Final Countdown for World League, World Grand Prix and SWATCH FIVB World Championships
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN No. 17 July 2007 Edition in English FÉDÉRATIONFÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE VOLLEYBALL Final countdown for World League, World Grand Prix and SWATCH FIVB World Championships July and August are key months for the 2005 edition in some of the FIVB 2007 top events. Berlin won by May Fans all over the world, sitting in Treanor - Walsh and Marcio Araujo the sports halls or in front of the - Fabio. television, thanks to the worldwide broadcasting contracts signed by the 2007 FIVB FIVB, will see the best show on the World Grand sand and on the Volleyball courts. Prix Last but non least, FIVB World League 2007 the 2007 World The 2007 World League is on the run, and Grand Prix will fill while this July issue is being printed, Kato- the August agenda wice will open the door of its «Spodek» with 4 weeks full of Fabio Magalhaes against Sascha Heyer in Berlin, in 2005. SWATCH FIVB World Championships hall with its 10,120 seats to the six teams spikes and passion, is now staged in Gstaad qualified. Of course, Poland has a big with a total of 65 dream: they’ve never been on a World matches played by League podium and, aside from having lot some of the best women’s national teams player on the sand, too. The 2007 Youth of fans on the stands as host country, Raul on planet Earth. The very first referee’s SWATCH FIVB World Championships in Lozano’s team is one of the more powerful whistle is expected on the 3rd of August: Myslowice will be held in July (11th-15th), squads seen in the Pools. The competitors during the first, second and third week while the Junior SWATCH FIVB World are not there to watch and this 18th edi- each team will play 9 matches. Prelimi- Championships will take place in Modena tion promises to be one of the best ever. nary rounds will be organized in Japan (3), in September. Italy, Poland, Macau, Hong Kong, Russia SWATCH FIVB World and Chinese Taipei. Quick Sets Championships The final fireworks are expected in Ningbo, World Volley News opens a new column The SWATCH FIVB World Championships where from 22nd to 26th of August the top with this July issue: «Quick sets», like the will live a superb edition, the first ever 5 ranked teams among Brazil, Chinese fastest Mikasa ball spiked by a middle- played in the Alps. Gstaad has shown in Taipei, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Italy, blocker, will tell short Volleyball tales from the past how great its organization can be, Japan, Kazakhstan, The Netherlands, around the world, reporting facts and having set up many SWATCH World Tour Poland, Russia, U.S.A. and the host coun- close-up faces. All the media around the events in the past. From 24th to 29th of try China will give their best to find an heir world are invited to contribute, otherwise July tons of sand will be poured beneath to Brazil, 2006 champion for the third they’re welcome to contact the FIVB Press the mountains to crown the best men and year in a row and six times gold medal in Department if they need to have more women Beach Volleyball players, after the World Grand Prix history. details of these stories for their publica- The Ningbo Beilun Gymnasium, tions. designed especially for Volley- ball events, is expected to fill its 8,000 places with enthusiastic In this Issue fans, like it has been for the last Volleyball 14 editions. • 2007 World League: Top Events for future top weekends 3, 4 and 5 players Beach Volleyball The FIVB calendar also features • SWATCH FIVB World Tour the 2007 Men’s Junior World Championship (Casablanca & Development Rabat, Morocco, 7th - 15th July • AVC steps up developing 2007), the 2007 Women’s Junior Volleyball World Championship (Nakhon- rachasima, Thailand, 20th - 27th National Federations July 2007), the 2007 Girls’ Youth • British National Team players FIVB World World Championship (Tijuana join the Dutch League Grand Prix. & Mexicali, Mexico, 31st July Sassa spiking for - 11th August 2007), followed on • CEV awards in Vienna Brazil against the same site by the 2007 Boys’ Quick Sets Russia in last Youth World Championship from year final • News from planet Earth 15th to 26th of August. Young www.fivb.org Volleyball VOLLEYBALL MEN Rodrigao (BRA) and 2007 FIVB World League Kyoung-Min (KOR). The long way to Katowice Brazil has won four World League in a row The FIVB World Even with its stars back in the 12’s, Egypt League gets closer in Pool C wasn’t able to stop the spiking to its Final Round. machines from Russia. In Cuba, Serbia All over the world, started with a tie-break loss. Too many sixteen teams are errors and an