Official Bulletin No. 4 June 2006 Edition in English FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE A busy month of May at the FIVB

The month of May marked a The FIVB Executive Committee turning point in the FIVB’s annual calendar and a shift from several months of busy preparation to a phase of action. On the competition side, the first tournament on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour took place, whilst on the administration side the FIVB’s Executive Committee and Board of Administration held their annual session in Lausanne.

In addition to examining the proposals of the FIVB’s Commissions, the Board of Administration also reviewed the 184 candidatures for the Commissions and Board of Administration for submission to the 30th World Congress in later this year. Prior to these meetings, important sessions were held by the Legal Commis- sion, the Press Commission with tourna- ment press directors and the Technical Supervisors and Referee Delegates for Beach Volleyball.

In addition to the first SWATCH FIVB World Tour event in Modena, Beach Vol- leyball also saw the first NESTEA Euro- pean Championship tournament – the Turkish Masters in Alanya and the first FIVB Challenger event, which brought An artist’s impression of the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball complex for Beijing 2008 Beach Volleyball to the Czech Republic for the first time ever. This month we will see the first Grand Slam event on the SWATCH international training and friendly match FIVB World Tour, as all eyes turn to Gstaad schedules from this month, we take a more In this Issue to see the numerous changes to the tour- in-depth look at how two of the teams, Volleyball nament as the mountain resort builds up for the men and the Dominican to next year’s World Championships. Republic for the women, are shaping up • World Championships News: and what their calendar looks like until , Canada, We are happy to see a steady stream of November. Besides these in-depth articles and Poland news flowing in from the countries with on the teams, you can always find the teams participating in this year’s world latest World Championships news on the • Japan’s “golden girls” championships. As many teams start their FIVB website. Beach Volleyball

The FIVB Board of Administration • Modena women’s season opener for the SWATCH FIVB World Tour 2006 Technical & Development

• Technical and VCP calendars Confederations

• Quick tour of Africa for the CAVB President • CEV Executive Committee meeting in Istanbul www.fivb.org Volleyball

VOLLEYBALL women Coach An overview of the Dominican Republic Beato Miguel Cruz is the first Dominican to coach the team for the last twelve years national team’s preparations for Japan but he is not new to the environment. Cruz has been the technical director of the This will be the fifth time for the cur- Dominican Republic National Federation rent queens at and his experience includes coaching the the women’s World Championships. men’s national team for several years. Their best result came in Japan in 1998 when they finished in eleventh Coach Statement place. Other participations include “We have a good mix of veterans and young Mexico 1974 (21st), Moscow 1978 players and my expectations are very (19th) and Germany 2002 (13th). high,” says Cruz. “I am a strong believer in hard work and I expect good results How they qualified from it. There are no small teams or big One of six teams from their Continental teams, so let the performance on the court Confederation entering the event, the decide the outcome during this important Dominicans, currently ranked 11th in the quadrennial event.” world), finished second to Cuba in the NORCECA-E Qualifying Round in Santia- Beato Miguel go, Dominican Republic. Cruz, new coach Goals The team’s chances of advancing to the second round look very realistic this time. Among their rivals in Pool B, the Domini- cans have consistently dominated Mexico and have also collected victories over Ger- Milagros many and Azerbaijan. They last defeated Cabral Germany at last year’s World Grand Prix and beat the Germans away during the 2001 edition of the Bremen International Milagros Cabral is the captain of the Tournament. Dominican squad and power is the name of her game. She has been on the interna- New Face tional scene for the past few years exhibit- Cindy Rondon is a product of the National ing her powerful spikes in the leagues of Development Program and currently plays , Russia and . Completely in the A-1 Series of the Italian League. The recovered from achilles tendon surgery, 17 year-old Rondon is a member of the she is back in full action. Cabral won the Junior Dominican Team and took part in Most Valuable Player award during the the U-20 women’s World Championships II Pan American Women’s Cup in Saltillo, The Road to Japan in Turkey. She has a powerful serve and Mexico in 2002 and was selected to take The Dominican Republic has taken very is an all-around skilled athlete with great the Athlete’s Oath during the Opening Cer- seriously its participation at the 2006 blocking ability. emony of the 2003 Pan American Games. World Championships and therefore they will have a busy schedule in preparation Evelyn Carrera is a model of consistency for the event, including training and com- and has gained international recogni- petitions in America, Europe and Asia. tion as one of the best libero players in Prior to the Japan event, they will have the world. The veteran Carrera was the joint training bases in Brazil, France and second best libero of the last Olympics China, and several international tourna- in Athens and was elected as the top of ments. her class during the 2003 Pan American Games, the 2002 Central American and Team’s schedule Caribbean Games and the 2006 Puerto June 2-18 Training base in Rio de Janeiro, Rican League. Brazil, with the Brazilian team June 27-July 8 Fifth Women’s Pan American Cup in Puerto Rico July 14-30 Twentieth Central American Cindy Rondon and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Star Players August 1-7 Training Base Annerys Vargas has developed into the at Bagnoles-de-l’Orne, Normandy, new big weapon of the Dominican side. France, with the French Team The 1.94m Vargas was the most dominat- Aug. 16-Sep. 10 World Grand Prix ing player in the Puerto Rican League this Sep. 22-30 Copa TV Azteca season starring for the Bayamon Cowgirls. in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico Annerys combines spiking and blocking America’s Cup (Manaus, Brazil) skills and the World Championships will October 14-22 World Women’s League be a great stage to catapult her to the Big in People’s Republic of China Annerys Vargas Time. Oct. 31-Nov 16 World Championships (Japan)

