Iran has been drawn of Pool B of the 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Cup along with Olympic champion Russia and FIVB Volleyball World Championship gold medallist Poland.

Russia and Poland are paired in Pool B in the first round and will also take on Argentina, Iran, Venezuela and an African representative (CAVB1) in Hamamatsu.

FIVB Volleyball World League champion the U.S. leads the way in Pool A, which takes place in Hiroshima. John Speraw’s team will face host Japan, World League silver medallists Italy, Australia, Canada and the second African representative (CAVB2).
The World Cup takes place across Japan from September 8 – 23 and features 12 sides including the host and the world and two teams from each continental confederation.

There are 30 matches in the first round, which take place over five days. Teams are divided into two pools of six teams, FIVB.org wrote.

In the second and third rounds teams play three other teams they had not previously played over six days and 36 matches.

The top two teams will qualify for the Olympics and join Brazil as it has already secured a berth as the host country.

FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cup, Japan 2015 – Pool Draw
1st Round
September 8 
Pool A – USA v Australia, Japan v CAVB 2, Canada v Italy
Pool B – Poland v CAVB 1, Russia v Venezuela, Argentina v Iran
September 9
Pool A – Australia v Italy, CAVB 2 v Canada, USA v Japan 
Pool B – CAVB 1 v IRI, Venezuela v Argentina, Poland v Russia
September 10
Pool A – Japan v Australia, Canada v USA, Italy v CAVB 2
Pool B – Russia v CAVB 1, Argentina v Poland, Iran v Venezuela
September 12
Pool A – Australia v CAVB 2, USA v Italy, Japan v Canada  
Pool B – CAVB 1 v Venezuela, Poland v Iran, Russia v Argentina
September 13
Pool A – Canada v Australia, CAVB2 v USA, Italy v Japan
Pool B – Argentina v CAVB 1, Iran v Russia, Venezuela v Poland

2nd Round
September 16
Pool A – USA v Venezuela, Italy v Iran, Japan v CAVB 1 
Pool B – Canada v Poland, Australia v Russia, CAVB 2 v Argentina
September 17
Pool A – USA v Iran, Italy v CAVB 1, Japan v Venezuela
Pool B – Canada v Russia, Australia v Argentina, CAVB 2 v Poland
September 18
Pool A – USA v CAVB 1, Italy v Venezuela, Japan v Iran 
Pool B - Canada v Argentina, Australia v Poland, CAVB 2 v Russia

3rd Round
September 21
Pool A – USA v Poland, Italy v Russia, Japan v Argentina
Pool B – Canada v Venezuela, Australia v Iran, CAVB 2 v CAVB 1
September 22
Pool A – Italy v Argentina, Japan v Poland, USA v Russia
Pool B – CAVB2 v Venezuela, Canada v Iran, Australia v CAVB1
September 23
Pool A – Italy v Poland, Japan v Russia, USA v Argentina
Pool B – CAVB2 v Iran, Canada v CAVB1, Australia v Venezuela

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