Paykan faces Belchatow in Club World Volleyball Championship
Tehran Times Sports Desk

TEHRAN - Iran’s Paykan is to play PGE Skra Belchatow of Poland on Wednesday in the 2009 FIVB Men’s Club World Volleyball Championship.

The competition that comprises 8 teams playing in two pools will be the first at the world level since Italy organized the last edition in Treviso in 1992, but this time there is one interesting new rule which is the Golden Formula to be applied for the first time in FIVB competition. The new rule requires that the first attack for each team after the opponent service begins from the back row in an attempt to produce longer rallies to give the fans greater excitement, according to FIVB.

Pool A comprises the European champions League Champions Trentino Betclic, the 1st best European team in CEV Ranking Zenit Kazan, the Norceca representatives Plataneros de Corozal of Puerto Rico and the African champions Zamalek.

Pool B features the second best European team PGE Skra Belchatow of Poland, the Asian club Championship winners Paykan of Iran, the South American Champions Cimed of Brazil and the organizer Al Arabi Doha of Qatar.

Each pool plays in a round robin format where the first and second of each pool qualify to the semifinal. The first of pool A plays second of pool B, while the first of pool B meets the second of pool A as the winners meet to determine the World club champions.

The 2009 Men’s Club World Championship will be held at the Aspire Zone indoor hall in Doha, Qatar, from November 3 to 8

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