Russia and Brazil Crowned World Champions in Japan
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN No. 10 December 2006 Edition in English FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE VOLLEYBALL Russia and Brazil crowned World Champions in Japan The Russian girls outlasted Brazil to claim the women’s World Championship title and break the South American dominance at international level, but Poland were unable to pull off the same surprise in the men’s tournament. Despite an unbeaten record through the tournament, the Poles fell at the last hurdle as the irrepressible Brazilian men defended their crown. 2006 FIVB Women’s World Champions: Russia 2006 FIVB Men’s World Champions: Brazil FIVB President Dr Rubén Acosta hands In this Issue the trophy to Brazil’s captain Ricardo Volleyball As part of an all-round strong showing by The 2006 FIVB World Championships • 2006 World Championships European teams, Russia claimed the gold were a resounding success, thanks to the Full results and rankings medal at the 2006 FIVB Women’s World cooperation of the Japan Volleyball Asso- Beach Volleyball Championships, with Brazil taking the ciation and Tokyo Broadcasting System silver and Serbia and Montenegro taking (TBS) as Host TV Broadcaster. • 2006 season wrap-up the bronze after a 28-year absence in the competition. Part of this success included a new record National Federations for spectator attendance at a volleyball • British Volleyball Federation event in Japan when 19,836 passed In the men’s tournament, Poland stormed makes key appointment through the tournament unbeaten until through the turnstiles at the Saitama they faced Brazil in the final, when Ber- Super Arena. Technical & Development nardo Rezende’s men won through to defend their title, leaving Poland with A total of over 550,000 spectators attended • Course Calendars the silver medal – the team’s first World the World Championships, which sur- • 2006-2007 Championship medal in 32 years – and passed even the FIVB’s ambitious objec- FIVB Global Calendar Bulgaria with the bronze. tives. www.fivb.org Volleyball VOLLEYBALL WOMEN First round Pool A - Tokyo Russia take gold Date Teams Set Result per set (points) Total 1 2 3 4 5 Points 31-Oct KOR-CRC 3-0 25-16 25-15 25-17 75-48 Russia were the first team in over 18 “They fought hard until the very last mo- 31-Oct POL-KEN 3-1 25-15 25-17 20-25 25-20 95-77 31-Oct TPE-JPN 3-1 18-25 25-18 25-19 25-23 93-85 months to beat Brazil at international ment. They made a great effort, stuck to 01-Nov KEN-TPE 0-3 13-25 9-25 27-29 49-79 level when they outlasted the South the ball till the end. They worked hard in 01-Nov KOR-POL 2-3 21-25 25-23 24-26 25-23 12-15 107-112 Americans in the tie-break final at the the tie-break set and I think in that kind 01-Nov CRC-JPN 0-3 9-25 11-25 14-25 34-75 FIVB Women’s World Championship of situation it’s difficult to decide which 03-Nov TPE-KOR 3-2 26-24 16-25 29-27 24-26 15-10 110-112 03-Nov POL-CRC 3-1 25-17 20-25 25-11 25-14 95-67 in Osaka. Having lost only to Brazil team wins and which loses,” he said. The 03-Nov JPN-KEN 3-0 25-15 25-17 25-10 75-42 in the tournament, the Russian team silver medal was the team’s second after 04-Nov CRC-KEN 3-2 19-25 23-25 25-16 32-30 15-9 114-105 bounced back to claim the gold medal their 1994 home result in Sao Paolo. 