No 128 October 2004 English edition

FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE 2005 FIVB World Grand Prix qualification Twelve teams confirmed for the women’s most prestigious annual tournament

The , hosts and Asian hosts , Korea, Thailand and received automatic World Grand Prix and entry. 12 Qualified teams claimed In , Germany needed only to win one set in their final match against Poland Qualified through European Qualification the final three to qualify and despite missing star play- – Netherlands tickets to the ers captain Angelina Grun and outside Poland attacker Birgit Thumm through illness Germany 2005 FIVB World Grand Prix they did enough to win the first set before Italy (host organiser) after finishing first, second Poland claimed the next three (25-18, 20- and third respectively at 25, 15-25, 23-25). Qualified through The Polish victory was also enough for III Women’s Pan-American Cup 2004 the European Qualification the current European champions to qual- – (host organiser) Tournament in Ankara, ify ahead of Turkey on set ratio differ- USA Turkey in September. ence. Meanwhile, the Netherlands, who Dominican Republic had guaranteed their spot on the penul- timate day, finished the tournament in style by defeating in straight The 4 best Asian teams of the The tournament represented the final sets (25-23, 25-13, 25-20). FIVB World Ranking qualification competition for next year’s Despite Turkey defeating Romania 3-0 – China World Grand Prix with Cuba, USA, the (25-16, 25-18, 25-18) in the last match Dominican Republic and Brazil quali- of the event it wasn’t enough for the Japan (host organiser of the final round) fying in a Norceca & South America home side to finish among the best three Korea qualifying event in June while traditional teams. Thailand

VOLLEYBALL 2005 FIVB World League: successful 12-team formula reintroduced for the 2005 edition

Twelve of the best inter- Champions Brazil head what promises national men’s Volleyball to be a riveting competition for suprem- teams have been con- acy with three pools of four teams in a firmed and fulfil the con- home and away round robin tourna- ditions to participate in ment. They will be joined in Pool A by the 2005 World League, Venezuela, Japan and Portugal. In Pool the FIVB’s major men’s Volleyball annual B, 2004 Olympic Games and 2004 World competition. League runners-up Italy will be joined by With USD 13 million in prize money the Cuba, Bulgaria and . Pool C will World League is the richest and most be led by & Montenegro, together significant FIVB tournament with the with Greece, , 5th place in the world’s elite teams doing battle in a com- 2004 Olympic Games, and Poland. petition that draws thousands of specta- Argentina and Venezuela, the two return- tors at events and millions more through ing teams after one year’s absence, will television coverage. give their utmost in order to prove that This year’s teams – Argentina, Brazil, they deserve a place among the crème de Venezuela, Cuba, Japan, Portugal, Italy, la crème of world class Volleyball. Bulgaria, France, Serbia & Montenegro, The FIVB President, Dr. Rubén Acosta Greece, and Poland – will begin the Inter- was delighted with the financial partner- continental round on May 27, 2005 and ships and television contracts concluded for the next six weeks will continue their for this elite tournament: “With a greater pursuit for a place in the coveted finals coverage, the support of increasing num- in Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro on bers of fans will bring the best out of the July 8-10, with the final four teams play- world’s top men’s teams. The superb ing in a 3-day tournament. display of skills and the fierce competi- Brazil’s star spikes past Olympic, World Champions, World Cup tion will lead the World League to new Luigi Mastrangelo (ITA) Holders and defending World League heights”, he said.

