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Official Bulletin no. 59 January 2011 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 trentino clinch second club World champs crown ■ trentino Betclic claimed a second con- side with 18. The bronze medal confirms fiVB President’s secutive fiVB Men’s club World cham- the tremendous progress made in Vol- Season’s Greetings pionship crown by defeating Poland’s leyball by Iran, whose national teams PGe Skra Belchatow in four sets (25-22, have become more and more success- 25-19, 20-25, 25-15) in the final in Doha, ful on the international stage in the past Qatar as the tournament took place few years. from December 15-21, while turkey’s fenerbahce beat Brazil’s Sollys Osasco Meanwhile, Istanbul-based club Fen- in straight sets (25-23, 25-22, 25-17) erbahce scaled a new peak by beating to clinch the women’s title for the first South American titleholders Sollys Osasco time on December 21. Continued on page 2 Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President s we enter another very busy and truly monumental year for volley- Aball and beach volleyball, I would like to take this opportunity to extend my warmest wishes and season’s greet- ings to the volleyball family. I would also like to thank all the FIVB members for their outstanding partici- pation over the past 12 months. Wheth- er it be as a team member attending a tournament, an official ensuring a com- petition runs smoothly or a coach help- ing with a training course, I thank you for your time and dedication in taking part in the exceptional growth in the world of volleyball and beach volleyball. This past year has been another busy Italian club Trentino BetClic became the first side to win back-to-back FIVB Club World one highlighted by the FIVB Congress Championships after successfully defending the men’s title they won in 2009 and the FIVB’s premier volleyball event - the World Championships – which Radostin Stoytchev’s defending champi- in this issue successfully took place in Italy and Ja- ons became the second side in history to pan. But above all, the FIVB has made have won the world title twice, following Volleyball the example of fellow Italian team Misu- significant ground in development and • 2011 World League match marketing. These are two areas which ra Milano who did so back in 1990 and weekends finalised the FIVB hasn’t focused on particularly 1992, although Trentino’s feat of back- strongly in the past but having revised to-back triumphs is unique in volleyball Beach Volleyball that strategy in 2008, we are now start- history. Trentino’s Cuban star, Osmany • Swatch World Tour calendar ing to see the fruit of the increased Juantorena, was voted MVP of the tour- finalised for 2011 work and investment. nament, while Juan Stokr finished as the • Continental Cup catch up The FIVB development programme and final’s top scorer with 18 points. development fund have been extreme- technical & Development ly successful with federations grasping Iran’s Paykan also completed a wonder- • FIVB launches new development the opportunity to grow volleyball in ful campaign at the Championships website their region, the Continental Cup has by taking bronze, the exact result the • FIVB acknowledges record year for been a breakthrough event with record development numbers of athletes and countries Tehran club had targeted when they ar- participating in the beach volleyball rived in Qatar. Paykan showed the physi- confederations Olympic qualification process, while in- cal, technical and mental strength they • China rule the court at Asian Beach creased numbers of television deals are possessed by coming back from two sets Games a sure sign of the success of our work. down against Argentina’s Drean Bolivar • Morocco and Kenya get Africa Club New resources, competitions and initi- to prevail 3-2 (23-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-20, champs honour atives have set the platform for contin- 15-13). • Colombia launches search for ued sustainable growth. Now we must young talent continue to focus on the long term to With 25 points, Federico Pereyra was ensure the world of volleyball contin- • Bulgaria star named Man of the once again top scorer for the Argentin- Year in Sofia ues to go from strength to strength. ians, coached by 1988 Olympic bronze • Triumphant Costa Rica make it Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President medalist Javier Weber, while Seyed Me- 10-in-a-row hdi Bazargarde excelled for the Iranian www.fivb.org Volleyball World Volley News Continued