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Results from Saturday
2007-11-11 02:36:00
here are the results from Saturday Italy- Kenya 3-0 Serbia- Peru 3-0 Japan- Poland 3-2 Cuba- Dom 3-1 USA- Thailand 3-1 Brazil- Korea 3-0                
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Loiola, new USA boy
2007-11-10 09:21:00
Brazilian Beach Volleyball er player Loiola has been successful in his bid to be able to wear the US uniform.  FIVB reports. The FIVB has authorized the former Brazilian Beach Volleyball player José Loiola to represent U.S.A. in the competitions sanctioned by the FIVB. The player born in 1970 in Vitoria, Brazil, has completed his official route ...

Danielle Scotts latest post
2007-11-10 09:16:00
Danielle Scotts Latest post SIX and ZERO! That?s us? Granted our last match verses Dominican Republic was not pretty but I will take an ugly win any day. The tournament is starting to take it?s toll on our team. I am sure other teams are dealing with injuries too. Last tournament this plague hit our outsides. ...
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History
2007-11-09 15:44:00
There is a lot of history between the Italian and the Polish Team. Read on, from Andrea Zorzi.  Eleven Italian players out of twelve have a special history with Marco Bonitta. All of them were coached by the Italian coach that currently is leading Poland. The eleven stories (Aguero excluded) are different: someone played with Bonitta ...
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Pre Qualification Results
2007-11-09 13:20:00
European Pre- Qualification results and article from CEV Luxembourg, 9th November 2007. For the second consecutive day of the Olympic European Qualifications, 4 teams maintain their victorious path to win a ticket for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Solely Bulgaria was defeated by the team of Slovakia in Gabrovo, now counting only one leader, Romania, ...
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Results World Cup Volleyball
2007-11-09 13:07:00
Todays results Italy beat Poland in three, Brazil took care of the Thais in three. The USA beat the Dominican Republic in 4. Japan beat Peru in four. Serbia beat Kenya in three and Cuba beat the Koreans in a hard fought 5 setter. Cuba Coach Antonio Perdomo We keep having five-set matches, but at least we could ...
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More dramas for Kenya
2007-11-06 14:12:00
The players have been issued with a warning, deliver, or you are out. More dramas to add to the pile for the womens Kenya n Volleyball Team. All of which I am sure is not doing great things for the participation of the sport back at home. The technical bench of the national team to the International ...
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Todays articles
2007-11-06 14:08:00
Some articles on the World Cup from around the World news.cn   European champion Italy and four-time title winner Cuba claimed big wins on Tuesday at the 2007 women’s volleyball World Cup.Simona Gioli and Taimary Aguero scored 17 points each to lead Italy past Serbia 23-25, 25-14, 16-25, 25-17, 15-7 in a repeat of ...
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Interesting Stats
2007-11-06 13:50:00
Here are some interesting stats from Andrea Zorzi. The rest of the post talks about the winning teams and why they won. Check it out again its a very interesting post. Take a look at Serbian Stats and remember that Terzic?s team won the first and third games (in bold):   Attack Reception 1 set: 45% 67% 2 set : 11% 48% 3 set ...
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Danielle Scott on Kenya Game
2007-11-06 13:44:00
Danielle Scott s latest Post OK win number FOUR? Let?s keep going USA! We did exactly what we wanted to today. And that is to use this match against Kenya to work on specifics of team USA. Except for the second game we really steadied our passing, served tough and just had a lot of fun keeping ...
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Second Round Results
2007-11-06 13:42:00
Results from the first day of the second round. HERE                            
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Ricardo Out
2007-11-06 08:37:00
Volley country reports that Brazil have again dropped Ricardo . I checked out the Brazil Federation site, he’s not on their list. Brazil will miss setter Ricardo during World Cup 2007 in Japan. Brazilian setter was not nominated by B. Rezende into Brazilian rooster for the World Cup 2007. Ricardo will not play for Brazil after four years. ...

Coaches comments from R1
2007-11-05 15:47:00
Coaches comments from Round 1 Courtesy World Cup Website Osaka, November 5, 2007: The head coaches of the six Site A teams gathered at the team hotel in Osaka on Monday for the FIVB press conference. A rematch ofthe 2007 European Championship final between Italy and Serbia will start the action at Namihaya Dome on Tuesday. ...
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World Cup Day 3 Round Up articles
2007-11-04 18:33:00
Click here for article from The Standard on Kenya Vs Peru Kenya?s bid to break the jinx of not winning at the Federation of International Volleyball events failed when they lost 0-3 (16-25, 9-25, 19-25) to Peru in a World Cup match at Hamamatsu Arena. This was Kenya?s third consecutive defeat at the tournament having lost 0-3 ...
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Japanese Tactics
2007-11-04 14:05:00
Interesting view on the Japan ese tactics from Andrea Zorzi For example: the tiniest Japanese setter, Yoshie Takeshita (only 159 cm) is by far the main block target of any tactic. When Japan is serving and Takeshita is in front row, the three players stay very close to each other, not giving any hint at all. They ...
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Day Three Results World Cup
2007-11-04 14:01:00
The third days play of the World Cup is over. Japan lost to Serbia in a hard fought 4 set match, and USA beat Poland in 4. Click here for match reports and press conferences. Captain Vesna Citakovic: I am not guilty because I was on the bench the moment we won (holding up her hands ...