Find out more at www.fivb.org VOLLEYBALL VOLLEYBALL Women’s World Ranking 2005 World Grand Prix China and Brazil top new Volleyball World Rankings Preparations moving ahead Following their stunning Olympic gold Former world number one USA, who medal the Chinese women’s team moved had a disappointing Olympics campaign With Japan’s confirmation to host the up three places to be the new number after losing to Brazil in the quarterfi- Finals for next year’s annual top wom- one team in the world after the release nals, dropped to third place, while Brazil en’s competition, the excitement arises of the latest FIVB world rankings in Sep- remained as world number two despite as the 2005 edition takes shape. The Pre- tember. finishing fourth after losing the bronze liminary Round will be disputed from China, who were ranked number three medal match to Cuba. June 24 to July 10 with the 12 teams play- in the world at the time of the Olympics The only other changes in the women’s ing for the next three weeks in three dif- in Greece, pulled off a superb comeback top 10 saw Poland and Korea exchange ferent countries in a round robin tourna- from two sets down in the final to beat places between eight and ninth spots. ment in a total of nine countries. Sydney 2000 silver medalists 3-2 Meanwhile, Brazil’s victory over Italy 3-1 (28-30, 25-27, 25-20, 25-23, 15-12). (25-15, 24-26, 25-20, 25-22) in the men’s The best five qualified teams plus the competition final consolidated their spot host Japan will fight for their place at the as the world number one men’s team. top of the podium during the Finals from In fact, with Brazil, Italy and Russia July 13 through 18. claiming the medals, the top three men’s rankings did not change, with Brazil 2004 WGP Final Ranking being followed by Italy and respectively. Rk. Country The big movers saw former world 1 BRAZIL, WGP Gold Medal number four France drop two spots with Chinese women celebrate 2 ITALY, WGP Silver Medal USA and Russia moving up one from fifth and sixth respectively. 3 USA, WGP Bronze Medal VOLLEYBALL 4 CUBA 5 CHINA World Grand Prix 6 GERMANY The World Grand Prix Council will meet in Bangkok 7 RUSSIA 8 POLAND 9 JAPAN The World Grand Prix Council will meet Since its inception in 1993, the World 10 THAILAND in Bangkok, Thailand on November 11 Grand Prix has been traditionally held 11 KOREA where the annual meeting will verify the in Asia but due to the SARS virus in 12 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC dates, venues and organisers for the 2005 2003 Italy hosted the tournament while edition of the premier women’s interna- Asia and Europe hosted the Preliminary tional Volleyball event. Round and Italy the Final Round in 2004. Next page Men & Women 1st, 2nd, VOLLEYBALL 3rd & playoff 2006 2005 Sports Events calendar World Championships World and Continental Championships tournaments calendar

Confederation / tournament Gender Date City Country FIVB 2006 World Championship M/W Sept. 2004 - Aug. 31 Various Cities Various Countries Qualification Tournaments World League M May 27 - July 3 Various Cities Various Countries World League Finals M July 8 - 10 OPEN OPEN World Grand Prix Preliminary Rounds W July 15 - 31 Various Cities Various countries World Grand Prix Finals W Aug. 3 - 7 OPEN ITALY Men’s Under 21 World Championship M Aug. 6-14 Visakahapatnam INDIA Women’s Under 20 World Championship W July 23-31 Ankara & Istanbul TURKEY Boys’ Under 19 World Championship M Aug. 24 - Sept. 1 Algiers & Blida ALGERIA Girls’ Under 18 World Championship W July - Aug. OPEN OPEN World Grand Champions Cup W Nov. 15-20 Tokyo & Nagoya JAPAN World Grand Champions Cup M Nov. 22-27 Nagano & Tokyo JAPAN CEV /European Volleyball confederation Senior European Championships: Final Round M Sept. 2-11 Rome /Beograd ITALY & YUGOSLAVIA Senior European Championships: Final Round W Sept. 16-25 Zagreb /Karlovac NORCECA / North & Central American Volleyball confederation NORCECA´S Continental Championship W Sept. 2-10 OPEN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO NORCECA´S Continental Championship M Sept. 1-9 Winnipeg CANADA SAM / South American Volleyball confederation XXVI South American Senior Championship M Sept. OPEN OPEN XXVI South American Senior Championship W Sept. OPEN BOLIVIA

