
13 to 19), Canada (May 14 to 20) and Puerto Rico (May 20 to 26).The winner of each
group will qualify for the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship Italy
2014 while the runners-up will go through to a play-off for the fifth and final
place from June 2 to 9 in Trinidad.
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