Official Bulletin no.46 December 2009 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 italy and Brazil top fiVB World Grand Grand champions all round champions cup podium ■ World champions Brazil successfully pions at their first at- defended their FIVB Men’s World Grand tempt after impressive Champions Cup title while Italy claimed victories over Brazil and the honours in the women’s competi- the hosts over the final tion as the fifth edition of the quadren- two days. Continues page 3 nial event was held in Ja- pan during the month of November, with packed stadiums and an interna- tional television audience Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President including millions world- wide providing an unfor- s another busy year of Volleyball gettable atmosphere and draws to a close, the month of unrivalled passion both ANovember was no exception. The on and off the court. FIVB World Grand Champions Cup and Both teams progressed the Men’s Club World Championship through their respective were two key events which gripped week-long tournaments the Volleyball world while the curtain unbeaten with Brazil, came down on another successful the world number one, SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball season clinching key victories in Thailand. It made me very proud to see the re- over Cuba and Japan MVP Simona Gioli spikes for Italy against Japan as turn of the FIVB Men’s Club World while the Italian women the 2007 World Cup champions won their first FIVB Championship after 17 years. The were deserved cham- Women’s World Grand Champions Cup title week-long event in Doha proved to be a great success and the hosts – the in this issue Qatar Volleyball Federation – must be praised for the organizational skills. fiVB executive fiVB Congratulations to Trentino for keep- committee meets • Editorial ing the Men’s Club World Champion- Volleyball ship title in Italian hands again but in Japan now, having had a taste of such an en- • Italy and Brazil top FIVB World thralling title race, I’m sure I represent ■ the fiVB executive committee unani- Grand Champions Cup podium all Volleyball fans when I look forward mously approved a proposal to intro- • FIVB Executive Committee with great anticipation to further edi- duce a new FIVB development funding meets in Japan project where national federations can tions and the women’s equivalent in • Women’s WCH Drawing of Lots the coming years. propose through confederations, de- held in Tokyo Meanwhile, the World Grand Cham- velopment projects to be funded by the governing body of Volleyball, during a • FIVB Men’s Club World pions Cup was another great illustra- Championship tion of the high quality of Volleyball one-day meeting in tokyo’s akasaka we have across our confederations. Grand Prince Hotel on november 25. Beach Volleyball Both the women’s and men’s editions • Sanya Open Results were terrific examples of what inter- The FIVB Development Fund proposal, • Americans Kessy & Ross continental Volleyball is all about and which will now be put forward to the successfully defend Phuket all teams must be congratulated for FIVB Board of Administration for ap- Thailand Open title not only having qualified for this illus- proval when it sits in April, 2010, aims to • FIVB represented at key sports trious tournament, but for also having provide increased and improved support congress performed so much in the spirit of the to national federations through the FIVB game throughout. Confederations. The goal of the project technical & Development Of course, Beach Volleyball is also is to upgrade the levels of performance • Volleyball Cooperation Programme testament to all the great qualities of national federations by motivating completed in Mozambique of our beloved sport and the last two them to prepare programmes at the • Beach Volleyball seminar in SWATCH FIVB World Tour events of the grass root level that can become eligible Barbados year in Sanya, China and Phuket, Thai- for funding, with development of youth • Young players gather in Asmara land didn’t disappoint as the universal- teams for competitions in mind. ity of Volleyball was again, to the fore. “The development and health of the play- • FeVA gains full official support to create FIVB Regional Volleyball Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President ers and federations is the FIVB’s priority,” Development Centre in Argentina FIVB President Mr Jizhong Wei said. ➽ www.fivb.org Volleyball World Volley News ➽ “This new proposal from the Devel- opment Commission reflects this perfect- ly and will guarantee that the FIVB and all its members grow stronger together.” The Executive Committee meeting took place following a very successful FIVB World Grand Champions Cup and one day after the Drawing of Lots for the 2010 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Cham- pionships, both held in Japan. Mr. Wei opened the meeting by praising the