2006 Women’s World Championship – Azerbaijan
Belarus to assist Azerbaijan in World Championship preparation (FIVB)
05/16/2005
May 16, 2005 – The Azerbaijan national women’s side has
called on the help of their Belarus counterparts to play
four friendly matches ahead of what promises to be a
testing 2006 Women’s World Championship second round
tournament – Europe Pool D, which features Romania,
Spain and Belgium and will be held in the Baku Sport
Complex from May 27-29.
Azerbaijan, ranked 32 equal in the world, will play the
56 equal ranked Belarusians in four matches on May 17-18
in the Quba Olympic Complex, and on May 22-23 in the
Baku Sport Complex.
The matches will also be ideal preparation for Belarus
who finished second behind Slovakia in a 2006 Women’s
World Championship first round tournament in Portugal
earlier in May and will head to Greece to play the
hosts, Ukraine and France in the second round from June
10-12.
The top two teams in the second round tournament in
Azerbaijan will advance to the third round.
Story courtesy of the State Telegraph Agency of the
Republic of Azerbaijan
May 16, 2005 – The Azerbaijan national women’s side has
called on the help of their Belarus counterparts to play
four friendly matches ahead of what promises to be a
testing 2006 Women’s World Championship second round
tournament – Europe Pool D, which features Romania,
Spain and Belgium and will be held in the Baku Sport
Complex from May 27-29.