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VOLLEYBALL men the 1984 Summer Olympics. Since that Canada’s new coach picks time he has had a successful professional men’s senior roster career as a player and now as a coach. Glenn has coached for professional teams Volleyball Canada has come to an in Europe, most notably Paris Volley in agreement with Glenn Hoag as the France where he led the team to a historic new Men’s National Team Coach. Hoag, Triple-Crown victory winning the French known for his play on the court dur- Cup, European Champions Cup, and ing his time with the National Team, French Championship, had success as an and more recently his success as a assistant with the French National Team Professional Coach in France and at program and has been coaching since the Université de Sherbrooke, agreed 2003 at the Université de Sherbrooke. to a 2-year contract with an option to Glenn Hoag, the new head coach extend for an additional 4 years. Hoag’s Senior Men’s roster for the 2006 International Volleyball season is made up Athletes selected to Team Canada’s Hoag, a former member of Canada’s of 19 veteran and up-and-coming athletes Senior Men’s team are: National Team (1981-86), was an integral and was selected after an intense four-day Setters: Scott Koskie (Winnipeg, MB), Mike part of the program when they produced Selection Camp held in Winnipeg, Mani- Munday (Winnipeg, MB), Josh Howatson Canada’s best ever result finishing 4th at toba, during the first week of May. (Victoria, BC) Right Side: Paul Duerden (London, ON), Dallas Soonias (Red Deer, AB), Kris Brand VOLLEYBALL women The preparation of the Mexican squad also (Quesnel, BC) th Mexico is planning includes the participation in the V Wom- Left Side: Fred Winters (Vancouver, BC), en’s Pan American Cup in Puerto Rico, the Pascal Cardinal (Pincourt, QC), Chris- a training camp in China Twentieth Central American and Carib- tian Bernier (Montreal, QC), Dan Lewis bean Games in Colombia and the Copa TV (Oakville, ON), Nicholas Cundy (Edmonton, The Mexican National Women’s Team Azteca in Mexico with the top teams from AB), Alexandre Gaumont-Casias (Marie­ is planning to have a training camp in the Norceca region and also teams from ville, QC), Louis-Pierre Mainville (Notre- China before taking part in the World Brazil and . Dame-de-L’Isle-Perrot, QC), Jean-Francois Championship in Japan, announced Grondin (Sherbrooke, QC) Professor Alejandro Salinas, President Some of the best Mexican players are par- Middle Blockers: Murray Grapentine of the Mexican National Federation. ticipating in foreign leagues, such as Bibi (Westaskiwin, AB), Steve Brinkman (Bow- Candelas and Ana Mercado (USA), Yendi manville, ON), Brett Youngberg (White The Mexican side obtained the right to Cortinas (Italy) and Claudia Rodriguez Rock, BC), Chris Meehan (Clearwater, BC) participate of the world event with USA (Spain). Other key players in the team Libero: Chris Wolfenden (Peterborough, and Puerto Rico by finishing in third place include setter Selena Barajas, and Blanca ON). Veteran player Terry Martin is also during the Norceca-D qualifying tourna- Chan, Migdalel Ruiz, Mariela Garcia, Mar- expected to join the team later this year. ment in Puerto Rico last year. tha Revuelta and Mariana Lopez. “This was my first experience as Head Coach of our national team,” stated Glenn Hoag. “The camp went very well, mainly because this group of athletes was very focused and came prepared to compete and learn. These players will play a valuable role in Canadian volleyball in both the upcoming season, as well as the full-time training centre. It will be a long, tough year and our players will be tested in all aspects of the game.”

