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Official Bulletin no. 50 april 2010 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 Olympic Beach Volleyball qualifiers change ■ the fiVB has announced a major ing event for continents, the Continental time for reflection change to the fiVB Beach Volleyball Beach Volleyball Cup will now represent World cup, with the competition split- the subzone, zone and continental finals ting in two and changing name - the while the FIVB Beach Volleyball World continental Beach Volleyball cup and Cup Olympic Qualification tournament fiVB Beach Volleyball World cup Ol- will be a stand-alone event staged from ympic Qualification - in an effort to fa- June 25-July 1, 2012. cilitate the implementation of a more universal Olympic system and better il- “The change in name better illustrates lustrate the nature of the tournament. what the event is all about,” FIVB Ex- ecutive Vice-President and Beach Vol- With the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Cup leyball Commission President Dr. Ary launched in 2009 as an Olympic qualify- Graça said. Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President ith Executive Committee and Board of Administration meet- Wings set to take place in the Dominican Republic this month it gives me a chance to reflect on my work of the past year. For me, there is only one criterion to evaluate the FIVB President’s work and that is your satisfaction. The satisfaction of the Executive Com- mittee and the Board of Administration, the satisfaction of the Continental Con- federations, as well as of the National Federations, our players, officials and members of the FIVB family. I fear neither different opinions nor op- position, which would remind me that I still have shortcomings, which could President Jizhong Wei took part in a historic visit to the Palestine Volleyball Federation in March to cause discontent. I have to work hard. be updated on Volleyball and Beach Volleyball development in the region Following a year of rethinking in 2008, we have to continue to take the initia- tive of introducing necessary reforms to Historic visit by fiVB in this issue keep up the development of the FIVB. President to Palestine Volleyball In summary, these are some of the main For the first time in FIVB history, the • FIVB World Grand Prix passes topics and what we have done: 150-day mark * We introduced some new reforms in the FIVB President Mr. Jizhong Wei com- FIVB competition regulations in favour pleted a visit to Palestine on March • FIVB World League squads of the developing National Federations. 25 in order to strengthen relations announced * We delegated some executive respon- in the region and explore opportuni- Beach Volleyball ties where the sport of Volleyball can sibilities for FIVB projects and compe- • SWATCH FIVB World Tour returns titions to Continental Confederations, help the people of the region. accompanied with strict monitoring, au- The two-day trip saw President Wei, • Ross and Kessy in shock defeat diting systems and necessary financial who was accompanied by FIVB Board technical & Development support. of Administration member Mr. Essa • FIVB President visits Rome for * Substantial increase of investment in Hamza Ahmad Al Failakawi (KUW), historic Women’s Referees Seminar Volleyball and in Beach Volleyball in fa- attend the final Palestine Cup Match • Successful BVIS course completed vour of the National Federations through with Palestinian Prime Minister Mr. in Dominican Republic Continental Confederations. Salam Fayadh whilst participating in confederations * To integrate Volleyball and Beach Vol- individual meetings with the Secre- leyball and pay more attention to the tary General of the Palestinian Presi- • China name new coach development of Beach Volleyball at the dency Mr. Tayeb Abdul-Raheem, the • Al Ahly wins Men’s Arab Club continental level. chairman of the Palestinian Olympic Championship * Good collaboration with the IOC, ASOIF, Committee Mr. Jebreel AL-Rojoub, • Volleyball returns to South ISFs and good relations with local public the President of the Palestinian Vol- American Games authorities. leyball Federation Mr. Yahya Bassah These are tasks to be implemented con- • Serbia Volleyball Federation and the under secretary of the Pales- donates balls tinuously throughout this year. tinian Youth and Sports Ministry Mr. • Canadians Reader and Sewell take Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President Mousa Abu Zaid. gold in the Cayman Islands www.fivb.org Volleyball World Volley News MEN & WOMEN fiVB World Grand Prix passes 150-day mark March 9 marked just 150 days until the FIVB World Grand Prix officially begins and many teams are already drawing up plans on ways they can claim victory at the 18th edition of the tournament which runs from August 6-29. The locations for all preliminary rounds of the competition were confirmed on Janu- ary 29, with Ningbo, China the hosts