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Round Conf. & Pool Date City, Country Participants WOMEN’S 1ST, 2ND, 3RD & PLAYOFF ROUNDS TOURNAMENTS. Vacancies: Africa 3, Asia 4 (+ Japan, organiser), Europe 7 (+Italy, 2002 World Champ.), NORCECA 6, South America 2 AFR-A Mar. 15-20 Cairo, EGYPT Egypt, Nigeria, Botswana, South Africa AFR-B June 8-12 Nairobi, KENYA Kenya, Algeria, Dem. Rep. of Congo, Congo, Eritrea AFR-C Apr. (tbd) MAURITIUS Mauritius, Tunisia, Cameroon, Uganda 1 ASI-A Aug. 3-7 Ningbo, CHINA China, Chinese Taipei, , Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Jordan ASI-B Aug. 17-21 Nakhon Raicha SinaTHAILAND Thailand, Korea, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Tonga 1 EUR-A Jan. 12-16 Sheffield, ENGLAND England, Scotland, Serbia & Montenegro, Albania, Spain EUR-B pending PORTUGAL Portugal, , Slovak Republic, Belarus, Slovenia EUR-C Apr. 27 Apr - May 1 Saint-Dié, France France, Finland, , Bosnia Herzegovina, Belgium 2 EUR-D May 27-29 Baku, AZERBAIJAN Azerbaijan, Romania, 1st A, 2nd C EUR-E pending pending Greece, , 1st C, 2nd B EUR-F June 11-13 CROATIA Croatia, , 1st B, 2nd A 3 EUR-G Jul. 1-3 Moscow, RUSSIA Russia, Bulgaria, 1st D, 2nd F EUR-H Aug. 5-7 Ankara, TURKEY Turkey, Netherlands, 1st E, 2nd D EUR-I June 17-19 Dresden, GERMANY Germany, Poland, 1st F, 2nd E Playoff 3rd EUR-G, 3rd EUR-H, 3rd EUR-I 1 NOR-A Apr. 15-17 Curacao, DUTCH ANTILLES Dutch Antilles, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands NOR-B June 15-19 Bridgetown, BARBADOS Barbados, Anguilla, Dominica, St. Kitts NOR-C May 11-15 Guatemala City, GUATEMALA Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Mexico 2 NOR-D Aug. 17-21 Caguas, PUERTO RICO Puerto Rico, USA, Canada, 1st C, 1st B NOR-E Aug. 24-28 S. Domingo, DOMINICAN REP. Dominican Republic, Cuba, Costa Rica, 2nd C, 1st A 1 SAM-A pending BRAZIL Brazil, Argentina, , Ecuador, Uruguay

MEN’S 1ST, 2ND, 3RD & PLAYOFF ROUNDS TOURNAMENTS. Vacancies: Africa 2, Asia 5 (+ Japan, organiser), Europe 9, NORCECA 4, South America 2 (+Brazil, 2002 World Champ.) 1 AFRI-A 30 Jan - 4 Feb 2005 SUDAN Sudan, Ghana, Uganda, Eritrea AFRI-B 24-28 March 2005 SOUTH AFRICA South Africa, Botswana, Mauritius 2 AFRI-C 26-30 July 2005 Tunis, TUNISIA Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, 1st B AFRI-D 22-27 March 05 Cairo, EGYPT Egypt, Cameroon, Dem. Rep. of Congo, 1st A 1 ASI-A pending pending Qatar, Jordan, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Maldives Islands ASI-B 29 April - 1 May 2005 Nakhonpathom, THAILAND Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan ASI-C 23-27 Feb 2005 Cebu, PHILIPPINES Philippines, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Macao, Tonga 2 ASI-D 17-19 June 2005 Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN Kazakhstan, Korea, 1st C, 2nd A ASI-E 24-26 Jun 2005 Chennai, INDIA India, China, 1st B, 2nd C ASI-F 22-24 Jun 2005 Tehran, IRAN Iran, Australia, 1st A, 2nd B Playoff 1-3 July 2005 Chennai, INDIA 2nd ASI-D, 2nd ASI-E, 2nd ASI-F 1 EUR-A 13-16 jan 2005 Sheffield, ENGLAND England, Scotland, Northern Ireland EUR-B 6-8 May 2005 Tiszaujvaros, Hungary, Slovenia, Moldova, Azerbaijan EUR-C 28-30 Apr 2004 Tulcea, ROMANIA Romania, Belgium, Norway, Belarus EUR-D 29 Apr- 1 May 2005 ESTONIA Estonia, , Bosnia Herzegovina, Albania 2 EUR-E 13-15 May 2005 Varna, BULGARIA Bulgaria, Turkey, Slovak Republic, 1st C EUR-F 27-29 May 2005 Opava, CZECH REPUBLIC Czech Republic, Ukraine, Denmark, 1st A EUR-G 20-22 May 2005 PORTUGAL Portugal, , Austria, 1st D EUR-H 20-22 May 2005 Helsinki, FINLAND Finland, Germany, Croatia, 1st B 3 EUR-I 29-31 July 2005 Napoli, ITALY Italy, Spain, 1st F, 2nd H EUR-J Jul. 18-20 Larissa, GREECE Greece, Serbia & Montenegro, 1st G, 2nd E EUR-K 28-30 July 2005 Cannet, France France, Netherlands, 1st H, 2nd F EUR-L 15-17 Jul 2005 Katowice, POLAND Poland, Russia, 1st E, 2nd G Playoff 3rd EUR-I, 3rd EUR-J, 3rd EUR-K, 3rd EUR-L 1 NOR-A 15-19 June 2005 Bridgetown, BARBADOS Barbados, Dutch Antilles, Jamaica, Cayman Is., British Virgin Is. NOR-B 25-29 May 2005 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Trinidad & Tobago, Anguilla, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Kitts NOR-C 20-22 May 2005 COSTA RICA Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua 2 NOR-D 24-28 August 2005 Caguas, PUERTO RICO Puerto Rico, USA, Mexico, 2nd C, 1st A NOR-E pending CUBA Panama, Canada, Cuba, 1st C, 1st B 1 SAM-A 6-8 May 2004 Mar del Plata, ARGENTINA Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay SAM-B 6-8 May 2004 Caracas, VENEZUELA Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