In Team Canada’s first exhibition series of the international Volleyball season, the 12th-ranked Canadians lost out to the 15th- ranked Chinese team in a three-match series. After two close five-set matches, This China secured the final match with a con- month, vincing 3-0 victory in front of 2000 Cana- our World Championship dian and Chinese fans. Coming up big mascot “Val-kun” for Canada despite the loss, were Dallas is continuing Soonias with 15 points (12 kills, 3 blocks), the rally with and veteran Steve Brinkman who had 11 a service reception. points including 4 kills and 7 blocks. He’s going for a pass to a setter, like The team will now re-group and prepare Evelyn Carrera (left) from for the first-ever Men’s Pan American the Dominican Republic. Cup, where they will face the Dominican Evelyn Next month, the rally continues. Republic, Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago Carrera Website: www.2006vball.jp in Pool A, before crossing over to face powerhouse Cuba and rivals USA.

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VOLLEYBALL women tant to be consistent. We need to learn I think that at the World Championships An interview with Poland’s also that we are able to overcome even the there are no weak teams. We will not dis- strongest teams like China or Brazil. We regard them for sure. Katarzyna Skowronska didn’t win against them until now and it’s • How high do you think Poland can fin- still in our heads. ish in the World Championships? Katarzyna ‘Kasia’ Skowronska is one • In Pool A, what will it be like to play K.S.: I dream about a medal. We are able of the rising stars of women’s volley- Japan at home in ? What is the to do this. I really believe this… ball. The 22-year-old Pole took part atmosphere like for Japan’s opponents, • You are only 22 years old. What is in a Question and Answer session with and does the noise intimidate you or your goal in life, both in volleyball and the official website of the FIVB World inspire you? away from volleyball? Championships Japan 2006: K.S.: It’ nice to play in a gym which is full K.S.: Carpe diem…catch your every day of people. Japan’s fans expect a good game like it would be the last… • What are your general comments and they appreciate good action no matter • Describe your shoulder tattoo, and on the Poland team, for example your whether it’s from Japan or the other team. why you have it? strong points and weak points? I hope it will be the same atmosphere in K.S.: It’s a dragon which I put on on my K.S.: I can’t tell you all our strong points, Poland on the World Grand Prix this year. 18th birthday… he’s strong - that’s the because we need to have some surprises • You play three Asian teams in Pool reason. for the World Championship. For sure A at the World Championships: Japan, • The Japanese fans like your play and we need to work a lot on defence and Korea and Chinese Taipei. How is their your character. What do you like about on producing consistent form. The most volleyball style different to the Euro- Japan as a country from your visits important thing is that we are still young pean style? here? and we create a K.S.: They play really fast volleyball and K.S.: I like Japan because it’s modern, real team. they have the best defence of all teams huge and powerful. The country has a spe- • Sometimes all over the world. Now I know this style cific character and specific culture. When the Poland because of my play in Italy with Miyuki I’m thinking about Japan I can see a lot of team is excel- Takahashi. We need to be very careful colors. lent, but the about their excellent counter-attacks. The • Will you continue to play in Italy for next day is not players have got really good technical Minetti Infoplus Vicenza, or will you so good. Why skills and because of that they are really play in Japan’s V League in the future? is this? precise. In my opinion in Europe we have K.S.: I don’t know yet what I will be doing K.S.: That’s a the better block. in the future. To play in Japan it’s a big mental problem, • What do you expect from Kenya and adventure, but I like adventures. I think and shows why Costa Rica? I would like to play there some day… we it is so impor- K.S.: I don’t know these teams at all, but will see what life brings.

