Official Bulletin No. 7 September 2006 Edition in English FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE World League Finals – make it four in a row in Moscow The 2005 World League champions got off to a shaky start in the Final Round with a shock defeat against Bulgaria in their opening match. After beating in pool play, ’s team then faced a tough five-setter against Russia, which they won 3-2 to take them into the semi-finals as the second-placed team in Pool F. They faced Russia again in their semi-final match, faring better second time round to win 3-1. Then, in a thrilling final against the surprising French team, they battled from two sets down to take their fourth consecutive World League title and the winner’s cheque for 1 million US dollars.

Silver medallist France did their trainer Head coach Bernardo Rezende and country proud on their first-ever and captain Ricardo Garcia show off the winner’s trophy appearance in the finals. Their second place was the country’s best result in its 11 World League participations. The cham- After being knocked out of the tournament Individual awards for the 2006 pions’ head coach Bernardo Rezende was in the semi-final by the eventual champi- Final Round full of praise for the French team, who had ons, Russia took the bronze medal after Most Valuable Player (MVP): battled through seven matches in nine beating Bulgaria 3-0 in the third place Gilberto Godoy Filho “” (BRA) days (including four five-set tie-breaks) play-off match. Martin Stoev’s team still Best server: Andre Nascimento (BRA) before stumbling at the last hurdle. “The appeared to be reeling from their straight- Best scorer: Sébastien Ruette (FRA) world of Volleyball is proud of France. set loss to France in the semi-final – their Best blocker: Vincent Montmeat (FRA) They deserved to be here and have shown first defeat in the Final Round after three Best spiker: Matey Kaziyski (BUL) a great will to win over the past six years,” consecutive straight-set victories in the Best setter: Andrey Zhekov (BUL) he said. pool play. Best libero: Alexey Verbov (RUS)

Final Round - Results FIVB President Date Teams Result Rubén Acosta In this Issue Day 1 - Pools E-F congratulates Volleyball 23-Aug Brazil - Bulgaria 0-3 MVP Giba Playoff France - Italy 3-2 • World Championships News: Russia - Serbia & Montenegro 3-0 Iran & Staff workshops Day 2 - Pools E-F • World League: Last rounds 24-Aug Italy - Brazil 1-3 and Finals Playoff Serbia & Montenegro - Bulgaria 0-3 • World Grand Prix: France - Russia 2-3 1st and 2nd legs Day 3 - Pools E-F 25-Aug Bulgaria - Italy 3-0 Serbia & Montenegro - France 3-2 • U-21 World Championships Playoff Russia - Brazil 2-3 • Beach Volleyball News Day 4 - Semifinals • SWATCH FIVB World Tour 26-Aug Bulgaria - France 0-3 Technical & Development Russia - Brazil 1-3 Day 5 - Final for bronze places 3-4 • Vanuatu & North Korea 27-Aug Bulgaria - Russia 1-3 • Courses Calendars Final for gold places 1-2 27-Aug France - Brazil 2-3 • 2006 FIVB General Calendar www.fivb.org 2006 World League

