Dubai s authorities give full support for the 2008 FIVB World Congress

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1 FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE VOLLEYBALL Official Bulletin No. 0 October 007 Edition in English Dubai s authorities give full support for the 008 FIVB World Congress The FIVB is pleased to announce that its next World Congress will be held in Dubai in June 008. The Congress will be organized in the Grand Hyatt Dubai, the installations of which have just been approved by the FIVB President, Dr. Rubén Acosta H., who was warmly welcomed by the highest authorities of the United Arab Emirates and Mr. Julfar, President of the Volleyball Association. The President of the FIVB personally met Sheikh Mohamed Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of U.A.E., who invited Dr. Acosta to share with all the Ministers and with the authorities of the country in the launching of Dubai cares, a special project to support the children of the world. During his stay, President Acosta was received by Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance and Industry, at Zabeel Palace where Sheikh Hamdan officially announced his patronage of the World Congress and offered his full support for the event to be the best ever. Dr. Acosta also met with His Excellence Mr. Abdul Rahman Al Owais, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, who expressed his great enthusiasm to organize the Beach Volleyball World Tour President Acosta with Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance and Industry Sheik Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum for Men and Women in Dubai in 008 and he also requested the FIVB President for his consent for the organization in the United Arab Emirates of one of the biggest FIVB events such as the World League Finals, the World Grand Prix Finals, or Youth or Junior World ships. The st FIVB World Congress, which will be organised in the Grand Hyatt Dubai Hotel on 6th and 7th June 008 for which the FIVB expects more than 400 participants representing more than 00 National Federations affiliated to the FIVB. The World Congress in Dubai will represent the starting of a new era and the fourth huge step in the history of the FIVB stated Dr. Acosta. The first stage led our sport from the origins to its first Olympic Games in 964. The second stage saw the FIVB s growth under the leadership of Paul Libaud. In 984 a revolutionary third stage started a visionary chapter of world success for Volleyball, with Beach Volleyball being included as an Olympic discipline and with the upcoming opening of the new outstanding FIVB premises in Lausanne. I m sure that the 008 FIVB World Congress will be a milestone in our history. The road to Beijing 008 How the qualification system works Volleyball teams for Men teams for Women China + teams from World Cup + 5 teams from Continental Qualification Tournaments + teams from World Qualification Tournaments World Qualification Tournaments Men: tournaments in Germany, Portugal, Japan Germany: 4 teams (Germany + teams from drawing of lots) Portugal: 4 teams (Portugal + teams from drawing of lots) Japan*: 8 teams (Japan + 4 best ranked Asian teams + teams from drawing of lots) Drawing of lots: best ranked teams from Europe, from Norceca, from South America, from Africa, from Asia Women: tournament in Japan Japan*: 8 teams (Japan + best ranked Asian teams + 4 best World ranked teams) Best World ranked teams: best ranked teams from Europe, from Norceca, from South America or Africa * The tournaments in Japan are valid also as Asian Qualification Tournaments. Beach Volleyball 4 teams for Men 4 teams for Women The best Chinese team + teams (8 best results in the Olympic Ranking, with a maximum of teams per country). In case a Continent does not have any team qualified, the rd place will be granted to its best ranked team. Olympic Qualification Tournaments From st January 007 to 0th July 008: SWATCH FIVB World Tour or Continental ship Final recognized by FIVB. In this Issue Volleyball 008 FIVB World Congress The road to Beijing 008: how the qualification system works FIVB World Cup 007: the challenge for the Olympic Games 008 begins FIVB Boy s Youth World ship in Mexico Beach Volleyball SWATCH FIVB Junior World ships SWATCH FIVB World Tour Quick Sets News from planet Earth