FIVB X-Press No 128 October 2004 3 VOLLEYBALL YOUTH & JUNIOR 2006 World Championships 2005 World Championships Record number of 174 teams registered well under way

The 2006 World Cham- As hosts, the Japan men’s and women’s Preparations for the 2005 Junior & Youth pionships are expected teams have already qualified for the final World Championships are well under to be the biggest World 24 along with the defending 2002 world way. The organizers for the four catego- Volleyball Champion- champions the Brazilian men’s and the ries have been selected and inspection ships ever contested in Italian women’s teams. The number visits were carried out during the sum- FIVB history with 174 of vacancies for each Confederation in mer. teams (97 men’s and 77 the final round was determined by the women’s teams) having entries received. The FIVB is pleased to announce the registered for the com- Staged every four years, the World names of the National Federations petition. The previous Championships, which first started in entrusted with the organization of these highest entry list was Prague in 1949 for men and in Moscow very important events: 118 at the 2002 World Championships. in 1952 for women, are the FIVB’s most After a spectacular drawing of lots cer- important Volleyball competition as they Men’s U21 emony in the inspirational setting of incorporate 1st, 2nd, 3rd and playoff India (Visakhapatnam) Rome, Italy in July, the opening rounds round tournaments in a process that cli- Women’s U20 of the World Championships, which start maxes with a final in Japan of the best 24 Turkey (Ankara, Istanbul) in January 2005, will determine who teams in each gender. Boy’s U19 progresses to the final round of 24 teams The last World Championships were each for men and women for a total of 48 held in 2002 in Germany for women and Algeria (Algiers, Blida) teams in Japan. in Argentina for men. Girl’s U18 Macau VOLLEYBALL The distribution of vacancies was decided U-185 Volleyball invitational Championship during the Sports Events Council meet- Indonesia claims Borobudur Cup ing at the FIVB headquarters in Lausanne in September. Each Continental Confed- Indonesia claimed the title eration has been assigned a quota accord- at the Under-185 centimeters ing to the number of teams participating World Invitational Volleyball in its Continental Championships. Host Championship after defeating countries automatically qualify in their Japan 3-1 and erased Chinese own categories. Taipei’s hope of capturing the Borobudur Cup in Jakarta, If most of the teams that will participate Indonesia on October 10. in the Junior World Championships have The success of this Under- already qualified through Continental 185 centimeter men’s World Championships, this is not the case for Invitational Volleyball Cham- the Youth World Championships. Asia pionship in Jakarta testified and Europe will select their champions to the host nation’s potential only in April/May 2005. Asia still has competitiveness in the sport to select one team in the Men’s U21 and when physical factors were Women’s U20 category through qualifi- equalized. cation tournaments which will take place The Jakarta Volleyball event, in May 2005. which was first brought up during last year’s FIVB meet- ing in Brazil, had initially factor in traditional Volleyball compe- listed eight teams who would tition. “Given the (men’s) net of 2.43 participate, but Brazil, Geor- meters (7’11”) high, a 2-meter (6’6”) tall gia and Thailand decided to player, like most European players, will opt out due to security fears. find it easier to get up and over to block Zulfarshah, Indonesia’s team and spike,” he said here on Thursday. Indonesia’s U-185 players in a tall jump for victory manager, said that physical “The Indonesian national team, with an height had been the decisive average height of 185 centimeters can hardly block the ball,” he said. VOLLEYBALL “This competition brings equality. Height Youth Continental Championships is not a barrier. Teams with the best strat- 2005 Calendar egy, speed and power will win,” he said. “This competition might mobilize more Asian Boys Apr. 6-13 Visakhapatnam India and more moderately tall players into taking up Volleyball, thus enabling the Girls Apr. 20-27 Srisaket Thailand technical basis of Volleyball to purely European Boys Mar. 29 - Apr. 3 Riga Latvia count in the game,” concluded Asian Vol- leyball Confederation President, Jizhong Girls Mar. 29 - Apr. 3 Tallinn Estonia Wei.

