Official Bulletin No. 13 March 2007 Edition in English FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE An exciting new identity for the World League A new logo and new brand herald branding, cover a multitude of dif- the beginning of a new era for ferent used from the FIVB’s premier annual men’s TV graphics and competition as it enters its 18th print logos right year. The new logo symbolizes the down to stickers, ID cards and the dynamism and explosive power all-important win- of men’s volleyball in a sleek and ner’s cheque. contemporary way. The logo heads an established brand with The new logo com- prises four sepa- a sense of weight that appeals to rate elements. The all, creating a loyal fan base of all ball is made from age ranges. It embodies the World one front panel League with the strength, glory with a -40 degree angled gradient and drama that it truly deserves from white to blue. as a global sporting event. The remainder of the ball uses The brand will be used for all communica- 3D panels as we tions in both print and television, with all look inside it. The items stemming from the logo design and rays push the ball using the shapes, forms and energetic towards the viewer. movement crated by the logo shape. The They use a radial new brand guidelines, which were devel- gradient to give oped by the renowned London agency the impression the Liquid TV together with the logo and ball is glowing. The

new FIVB logo in white is issued, as it is placed on a colour. World League is writ- ten in a sleek, original typeface. The type also has a glow across it. In this Issue Volleyball • World League 2007 • World Grand Prix 2007 • NORCECA circuit National Federations • Kenya • U.S.A. • Britain Confederations • CEV meetings Development • Coaches course in Egypt against Serbia Calendars & Montenegro at the 2006 World League • 2007 Courses and seminars Final round in Moscow • 2007 Global Calendar www.fivb.org Volleyball

obituary the tournament but once she landed Bara- Kenyans mourn the death of Volleyball Star za would assure us that she has come and she was ready to face any opposition and Violet Baraza indeed she would deliver,” recalls Owiti who is the Secretary General of regional Tragedy hit the Volleyball The KVF President who was the brain Volleyball body ECAVCO. family in Kenya following child behind the dreaded Kenya Pipeline the death of Volleyball star Company women’s Volleyball club, which Former Telkom Kenya player and Bara- Violet Baraza who was a has ruled the continent for many years, za’s long time friend Dorcas Ndasaba who senior member of the national women said Baraza’s death had left a big gap in had a three months training stint with her volleyball team in the country. women’s volleyball in the country, which in Japan in the 90s said the national team will take a long time to fill. will never be the same again. Popularly known to her teammates and “On my own behalf, on behalf of KVF Na- “Baraza was an inspiration to all of us friends as ‘Vio’, the former Kenya Com- tional Executive and on behalf of the Vol- both on and off the court. Her death is a mercial Bank (KCB) player who was one leyball family in Kenya I wish to send our big blow not only to her family but to all of of the best players of her generation in Af- heartfelt condolence to the bereaved fam- us who had the chance to play along with rica passed on at Webuye Hospital in her ily, relatives and friends of Baraza. I call her at both club and national team level,” rural home in Western Kenya on 12th Feb- upon them to remain strong in grief and said Ndasaba. ruary while undergoing treatment. believe in God since we in KVF are with Kenya Commercial Bank women coach them at this trying moment,” said Kioni. Paul Bitok and Jack Omukami who han- While leading the Volleyball family in dles the bankís men’s team along with Kenya and the entire nation in mourning Former KVF Secretary General Jacob David ‘Demosh’ Lung’aho the former Baraza, who is one of the longest serving ­Owiti who is a Member of Sports Commis- national team coach described Baraza’s members of the national women volley- sion in continental Volleyball body CAVB death as an unbearable loss, while Sports ball team, Kenya Volleyball Federation said he was shocked to learn of Baraza’s Promoter Peter Kegode said volleyball (KVF) President Waithaka Kioni said her death at a time when Kenya was gearing fans will greatly miss her. death is a great loss to Volleyball not only up for the All Africa Games in Algeria and At the time of her death, the 32 year-old at- in Kenya but in Africa as a continent. eyeing a slot during qualifications for next tacker was the only Kenyan player to have “Baraza was a very rare breed in terms year’s Olympic Games in Beijing. excelled professionally, having played in of playing volleyball. Many are the oc- Owiti said he still remembers the many Egypt, and lately . She casions when she could win a match for occasions when he led KVF officials in represented her country at the Sydney her club and the national team when all meeting Baraza at the airport when she and Olympic Games in 2000 and seemed lost and the technical bench along was called for national duty. “The situa- 2004 respectively. She also played for the with fans had surrendered,” said Kioni. tion on the ground could be tense ahead of national team at All Africa Games level.