volleyball women Japan’s “golden girls” from the 1976 Montréal Nine of the 12 ‘golden girls’ from Montreal attended the press conference, among Olympic Games look to the future them captain Takako Iida, who becomes the first president, and Echiko Maeda and The magical memories of Montreal talks to kids and hopefully give them the Takako Shirai, the two vice presidents. are still alive in Japan, and have led inspiration to succeed in whatever they The nine other members are Mariko to the establishment of a non-profit choose to do.” Okamoto, Noriko Matsuda, Kiyomi Kato, organisation to spread the volleyball In order to fund their activities, NPO Vol- Yuko Arakida, Katsuko Kanesaka, Hiromi gospel. The 12 members of Japan’s leyball Montreal will be seeking sponsor- Yano, Shoko Takayanagi, Mariko Yoshida gold medal-winning women’s squad at ship within the volleyball community, and and Juri Yokoyama. With the players liv- the 1976 Olympic Games have teamed has already been supplied with an attrac- ing in various parts of Japan, for example up again to form NPO Volleyball Mon- tive uniform by Japanese sportswear giant Hokkaido in the north and Kyushu in the treal, and have been joined by media Mizuno. The group has around 50 mem- south, NPO Volleyball Montreal will be representatives and support staff who bers and plans to expand to include other able to reach deep into the community. were also involved in the epic cam- volleyball Olympians from Japan’s glori- The seeds for the new venture were sown paign 30 years ago. ous past. eight years ago, when the 12 players were invited to a reunion at the FIVB Registered with the Tokyo city government World Championships in Japan and with office space at the Japan Volley- on November 3, 1998. After that ball Association headquarters in Senda- they agreed to meet socially every gaya, near the National Stadium built for two years on the same date, and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, NPO Volleyball two years ago decided to take the Montreal will have several aims, accord- movement one step further and ing to team member and chief executive give something back to society. Yuko Arakida. “The first will be to hold vol- leyball clinics and schools for kids, middle- Japan’s ‘Class of 76’ at the Mon- school students and mama-sans,” says treal Olympics is regarded as Yuko, the term ‘mama-sans’ referring to one of the strongest teams of all the hugely popular circuit for mothers and time. They demolished Hungary, older players. “The second is to organise Peru and Canada in Group A, all media training for the top athletes, not in straight sets, before beating only in volleyball, so they can learn how to Korea in the semi-finals and the handle the media and conduct interviews Soviet Union in the final, again with the press and TV. We also plan to give without dropping a set.

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Beach VOLLEYBALL women Brazilians claim top spot in Modena to start the 2006 SWATCH FIVB World Tour

For the start of this 15th season on the women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larrisa Franca of Brazil validated their 2005 points championship by defeating reigning Olympic and World cham- pions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States for the gold medal at the USD 200,000 Play Sta- tion Portable Italian Open on the Foro Boario centre court.