2 Volleyball volleyball men & women FIVB World Cup 007: the challenge for Beijing 008 begins cities, 5 venues, 4 teams, 6 entries for the 008 Beijing Olympic Games. The 007 FIVB World Cup is an outstanding quadrennial event, which since 99 acts as the first stage to qualify for the upcoming Olympic Games. The FIVB Volleyball World Cup 007 is the first of three different steps in the Olympic Qualification process towards Beijing: the best Men s and Women s teams will join the Chinese teams, already qualified for the 008 Olympics as host country. Men s and Women s teams will arrive in Japan to compete. The Women s event is going to start on ember nd and finish on ember 6th when the last match is scheduled in Nagoya. The Men s tournament will be held from ember 8th to December nd, with the last games in Tokyo. WOMEN S Schedule (Single Round Robin nd - 6th 007) Date Gymnasium No. Time Match Gymnasium No. Time Match :0 KOR - SRB 4 :0 CUB - KEN TOKYO 6:00 ITA - THA 5 6:00 PER - USA (Tokyo Metropolitan HAMAMATSU (Fri.) Gymnasium) 8:0 Grand Opening (Hamamatsu Arena) Ceremony 8:0 Grand Opening Ceremony Phase 9:0 JPN - DOM 6 9:0 BRA - POL TOKYO 7 :0 SRB - THA 0 :0 CUB - USA (Tokyo Metropolitan 8 5:00 DOM - ITA HAMAMATSU 5:00 PER - POL (Sat.) Gymnasium) (Hamamatsu Arena) 9 8:00 JPN - KOR 8:00 BRA - KEN 4 TOKYO :0 DOM - THA 6 :0 KEN - PER (Tokyo Metropolitan 4 5:00 HAMAMATSU ITA - KOR 7 5:00 (Sun.) Gymnasium) (Hamamatsu Arena) BRA - CUB 5 8:00 JPN - SRB 8 8:00 POL - USA 6 9 :0 ITA - SRB SENDAI :0 KEN - USA OSAKA 0 5:00 (Sendai City Phase (Tue.) (Namihaya Dome*) DOM - KOR 5:00 CUB - POL 8:00 Gymnasium) JPN - THA 4 8:00 BRA - PER 7 5 :0 KOR - THA SENDAI 8 :0 KEN - POL OSAKA 6 5:00 (Sendai City (Wed.) (Namihaya Dome*) DOM - SRB 9 5:00 CUB - PER 7 8:00 JPN - ITA Gymnasium) 0 8:00 BRA - USA 9 SAPPORO** 4:00 ITA - POL KUMAMOTO 4 :0 CUB - KOR (Hokkaido Prefectural 6:0 KEN - SRB (Kumamoto Prefectural 5 5:00 DOM - USA (Fri.) Sports Center) 9:0 JPN - PER Gymnasium) 6 8:00 BRA - THA Phase 0 SAPPORO** 7 4:00 ITA - KEN KUMAMOTO 40 :0 CUB - DOM (Hokkaido Prefectural 8 6:0 PER - SRB (Kumamoto Prefectural 4 5:00 THA - USA (Sat.) Sports Center) 9 9:0 JPN - POL Gymnasium) 4 8:00 BRA - KOR SAPPORO** 4 :0 ITA - PER KUMAMOTO 46 :0 CUB - THA (Hokkaido Prefectural 44 5:00 POL - SRB (Kumamoto Prefectural 47 5:00 KOR - USA (Sun.) Sports Center) 45 8:00 JPN - KEN Gymnasium) 48 8:00 BRA - DOM :00 SRB - USA 5 :0 KEN - THA 50 6:0 (Wed.) (NIPPON GAISHI Hall) BRA - ITA 5 5:00 (Park Arena Komaki) DOM - POL 5 9:0 JPN - CUB 54 8:00 KOR - PER Phase 5 55 :0 BRA - SRB 58 :0 DOM - KEN :00 (Thu.) (NIPPON GAISHI Hall) CUB - ITA 59 5:00 (Park Arena Komaki) PER - THA 57 8:00 JPN - USA 60 8:00 KOR - POL 6 6 :0 CUB - SRB 64 :00 DOM - PER 6 5:00 (Fri.) (NIPPON GAISHI Hall) ITA - USA 65 4:0 (Park Arena Komaki) POL - THA 6 8:00 JPN - BRA 66 7:00 KEN - KOR Awarding Ceremony Awarding Ceremony * Namihaya Dome = Osaka Prefectural Kadoma Sports Center - ** Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center = KITAYELL SEA OF JAPAN Fukuoka Nagasaki Kumamoto KYUSHU 007 World Cup Women Entries Japan Host Country Italy Cuba 4 Brazil 5 Thailand 6 Kenya 7 Serbia 8 U.S.A. 9 Peru 0 Korea Hiroshima Okayama SHIKOKU Europe Norceca South America Asia - Best after Japan & China Africa Europe Norceca South America Asia - Best after Thailand Poland FIVB Wild card