FIVB Mens World Championship 2010 Live

The FIVB World Championship is a volleyball event that is played indoors and is a men's and women's competition. It is actually the oldest FIVB International Event, but is not the same as the FIVB World Cup, World League or World Grand Prix. The FIVB was crated in 1947, and this international competition now allows men's and women's volleyball teams of more than one continent, with the first tournament happening in 1949, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. However, when it started it was only for men, and only for European nations.

The formula for the FIVB World Championship has changed over the years, but generally, there are twenty four teams that participate and to qualify takes around two years. Europe has the highest number of slots, and Africa and South America get the least number of slots. High ranked teams may only have to play one qualification tournament while lower ranked teams may play up to three. There are two phases of the competition, the preliminaries and the final round. Since 2004, the semifinals and finals are played according to the Olympic format.

Italy is the host for the 2010 edition of the FIVB World Championship, and last time, in 2006, the tournament was hosted in Japan. For the men, Brazil won the tournament, with Poland in second place and Bulgaria in third. In the women's competition, Russia took the top spot with Brazil in second place and Serbia and Montenegro in third. This is a great competition and we have all of your FIVB streams right here. You can watch live FIVB World Championships from your computer by clicking on the links on this page.