Russia and Brazil Crowned World Champions in Japan

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 after 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

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. 9 4 1 430 373 1.153 2 Italy 9 4 1 415 315 1.317 3 China 8 3 2 413 378 1.093 3 Netherlands 8 3 2 466 440 1.059 3 Cuba 8 3 2 432 388 1.113 4 Azerbaijan 7 2 3 406 391 1.038 4 Puerto Rico 7 2 3 334 381 0.877 4 Turkey 7 2 3 368 359 1.025 5 Dominican Rep. 6 1 4 348 392 0.888 5 Kazakhstan 6 1 4 420 442 0.950 5 Peru 6 1 4 419 447 0.937 6 Mexico 5 5 220 375 0.587 6 Cameroon 5 5 237 375 0.632 6 Egypt 5 5 174 375 0.464

FIVB President Women’s World Championship Rubén Acosta giving Individual Awards the MVP award to Most Valuable Player (MVP) Yoshie Takeshita USD 100,000 (Japan) Yoshie Takeshita (JPN) Best scorer USD 75,000 Neslihan Darnel (TUR) Best spiker USD 50,000 Rosir Calderon Diaz (CUB) Best blocker USD 50,000 Christiane Fürst (GER) Best server Serbia USD 50,000 & Montenegro Elena Godina (RUS) finish with the Best setter bronze medal USD 50,000 Yoshie Takeshita (JPN) Best libero USD 50,000 Suzana Cebic (SCG)

Final round - Osaka Women’s World Championship Ranking of the final round Semifinals / Place 1st-4th GOLD

Date Teams Set Result per set (points) RUSSIA 1 2 3 4 5 1 15-Nov ITA-RUS 0-3 19-25 16-25 20-25 SILVER 15-Nov BRA-SCG 3-1 25-17 25-14 21-25 25-20 BRAZIL 2 Semifinals / Place 5th-8th BRONZE 15-Nov CUB-CHN 1-3 24-26 21-25 28-26 20-25 3 SERBIA & MONTENEGRO 15-Nov NED-JPN 1-3 21-25 27-25 21-25 21-25 ITALY Semifinals / Place 9th-12th 4 15-Nov TPE-USA 0-3 15-25 20-25 21-25 CHINA 15-Nov GER-TUR 1-3 25-23 16-25 20-25 25-27 5

JAPAN Finals / Place 11th-12th 6 16-Nov TPE-GER 0-3 15-25 19-25 15-25 7 CUBA Finals / Place 9th-10th 16-Nov USA-TUR 3-1 25-22 23-25 25-17 25-16 8 NETHERLANDS Finals / Place 7th-8th 16-Nov CUB-NED 3-0 25-22 25-16 25-23 9 U.S.A.

Finals / Place 5th-6th 16-Nov CHN-JPN 3-0 25-19 25-22 25-22 10 TURKEY

Finals / Place 3rd-4th 16-Nov ITA-SCG 0-3 22-25 22-25 21-25 11 GERMANY

Finals / Place 1st-2nd 12 CHINESE TAIPEI 16-Nov RUS-BRA 3-2 15-25 25-23 25-18 20-25 15-13