volleyball men & women Kenya Volleyball President “I would like to thank FIVB and CAVB for their support. I would also like to thank supports East African Volleyball my colleagues in the KVF national office, the government, our branches, players, As the new sporting season While congratulating Owiti, who is also a clubs and schools for their support and gets underway in East and member of the Sports Commission in the co-operation throughout last season. As Central Africa, focus will continental volleyball body CAVB, Otieno, we gear up for the new season I want to be on the regional Volley- who is a member of CAVB Technical Com- appeal to all stakeholders in volleyball to ball body. This is because Volleyball is mission, former KVF President Ibrahim continue with the same spirit,” Kioni said the only Olympic for which Efumbi, who is ECAVCO Vice President and commended the local media for their East and Central Africa has had a rep- and Tonui, who is also KVF Treasurer, for support in highlighting KVF activities. resentative at World Championships being elected to the regional volleyball Meanwhile, ECAVCO Secretary General and World Cup level, with Kenya be- body, Kioni challenged them to keep Ken- Jacob Owiti has stated that once they re- ing the region’s flag bearer in the two ya’s name flying high. Uganda’s Omongole ceive calendars of activities from the vari- world events. is also a Vice President of CAVB. ous member countries, they will be in a “The Kenyans who are in the regional vol- position to release this year’s calendar of The East and Central Africa Volleyball leyball body have the experience required events for the regional body. Confederation (ECAVCO) headed by Ugan- to market and develop the sport in this “ECAVCO is still waiting for member coun- da’s Tom Omongole as President, Kenya’s region with the support of their counter- tries to submit their calendars of events Jacob Owiti as Secretary General and parts from Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, which will in turn guide us in making the Kenneth Tonui as Treasurer, has received Zanzibar and Burundi amongst others. regional calendar,” Owiti said adding that a major boost following an announcement Hence I am appealing to them to hit the they will ensure that their activities are by Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) ground running so that East and Central evenly spread amongst member countries President Waithaka Kioni that they will Africa can match their North and West Af- while taking into consideration both FIVB support the regional body. rican opponents in volleyball for men and and CAVB Calendar of events. Tanzania’s Augustino Agapa is 2nd Vice women,” Kioni said. President of ECAVCO while Kenya’s Walter The KVF President called on local vol- He pointed out that at present they were Otieno is the Sports Organizing Secretary. leyball clubs to start early preparations busy making final touches to the ECAVCO “Kenya has been a shining example of for the new season, adding that KVF has secretariat which will be based in Nairobi, volleyball success not only in East and lined up a series of seminars and clinics adding that a meeting bringing together Central Africa but on the whole of Afri- for coaches, referees, teachers, team offi- the ECAVCO Executive Committee will be can continent. As such, we shall be at the cials and administrators with the aim of held soon during which vacant positions forefront of supporting the activities of improving standards of the game in the will be filled and various sub-committees ECAVCO,” said Kioni. country from school level upwards. formed.