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May-Treanor and Walsh get gold
2007-11-04 10:47:00
A perfect way to secure your qualification for the Olympics, May- Treanor and Walsh beat US pair Branagh- Youngs 15-13 in the third. The Chinese secured another podium finish beating the Germans. Final 1st Place 62 04-Nov   Walsh-May-Treanor USA [1] Branagh-Youngs USA [4] 2-1 (21-18, 16-21, 15-13) 0:58 Final 3rd Place 61 04-Nov 13:30 Brink-Abeler-Jurich GER [14] Tian Jia-Wang CHN [2] 0-2 (18-21, 15-21) 0:3
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Results so far
2007-11-04 10:43:00
Only two more games to go today…Thailand narrowly missed out on their first win of the tournament losing 17-15 to the Dominican Republic. Brazil just got over the line against Cuba 15-11 in the fifth. You don’t want to be playing too many 5 setters in a tournament like this. Peru beat Kenya in 3 ...
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USA diary
2007-11-04 10:39:00
Check out the USA team diary here. Full match report, point by point! Playing the first match of the day at 12:35 p.m., the team had breakfast at 9 a.m., a team meeting at 9:30 a.m. and departure for the arena at 10:50 a.m. We will stay to see the match following ours ? Poland vs. ...
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Danielle Scott on Game 2
2007-11-04 10:17:00
Click here for her blog. WOOHOOO! 2-0 that is us, USA team. We beat Cuba in three! Just kidding four would have been nice but we?ll take a 3-2 victory coming from behind in the fifth set! We were treated to McDonald?s for the victory. Can you believe I said no to McDonald?s fries and FRIED ...
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Kenya fall to Brazil
2007-11-04 09:57:00
For full article visit The Standard. Former champions Brazil danced to the samba rhythm to outclass Kenya 3-0 (25-16, 25-7, 25-14) in a thrilling Federation of International Volleyball (FIVB) World Cup match at Hamamatsu Arena. Kenyans had vowed to contain the mighty Brazilians when they left their hotel and almost lived up to that promise by scaring ...
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All American Final
2007-11-03 12:58:00
Its going to be a USA final tomorrow in Phuket. Todays result 60     Tian Jia-Wang CHN [2] Branagh-Youngs USA [4] 0-2 (17-21, 17-21) 0:33 59     Walsh-May-Treanor USA [1] Brink-Abeler-Jurich GER [14] 2-0 (21-17, 21-16) 0:35 Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh will have an opportunity to tie the team record for most SWATCH-FIVB World Tour gold medals while Nicole Branagh will be seeking her first international Beach ...
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Germans into final four
2007-11-03 09:19:00
Full article from FIVB. The Germ an pair now face May Treanor and Walsh later today for a spot in the final.   ...
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Kenyans lose opener- article
2007-11-03 08:20:00
Full article from The Standard Kenya lost 3-0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-20) to Cuba in their opening match of the Federation of International Volleyball World Cup at Hamamatsu Arena. Kenya looked shaky in the opening set and the hard-hitting Cubans capitalised on the situation to gain quick points. Cuba attackers Carcases Kenia, Fernandez Barros and Ramirez Daimi, were unstoppable ...
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World Cup Results
2007-11-03 08:14:00
Four matches have been played so far today. Serbia beating Thailand in 4, and USA downing Cuba in the biggest match so far, in 5. Italy beat the Dominican Republic in 3. Peru lost to Poland in 3. For match reports and press conferences Click here. Deatiled match description from USA Volleyball.  USA Captain Robyn Ah Mou-Santos We ...
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Phuket results D4
2007-11-03 08:02:00
The semi finals have been decided. They will be played later today.       Tian Jia-Wang CHN [2] Branagh-Youngs USA [4]           Walsh-May-Treanor USA [1] Brink-Abeler-Jurich GER [14] Loser are ranked 5th 58   13:00 Branagh-Youngs USA [4] Wacholder-Turner USA [13] 2-0 (21-12, 21-13) 0:42 57   12:00 Maria Clara-Carol BRA [11] Brink-Abeler-Jurich GER [14] 0-2 (19-21, 19-21) 0:48 Loser are ranked 7th 56   11:00 Branagh-Youngs USA [4] L.Wang-Zuo CHN [7] 2-0 (21-17, 21-15) 0:39 55   10:00 Renata-Talita BRA [5] Maria Clara-Carol BRA [11] 1-2 (21-14, 19-21, 7-15) 0:55
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Match Report USA- Peru
2007-11-02 21:08:00
Click here for a very detailed match report, point by point, of the Peru USA game courtesry of USA Volleyball.
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Danielle Scott?s thoughts on USA game 1
2007-11-02 20:56:00
Check out Dani elle Scott s Weblog to see her thoughts on the World Cup. World Cup 2008 has begun? USA opened against Peru and won in strait sets. We allowed more points to them than I would have liked but it is always good to win. To Peru?s credit, they played really scrappy defense and served pretty ...
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Day 1 World Cup article
2007-11-02 17:03:00
Here is an article from Singapore Sports Yahoo about Day 1 of comp at World Cup 2007. There are some snippets of aftermatch interviews with players. Italy, Serbia and Cuba off to winning start at volleyball World Cup European champions Italy powered past Thailand in their bid for an Olympic berth next year on the opening day ...
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Day 3 Round Up Phuket
2007-11-02 17:00:00
Click here for the full FIVB article and round up of the days events at Phuket . ?It has been a long season and we have now played in 24 tournaments since the first of April,? said Walsh after her team?s 21-18 and 21-12 win over American rivals Tyra Turner and Rachel Wacholder in their semi-final-qualifying match.  ...
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