The International Volleyball Federation refused to pay compensation to Russia for the cancellation of the men's home world championship, said Alexander Yaremenko, Secretary General of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation..

According to him, we are talking about the return of half of the application fee: out of the $40 million invested, $20 million should have been returned..

The competition was supposed to take place in Russia from August 26 to September 11, but was moved to Poland due to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In September 2021, the Ukrainian men's team lacked one licensed place to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.

However, due to the full-scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine, our team took the place of the suspended team of the Russian Federation, and for the first time in the history of the tournament reached the quarterfinals of the tournament.

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Earlier it was reported that the IOC upheld sanctions against Russians and Belarusians.