Played on a picture-perfect day with an over-flowing crowd of 3.500 with a sprin- kling of Brazilian supporters, the sec- ond-seeded Juliana and Larissa scored a 21-19 and 27-25 win in 55 minutes over the top-seeded May-Treanor and Walsh to share the USD 32,000 first-place prize in the season opening event on the 15-stop women’s international tour. Juliana It was the second win in the last three Felisberta Silva meetings for the young Brazilians over and Larissa May-Treanor and Walsh. The two teams Franca of Brazil split a pair of title matches in Mexico and on the podium South Africa as both tandems each won six SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold med- als in 2005. Overall, the Americans have won six of the eight meetings, including a moter. “The Americans are considered Larissa in the Stavanger Grand Slam stop. victory in the finals at the 2005 SWATCH the best, but we were better today. Except May-Treanor and Walsh, who defeated FIVB World Championships last June in for a slow start, we played extremely well. the Brazilians in the 2005 SWATCH FIVB Berlin. This was a perfect place to launch our World Tour season final in Cape Town season as the Italians were great hosts,” after losing a three-setter in Acapulco a 22-year old Juliana said: “We have been the 24-year old Larissa added. “We look month earlier, split USD 22,000 for the sil- working hard to beat Misty and Kerri and forward to coming back since Italy has ver medal finish. The Americans are now make ourselves the top team in the world been a great place to play for us.” 21-8 in SWATCH finals with Juliana and entering the Beijing Olympic Games in Larissa are 8-7. 2008. They are such a talented team, but The win was the second Italian title for we made the plays to win the match today. Juliana and Larissa as the pair captured The Americans jumped to a 10-6 edge in We are almost perfect this season, but we the Play Station Portable Italian Open in the first set before Juliana and Larissa still have a lot of room for improvement.” June 2005 in Milan where they defeated tied the match at 17-17 and 18-18 before Vasso Karadassiou and Vassiliki Arvaniti of scoring three of the last four points. In the Larissa added the SWATCH most out- Greece in the final. The Greeks eventually second set, the Brazilians raced to 6-2, 7- standing player trophy to her gold medal won the 2005 European Championships 3, 8-4, 11-7, 12-8 and 14-10 leads before and assorted gifts from the Italian pro- in Moscow and also defeated Juliana and May-Treanor and Walsh tied the match at 16-16 on an interference call on Juliana Play Station Portable Italian Open - Modena - Italy - Main draw tournament after a long rally. The Americans served Date Team A [WT entry ranking] Team B [WT entry ranking] Results Duration once for set point at 21-20, but Juliana and Final 1st Place Larissa were able to regain the advantage 14-May Walsh-May-Treanor USA [1] Felisberta Silva-França BRA [2] 0-2 (19-21, 25-27) 0:55 at 22-21 and were able to overcome a dig Final 3rd Place by May-Treanor to put away the second 14-May Wang-Tian Jia CHN [22] Wacholder-Youngs USA [4] 2-1 (15-21, 21-18, 15-11) 1:01 set. Semi-finals 13-May Walsh-May-Treanor USA [1] Wang-Tian Jia CHN [22] 2-0 (21-15, 21-17) 0:36 That Sunday was not a “good day” for 13-May Felisberta Silva-França BRA [2] Wacholder-Youngs USA [4] 2-0 (21-13, 21-15) 0:45 American Beach Volleyball as 22nd-seeded Loser are ranked 5th Wang Jie and Tian Jia of China scored a 13-May Karadassiou-Arvaniti GRE [6] Wang-Tian Jia CHN [22] 0-2 (15-21, 19-21) 0:39 15-21, 21-18 and 15-11 win over fourth- 13-May Adriana Behar-Shelda BRA [5] Wacholder-Youngs USA [4] 1-2 (15-21, 21-17, 15-17) 1:06 seeded Rachel Wacholder and Elaine Loser are ranked 7th Youngs of the United States to share the 13-May Salgado Rufino-Carolina BRA [12] Karadassiou-Arvaniti GRE [6] 1-2 (22-20, 14-21, 13-15) 1:00 USD 16,000 third-place prize. 13-May Adriana Behar-Shelda BRA [5] Schwaiger-Schwaiger AUT [24] 2-0 (21-12, 21-17) 0:33 Round 4 Wacholder and Youngs earned USD 12-May Walsh-May-Treanor USA [1] Wacholder-Youngs USA [4] 2-1 (19-21, 21-16, 15-12) 0:47 12,000 for placing fourth in the first of 15 12-May Wang-Tian Jia CHN [22] Felisberta Silva-França BRA [2] 1-2 (21-15, 15-21, 13-15) 0:55 women’s events on the SWATCH circuit.

