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Iran beat Chile at FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U17 World C’ship
Iran is set to face Italy on Thursday in the next step of the tournament with hopes of advancing to the quarterfinals, wrote Mehr News Agency.
Arash Sadeqiani is leading the Iranian team in the tournament.
Previously in the tournament, Iran secured victories against Libya and Tunisia but suffered a loss to Egypt.
The 2024 FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U17 World Championship is the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U17 World Championship, the biennial international youth volleyball championship contested by the men’s national teams under the age of 17 of the members associations of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport’s global governing body. The tournament took place in Sofia, Bulgaria from August 24-31, 2024.
The FIVB U17 World Championship for both genders was proposed by the FIVB Volleyball Council and unanimously approved by the FIVB Board of Administration during its meeting held in March 2022.
The qualification process was announced on March 28, 2023 with a total of 16 national teams to qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Bulgaria who qualified automatically as the host, 15 other teams qualified through five separate continental championships which were required to be held by December 31, 2023 at the latest.