Dominic. Rep. FIVB Wild card The 5 Continental s and the best 4 vice-champions (according to the January 007 world ranking) and the organizer Japan will take part in the event. China could not participate, since the team is already qualified for the Olympic Games. The FIVB and the organizers assigned wild cards for Men (Bulgaria and Korea) and for Women (Poland and Dominican Republic) to complete the grid. Kobe Kyoto Osaka Matsumoto Toyama HONSHU Mount Komaki Hamamatsu PACIFIC OCEAN World Cup 00 Awarding Ceremony: China was the winner Bullet Train Shinkansen FIVB World Volley News No.0 October 007

3 007 FIVB World Cups Men & Women 007 World Cup Men Entries Japan Host Country Spain U.S.A. 4 Brazil European Norceca South America 5 Australia Asia 6 Egypt Africa 7 Russia Europe 8 Puerto Rico Norceca 9 Argentina 0 Tunisia South America Africa Bulgaria FIVB Wild card Korea FIVB Wild card World Cup 00: Rodrigao and the Brazilian golden team against the Japanese block Fuji HOKKAIDO Sapporo Morioka Yamagata Sendai Niigata Saitama TOKYO MEN S Schedule (Single Round Robin 8th - nd Dec 007) Date Gymnasium No. Time Match Gymnasium No. Time Match 8 :00 AUS - KOR MATSUMOTO 4 :0 EGY - PUR SAITAMA 5:0 (Matsumoto City (Sun.) (Saitama Super Arena) ARG - RUS 5 5:00 BUL - ESP 8:0 JPN - TUN General Gymnasium) 6 8:00 BRA - USA Phase 9 7 :0 AUS - RUS MATSUMOTO 0 :00 BUL - EGY SAITAMA 8 5:00 (Matsumoto City (Mon.) (Saitama Super Arena) ARG - TUN 5:0 PUR - USA 9 8:00 JPN - KOR General Gymnasium) 8:0 BRA - ESP 0 :0 RUS - TUN MATSUMOTO 6 :00 BUL - PUR SAITAMA 4 5:00 (Matsumoto City (Tue.) (Saitama Super Arena) ARG - KOR 7 5:0 ESP - USA 5 8:00 JPN - AUS General Gymnasium) 8 8:0 BRA - EGY HIROSHIMA* 9 :0 KOR - RUS TOYAMA :0 EGY - ESP (Hiroshima Green 0 5:00 AUS - TUN (Toyama City General 5:0 BRA - PUR Phase (Thu.) Arena) 8:00 Gymnasium) JPN - ARG 4 8:0 BUL - USA HIROSHIMA* 5 :0 KOR - TUN TOYAMA 8 :00 ESP - PUR (Hiroshima Green 6 5:00 ARG - AUS (Toyama City General 9 5:00 EGY - USA (Fri.) Arena) 7 8:00 JPN - RUS Gymnasium) 0 8:00 BRA - BUL 5 FUKUOKA :0 ARG - PUR 4 :0 TUN - USA (Marine Messe 5:00 OKAYAMA ESP - RUS 5 5:00 (Sun.) Fukuoka) (Momotaro Arena) BUL - KOR 8:00 JPN - EGY 6 8:00 BRA - AUS Phase 6 FUKUOKA 7 :0 ARG - ESP 40 :00 KOR - USA (Marine Messe 8 5:00 OKAYAMA EGY - RUS 4 5:0 (Mon.) Fukuoka) (Momotaro Arena) AUS - BUL 9 8:00 JPN - PUR 4 8:0 BRA - TUN 7 FUKUOKA 4 :0 ARG - EGY 46 :00 AUS - USA (Marine Messe 44 5:00 OKAYAMA PUR - RUS 47 5:0 (Tue.) Fukuoka) (Momotaro Arena) BUL - TUN 45 8:00 JPN - ESP 48 8:0 BRA - KOR 0 TOKYO 49 4:00 BUL - RUS TOKYO 5 :0 PUR - TUN (Tokyo Metropolitan 50 6:0 ARG - BRA (Komazawa 5 5:00 EGY - KOR (Fri.) Gymnasium) 5 9:0 JPN - USA Gymnasium) 54 8:00 AUS - ESP Phase TOKYO 55 4:00 ARG - USA TOKYO 58 :0 EGY - TUN 4 Dec (Tokyo Metropolitan 56 6:0 BRA - RUS (Komazawa 59 5:00 ESP - KOR (Sat.) Gymnasium) 57 9:0 JPN - BUL Gymnasium) 60 8:00 AUS - PUR TOKYO 6 4:00 ARG - BUL TOKYO 64 :00 ESP - TUN Dec (Tokyo Metropolitan 6 6:0 RUS - USA (Komazawa 65 4:0 KOR - PUR (Sun.) Gymnasium) 6 9:0 JPN - BRA Gymnasium) 66 7:0 AUS - EGY Awarding Ceremony Awarding Ceremony ** Hiroshima Green Arena = Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center FIVB World Volley News No.0 October 007

4 Beach Volleyball beach VOLLEYBALL men & women 007 SWATCH FIVB Junior World ships Italy and Brazil on the highest step of the podium beach VOLLEYBALL men & women 007 SWATCH FIVB World Tour The successful events in Russia, P The SWATCH-FIVB Junior World ships in Modena closed after six incredible days of good matches and a final with,00 spectators. In the Women s event, the SWATCH FIVB Junior World ships celebrates Lili-Seixas, who continue to keep at high level Brazilian Beach Volleyball history with four successes in the last four editions. In sunny weather condition, the Brazilian consistent serve, good ball control