Official Bulletin No. 35 January 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 News President Wei sure of British teams in 2012 ■ FIVB President Jizhong Wei has said that it has had so far, if it is to continue to Funding vital for 2012 success he is certain that British Volleyball and make that significant progress.” Beach Volleyball teams will compete at FIVB President Wei, who has sent a let- the London Olympics despite the British ter to LOCOG Chairman Lord Sebastian Volleyball Federation being left in limbo Coe expressing his concerns over the lack over its individual funding allocation of funding, said, “We appeal to the British leading up to 2012. government to invest in the development

Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President he FIVB has many exciting things to look forward to at the begin- Tning of 2009, one of which is the build-up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. We especially look forward to working side by side with the organ- ising authorities of London 2012 to ensure the continued excellence of the Olympic Volleyball and Beach Vol- leyball tournaments. Indeed, already decided are two top-class settings for these tournaments: the famous Earls British teams will compete at London 2012, says President Wei Court exhibition centre in West Lon- don for Volleyball and the spectacular Volleyball and Beach Volleyball are among of Volleyball and Beach Volleyball players in Horse Guards Parade just off Whitehall nine sports yet to have their budget con- Great Britain and I am convinced the British in central London for Beach Volleyball. firmed for the London Olympics by UK Sport, Volleyball Federation will receive support A major point of concern, though, in the government organisation responsible from their government.” the run-up to 2012 is the problem for allocating funds to the 28 Olympic dis- with funding faced by British Volley- ciplines. ball and Beach Volleyball. At first, the “The FIVB can guarantee that British Volley- In this Issue British government planned on fully ball and Beach Volleyball teams will com- FIVB funding all Olympic disciplines, but pete at the 2012 Games,” said President • Editorial Volleyball and Beach Volleyball are Wei. “The FIVB, within its regulations, will Volleyball now among nine sports facing huge support the British Volleyball Federation as funding cuts. There is currently no much as possible with this.” • President Wei sure of British teams funding in place after March 2009. In accordance with FIVB regulations, British in 2012 As I wrote in a letter to LOCOG Chair- Volleyball and Beach Volleyball teams are • Teams begin 2010 FIVB World man Lord Sebastian Coe in December assured of an automatic place in each of Championship quest requesting support on this matter, the men’s and women’s Olympic Volleyball • Serbia selected as 2009 FIVB World the British Volleyball Federation has and Beach Volleyball tournaments. League Final Round hosts been making a big effort to improve UK Sport has committed to a basic level of • Pools confirmed for 2009 FIVB the level of its Volleyball and Beach funding for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball World Grand Prix Volleyball teams and it is imperative it to be determined in January and distrib- Beach Volleyball receives the promised funding in order uted from the end of March 2009 and says • to continue the excellent work it is do- it will work with the BVF to help identify FIVB moves towards finalisation of 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour ing. The FIVB, of course, is fully behind further sources of funding. calendar the BVF and will do all in its power to British Volleyball Federation President Rich- help the organisation. The presence ard Callicott said, “The BVF is working very • Spectacular new visual unveiled for SWATCH FIVB World Tour of competitive British teams in 2012 hard to encourage the government and UK is an important factor in ensuring the Sport to give us the necessary allocation Technical & Development Volleyball and Beach Volleyball tour- that will enable us to continue the wonder- • Eritrea hosts final VCP course naments in London are as much of a ful progress we have so far made and to con- of 2008 success as at previous Olympics. tinue working with the players of the British Quick Sets Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President Volleyball teams and programmes. The BVF • News from Planet Earth believes it needs the same level of funding www.fivb.org Volleyball World Volley News MEN & women Teams begin 2010 FIVB World Championship quest with tournaments in Nicaragua, England, Latvia & Austria

The 2010 FIVB Men’s and Women’s Championship third round World Championships are now under- in the tournament preced- way with tournaments having already ing the women’s event in been played in Nicaragua, England, Managua. They will next Latvia and Austria. play in the NORCECA-F pool in USA with the host team Five NORCECA teams qualified for the and Dominican Republic in third round of the 2010 FIVB Volley- August. ball World Championships after sec- ond-round tournaments in Managua, In early January in Riga, the Nicaragua in late November and early Latvian Men’s national team December 2008, played in advance to lost the last match against facilitate organisation in Nicaragua. Sweden in the Pool B first round in the capital city of The Guatemala, Nicaragua and Pana- the Baltic Republic but still ma women’s teams qualified for the advanced to the next round third round. Guatemala and Nica- thanks to an opening victory ragua will play against Cuba and a against Norway which gave yet-to-be decided fourth team in the them a better points ratio NORCECA-F pool in Cuba this summer. overall between the three Panama will play in the NORCECA-H teams. Latvia will face hosts pool in Dominican Republic, together , and Es- with the host team, Mexico and a yet- tonia in Rotterdam at the to-be-decided fourth team. end of May.