VOLLEYBALL men Intercontinental Round - Final Rankings Matches Rk Teams Points Points World League - Tense moments in the closing stages W L Ratio of the Intercontinental Rounds Pool A - Intercontinental Round 1 Serbia & Montenegro 21 9 3 1.066 The qualification for against the USA and kept its crucial points 2 21 9 3 1.038 the finals came down ratio advantage. The tiny margin dividing 3 U.S.A. 17 5 7 1.043 to the final weekend points won by points lost (1.066 against 4 13 1 11 0.857 of the Intercontinental Poland’s 1.038) secured them the ticket to Pool B - Intercontinental Round Rounds, since Brazil Moscow. The USA was knocked into third 1 Brazil 24 12 1.210 (and Russia as host) place after the fight for the leadership and 2 19 7 5 0.969 were the only teams sure of a place in Japan finished fourth in the pool, their 3 Finland 16 4 8 0.968 the final six before the last matches. only victory being that in the shock opener 4 Portugal 13 1 11 0.894 This made for exciting action in the against Serbia and Montenegro. Pool C - Intercontinental Round closing stages, with strong teams such 1 France 21 9 3 1.042 as Bulgaria, Cuba, Poland and Serbia Pool B 2 Russia 20 8 4 1.085 and Montenegro all in with a chance Brazil romped towards its qualification for 3 Italy 19 7 5 1.055 to qualify. the Final Round as the only one of the 16 4 12 12 0.815 teams participating in the Intercontinental Pool D - Intercontinental Round Pool A Rounds to win all 12 of its matches. Argen- 1 Bulgaria 22 10 2 1.181 Serbia and Montenegro took three wins in tina put in a strong performance, winning 2 Cuba 22 10 2 1.167 four matches against the USA and Japan all of its last six matches to take second 3 Korea 16 4 8 0.931 in the fourth and fifth weekends, but place overall behind the mighty Brazil. 4 Egypt 12 12 0.778 Poland won all of its matches against the same opponents. Both teams finished tied Although Finland had got off to a good and finish the Intercontinental Round top on 17 points at the top of the group head- start against its European opponents Por- of the pool, one point ahead of the Final ing into the final weekend, but Poland had tugal, Mauro Berruto’s team found the Round hosts. Despite coming from behind, a theoretical advantage, facing the weaker South American volleyball a challenge, with two consecutive victories against Rus- Japanese side at home. losing all of its matches against Argentina sia in its last two matches, Italy managed and Brazil. Portugal finished bottom of no better than third place in the group but However, Serbia and Montenegro matched the pool after a single 3-2 victory against qualified for the Final Round as the FIVB Poland’s two victories in its matches Finland at home. wild card. China exited the tournament after the Intercontinental Round without Pool C a victory. France continued its excellent start Pool D to the tournament, Cuba and Bulgaria swapped the lead winning four of its over the second three weekends of the last six matches, Intercontinental Round, but were always half of which were matched on points after splitting on their five-setters. Hav- head-to-head encounters and winning all ing split its sec- their other matches. The final battle was ond two matches decided in Bulgaria’s favour by a minute against Russia and points ratio difference (1.181 for Bulgaria won twice against against 1.167 for Cuba). Korea finished in China in the sixth third place after picking up two more vic- weekend, Philippe tories against Egypt. The first-ever Afri- Blain’s team even can team to compete in the World League Poland’s Krzysztof Ignaczak managed to pip finished the Intercontinental Round at the celebrates in front of the home crowd Russia to the post bottom of Pool D without a victory.

Week 4 - Results Week 5 - Results Week 6 - Results Date Teams Result Date Teams Result Date Teams Result Pool A - Intercontinental Round Pool A - Intercontinental Round Pool A - Intercontinental Round 4-Aug U.S.A.-Serbia & Montenegro 1-3 12-Aug Poland-U.S.A. 3-2 18-Aug Serbia & Montenegro-U.S.A. 3-2 5-Aug Japan-Poland 2-3 12-Aug Serbia & Montenegro-Japan 3-0 19-Aug Poland-Japan 3-1 5-Aug U.S.A.-Serbia & Montenegro 3-1 13-Aug Poland-U.S.A. 3-0 19-Aug Serbia & Montenegro-U.S.A. 3-0 6-Aug Japan-Poland 0-3 13-Aug Serbia & Montenegro-Japan 3-1 20-Aug Poland-Japan 3-2 Pool B - Intercontinental Round Pool B - Intercontinental Round Pool B - Intercontinental Round 4-Aug Finland-Brazil 0-3 12-Aug Brazil-Finland 3-1 19-Aug Brazil-Portugal 3-1 5-Aug Portugal-Argentina 2-3 12-Aug Argentina-Portugal 3-0 19-Aug Argentina-Finland 3-2 5-Aug Finland-Brazil 1-3 13-Aug Brazil-Finland 3-1 20-Aug Brazil-Portugal 3-1 6-Aug Portugal-Argentina 2-3 13-Aug Argentina-Portugal 3-0 20-Aug Argentina-Finland 0-3 Pool C - Intercontinental Round Pool C - Intercontinental Round Pool C - Intercontinental Round 5-Aug Russia-China 3-0 11-Aug Italy-China 3-0 19-Aug France-China 3-1 5-Aug France-Italy 2-3 12-Aug France-Russia 0-3 19-Aug Russia-Italy 0-3 6-Aug Russia-China 3-2 12-Aug Italy-China 3-0 20-Aug France-China 3-0 6-Aug France-Italy 3-2 13-Aug France-Russia 3-2 20-Aug Russia-Italy 2-3 Pool D - Intercontinental Round Pool D - Intercontinental Round Pool D - Intercontinental Round 4-Aug Egypt-Cuba 1-3 12-Aug Korea-Egypt 3-2 18-Aug Egypt-Bulgaria 0-3 5-Aug Bulgaria-Korea 3-1 12-Aug Bulgaria-Cuba 2-3 18-Aug Cuba-Korea 3-0 6-Aug Bulgaria-Korea 3-0 13-Aug Korea-Egypt 3-1 19-Aug Cuba-Korea 3-0 6-Aug Egypt-Cuba 0-3 13-Aug Bulgaria-Cuba 3-0 20-Aug Egypt-Bulgaria 0-3

