The FIVF announced today that the city of Rimini in Italy will host the 2021 Women's and Men's World Volleyball League (VNL) in the form of a safe bubble to ensure athletes can play safely and bring live broadcasts to millions of fans around the world. In January this year, the V

FIVF announced today that Italy's city of Rimini will host the 2021 Women's and Men's World Volleyball League (VNL) in the form of a safe bubble to ensure athletes can play safely and bring live broadcasts to millions of fans around the world.

In January this year, the VNL Council approved the concept of safety bubble , and the world's top women's volleyball and men's volleyball national teams will compete in the same safety bubble.

All teams will play 15 games in the round-robin match , women's volleyball team will be held from May 25 to June 20, and men's volleyball team will be held from May 28 to June 23. Only the top four in each group will enter the finals and compete for the final title, rather than the usual top six.

women's volleyball team semi-finals and finals will be held on June 24 and 25 respectively, and men's volleyball team semi-finals and finals will be held on June 26 and 27 respectively. During the 31/32 day match, each group will play 124 top volleyball games in the safe bubble, and the health and happiness of all are top priority.

More than 6 countries expressed interest in holding VNL during the public bidding process. FIVB then evaluates all received applications and takes facilities, event hosting experience and safety capabilities to host security events as main considerations.

After evaluation, it was decided that Italy and RCS sports company , a sports media company with more than 30 years of management experience and has hosted world-class sports events, such as the Tour of Italy, Milan Marathon and Abu Dhabi Marathon, will host the VNL of the women's volleyball and men's volleyball team in a safe bubble.

will then implement the latest COVID-19 response measures to greatly reduce the risk of virus transmission, including frequent testing, strict health and hygiene measures, and a series of risk mitigation protocols.