World Volley
Official Bulletin no. 58 December 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 Russia regain Women’s World championship crown ■ led by 35 points from the tournament’s throughout the match. We had three Women shine in Japan Most Valuable Player, ekaterina Gamova, or four young players who didn’t have a Russia won their second straight fiVB lot of experience, more than just being Women’s World championship title, de- about sport, today it was about our will feating Olympic champions Brazil 3-2 to win.” (21-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-14, 15-11) in a five-set marathon to claim the gold med- Earlier, Japan upset second-ranked USA al in front of a full house of 12,000 fans in a thrilling five-set match 3-2 (18-25, at the Yoyogi national Stadium in tokyo, 25-23, 21-25, 25-19, 15-8) to win bronze. Japan on november 14. Continued on page 2 Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President he FIVB Women’s World Champi- onship Japan 2010, which finished Tlast month, brought to an end two years of exhilarating World Champion- ship action. I will look back fondly on both the men’s and women’s tourna- ments, including the opening qualify- ing events in January of 2009 where the likes of Pakistan, Great Britain and Azerbaijan held centre stage as host countries. While our congratulations go to the three women’s medallists Russia, Brazil and Japan, it was obvious that it was not only the top three teams who were successful.
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