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Final round preview from USA Volleyball
2007-11-29 22:24:00 Check out the final round preview from USA Volleyball . Following its three-set victory over Australia on Tuesday to end round three, the U.S. Men?s National Team is in a tie for third with Bulgaria in the FIVB World Cup standings with three matches to play. Both teams have a record of 6-2.But when you do the ... More About: Preview , World Cup 2007 , Final , Round
Luke Campbell on the USA game
2007-11-28 23:45:00 Devo’s Volleyball has a post to Luke Campbell ’s views on the Australia Vs USA game. More About: World Cup 2007 , Game
Russia footage
2007-11-28 23:02:00 Check out a news report on the progress of the Russia n Team. Video footage of the recent match is included. Click here. More About: World Cup 2007 , Footage
European Pre Qualification Results
2007-11-28 22:58:00 For full results please click here. One game from each tournament will be played each day. The winner of each tournament progresses to the Qualification Tournament in January in Izmir. Tournament 1 (Hungary) Finland beat Estonia in 5 (A) Belgium beat Denmark in 3 (B) Tournament 2 (Portugal) Portugal beat Czech Republic in 5 (A) Sweden beat Slovakia in 5 (B) Tournmanet 3 ... More About: European , Results , Rope
Pre Qualification Tournament
2007-11-28 16:48:00 The mens European Pre Qualification Tournament starts tonight…check out this press release from the CEV. 28.11.2007 Olympic Games 2008 - European Qualification Tournaments OG 2008 Luxembourg, 28th November 2007. The men?s European qualifications to the Olympic Games 2008 start again with three pre-qualification tournaments. Today, the European Olympic Pre-Qualification Tournaments will begin in Szombathely (HUN), Catania (ITA) and ... More About: On Tour , Amen
Youtube Vids
2007-11-28 16:45:00 Some more Youtube vids of the World Cup Spain Vs Russia Spain Vs USA Russia Vs Japan More About: World Cup 2007 , Vids
Coaches Comments
2007-11-28 16:35:00 Here are the coaches comments as we head into the 3rd round of the World Cup. FIVB ... More About: World Cup 2007 , Comments , Coaches
Interview with Gabriel Gardner
2007-11-27 14:37:00 from andrea zorzi More About: World Cup 2007 , Interview , Gardner , Gabriel , Gabr
Todays Results
2007-11-27 14:34:00 Argentina ? Egypt 3-1 (25-22, 25-19, 16-25, 25-21) Australia lost to U.S.A. 0-3 (17-25, 12-25, 19-25) Puerto Rico lost to Russia 0-3 (22-25, 21-25, 19-25) Bulgaria def Tunisia 3-1 (26-24, 22-25, 25-15, 25-17) Japan lost to Spain 1-3 (26-24, 19-25, 18-25, 19-25) Brazil def Korea 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-20) More About: World Cup 2007 , Results
FIVB Press Release
2007-11-27 14:34:00 Full press release here. The venues in Fukuoka and Okayama saw today the end of the 3rd Round of the Men?s World Cup 2007 : the standings still have Russia leading unbeaten, followed by Brazil, Bulgaria and U.S.A. Two rest days will prepare the stage for the final round, the 4th in the World Cup Round Robin, ... More About: Press Release , Press , Release
Aussie Blog
2007-11-27 08:51:00 Click here to see a post on Aussie player Luke Campbell’s blog. From Devo’s V0lleyball. More About: Australia , World Cup 2007 , Blog
Setters?