and high level of tactics helped them defeat Australia s Palmer-Rohkamper - (5-7, -7, 5-7). Italian and Brazilian SWATCH FIVB Junior World s in Modena I m extremely happy! In the final, we played very good, said Barbara Seixas, and we won the gold medal. The Australian team played also a tough match. This result is somewhat surprising because this year I changed my partner. All the games have been very difficult and the final match has been really hard. We have improved match by match and we have fixed our team play very well during the games. In the bronze medal match, Van Iersel and Wesselink defeated Liliana-Baquerizo -6-9 in 4 minutes. Spanish had many problems in reception and digs, while the Dutch played a very good game. After yesterday result said Marleen Van Iersel we wanted to win a bronze medal. We hoped to do better than last year, but it wasn t possible. Yesterday, I cried and cried because I was very sad about the result continued Marloes Wesselink. We really wanted to play for the gold medal. In the Men s competition, the Italian pair Giontella - Nicolai win came also thanks to the fans support. It was an excellent game which the Italians claimed 5- in the tie break. It s the most beautiful satisfaction of my life commented Francesco Giontella (SWATCH MVP). I worked to get this world title for the whole year. I dedicate this gold medal to all the staff of the National Team. Thanks to all the fans, it s really beautiful to win at home. Spanish lost the final: We could win said Adrian Gavira Collado after the match. I do not know why we lost concentration. Alejandro Fernandez Rojas on the other side was a little disappointed as he and his partner, who celebrated a straight-set semifinal victory over Daalmeijer/Oude Elferink (NED) to reach the final, did not show their best performance at the beginning of set three: If we had not fallen asleep on the court, we could have won this match. Germany won the bronze medal. The team Erdmann-Windscheif imposed itself against the Dutch team Daalmeijer- Oude Elferink, -0 (-4, -6). I m so happy especially because my partner had an injured ankle and he played nevertheless, feeling pain all the time asserted Jonathan Erdmann. And besides, this is my first world medal! Final Results Men rd - 4th places: Erdmann-Windscheif (GER) vs. Daalmeijer-Oude Elferink (NED) - 0 (-4, -6) st-nd place: Giontella-Nicolai (ITA) vs. Gavira-Rojas (SPA) - (-, -7, 5-) SWATCH MVP: Francesco Giontella (ITA) Women rd-4th places: Van Iersel and Wesselink (NED) vs. Liliana-Baquerizo (SPA) - 0 st-nd place: Lili-Seixas(BRA) vs. Palmer-Rohkamper (AUS) - SWATCH MVP: Barbara Seixas (BRA) August 9-Sept. - Women s Open St. Petersburg - Russia - Podium Finish Larissa - Juliana BRA The top spot on the women s podium at the USD 400,000 St. Petersburg Open had the same look as the first two years of the SWATCH FIVB World Tour event on the Neva River with Brazilians Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca capturing their third-straight gold medal at the Peter-And-Paul Fortress. With their - and -7 victory in 48 minutes over fourth-seeded Jen Boss and April Ross of the United States, Juliana and Larissa also claimed their thirdstraight SWATCH gold medal and fifth this season while collecting the USD,000 St. Petersburg Open first-place prize. The title win also avenged an earlier setback in the competition to Americans as Boss and Ross advanced to their second SWATCH FIVB World tour semi-final by defeating Juliana and Larissa -7 and -7 in the winner s bracket quarter-finals. For their second medal of the season after winning the Norwegian grand slam, Boss and Ross split USD,000 for second-place. In the bronze medal match, third-seeded Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs earned the United States second podium spot with a -4 and -4 win in 6 minutes over fifth-seeded Vassiliki Arvaniti and Vasso Karadassiou of Greece. In sharing the USD 6,000 third-place prize, Branagh and Youngs posted their best SWATCH finish in nine FIVB events together. 4th place Franco Neto and Pedro Cunha of Brazil in St. Petersburg Boss - Ross USA Branagh - Youngs USA 4 FIVB World Volley News No.0 October 007

