World Volley Edition in English F É D É R at I O N I N T E R N at I O N a L E DE VOLLEYBALL News World Champs Highlight Beach Volleyball Season
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Official Bulletin no. 47 January 2010 World Volley Edition in English F É D É R AT I O N I N T E R N AT I O N A L E DE VOLLEYBALL News World champs highlight Beach Volleyball season ■ the SWATCH fiVB World champion- team as they won eight, seven and seven fiVB President’s ships in norway followed by SWATCH matches en route to gold medals in Sta- Seasons Greetings fiVB World tour Grand Slam events in vanger, Gstaad and Moscow. The streak Switzerland, Russia, france and austria ended after three matches at the French highlighted the 2009 international Grand Slam in Marseille, where Ameri- Beach Volleyball campaign as uS$7.2- can Olympic champions Phil Dalhausser million in prize money was distributed and Todd Rogers defeated the pair in the at 18 events in 15 countries. semi-finals. Continued page 4 Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President s we enter another very busy and truly monumental year for Vol- Aleyball, I would like to take this opportunity to extend my warmest wishes and Season’s Greetings to the Volleyball family. The past 12 months have been extraor- dinary for Volleyball with a total of 967 matches (449 women, 518 men) throughout the year, highlighted by the 2010 World Championships quali- fication matches and the return of the Men’s Club World Championships. Hosts Serbia finished second in the 2009 FIVB World League, runners up to champions Brazil. However, the increase in Volleyball and To read the Volleyball review of the year turn to page two Beach Volleyball development through- out the year has also been equally im- The SWATCH FIVB World Tour events in this issue portant. The FIVB has invested more in attracted competitors from 46 coun- development during 2009 than any oth- tries and all five FIVB Confederations as fiVB the total participation number featured er year in its history by allocating more • Editorial financial resources to the FIVB Confed- 748 players, including 401 men and 307 erations to help national federations. women. A total of 444 teams were formed Volleyball as the pairs of Julius Brink/Jonas Reck- In 2010 the FIVB will invest more in de- • Strong interest to host FIVB age velopment both financially and in terms ermann of Germany and Brazil’s Juliana group tournaments of resources. A new development fund, Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca finished controlled by the FIVB, will work in line the season as the number one teams on • Volleyball review - Curtain closes on with the IOC’s Olympic Solidarity pro- the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. extraordinary year gram where all FIVB national federa- Prior to becoming only the fourth non- • World Grand Prix pools confirmed tions will have the opportunity to pro- Brazilian men’s team to win the “tour” Beach Volleyball pose projects for funding through their championship, Brink and Reckermann continental confederations. captured the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World • World Champs highlight Beach The FIVB will also ensure that the high Championships in Stavanger where Volleyball season quality of FIVB competition is main- the Germans defeated Alison Cerutti • Juliana, Harley and Schuil top 2009 tained whilst investing more in grass and Harley Marques of Brazil 21-16 and SWATCH FIVB World Tour Award roots development, which will benefit 21-19 in the 50-minute finale to capture Winners all of the FIVB in the long term, and will • be shared with national federations the $60,000 first-place prize. New Beach Volleyball Bonus Pool Brink and Reckermann capitalized on Calculation further rewards player step by step. participation The FIVB has already started this sharing their Stavanger success to win the first process by declaring that certain 2010 two SWATCH FIVB Grand Slam events technical & Development in Switzerland and Russia by defeating World Congress delegates’ travel and ac- • FIVB International Beach Volleyball commodation expenses will be covered. 2003 world champions and 2004 Olym- clinic held in Dominican Republic I look forward to another memorable pic gold medal winners Emanuel Rego • Olympic Volleyball Beijing 2008 year for the sport of Volleyball and en- and Ricardo Santos in a thrilling three- Technical Evaluation latest joying it with you. set finale in both Gstaad and Moscow. educational tool Keep the ball flying! The German champions also set a new • Coaches participate in a level II Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President SWATCH FIVB World Tour record for most course in Chennai consecutive match wins (25) by a men’s www.fivb.org Volleyball World Volley News MEN & WOMEN Strong interest to host fiVB age group tournaments With the deadline for