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Official Bulletin no.40 June 2009 World Volley Edition in English F É D É R AT I O N I N T E R N AT I O N A L E DE VOLLEYBALL News tale of two fiVB tournaments in Mexico ■ the FIVB was pleased to announce Some of the world’s top Beach Volleyball time for introspection last month that the 2009 FIVB players have cut their teeth at the event, Women’s Junior World championship gaining the experience and confidence scheduled for tijuana and Mexicali, needed to propel them to great achieve- Mexico would go ahead as scheduled ments on the World Tour, Senior World from July 16-24. Championships and the Olympics. Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President aving enjoyed tremendous suc- cess over the past few months Hrenewing the organizational structure with our Continental Confed- erations, it is now time for the FIVB to look inward. It is my firm belief that progress on the outside is unsustainable without progress on the inside, and with that in mind, we at the FIVB headquarters in Lausanne are in the process of improving day-to-day communications and work- flow among the many departments. Paramount to this improvement is the Brazil won the 2007 FIVB Women’s Junior World Championship in Thailand reinforcement of internal communica- tions and enhanced coordination among FIVB directors and departments. I have The FIVB’s crisis management unit had The FIVB is confident the competition called for a greater amount of informa- been closely monitoring the situation will go ahead as planned and is looking tion to be shared so that the directors regarding the H1N1 virus, or swine forward to staging an exciting and suc- will gain a more thorough knowledge of flu, in Mexico and ultimately decided cessful tournament. all matters pertaining to the FIVB. I am the health and safety of the players also encouraging directors and staff to and others involved in the tournament attend more Volleyball and Beach Vol- were not at risk. in this issue leyball events to facilitate better com- Four-time defending champion Bra- fiVB munications with promoters, players, zil, the most successful team by far in • Editorial coaches and National Federations and the 14-year history of the tournament to improve their organizational skills. with nine gold and three silver medals, • Tale of two FIVB tournaments in Mexico The ultimate goal is to create a more will once again be the team to beat. open, streamlined and fluid working en- Volleyball vironment at the Château Les Tourelles. China, which finished second in 2003 Another improvement in the works is and 2007 and third in 2005, will look to • World Championships: Busy month the simplification of FIVB documents snap the streak by winning their sec- of May sees much progress and publications. During my daily work, I ond gold at the competition. • Drawing of Lots for Girls’ Youth have noticed too many instances where On the down side, it was with great re- Worlds our written communications have been gret that the FIVB confirmed that Mex- • Lucrative World League ready needlessly complicated and convoluted. ico had declined to host the SWATCH for lift-off We will work on producing documenta- FIVB Men’s and Women’s Beach Volley- • FIVB World Grand Prix schedule tion that is clearer and more concise in ball Junior World Championships. The the future. tournament was scheduled to take Beach Volleyball Finally, I would like to say how pleased place in Monterrey from September 2-6. • Path to World Tour gold leads I am that the Women’s Junior World The FIVB is looking for alternative sites through Brazil Championship will take place in Mexi- co as scheduled from July 16-24. It has to stage the ninth-annual competition • Stavanger ready to host the world for players under 21 years old, and has been a very difficult few months for technical Mexico with the outbreak of the H1N1 entered into talks with a number of in- virus, but we are confident the situa- terested federations. • FIVB launches interactive tion is now under control and no longer The first edition of the highly success- anti-doping tool online poses a threat to participants. ful World Junior tournament took place Quick Sets Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President in France in 2001, and was last hosted • News from Planet Earth by Brighton, England in 2008. www.fivb.org Volleyball World Volley News MEN & WOMEN 2010 fiVB WORlD cHaMPiOnSHiPS Busy month of May sees much progress The list of hopefuls aiming to make the The 10 men’s teams to contin- Final Round of the 2010 FIVB World ue their quest were Slovakia, Championships dwindled rapidly in Germany, Portugal, Romania, May, with preliminary tournaments Slovenia, Finland, the Czech being held from Maputo, Mozambique Republic, Belgium, the