04-Nov POL-TPE 1-3 19-25 18-25 25-23 23-25 85-98 for the first time since 1990. 04-Nov KOR-JPN 1-3 21-25 25-21 21-25 22-25 89-96 05-Nov TPE-CRC 3-0 25-10 25-18 25-12 75-40 Serbia and Montenegro completed their 05-Nov KEN-KOR 0-3 13-25 13-25 12-25 38-75 After seeing his team’s unbeaten record in fairytale tournament with the bronze 05-Nov JPN-POL 3-1 25-22 30-28 26-28 25-18 106-96 the tournament smashed in the last game, medal. Playing in their first World Cham- Brazil’s disappointed coach Jose Roberto pionship for 28 years, the team swept Standing Pool A Rk Country Points Matches Points Guimaraes could only congratulate his aside defending champions Italy for the Won Lost Won Lost Ratio players. second time in the competition to take the 1 Chinese Taipei 10 5 455 371 1.226 2 Japan 9 4 1 437 354 1.234 3 Poland 8 3 2 483 455 1.062 4 Korea 7 2 3 458 404 1.134 5 Costa Rica 6 1 4 303 425 0.713 6 Kenya 5 5 311 438 0.710 medal. This was a remarkable achieve- ment by a team that was ranked 30th in the world when they arrived in Japan. The 2002 winners Italy were left with a disappointing fourth place finish af- ter the straight-set defeat to Serbia and Montenegro. Italy’s coach Massimo Barbolini, who had almost predicted his team’s downfall after praising the Balkan team, returns to Italy to coach his club Perugia, after stepping in at the last minute to coach the national team at the World Championship. Brazil take the silver medal Second round Pool E - Nagoya Pool F - Osaka Date Teams Set Result per set (points) Total Date Teams Set Result per set (points) Total 1 2 3 4 5 Points 1 2 3 4 5 Points 08-Nov KOR-SCG 0-3 23-25 19-25 22-25 64-75 08-Nov RUS-PUR 3-0 25-16 25-10 25-20 75-46 08-Nov POL-ITA 0-3 19-25 22-25 13-25 54-75 08-Nov GER-NED 2-3 25-23 21-25 23-25 25-23 14-16 108-112 08-Nov JPN-CUB 1-3 25-22 23-25 22-25 22-25 92-97 08-Nov CHN-USA 3-1 20-25 25-23 25-22 25-17 95-87 08-Nov TPE-TUR 1-3 17-25 16-25 25-21 17-25 75-96 08-Nov AZE-BRA 0-3 19-25 21-25 23-25 63-75 09-Nov KOR-ITA 0-3 18-25 19-25 13-25 50-75 09-Nov RUS-NED 3-0 25-17 25-18 25-16 75-51 09-Nov POL-SCG 0-3 15-25 22-25 14-25 51-75 09-Nov GER-PUR 3-0 25-23 25-22 25-22 75-67 09-Nov JPN-TUR 3-1 30-28 22-25 25-21 25-17 102-91 09-Nov CHN-BRA 2-3 26-24 25-20 21-25 16-25 17-19 105-113 09-Nov TPE-CUB 0-3 21-25 20-25 14-25 55-75 09-Nov AZE-USA 3-2 25-19 16-25 25-22 25-27 15-13 106-106 11-Nov KOR-CUB 0-3 19-25 14-25 22-25 55-75 11-Nov RUS-USA 3-0 25-20 25-21 25-17 75-58 11-Nov POL-TUR 0-3 18-25 22-25 19-25 59-75 11-Nov GER-BRA 0-3 16-25 22-25 15-25 53-75 11-Nov JPN-SCG 3-2 18-25 22-25 25-18 25-21 15-11 105-100 11-Nov CHN-PUR 3-0 28-26 25-14 25-22 78-62 11-Nov TPE-ITA 0-3 15-25 13-25 14-25 42-75 11-Nov AZE-NED 0-3 24-26 22-25 24-26 70-77 12-Nov KOR-TUR 3-0 25-14 25-13 25-22 75-49 12-Nov RUS-BRA 1-3 29-27 14-25 25-27 22-25 90-104 12-Nov POL-CUB 0-3 18-25 26-28 23-25 67-78 12-Nov GER-USA 2-3 27-25 23-25 25-19 24-26 11-15 110-110 12-Nov JPN-ITA 0-3 17-25 26-28 23-25 66-78 12-Nov CHN-NED 2-3 25-21 25-17 23-25 22-25 12-15 107-103 12-Nov TPE-SCG 2-3 22-25 26-24 25-19 15-25 13-15 101-108 12-Nov AZE-PUR 3-0 25-21 25-18 25-18 75-57 Standing Pool E Standing Pool F Rk Country Points Matches Points Rk Country Points Matches Points Won Lost Won