World Volley Edition in English FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE VOLLEYBALL News a New Platform for News in the World Championship Year
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN No. 1 March 2006 World Volley Edition in English FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE VOLLEYBALL News A new Platform for News in the World Championship Year... Dear reader, colleagues and fellow Volleyball fans... At the start of Volleyball’s World Championship year, it is a great pleasure for me to present the first Host Japan against Italy in the 2005 Grand Champions Cup in Tokyo edition of “World Volley News”. This new monthly publication is the It will cover all aspects of the sport, such tunity to wish you and your families all the Official Bulletin of the FIVB as development and the economy, as well best and every success in 2006. and will be distributed to our 218 as the media and sponsors who both play national federations, the media such a vital role in promoting Volleyball Get involved, keep the ball flying! and key players in the wider and Beach Volleyball. Dr Rubén Acosta H., FIVB President world of sport in general. We rely on you to keep us up-to-date with We have chosen a design that portrays a the latest Volleyball news in your region In this Issue dynamic and modern image for our sport. and we hope that you in turn will be able • Brazil’s coaches outlook for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball enjoy an to rely on World Volley News to provide 2006 World Championships unparalleled popularity all over the world you with a monthly digest of Volleyball • New coach for Argentina and their healthy, violence-free and drug- news from all over the globe. men’s team free image is a credit to the work of all those involved in Volleyball. World Volley It is important to stress that World Volley • Historic participation News will play an important part in com- News will only truly come to life with your for Africa in 2006 World municating this excellent work both within valuable input, whether this be in the form Championships the realms of our sport and beyond. of articles, other contributions or simply • NOC meeting for 2006 World your feedback and comments. I therefore League in Bulgaria World Volley News will contain all interna- encourage you to keep in touch with us so • China names the 2006 tional and continental results, a monthly that we can share your news with the in- women’s team calendar of international and continental ternational Volleyball community. • 2006 WC Continental Women fixtures and administrative meetings, as qualifications well as the latest news from the FIVB and As we look forward to this year’s World Beach Volleyball News its confederations. Championships in Japan, World Volley News will bring you the latest news on the • First Beach Volleyball teams and some of their outstanding play- national tournament in Niger “...we can share ers, coupled with practical information on Technical & Development your news with the the event and its numerous venues. • FIVB Regional Development international Centre opens in Barbados Before you turn the page to discover our • Coaches course in Egypt community.” latest news, I would like to take this oppor- www.fivb.org World Volley News Volleyball 2006 World Championships - World League VOLLEYBALL meN & WomeN to do because we know that Brazil will be VOLLEYBALL meN & WomeN pions Sfax of Tunisia and the champions The reigning Grand Champions prepare for the 2006 the team that all the others will wish to Historic biggest African participation in 2006 of the 2003 and 2004 editions Al-Ahly of beat”. Egypt. It will be organized by South Africa World Championships World Championships from 1-15 March. Mauritius will organize Brazilian Women’s National Team the Women’s Cup of club champions from Fresh from their Grand Cham- Brazilian national team will try to win Brazilian women’s team coach José Rob- 2006 will be a rich season that the continent has come a long way 15-31 March, where the Kenyan teams pions Cup double last Novem- the double championship, that’s a dream. erto Guimarães: “The title of the World for African volleyball as five along the road to world level, especially will as usual be the big favourites. The ber, the Brazilian men’s and Each year a victory becomes more and Championship will be very important for African teams will compete after the excellent performance of the Afri- men’s and women’s African Cup Winners women’s camps are still reluc- more difficult. The level of the other teams the Brazilian team because we never won in the FIVB’s most prestig- can Champions Egypt in the 2005 Grand Cup will be hosted by Egypt and Nigeria tant to give too much away is getting higher each day. United States, this competition. We know that will be ious competition, the World Champi- Champions Cup in Japan. respectively at the end of the