 FIVB World Volley News No.7 September 2006 2006 World Grand Prix

VOLLEYBALL women General Standing - After week 2 Matches Rk Teams Match Points World Grand Prix Points W L Ratio Brazil out in front again 1 Brazil 12 6 1.236 2 Russia 11 5 1 1.132 After two weeks to the South Americans, however, with 3 Italy 11 5 1 1.118 of World Grand the taking them to 4 China 11 5 1 1.042 Prix pool play, five sets in the first match. Russia had to 5 Japan 10 4 2 1.101 defending cham- come from two sets down to win its first 6 Cuba 10 4 2 1.004 pions Brazil had match of the competition against new- 7 U.S.A. 8 2 4 0.995 started their campaign for a sixth title comer Azerbaijan and then lost to China 8 Dominican Republic 8 2 4 0.923 well and were the only team undefeat- in straight sets two days later. The team 9 Azerbaijan 7 1 5 0.984 ed after their first six games. recovered to take all three matches in the 10 Thailand 7 1 5 0.877 second leg in Korea and take second place 11 Korea 7 1 5 0.842 Their clean sheet put them one point overall. 12 Poland 6 6 0.855 ahead of last year’s silver and bronze medallists, Italy and China, as well as Rus- Last year’s silver medallist Italy also lost The Italian team celebrates sia. With Italy to qualify as host country only one of its first six matches to put them its victory for the finals, Japan and Cuba, in fifth and in third place behind Russia on points over Poland sixth place respectively and tied on 10 ratio difference. The azzurri were pushed points, were also well-placed to enter the down from second after losing to Cuba in final as one of the top five teams. Chinese Taipei on the second weekend. On equal points, but behind on points ratio Brazil dropped only one set in its three difference, was the 2005 bronze medallist games in to lead the group after China, who looked poised to strike for the the first weekend. The second week- top again after losing only to the defend- end’s action posed more of a challenge ing champions Brazil.

The Cuba players have a team hug Dominican Republic’s Milagros Cabral against the Brazilian block

Week 1 - Results per pool Week 2 - Results per pool Date Teams Result Date Teams Result Pool A - Tokyo - Japan - Round robin Pool D - Macau - China - Round robin 18-Aug Brazil-Korea 3-0 25-Aug Brazil-Dominican Republic 3-2 18-Aug Cuba-Japan 0-3 25-Aug China-U.S.A. 3-2 19-Aug Cuba-Brazil 1-3 26-Aug Brazil-U.S.A. 3-1 19-Aug Korea-Japan 0-3 26-Aug China-Dominican Republic 3-1 20-Aug Cuba-Korea 3-0 27-Aug U.S.A.-Dominican Republic 3-1 20-Aug Brazil-Japan 3-0 27-Aug China-Brazil 0-3 Pool B - Hong Kong - China - Round robin Pool E - Seoul - Korea - Round robin 18-Aug Russia-Azerbaijan 3-2 25-Aug Korea-Russia 1-3 18-Aug China-Thailand 3-0 25-Aug Poland-Japan 0-3 19-Aug Russia-Thailand 3-1 26-Aug Russia-Poland 3-2 19-Aug China-Azerbaijan 3-2 26-Aug Korea-Japan 0-3 20-Aug Azerbaijan-Thailand 3-2 27-Aug Korea-Poland 3-2 20-Aug China-Russia 3-0 27-Aug Russia-Japan 3-0 Pool C - Bydgoszcz - Poland - Round robin Pool F - Taipei - Chinese Taipei - Round robin 16-Aug U.S.A.-Dominican Republic 2-3 25-Aug Italy-Azerbaijan 3-2 16-Aug Poland-Italy 0-3 25-Aug Thailand-Cuba 0-3 17-Aug Italy-Dominican Republic 3-0 26-Aug Cuba-Azerbaijan 3-2 17-Aug Poland-U.S.A. 1-3 26-Aug Thailand-Italy 1-3 Dominican Republic’s 18-Aug Italy-U.S.A. 3-1 27-Aug Cuba-Italy 3-1 Annerys Vargas attacks 18-Aug Poland-Dominican Republic 1-3 27-Aug Azerbaijan-Thailand 2-3