FIVB World Volley News No.10 December 2006 Volleyball

VOLLEYBALL men First round

Pool A - Saitama Brazil retain their crown Date Teams Set Result per set (points) Total 1 2 3 4 5 Points 17-Nov POL-CHN 3-0 25-21 25-20 25-21 75-62 Brazil easily overcame Poland in the Serbia-Montenegro ended with an 8-3 17-Nov PUR-ARG 3-2 19-25 34-32 28-26 21-25 15-13 117-121 17-Nov EGY-JPN 2-3 13-25 21-25 26-24 26-24 12-15 98-113 final match of the 2006 FIVB Men’s record and their fourth-place finish is the 18-Nov ARG-POL 0-3 21-25 22-25 22-25 65-75 World Championship in Tokyo. The Po- same as four years ago. 18-Nov EGY-PUR 3-2 27-29 19-25 25-21 25-20 15-12 111-107 les finally met their match after stor- 18-Nov JPN-CHN 2-3 25-22 22-25 20-25 25-23 13-15 105-110 ming into the final unbeaten throug- Italy swept past France in straight sets to 19-Nov CHN-ARG 2-3 25-22 21-25 25-17 17-25 15-17 103-106 19-Nov POL-EGY 3-0 25-13 25-19 26-24 76-56 hout the first two rounds, but were clinch fifth place. The European champio- 19-Nov PUR-JPN 1-3 23-25 20-25 25-21 34-36 102-107 consoled with the team’s first World ns won a fast-paced match to seal victory 21-Nov EGY-CHN 2-3 25-22 25-22 30-32 20-25 16-18 116-119 Championship medal in 32 years. on their fourth match point with a classic 21-Nov PUR-POL 0-3 22-25 22-25 23-25 67-75 spike from Alessandro Fei. 21-Nov JPN-ARG 3-1 25-16 22-25 27-25 27-25 101-91 22-Nov CHN-PUR 1-3 17-25 13-25 25-21 24-26 79-97 Bulgaria fought back from one-set down 22-Nov ARG-EGY 3-1 25-18 29-31 25-20 25-20 104-89 to beat Serbia-Montenegro 3-1 to claim Germany beat USA 3-2 in a wonderful ma- 22-Nov POL-JPN 3-0 25-18 25-21 25-23 75-62 the bronze medal. Bulgaria finished with tch to take ninth place. Germany won the a 9-2 record and improved on their 13th- first two sets, missed a match point in the Standing Pool A Rk Country Points Matches Points place finish at the 2002 worlds. third, and finally clinched it on their third Won Lost Won Lost Ratio 1 Poland 10 5 376 312 1.205 2 Japan 8 3 2 488 476 1.025 3 Argentina 7 2 3 487 485 1.004 4 Puerto Rico 7 2 3 490 493 0.994 5 China 7 2 3 473 499 0.948 6 Egypt 6 1 4 470 519 0.906

match point of the tie-break, and fourth in all. The fifth-ranked Americans had to settle for 10th, one place lower than in 2002 and 1998.

Canada may not have achieved coach Glenn Hoag’s target of a top 10 finish, but at least they improved on their world ranking, finishing in 11th position after exacting revenge for an earlier defeat by Puerto Rico.

Brazil’s Giba won the Most Valuable Pla- yer award and scooped the tournament’s USD 100,000 star prize, half of which will,

Poland took silver, beaten only by Brazil

Second round

Pool E - Sendai Pool F - Hiroshima 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 25-Nov PUR-SCG 1-3 18-25 23-25 25-20 23-25 89-95 25-Nov BRA-USA 3-0 25-19 25-18 25-23 75-60 25-Nov ARG-RUS 0-3 18-25 20-25 14-25 52-75 25-Nov FRA-CZE 3-0 25-19 25-23 25-18 75-60 25-Nov JPN-CAN 3-1 23-25 25-21 25-17 25-22 98-85 25-Nov GER-ITA 0-3 23-25 22-25 16-25 61-75 25-Nov POL-TUN 3-0 25-22 25-18 25-23 75-63 25-Nov CUB-BUL 0-3 22-25 18-25 20-25 60-75 26-Nov PUR-RUS 0-3 20-25 16-25 15-25 51-75 26-Nov BRA-CZE 3-0 25-22 25-20 26-24 76-66 26-Nov ARG-SCG 1-3 18-25 16-25 26-24 17-25 77-99 26-Nov FRA-USA 3-2 17-25 25-12 24-26 25-17 15-11 106-91 26-Nov JPN-TUN 3-2 23-25 23-25 25-22 25-23 15-6 111-101 26-Nov GER-BUL 1-3 22-25 25-23 20-25 18-25 85-98 26-Nov POL-CAN 3-0 25-21 25-17 25-17 75-55 26-Nov CUB-ITA 1-3 20-25 15-25 25-23 15-25 75-98 28-Nov PUR-CAN 3-0 25-22 25-21 25-16 75-59 28-Nov BRA-ITA 3-0 25-23 25-20 25-20 75-63 28-Nov ARG-TUN 3-2 25-20 25-27 21-25 25-21 15-12 111-105 28-Nov FRA-BUL 2-3 25-23 25-22 22-25 22-25 10-15 104-110 28-Nov JPN-SCG 0-3 26-28 16-25 21-25 63-78 28-Nov GER-USA 2-3 28-30 25-15 26-24 24-26 13-15 116-110 28-Nov POL-RUS 3-2 19-25 19-25 25-22 25-20 15-11 103-103 28-Nov CUB-CZE 3-1 31-29 26-24 24-26 26-24 107-103 29-Nov PUR-TUN 2-3 40-38 26-28 25-16 22-25 11-15 124-122 29-Nov BRA-BUL 3-1 25-22 20-25 25-22 25-16 95-85 29-Nov ARG-CAN 2-3 25-19 25-18 21-25 20-25 13-15 104-102 29-Nov FRA-ITA 3-2 25-23 25-17 17-25 23-25 15-10 105-100 29-Nov JPN-RUS 0-3 20-25 18-25 20-25 58-75 29-Nov GER-CZE 1-3 23-25 27-25 21-25 13-25 84-100 29-Nov POL-SCG 3-0 28-26 25-19 25-19 78-64 29-Nov CUB-USA 0-3 22-25 17-25 22-25 61-75