year. ahead of this year’s World Russia, Italy, Poland and Serbia and Mon- very hard but we will try to repeat our onships in Japan in November. Egypt This year will also feature four continental Championships in Japan. Nevertheless, tenegro will be our strongest opponents. success of last year, when the team won and Tunisia will be the African repre- competitions for the age categories quali- their coaches were among the first to “I think all these teams can win the com- all the comepetitions it played in. sentatives in the men’s category, while fying for the FIVB World Championships share their views with the FIVB. petition. Germany, France and Cuba can “Our group is very strong and it is impor- the women will field three teams from of the corresponding ages. Tunisia will play very well too and make it difficult for tant that our team play great volleyball Egypt, Kenya and Cameroon in the big host the 9th Boys U-19 African Champi- Brazilian Men’s National Team the favorites. I hope to have all the best to fight for the title or, at least, to win a event. This will be the biggest number onship from 18-27 August and Algeria Brazilian men’s team coach Bernardo Brazilian players ready to play the World medal. Our players are young but work of African representatives in the World will host the Girls U-18 Competition from Rocha de Rezende (Bernardinho): “The Championship. That will be a lot of work hard and with soul”. Championships in history. 15-31 August. Morocco organizes the 12th Men’s U-21 African Championship 2-9 CAVB is doing all it can to ensure that the September and Senegal will be ready to African teams are on top form to prove organize the 11th Women’s U-20 competi- tion. Africa aims to go beyond qualifying to VOLLEYBALL WomeN the second round in the World Champion- China names National ship of these age categories and thus bet- ter the performance of the Egyptian boys Women’s Team U-19 and girls U-18 in the 2005 World for World Championships Championships. The four club competitions this year will The Chinese Volleyball Association be a chance for the new forces of African announced on February 14 the forma- volleyball to appear and advance after the tion of the new national women’s vol- great progress of these competitions last leyball team, setting its main aim on year, especially the African Cup of club the 2006 World Championships. champions in Benin, which saw a record Brazil men’s team, winner of the 2005 Grand Champions Cup Brazil women’s team, winner of the 2005 Grand Champions Cup number of participants. Chen Zhonghe, who led China to win the The 25th African Cup of club champions VOLLEYBALL meN Grand Prix title in 2003 and the Athens will be the most prestigious competition El Safy the most experienced Egyptian FeVA makes a change - Interview with • How will the first stage of your work- Olympic Gold medal, remains as the head on the continent, showing the strongest Player in the big show of his country in ing period be in the run up to the World coach, and the assistant coach is still African clubs led by the defending cham- the Grand Champions cup in Tokyo New Argentina men’s national coach Jon Uriarte Championships? Yu Juemin, who was the head coach of – This year will be a longer international Zejiang Men’s Volleyball Team and former WORLD leaGUE 2006 Jon Uriarte, the newly appointed Head • What is the basis of your working year than usual as the World Champion- assistant coach for the Chinese National NOC Meeting with and Sports and President of Coach of Argentina’s National Men’s plan? ships make the calendar longer and more Men’s Volleyball Team. 2006 World League National Team talks about this new phase in his – The specific management, that includes complete, which will allow us to evaluate The national team consists of a total of the President of Bulgaria Organizing Committee, Mr. career, emphazising that he will have the complexity of the results of the next the players, looking forward to their par- 18 members, with the main line-up being Dancho Lazarov, President, a deep commitment to the work of the World Championship with the main goal ticipation at the World Championship and the same that took part in the 2005 Grand The President of Bulgaria Mr. Georgi Mr. Mitko Ivanov, Vice-Presi- National Team and underlining his of Olympic qualification and the chance of at their own development. The additional Champions Cup in Japan. But 1.97-meters Parvanov met with the members of dent and Mr. Ivan Todorov, member of the approval of the process that the FeVA giving ourselves a project, a strategy plan months will help a lot because there is high Zhao Ruirui also returns to the team National Organizing Committee of the Board of Administration of the Bulgarian used to appoint the new coach: of developing high performance that will international competition until the end of after an absence of almost two years due to 2006 World League.