OFFICIAL BULLETIN No. 21 November 2007 Edition in English FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE VOLLEYBALL Local players have also the right to play No less than four players affili- The FIVB is considering a proposal to ated to the local Federation and no require that no more than three play- more than two players with a ers with a transfer certificate issued by a different Federation of origin transfer certificate issued by a dif- may be registered by a Volleyball Club ferent Federation of origin to be and only two of them could be on the admitted on the court. A proposal court playing at the same time. The to the next Board of the FIVB. rule will apply to all Clubs involved in National, Continental and/or World The Rally Point System was a Copernican Competitions. revolution, bringing the sideout-era to a modern sport with a more suitable game This proposal has been made after timing for TV and live spectators. Now numerous complaints from National the year 2008 could see Volleyball facing Federations who face difficulties in another outstanding step into the future. finding enough experienced players for It could be a new revolution for the sport, their National teams and its purpose is especially because the FIVB is the first to support and facilitate the access of The FIVB President, Dr. Rubén Acosta H. International Sport Organization to face young players coming from the local frontally the problem of national sport sport programmes to top Volleyball identity. competitions and their participation in stronger Leagues, like Serie A in Italy, National and Inter- have most of their clubs with a few play- national Volleyball ers originally promoted from the local Clubs competitions sport system and too many athletes com- and consequently ing from other National Federations. We to benefit their intend to help each country’s technical National teams. development of local stars if we manage to establish a reasonable number of play- The measure goes ers having a transfer certificate. National in the same direc- Federations need more space in the 12’s tion as the new of each team for their own youth. For the treaty signed in next FIVB Board of Administration, it will Portugal by the be a tough discussion but a crucial point member coun- for the future of our sport.” tries of the Euro- pean Union but the measure is aimed In this Issue at supporting many Volleyball other countries. • Local players have also the “We’re at the begin- right to play ning of a decisional • FIVB World Cup 2007: process that the Men’s competition in Japan Board will exam- ine next year” says • The FIVB Commissions the FIVB President, gathered in Lausanne in Dr. Rubén Acosta. September “Having a strong Beach Volleyball National League in every country is • SWATCH FIVB World Tour: part of our Vision, The best of the 2007 season which is the devel- Men’s awards opment of young Giba, one of the top local players that Development Brazilian spikers, we plan for all our • Volleyball for All is now playing for Federations. Many Odintsovo in Russia different nations Quick Sets after 6 years in the have started this Italian League • A VIP Beach Volleyball match process, but some www.fivb.org Volleyball VOLLEYBALL MEN FIVB World Cup 2007 Men’s competition in Japan From November 18th to December 2nd, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Egypt, Japan, Korea, Puerto Rico, Rus- sia, Spain, Tunisia, U.S.A. will be the 12 teams competing with the round robin system for the World Cup in Japan. The aim is not only to conquer the pres- tigious World Cup, which the FIVB organ- izes every four years. Every team’s dream is to reach the podium, because this grants the first three places for the 2008 Olympic Games. While the Women’s tournament is assign- ing its three Olympic berths, 12 of the most outstanding Men’s teams on the planet are ready to find their way to Beijing. A complete Media Guide of the event is distributed to the Press in Japan, and it is downloadable from the FIVB website, under the heading World Cup. The new Priddy (left) of the U.S.A. Kaziyski (left) of Bulgaria spikes against Volkov spikes against Gustavo and schedule in this page reports the last up- and Poltavsky of Russia Nascimento of Brazil dates as for Broadcasters requests. MEN’S Schedule (Single Round Robin 18th Nov - 2nd Dec 2007) 2007 World Cup Men Site A Site B Entries Date