Foolad Sirjan to Leave Iran for 2021 Volleyball Club World C’ship
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foolad Sirjan volleyball club will leave Tehran Saturday night to participate at the 2021 Volleyball Club World Championship.
Foolad is pitted against Italian club Itas Trentino and Sada Cruzeiro of Brazil in Pool B.
The Iranian representative will meet Sada Cruzeiro on Tuesday.
Italy’s Cucine Lube Civitanova, Argentina’s UPCN Vóley Club and Brazilian Funvic Natal are drawn in Pool A.
The current champion is Italy's Lube Civitanova, who defeated Brazilian club Sada Cruzeiro 3–1 in the final of the 2019 edition, to win its first title in the competition.
Italian teams have been the most successful with nine titles.
The FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship is an international men's club volleyball competition organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body.
The competition was first contested in 1989 in Italy. It was not held between 1993 and 2008, but since 2009, the competition has been held every year, and has been hosted by Qatar and Brazil.