FIVB World Volley News No.7 September 2006  Beach Volleyball

Beach VOLLEYBALL men & women er German pairing in the all-European 2006 SWATCH FIVB World Championships U-21 bronze medal match. The situation was the same in the men’s competition, with Brazil sweeps the honours Poland taking the remaining two podium places after Tomasz Sinczak and Rafal Beach Volleyball powerhouse Bra- third-seeded Jana Köhler and Julia Sude Szternel lost in the final and Piotr Marcin- zil proved that it has no shortage of of Germany and Russia’s Anna Morozova iak and Krzysztof Orman beat the Smedin new talent waiting in the wings as and Alexandra Shiryaeva beating anoth- brothers from Latvia. the country swept the honours at the Beach Volleyball World Champion- ships for players under the age of 21, which were held in Myslowice, Poland from 23rd until 27th August.

Carolina Aragao and Barbara Seixas Figueiredo won the annual women’s com- petition for the second straight year and Pedro Salgado / Bruno Schmidt took the men’s title.

The two teams are rewarded with a wild card spot for a future SWATCH FIVB World Tour event.

European teams were hot on their heels, with the women’s silver medal going to Newly-crowned U-21 World Beach Champions Barbara and Carolina Volleyball News...

Highs and lows for the Dieckmann brothers Only days after Christoph Dieck- mann had won the European Cham- pionship with partner Julius Brink, his 30 year-old brother Markus announced his retirement from pro- fessional Beach Volleyball, effective as of next summer. The Brink/Dieckmann partnership secured Germany’s sixth European title in the competition’s 13-year history and took home prize money Pedro (left) and Bruno of Brazil of 20,000 Euros, as well as two took the men’s title Smart cars for topping the Europe- an ranking. They overcame Jochem de Gruijter and Gijs Ronnes of the Netherlands in the final, with the > Development / Web news... Swiss pairing of Patrick Heuscher The FIVB is pleased to announce the launch of a new educational tool on its and Stefan Kobel taking bronze in website that will benefit coaches, players and fans worldwide. The new tool Kobel’s last tournament before his is the result of thousands of hours of preparation and offers high-quality retirement. streaming video to illustrate many different playing techniques and strate- gies for the sport. Markus Dieckmann announced his The video clips offered as technical evaluations of volleyball skills have been selected from the retirement shortly after the Euro- world’s best teams that participated in last year’s editions of the FIVB’s major annual events, the pean Championships, citing per- World League for men and World Grand Prix for women. sistent physical problems over the past three years. “There are very The tool will be enhanced in the future to include footage and evalutations from this year’s few therapies that I haven’t tried,” World Championships in Japan. The FIVB technical training site will also serve as a powerful he said, at the same time dismiss- educational tool for both instructors and young players at the grass-roots level. ing any possibility of continuing in The content on the site can be downloaded directly or viewed in real time on the sport to a reduced extent. His the web as streaming video. partner Jonas Reckermann plans to The websites can be found under the following links: continue his career and will look for a new partner to strive for Olympic http://www.fivb.org/en/technical/worldleague/2005/ qualification in 2008. http://www.fivb.org/en/technical/worldgrandprix/2005/

 FIVB World Volley News No.7 September 2006 2006 SWATCH FIVB World Tour

Beach VOLLEYBALL men & women SWATCH FIVB World Tour USA, China take the Klagenfurt golds