Gymnasium No. Time Match Gymnasium No. Time Match 1 13:00 AUS - KOR 4 12:30 EGY - PUR Host Country 18 MATSUMOTO 1 Japan SAITAMA 2 15:30 (Matsumoto City 5 15:00 Nov (Saitama Super Arena) ARG - RUS BUL - ESP European (Sun.) 3 18:30 JPN - TUN General Gymnasium) 6 18:00 BRA - USA 2 Spain Champion Phase 7 12:30 10 13:00 1 19 AUS - RUS MATSUMOTO BUL - EGY SAITAMA 8 15:00 (Matsumoto City 11 15:30 Norceca Nov (Saitama Super Arena) ARG - TUN PUR - USA 3 U.S.A. Champion (Mon.) 9 18:00 JPN - KOR General Gymnasium) 12 18:30 BRA - ESP South America 20 13 12:30 RUS - TUN MATSUMOTO 16 13:00 BUL - PUR 4 Brazil Champion SAITAMA 14 15:00 (Matsumoto City 17 15:30 Nov (Saitama Super Arena) ARG - KOR ESP - USA (Tue.) 15 18:00 JPN - AUS General Gymnasium) 18 18:30 BRA - EGY Asia Champion 5 Australia Site A Site B 19 12:30 KOR - RUS 22 13:30 EGY - ESP Africa Champion 22 HIROSHIMA* TOYAMA 6 Egypt Nov (Hiroshima Green 20 15:00 AUS - TUN (Toyama City General 23 15:30 BRA - PUR Phase (Thu.) Arena) 21 18:00 Gymnasium) 24 18:30 7 Russia Europe 2 JPN - ARG BUL - USA Vice-Champion 23 HIROSHIMA* 25 12:30 KOR - TUN TOYAMA 28 12:00 ESP - PUR Norceca Nov (Hiroshima Green 26 15:00 ARG - AUS (Toyama City General 29 15:00 BRA - BUL 8 Puerto Rico Vice-Champion (Fri.) Arena) 27 18:00 JPN - RUS Gymnasium) 30 18:00 EGY - USA 9 Argentina South America Site A Site B Vice-Champion 25 FUKUOKA 31 12:30 ARG - PUR 34 12:30 TUN - USA 32 15:00 OKAYAMA 35 15:00 Africa Nov (Marine Messe ESP - RUS (Momotaro Arena) BUL - KOR 10 Tunisia Vice-Champion (Sun.) Fukuoka) 33 18:00 JPN - EGY 36 18:00 BRA - AUS 37 12:30 ARG - ESP 40 13:00 KOR - USA FIVB Wild card Phase 26 FUKUOKA 11 Bulgaria 3 38 15:00 OKAYAMA 41 15:30 Nov (Marine Messe EGY - RUS (Momotaro Arena) AUS - BUL (Mon.) Fukuoka) 39 18:00 JPN - PUR 42 18:30 BRA - TUN 12 Korea FIVB Wild card 27 FUKUOKA 43 12:30 ARG - EGY 46 13:00 AUS - USA 44 15:00 OKAYAMA 47 15:30 Nov (Marine Messe PUR - RUS (Momotaro Arena) BUL - TUN Men’s World Cup Honours - Medals (Tue.) Fukuoka) 45 18:00 JPN - ESP 48 18:30 BRA - KOR Year Location 1st 2nd 3rd Site A Site B 2003 Tokyo Brazil Italy Serbia & Mont. 30 TOKYO 49 14:00 ARG - BRA TOKYO 52 12:30 PUR - TUN 1999 Tokyo Russia Cuba Italy Nov (Tokyo Metropolitan 50 16:45 BUL - RUS (Komazawa 53 15:00 EGY - KOR (Fri.) Gymnasium) Gymnasium) 1995 Tokyo Italy Netherlands Brazil 51 19:30 JPN - USA 54 18:00 AUS - ESP 55 14:00 ARG - USA 58 12:30 EGY - TUN 1991 Tokyo U.S.S.R. Cuba USA Phase 1 TOKYO TOKYO Dec (Tokyo Metropolitan 56 16:30 BRA - RUS (Komazawa 59 15:00 ESP - KOR 1989 Tokyo Cuba Italy U.S.S.R. 4 (Sat.) Gymnasium) 57 19:30 JPN - BUL Gymnasium) 60 18:00 AUS - PUR 1985 Tokyo U.S.A. U.S.S.R. Czechoslovakia 2 TOKYO 61 14:00 ARG - BUL TOKYO 64 12:00 ESP - TUN 1981 Tokyo U.S.S.R. Cuba Brazil Dec (Tokyo Metropolitan 62 16:30 RUS - USA (Komazawa 65 14:30 KOR - PUR 1977 Tokyo U.S.S.R. Japan Cuba (Sun.) Gymnasium) 63 19:30 JPN - BRA Gymnasium) 66 17:30 AUS - EGY 1969 Berlin (DDR) D.D.R. Japan U.S.S.R. Awarding Ceremony Awarding Ceremony 1965 Warsaw U.S.S.R. Poland Czechoslovakia ＊* Hiroshima Green Arena = Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center 2 FIVB World Volley News No.21 November 2007 FIVB Commissions FIVB The Rules of the Game Commission exam- The FIVB Commissions gathered in Lausanne in September: ined the game in all its shapes under the several innovations are expected for next season microscope. No major changes: they simply specified Dr. Rubén Acosta H., President of The Technical and Coaching Commissions the rule of the “Joust” (after two oppos- the FIVB, has personally opened all are also undertaking major projects which ing players touch the ball simultaneously the Commissions meetings held in were discussed in a joint meeting. An ex- above the net, the rally can continue) and Lausanne during the month of Sep- traordinary technical video gallery based examined the test results regarding the tember and the beginning of October. on the 2006 World Championships, which Quick Substitution, experimented during can be used for educational purposes, is a the World League. The President welcomed the new mem- result of past meetings and can be down- bers at their debut of their duties after loaded for free from the FIVB website. Old and new rules studied by the Referee- being elected by the World Congress in ing Commission are enforced by thou- Tokyo. The Sports Events Council and the World sands of referees.