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OFFICIAL BULLETIN No. 22 December 2007 Edition in English FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE VOLLEYBALL 2007 FIVB World Cup, a formula for success Italy and Brazil are on the top of the tion is. For example, world after the long 2007 World thirteen different cit- Cup challenge. Italy, Brazil and ies to be involved and the travel schedule of the U.S.A. are now qualified for 24 teams and all the the Women’s tournament of the officials... FIVB, JVA Olympic Games in Beijing, while and Fuji Television Brazil, Russia and Bulgaria won had to give their best the tickets for the Men’s event. to set in place this magnificent tourna- The long journey started on 2nd Novem- ment. It was a success. ber in Tokyo and finished in the same city 510,000 spectators on 2nd December. Undoubtedly, the 2007 watched the matches FIVB World Cup has set a new standard sitting in the venues of quality for sports events, granting in Japan, amazing everywhere full house audiences, great figures which stress matches and outstanding television cov- the promotion made erage. by the joint effort of the FIVB, Japan Vol- The double triumphs for Italy and Brazil leyball Association are the final pictures of a great adventure, and Fuji Television. It the first step on the path to the Olympic is a big goal, because Games. in the meantime in Japan we were reg- The FIVB President Dr. Rubén Acosta H. The FIVB President, Dr. Rubén Acosta H, istering fantastic awards MVP “Giba” of Brazil cannot hide his personal satisfaction: “It market share per- is really difficult to explain how delicate centages, exceeding and complicated a World Cup organisa- 20 % for many matches. Moreover, the dent Acosta showed for the very first time international televi- the new Mikasa ball, which could be used sion coverage was a in Beijing. Its use has to be approved by huge success. Fuji Tel- the Board of Administration, but it could evision has done an be a real revolution for the next Olympic outstanding job, offer- Games. ing the first ever high definition production for a World Cup. The In this Issue footage has been dis- Volleyball tributed to 205 coun- tries and territories • 2007 FIVB World Cup, in 5 continents. We a formula for success managed to cover more than 433 million • 2007 FIVB Men’s World Cup television households. The Brazilian ride That means 1 out of • 2007 FIVB Women’s World Cup 15 of the world’s pop- The Italian dream ulation.” Beach Volleyball A new ball The World Cup, as • SWATCH FIVB World Tour first Olympic step, The best of the 2007 season was the perfect occa- Women’s awards sion to introduce one Quick Sets of the probable pro- tagonists of the next • Voices and faces from Olympic Games. Dur- Volleyball ing a lunch meeting President Acosta World Cup and archive videos with the International and the new Mikasa ball by Andrea Zorzi Media in Tokyo, Presi- www.fivb.org Volleyball VOLLEYBALL MEN 2007 FIVB Men’s World Cup The Brazilian ride With an amazing tournament after the also won the previous World Cup (2003) first loss against the U.S.A., Brazil has again in the Japanese metropolis, the conquered another FIVB top tourna- same city where they were crowned World ment and its Olympic berth for 2008. Champions in 2006 and where they won Thanks to the World Cup, Beijing has the Grand Champions Cup in 2005. The now also Russia and Bulgaria on its reigning Olympic and World Champions entry list. Except for the host country Brazil are the second team to win back- China, Brazil is the only nation before to-back World Cups after the former So- the Continental Olympic Qualifica- viet Union, which won the trophy in 1977 tion Tournaments to have both teams and 1981, along with 1965 and 1991. The already qualified for the competition eve of the World Cup was not easy for the next August. team, since the well-known World League MVP Ricardinho Garcia was not included The Brazilians, who have dominated the in the list of 12, with Marcelinho Elgarten sport since 2001, won their second straight and the Head Coach’s son, Bruno Rezende, World Cup thanks to 10 victories in a row. chosen as setters. The media pressure was They began the Japanese mission with a heavy, but the team was strong enough stumble on the first