The Panama and Guatemala men’s In a double-gender event in teams also qualified for the World Sheffield, England, the Israe- li Women’s team quali- fied for the second round for the first time by beat- ing , Latvia’s Viktors Korzenevics attacks hosts Great Britain and Montene- advance to the second round. Head gro without losing a set coach Stelian Moculescu’s men fin- in their first-round Pool ished ahead of hosts Austria, Bosnia B matches at the Eng- & Herzegovina and . The Ro- lish Institute of Sport manians will next face hosts , in Sheffield. Israel now Portugal, and Denmark in advance to the city Pool G. of Guba for the next round against , Belarus and hosts Az- 2010 FIVB World Championship erbaijan in May. tournaments in January, February

Belarus Men secured ASIA their berth for the sec- Men’s Pool B first round:I slamabad, Pakistan, ond round but had to January 28-30 work hard to see off Pakistan, Maldives, Macau, Bangladesh Israel and hosts Great Britain in their first- round Pool A matches in Sheffield. The team Men’s Pool D first round: Guba,A zerbaijan, now progresses to face January 9-11 , Croatia and Azerbaijan, Albania, Moldova, Montenegro Slovakia in Poprad, Slo- vakia, in May Pool E. Women’s Pool A first round: Lendava, Slovenia, January 9-11 In a men’s first-round Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, Bosnia & Herzegovina Pool C tournament in Vienna, won Women’s Pool C first round:T allin, Estonia, January 9-11 all three matches at the Budo Center in Estonia, Denmark, Georgia, Moldova Israel’s Ekaterina Podolinski sets the Austrian capital to

2 FIVB World Volley News No. 35 January 2009 Volleyball FIVB selects Serbia as Final Round hosts for 20th anniversary edition of FIVB World League in 2009 The FIVB has awarded Serbia the honour The Final Round is set to take place Round, has under- of hosting the Final Round of the 2009 through July 22-26, 2009, at Belgrade gone renovations FIVB World League, the 20th anniversa- Arena in Serbia’s capital city. The fa- that have set the ry edition of Volleyball’s flagship annual mous venue, which hosted the suc- seating capacity at men’s competition. cessful 2005 FIVB World League Final 18,386 for Volley- ball matches.

Serbia beat out tough competition from USA and China to host the grand finale. With the World League for- mula remaining unchanged, the Final Round will be contested by the auto- matically qualified host team, the four top-ranked teams from the Intercon- tinental Round pools and a wild card chosen by the FIVB.

The FIVB World League Council at its annual meeting in September chose Argentina and the Netherlands to replace and Egypt in the 2009 edition. The other teams set to take part in the 16-team competition are the Serbians, runners-up in 2008, last year’s winners USA, eight-time cham- pions , seven-time winners Brazil, , Finland, Venezuela, China, Rus- sia, Japan, Cuba, , and Korea. Belgrade Arena in Serbia FIVB confirms pool composition for 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix The FIVB can confirm the pool composi- tion of the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix preliminary rounds.

The 17th edition of FIVB’s annual wom- en’s competition is scheduled for a four- week period in July and August. The three preliminary-round weekends are set for July 31 to August 16, including a stop in Brazil. Each of the 12 teams will play nine Brazil will defend their World preliminary-round matches for a total of Grand Prix title in 2009 54 matches. host country Japan will qualify. A round- Week 3: August 14-16 The final round runs through August robin system will be played, with 15 Group G (Hong Kong) 19-23 in Tokyo, Japan. The best five teams matches in total, to decide the 2009 FIVB after the preliminary rounds as well as World Grand Prix champion. CHN POL NED DOM Week 1: July 31 to August 2 Week 2: August 7-9 Group H (Korea) Group A (Hosts Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Group D (Miao Li, Chinese Taipei) BRA JPN GER KOR BRA USA GER PUR USA NED DOM GER Group I (Bangkok, Thailand) Group B (Poland) Group E (Macau) THA USA RUS PUR POL JPN NED THA CHN BRA POL THA Week 4: August 19-23 Group C (Ningbo, China) Group F (Osaka, Japan) Final round (Tokyo, Japan)

Japan plus the top five ranked teams after the preliminary CHN RUS DOM KOR JPN KOR RUS PUR rounds will qualify.