2007-11-26 17:17:00 Andrea Zorzi takes a look at some of the setters in the tournament. Vadim Khamuttskikh (Russia today is his 38th birthday). Since the eighties, when the former Soviet Union lost the World Volleyball leadership conquered by USA, Russians keep searching the ?great setter?. They are persuaded that the main reason of many defeats depends on the ... More About: World Cup 2007
FIVB Press Release
2007-11-26 17:13:00 Todays press release The 7th day of competition at the FIVB Men?s World Cup 2007 still maintains the same standings as yesterday: Russia remains in first place followed by Brazil, after their 7th and 6th win in a row against African teams Egypt and Tunisia respectively. The big match of the day was played in Fukuoka ... More About: Press Release , Press , Release
Todays Results
2007-11-26 17:12:00 It was a quick day today, every game ending in three sets. Spain beat Argentina in 3 USA beat Korea in 3 Russia beat Egypt in 3 Bulgaria beat Australia in 3 Peurto Rico beat Japan in 3 Brazil beat tunisia in 3 Results , stats, match info here More About: World Cup 2007
Youtube Vids
2007-11-25 15:09:00 Check out some YouTube vids of the Japanese womens team at the World Cup. Vs Peru Vs Korea Vs Italy Vs Serbia More About: Youtube , World Cup 2007 , Vids
Video- Russia VS Korea
2007-11-25 14:56:00 Click here to see a small news report and some footage of the game form Russia Vs Kore a . More About: Video , World Cup 2007
US downs Tunisia
2007-11-25 14:54:00 Check this article out from USA Volleyball. Gabe Gardner helped the U.S. Men?s National Team come back from a first-set scare as Team USA defeated Tunis ia , 22-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-17 on Sunday before 3,000 spectators at the FIVB World Cup in Okayama, Japan.The victory improves the United States? World Cup record to 4-2. Tunisia, ranked 15th ... More About: World Cup 2007
Italian Team
2007-11-25 14:51:00 Check out the latest post by Andrea Zorzi, giving you th update on the current status of the Italian Mens Team . Looks like a tough road ahead for them to get to Beijing. More About: World Cup 2007
Results from the start of round 3
2007-11-25 14:48:00 Todays Results 31 ARG-PUR 3-2 34 TUN-USA 1-3 32 ESP-RUS 0-3 35 BUL-KOR 3-0 33 JPN-EGY 3-2 36 BRA-AUS 3-0 Russia is stil the only undefeated team. Here is the FIVB press release from todays matches. The 6th day of competition at the FIVB Men?s World ... More About: World Cup 2007 , Start , Round , The Star
Coaches Comments
2007-11-25 02:18:00 Here are the coaches comments going into round three from FIVB Jon Uriarte (Argentina): We came with a young squad after our second season working together to find a new generation of players to stand in the Argentina shirt. We have started to get some results and can see that the efforts of the players are ... More About: World Cup 2007 , Comments , Coaches
Logan Tom
2007-11-23 22:55:00 Here is a video a fan has made of Logan Tom at the World Cup. More About: World Cup 2007
So far?
2007-11-23 22:45:00 So we are nearly halfway through the Mens World Cup. My opinion there are five teams left in the running for the top three spots. Russia, Bulgaria, USA, Brazil and Puerto Rico. Russia is the only undefeated team left, but Brazil looks like their little hiccup at the beginning of the tournament and are crushing ... More About: World Cup 2007
Latest FIVB Press release
2007-11-23 22:33:00 Full release at FIVB. Brazil is here. In a spectacular come-back, Brazil crushed Bulgaria in straight sets, in the big match of the 5th day, in Toyama. The high-flying Brazilian squad, determined to defend their crown, beat Bulgaria to improve 4-1. The Bulgarians were unable to react, thus forced into a second consecutive defeat after an ... More About: Press Release , World Cup 2007 , Press , Release
Olympic Blog
2007-11-23 22:31:00 I have recently had a comment from a fellow sports blogger about the Olympic Qualification process. I replied, (sorry my setting is on anonymous!) and went to check out his site. There are occasional post’s about Volleyball on there, and this post in particular has some good information on the history of Volleyball at the ... More About: Blog
USA take care of Egypt
2007-11-23 13:52:00 Full article on USA Volleyball A night after a 2-hour, 21-minute marathon match against Bulgaria, the U.S. Men?s Volleyball Team needed just 1 hour, 12 minutes to defeat Egypt , 25-22, 25-18, 25-19 in their FIVB World Cup match on Friday before 3,500 fans in Toyama, Japan. The victory improves the No. 5-ranked U.S. Men?s record to ... More About: World Cup 2007 , Care
Brazil more confident
2007-11-23 13:49:00 Check out this article from news.cn Bernardinho, the head coach of Brazil national volleyball team, said on Thursday that the increase in self-esteem among the players is the reason for the great change the team has experienced in the men’s Volleyball World Cup. After losing to the United States in the opening match, Brazil has won ... More About: World Cup 2007
Todays Results
2007-11-23 13:43:00 Puerto Rico beat Spain in 3 Korea beat Tunisia in 5 Argentina beat Australia in 4 Brazil beat Bulgaria in 3 Russia beat Japan in 3 USA beat Egypt in 3 For full results and match report see FIVB. More About: World Cup 2007 , Results
FIVB Press Release
2007-11-23 09:12:00 Latest Press release here. Hiroshima and Toyama, November 22, 2007 ? The USA team abruptly ended Bulgaria?s winning streak at the World Cup volleyball tournament in Japan, posting its first victory in the process after two consecutive loses. The NORCECA champions beat Bulgaria 3-2 in Toyama, a huge ?shot in the arm? for the Americans. Following ... More About: Press Release , World Cup 2007 , Release
Aussie Player Blog
More articles from this author:2007-11-23 09:11:00 Check out Devos Volleyball where Luke Campbell speaks on their win over Tunisia. More About: World Cup 2007 , Player , Blog , Aussie 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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