Lost Ratio Won Lost Won Lost Ratio 1 Italy 13 6 1 568 448 1.268 1 Brazil 14 7 628 517 1.215 2 Serbia Montenegro 13 6 1 628 563 1.115 2 Russia 13 6 1 596 512 1.164 3 Cuba 12 5 2 578 532 1.086 3 Netherlands 11 4 3 620 646 0.960 4 Japan 11 4 3 652 644 1.012 4 China 10 3 4 648 642 1.009 5 Chinese Taipei 10 3 4 574 636 0.903 5 Germany 10 3 4 609 606 1.005 6 Turkey 9 2 5 493 540 0.913 6 U.S.A. 10 3 4 605 608 0.995 7 Korea 8 1 6 552 592 0.932 7 Azerbaijan 9 2 5 549 585 0.938 8 Poland 8 1 6 524 614 0.853 8 Puerto Rico 7 7 394 533 0.739 2 FIVB World Volley News No.10 December 2006 2006 Women’s World Championship First round Pool B - Sapporo Pool C - Kobe Pool D - Nagoya Date Teams Set Result per set (points) Total Date Teams Set Result per set (points) Total Date Teams Set Result per set (points) Total 1 2 3 4 5 Points 1 2 3 4 5 Points 1 2 3 4 5 Points 31-Oct DOM-GER 0-3 17-25 16-25 21-25 54-75 31-Oct BRA-PUR 3-0 25-21 25-15 25-18 75-54 31-Oct PER-EGY 3-0 25-19 25-6 25-13 75-38 31-Oct MEX-RUS 0-3 8-25 11-25 10-25 29-75 31-Oct NED-CMR 3-0 25-16 25-17 25-18 75-51 31-Oct TUR-CUB 0-3 20-25 25-27 21-25 66-77 31-Oct CHN-AZE 3-1 25-23 24-26 25-16 25-22 99-87 31-Oct USA-KAZ 3-2 19-25 25-19 25-19 26-28 16-14 111-105 31-Oct ITA-SCG 1-3 18-25 22-25 25-19 25-27 90-96 01-Nov AZE-RUS 1-3 19-25 21-25 25-19 20-25 85-94 01-Nov KAZ-BRA 0-3 17-25 13-25 16-25 46-75 01-Nov EGY-TUR 0-3 11-25 13-25 8-25 32-75 01-Nov GER-MEX 3-0 25-18 25-21 25-19 75-58 01-Nov CMR-PUR 0-3 17-25 23-25 20-25 60-75 01-Nov SCG-CUB 3-1 25-22 22-25 25-20 25-23 97-90 01-Nov CHN-DOM 3-0 25-19 25-17 25-23 75-59 01-Nov NED-USA 2-3 19-25 22-25 29-27 25-20 7-15 102-112 01-Nov ITA-PER 3-0 25-15 25-16 25-14 75-45 03-Nov DOM-AZE 1-3 25-21 21-25 21-25 14-25 81-96 03-Nov BRA-NED 3-2 25-18 23-25 23-25 25-18 15-9 111-95 03-Nov PER-SCG 2-3 25-23 25-21 20-25 16-25 23-25 109-119 03-Nov RUS-GER 3-1 25-22 25-21 17-25 25-23 92-91 03-Nov PUR-KAZ 3-1 25-23 22-25 25-20 25-23 97-91 03-Nov CUB-EGY 3-0 25-9 25-9 25-15 75-33 03-Nov MEX-CHN 0-3 20-25 10-25 12-25 42-75 03-Nov USA-CMR 3-0 25-17 25-18 25-11 75-46 03-Nov TUR-ITA 0-3 23-25 17-25 14-25 54-75 04-Nov CHN-RUS 1-3 25-20 23-25 17-25 12-25 77-95 04-Nov USA-BRA 0-3 23-25 21-25 13-25 57-75 04-Nov SCG-EGY 3-0 25-9 25-13 25-15 75-37 04-Nov AZE-GER 0-3 25-27 18-25 20-25 63-77 04-Nov CMR-KAZ 0-3 20-25 13-25 12-25 45-75 04-Nov PER-TUR 2-3 27-25 18-25 25-21 19-25 9-15 98-111 04-Nov DOM-MEX 3-0 25-20 25-19 25-12 75-51 04-Nov NED-PUR 3-0 30-28 25-17 25-18 80-63 04-Nov ITA-CUB 3-1 25-27 25-19 25-21 25-19 100-86 05-Nov GER-CHN 3-1 20-25 25-18 25-21 25-23 95-87 05-Nov BRA-CMR 3-0 25-13 25-14 25-8 75-35 05-Nov TUR-SCG 0-3 25-27 22-25 15-25 62-77 05-Nov MEX-AZE 0-3 14-25 10-25 16-25 40-75 05-Nov PUR-USA 0-3 14-25 16-25 15-25 45-75 05-Nov CUB-PER 3-2 22-25 25-16 17-25 25-16 15-10 104-92 05-Nov RUS-DOM 3-1 25-17 20-25 25-18 25-19 95-79 05-Nov KAZ-NED 2-3 18-25 29-27 18-25 25-22 13-15 103-114 05-Nov EGY-ITA 0-3 17-25 7-25 10-25 34-75 Standing Pool B Standing Pool C Standing Pool D Rk Country Points Matches Points Rk Country Points Matches Points Rk Country Points Matches Points Won Lost Won Lost Ratio Won Lost Won Lost Ratio Won Lost Won Lost Ratio 1 Russia 10 5 451 361 1.249 1 Brazil 10 5 411 287 1.432 1 Serbia Montenegro 10 5 464 388 1.196 2 Germany 9 4 1 413 354 1.167 2 U.S.A.