day, falling 3-0 against to overcome any problems and go for the the U.S.A. But then they focused on their gold. team, and one more year to go. This is a game and pulled out all the stops against “We have two World Championships, two great conclusion to the seventh year. We the other opponents. Only Japan, on the World Cups and our aim is to end this cy- have to party for one night and from to- last day of the tournament, managed to cle with two Olympic gold medals” said morrow think about Beijing and improve win one set before an enthusiastic crowd Head Coach Bernardinho Rezende after what we are lacking.” of 10,000. Tokyo apparently turned into the last match against Japan. “Now we are “Giba” tracked for the press his future steps a “home venue” for the Brazilians as they at the end of the seventh year with this after winning another FIVB MVP award, Match Results / 1st Round Match Results / 3rd Round Match Results / 4th Round Date Teams Result Date Teams Result Date Teams Result Site A - Saitama Site A - Fukuoka Site A - Tokyo (A) 18-Nov Australia - Korea 3-2 25-Nov Argentina - Puerto Rico 3-2 30-Nov Argentina - Brazil 0-3 18-Nov Argentina - Russia 0-3 25-Nov Spain - Russia 0-3 30-Nov Bulgaria - Russia 3-2 18-Nov Japan - Tunisia 2-3 25-Nov Japan - Egypt 3-2 30-Nov Japan - U.S.A. 0-3 19-Nov Australia - Russia 0-3 26-Nov Argentina - Spain 0-3 01-Dec Argentina - U.S.A. 0-3 19-Nov Argentina - Tunisia 3-1 26-Nov Egypt - Russia 0-3 01-Dec Brazil - Russia 3-0 19-Nov Japan - Korea 3-0 26-Nov Japan - Puerto Rico 0-3 01-Dec Japan - Bulgaria 1-3 20-Nov Russia - Tunisia 3-1 27-Nov Argentina - Egypt 3-1 02-Dec Argentina - Bulgaria 0-3 20-Nov Argentina - Korea 3-0 27-Nov Puerto Rico - Russia 0-3 02-Dec Russia - U.S.A. 3-2 20-Nov Japan - Australia 0-3 27-Nov Japan - Spain 1-3 02-Dec Japan - Brazil 1-3 Site B - Matsumoto Site B - Okayama Site B - Tokyo (B) 18-Nov Egypt - Puerto Rico 0-3 25-Nov Tunisia - U.S.A. 1-3 30-Nov Puerto Rico - Tunisia 3-0 18-Nov Bulgaria - Spain 3-1 25-Nov Bulgaria - Korea 3-0 30-Nov Egypt - Korea 3-1 18-Nov Brazil - U.S.A. 0-3 25-Nov Brazil - Australia 3-0 30-Nov Australia - Spain 0-3 19-Nov Bulgaria - Egypt 3-1 26-Nov Korea - U.S.A. 0-3 01-Dec Egypt - Tunisia 3-1 19-Nov Puerto Rico - U.S.A. 3-1 26-Nov Australia - Bulgaria 0-3 01-Dec Spain - Korea 3-0 19-Nov Brazil - Spain 3-0 26-Nov Brazil - Tunisia 3-0 01-Dec Australia - Puerto Rico 3-1 20-Nov Bulgaria - Puerto Rico 3-1 27-Nov Australia - U.S.A. 0-3 02-Dec Spain - Tunisia 3-1 20-Nov Spain - U.S.A. 3-1 27-Nov Bulgaria - Tunisia 3-1 02-Dec Korea - Puerto Rico 3-2 20-Nov Brazil - Egypt 3-0 27-Nov Brazil - Korea 3-0 02-Dec Australia - Egypt 1-3 Match Results / 2nd Round Date Teams Result Site A - Hiroshima 22-Nov Korea - Russia 0-3 22-Nov Australia - Tunisia 3-1 22-Nov Japan - Argentina 3-0 23-Nov Korea - Tunisia 3-2 23-Nov Argentina - Australia 3-1 23-Nov Japan - Russia 0-3 Site B - Toyama 22-Nov Egypt - Spain 0-3 22-Nov Brazil - Puerto Rico 3-0 (left to right) Dante Guimaraes Amaral (BRA) Best Spiker, Jose Luis Molto (ESP) Best 22-Nov Bulgaria - U.S.A. 2-3 Blocker, Semen Poltavskiy (RUS) Best Server, Matey Kaziyski (BUL) MVP nomination, 23-Nov Spain - Puerto Rico 0-3 Gilberto Godoy Filho (BRA) MVP, Sergio Dutra Santos (BRA) Best Libero and MVP 23-Nov Brazil - Bulgaria 3-0 nomination, Yusuke Ishijima (JAP) “Rising Star award”, Hector Soto (PUR) Best Scorer, 23-Nov Egypt - U.S.A. 0-3 Miguel Angel Falasca (SPA) Best Setter 2 FIVB World Volley News No.22 December 2007 2007 FIVB Men’s World Cup Games. Russia recovered from its previ- ous losses to Bulgaria and Brazil by beat- ing the USA team 3-2 in the top match of the 11th day. They managed to finish just behind Brazil, the same result earned dur- ing the 2007 World League Final Round in Men’s World Cup Honours - Medals Katowice. A nice goal for Alekno’s team, Year Location 1st 2nd 3rd since the Continental Olympic Qualifica- 2007 Tokyo (JPN) Brazil Russia Bulgaria 2003 Tokyo (JPN) Brazil Italy Serbia & Mont. tions for Europe are surely the toughest. 1999 Tokyo (JPN) Russia Cuba Italy The wild card entry Bulgaria easily defeat- 1995 Tokyo (JPN) Italy Netherlands Brazil ed South American runner up Argentina 1991 Tokyo (JPN) U.S.S.R. Cuba U.S.A. 3-0 on the same day, but eventually lost 1989 Tokyo (JPN) Cuba Italy U.S.S.R.