Tuesday, 2 February 2016

World League & World Grand Prix promotion/relegation process defined



The Sports Events Council confirmed that the promotion / relegation structure for each of the three groups of the World League and World Grand Prix will be maintained as per 2015 whilst reinforcing that relegated teams from Group 3 will be decided according to each of the Confederations regulations.

Confederations will propose what their process will be keeping in mind that all teams entering or leaving the World League and World Grand Prix can only do so from Group 3.

For the 2017 edition, Europe (CEV) and South America & NORCECA (CSV & NORCECA) have already confirmed their process as per the following:

CEV – The winner of the 2016 CEV Volleyball European League will be granted the right to be candidate for the 2017 World League and World Grand Prix respectively
CSV & NORCECA – The winner of the Pan American Cup 2016 will be granted the right to be candidate for the 2017 World League and World Grand Prix respectively 

Teams can be eligible for promotion only if they meet the FIVB conditions for participating in the tournament or the conditions for the respective group.

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