FIVB World Volley News No. 35 January 2009 3 Beach Volleyball World Volley News MEN’S AND WOMEN’S FIVB moves towards finalisation of official 2009 calendar: SWATCH FIVB World Champ- ionships in Norway set to be season highlight The 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour cal- tournaments in 2009. The SWATCH FIVB Bahrain over the hosting of an Open endar has moved further towards final World Tour curtain-raiser is scheduled event in October. confirmation. The total prize money on to be a double-gender event in Brazil’s the premier international Beach Volley- capital city of Brasilia through April 14-19, Countries who hosted successful events ball tour is set to be US$7.7 million, with with a women’s Open event in Phuket, in 2008 such as Czech Republic and Ger- the highlight of the year the US$1 mil- Thailand, through November 4-8 sched- many but were unable to confirm their lion SWATCH FIVB Men’s and Women’s uled to bring the calendar to a close. The commitment for 2009 are working hard World Championships presented by SWATCH FIVB World Championships will to be included again in the 2010 calendar ConocoPhillips. take place in Stavanger, Norway, through and onwards. June 25 to July 5. After six months of candidatures and ne- As part of a new partnership set to im- gotiations, the FIVB has maintained simi- There are set to be four double-gender prove television distribution and produc- lar figures to 2008 in terms of number Grand Slam events in Gstaad, Switzer- tion of FIVB events, IMG Sports Media will of events and prize money and retained land; Moscow, ; Marseille, France; exclusively distribute all media rights for many prestigious hosts in spite of the and Klagenfurt, Austria, with the Mar- the SWATCH FIVB World Tour and SWATCH global financial crisis. In light of this crisis, seille event changing from its Open sta- FIVB World Championships in 2009. certain promoters have been given more tus in 2008 since there will be no Paris time to make a final decision on hosting a Grand Slam in 2009. Each Grand Slam The next generation of Beach Volleyball World Tour event in 2009 and these pend- will have US$600,000 prize money and stars will be busy in 2009 as well, with ing issues on the calendar are set to be re- bonus pool on offer. (Bonus pool rules the SWATCH FIVB Junior World Champ- solved in January. will be improved in 2009 to better re- ionships in Monterrey, Mexico, from Sep- ward players the more they compete in tember 3-6 and the SWATCH FIVB Youth To date, there are expected to be a total of SWATCH FIVB World Tour events.) The World Championships in Alanya, Turkey, 18 women’s tournaments and 15 men’s FIVB has also opened negotiations with from August 19-23. FIVB unveils spectacular new visual of SWATCH FIVB World Tour The FIVB is proud to unveil a dynamic “gladiator- style” visual for the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour.

The innovative visual brilliantly encapsulates the drama, excitement and powerful image of Beach Volleyball by focusing on two of the stars of the sport captured in spectacular action poses in front of a fan-packed coliseum.

The visual was created after invaluable input from SWATCH and feedback from officials, federations, promoters, players and sponsors and is now ready for customization and implementation in the effec- tive promotion of SWATCH FIVB World Tour events.

Local landmarks and local heroes will appear in the visual for individual Open and Grand Slam tourna- ments in the cities hosting the SWATCH FIVB World Tour.

The 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour is set to have to- tal prize money of US$7.7 million.

The highlight of the year will be the US$1 million SWATCH FIVB Men’s and Women’s World Champ- ionships presented by ConocoPhillips through June 25 to July 5.

To date, there are expected to be a total of 18 wom- en’s tournaments and 15 men’s tournaments in 2009.

The SWATCH FIVB World Tour curtain-raiser is sched- uled to be a double-gender event in Brazil’s capital city of Brasilia through April 14-19.

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Brazil’s Carolina Salgado dives for the ball

