Greece may return to World League
The Greek national volleyball team is probably on its way back to the World League, the competition the world’s top national sides take part in every summer, after two years in the wilderness of the European League. Ruben Acosta, the head of the FIVB (Federation Internationale de Volleyball), the game’s global authority, said that Greece is one of the countries to have expressed an interest in participating in this top competition, after missing out in 2006 on commercial criteria. The Greek federation (EOPE) obviously believes it can now secure television coverage, sponsors and full stands in home matches, which are the criteria it had failed to satisfy two years ago. Meanwhile, A1 side EA Patras has confirmed the signing of Greek internationals Apostolos Armenakis (27 years old, opposite) and Nikolaos Karaghiozis (19 years old, outside hitter).