outstanding match played competing for the by Michael Sanchez, nicknamed ‘The Rus- six places in Kato- sian’ (28 points), had the standing ovation wice: Poland as of the 15,000 audience. The Serbian an- hosting country, the first teams in each swer wasn’t far away: 1-3. Pool, plus one wild card chosen by the Argentina’s home debut against Bulgar- FIVB. Brazil, Russia and Bulgaria are ia could even have been different, if the the first teams to get their tickets for young Argentinean team had not spoilt a the “Spodek” hall. Here is the story of 3-0 start in the fifth set (2-3). The Sunday three tough weekends. match wasn’t so similar: Bulgaria realized a perfect 0-3. Two wins for Poland closed WEEK 3 the week-end in China. 1-3 in the first match, then the Polish experience was disease, Paparoni was in. In Strasbourg, In Pool A, the first applause to Brazil came heavy enough to overthrow an 8-4 in the France gained 4 points, but Japan was from the Brazilian Sport Minister, Orlando tie-break (14-16) of the second match. 41 very close to getting another important Silva Jr., sat in the Ibirapuera Gymnasium points by Michal Winiarsky in two days. victory. French setter Pujol hurt his ankle, beside Ary Graça, President of the CBV. Loïc Le Marrec was setting for the second The time zone was an added player: the WEEK 4 game. Japan, driven especially by Nao- South Korean team was really tired and hiro, Koshikawa and Ishijima, had the closed the tour with no sets won at all. For Canada, the matches played in the tie-break chance but a 8-3 leading was Finland smiled after the 3-0 and 3-1 vic- Mineirinho gymnasium in Belo Horizonte unbeatable. tories with Canada that meant a second were ‘Mission Impossible 1 & 2’. In front Egypt managed to win its second set dur- place in the standings behind Brazil. Lahti of 13,120 fans, the opposite spiker Ander- ing the Sunday match against Russia, but was packed with a very young audience: son was particularly stirred to action with after the tour in Kazan still lacked victo- 10,300 in two days, most of all from a jun- 14 points, leading the action since Canada ries. Having to forget their start, includ- ior cup played beside the event. had only 4 team blocks. After this 3-0, the ing a set lost 25-8, Egypt played a good Pool B starts with two matches at the mir- Saturday match was a little bit better for second match: it ended on 3-1, showing ror. France - U.S.A. 3-1 on Friday, reverse Canada (3-1): but a terrific wave of 17.628 a nice battle between the two top scor- result on Saturday. Without captain An- excited spectators pushed Brazil to victory. ers, Semen Poltavsky (RUS, 19 points) tiga, recovering, France found a leader in With two 3-1 in a row, Finland beat Korea and Ahmed Abd Elnaeim (EGY, 18 points). Frantz Granvorka not just as a new cap- in Turku. The second match was tougher: Vadim Khamuttskikh, captain of the na- tain. But on Saturday the U.S.A. had a re- a strong Korea won the first set, and then tional team of Russia, stressed his worry- ally different attitude: Salmon (18 points) a quick Finnish team came back to close ing: “The Egyptian team has given a good and partners could be satisfied with the the game. lesson for us: never relax, always keep Lyon experience. The biggest surprise U.S.A. made a double strike against Italy. level, every match all the team, includ- came from Japan, where the eight-time In Chicago, Gardner and Priddy (18) were ing the ones expected to be sitting in the World League champion, Italy, fell in the nearly unstoppable for the ‘Azzurri’, who bench, should be ready to play and fight second Komaki match on the tie break. made 19 service errors and lost the first for every ball.” Two cities, Beograd and Memories come from last year when, dur- match 3-1. In the second match, Italy Novi Sad, and two completely different sto- ing the World League pools, Japan took an was forced to change the libero: having ries for Serbia - Cuba. Supported by more important scalp beating Serbia 3-0. Alessandro Farina out for a labyrinthitis than 8,000 people, mainly youngsters, Week 3 - Results Week 4 - Results Week 5 - Results Date Teams Result Date Teams Result Date Teams Result Pool A - Intercontinental Round Pool A - Intercontinental Round Pool A - Intercontinental Round 08-Jun Brazil - Korea 3-0 15-Jun Brazil - Canada 3-0 23-Jun Korea - Finland 1-3 08-Jun Finland - Canada 3-0 15-Jun Finland - Korea 3-1 22-Jun Canada - Brazil 0-3 09-Jun Brazil - Korea 3-0 16-Jun Brazil - Canada 3-1 24-Jun Korea - Finland 2-3 09-Jun Finland - Canada 3-1 16-Jun Finland - Korea 3-1 23-Jun Canada - Brazil 0-3 Pool B - Intercontinental Round Pool B - Intercontinental Round Pool B - Intercontinental Round 08-Jun France - U.S.A.