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 Poland 14 7 556 479 1.161 1 Brazil 13 6 1 589 510 1.155 2 Serbia Montenegro 13 6 1 561 479 1.171 2 Bulgaria 13 6 1 645 601 1.073 3 Russia 12 5 2 545 461 1.182 3 France 12 5 2 679 640 1.061 4 Japan 11 4 3 600 607 0.988 4 Italy 11 4 3 606 564 1.074 5 Puerto Rico 9 2 5 625 654 0.956 5 U.S.A. 10 3 4 579 619 0.935 Bulgaria took 6 Canada 9 2 5 527 605 0.871 6 Germany 9 2 5 577 609 0.947 bronze, their first 7 Argentina 8 1 6 621 674 0.921 7 Czech Republic 8 1 6 565 602 0.939 medal in 20 years 8 Tunisia 8 1 6 612 688 0.890 8 Cuba 8 1 6 523 618 0.846

FIVB World Volley News No.10 December 2006 2006 Men’s World Championship

First round

Pool B - Fukuoka Pool C - Nagano Pool D - Sendai 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 17-Nov CUB-BRA 1-3 25-21 19-25 15-25 22-25 81-96 17-Nov USA-VEN 1-3 18-25 25-20 21-25 18-25 82-95 17-Nov CAN-KAZ 3-0 25-21 26-24 25-21 76-66 17-Nov GRE-FRA 1-3 22-25 22-25 25-22 17-25 86-97 17-Nov CZE-IRI 3-0 25-23 25-19 25-22 75-64 17-Nov RUS-SCG 0-3 22-25 18-25 23-25 63-75 17-Nov GER-AUS 3-1 20-25 25-22 25-21 30-28 100-96 17-Nov ITA-BUL 2-3 25-20 24-26 16-25 25-16 8-15 98-102 17-Nov TUN-KOR 3-2 25-22 24-26 17-25 28-26 15-13 109-112 18-Nov BRA-GRE 3-0 25-19 25-18 25-16 75-53 18-Nov IRI-VEN 1-3 20-25 25-23 17-25 20-25 82-98 18-Nov RUS-TUN 3-0 25-15 29-27 25-20 79-62 18-Nov AUS-FRA 1-3 23-25 28-30 26-24 24-26 101-105 18-Nov CZE-ITA 0-3 22-25 19-25 23-25 64-75 18-Nov SCG-KAZ 3-1 25-16 22-25 25-18 25-22 97-81 18-Nov GER-CUB 3-0 25-14 25-23 25-20 75-57 18-Nov BUL-USA 3-0 30-28 25-22 25-21 80-71 18-Nov KOR-CAN 1-3 28-26 23-25 16-25 23-25 90-101 19-Nov CUB-AUS 3-0 25-15 25-19 25-20 75-54 19-Nov USA-CZE 3-1 25-16 15-25 25-20 25-23 90-84 19-Nov KAZ-KOR 1-3 22-25 25-23 18-25 21-25 86-98 19-Nov GRE-GER 0-3 22-25 26-28 21-25 69-78 19-Nov VEN-BUL 1-3 25-22 17-25 22-25 17-25 81-97 19-Nov TUN-SCG 0-3 21-25 12-25 23-25 56-75 19-Nov FRA-BRA 3-1 20-25 25-22 25-23 29-27 99-97 19-Nov ITA-IRI 3-1 25-15 21-25 25-21 25-19 96-80 19-Nov CAN-RUS 0-3 19-25 20-25 21-25 60-75 21-Nov CUB-GRE 3-2 25-19 20-25 25-22 21-25 15-12 106-103 21-Nov IRI-BUL 0-3 19-25 18-25 23-25 60-75 21-Nov TUN-CAN 2-3 15-25 29-27 25-21 21-25 13-15 103-113 21-Nov AUS-BRA 0-3 19-25 19-25 23-25 61-75 21-Nov CZE-VEN 3-0 25-20 25-14 25-19 75-53 21-Nov SCG-KOR 3-1 25-22 23-25 25-21 25-18 98-86 21-Nov GER-FRA 3-1 22-25 25-21 28-26 25-22 100-94 21-Nov ITA-USA 3-1 22-25 25-17 25-22 25-18 97-82 21-Nov RUS-KAZ 3-0 25-16 25-18 25-18 75-52 22-Nov BRA-GER 3-0 25-13 25-21 25-22 75-56 22-Nov BUL-CZE 3-1 20-25 25-22 25-20 25-21 95-88 22-Nov KAZ-TUN 0-3 19-25 23-25 24-26 66-76 22-Nov FRA-CUB 3-1 25-21 25-19 21-25 25-17 96-82 22-Nov USA-IRI 3-0 25-19 25-22 25-23 75-64 22-Nov CAN-SCG 0-3 18-25 18-25 17-25 53-75 22-Nov GRE-AUS 3-1 25-20 25-22 22-25 25-23 97-90 22-Nov VEN-ITA 1-3 13-25 25-22 21-25 15-25 74-97 22-Nov KOR-RUS 0-3 13-25 21-25 13-25 47-75

