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Azerbaijan
Croatia
Greece
Hungary
Montenegro
Portugal
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Slovakia
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Spain
Sweden
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Austria
Faroe Islands
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21 teams will take part in this competition next year.
Belgium and Czechia have been promoted to VNL while Estonia, Finland and Bosnia decided to withdrew from the competition
The level this year gonna be so low
only ukraine,sweden and spain are strong
Good news the return of Greece
The level this year gonna be so low
only ukraine,sweden and spain are strong
Good news the return of Greece
I would say Teams from Golden are close.
Ouch. Sweden just lost their only setter that is on a decent level. Wilma Julevik is out due to a knee injury. I doubt Sweden will be able to compete if they dont find a setter who steps up majorly.
Ouch. Sweden just lost their only setter that is on a decent level. Wilma Julevik is out due to a knee injury. I doubt Sweden will be able to compete if they dont find a setter who steps up majorly.
Is it ACL? Do you think she would be back to play in wch?
Is it ACL? Do you think she would be back to play in wch?
It is ACL unfortunately. She won't be back for wch most likely. She is planned for surgery soon.
Ouch. Sweden just lost their only setter that is on a decent level. Wilma Julevik is out due to a knee injury. I doubt Sweden will be able to compete if they dont find a setter who steps up majorly.
They can neutralize someone maybe for short time solution. Poor Haak 
They can neutralize someone maybe for short time solution. Poor Haak
No chance. Swedish Federation doesnt have the financial resources for such a measure, as its difficult to naturalize players without funding.
No chance. Swedish Federation doesnt have the financial resources for such a measure, as its difficult to naturalize players without funding.
So strange that such a rich country doesn’t have any money to support sport, in this case volleyball. 
So strange that such a rich country doesn’t have any money to support sport, in this case volleyball.
Sweden lack tradition in volleyball, and funding from SOK (The Swedish Olympic Committe) is usually regulated by historical success. Without prior notable achivements on the highest level, e.g WCH, VNL, ECH and OG, there is virtually no chance they would fund the team as their priority is to finance the more accomplished handball, ice hockey and soccer teams, with a lot of titles and medals from Olympic Games, WCH and so on.
Historically the most popular "indoor" sports in Sweden have always been handball, floor ball and ice hockey whereas volleyball, coupled with basketball, have been locked in a state of obscurity. This is in line with the general tradition and culture in Scandinavia, where we see the same pattern repeat itself in all countries: Norway and Denmark are both immensely successfull in handball, but they rarely thrive in basketball or volleyball. Besides, the oil money in Norway, discovered in the 1970s, has made them richer than Sweden and even United States, by GDP per capita, but they also allocate almost all their (considerable) resources into handball, soccer, skiing and neglect the rest.
Sweden lack tradition in volleyball, and funding from SOK (The Swedish Olympic Committe) is usually regulated by historical success. Without prior notable achivements on the highest level, e.g WCH, VNL, ECH and OG, there is virtually no chance they would fund the team as their priority is to finance the more accomplished handball, ice hockey and soccer teams, with a lot of titles and medals from Olympic Games, WCH and so on.
And success doesnt come without investment. This is a stupid cycle, they should break it while they have a Player who can be hero of volleyball in Sweden and push forward from there.
And success doesnt come without investment. This is a stupid cycle, they should break it while they have a Player who can be hero of volleyball in Sweden and push forward from there.
Yes, I agree, but I found some statistics from the federations with regard to numbers of athletes by sport. Handball has 62.500 registered female practioners registered as of december 2024, while volleyball has 11.990 licensed players. Basketball, on the other hand, has 35.198 licensed players. Hence female handball is roughly 6x and basketball 3x more popular in Sweden in relation to volleyball, and reality is that the sport is so obscure the average fellow hardly know what it is. Hence, due to its non-existent appeal among the mainstream, there is a very limited desire both among the federations as well as public and private enterprises to fund the sport, unfortunalety. My belief, in other words, is that they do not even take volleyball seriously.
Yes, I agree, but I found some statistics from the federations with regard to numbers of athletes by sport. Handball has 62.500 registered female practioners registered as of december 2024, while volleyball has 11.990 licensed players. Basketball, on the other hand, has 35.198 licensed players. Hence female handball is roughly 6x and basketball 3x more popular in Sweden in relation to volleyball, and reality is that the sport is so obscure the average fellow hardly know what it is. Hence, due to its non-existent appeal among the mainstream, there is a very limited desire both among the federations as well as public and private enterprises to fund the sport, unfortunalety. My belief, in other words, is that they do not even take volleyball seriously.
"My belief, in other words, is that they do not even take volleyball seriously". You right, that is most likely the issue, because It is never just about the money. It is about planning, hard work, affords, etc. but most importantly it requires time. For instance, each top volleyball countries have a very good youth programs, their youth teams are always fighting for the podium. US, Brazil, Turkiye, Serbia, Italy, China, etc. they all have very good youth teams. Where is Sweden’s youth team, I don’t hear their name often. It will require years to build a very good team.
Well then they should work hard to promote Volleyball more in Sweden, in College and Elementar schools etc. Sweden is a rich country I dont think either, that is the money problem.
If they had neutralized at this point a good OH and a Setter + Haak. Sweden could make it to the VNL, then organize a week of VNL in Sweden in order to promote it more, solved.
I don’t know if Haak could wait for that long. It takes 2-3 years to naturalize a player, for two it may even take longer. IMHO, I event started thinking about moving Haak to second tier Ops. category. First tier (big 4) being Vargas, Boskovic, Egonu, and Antropova. But I liked what you wrote initially. You can’t get wrong with developing players.
I don’t know if Haak could wait for that long. It takes 2-3 years to naturalize a player, for two it may even take longer. IMHO, I event started thinking about moving Haak to second tier Ops. category. First tier (big 4) being Vargas, Boskovic, Egonu, and Antropova. But I liked what you wrote initially. You can’t get wrong with developing players.
This season Haak is second tier or even third tier. Her efficiency has dropped a lot from last season, and she doesnt score a lot of points either. But the same could be said about Egonu as well. I would say Vargas, Boskovic, Antropova and Lazareva is first tier given current shape, and then you have Haak and Egonu in the category below.
Well the Swedish male beach volleyball team (who won Olympic gold recently) transformed beach volleyball in such a short time. Hopefully general interest in volleyball picks up.