2006 Men’s Top Ten Teams 1 Ricardo - Emanuel BRA 6380 Brazil’s dominance in July was coun- July 25-29 - Women’s Grand Slam Code Points tered by the USA and China storming Klagenfurt - Austria - Podium Finish on September 4 2 Fabio Luiz - Marcio Araujo BRA 6060 GOLD 1 Ricardo - Emanuel BRA 6380 the podium at the prestigious Klagen- 3 Cunha - Franco BRA 4560 Wang Jie – Tian Jia CHN furt Grand Slam event. 1 2 Fabio Luiz - Marcio Araujo BRA 6060 4 Brink - Dieckmann Ch. GER 4140 SILVER 3 Cunha - Franco BRA 4560 5 Baracetti - Conde ARG 3600 July 26-30 - Men’s Grand Slam Juliana – Larissa BRA 2 4 Brink - Dieckmann Ch. GER 4140 6 Heuscher - Kobel SUI 2760 Klagenfurt - Austria - Podium Finish BRONZE 5 Baracetti - Conde ARG 3600 GOLD Pohl – Rau GER 7 Wu - Xu CHN 2700 3 1 Dalhausser – Rogers USA 6 Heuscher - Kobel SUI 2760 8 Kais Kr. - Vesik EST 2680 7 Wu - Xu CHN 2700 SILVER In the women’s competition, the Chinese 9 Schacht - Slack AUS 2340 2 Emanuel – Ricardo BRA pairing came from one set behind to beat 8 Kais Kr. - Vesik EST 2680 10 Harley - Benjamin BRA 2200 BRONZE the top seeded Brazilians Juliana and Lar- 9 Schacht - Slack AUS 2340 3 Marcio Araujo – Fabio Luiz BRA issa to become the second Chinese team to 10 Harley - Benjamin BRA 2200 take a gold medal on the circuit this year. 2006 Women’s Top Ten The SWATCH FIVB Grand Slam event In an all-European bronze medal match, Code Points in Klagenfurt, known among insiders as Germany’s Stephanie Pohl and Okka Rau Teams on September 4 1 Juliana - Larissa BRA 6340 the most spectacular event on the annual outlasted Greece’s Vasso Karadassiou 1 Juliana - Larissa BRA 6340 2 Wang - Tian Jia CHN 5340 SWATCH calendar, celebrated its tenth and Vassiliki Arvaniti to take their second 2 Wang - Tian Jia CHN 5340 3 Zhang Xi - Xue CHN 4580 anniversary this year. podium finish in 60 SWATCH events. In 3 Zhang Xi - Xue CHN 4580 4 Adriana Behar - Shelda BRA 4220 consolation, the Greeks left the Woerther- 4 Adriana Behar - Shelda BRA 4220 5 Renata - Talita BRA 3760 This “special” tournament also saw some see centre court with $17,700 for their 5 Renata - Talita BRA 3760 special winners, with the capacity crowd first final-four finish this season. 6 Ana Paula - Leila BRA 3350 6 Ana Paula - Leila BRA 3350 witnessing Americans Phil Dalhausser 7 Walsh - May-Treanor USA 3140 7 Walsh - May-Treanor USA 3140 and Todd Rogers taking the USA’s (and August 5-9 - Men’s Open 8 Karadassiou - Arvaniti GRE 3060 Stare Jablonki - Poland - Podium Finish 8 Karadassiou - Arvaniti GRE 3060 Dalhausser’s) first gold medal in 50 9 Hakedal - Torlen NOR 2500 SWATCH FIVB starts and China’s Tian Jia GOLD 9 Hakedal - Torlen NOR 2500 10 Pohl - Rau GER 2320 and Wang Jie capturing their first gold of 1 Emanuel – Ricardo BRA 10 Pohl - Rau GER 2320 the season. SILVER 2 Cunha – Franco BRA in front of 4,000 fans on the Hotel Anders The Americans defeated reigning Olympic BRONZE centre court. champions Ricardo and Emanuel from 3 Wu – Xu CHN Brazil in the final 21-19 and 21-17 in 45 minutes to share the USD 42,300 first The Stare Jablonki men’s stop saw two prize, leaving the Brazilians with their young Chinese players capture their coun- fourth silver medal of the season. try’s first-ever men’s podium spot on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour. Fifth-seeded In the bronze medal match, reigning Penggen Wu and Linyin Xu upset top- SWATCH FIVB World Champions Marcio seeded Marcio and Fabio of Brazil in the and Fabio of Brazil beat the Argentine bronze medal match to stop a third Bra- pairing of Mariano Baracetti and Martin zilian 1-2-3. Reigning Olympic champions Conde 22-20 and 21-17, also in 45 min- Emanuel and Ricardo won their fifth gold Ricardo and Emanuel show off their trophies utes, bringing to an end the Brazilians’ medal match of the season, beating Bra- in Stare Jablonki winning streak at the past three events. zilian rivals Pedro Cunha and Franco Neto

p Jie Wang (left) and Jia Tian of China with their u gold medals in Klagenfurt The Klagenfurt men’s podium