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volleyball women “Looking ahead to 2008, I obviously hope Dominicans’ coach Cruz with an optimistic approach to qualify the team for the Olympic Games in Beijing,” said Cruz. “It would be the sec- for 2007 World Grand Prix ond time for the squad and the first for me, and that would be quite an honor.” Following a productive qualify for the 2008 World Grand Prix, 2006, Miguel Beato Cruz is and then to defend the gold medal at the To achieve all his goals, Cruz is counting entering with an optimistic Games in Rio,” added Cruz. heavily on some experienced and younger approach his second full players. season as head coach of the Domini- After the Pan Am Games, the Dominicans “Annerys Vargas was our best player at can Womenís National Team. After will fly to Japan for an adaptation to the the World Grand Prix last year and, in coaching in the menís ranks for about environment before the start of the World 2007 with one more year of experience, I 25 years in Dominican Republic and Grand Prix. predict she will be one of the top in the Honduras, Cruz took charge of the world,” continued Cruz. “Veterans Cosiris womenís side in September 2005. “The 2-1 result during the opening leg in Rodriguez and Milagros Cabral are solid Bydgoszcz last year was a good one and performers and I expect a lot from Cindy Since then, he has led the team to the gold we hope to have an even better start this Rondon and Bethania de la Cruz, two medal at the Central American and Carib- time,” said Cruz. “Above all things, we emerging young players.” bean Games in Colombia, and to a third need to accomplish that place finish at the Pan American Cup in goal if we are going to Puerto Rico. He also enjoyed his first taste advance to the Ningbo of the World Grand Prix. finals.”

It will be a very busy year for the squad The Dominican Republic both in terms of competition and prepara- will face the competition of tion and Cruz looks enthusiastic with the Cuba, Thailand and Japan challenge. during the first weekend of the preliminary round in “Starting in May, we are going to establish Tokyo on August 3-5. two training bases, first in Cuba and then in the high altitude of Costa Rica,” said The Dominican squad Cruz. “That will be followed by a pre-com- will compete in two more petitive period in Brazil or .” events in the latter part of the year: The NORCECA The first competition will be the Pan Continental Tournament American Cup in Mexico in June 14-25 in Canada from Septem- followed by the Pan American Games in ber 15-23 and the NORCE- Brazil in July 14-23. CA Olympic Qualification Tournament from Decem- Miguel Beato Cruz during the 2006 Grand Prix “Our goal at the Cup will be to finish among ber 14-22 at a site still to in Bydgoscz, the top three teams from NORCECA and be determined.

volleyball men & women USA Volleyball Board traditions in existence today. The concept porate substructures and other operat- adopted by the Board is a very good start ing procedures that will drive USAV as a votes to restructure that now has to be fleshed out over the Board-governed, staff-managed organi- next 18 months with great wisdom.” zation. The ‘Transition Committee’ has The USA Volleyball (USAV) also been charged with developing recom- Board of Directors unani- The new Board will be comprised of Ath- mendations that will ensure the continued mously approved a motion lete Directors (one from each gender of participation of a wide range of member to restructure itself at its each of the Olympic disciplines – Volley- organizations who conduct Volleyball pro- winter meeting held Jan. 12-14 in ball and Beach Volleyball); Independent gramming such that USAV remains an ‘or- Springs, Colo. The Board’s Directors; and Directors from the constit- ganization of member organizations’. size will be reduced from its current uencies of USAV Regional Volleyball Asso- “It was extremely gratifying to see the cur- number of 30 voting members to 15 ciations; Indoor High Performance; Junior rent Board members prioritize USA Vol- voting members and one non-voting, Elite Indoor; National Beach Tour; Beach leyball’s overall success and operating at-large member. The Executive Com- Elite Development; Coaching; Officiating efficiency and the interest of the sport in mittee structure will be eliminated. and one (1) At-Large Director. general ahead of what could have been The new Board will be seated at the The restructured Board more directly more narrow self interests,” said USA Vol- conclusion of the 2008 Summer Olym- reflects the current structure and char- leyball CEO . “In creating this pic Games. acter of the sport of Volleyball in the new vision-based Board structure, the United States and provides appropriate opportunity and road map for positive “After almost 30 years, it is time for gov- representation for both Olympic Volley- change has been realized.” ernance change in order to reflect the ball disciplines. sport today and as the near future of the This restructure culminates three prior in- sport is anticipated,” said current Board A ‘Transition Committee’ was also es- itiatives at re-organization taken by USAV President Al Monaco. “The critical con- tablished to develop the specific criteria, in 1991, 1995 and 1999 and brings USAV cern is that the change be significant with- processes and substructures related to into compliance with the Governance out USAV being unduly at risk of losing directors qualification, nomination and Guidelines recommended by the US Olym- all of the good governance methods and selection, committees of the Board, cor- pic Committee (USOC) in May 2005.