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 Brazil 9 4 1 418 350 1.194 1 Bulgaria 10 5 449 398 1.128 1 Serbia Montenegro 10 5 420 339 1.239 2 France 9 4 1 491 466 1.054 2 Italy 9 4 1 463 402 1.152 2 Russia 9 4 1 367 296 1.240 3 Germany 9 4 1 409 391 1.046 3 Czech Republic 7 2 3 386 377 1.024 3 Canada 8 3 2 403 409 0.985 4 Cuba 7 2 3 401 424 0.946 4 U.S.A. 7 2 3 400 420 0.952 4 Tunisia 7 2 3 406 445 0.912 5 Greece 6 1 4 408 446 0.915 5 Venezuela 7 2 3 401 433 0.926 5 Korea 6 1 4 433 469 0.923 6 Australia 5 5 402 452 0.889 6 Iran 5 5 350 419 0.835 6 Kazakhstan 5 5 351 422 0.832

in accordance with the tradition in the Men’s World Championship Brazilian team, go to him and half will be Individual Awards split between the other eleven players in Most Valuable Player (MVP) USD 100,000 the squad. Gilberto Godoy Giba (BRA) Best scorer USD 75,000 The Brazilian was the first choice of the Hector Soto (PUR) coaches of the 12 finalist teams and also Best spiker won the media vote by a wide margin, USD 50,000 with the FIVB Control Committee sha- Dante Amaral Guimaraes (BRA) Best blocker ring the same view. The 29 year-old wing USD 50,000 spiker insisted, however, that “I can never Alexey Kuleshov (RUS) win alone, so I congratulate all players Best server USD 50,000 for the win, and I am disappointed that Matey Kaziyski (BUL) my setter, Ricardo, could not win the prize Best setter for best setter.” USD 50,000 Pawel Zagumny (POL) FIVB President Dr Rubén Acosta Best libero USD 50,000 presents Giba with the MVP award Alexey Verbov (RUS)

Final round - Tokyo Men’s World Championship Ranking of the final round Semifinals / Place 1st-4th GOLD

Date Teams Set Result per set (points) BRAZIL 1 2 3 4 5 1 02-Dec POL-BUL 3-1 25-20 26-28 25-23 25-23 SILVER 02-Dec BRA-SCG 3-1 25-19 15-25 25-22 25-12 POLAND 2 Semifinals / Place 5th-8th BRONZE 02-Dec RUS-ITA 0-3 23-25 22-25 20-25 3 BULGARIA 02-Dec FRA-JPN 3-1 25-23 25-27 25-18 25-12 SERBIA & MONTENEGRO Semifinals / Place 9th-12th 4 02-Dec PUR-GER 1-3 19-25 25-23 19-25 18-25 ITALY 02-Dec USA-CAN 3-2 25-21 24-26 12-25 25-21 15-9 5

FRANCE Finals / Place 11th-12th 6 03-Dec PUR-CAN 1-3 17-25 25-18 22-25 21-25 7 RUSSIA Finals / Place 9th-10th 03-Dec GER-USA 3-2 25-17 25-18 25-27 20-25 17-15 8 JAPAN Finals / Place 7th-8th 03-Dec RUS-JPN 3-1 25-18 22-25 25-18 25-17 9 GERMANY

Finals / Place 5th-6th 03-Dec ITA-FRA 3-0 25-19 25-17 30-28 10 U.S.A.