2009 SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR CALENDAR (Updated on 19 December 2008) Women’s calendar DATES COUNTRY EVENT PRIZE MONEY BONUS POOL April 14-19 Brazilia, Brazil* Open US$110,000 US$80,000 April 28- May 3 Shanghai, China Open US$110,000 US$80,000 May 12-17 Rome, Italy* Open US$110,000 US$80,000 May 20 -24 Osaka, Japan Open US$110,000 US$80,000 May 25-27 Seoul, Korea Open US$110,000 US$80,000 June 25-July 5 Stavanger, Norway SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by US$250,000 US$250,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam Stavanger July 7-12 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam US$160,000 US$140,000 July 14-19 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam US$160,000 US$140,000 July 21-26 Marseille, France* Grand Slam US$160,000 US$140,000 July 28-August 2 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam US$160,000 US$140,000 August 4-9 Stare Jablonki, Poland Open US$110,000 US$80,000 August 11-16 Kristiansand, Norway* Open US$110,000 US$80,000 August 18-23 Aland, Finland Open US$110,000 US$80,000 August 25-30 The Hague, Netherlands Open US$110,000 US$80,000 September 9-13 Barcelona, Spain Open US$110,000 US$80,000 October 19-24 Dubai, UAE* Open US$110,000 US$80,000 October 27-November 1 Sanya, China Open US$110,000 US$80,000 November 4-8 Phuket, Thailand Open US$110,000 US$80,000 Men’s calendar DATES COUNTRY EVENT PRIZE MONEY BONUS POOL April 14-19 Brazilia, Brazil* Open US$110,000 US$80,000 April 28-May 3 Shanghai, China Open US$110,000 US$80,000 May 27-31 Myslowice, Poland Open US$110,000 US$80,000 June 25-July 5 Stavanger, Norway SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by US$250,000 US$250,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam Stavanger July 7-12 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam US$160,000 US$140,000 July 14-19 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam US$160,000 US$140,000 July 21-26 Marseille, France* Grand Slam US$160,000 US$140,000 July 28-August 2 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam US$160,000 US$140,000 August 4-9 Stare Jablonki, Poland Open US$110,000 US$80,000 August 11-16 Kristiansand, Norway* Open US$110,000 US$80,000 August 18-23 Aland, Finland Open US$110,000 US$80,000 August 25-30 The Hague, Netherlands Open US$110,000 US$80,000 September 2-6 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy Open US$110,000 US$80,000 October 19-24 Dubai, UAE* Open US$110,000 US$80,000 October 27-November 1 Sanya, China Open US$110,000 US$80,000

18 Women’s events / 15 Men’s events Including 4 Grand Slams & 1 World Championships Total Prize Money: USD 4’310’000 Total Bonus Pool: USD 3’460’000 * Event to be confirmed

FIVB World Volley News No. 35 January 2009 5 Technical & Development World Volley News DEVELOPMENT Eritrea hosts final CV P course of 2008

The Volleyball Cooperation Programme had its last course of 2008 in Eritrea, the country on the Northeastern coast of Africa.

Beach Volleyball in Eritrea VCP course participants in Eritrea

There were 26 participants on the Beach Volleyball course that took place Coaching courses through December 22-27 in Masaba. The first coaching courses of the year take place from January 15 with FIVB Level I and II courses in Cairo, Egypt. A number of courses throughout the world will The Eritrea Volleyball Federation also follow during 2009. hosted a sponsored tournament to co- incide with the course.

FIVB Instructor Mohammed Benham- ida ran the extremely successful grass- roots course in which 75 percent of participants received Beach Volleyball lessons.

Benhamida reported that participants were very motivated and well organized on the course.

The Eritrea Volleyball Federation is emerging in the field of Beach Volleyball with the first real activities in the sport in the country now taking place and there is a lot of potential for growth.

The EVF’s core objective is to promote Beach Volleyball as the third sport of Eri- trea after cycling and athletics. World Volley News Official Bulletin of theFI VB FIVB founded in 1947 President: Mr. Jizhong Wei Château Les Tourelles Chemin Edouard-Sandoz 2-4 CH-1006 Lausanne Tel: + 41 21 345 35 35 Fax: + 41 21 345 35 45 Web Site: www.fivb.org E-mail: [email protected] A successful FIVB Level I coaches’ course at the FIVB Development Centre in Santo Domingo, Editor: Communication Department Dominican Republic, ran through December 8-20, 2008, with 16 participants from the Printed in Switzerland NORCECA region, including three women, taking part under the guidance of FIVB Course Director Argelio Hernandez Rodriguez from Cuba and FIVB Instructor Justo Morales No.35 • January 2009 from Cuba.