5 007 SWATCH FIVB World Tour oland and Brazil August 0-Sept. - Men s Open St. Petersburg - Russia - Podium Finish Harley - Pedro BRA Brazilians Harley Marques and Pedro Salgado overcame the cool weather and the Russian Beach Volleyball fans to win their second-straight SWATCH FIVB World Tour event. With a -4 and - win in 44 minutes over second-seeded Dmitri Barsouk and Igor Kolodinsky of Russia, Harley and Salgado completed the USD 400,000 St. Petersburg Open with an 8-0 record to share the USD,000 first place prize while netting their third SWATCH gold medal this season. It was tough playing out there today, said the -year old Salgado. I think our experience of playing in gold medal matches was the difference. The Russians were nervous in the first set and we took advantage of their errors. Dmitri and Igor settled down in the second set to get the crowd back into the match, but again, we were able to come back after trailing early. In the All-Brazilian bronze medal match, Marcio Araujo and Fabio posted a - and - win in 8 minutes over seventh-seeded Pedro Cunha and Franco Neto to share the USD 6,000 third-place prize. Cunha and Franco, who also defeated Barsouk and Kolodinsky in the doubleelimination competition, split USD,000 for fourth-place. September Men s Open Stare Jablonki - Poland - Podium Finish Emanuel - Ricardo BRA Barsouk - Kolodinsky RUS Fabio Luiz - Marcio Araujo BRA Conde - Baracetti ARG Fabio Luiz - Marcio Araujo BRA With their third gold medal and fourth podium Mazury Open appearance secured, Brazilians Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos look forward to returning to the Szelag Maly Lake resort next season. We love playing here, said Emanuel after he and Ricardo posted a -7 and -4 win in 8 minutes over fifth-seeded Mariano Baracetti and Martin Conde of Argentina to share the USD,000 first-place prize at the USD 00,000 Mazury Open Presented by Hotel Anders, the 6th stop on the 007 men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour. We look forward to returning here next year on journey to the Beijing 008 Olympic Games, said Ricardo, who was named nd place Baracetti and Conde of Argentina in Poland the SWATCH most outstanding player at the fourth annual event. The fans appreciate the competition, and the promoter and his staff treated us great. It is such a relaxing spot until the competition begins on the court. We are very pleased with this win, especially since it was over a rival team from South America. In securing their 9th SWATCH gold medal and 0th FIVB title since the formation of their partnership at the end of the 00 season, the top-seeded Emanuel and Ricardo were defeating Baracetti and Conde for the th time in international Beach Volleyball meetings. In the All-Brazilian bronze medal match, second-seeded Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes rebounded from a three-set semi-final setback to Baracetti and Conde to defeat third-seeded Pedro Cunha and Franco Neto -6 and -5 in 5 minutes. September Women s Open Fortaleza - Brazil - Podium Finish Walsh - May-Treanor USA Larissa - Juliana BRA Branagh - Youngs USA This award s ceremony featured two champions as Brazilians Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca celebrated their third-straight season point s title while American Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh left the Praia de Iracema with Banco do Brasil Open podium (left to right) with Juliana, Larissa, Walsh, Youngs, May-Treanor and Branagh in Fortaleza 