Finals / Place 3rd-4th 03-Dec BUL-SCG 3-1 22-25 25-23 25-23 25-23 11 CANADA

Finals / Place 1st-2nd 12 PUERTO RICO 03-Dec POL-BRA 0-3 12-25 22-25 17-25

FIVB World Volley News No.10 December 2006 Beach Volleyball

Beach VOLLEYBALL men & Women Emanuel and Larissa headline post-season SWATCH FIVB World Tour award recipients

2006 Men’s Final Led by Brazilians Emanuel Rego and available in prize money. A total of 966 Code Points Larissa Franca, the top players on the players (536 men and 430 women) from Top 30 Teams 2006 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour were 53 countries competed in FIVB-sanc- 1 Ricardo - Emanuel BRA 6380 decided by votes from SWATCH repre- tioned events in 2006. sentatives, players, coaches, referees With 42 men’s and 45 women’s SWATCH 2 Fabio Luiz - BRA 6060 and officials associated with the inter- medals awarded in 2006, Brazil domi- Marcio Araujo national Beach Volleyball circuit. nated the podiums with 50 (17 gold, 18 3 Brink - GER 4740 silver, 15 bronze), including 27 medals for Dieckmann Ch. Emanuel and Larissa were recognized men’s (9, 10, 8) and 23 for women (8, 8, 4 Cunha - Franco BRA 4720 for their 2006 accomplishments at the 7). China (4, 5, 5) and the United States (5, season’s last double gender event in 5, 4) tied second in overall medals with 14 5 Baracetti - Conde ARG 3600 Mexico where the Brazilians received the followed by Germany (2, 1, 3) with six and SWATCH Most Outstanding Player awards one each for Switzerland (1 gold), Nether- 6 Wu - Xu CHN 3000 for men and women, respectively, at the lands (1 bronze) and Norway (1 bronze). end of October stop in Acapulco. The top highlight from the 2006 sea- 7 Heuscher - Kobel SUI 2760 son was the development of the Chinese Emanuel Larissa Beach Volleyball team as the Asian coun- 8 Gibb - Rosenthal USA 2720 try prepares for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. 9 Kais Kr.- Vesik EST 2680 The 13 SWATCH medals by China were the most-ever in the 15-year history of 10 Rogers - Dalhausser USA 2480 women’s competition led by a pair of gold medals each for the teams of Tian Jia/ 11 Kjemperud - Skarlund NOR 2460 Wang Jie (Austria and Poland) and Xue Chen/Zhang Xi (China and Thailand). 12 Schacht-Slack AUS 2340 The Chinese also posted their first-ever medal and “final four” finishes in the 20- 13 Horrem - NOR 2240 year history of the men’s FIVB competi- Pettersen E.P. tion. Penggen Wu and Linyin Xu claimed 14 Harley - Benjamin BRA 2200 The SWATCH Most Outstanding Players China’s first men’s medal in Poland and were selected by representatives from validated the podium placement with a 15 Lambert - Metzger USA 2040 SWATCH and the FIVB, who also chose fourth-place at the Mexican season finale Norway’s Iver Horrem and Ana Paula in Acapulco. 16 Lione - Varnier ITA 2020 Connelly of Brazil as the SWATCH top servers for the 2006 season that ended BEST PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 17 Laciga P. - Heyer SUI 1940 with a women’s event in Thailand. Other men selected as top players includ- Most Outstanding Best Offensive 1. Emanuel, BRA 1. Ricardo, BRA 18 Laciga M.- Egger M. SUI 1800 ed Ricardo (best offensive player) Mar- tin Conde of Argentina (co-top defensive 2. Marcio Araujo, BRA 2. Emanuel, BRA 3. Ricardo, BRA 3. Marcio Araujo, BRA 19 Doppler - Gartmayer AUT 1680 player), Brazilians Marcio Araujo (co-top setter) and Franco Neto (most inspiration- Most Improved Best Blocker 20 Luizão - Nalbert BRA 1480 al and sportsman-of-the-year), Phil Dal- hausser (most improved and top blocker) 1. Phil Dalhausser, USA 1. Phil Dalhausser, USA 2. Linyin Xu, CHN 2. Ricardo, BRA Klemperer - GER 1480 and Todd Rogers (co-top defensive player Schneider K. and co-top setter) of the United States. 3. Julius Brink, GER 3. Fabio, BRA 22 Alvarez - Villar CUB 1418 Also being chosen as top women’s players for the 2006 season were Brazilians Leila Most Inspirational Best Setter 1. Franco, BRA 1. Marcio Araujo, BRA 23 Barsouk - Arkaev RUS 1404 Barros (most improved) and Shelda Bede (most inspirational and top defensive), 2. Stein Metzger, USA 2. Todd Rogers, USA 3. Martin Conde, ARG 3. Jorre Kjemperud, NOR 24 Cès - Dugrip FRA 1380 and Kerri Walsh (sportswoman-of-the- year, top blocker and best hitter) of the Rookie of the Year Best Hitter 25 Amore - Fenili ITA 1280 United States. The SWATCH FIVB World Tour was the 1. Sean Rosenthal, USA 1. Emanuel, BRA th 2. R. Nummerdor, NED 2. Phil Dalhausser, USA 26 Herrera - Mesa ESP 1264 20 -season of men’s competition in 2006 since the start of recognized international 3. Salgado, BRA 3. Fabio, BRA 27 De Gruijter - Ronnes NED 1240 Beach Volleyball competition by the FIVB in 1987 at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Sportsman of the Year Best Server th 1. Franco, BRA 1. Iver Horrem, NOR 28 Cadieux - Leinemann CAN 1198 women completed their 15 season since their first event in 1992 at Almeria, Spain. 2. Marcio Araujo, BRA 2. Julius Brink, GER 3. Linyin Xu, CHN 3. Yannick Salvetti, FRA 29 Geor - Gia GEO 1180 The 2006 season featured 15 women and 14 men stops on the SWATCH FIVB Best Defensive Best Team 30 Deulofeu - Salvetti FRA 1132 World Tour with USD 6.52-million in prize money. The FIVB also sanctioned six men 1. Todd Rogers, USA 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA To see the entire final rankings: and five women Challenger and Satellite 2. Martin Conde, ARG 2. Marcio/Fabio, BRA www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball events where another USD 200,000 was 3. Marcio Araujo, BRA 3. Brink/Dieckmann, GER