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BEACH VOLLEYBALL Beach Volleyball Meetings Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Olympic Validation for FIVB World Champions Beach Volleyball Permanent Committee 2-3 November 2004 in Lausanne, Beach Volleyball World Council For the first-time, the reigning Beach Vol- pered by a painful abdominal strain for 30 November 2004 in Lausanne, Switzerland leyball World Champions validated their over two months. “There was a lot of efforts in the Summer Olympic Games as uncertainty about our ability to perform the tandems of /Ricardo at a high level due to Misty’s injury. I Emanuel as the pair had to reach the Santos of Brazil and Misty May/Kerri never lost faith since she is such a great finals through the elimination bracket. Walsh of the stood atop the competitor. I felt confident that we could “Ricardo proved his toughness in com- podium in the Athens. validate our Rio finish.” ing back to play in Poland and Klagen- Both Olympic 2004 gold medal teams May and Walsh, who did not lose a set furt,” said Emanuel, who won the 1999 started their push to Athens by claiming in seven Olympic matches, defeated sec- FIVB World Championship with Jose the FIVB World Champions in October ond-seeded and Shelda Loiola before playing only two matches 2003 in Rio de Janeiro on Copacabana Bede of Brazil 21-17 and 21-11 in the in Sydney before being eliminated from Beach. finals. Adriana and Shelda were two- the gold medal chase. “The conventional The 2000 Sydney Olympic champions time FIVB World Champions (1999 and wisdom was for Ricardo to skip the last were not even around at the medal 2001) before losing the 2003 title to the two events prior to Athens to rest his matches at the 1999 FIVB World Cham- Americans. The Brazilians were Sydney right ankle. But, he knew that a month pionships in Marseille, France. Ameri- 2000 silver medallists where they lost the off prior to the Olympics might hurt our cans Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana title match to Cook and Pottharst. preparation. He came back and played finished ninth in the men’s competition Emanuel, who had finished a disap- through a lot of discomfort.” while (ninth-place with pointing ninth in his first two Olympic Seeded first in the 24-team for the Ath- Angela Clarke) and (sev- trips, also entered the Olympics with an ens 2004 Olympic Games, Emanuel and enth with Pauline Manser) were playing injured partner as Ricardo sprained his Ricardo scored a 21-16 and 21-15 win with different partners. ankle in Mallorca in mid-June that forced over Javier Bosma and Pablo Herrera “Validating the world championship was him to miss the next event. However, of Spain in 42 minutes. The men’s gold very important to us,” said Walsh, who the tall Brazilian returned for the final medal match concluded 12 days of Beach entered the Athens Olympics competi- two pre-Olympic men’s events in Poland Volleyball competition for the Athens tion with a partner who had been ham- and Austria to capture gold medals with 2004 Olympics.

Olympic Games 2004 Women’s Beach Volleyball podium: Olympic Games 2004 Men’s Beach Volleyball podium: (l. to r.) in front Behar-Shelda BRA, behind May- (l. to r.) Bosma-Herrera ESP, Emanuel-Ricardo Walsh USA, and to right McPeak-Young USA BRA and to right Heuscher-Kobel SUI

BEACH VOLLEYBALL beyond exposure alone. It allows the SWATCH FIVB World Tour young up-and-coming athletes a chance Beach Volleyball will return to Montreal to compete at an international level.