007 Men s Top Ten Teams on September 0 Code Points Emanuel - Ricardo BRA 6,940 Marcio Araujo - Fabio Luiz BRA 6,40 Barsouk - Kolodinsky RUS 5,60 4 Harley - Pedro BRA 5,60 5 Pedro Cunha - Franco Neto BRA 5,040 6 Penggen Wu - Linyin Xu CHN 4,680 7 Baracetti - Conde ARG 4,60 8 Nummerdor - Schuil NED 4,060 9 Brink - Ch. Dieckmann GER 4,000 0 J. Reckermann - Urbatzka GER, Women s Top Ten Teams on September 9 Code Points Juliana - Larissa BRA 7,40 Jia Tian - Jie Wang CHN 6,740 Chen Xue - Xi Zhang CHN 5,870 4 Talita - Renata BRA 5,80 5 May-Treanor - Walsh USA 5,40 6 Arvaniti - Karadassiou GRE 4,00 7 Goller - Ludwig GER,860 8 Leila - Ana Paula BRA,0 9 Shelda - Adriana Behar BRA,00 0 Pohl - Rau GER,70 their fifth-straight international Beach Volleyball gold medal this season. The next to last women s event on the 007 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar, the top-seeded May-Treanor and Walsh extended their international Beach Volleyball women streak to 5 by defeating the second-seeded Juliana and Larissa -6 and -4 in the 40-minute finale at the USD 400,000 Banco do Brasil Open. With their 0th SWATCH title in 54 FIVB starts together since 00, May-Treanor and Walsh shared the USD,000 firstplace prize. Juliana and Larissa, who are now -8 against May-Treanor and Walsh in FIVB gold medal matches, split USD,000 for second-place after winning their last three international starts in Norway, Finland and Russia. In the third-place match, fifth-seeded Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs of the United States claimed their second-straight SWATCH bronze medal with a -6 and -4 win in 4 minutes over Adriana and Shelda to share the USD 6,000 prize. A six-time FIVB tour season point s winner, Adriana and Shelda split USD,000 for fourth-place. (cont. on page 6) FIVB World Volley News No.0 October 007 5

6 Volleyball volleyball men FIVB Boys Youth World ship in Mexico Iran is the new champion for the first time ever September Men s Open Fortaleza - Brazil - Podium Finish Emanuel - Ricardo BRA Rogers - Dalhausser USA Fabio Luiz - Marcio Araujo BRA (from page 5) The 007 season was not Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos most consistent campaign on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, but the Brazilians still finished with their second most productive year in terms of winnings after capturing the USD 400,000 the Banco do Brasil Open here Sunday. With their seventh gold medal in 5 SWATCH starts this season, the top-seeded Emanuel and Ricardo increased their season earnings total to USD 47,700 by snapping a two-game victory drought against fourth-seeded Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers by scoring a - and -5 win in 9 minutes over the Americans to share the USD,000 first-place prize. It was good to end the international season with gold medal, said the 4-year Emanuel, who has now teamed with Ricardo to win 0 SWATCH titles since forming their partnership 70 FIVB events ago at the end of the 00 season. The Americans are a very competitive team that blends the blocking and hitting of Dalhausser with the excellent defense of Rogers. That match today could be a preview of things to come. In the bronze medal match, third-seeded Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes of Brazil posted a -4 and -7 win in 46 minutes over 8th-seeded Martin Laciga and Jan Schnider of Switzerland to share the USD 6,000 third-place prize. For competing in their first SWATCH final four together, Laciga and Schnider split USD,000. All Contributions Welcome! Please send your comments and articles to: press@fivb.org or by mail / fax to: Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Château Les Tourelles Chemin Edouard-Sandoz -4 CH-006 Lausanne - Switzerland Tel : +4 () Fax: +4 () Iran vaulted into the volleyball history books to become the