The Russian men's volleyball team has decided not to participate in…
The Russian men's volleyball team has decided not to participate in the 2027 World Championship, which will be held in Poland.
Consensus
- The Russian men's national volleyball team will not participate in the 2027 FIVB World Championship in Poland.
- The decision was made by the Russian Volleyball Federation (VФV) due to safety concerns.
- The VФV stated that the tournament would have 'critically little sport and a lot of politics'.
- The FIVB has lifted sanctions on Russian teams and confirmed their participation in the 2027 Nations League.
- The participation of the Russian women's team in the 2027 World Championship (in North America) is still under discussion.
- The FIVB is working with the organizing committee and national federations of the USA and Canada on the women's team's potential participation.
Points of divergence
- The FIVB decided not to impose disciplinary sanctions on the Russian men's team for their absence at the 2027 World Championship due to the exceptional nature of the situation. — vesti
- The VФV cited 'security concerns' as the main reason for the men's team's withdrawal, and noted that the women's team's participation remains under negotiation. — kommersant
- The President of the Polish Volleyball Union stated that Polish authorities would not issue visas to Russian athletes, and that hosting a match between Russia and Ukraine would be impossible. — meduza
- The FIVB temporarily expanded the Nations League 2027 to 19 teams in both men's and women's divisions to accommodate Russia, due to the frozen ranking system. — fontanka
- The VФV confirmed that the decision to withdraw was made independently by the federation, citing safety concerns. — vedomosti
Coverage (16 sources)
- Russian volleyball players will miss the 2027 World Championship without disciplinary sanctions — Вести
- In the State Duma, they explained why the Russian volleyball team refused to travel to the World Championship in Poland — Вести
- Russian men's team will not participate in the World Men's Volleyball Championship in Poland — Коммерсантъ
- Russian Volleyball Team Refuses to Participate in World Championship — ЭХО / Новости
- Russian men's volleyball team refuses to participate in 2027 World Championship in Poland, says All-Russian Volleyball Federation — Varlamov News
- «There will be critically little sport and very much politics at the tournament». Russia refused to participate in the World Volleyball Championship, which will take place in Poland — Meduza
- Degtyarev welcomed the admission of the Russian national volleyball team to the Nations League — Вести
- Russian volleyball players returned to Nations League. But they will not go to the World Championship in Poland — Фонтанка
- Russian volleyball players refused to participate in the 2027 World Championship in Poland — Ведомости
- The Russian volleyball team refused to participate in the 2027 World Championship in Poland — Коммерсантъ
- Russian men's volleyball team refused to travel to the World Championship in Poland — Вести
- Russian Volleyball Team Refuses to Participate in World Championship 2027 in Poland — Вечерняя Москва
- Russian volleyball players may compete at the 2027 World Championship — Вести
- The Russian men's volleyball team has withdrawn from the 2027 World Championship in Poland — Дождь (Telegram)
- Russian men's volleyball team refuses to participate in 2027 World Championship in Poland, reported by All-Russian Volleyball Federation — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Russia's Volleyball Teams Will Participate in the 2027 Nations League Tournament — Вести
Key entities
- Russia
- Poland
- Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
- VFS
- Moscow
- All-Russian Volleyball Federation
- Stanislav Shevchenko
- State Duma
- Mikhail Degtyarev
- USA
- TASS
- Canada
- Svetlana Zhurova
- OKR
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