The first two rounds of pool play at the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship 2022 in Poland and Slovenia were completed over the first four competition days. Some teams like Brazil, France, Iran, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Serbia and USA have already stamped their tickets to the knockout stage of the tournament, while another eight vacancies will be contested as the remaining pool matches take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. Enjoy these great images of the action in Ljubljana and Katowice.
Men's World Championship 2022
Favourite shots from Ljubljana and Katowice
Published 08:50, 30 Aug 2022
Outside hitter Ricardo Lucarelli takes on setting duties in the thrilling World Championship opener between Brazil and Cuba
A fantastic ambience in Katowice ahead of co-hosts Poland's opening game against Bulgaria
A giant Slovenian flag waved by the fans at the other World Championship venue in Ljubljana
Mexico's Hiram Bravo receives the ball in his team's match against USA
Lukas Maase and Christian Fromm trying to cast a magical spell on the ball while Germany are losing to Olympic champions France on the first competition day
Slovenian players and fans celebrate their first win of the Championship, over Cameroon
Marcin Janusz sets for Mateusz Bieniek in Poland's 3-0 win over Bulgaria
Spectacular dig by Ukraine's Yurii Semeniuk in their opening game against Serbia
Uros Kovacevic in action as Serbia open their campaign with a 3-0 win over Ukraine
Canada's blockers ready to stop the Italian spikers
Yuri Romano, Gianluca Galassi and Daniele Lavia in action as Italy's blocking performance is key to their straight-set win over Canada
During Cuba's first win of the tournament, Livan Osoria and Miguel Angel Lopez watch tensely as Qatar's Milos Stevanovic sets the ball
Yuki Ishikawa on the serve as Japan face Brazil in an attempt to claim their second win in Ljubljana
Despite Japan's loss, the fans are keen on taking selfies with Yuji Nishida
American libero Erik Shoji in action as USA sweep Bulgaria in their second match
Bulgarian star Tsvetan Sokolov's disappointment as his team fail to win a set in two consecutive matches
France's Earvin Ngapeth facing a three-man Slovenian block during a thrilling five-set victory
Canada come out for their match against China on the way to their first win in Ljubljana
China's Yu Yuantai on the serve against Canada
Dutch star Nimir Abdel-Aziz spikes through a three-man Argentinean block as the Netherlands mount an amazing comeback from two sets down
A spectacular spike by Omar Hoyos as Puerto Rico lose their second match to Serbia
An ecstatic Mohamed Issa as Egypt take a set against Iran
High-flying Oleh Plotnytskyi as he leads Ukraine to their first win of the tournament, over Tunisia
Italy's Daniele Lavia is popular among the autograph seekers after his team's second win in Ljubljana, over Türkiye