FIVB World Volley News No.7 September 2006  World Championships

VOLLEYBALL men volleyball men & women Big changes 2,000 staff attend for Iranian Volleyball World Championships workshops Federation Preparations for the FIVB World After 17 years of successful Championships took another service as President of the big step forward in August with Volleyball Federation of the a series of clinics in the 10 host Islamic Republic of Iran, Mr. cities. Yazdani Khorram was offered a new challenge as head of the national fed- A team of 11 from the World Cham- eration for the country’s number one pionships head office and from the sport, wrestling. Japan Volleyball Association put around 2,000 staff through their On 1st August 2006, Mr. Davarzani was paces during the 10-day tour, cov- appointed as the successor of Khorram ering all aspects of administration, to lead Iranian Volleyball into the two big protocol and tournament organi- events of the year: the 2006 FIVB Volley- sation. ball World Championships in Japan and the 15th Asian Games in Qatar. Further- “Everyone who attended the clinics more, the Volleyball Federation of Iran was very cooperative and under- will also host the 13th Asian Men’s Under stood all the tasks they needed 20 Volleyball Championship in Tehran to do,” said Mr. Katsumi Wakao, this month (13-21 September) in which 17 Executive Tournament Director. countries from across Asia will be taking part. A minimum of 150 people were present at each site, and more than Davarzani holds a Masters degree in Gov- 200 in and Tokyo, where the Mr. Katsumi ernmental Management from Tehran Uni- finals of the women’s and men’s Wakao, Executive Tournament Director versity. He was General Director for sport championships will take place. organisation in Kordestan, Semenan, Kermanshah, and Khorasan provinces “Every site had prepared two teams from “Most of the leaders have had a lot of and served for more than 2 years in the universities, high schools or clubs to stage experience, and the younger helpers had Sannam sports club. During this period, a match, so we were able to test every watched volleyball on television or in the club’s Volleyball and Basketball teams aspect of the tournament, such as the flag- the stadiums so were familiar with their became champions of Iran. According to carriers, announcers, scorers, ball retriev- duties,” said Mr. Wakao. his predecessor Yazdani, “Nobody is com- ers, court moppers and line judges.” parable with him in terms of experience.” “We concluded every clinic with a question “Starting in Hiroshima, the workshops con- and answer session to clear up any details, Announcing his plans for the Volleyball tinued in Fukuoka, Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, and overall we feel everything was very Federation, Davarzani said “As you know Tokyo, Sendai, Sapporo and Saitama successful. Everyone understands what I am familiar with Volleyball in Iran, since before finishing in Nagano. they need to do when the World Champi- I am a legal Inspector of the Federation onships come to their city.” and I was head of the delegation of Iran’s “It was 10 cities in 10 days, with the Volleyball team in some championships. mornings reserved for travel and then Our priorities are holding the Asian junior five hours for the clinics at each venue,” championships in Tehran, participating added Mr. Wakao. in the World Championships in Japan and the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Then we “We started with a general introduction will concentrate our attention on prepar- and then broke up into separate groups to ing long-term programs.” talk about specific details, including how to organise the transportation, accommo- In preparation for the World Champion- dation, interpreters, liaison officers, press ships, the Iranian Volleyball Federation facilities and decorations inside and out- also appointed Milorad Kijac as the new side the competition hall. Head Coach of the men’s team. Kijac has an impressive record at club and national “Another important part was the clinic for level. He took the Yugoslavian champion- referees and VIS staff to compile the skill ship for eight consecutive years as coach statistics and for communication.” of VC Vojvodina from 1993-1999 and Although most of the venues already had the Bulgarian cham- experience of staging international Vol- Val-kun’s pionship three times leyball events, the World Championships volleyball rally with VC Levski Sofia organising committee prepared them by with the stars from 2001-2004. He publishing a 220-page guidebook. The has now ended. also took the Bulgar- heads of the various departments were ian national team to then responsible for relaying the relevant You can see him again in Japan. a fifth place in the information to their own teams of work- Milorad Kijac 2003 World League. ers.

 FIVB World Volley News No.7 September 2006 Technical & Development

development Beach Volleyball courses in idyllic Vanuatu

With this month’s Under 19 World Championships tak- ing place in Bermuda, the FIVB has found yet another dream location for Beach Volleyball. But through his own initiative, FIVB instructor Hayden Jones from New Zealand may well have found an even better one.

Hayden Jones recently held a Beach Vol- Participants in the Port Vila Beach Volleyball course leyball course in the capital of Vanuatu, Port Vila - the second in two years on the island. The results of the first course were Jones took the initiative to visit the island to play Beach Volleyball,” he said, “The already evident. “It was inspiring to see and hold a small workshop for the players whole experience was very special and the developments that had happened in Nombus had introduced to the game. to me highlighted the drive behind the the country over one year since my last FIVB’s initiative to run these courses – to “In all my travels, I do not think I have ever empower people with the knowledge and An idyllic Vanuatu seen such an idyllic and beautiful place passion to develop the game.” beach development First Volleyball Cooperation Programme course in North Korea

North Korea has staged its first- ever course under the auspices of the Volleyball Coop- eration Programme in Pyongyang, training a significant number of men and women to be The participants in the first North Korean VCP course referees.