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volleyball & beach volleyball men & Women British Volleyball unveiled its new logo leading up to the London 2012

Wayne Coyle started as Programme as Programme Manager, Manager for British Volleyball on 1 will support all the indi- February 2007. On the same day, Brit- viduals in the programme ish Volleyball also unveiled its new – the players, coaches and logo, looking ahead to the opportuni- support staff and provide ties leading up to the London 2012 Ol- them an environment to ympic Games. operate at high level. We are putting structures Wayne, a keen volleyballer himself and into place that will link previously Head of Sport at Sheffield, be- with the Home Nations so lieves the new role is a once in a lifetime that the performance lev- opportunity and although the path ahead el of volleyball throughout Great Britain board, building on the work already done is a long and tricky one, the goals are is raised.” throughout the interim programme. achievable. The Indoor Volleyball programme contin- In Beach Volleyball, Jeff Alzina is set to “No-one should underestimate the chal- ues to hold training camps at which talent- perfect our top pairs in , in prep- lenges we will face to get GB representa- ed players are identified and developed. aration for FIVB World Tour qualifiers and tion in Beijing 2008 in the beach event other big matches ahead. Jörg Ahmann and in all volleyball disciplines in London Philippe Blain, French Men’s Coach and was due to take up the role of Head Beach 2012, but I consider it is achievable” he FIVB consultant to the GB programme, at- Coach, based at Bath University, but de- says. tended the camp at Sheffield EIS before cided to continue with his German Beach Christmas, speaking with players and programme. However, this has not pre- Richard Callicott, Chairman of British Vol- staff from both the men’s and women’s vented the players from training hard de- leyball, is confident of the development programmes, which was well received by spite the dearth of indoor beach facilities on the GB Programme. “Wayne’s post, all. 2007 will bring full time coaches on in the country.

volleyball & Beach VOLLEYBALL men & women British Volleyball and Land Securities join forces performance players and introducing to give a hand to help youngsters win their place them to a wider public.” at 2012 Olympics Toomas Ojasoo, Secretary of BV, Chief Ex- ecutive , added: British Volleyball and Land Securities links with schools to help give volleyball Group PLC are delighted to announce the attention and support it deserves. We “Volleyball is a team sport and for success their partnership as part of the FTSE- will also be encouraging our own employ- it requires partnerships to succeed both British Olympic Association Initia- ees and our suppliers to help us in this on and off court. We are confident that tive, which will partner 33 FTSE 100 venture. Our ambition is to encourage tal- we have found the right partner, who not companies in the UK with 33 National ented youngsters to develop their skills in only understands success in the business Governing Bodies of Olympic sports this sport, perhaps even to international world but has, like us, the community in- in order to transfer skills and knowl- competition standards.” terest at heart. Volleyball is a sport en- edge to accelerate each sport govern- “As a major operator of shopping centres, joyed by thousands and has the simplicity ing body’s organisational development developer of urban centres and provider to become as popular in this country as it and governance structures. of accommodation for schools, offices is in the rest of the world.” and other public buildings, we come into Land Securities will partner British Vol- contact with a broad spectrum of the lo- Land Securities is the UK’s leading real es- leyball to help identify the planning, re- cal community. This exciting partnership tate investment trust. Its national portfolio sources and structures necessary to en- with British Volleyball provides a great of commercial property, worth many bil- able Britain to compete with credibility opportunity for us to extend our rela- lions of pounds, includes some of Britainís by 2009, and to compete with success at tionships with these communities, while best-known shopping centres, such as the 2012 Olympics. The partnership is encouraging new participants in a sport the Birmingham Bullring and Gunwharf expected to continue beyond the London which is open to all. We want to help im- Quays in Portsmouth, as well as London Olympics in 2012. prove the prospects of British success in landmarks such as the Piccadilly Lights volleyball at the 2012 Olympics.” and Westminster City Hall. Commenting on the partnership, David Godden, Chair of Land Securities’ CR Richard Callicott, Chairman of British Vol- The company is leading urban renais- Committee said: leyball England, is as excited about the sance through its billion pound develop- partnership as David: ment programme, transforming Exeter, “The aim of this partnership is to drive Bristol and Cardiff city centres as well as a higher profile for volleyball, which we “Teaming up with a company as dynamic key sites in Central London. believe is a sport with an exciting future. as Land Securities will give the added im- While many of us play occasionally, or did petus to British Volleyball to make an im- It is also one of the leading names in so during our schooldays, it is difficult to pact in 2012, if not before. We are looking property outsourcing and, through urban access the clubs or facilities to take the at ways of raising the profile of Volleyball, community development, the company is sport any further. We will be using our Beach Volleyball and Sitting Volleyball in involved in long-term, large-scale regen- Shopping Centres and our established the community as well as preparing high eration projects in the south-east.