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confederations President Dr. Amr Elwani’s whistle-stop tour > Web news... of the CAVB zones As the Internet is now such an important platform for presen- tation and communication, we On his brief tour of the con- needs to participate in many more courses would like to bring you the latest tinent in April to visit the to graduate more coaches and referees developments on the world-wide different zones of the con- who can help to develop Volleyball in the web for Volleyball and Beach Vol- tinent, CAVB President Dr. country. leyball. Amr Elwani focused on preparations The small National Federation of San for the FIVB World Congress in Octo- In the presence of representatives from Marino (FSPAV) has launched an excellent new site in Italian at the address ber as well as future competitions and twelve countries, African Zones II and III development in the different zones. held a fruitful meeting in Cotonou, Benin, www.federvolley.sm headed by Elwani and attended by Benin And, for those who speak German, the The first meeting headed by Dr. Elwani National Director of Sport Mr. Christopher comprehensive Volleyball education site was held with Mr. Emad Eldine Osman Houndevi and Secretary of Sports and Cul- www.volleyball-schule.info from Sudan, President of CAVB Zone V ture Mr. Lougbenon. contains valuable information on every- and was attended by five countries. thing from teaching volleyball in schools to The meeting discussed the Volleyball detailed match strategies. Mr. Osman suggested holding a zonal com- development plans in the western area of If you have any interesting links that you petition in December 2006. “We hope to Africa in both technical and management would like to share with the international have annual competitions for the nearby aspects with representatives from Benin, Volleyball community, please send them to countries of the zone which will decrease Congo RD, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Gam- [email protected] the travel costs for many countries and bia, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, offer a good opportunity for international Sierra Leone and Togo. experience for our teams” said Mr. Emad. and send my deep thanks to Benin Volley- The meeting also agreed to implement the ball Federation, Mr. Dominique Atchawe Kenya Volleyball President, Mr. Waithaka CAVB proposal for the first African Beach and all the Board members for the hospi- Kioni, put forward a request to organize Volleyball competition at club level and to tality and the good arrangement for such a zonal competition for Juniors as well increase the material support to the coun- an important meeting”, he added. as the proposed Four Nations Women’s tries of this region. competition in July, which will be a good Mr. Atchawe expressed his gratitude to opportunity for the African countries rep- At a press conference upon his arrival in the FIVB and CAVB for their help last year resenting the continent at this year’s World Benin, held at the VIP lounge in Benin when Benin hosted one of the most impor- Championships in Japan. Egypt, Kenya international airport, Dr. Amr Elwani tant CAVB competitions at club level with and Cameroon will prepare for the big declared that he had a lot of programmes the participation of 11 teams. event with Nigeria, another strong team. to develop Volleyball in the Western part of the continent with the great support of the In the presence of Mr. Baba Sy, President of Eritrea Volleyball Federation President, Mr. world Volleyball governing body FIVB and Senegal Volleyball Federation, Mr. Moussa Tecle Ghirmai, showed that his Federation its president Dr. Rubén Acosta. Gueye, Vice-president of Mali Volleyball is willing to participate at international Federation, Mr. Agbodian Prince, Presi- level and had already demonstrated their “I’m coming here to implement our devel- dent of Togo Volleyball Federation the progress during the World Championship opment plans all over the continent and delegates representing all zone countries Qualifications in Sudan for men and in we chose Benin after their great success announced their full support to Dr. Acosta Kenya for women last year. in hosting the last years Men’s African as the only candidate for Africa in the elec- Clubs Champions Championship”, said Dr. tions of the 2006 FIVB World congress. Djibouti Volleyball Federation President, Elwani in an interview for Golfe TV in Mr. Elias Abdalla, stressed that his country Benin. “I’m very proud of my visit to Benin During the African Zone VI Congress, the representatives of the attending CAVB President Dr. Amr Elwani eight countries were Botswana, Lesotho, during his brief tour of the continent Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland. The countries’ del- egates discussed the activities of the zone in the last year including the organiza- tion of the Men’s and Women’s Senior Nations Championships held in Gaborne, Botswana 27- 31 July 2005, where Bot- swana won both categories as well as the Men’s and Women’s Club Championships with participation of 11 clubs.