Volleyball Canada, in collaboration with respected promoter such as Hannes 2002 World Tour Women made a stop promoter Hannes Jagerhofer announced Jagerhofer in full control of the operation. in Montreal: already the same their intentions to bring back the FIVB The Grand Slam event in Austria is a true podium as Athens 2004 World Beach Volleyball Tour stop to testimonial of Hannes’s ability to run an Montreal in 2005. event of this magnitude,” stated Volley- ball Canada President, Dave Carey. The 2002 event was a huge success; how- ever challenges in financing halted the “After such an impressive finish for our event for the past two years. Jagerhofer, top teams in Athens, this event will feed the promoter of the very successful FIVB off that momentum giving more of our Grand Slam event in Klagenfurt, Austria top athletes the opportunity to shine believes in the Montreal stop and has in front of a hometown crowd,” added come on board to promote and finance Carey. the event. The event will once again showcase the “We are absolutely thrilled to not only best male and female Beach Volleyball have this event back in Canada and players in the world. The benefit of this in Montreal, but to have such a well type of an event in Canada extends well

FIVB X-Press No 128 October 2004 5 DEVELOPMENT NEWS TECHNICAL NEWS African Volleyball Project Gerflor and the FIVB Volleyball Everywhere in Africa create a common future

Since its establishment in Cairo, Egypt The National Federations are asked to Gerflor, the world leader in indoor sports in May 2001, the African Volleyball Con- produce Volleyball equipment locally, at flooring and the FIVB have agreed upon federation (CAVB), in collaboration with low cost with local means and to ensure a four year exclusive contract from 1st the FIVB Technical Department, has been that these materials are available all the January 2005. working hard to coordinate its continen- time. The launch of this project started tal development plan in line with the in April 2004 with the organization of Giving serious consideration to the safety World Volleyball Vision 2012 through two cheap ball production courses in aspect of a sports flooring, the Taraflex excellent development projects. Cairo, Egypt and Khartoum, Sudan with playing surface remains the fundamental local craftsmen and a seminar on teach- element in terms of shock absorption, The Confederation working plan is based ing Volleyball at the Sports Institute in perfect footing, improved slide control on the African Volleyball project, which Khartoum. and reduced shoe scuffing. aims to popularize Volleyball everywhere In Cairo, ball production specialist Mr. in Africa through the efforts of National Koffi Ahadji from Togo taught two local Today, the FIVB / Gerflor partnership Federations and local ministries. craftsmen the skill of making a ball. sets forth to a future full of mutual oppor- The African Volleyball managers are con- The material used in making the balls tunities and growth. This reinforcement fident they will accomplish the task of included tissues and oilcloth of different of affinities will lead to a greater visibility decreasing the gap between African Vol- colors used locally to fabricate bags or of Volleyball around the world. To relish leyball and that in the other continents, furniture and sponge to fill the balls. this reunion all the while focusing on the before 2012. In Sudan the project session was fol- development of this sport is the common lowed by a conference goal. conducted by CAVB Making a ball Executive Director Mr. in Africa with Charles Panou on the the beginning of the 2004 season and tissues, oilcloth of different colors educational values of making it a first in the context of the FIVB and sponge sport and the advan- development programmes. Due to the tages of its introduc- high attendance rate, the six-day inten- tion into school cur- sive course was full to capacity and some riculums. Mr. Panou candidates had to be refused. showed samples of Several personalities from Mozambique balls and nets made were present to celebrate the occasion. by the African crafts- The Minister of Sport, Mr. Joel Matias men and convinced Limbombo made the official opening of them of the great util- the course together with the National ity and feasibility of Sport Director, Mr. Marcelino Macom, the project at the local while the President of the National Olym- level. pic Committee, Mr. Joaquin Dimitr and the Director of the University of Mozam- Referee Courses: bique, Mr. Alberto Grazziano brought it newest addition to to a close. the FIVB This SAP Referee Course is for the mo- The very first Referee ment exclusively for the African nations: Course in the FIVB 13 of the 27 countries which benefit Sports Aid Programme from the programme chose this option. (SAP) took place in The other continents have also requested Mozambique at the this type of course in the future. 54 SAP end of June, marking Courses will be conducted this year.