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volleyball Women Dominican Republic setter Juana Dominican Women’s Team awarded Gonzalez receiving the award from Mario de Jesus in “Premios Deportivos Latinos” q

The Dominican Republic Women’s Volleyball Natio­ nal Team was honoured during the recent award ceremony of the “Premios Deportivos Latinos” held at Jaragua Renassaince Hotel in Santo Domingo. Setter Juana Gonzalez along with Coach Miguel Beato Cruz and Mr. Cristobal Marte, President of the Dominican Republic National Women’s Program, received a plaque from Mr. Mario de Jesus, founder of the Premios Deportivos Latinos Organization.

The honour for the Dominican Republic Women’s Team was a tribute for the gold medal obtained during the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Cartagena, Colombia last summer. The Dominican Team successfully defended the crown won four years earlier during the CAC Games in El Salvador. The squad also won the gold medal during the Wom- en Stars Volleyball Cup by TV Azteca in Mexico. in recent years by the Dominican Team, Other Dominican and international sports including the gold medal in the 2003 Pan personalities who were honoured during In presenting the plaque, Mr. De Jesus American Games and the qualification to the ceremony included former Mexican remarked all the achievements reached the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. boxer Jose “Pipino” Cuevas and former major league players Tito Fuentes Beach VOLLEYBALL men & women of Cuba, Omar Moreno of Panama, Carlos NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Baerga of Puerto Rico, Vic Davalillo and Robert Perez of Venezuela and Luis Polo- to qualify for Pan Am Games in Brazil nia of Dominican Republic.

The 2007 NORCECA Beach The tour will have six stops with events Luis Castillo, the first Dominican native to Volleyball Circuit, where also scheduled in Guatemala (April 20-22), participate in the NFL, and boxing junior four countries will qualify Jamaica (April 27-29), Mexico (May 4-6), lightweight champion Joan Guzman, also for the Pan American Games Puerto Rico (May 18-20) and Trinidad & received plaques of recognition. in both genders, is slated to start in Tobago (May 25-27). Santo Domingo on April 6-8. The “Premios Deportivos Latinos” first Eight countries, in men and women divi- started in Miami, in 1996. sions, are already seeded according to the FIVB World Rankings for the Games at The South Florida city hosted the award Rio de Janeiro next July. ceremony since its inception, but the last two editions have been held in Santo Sixteen pairs of each gender will partici- ­Domingo sponsored by the Dominican pate in the Pan Am Games with the re- ­Republic Sports Ministry. maining vacancies to be covered by teams from the South American and the Norceca MAIN NORCECA EVENTS Confederations. Men’s Panamerican Cup Uruguay, Ecuador, Colombia and Chile Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic already qualified for the men’s event in 1-10 June 2007 Brazil through the South American Beach Volleyball Tour. The countries seeded for Women’s Panamerican Cup the Pan Am Games are the following: Colima, Mexico - 19-30 June 2007

Men: Brazil, Argentina, United States, NORCECA Men’s Championships Cuba, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela and California, USA - 1-16 September 2007 Puerto Rico. NORCECA Women’s Championships Women: Brazil, United Status, Cuba, Can- Winnipeg, Canada ada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela and 15-23 September 2007 Trinidad & Tobago.

