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Ball Return to Help USA to Olympics
2007-11-18 22:10:00 Here is an article from the journalgazzette. ANAHEIM, Calif. ? As he was preparing to celebrate last Christmas with his family, Lloyd Ball received a unique present. Hugh McCutcheon, the coach of the United States? men?s volleyball team, phoned Ball to ask him to rejoin the squad after a two-year hiatus to help it get to ... More About: Olympics , Return
Zorzi on the men
2007-11-18 20:24:00 Andrea Zorzis latest comments on the mens world cup After the first six matches of the there are many questions that are still waiting for an answer. The most important matters are: Brazil, the dominator of the Volleyball World since 2002, has to face a great loss. Ricardo, the Brazilian setter, after an harsh argument with Bernardinho was excluded ... More About: World Cup 2007
FIVB press release
2007-11-18 20:20:00 Full release here The 11th FIVB Volleyball Men?s World Cup in Japan began today in Saitama and Matsumoto, with wins by most of the favorites, but with two surprises. The USA team posted a surprise win over title holder, Olympic and World Champion Brazil, in straight sets, in the big match of the first day, in ... More About: Press Release , World Cup 2007 , Press , Release
Results Day 1
2007-11-18 20:11:00 Here are the results from day 1 of competition at the mens world cup. EGYPT lost to PUERTO RICO 0-3 (17-25, 19-25, 17-25) AUSTRALIA def KOREA 3-2 (22-25, 25-20, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27) BULGARIA def SPAIN 3-1 (25-21, 19-25, 25-20, 25-17) ARGENTINA lost to RUSSIA 0-3 (16-25, 22-25, 17-25) USA def BRAZIL 3-0 (28-26, 30-28, 25-20) JAPAN lost ... More About: World Cup 2007 , Results , S Day
Mens World Cup starts tomorrow
2007-11-18 03:34:00 Coaches comments World Cup Website Saitama, Japan, November 17, 2007: Comments from the head coaches of the six Site A teams for the men?s World Cup from the team hotel in Urawa, Saitama City, on Saturday. Jon Uriarte (Argentina): The road to qualifying for this World Cup has been really tough for us. One of the ... More About: World Cup 2007 , Tomorrow , Mens
Danielle Scotts latest post
2007-11-17 09:52:00 Check it out here Well, we have come to the end of the road of World Cup 2008. Though we didn?t rob Italy of an 11-0 sweep, GREAT JOB ITALY, we did reach our primary objective which was to qualify for Beijing. Wheeeew! At least that is behind us. We had some opportunities to close the ... More About: World Cup 2007 , Post , Dani
FIVB press release
2007-11-17 09:51:00 FIVB press release The FIVB Women?s World Cup gold medal goes to Italy. For the first time ever, the Women?s team of ?Azzurre? entered the World Cup podium and went straight through the highest step. Italy, Brazil and U.S.A, thanks to their gold, silver and bronze medals, got the first three berths for the Olympic Games. ... More About: Press Release , World Cup 2007 , Press , Release
Andrea Zorzis latest post
2007-11-16 13:59:00 Check it out here in full Italy: team played the ?perfect? tournament: 11 victories in a row with only two sets lost from the beginning. I?m Italian and I?m worried to celebrate too much because I would like to be as equable as possible. But I cannot say anything less than wonderful, absolutely wonderful. Usually in Volleyball, ... More About: World Cup 2007 , Post , Andrea
Todays Articles
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
More articles from this author: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 ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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