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2007-11-16 13:56:00 Italy beat the United States in straight sets here on Friday to win its first women’s volleyball World Cup title in history with a perfect 11-0 record. The European champion had no great difficulty taking the 25-20, 25-18 and 27-25 victory over the Americans, who rested some regular starters including ... More About: Articles , World Cup 2007
Final Standings
2007-11-16 13:45:00 Final Standings from FIVB 1 ITALY 2 BRAZIL 3 U.S.A. 4 CUBA 5 SERBIA 6 POLAND 7 JAPAN 8 KOREA 9 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 10 THAILAND 11 PERU 12 KENYA More About: World Cup 2007 , Final
Todays Results
2007-11-16 12:00:00 The World Cup is over, Italy, USA and Brazil have qualified for Beijing. Todays results were Cuba beat Serbia in 4, Italy got over the USA to win the World Cup in 3, Brazil beat the hosts Japan in 4, Dominican Republic beat Peru in 5, Poland beat Thailand in 3 and Kenya lost again to Korea ... More About: World Cup 2007 , Results
CEV article
2007-11-16 09:38:00 Here is an article from the CEV on yesterdays play Italy and the U.S.A. qualified for Beijing Olympic Games! World Cup in Japan 2007.11.15 16:16 Luxembourg, 15th November 2007. With an outstanding match, the first one ever played by Taismary Aguero against her former team Cuba, Italy got enough points in the FIVB Women?s World Cup 2007 to ... More About: Article
Danielle Scotts latest post
2007-11-16 08:59:00 Check it out here And we all say AMEN! USA has qualified. What a fun match against Japan. We played great against the home team Japan, in front of all of their fans, with only the Berg?s and a select few others cheering for us in the gym. Thanks to all of you who stayed up ... More About: World Cup 2007 , Post , Dani
Todays articles
2007-11-15 13:50:00 Brazil produced an outstanding performance to demolish Serbia 3-0 here on Thursday, moving one step closer to a top three finish at the World Cup and a berth in in Beijing Olympics. Obviously motivated by their heavy loss to Italy the previous day, the South American champions ... More About: Articles , World Cup 2007
Andrea Zorzi on todays games
2007-11-15 13:42:00 Read full article here Brazil Serbia 3-0 Brazil made a long step closer to Beijing winning the match with Serbia. The two teams came from an opposite performance. Only a few hours before Serbia had played wonderfully against USA and Brazil had been overwhelmed by Italy. But something happened during the night because the team mood completely switched. Since ... More About: Games , World Cup 2007 , Andrea
Todays Results
2007-11-15 13:33:00 One day left.. Brazil pumped Serbia in three…showing they have bounced back from yesterdays surprising loss in three to Italy. Italy beat Cuba in three, and the USA beat the hosts Japan in three. Dominican Republic beat Kenya in three, Thailand got over Peru in 4 for their second win of the tournament and Poland defeated Korea in ... More About: World Cup 2007 , Results
Danielle Scotts latest post
2007-11-15 09:39:00 Check out her latest post here Well, Yall, Rough day at the office on yesterday. We went down 1-3. I believe it would have been a different outcome had we won the first set. We had SOOOOOO many unforced errors. I know a lot of people think, Serbia came out of nowhere. However they are FIVB world ... More About: World Cup 2007 , Post , Dani
Andrea Zorzis latest post
2007-11-14 22:11:00 Andrea Zorzi’s latest post Italy Brazil 3-0 ?It was a shame, Italy played an excellent match but Brazil performance was unacceptable. I have to apologize and if the reporters have any questions, please ask directly to the team why Brazil played so poor?. Ze Roberto said. Right after the end of the match, the Brazilian coach forced all ... More About: World Cup 2007 , Post , Andrea
2008 Swatch Tour begins in Adelaide
2007-11-14 14:47:00 The first round of the Swat ch FIVB Beach Volley World Tour in 2008 will take place in Adelaide , Australia. Check out the site here for ticketing, news and lots more info! The SWATCH FIVB Beach Volley World Tour is on - in Adelaide in March, 2008! Volleyball Australia has recentlysecured this event by receiving the official sanction ... More About: Beach Volleyball
Ndasaba- not ready to retire
2007-11-14 14:38:00 Full article from FIVB At the age of 37 still there is more to achieve in Volleyball field for the Kenya n Star Dorcas Ndasaba who was chosen as the Most Impressive Player in their match against Thailand where the African team was near to achieve the first ever victory over a non African team in the history ... More About: Retire , Ready , Tire
Todays Articles
2007-11-14 14:32:00 European champion Italy hammered Brazil in straight sets here on Wednesday for its ninth straight win at the 2007 women’s volleyball World Cup. With the 25-20, 25-23 and 25-19 victory, the Italians secured atop three finish at the round-robin competition and a berth in the 2008 ... More About: Articles , World Cup 2007
Results R4
2007-11-14 13:44:00 Todays Results Tahiland beat a gallant Kenya in 5 Italy beat Brazil in 3 Poland beat Dominican Republic in 3 Serbia stopped USA’s run in 4 Korea beat Peru in 3 Cuba beat the host’s Japan in 4 Head Coach Jose Roberto Guimaraes: It is very difficult for me to say anything after such a bad match. I feel ashamed. I have ... More About: World Cup 2007
Training opportunities for Kenya