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volleyball & beach volleyball men & women An elimination round will decide on which CEV Executive Committee and Board of Administration teams will pass on to the prequalification phase which will start in November 2007 meetings in Poland (same time as the FIVB World Cup).

From Thursday, 25 January Volleyball Association (BVA) were accept- The following qualification phase in Janu- to Sunday, 28 January 2007 ed, including the integration of the two na- ary 2008 will decide which teams will the CEV Executive Commit- tional federations of the Former Yugosla- claim the two berths for Europe (one tee and Board of Adminis- vian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and men’s team and one women’s team). tration were welcomed in by Montenegro (MNE). the Polish Volleyball Federation. The teams wanting to qualify for the Jun- European Cups 2006/07 ior World Championship will be registered On the first day of arrival, CEV President The organisation of the Final Four of the in the qualification round via the CEV. Mr. André Meyer was invited to the cham- men’s Top Teams Cup, which will be held bers of Poland’s Prime Minister Mr. Jaro- from 10-11 March 2007 was awarded to Selected teams will be seeded, whilst oth- slaw Kaczynski, where the contract for the Cimone Modena (ITA). ers will compete in qualification tourna- Women’s European Championship 2009 ments. The final allocation of teams will be was signed by Mr. Meyer and the Presi- The candidature for the women’s CEV Cup issued on Thursday, 15 February 2007. dent of the Polish Volleyball Federation Mr. of Sirio Perugia (ITA) is awaiting approval Miroslaw Przedpelski. under the conditions that the TV require- European Veteran Championships ments will be met on Monday, 5 February 2007 Also present was Polish Sports Minister 2007. The first edition of the Veteran European Mr. Tomasz Lipiec. Since 1992, the Polish Championships, which will take place Volleyball Federation have organised nine If there will be no organiser nominated for from 8-12 October 2007 in Loutraki (GRE), European Volleyball and Beach Volleyball the men’s CEV Cup Final Four and/or the has been confirmed in the following four competitions, namely two Men’s Junior women’s Top Teams Cup Final Four and age categories: men 40-50 years old (cat- European Championships, one Youth Eu- if the TV conditions for the women’s CEV egory A), men over 50 (category B), wom- ropean Championship, three of Sirio Perugia won’t be fulfilled, the en 35-45 (category C) and women over 45 Cup Final Fours, and three European respective semi-finals and finals will be (category D). Beach Volleyball Championships. played in a home & away format. The counting system has been altered age- In the two days of meeting, the Executive Olympic Games 2008 related. A victory has been achieved if one Committee and the Board of Administra- and Junior World Championship team wins two sets of 25 points. If a tie tion came together to lay down important 2009 qualification persists, a third set of 15 points will de- decisions with regard to the organisation 26 European men’s teams and 21 Europe- cide the winner. of forthcoming European competitions. an women’s teams will participate in the Above all, the new statutes of the Balkan qualification for the 2008 Olympic Games. Information concerning specific accom- modation conditions can be found on the competition website:

www.2007veteranseurovolley.com

Europe’s Best Player Awards 2006 The awarding ceremony for the Best Euro- pean Volleyball and Beach Volleyball Play- ers 2006 will take place during the event of the men’s Indesit European Champions’ League Final Four from 31 March to 1 April 2007.

The organiser of the Final Four will be announced on Thursday, 1 February at 14.30 hrs during the men’s IECL playoff drawing of lots in Luxembourg.