Japa- nese Volleyball Association for hosting successfully the two FIVB events and also congratulated the EC member from Nige- ria Mr Habu Ahmed Gumel for his recent election as an IOC member representing Africa. Mr Gumel joins Mrs Rita Subowo The FIVB Executive Committee in Tokyo (INA) as the two FIVB members with IOC membership. FIVB 1st Executive Vice-President Mr. Development Fund recognized as be- President Wei went on to explain that Cristobal Marte Hoffiz gave members ing one obvious channel. Meanwhile, the objective of the FIVB is to increase the an update on the 2010 World Congress the FIVB 2nd Executive Vice-President assistance to national federations in cat- which will be held from September Mr. Theofanis Tsiokris reported that the egory I and II in order to give them the pos- 9-10 in the Italian capital of Rome and FIVB Club World Championships 2009 sibility to organize their competitions and also reported an outstanding increase were extremely successful, pointing to administration. Other key points included in marketing and TV rights dating back the excellent organization of the host giving FIVB Beach Volleyball universality to 2007 of more than 300%, while the federation Qatar, the host broadcasters by changing the Olympic qualification sys- FIVB competitions – World League, Al Jazeera and the passionate fans who tem, introducing a finance system reform, World Grand Prix and Beach Volleyball attended, while another key proposal strengthening budget control and finance World Tour all obtained a surplus. In which will be put to the FIVB Board of procedure, and improving international accordance with the new FIVB objec- Administration was - any player who relations with the IOC and other sports tives, these additional revenues will be participates in a non-FIVB event will organizations. redirected into Volleyball with the FIVB have his/her membership withdrawn. WOMEN fiVB WOmen’s WOrlD cHamPiOnsHiP JaPan 2010 Great cultural experience as Drawing of lots are held in tokyo FIVB Women’s World Grand Champions involved many major fig- Cup winners Italy were drawn to meet ures in the world of Vol- Olympic champions Brazil and the Neth- leyball including the FIVB erlands while world champions Russia President Mr. Jizhong Wei, will take on China, Korea and the Domin- the President of the FIVB ican Republic after the Drawing of Lots Sports Events Council and of the FIVB Women’s Volleyball World FIVB 2nd Executive Vice- Championships Japan 2010 were com- President Mr. Theofanis pleted in the Akasaka Grand Prince Hotel Tsiokris, FIVB 1st Executive on November 24 in Tokyo, Japan. Vice-President Mr. Cristo- A total of 24 countries were drawn across bal Marte Hoffiz and the four pools for the final round of the 16th FIVB Executive Committee edition of the FIVB Women’s World members. Championships, which will be held in six “Today in Tokyo we take a venues across five Japanese cities (Tokyo, very important and nec- The Miss Japan Kimono (centre) - Matsumoto Nagoya, Hamamatsu, Matsumoto and essary step on the road Ran was part of the official draw for the FIVB Osaka) from October 29-November 14, towards the 2010 FIVB Women’s World Championships Japan 2010 2010. Women’s World Champi- A great afternoon of cultural entertain- onship in Japan”, President Wei said. “On my gratitude to the JVA and also to the ment, which was broadcast live on TBS, behalf of the FIVB I would like to pass on host broadcaster TBS for their gener- ous and expert support for this event. I Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D would also like to recognise the federa- Japan (7) Brazil (1) United States (2) China (3) tions and athletes who have played such a key role in the 2010 FIVB Women’s Serbia (8) Italy (5) Cuba (5) Russia (4) World Championship so far. My con- Poland (9) Netherlands (10) Germany (11) Korea (12) gratulations goes to the athletes of, not Peru (16) Kenya (15) Kazakhstan (13) Dom Republic (14) only the 24 teams who will participate in the world championships next year, but Algeria (19) Puerto Rico (18) Thailand (17) Turkey (20) also to all the athletes who were part of Costa Rica (30) Czech Republic (36) Croatia (39) Canada (23) this ground breaking tournament at one * World rankings are in brackets stage or another.” 2 fiVB World Volley news no. 46 December 2009 Volleyball MEN & WOMEN fiVB men’s club World fiVB WOrlD GranD cHamPiOns cuP championship italy and Brazil victorious Doha, Qatar november 3-8, 2009 Brazil claimed their third FIVB Men’s second-best finish in World Grand Champions Cup title in the tournament after Trentino BetClic claim Club World five attempts amongst jubilant scenes a title triumph in 2001 Championship honours in Nagoya’s Nippongaishi Hall after while Japan recorded Trentino BetClic of Italy kept the name beating hosts Japan in the final match their best result in the tournament, of the world club kings purely Italian of the week-long tournament.