Neth- to Chinese Tapei and everywhere in be- erlands and Estonia. Round 3 tween. will take place in Russia, Bul- garia, Serbia and Poland, with Europe was a hotbed of activity, with 10 the top eight teams traveling women’s teams and 10 men’s teams ad- to Italy next fall for the Men’s vancing to the third round. World Championship. On the women’s side, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Maputo held two second- Croatia, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Re- round tournaments in May, public, Romania, Spain, France and Slov- one for each gender. Early enia all progressed, joining six teams who in the month, men’s teams received byes in Pools H, I, J, and K. The top from Mauritius, Zimbabwe, two teams from each pool will advance to and Mozambique booked the Final Round in Japan next fall. their tickets to the next stage. Mexico’s Victor Porras scores against Bahamas Drawing of lots for Girls’ Youth Worlds Organizers of the 11th FIVB Girls’ Youth World Championship in Thailand held a Drawing of Lots on May 18 to deter- mine the composition of the July 3-12 tournament. The 16 under-18 national teams have been separated into four pools. Match schedule for the preliminaries: friday, July 3 Serbia vs. Germany Pool A Egypt vs. Thailand Turkey vs. Tunisia Pool B China vs. Peru Italy vs. Dominican Republic Pool C Slovakia vs. Brazil USA vs. Mexico Pool D Belgium vs. Japan Portugal, left, defeated Slovenia to notch first place Women’s competition calendar Saturday, July 4 Germany vs. Thailand Pool A Confederation Dates Country City Serbia vs. Egypt AVC 12 - 14 June Thailand Nakhonpathom Tunisia vs. Peru Pool B AVC 16 - 18 June Kazakhstan Ust-Kamenogorsk Turkey vs. China AVC 3 - 5 July China Chengdu Dominican Republic vs. Brazil Pool C CAVB 3 - 7 June Nigeria Lagos Italy vs. Slovakia CSV 31 May - 4 June Argentina Buenos Aires Mexico vs. Japan Pool D NORCECA 2 - 6 June Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain USA vs. Belgium NORCECA 10 - 14 June Barbados Bridgetown NORCECA 12 - 14 June Dominican Republic Santiago de los Caballeros NORCECA 21 - 23 June Cuba Havana Sunday, July 5 NORCECA 6 - 8 July USA Orlando Egypt vs. Germany Pool A NORCECA 8 - 10 July Puerto Rico Caguas Thailand vs. Serbia China vs. Tunisia Pool B Men’s competition calendar Peru vs. Turkey Slovakia vs. Dominican Republic Confederation Dates Country City Pool C Brazil vs. Italy AVC 9 - 11 June Thailand Nakhonpathom Belgium vs. Mexico CEV 30 May - 1 June Netherlands Rotterdam Pool D Japan vs. USA NORCECA 2 - 6 June Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain NORCECA 8 - 10 July Puerto Rico Caguas 2 fiVB World Volley news no. 40 June 2009 Volleyball The women played their tournament from May 20-24, with Mauritius dupli- lucrative World league ready for lift-off cating the performance of the men’s team in going undefeated to top the It’s all systems go for the 2009 edition of Volleyball’s premier standings. Mauritius and second-place annual event, the FIVB World League. South Africa move on. Featuring the best men’s players in the The Finals will include Another African tournament held in Ech- world, the US$20-million tournament Serbia as organizing lef, Algeria, saw all three participating involves 16 national teams playing 106 country, the winners men’s teams—Algeria, Morocco and Ni- matches over seven consecutive week- of each pool and a geria—go through after the Democratic ends in 42 cities across the globe. wild card chosen by Republic of Congo withdrew prior to the the FIVB. tournament. The six Intercontinental Rounds begin the week- Elsewhere, Mexico and the Bahamas end of June 12-14 and end moved on in the NORCECA region by on the extended weekend finishing first and second, respectively, of July 15-19. in a six-team men’s tournament held in Kingston, Jamaica from May 20-24. The teams will be divided It was a big month in Asia as well, with into four pools, with each six men’s teams making it out of three team playing their pool preliminary tournaments. opponents twice over a weekend both home and Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emir- away. ates were already assured berths in the second stage when they met in Muscat, The Final Round will be Oman, following the withdrawals of Uz- contested by six teams bekistan and Saudi Arabia. playing a total of 10 matches through July Things were far more competitive in 22-26 at Belgrade Arena The Netherlands return to the FIVB World League in 2009 Chinese Taipei, where an unbeaten Ka- in Serbia’s capital city. The zakhstan had to scrap past the hosts on famous venue, which hosted the suc- The 16 teams are: the final day of competition to earn the cessful 2005 FIVB World League Final Pool A USA, Italy, China, Netherlands one and only ticket to the third round.