The first two rounds of pool play at the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship 2022 in Poland and Slovenia were completed over the first four competition days. Some teams like Brazil, France, Iran, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Serbia and USA have already stamped their tickets to the knockout stage of the tournament, while another eight vacancies will be contested as the remaining pool matches take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. Enjoy these great images of the action in Ljubljana and Katowice.

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Outside hitter Ricardo Lucarelli in the role of a setter in the World Championship thrilling opener between Brazil and Cuba

THE VENUE

Fantastic ambience in Katowice ahead of co-hosts Poland's opening game against Bulgaria

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A giant Slovenian flag waved by the fans at the other World Championship venue in Ljubljana

HIRAM SAID BRAVO MORENO (MEX) RECEIVING

Mexico's Hiram Bravo receives the ball in the team's first match against USA

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Lukas Maase and Christian Fromm trying to cast a magical spell on the ball while Germany are losing to Olympic champions France on the first competition day

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Slovenian players and fans celebrate the first win of the Championship, over Cameroon

MATEUSZ BIENIEK (POL) SPIIKING

Marcin Janusz sets for Mateusz Bieniek in Poland's 3-0 win over Bulgaria

YURII SEMENIUK (UKR) DIGGING

Spectacular dig by Ukraine's Yurii Semeniuk in their opening game against Serbia

UROS KOVACEVIC (SRB) SPIKING

Uros Kovacevic in action as Serbia open their campaign with a 3-0 win over Ukraine

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Canada's blockers ready to stop the Italian spikers

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Yuri Romano, Gianluca Galassi and Daniele Lavia on the block, as Italy's performance in that element makes the difference in the straight-set win over Canada

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During Cuba's first win of the tournament, Livan Osoria and Miguel Angel Lopez watch tensely as Qatar's Milos Stevanovic sets the ball

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Yuki Ishikawa on the serve as Japan face Brazil in an attempt to claim their second win in Ljubljana

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Despite Japan's loss, the fans are keen on taking selfies with Yuji Nishida

ERIK SHOJI (USA) RECEIVING

American libero Erik Shoji in action as USA sweep Bulgaria in their second match

TSVETAN SOKOLOV (BUL)

Bulgarian star Tsvetan Sokolov's disappointment as the team fail to win a set in two consecutive matches

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France's Earvin Ngapeth facing a three-men Slovenian block during a thrilling five-set victory

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Canada come out for their match against China on the way to their first win in Ljubljana

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China's Yu Yuantai on the serve against Canada

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Dutch star Nimir Abdel-Aziz spikes through a three-men Argentinean block as the Netherlands mount an amazing comeback from two sets down

OMAR HOYOS (PUR) SPIKING

Spectacular spike by Omar Hoyos as Puerto Rico lose their second match to Serbia

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Ecstatic Mohamed Issa as Egypt take a set against Iran

OLEH PLOTNYTSKYI (UKR) SPIKING

High-flying Oleh Plotnytskyi as he leads Ukraine to their first win of the tournament, over Tunisia

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Italy's Daniele Lavia is popular among the autograph seekers after his team's second win in Ljubljana, over Türkiye