No USA???

We were hoping the world’s #1 team would join the fun!

In case you didn’t know, the 2012 event was canceled due to a very busy volleyball calendar with the world’s best teams busy preparing for the London Olympics. The organizers promised that the 2013 edition would be as great as the previous editions and they didn’t disappoint the fans.

The tournament will be held in Montreux, Switzerland from May 28th – June 2nd and will welcome 2 time Olympic Champions Brazil. Coach Guimaraes’ squad will be in Pool A with China, Russia and host Switzerland. Pool B is composed of defending champions Japan, Italy, Germany and the Dominican Republic.

The format will be teams will play each other once before the top two sides progress to the semi-finals and final.

Schedule (local time):

May 28th
1630 JPN – DOM
1830 CHN – RUS
2100 BRA – SUI

May 29th
1630 DOM – GER
1830 BRA – CHN
2100 JPN – ITA

May 30th
1630 CHN – SUI
1830 RUS – BRA
2100 ITA – GER

May 31th
1630 RUS – SUI
1830 ITA – DOM
2100 GER – JPN

June 1st
1400 A3 – B4
1600 B3 – A4
1830 A1 – B2
2100 B1 – A2

June 2nd
1100 Match for 5th place
1330 Match for 3rd place
1600 Final

2011 Gold Medal Match