Beach Volleyball 2007 The new Beach Volleyball regulations have been accepted. Further, the dates and venues of the European Beach Volley- ball Championships in the Under 18, Un- der 20 and Under 23 category have been confirmed. Polish Volleyball Federation President Under 18: 19-22 July 2007 in Brno (CZE) Miroslaw Przedpelski (left) with CEV Under 20: 30 August - 2 September 2007 President André in Scheveningen (NED) Meyer at the CEV EC and Board Meeting Under 23: 16-19 August 2007 in Paral- in Poland imni (CYP)

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DEVELOPMENT oretical and practical exams. “I’m happy Successful Coaches course in Egypt to host this successful course for the sec- ond successive year with this big number with support of FIVB and Olympic Solidarity of Participants,” said the organizing com- mittee president Mr. Hassan Ahmed who The Egyptian Volleyball The course included theoretical and prac- is also the vice president of FEVB. “We Federation FEVB organized tical parts which were broadcasted by hope to see the coaches participating in one of the most successful four different TV channels in Egypt and this course helping the progress of volley- coaches courses in Africa the Middle East including the Egyptian ball in their countries after all the partici- in the last few years from 15-28 Janu- Channel 2 and the Nile Sports channel pants passed the course successfully. We ary 2007 with the support of the World NSC. Jivko Jetchev expressed his hap- want also to thank the FIVB for its sup- Volleyball governing body FIVB and piness and said that all the participants port in making this course a complete suc- Olympic solidarity. were very cooperative and passed the the- cess as usual in Africa,” he added.

The participants in the Level I course The participants in the Level II course

The course saw the participation of 59 Courses and Seminars Calendar - March-April 2007 coaches – 36 of them at coaches’ level I and 23 at level II – representing four coun- DATES COURSE PLACE SPONSOR tries (Egypt, Croatia, Saudi Arabia and Palestine). March 10-23 Coaches Level II Mauritius FIVB April 3-12 Refereeing Beach Volleyball IRCC Libyan Arab Jamahiriya FIVB Many of the Egyptian board members and the Egyptian Olympic Committee mem- Volleyball Cooperation Programme Calendar - March-April 2007 bers attended the opening ceremony led by CAVB and FEVB President Dr. Amr DATES COURSE PLACE Elwani. March 5-10 Beach Volleyball Haiti The course was conducted by the FIVB March 5-10 Teachers Ecuador instructor Mr. Jivko Jetchev (), March 27-April 1 Teachers Qatar who is also an FIVB Technical Commis- March 29-April 3 Teachers Madagascar sion member, for level II and Sherif El- April 2-7 Beach Volleyball Malawi Shemerly (Egypt) for level I. the Polish April 5-10 Refereeing Nepal head coach of the Egyptian national team April 10-15 Teachers Syria Grzegorez Rys and his assistant Ahmed April 10-15 Refereeing Dominica Zakaria shared in the course with some April 23-28 Teachers Djibouti lectures. 2007 Global Calendar - Competitions and Events - Volleyball and Beach Volleyball All Contributions DATES EVENT n = Beach Volleyball COUNTRY CONF. M/W

Welcome! Feb. 13-Mar. 15 INDESIT European Champions League Men Playoffs Various venues CEV W Please send your comments March 10-11 Top Teams Cup Women Final Four Various venues CEV W and articles by e-mail to: March 10-11 Top Teams Cup Men Final Four Various venues CEV M March 14-18 Leeward Island Tournament US Virgin Islands NORCECA W [email protected] March 17-18 CEV Cup Men Final Four Various venues CEV M March 17-18 CEV Cup Women Final Four Various venues CEV W or by mail / fax to: March 21-25 Leeward Island Tournament S. Maarten, Neth. Antilles NORCECA M Fédération Internationale March 23-25 Beach Volleyball Continental Championship Boca Chica, Dom. Rep. NORCECA M/W de Volleyball March 24-25 INDESIT European Champions League Women, Final Various venues CEV W Avenue de la Gare 12 March 31-Apr. 1 INDESIT European Champions League Men, Final Various venues CEV M CH-1001 Lausanne - Switzerland April 1-15 22nd African Cup of Clubs Champions Egypt CAVB W April 10-15 U-18 European Championships Final round Brno, CEV W Tel : +41 (21) 345 35 35 April 11-16 U-19 European Championships Final round Vienna & Krems, Austria CEV M Fax: +41 (21) 345 35 45 April 19-28 26th African Cup of Clubs Champions Niger CAVB M

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