“We want to activate Volleyball in our zone using the great push from both FIVB and CAVB” said zone President, Mr. S.D. Mosweu (Botswana). “We want to go forwards through the efforts of the National Federations of the zone and also through asking CAVB to assist in the technical aspects to ensure a good future”, he added.

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Courses and Seminars Calendar - June-September 2006 confederations The Jim Coleman Award DATES COURSE PLACE SPONSOR created in NORCECA June 4-10 Refereeing Continental Cuba National Federation (NF) June 5-9 Refereeing Refresher Bangkok FIVB (Development Centre) NORCECA has created the June 5-12 Technical Seminar Get Involved Dakar FIVB (Development Centre) Jim Coleman Award as an June 7-18 Coaches Level I United Arab Emirates NF honor to the most outstand- June 13-24 Coaches Level I Namibia Olympic Solidarity ing coach of the NORCECA’s Men’s Continental Championships. June 15-28 Coaches Level II Colombia NF June 19-July 2 Coaches Level II Tunisia FIVB (Development Centre) The Executive Committee and Board of June 24-July 7 Coaches Level II Cameroon Olympic Solidarity Administration of NORCECA unanimously June 25-July 6 Coaches Level I Bridgetown FIVB (Development Centre) approved the proposal made by Mr. Doug June 26-July 2 Technical Seminar Middle Player Mexico NF Beal, CEO of USA Volleyball and mem- July 2-6 Technical Seminar Teachers Bahrain FIVB ber of both bodies of the North, Central July 5-16 Coaches Level I Tunisia Olympic Solidarity American and Caribbean Volleyball Con- July 12-25 Coaches Level II Angola Olympic Solidarity federation of which Mr. Coleman was a July 15-19 Technical Seminar Teachers Sudan FIVB co-founder. July 17-21 Technical Seminar Players Venezuela FIVB The award, in the form of a trophy, will be July 17-28 Coaches Level I Mexico NF presented every two years at the conclu- July 18-22 Technical Seminar Middle Player Chennai, India FIVB sion of the men’s most important conti- July 19-August 2 Coaches Level II Bahrain FIVB nental tournament within NORCECA. July 24-August 6 Coaches Level II Ivory Coast Olympic Solidarity July 31-August 6 Technical Seminar Setter Mexico NF Mr. Coleman was a symbol of Ameri- August 1-5 Refereeing Refresher Venezuela FIVB can Volleyball particularly at the interna- August 3-16 Coaches Level II Dominican Republic FIVB tional level. He took part in seven Olympic August 3-16 Coaches Level II Safat, Kuwait NF Games, eight Pan American Games, five World Cups, six World Championships August 8-21 Coaches Level II South Africa FIVB and eleven NORCECA Championships. August 15-19 Technical Seminar Defense/attack Dakar, Senegal FIVB August 18-22 Technical Seminar Outside hitter Chennai, India FIVB Mr. Coleman, who died in 2001, was a August 21-Sept.3 Coaches Level II Haiti Olympic Solidarity member of the FIVB Rules of the Game August 22-Sept.2 Coaches Level I Phnom Penh, Cambodia Olympic Solidarity Commission for 25 years and was an edi- September 4-11 Refereeing IRCC Bahrain FIVB tor of the FIVB Rules Casebook. September 4-17 Coaches Level II Mali Olympic Solidarity September 9-13 Refereeing Refresher United Arab Emirates NF “I am really satisfied with the strong sup- port for my proposal from all the members September 11-22 Coaches Level I Bangladesh Olympic Solidarity of the Executive Committee and Board of September 11-24 Coaches Level II Ghana Olympic Solidarity Administration and I am going to commu- nicate this decision to the Coleman family Volleyball Cooperation Programme Calendar - June-September 2006 and to USA Volleyball,” said Mr. Beal. “I positively know they will be very proud of DATES COURSE PLACE this recognition.” June 5-10 Young Players Namibia June 9-16 Coaches Palestine June 26-July 3 Coaches St. Lucia July 3-8 Beach Get Involved Vanuatu July 7-14 Coaches Netherlands Antilles July 13-18 Young Players Gambia July 17-24 Coaches British Virgin Islands July 17-22 Coaches Cameroon July 17-24 Coaches Mozambique July 17-22 Teachers Paraguay July 21-26 Young Players Burkina Faso July 27-August 3 Coaches Angola July 31-August 5 Refereeing Togo August 13-18 Teachers Uganda August 14-19 Young Players Kinshasa, Congo August 21-26 Teachers Swaziland August 22-27 Teachers CAF August 29-Sept.6 Coaches Zimbabwe August 30-Sept.4 Teachers Ivory Coast September 4-9 Refereeing Rwanda September 4-11 Coaches Lesotho Jim Coleman, September 11-18 Coaches Benin a symbol of American Volleyball