from page 1 Fenerbahce, the first Turkish side to land ing bronze in the day’s earlier game a major international honour, achieved against the Dominican Republic’s 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-17) to become the the feat in some style, not losing a single Mirador which they won in four sets first team in 16 years to claim the 2010 set over the course of the competition. (25-8, 23-25, 25-8, 25-15). Bergamo FIVB Women’s Club World Champion- dominated the first and third sets but ship title. Fenerbahce’s prolific Katarzyna Skow- lost their way briefly in between as ronska finished as the game’s top scorer they surrendered a 14-8 lead to drop The FIVB reintroduced the Women’s with 15 points, supported by Liubov the second set. However, with notable Club World Championship in 2010 after Sokolova with 14. contributions from Lucia Bosetti and the last edition was held in 1994 in Sao Serena Ortolani, top scorers for the Paulo, Brazil and with their victory, Fen- Italy’s Foppapedretti Bergamo bounced Italians with 20 and 17 points respec- erbahce became the second European back from the disappointment of their tively, Davide Mazzanti’s side restored team in history to win the title after the semifinal loss to Osasco by claim- their supremacy in set four. Italians of Messaggero Ravenna in 1992. Results / Men Results / Women 1 trentino Betclic (ITA) 1 fenerbahce (tuR) 2 PGe Skra Belchatow (POl) 2 Sollys Osasco (BRa) 3 Paykan (iRi) 3 Bergamo (ITA) 4 Drean Bolivar (aRG) 5 al ahly (eGY) 4 Mirador (DOM) al arabi Doha (QAT) 5 federbrau (tHa) Dynamo Moscow (RuS) Kenya Prisons (Ken) Paul Mitchell (uSa) Turkey’s Fenerbahce clinched the women’s title and didn’t drop a set throughout the tournament 2011 fiVB Volleyball World league match weekends finalised Puerto Rico will face a baptism of fire Pool a with an opening match against defend- Team 27-29 May 3-5 June 10-12 June 17-19 June 24-26 June 29 June - 1 July ing champions Brazil in the 2011 FIVB BRa BRA-POL BRA-USA BRA-PUR Volleyball World League after the fix- POl POL-USA POL-PUR POL-BRA tures for this year’s edition were con- firmed on December 10. uSa USA-POL USA-BRA USA-PUR PuR PUR-BRA PUR-USA PUR-POL Puerto Rico, who will be taking part in the Pool B World League for the first time, will host Team 27-29 May 3-5 June 10-12 June 17-19 June 24-26 June 29 June - 1 July the holders on the opening weekend in RuS RUS-JPN RUS-GER RUS-BUL Pool A of the competition while USA will travel to Poland in the same group. BUL BUL-GER BUL-JPN BUL-RUS In Pool B, 2010 silver medallists Russia GeR GER-BUL GER-RUS GER-JPN will host a Japan side back in the compe- JPn JPN-GER JPN-RUS JPN-BUL tition after missing out on the last edi- Pool c tion, while Germany travel to Bulgaria Team 27-29 May 3-5 June 10-12 June 17-19 June 24-26 June 29 June - 1 July for their first match. SRB SRB-FIN SRB-EGY SRB-ARG Pool C sees Argentina take on Serbia while Egypt and Finland will face off in a repeat aRG ARG-SRB ARG-EGY ARG-FIN of their opening encounter in 2010. FIN FIN-ARG FIN-SRB FIN-EGY Pool D will be unique due to the fact that eGY EGY-FIN EGY-ARG EGY-SRB Cuba will play no home matches because Pool D of the scheduled redevelopment of their Team 27-29 May 3-5 June 10-12 June 17-19 June 24-26 June 29 June - 1 July arena, the Ciudad Deportiva. Instead *cuB CUB-ITA CUB-FRA CUB-KOR they will take on rivals Italy, France and Korea away from home twice. They start ITA ITA-FRA ITA-KOR ITA-CUB off against Korea while Italy will travel fRa FRA-ITA FRA-CUB FRA-KOR to France – again a repeat of the 2010 KOR KOR-CUB KOR-FRA KOR-ITA opening weekend. * Cuba will not play at home this year but will be hosted twice by each country due to arena refurbishments. 2 fiVB World Volley news no. 59 January 2011 Beach Volleyball 2011 fiVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World tour calendar finalised The FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World will be Norway, Switzerland, Russia, Po- Tour calendar for 2011 will feature a to- land, Austria together with China, which tal of 15 men’s and 17 women’s events is staging a new Grand Slam in Beijing. across 13 countries and includes as its Quebec in Canada will feature on the cal- tournament: it will be hosted by a capital centrepiece the eighth edition of the endar for the first time with a double gen- city (Rome) and will feature night match- FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World der Open event while Marseille, France es including the final which will be held in Championships from June 17-26 in Italy.