Romania will be the first opponent of the Italian women’s national team in the 2023 European Volleyball Championship, a tournament organized by Belgium and Italy. The European Confederation has formalized the official calendar. The continental champions will make their debut in the wonderful location of the Arena di Verona on August 15 against Romania, to then face Switzerland (August 18) and Bulgaria (August 19) in Monza and finally close group B in Turin, where the matches will be staged against Bosnia and Herzegovina (August 22) and Croatia (August 23). In Italy, more precisely in Florence, 4 eighths and 2 quarter-finals will also be played, while the semi-finals and finals will take place in Brussels.
The calendar of the blues in pool B
15/8 Verona: Italy – Romania
18/8 Monza: Italy – Switzerland
19/8 Monza: Italy – Bulgaria
22/8 Turin: Italy – Bosnia and Herzegovina
23/8 Turin: Italy – Croatia
The pools will be played with the round robin formula, at the end of which the first four classified in each group will access the round of 16 and will face each other according to the following scheme.
(Round of 16 in Belgium)
A1 versus C4
A2 versus C3
A3 versus C2
A4 versus C1
(Round of 16 in Italy in Florence)
B1 against D4
B2 versus D3
B3 against D2
B4 against D1
In the quarter-finals (in Brussels and Florence) the winning teams that played in the round of 16 in the same country will face each other. This is the crossing pattern.
(Brussels)
QF1: Winner A1 vs C4 – Winner A3 vs C2
QF2: Winner A4 vs C1 – Winner A2 vs C3
(Florence)
QF3: Win B1 vs D4 – Win B3 vs D2
QF4: Win B4 vs D1 – Win B2 vs D3
The semi-finals and finals will be played in Brussels, according to this scheme.
Semifinal 1: Winner QF1 – Winner QF4
Semifinal 2: Winner QF2 – Winner QF3