FIVB WORLD LEAGUE CALENDAR POOL B POOL D POOL E 2ND GROUP A-1 BRA A-2 ITA A-3 POL A-4 IRI WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 WEEK 7 WEEK 8 WEEK 9 (May 23 - 25) (May 30 - June 1) (June 6 - 8) (June 13 - 15) (June 20 - 22) (June 27 - 29) (July 4 - 6) (July 11 - 13) (July 16 - 20) BRA BRA POL BRA IRI ITA IRI ITA POL POL ITA POL BRA IRI BRA IRI ITA ITA IRI ITA BRA POL IRI FINAL SIX POL REST WEEK POOL C 1ST GROUP POOL A TEAM B-1 RUS B-2 USA B-3 BUL B-4 SRB C-1 BEL C-2 CAN C-3 AUS C-4 FIN D-1 ARG ARG FRA D-2 GER GER JPN D-3 FRA D-4 JPN E-1 NED E-2 KOR KOR NED E-3 POR POR CZE E-4 CZE BUL BEL USA SRB RUS CAN FIN AUS POOL F 3RD GROUP TUN F-2 TUR F-3 CUB F-4 MEX POOL G PUR G-2 CHN G-3 SVK G-4 ESP BUL SRB BUL RUS SRB USA SRB USA BUL CAN CAN AUS BEL ARG FRA GER ARG JPN GER FRA JPN NED CZE BEL FIN CAN AUS FIN FIN Host Country G-1 RUS BEL Host Country F-1 USA RUS AUS GER ARG FRA GER JPN ARG JPN FRA KOR POR KOR CZE POR NED CZE NED POR KOR ROUND 1 ROUND 2 MEXICO CITY, MEXICO TUNIS, TUNISIA 2 matches per day during 3 days 2 matches per day during 3 days CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO KOSICE, SLOVAKIA 2 matches per day during 3 days 2 matches per day during 3 days REST WEEK RUS USA BUL RUS SRB BUL SRB USA AUS BEL AUS CAN FIN CAN FIN BEL Florence (Italy) FINAL FOUR FRA ARG JPN GER NED KOR CZE POR Sydney (Australia) NED CZE POR KOR FINAL FOUR BURSA, TURKEY Intercontinental Round Pools A, B, C, D & F play double home and away matches – two matches each week end – while Pools F & G play Round Robin tournaments (two matches per day over three days). Day 1 Semifinals Day 2 Finals Final Round Pool A & B will hold a Final 6 – the top two teams in each pool (A & B), the hosts and the winner from the Final of pools C, D and E – the week of July 16 to 20. Pool C, D & E will hold a Final Four on the week end of July 11 to 13. Pool F & G will hold a Final Four expected to take place from June 27 to 29. The host country, the two winners from each pool and the second best team overall will qualify.