Ahead of the Men's Volleyball World Championship (September 12th (Friday) - 28th (Sunday), Philippines), the Japanese men's volleyball team will play four warm-up matches, two each against Bulgaria and Italy.
In this article, we will introduce how to watch the "World Volleyball Final Warm-up Match."If you want to watch all four matches, U-NEXT is the only choice.
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Match Schedule
Japan vs Bulgaria
Venue: Tokyo Ariake Arena
9/2 (Tue) 19:00~
9/3 (Wed) 19:00~
Japan vs Italy
Venue: LaLa arena TOKYO-BAY
9/6 (Sat) 15:00~
9/7 (Sun) 13:45~
Television broadcast
Terrestrial TBS series
- Only two matches will be broadcast on the 3rd (Wed) and 7th (Sun)
*If the Japanese women's volleyball team advances to the quarterfinals of the World Volleyball Tournament and the match starts at 7 p.m., the broadcast on the 3rd will be suspended.
Internet distribution
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- Exclusive live streaming of all four matches
- The World Volleyball Championship will also be live-streaming all men's and women's matches against Japan.
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U-NEXT volleyball broadcast
U-NEXT will be sharing the appeal of volleyball all year round. This year, following the men's and women's matches of the "Volleyball Nations League 2025" which kicked off in June, all matches of the "2025 World Volleyball" will be streamed live, starting in August. Furthermore, sales of the "J SPORTS Volleyball Pack" will begin in July. You can also enjoy all matches of the Daido Life SV League, Japan's top volleyball league, the men's "Asia Champions League," and the "University League."
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