Courses and Seminars Calendar - September-November 2006 visit,” said Jones. “The setting up of the DATES COURSE PLACE SPONSOR Port Vila Beach Volleyball Association has seen the participation in Beach Volleyball September 4-11 Refereeing IRCC Bahrain FIVB within the Port Vila region flourish and September 4-17 Coaches Level II Mali Olympic Solidarity also has been a driving force in the addi- September 9-13 Refereeing Refresher United Arab Emirates National Federation (NF) tion of Beach Volleyball in the provincial September 11-22 Coaches Level I Bangladesh Olympic Solidarity games and secondary school calendar.” September 11-24 Coaches Level II Ghana Olympic Solidarity November 5-11 Technical Seminar Get Involved Bahrain FIVB This year’s course was aimed at ensur- Nov. 20 - Dec. 3 Coaches Level II Bridgetown FIVB ing coaches felt confident in applying the November 21-26 Refereeing National Malawi NF practical notions of what they learned. After five days of theory, the course con- Volleyball Cooperation Programme Calendar - Sept.-Nov. 2006 cluded with a tournament at the Club Hip- pique facility, which is run by a motivated DATES COURSE PLACE Australian couple who aim to make it even more successful and attractive. September 4-9 Refereeing Rwanda September 4-11 Coaches Lesotho The most inspirational story for Jones September 11-18 Coaches Benin was that of a participant from the previ- October 2-7 Young Players St. Kitts ous year’s course called Nombus Hubert. October 3-8 Teachers Jordan Nombus disappeared after the course, October 9-14 Refereeing Gabon only to be found months later in his vil- October 8-13 Young Players Ethiopia lage on the island of Gaua running Beach October 23-28 Refereeing Volleyball courses with over 20 teams par- November 13-18 Teachers Trinidad & Tobago ticipating! He had even set up a Beach Vol- November 15-20 Refereeing Mauritania leyball association on the island. November 22-27 Teachers Sierra Leone

FIVB World Volley News No.7 September 2006  Confederations

2008 2006 Global Calendar - Competitions and Events - Volleyball and Beach Volleyball Pictograms for 2008 published DATES EVENT COUNTRY CONF. M/W Aug 30-Sept. 3 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Warsaw, Poland FIVB W To coincide with the 2-year countdown September 1 FIVB Medical Commission Meeting Lausanne, Switzerland FIVB to the opening of the 2008 Beijing September 1-3 World Grand Prix Groups G-H-I Various venues FIVB W Olympic Games, the Beijing Organ- September 1-3 FIVB Beach Volleyball Challenger Cagliari, Italy FIVB M rd izing Committee for the Games of the September 2-3 Men & Women’s ECh 3 round (home & away matches) Various venues CEV M/W th XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) released the September 2-9 12 African Nations Championship Junior Casablanca, Morocco CAVB M definitive pictograms for the Olympic Sept. 5-9 Youth Boy’s Indoor Volleyball Competition Manaus, Brazil CSV M disciplines. Sept. 5-10 SWATCH FIVB U-19 World Championships Bermuda FIVB M/W Sept. 5-10 FIVB Beach Volleyball Satellite Habana, Cuba FIVB One of the basic image elements of the Sept. 6-10 World Grand Prix Finals Reggio Calabria, Italy FIVB W Olympics, the pictograms are widely Sept. 6-14 Men’s Junior ECh Final round Kazan, Russia CEV M applied in areas such as the Olympic September 7 FIVB Technical Commission Meeting Lausanne, Switzerland FIVB September 7 FIVB Coaching Commission Meeting Lausanne, Switzerland FIVB directional instruction system, advertising September 8 FIVB Technical & Coaching Commissions Meeting Lausanne, Switzerland FIVB and communications, landscape and envi- Sept. 9-10 Men & Women’s ECh 3rd round (home & away matches) Various venues CEV M/W ronmental arrangement, TV broadcasting September 12 FIVB Refereeing Commission Meeting Lausanne, Switzerland FIVB and souvenir designs. The pictograms September 12 FIVB Rules of the Game Commission Meeting Lausanne, Switzerland FIVB play an important role in identifying the September 13 FIVB Refereeing & Rules of the Game Commission Meeting Lausanne, Switzerland FIVB Olympic sports as well as in Olympic mar- Sept.13-17 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Porto Santo, Portugal FIVB W keting. Sept. 13-21 13th Asian Junior Men’s Championship Teheran, Iran AVC M Sept. 15-22 Central American Championships San Jose, Costa Rica NORCECA M/W Named “the beauty of seal characters” Sept. 15-30 11th African Nations Championship Junior Dakar, Senegal CAVB W and with strokes of seal characters as Sept. 18-19 FIVB Confederation Press Officers’ Meeting Lausanne, Switzerland FIVB their basic form, the pictograms integrate Sept. 18-22 OECS Tournament St. Lucia NORCECA M the pictographic charm of inscriptions on September 19 FIVB Press Commission Meeting Lausanne, Switzerland FIVB bones and bronze objects in ancient China September 19 FIVB Development Commission Meeting Lausanne, Switzerland FIVB with the simplified embodiment of mod- Sept. 19-27 Youth Girl’s Indoor Volleyball Competition Venezuela CSV W ern graphics, making them recognizable, September 20 FIVB World League Council Lausanne, Switzerland FIVB memorable and easy to use. September 21 FIVB TV & New Media Commission Meeting Lausanne, Switzerland FIVB September 22 World League TV Host Broadcasters Meeting Lausanne, Switzerland FIVB After all international federations Sept. 26-30 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Vitória, Brazil FIVB W approved their respective pictograms, the Sept. 26-Oct.1 2007 FIVB World Grand Prix Europe Qualifier Varna, Bulgaria CEV W IOC gave its final approval earlier in June. Sept. 26-28 INDESIT European Champions League 1st leg, League round Various venues CEV M The pictograms for Volleyball and Beach Sept. 27-Oct.1 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Vitória, Brazil FIVB M volleyball can be seen below. Sept. 28-29 FIVB Beach Volleyball Permanent Committee Lausanne, Switzerland FIVB September 29 CEV Board of Administration Meeting Luxemburg CEV Volleyball Sept.30-Oct.1 Austrian Airlines Top Teams Cup 1st round, home matches Various venues CEV M October OECS Tournament St. Lucia NORCECA W October 1 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Council Lausanne, Switzerland FIVB October 1-9 13th Asian Junior Women’s Championship Nakhon Ratchasima, THA AVC W October 3-5 INDESIT European Champions League 2nd leg, League round Various venues CEV M October 7-8 Autrian Airlines Top Teams Cup 1st round, away matches Various venues CEV M October 10-12 INDESIT European Champions League 3rd leg, League round Various venues CEV M October 13-15 Beach Volleyball Continental Championships Carolina, NORCECA M/W October 24-28 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Acapulco, FIVB M October 25-29 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Acapulco, Mexico FIVB W