for the final round for the second time after hosting the 2007 contest, which was won by the Netherlands. And whilst the venues prepare to host eager Volleyball fans, players and coaches prepare to battle it out across the globe. Brazil will begin the competition as one of the favourites following an inspired dis- play in last year’s tournament. However despite their current form, a number of other sides are looking to dethrone the defending champions. Italy had a marvellous season last year even though they missed out on qualifica- tion for the FIVB World Grand Prix. A solid display in Japan in November saw the Eu- ropean champions pick up their first FIVB World Grand Champions Cup title on their debut, beating Brazil in straight sets (25-21, 25-23, 25-21) along the way. Italy will be hoping to dethrone Brazil at the FIVB World Grand Prix from August 6-29 egypt girls’ win ticket to Youth Olympic Games The Egyptian girls’ Volleyball team came third after beating DR Congo 3-2 booked their ticket to the Youth Ol- (21-25, 25-22, 20-25, 25-11, 15-9). ympic Games in Singapore after win- Egypt finished top after winning all of ning the African Qualification tourna- their five games in the tournament and ment at Cairo Stadium on March 28, will travel to the Youth Olympic Games teams announced beating Rwanda 3-0 (25-20, 25-12, from August 14-26, joining Belgium, 25-11) in their final match. Peru and hosts Singapore who have already qualified for the tournament Tunisia finished second after they along with the NORCECA and Asia con- toppled South Africa in straight sets tinental qualifiers which are yet to be (25-11, 25-13, 25-16), while Kenya decided. The full squad lists for all teams competing in the FIVB World League 2010 were revealed on March 24 with a number of big changes to many sides, most notably the return of Ricardo and Dante for Brazil and the omission of Nikola Grbic and Ivan Milkovic from the Serbia team. For the full list of teams competing in the FIVB World League 2010 visit www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/comp etitions/WorldLeague/2010/?Tourn Egyptian fans celebrate after their side claimed a 3-0 (25-20, 25-12, 25-11) victory over Rwanda, =WL2010 securing qualification to the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore 2 fiVB World Volley news no. 50 April 2010 Beach Volleyball MEN & WOMEN SWATCH fiVB World tour 2010 returns A number of fascinating storylines have been laid out ahead of the first SWATCH FIVB World Tour event in Brasilia, Brazil from April 19-25 with the 24th-season of competition already promising to be as exciting as previous seasons. For the men, fans are already anticipat- ing further success from the two top- rated European teams Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann of Germany and Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil of the Netherlands Brink and Reckermann are the defending SWATCH FIVB World Tour champions as the Germans became the first European men’s team to claim the season point’s title since 1995 as Brazil have dominated the top spot for 13 of the past 14 seasons. Brink and Reckermann claimed victories on four international podiums in 2009, including winning the gold medal at the Emanuel and Ricardo have decided to part ways for the upcoming tour after winning the tour an SWATCH FIVB World Championships in unprecedented five years in a row between 2003 and 2007 Stavanger, Norway. The return of two-time Olympic and titles away from bettering May-Treanor/ Nummerdor and Schuil won the last three-time world champion Misty May- Walsh’s record 35 SWATCH titles togeth- three men’s gold medals in 2009 in Fin- Treanor of the United States is already er. The Brazilians won eight of the 16 land, the Netherlands and China and one of the most highly anticipated sto- women’s titles in 2009 with Talita and are expected to rejoin the tour just as rylines for women as she will start the Antonelli capturing four gold medals strongly as they left it last Autumn. The 2010 season competing with Nicole last season and Kessy and Ross claiming Dutch pair has competed in both the Vol- Branagh. Kerri Walsh, May-Treanor’s three titles. leyball and Beach Volleyball Olympics as long-time partner, is sitting out her Schuil won a gold medal at the Atlanta second-straight SWATCH season due to 1996 Summer Games. Nummerdor and child birth. The 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Schuil placed fifth in the Beach Volleyball calendar is highlighted by six Grand Olympics in Beijing. Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca Slam events sandwiched between return as the top women’s team on the the open tournaments taking place Headlining the changes for the Brazil- SWATCH FIVB World Tour as the Brazil- on 17 sites in 14 countries over an ian tandems is the split of Athens 2004 ians have won four of the last five circuit eight-month period featuring 15 Olympic champions Emanuel Rego and championships.