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2009 Global Calendar - Competitions and Events - Volleyball & Beach Volleyball QuickSets DATES EVENT COUNTRY ORG. M/W Samaranch visits FIVB HQ Jan. 2-4 Europe World Championship Tournament Sheffield, England CEV M/W Jan. 2-4 Europe World Championship Tournament Riga, Latvia CEV M Jan. 2-4 Novotel Cup 2009 Luxembourg CEV M/W Jan. 3-5 Europe World Championship Tournament Vienna, Austria CEV M Jan. 6-11 Youth European Championships 2nd Round Various CEV M/W Jan. 9-11 Europe World Championship Tournament Lendava, Slovenia CEV W Jan. 9-11 Europe World Championship Tournament Guba, Azerbaijan CEV M Jan. 9-11 Europe World Championship Tournament Tallin, Estonia CEV W Jan. 13-15 CEV Indesit Champions League - League Round - Various CEV M/W 5th Leg Jan. 13-15 CEV Cup - 1/4 Finals - Home Matches Various CEV M/W International Olympic Committee Honorary President Juan Antonio Jan. 13-15 GM Capital Challenge Cup - 1/8 Finals - Home Matches Various CEV M/W Samaranch was warmly received Jan. 20-21 CEV Indesit Champions League - League Round - Various CEV M/W by FIVB President Jizhong Wei 6th Leg (above) during a visit to “Château Jan. 20-22 CEV Cup - 1/4 Finals - Away Matches Various CEV M/W Les Tourelles,” the International Vol- Jan. 20-22 GM Capital Challenge Cup - 1/8 Finals - Away Various CEV M/W leyball Federation headquarters, in Matches December. Jan. 28-30 Asia World Championship Tournament Islamabad, Pakistan AVC M After being accompanied on a tour Feb. 6-8 South American Beach Volleyball Tour Iquique, Chile CSV M/W of the château by FIVB President Feb. 10-12 CEV Indesit Champions League Men - 1/8 Finals - Various CEV M Wei, 1st Executive Vice President Home Matches Cristóbal Marte Hoffiz, 2nd Execu- Feb. 10-12 CEV Cup Men - Challenge Round - Home Matches Various CEV M/W tive Vice President Theofanis Tsiokris and Treasurer André Meyer, former Feb. 10-12 GM Capital Challenge Cup - 1/4 Finals - Home Matches Various CEV M/W IOC President Samaranch said he Feb. 10-12 CEV Indesit Champions League Women - Playoffs 12 - Various CEV W was very impressed by the new Home Matches premises, which were inaugurated Feb. 13-15 South American Beach Volleyball Tour Viña del Mar , Chile CSV M/W in May, and praised FIVB Life Honor- ary President and former FIVB Presi- Feb. 17-19 CEV Indesit Champions League Men - 1/8 Finals - Away Various CEV M Matches dent Dr. Rubén Acosta for his stun- ning legacy to the Volleyball Family. Feb. 17-19 CEV Cup Men - Challenge Round - Away Matches Various CEV M Feb. 17-19 GM Capital Challenge Cup - 1/4 Finals - Away Matches Various CEV M/W The 88-year-old Samaranch, who Feb. 17-19 CEV Indesit Champions League Women - Playoffs 12 - Various CEV W was IOC President from 1980 to Away Matches 2001, also congratulated President Wei for Beijing’s successful hosting Feb. 27/Mar. 4 South American Beach Volleyball Tour Montevideo, Uruguay CSV M/W of the Olympic Games in August, aware that Wei was Special Assist- since taken a coaching position at Turk- Mikkola passed away in early Decem- ant to the Chairman of the 2008 Be- ish club side Türk Telekom . ber after a serious illness. ijing Olympic Games Bidding Com- mittee. Kainu Mikkola, Hugo Fruithof Mikkola was an expert on Volleyball pass away rules and worked hard to develop the Lang stands down as USA coach The Volleyball world is in mourning af- game as both a top-level sport and rec- USA Volleyball ter the death of Mr. Kainu Mikkola of reational activity. has announced Finland at the age of 77. A long-time that “Jenny” Ping member of the FIVB Rules of the Game Former European Volleyball Confeder- Lang has decided Commission and one of the most im- ation Vice-President and Treasurer and not to extend her portant persons in Finnish Volleyball, FIVB Instructor Hugo Fruithof passed contract as head away on December 26 at the age of 73. coach of the U.S. Women’s nation- al Volleyball team Goodbye Frank. It is with great sad- for the upcoming ness World Volley News announces Olympic quad- that Frank Rudaz, who for many years rennial. managed the production of the offi- cial bulletin of the FIVB, passed away Lang had cited the desire for a coach- in December after a long illness. The ing position that offered more flexibil- FIVB communication staff is very ity to spend time with her family as a proud to have worked with such a major factor in her decision and has Kainu Mikkola Hugo Fruithof kind and honest man.

FIVB World Volley News No. 35 January 2009 7 Equipment World Volley News FIVB Homologated sports material & equipment 2009 FIVB EXCLUSIVE SHOES AND UNIFORMS APPROVED VOLLEYBALL BALLS ADIDAS Shoes & uniforms MIKASA MVA 200 / MVP 200 (colour, synthetic leather) ASICS Shoes & uniforms Exclusive game ball for all FIVB Competitions incl. OG 2008 CHAMPION Uniforms FIVB APPROVED VOLLEYBALL BALLS DACAPO Uniforms MIKASA MVA 300 / MVP 200NC (colour, synthetic leather) DESCENTE Shoes & uniforms

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