applications hav- ing closed on November 30, the FIVB announced that eight countries ap- plied to host the 2011 editions of the FIVB Junior and Youth World Champi- onships. Applications from the national federa- tions of Iran and Brazil have been re- ceived at the FIVB head office in Switzer- land to host the FIVB Men’s Junior World Championship in Tehran and Niteroi and Rio de Janeiro respectively, while Lima, Peru is in contention to host the FIVB Women’s Junior World Championships. The FIVB Boy’s Youth World Champion- ship has one hosting candidate in Cairo, Egypt while Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Mexicali or Tijuana, Mexico and Ankara, Turkey Volleyball Federations are candi- dates to host the FIVB Girl’s Youth World Championship. Last year’s FIVB Men’s Junior Volleyball World Championship was held in Pune, India A decision on the host countries of each The biannual FIVB age group events were Jesolo - Bassano del Grappa, Italy (Boys’ of the events will be announced by the held in 2009 in Pune, India (Men’s Junior), Youth) and Nakhonratchasima, Thailand end of February. Baja California, Mexico (Women’s Junior), (Girls’ Youth). Volleyball review - curtain closes on extraordinary year In one of the busiest FIVB calendars on tories over Iran, Egypt and Poland secur- record, an historic number of nations ing a third place finish. (95 for women and 105 for men) partici- pated in the year-long FIVB World Cham- In the women’s edition, 2007 World Cup pionships 2010 qualifying process, with champions Italy were victorious on their 44 teams joining hosts Japan and Italy debut in the competition beating Japan plus Russia and Brazil in the final round in their final match 3-1 (32-30, 25-22, of the FIVB World Championships. 24-26, 25-18). Other key highlights included the Brazil- The Dominican Republic recorded their ian men’s team claiming a record equal- best ever ranking in an FIVB tournament ing (with Italy) eighth FIVB World League finishing third. title in July after beating hosts Serbia in the final. Brazil won the incredible match In another key development, Volleyball 3-2 (22-25, 25-23, 25-22, 23-25, 15-12), fans welcomed back after 17 years the re- with Sergio claiming the Most Valuable turn of the FIVB Men’s Club World Volley- Player award in the process. ball Championship in Doha, Qatar in No- vember, and for the fifth time in a row, the August saw the FIVB World Grand Prix title returned back to Italy, with Trentino take place with the Brazilian women’s BetClic reigning supreme. The north Italian team remaining unbeaten in the com- outfit defeated Polish side Skra Belchatow petitive round-robin final round in Japan 3-0 (26-24, 25-18, 25-19) in the final. to secure their eighth title and second in-a-row, beating Japan 3-1 in the final Serbia, Germany and Brazil shared the match in Tokyo. Russia secured the silver four Junior and Youth Volleyball World medal, sweeping aside the Netherlands Trentino kept the FIVB World Club Championships. Brazil was victorious in easily in their final match. The surprise Championship title in Italy, winning the the 2009 FIVB Men’s Junior World Volley- package of the tournament was Ger- competition in Doha, Qatar in December ball Championship in Pune, India, whilst many who, ranked 12th in the world, the Brazilian girls took home the 2009 clinched third place after beating an off- nament to successfully defend their title FIVB Girl’s Youth World Volleyball Cham- form China in their final match. the first time in the tournament’s histo- pionship in Nakhonratchasima, Thailand. ry. It is the third time the Brazilians have Serbia meanwhile claimed their first November’s FIVB Grand Champions Cup walked away with the Grand Champions 2009 FIVB Boy’s Youth World Volleyball was also deemed a great success again, Cup gold medal (2005 and 1997.) Championship in Jesolo, Italy, whilst Ger- having taken place in Japan. In the men’s many won the 2009 FIVB Women’s Junior edition, Brazil swept all comers aside re- Elsewhere Japan recorded its best result World Volleyball Championship in Baja maining unbeaten throughout the tour- in the competition since 1977 with vic- California, Mexico. 2 fiVB World Volley news no. 47 January 2010 Volleyball WOMEN 2010 fiVB World Grand Prix Pool composition confirmed FIVB World Grand Prix champions Brazil and FIVB Women’s World Grand Cham- the teams following the 2009 edition. pions Italy have been pooled together The 18th edition of the FIVB World in Rio de Janeiro for the first week of Grand Prix will be the last FIVB event the 2010 edition of the WGP as the for women ahead of the 2010 Wom- official pool composition for the 2010 en’s World Championship in Japan, edition of the women’s premier annual where all World Grand Prix teams fea- Volleyball event was confirmed by the ture. FIVB World Grand Prix Council on No- The 12 teams to compete in the 2010 vember 20.