13 SAP referee courses Well attended SAP for Africa this year Course in Mozambique – Mozambique Swaziland Zimbabwe Benin Mauritania Eritrea Mali Congo Gambia Congo Democratic Republic Lesotho Niger Rwanda

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FIVB X-Press No 128 October 2004 7 Confederations

CEV AVC European Championships Win Host countries announced for 2006 - 2007 Asia Challenge Cup Title

Host countries for European Champion- lowing National Federations have been The South Korean men’s ships officially were announced during attributed the privilege to host: Volleyball team won the the 25th CEV Congress in Istanbul (TUR) Asia Challenge Cup tour- on Saturday, 2 October 2004 Boys’ Youth European Championships nament after beating Tai- 2007: Austria wan in straight sets 25- The 25th General Assem- 14, 25-18, 25-20 on September 19th final bly of the European Volley- Girls’ Youth European Championships league match in Miyazaki, Japan. ball Confederation (CEV), 2007: Czech Republic Shin Chi-yong’s squad, ranked 10th in which was hosted by the Women’s Junior European Champion- the International Volleyball Federation Turkish Volleyball Federa- ships 2006: France (FIVB) world rankings, quickly took con- tion in Istanbul, was opened up by the trol of the match against the 39th-ranked CEV President Mr. André Meyer who However, the highlight of this 25th “sil- Taiwan and went on to a comfortable welcomed the representatives of the 46 ver” CEV Congress that everybody was win. The win also marked the first time national federations present, including anxiously waiting for was the nomina- for South Korea to sweep both stages of several officials such as the President of tion of the organising countries for the the tournament since the four-team event the Turkish Volleyball Federation, Mr. 2007 Senior European Championships. started in 2000. Hüsnü Can, and Mr. Jean-Pierre Seppey, For the first time in their history the 2007 The team is coming out of a low point as the FIVB General Manager. Men’s Senior European Championships they missed out on a berth at the Athens Following the declaration of the CEV’s as well as the 2006 Men’s Junior Euro- Olympics with a disappointing record 2003 excellent financial results, whose pean Championships will take place in of 1-6, but now seem to be on the path to presentation and transparency have Russia, one of the strongest European recovery thanks to a sweeping genera- been positively confirmed by the FIVB’s Volleyball nations. tional change. finance controller Mr. Franz Schmied, It goes without saying that this announce- The tournament win is a good corner- the CEV’s seven institutional commis- ment resulted in much joy and excite- stone to rebuild the team upon but it sions put forward their annual reports. ment amongst the Russians. is too early to judge yet as rivals China Finally, under the eyes of 67 delegates the Similarly, happiness was apparent in the and Japan are also undergoing a rebuild- General Assembly proceeded to the offi- Belgian and Luxemburgish corner when ing process while newly-emerging teams cial nomination of the organisers for the their communal application succeeded like Iran and Australia were not included future European Championships 2006 in bringing the 16 best European sen- in the event. and 2007. ior women’s teams to the two Benelux China finished runners-up in both stages As confirmed by the Board of Adminis- countries, hosts of the Women’s Senior losing only to South Korea each time, fol- tration on Friday 1 October 2004 the fol- European Championships 2007. lowed by Japan and Taiwan.

NORCECA nov and Jodi Saucedo; Two-Time Olympian and Hall of Famer her son, David Bright; Patti Lucas-Bright passes away five grandchildren, her mother, Bertha Lucas; her Patti Lucas-Bright, a two-time Olympian Patti and her husband Mike (an Olym- sister, Nancy Evans; four and a member of the Volleyball Hall of pian on the 1964 and 1968 USA Men’s nephews, one niece and 10 grandneph- Fame, died of heart disease on September Volleyball teams) have the distinction of ews and nieces. 8, at UCLA Medical Centre in Westwood, being the only husband and wife combo California. She was 63. in USA Volleyball history who have both “I will always remember her smile,” been selected as USVBA All-Time Great recalls her sister Nancy. “She always had Patti was a key mem- Players and inducted into the Volleyball a smile for everybody. In Volleyball, I will ber of the first two Hall of Fame. always remember her energy and speed USA Women’s Olym- She is survived by her husband Mike; on the court. She had it until the end. She pic Volleyball Teams: her daughters Bonnie Counts, Lari Nusi- was very impressive.” 1964 in Tokyo and 1968 in Mexico City. She was also a mem- Confederation News ber of the 1963 USA You can now visit our website for Confederation news. squad that finished second at the Pan American Games in Go to the FIVB Homepage at www.fivb.org/ and click on the Sao Paolo, Brazil. appropriate Confederation logo: The USVBA named Patti an All-Time Great Female Player in 1983 and to the 75th Anniversary All- Era Team in 2003. She was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1996.

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