FIVB World Volley News No.10 December 2006 2006 SWATCH FIVB World Tour

Beach VOLLEYBALL women SWATCH FIVB World Tour Women’s Open Event in Phuket closes the season

For the third-time in the last five November 1-5 - Women’s Open 2006 Women’s women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Phuket - Thailand - Podium Finish Code Points GOLD Final Top 30 Teams events, a team from China captured a Xue Chen - Zhang Xi CHN gold medal as Xue Chen and Zhang Xi 1 1 Juliana - Larissa BRA 7060 scored an upset win over compatriots SILVER Wang Jie - Tian Jia CHN Tian Jia and Wang Jie to win the USD 2 2 Wang Jie - Tian Jia CHN 5940 200,000 Phuket Thailand Open on the BRONZE May-Treanor - Walsh USA Karon Beach centre court. 3 3 Zhang Xi - Xue Chen CHN 5120

Xue Chen and Zhang Xi scored a 21-18 The Phuket Thailand Open bronze medal 4 Walsh - May-Treanor USA 4480 and 21-15 win over second-seeded Tian was claimed by top-seeded May-Treanor Jia and Wang Jie in the third All-Chinese and Walsh as the Americans defeated 5 Renata - Talita BRA 4250 finale on the 2006 SWATCH FIVB World fourth-seeded Nila Ann Hakedal and In- Tour calendar. grid Torlen of Norway for the second-time 6 Ana Paula - Leila BRA 4220 With the 48-minute gold medal win, Xue in three days with a 21-15 and 21-13 win Chen and Zhang Xi shared the USD 32,000 in 32 minutes. May-Treanor and Walsh 7 Adriana Behar - BRA 4220 first-place prize while their Chinese rivals split USD 16,000 for third-place with the Shelda split USD 22,000 for second-place. Norwegians sharing USD 12,000. 8 Hakedal - Torlen NOR 3600 A China 1-2 in Phuket, with Walsh and May-Treanor taking the bronze 9 Karadassiou - Arvaniti GRE 3420 M. Crespo - 10 Esteves Ribalta CUB 3000