st Tokyo, Sapporo, Kobe Oct. 31-Nov. 5 2006 FIVB Volleyball World Championships 1 round & Nagoya, Japan FIVB W November Beach Volleyball Tour Philippines AVC M/W November 2006 Asian Beach Volleyball Invitation Honk-Kong AVC W November 1-5 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Phuket, Thailand FIVB W November 3-5 CAZOVA Beach Volleyball Tour Barbados NORCECA M/W Beach Volleyball Nov. 8-12 2006 FIVB Volleyball World Championships 2nd round Nagoya & Osaka, Japan FIVB W Nov. 9-19 Junior& Youth Boys and Girls’ Indoor Volleyball Competition CSV M/W Nov. 10-12 Spike Festival Cayman Island NORCECA M/W Nov. 10-12 FIVB Beach Volleyball Exhibition Hong Kong, China FIVB W Nov. 15-16 2006 FIVB Volleyball World Championship Semi-Finals/Finals Osaka, Japan FIVB W Nov. 15-30 17th African Cup of Cups Abuja, Nigeria CAVB W Nov. 17-19 Beach Volleyball Central American Championships NORCECA M/W

st Saitama, Fukuoka, Nov. 17-22 2006 FIVB Volleyball World Championship 1 round Nagano & Sendai, Japan FIVB M Nov. 25-26 Top Teams Cup Women 1st round, home matches Various venues CEV W

nd Sendai & Hiroshima, Nov. 25-29 2006 FIVB Volleyball World Championships 2 round Japan FIVB M Nov. 28-30 INDESIT European Champions League 1st leg, League round Various venues CEV W

World Volley News • Official Bulletin of theV FI B • Av. de la Gare 12 • CH-1001 Lausanne • Printed in Switzerland • FIVB founded in 1947 • Pres. Dr. Rubén Acosta H. Tel. + 41 21 345 35 35 • Fax + 41 21 345 35 45 • Web Site: www.fivb.org • E-mail: [email protected] • Editor: Communication Department • No. 7 • September 2006

 FIVB World Volley News No.7 September 2006