The province of Quebec will co-host the 2027 Women’s Volleyball World Cup according to the Canadian Press on Thursday. Games will take place at the Bell Centre in Montreal and the Videotron Centre in Quebec City.
Montreal and Quebec City will be two of five cities hosting the tournament. Games will also take place in three American cities–Omaha, Orlando and Anaheim. This is the second time that the Women’s Volleyball World Cup will take place in North America. Mexico hosted the 1974 Women’s World Volleyball Championship.
The 2027 Women’s Volleyball World Cup is an 18 team tournament that will tale place from August 20 to September 5, 2027. Canada and the United States automatically qualify as co-hosts. The other 16 teams that will be participating are Italy, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Thailand, China, Japan, Serbia, Poland, Turkey, Egypt, Kenya, Cameroon, Argentina, Brazil and Colombia.
Women’s volleyball in Canada has a lot of momentum at the moment. That is because Canada has qualified for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles in women’s volleyball. This is the first time since the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta that Canada has qualified for the Olympic Games in women’s volleyball. At the Olympics 30 years ago, Canada won one match in five games. Canada defeated Peru 16-17, 15-6, 11-15, 15-19, 15-12 in a five set thriller. It was a different scoring system at the time. Teams could win a set once they scored 17 points. They did not have to win by two points. The first four sets were up to 15 instead of 25 as it is today, and teams could only win a point on their serve.