2007-11-13 22:00:00 Kenya given training opportunity IF they qualify for Beijing. From The Standard. Kenya has been offered a three-week training deal in the Dominican Republic if they qualify for the Beijing Olympic Games in China next year. Federation of International Volleyball (FIVB) vice-president, Hoffiz Marte who is Dominican, said their local federation was ready to host Kenya if ... More About: Kenya , Training , Opportunities , TRAI , Raining
Danielle Scotts latest post
2007-11-13 13:47:00 Check out her latest post Hello All, Well, we are about 18 hours til game time?WOOHOO! Today?s preparation consisted of training, two video sessions, therapy and rounded off with Hagen Daas Caramel Crisp umm um (Thanks Nicole and Stacy). We play Serbia, Japan, and Italy, respectively. No easy matches during the World Cup competition! I have to say ... More About: Post , Dani
Pre Qualification Results and Explanation
2007-11-12 16:24:00 Press release from CEV Luxembourg, 12th November 2007. Respectively first of the three European pre-qualifications, the Netherlands, Romania and Turkey maintain their trajectory to possibly win a ticket to participate in the next Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008. In Eindhoven, the last match between Azerbaijan and the Netherlands was won by the hosting country 3-1 (25-20, ... More About: Results , Qualification
Coaches Comments
2007-11-12 11:53:00 Coaches comments from FIVB HEAD COACHES NAGOYA SITE A Jose Roberto Guimaraes (Brazil) We feel very happy and honoured to stay here with the other 11 teams in Nagoya. Now we are going to have a very hard time, but our team is totally recovered and in very good form. We are very fit and we are going ... More About: World Cup 2007 , Comments , Coaches
Pre Qualification Results
2007-11-12 08:53:00 The Netherlands, Romania and Turkey have booked spots into the European Qualification Tournament for next year. The rest of the spots will be determined after the World Cup, depending on how many European Teams make the top 3. For full results, click here. More About: Results
Maestro
2007-11-12 08:51:00 Full article from FIVB Usually the Maestro of the Concert uses his conductor baton to lead the team of musicians, but in the Volleyball field the condition is different as the Brazil ian skillful setter Fofao doesn?t use a baton to lead her players as a captain but she uses her volleyball full mind to lead the ...
Mockery???
2007-11-11 19:44:00 An article from The Standard. I agree with the end of the article, that more needs to be done in countries who struggle, that Kenya need to put in more work for a better program, to bring juniors through and to have training opportunities for the women. Money needs to be invested in a sprt ... More About: Mock
A bit too much hope
2007-11-11 13:34:00 Perhaps teams outside of Asia don’t rate the Asian teams because physically sometimes they don’t look as big, but they pack a bit of punch and if you aren’t on your game and you are a top team, they will get you, because they have the skill. The Kenyan team seemed to think their game ... More About: World Cup 2007 , Hope
Peruvian Tale
2007-11-11 13:20:00 Read full article here When I see the Peru vian Volleyball team playing in Japan, each time I remember two peculiar story. The first one is bounded at the most thrilling Olympic final ever played. During the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, the gold medal match was played between USSR and Peru. At that time, the Volleyball was still ... More About: Tale , Peruvian
Todays articles
2007-11-11 13:18:00 The United States swept South Korea 25-21, 25-19 and 25-23 here on Sunday for its eighth win in a row at the women’s volleyball World Cup. Having an 8-0 record in hands and three matches to play, the Americans will go to the Nagoya climax as hot favorite to secure a ticket to the 2008 ... More About: Articles , World Cup 2007
Danielle Scott on Peru game
2007-11-11 13:10:00 Check out her latest post We are definitely on a roll. 8-0! Wow it really felt good to take care of business against Korea. Especially since they decided to rest three of their main players for the match verses Brazil because they thought they would have a better chance to beat USA. NOT! Not this time? ... More About: Peru , World Cup 2007 , Game , Scott , Dani
Semi Final action
2007-11-11 02:46:00 Semi final action from the Hong Kong Challenger tomorrow 28 11-Nov Jin J.Q.-Z. J. Jian CHN [14] Zhang Xi-Xue CHN [2] 27 11-Nov 10:15 Tian Jia-Wang CHN [1] Tenpaksee-Sannok THA [10] More About: Action , Final , Semi , Beach Volleyball
Kenyan Coach Interview
2007-11-11 02:45:00 Check out the interview with head coach of Kenya More About: World Cup 2007 , Interview , Coach
Danielle Scott on Thailand Game
2007-11-11 02:42:00 Read her latest post Today we are 7-0! We beat Thailand in four. Thailand was the first Asian team we have played against. They played well too. It seemed we would take off to a big lead as we opened up 4-0. They quickly caught up with strong serving. I tell you, I think that most ... More About: Game , Scott , Dani
Polish Coach head home
More articles from this author:2007-11-11 02:41:00 The coach of Poland has headed home… read more from FIVB The 7th day of competition at the FIVB World Cup 2007 still maintains the same standings as yesterday: Italy and U.S.A. are topping the FIVB World Cup 2007 standings, after their 7th win in a row against Kenya and Thailand respectively. The big match of ... More About: Home , Coach , Head , Polish 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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