FIVB World Volley News No.4 June 2006  Confederations

confederations 2006 Global Calendar - Competitions and Events - Volleyball and Beach Volleyball CEV Executive Committee meeting in Istanbul DATES EVENT COUNTRY CONF. M/W May 31-June 4 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Athens, Greece FIVB W May 31-June 4 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Zagreb, Croatia FIVB M In its meeting in Istanbul May 31-June 3 Beach Volleyball Nestea ECH Tour German Masters Hamburg CEV M/W (TUR) on Saturday 22nd June M&W’s Beach Volleyball Tour (2 Legs) Indonesia AVC M/W April 2006, the CEV Execu- June 2-4 2006-2007 Women’s European Championships Gibraltar, G.-B. CEV W tive Committee evaluated June 2-4 2006-2007 ECH 2nd Round, tournament 1 Various venues CEV M/W June 3-4 2006-2007 Men’s ECH 2nd Round , 2nd leg Various venues CEV M the organisation of the European Cups’ June 3-12 Ist Pan-American Cup Mexicali & Tijuana, Mexico NORCECA M season 2005/06 and prepared the new June 5-11 Montreux Volley Masters Montreux, Switzerland W arrangements for the coming season, June 7-11 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy FIVB M including: June 9 CEV Executive committee meeting Palermo, Italy CEV June 9-11 2006-2007 ECH 2nd Round, tournament 2 Various venues CEV M/W June 10 CEV Board of administration meeting Palermo, Italy CEV • The introduction of a new ranking June 10-11 2006-2007 Men’s ECH 2nd Round, 3rd Leg Various venues CEV M system valid for 2007/08 June 14-18 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Espinho, Portugal FIVB M June 15-18 BVB Nestea ECH Russian Masters Moscow, Russia CEV M/W June 16-18 2006-2007 Women’s ECH 2nd Round, tournament 2 Various venues CEV W • A test year 2006/07 with 24 men’s June 17 TTC Men & Women Drawing of Lots Luxemburg CEV M/W teams and 16 women’s team partici- June 17 CEV Cup Men & Women’s Drawing of Lots Luxemburg CEV M/W pating in the Indesit European Cham- June 17-18 2006-2007 Men’s ECH 2nd Round 4th Leg Various venues CEV M pions’ League June 20-24 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Gstaad, Switzerland FIVB W June 21-25 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Gstaad, Switzerland FIVB M June 23 IECL Men & Women’s Drawing of Lots Vienna, Austria CEV M/W • The preparation for the Drawing of June 24-25 2006-2007 ECH 2nd Round, 5th Leg Various venues CEV M Lots and following seminar from 23rd June 24-25 IECL Men & Women’s Seminars Vienna, Austria CEV M/W to 24th June 2006 in Vienna (AUT). June 27-July 1 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Stavanger, Norway FIVB W 27 June- July 8 Vth Pan-American Cup Puerto Rico NORCECA W June 28-July 2 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Stavanger, Norway FIVB M It was also decided to present a ‘Fair Play’ June 29-July 1 2006-2007 Men’s ECH Small countries div. qualification Northern Ireland CEV M award during the European Volleyball July 1-2 2006-2007 Men’s ECH 2nd round, 6th leg Various venues CEV M Gala in Vienna (AUT), where Europe’s July 1-9 Sub-18 Continental Championship USA NORCECA W July 4-8 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Marseille, France FIVB W best players will also be honoured. This July 5-9 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Marseille, France FIVB M year’s ‘Fair Play’ prize will be awarded July 7-9 CAZOVA Beach Volleyball Tour Trinidad & Tobago NORCECA M/W to Marcus Nilsson from Paris Volley. The July 7-15 Caribbean Championship CAZOVA Jamaica NORCECA W July 12-16 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Montréal, Canada FIVB W 23-year-old Swede supported the second July 12-16 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Montréal, Canada FIVB M referee in the men’s CEV Cup semi-final July 14-16 World League 2006 Interc. Round Pools A-B-C-D Week 1 Various venues FIVB M against the later champion Lube Macera- July 14-30 XXth Central American & Caribbean Sport Games Cartagena, Colombia NORCECA M/W ta, admitting to have touched the net dur- July 18-22 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open St. Petersburg, Russia FIVB W July 19-23 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open St. Petersburg, Russia FIVB M ing a critical score at the end of the third July 20-23 Beach Volleyball Nestea ECH Tour Spanish Masters Valencia, Spain CEV M/W set, which finally decided the match in the July 21-23 World League 2006 Interc. Round Pools A-B-C-D Week 2 Various venues FIVB M opponent’s favour. July 21-23 FIVB Beach Volleyball Exhibition Rapperswil, Switzerland FIVB M/W July 21-29 Caribbean Championship CAZOVA Jamaica NORCECA M July 21-23 European League Various venues CEV In Beach Volleyball, a new ranking system July 22-24 Asia Challenge Cup Korea & Japan AVC has been approved by the CEV Executive July 25-29 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Paris, France FIVB W Committee which will be valid from this July 25-29 FIVB Beach Volleyball Challenger Atlantida Beach, Cyprus FIVB W season onwards. July 26-30 FIVB Beach Volleyball Challenger Atlantida Beach, Cyprus FIVB M July 26-30 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Paris, France FIVB M July 27-30 FIVB Beach Volleyball Challenger Kiev, Ukraine FIVB M The new CEV ranking system will also July 27-30 U-18 Beach Volleyball ECH 2006 Bratislava, Slovakia CEV take into account the points gathered July 28-30 European League Various venues CEV during international FIVB events, so that July 28-30 World League 2006 Interc. Round Pools A-B-C-D Week 3 Various venues FIVB M July 28-30 FIVB Beach Volleyball Satellite Casablanca, Morocco FIVB M some top European players will also have July 28-30 Stage of South American Beach Volleyball Esmeraldas, Equator CSV M/W the opportunity to qualify for and compete July 29-31 Asia Challenge Cup Korea & Japan AVC in European events. July 29 - August 8 Sub-20 Continental Championship Monterrey, Mexico NORCECA W

The CEV Executive Committee The first candidatures for next Europe- in session an Championships were also evaluated. Whilst a new request for candidatures will be launched by the CEV for the Youth European Championship 2009, the Italian Volleyball Federation has applied to host the women’s Junior European Champion- ship 2008.

The following candidates have applied for the women’s Senior European Champion- ship 2009: Italy, Poland and Turkey. For the men’s Senior European Champion- ship 2009 the CEV only received Turkey’s application in due time.

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 FIVB World Volley News No.4 June 2006