11 Brink-Abeler - Jurich GER 2840

12 Kadijk R.- Mooren NED 2400

Kuhn - Schwer SUI 2400

14 Cook - Sanderson AUS 2320

Fernandez Grasset - Larrea Peraza CUB 2320

Pohl - Rau GER 2320

Schwaiger - 17 Schwaiger AUT 2120

18 Nystrom - Nystrom FIN 2060

19 Ji - L. Wang CHN 1918

20 Maaseide - Glesnes NOR 1870 Zhang Xi (left) awaits the Mikasa during gold medal match 21 Wacholder - Youngs USA 1800 as partner Xue Chen watches Koutroumanidou - 22 Tsiartsiani GRE 1780 BEST PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 23 Klapalova - Petrova CZE 1650

Most Outstanding Rookie of the Year Best Offensive Best Hitter 24 Yanchulova - BUL 1640 1. Larissa, BRA 1. Xue Chen, CHN 1. Juliana, BRA 1. Kerri Walsh, USA Yanchulova 2. Juliana, BRA 2. Zhang Ying, CHN 2. Misty May-Treanor, USA 2. Ana Paula, BRA 25 Gattelli - Perrotta ITA 1600 3. Tian Jia, CHN 3. Zuo Man, CHN 3. Kerri Walsh, USA 3. Elaine Youngs, USA Kerri Walsh, USA 26 Maria Clara - Carol BRA 1580 Zhang Xi, CHN Sportswoman of the Year Best Blocker Best Server 1. Kerri Walsh, USA 1. Kerri Walsh, USA 1. Ana Paula, BRA 27 Zhang - Zuo CHN 1494 Most Improved 2. Ana Paula, BRA 2. Elaine Youngs, USA 2. Larissa, BRA 1. Leila, BRA 3. Larissa, BRA 3. Wang Jie, CHN 3. Nicole Branagh, USA 28 Swoboda - AUT 1400 2. Ingrid Torlen, NOR Montagnolli 3. Zhang Xi, CHN Best Defensive Best Setter Best Team 29 Keizer - Leenstra NED 1364 1. Shelda, BRA 1. Larissa, BRA 1. Juliana/Larissa, BRA Most Inspirational 2. Larissa, BRA 2. Misty May-Treanor, USA 2. Misty May-Treanor / 30 Faure - Sarpaux FRA 1230 1. Shelda, BRA 3. Misty May-Treanor, USA 3. Karadassiou, GRE Kerri Walsh, USA 2. Kerri Walsh, USA 3. Tian Jia/Wang Jie, CHN To see the entire final rankings: 3. Ana Paula, BRA www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball

FIVB World Volley News No.10 December 2006 National Federations

london 2012 olympic games is one which must be grasped wholeheart- British Volleyball Federation edly and I relish the challenge presented.” Wayne will be starting in his new role ear- makes first appointment ly in the New Year.

British Volleyball has made Wayne’s volleyball event management ex- Volleyball was in- its first staff appointment perience is unrivalled, and includes the troduced to the in the run up to the London World University Games in 1991, several Olympics in 1964, 2012 Olympic Games and international matches and the English but there has been has announced Wayne Coyle as Pro- National Cup Finals. no representation gramme Manager. UK Sports funding by Great Britain announcement of £4.04m earlier this Richard Callicott, British Volleyball Presi- before. year has enabled this appointment as dent, expressed his delight at Wayne’s ap- well as numerous GB training camps pointment. “Having a background in Vol- Beach Volleyball was introduced at the At- under interim coaches. leyball and wealth of experience, Wayne lanta Olympics in 1996 and Great Britain is the ideal person to set the founda- was represented by Audrey Cooper and tions for a successful British programme. Amanda Glover who finished ninth. British Volleyball is also actively work- ing to recruit a team of coaches for the British Volleyball is a Federation of the programme.” Home Nation Associations – Volley- ball England, Scottish Volleyball Asso- Wayne Coyle comments: “I am honoured ciation and Northern Ireland Volleyball by the appointment in a sport with which Association. I have been very closely involved. The op- portunity presented to British Volleyball The British Men’s and Women’s pro- to compete in the Olympic Games in 2012 grammes will both be based in Sheffield.

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