The International Volleyball League opened the World Volleyball League in 2018, which replaced the World Women’s Volleyball Grand Prix in terms of women’s volleyball.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 8 (Reporter Wei Hua, Wang Jingyu) according to the news on the 8th of the International Volleyball Federation’s official website, the World Volleyball League will be canceled in 2020 due to the impact of the new Crown pneumonia epidemic.
According to the initial schedule, this year’s world women’s volleyball league will start on May 19, and Men’s match will start on the 22nd. In March this year, the International Volleyball Federation announced that it would postpone the World Volleyball League until the end of the Tokyo Olympics.
The International Volleyball Federation said on the 8th that in view of the spread of the new coronavirus around the world, the executive committee of the International Volleyball Federation, the League Council and the event organizers decided to cancel the 2020 World Volleyball League after discussion, however, Italy and China are retained as the host countries of the finals, and the holding time of the 2021 World Volleyball League is still under coordination.
The President of the International Volleyball League, graisa, said: “As a global event, the World Volleyball League has received great attention from players and fans. However, if the competition continues under the current situation, it will be irresponsible. Now we have devoted our energy to the 2021 competition. I believe that next year’s competition will be very exciting.”
The International Volleyball League opened the World Volleyball League in 2018, which replaced the World Women’s Volleyball Grand Prix in terms of women’s volleyball. In the women’s volleyball competition in 2019, the US team won the championship in the finals and the Chinese women’s volleyball team won the third place.