new 007 Boy s Youth World for the first time ever, with an electrifying - (- 5, 5-, 6-4, -9, 5-7) victory over China in 0 minutes, in a spectacular all Asian final in Tijuana. The second place for China is the best ever for the country in this FIVB event. This gold medal goes for Iran in addition of the silver and bronze obtained in Cairo 00 Iranian Hamed Bagherpour spikes over Chinese block and Thailand 00, respectively. The final was a nail-biting five set thriller where Ghiasi Motjaba was the finest and best scorer player on the court during the final with 0 points. China had never made it through to a Boy s Youth World ship final before and the Chinese Chen Ping scored points. France grabbed the bronze medal after defeating Argentina - (5-0, 8-5, 6-4, 7-5) in almost two hours. Argentine Facundo Conte was best scorer of the match with 0 points, while Guillaume Quesque also did a good work for his colors triumph with points. While this was the first time ever for France to step Iran Youth World 007 in Mexico into the Top Four and climb on the podium, for Argentina it is only a repetition of the fourth place of the 005 edition. Poland came up with another good performance, winning Belgium for the fifth spot. The match ended - (5-, 5-, 7-5, 5-5). Maciej Krzywiecki led the winners with 7 points. In the match for seventh place, Brazil, sixtime world champion and one of the big deceptions of the tournament, needed four sets to defeat India 5-7, 5-, 6-5, 5-6. Singh Mandeep from India added 7 points to his leading tournament total of 56. Russia, defending two-time world champion and pre-tournament favorite will return home only with the ninth place. The Russians prevailed over the Germans - (-5, 5-8, 5-, 5-7). Ruslan Moskin was the best scorer of the match adding 8 points for the winners. Puerto Rico defeated host Mexico in straight sets (5-0, 5-8, 5-4) for the th place, Cuba dismissed Tunisia - (5-, 0-, 5-, 5-) for the th position and the USA was a -0 (5-, 5-0, 5-9) winner over Egypt for 5th position. Individual Awards MVP: Ghiasi Mojtaba (Iran) Best Scorer: Singh Mandeep (India) Best Attacker: Huang Bin (China) Best Server: Rolando Cepeda (Cuba) Best Blocker: Alireza Jadidi (Iran) Best Setter: Nicolas Uriarte (Argentina) Best Libero: Erik Shoji (USA) Final Ranking. Iran;. China;. France; 4. Argentina; 5. Poland; 6. Belgium; 7. Brazil; 8. India; 9. Russia; 0. Germany;. Puerto Rico;. Mexico;. Cuba; 4. Tunisia; 5. USA; 6. Egypt. 6 FIVB World Volley News No.0 October 007

7 News & Calendars QuickSets A President for the Council, a Final for Brazil Francesco Franchi is the new President of the FIVB World League Council. The Italian manager, who is FIVB Executive Committee Co-opt Member, has already managed his first meetings in Lausanne. The Council has decided to assign the 008 World League Final Round to Brazil. New Coach in Argentina Oscar Romano, the Head Coach of the Junior Women and Youth Girls Teams of Argentina was confirmed until the end of the qualification tournament for the 008 Olympic Games as Head Coach of the Senior Women Team of Argentina. Romano, after advising that he will take over only until this tournament, talked about the team s challenges and where Argentine Women s Volleyball stands. Iran on top of the world They have got the first place in the Boys Youth World ship and the bronze medal in the Men s Junior World ship. 007 is a big year for Iran. With these two clashing results, added to the two gold medals in the same competitions played at European level, Iran is now the first team in the world in the FIVB Junior and Youth World Ranking. Brazil is second, Argentina third. Technical Courses & Seminars Calendar - October-ember 007 DATES COURSE PLACE SPONSOR October - Coaches Level II India FIVB October 5- Beach Refereeing IRCC Brazil FIVB October 0-5 Refereeing Refresher Bahrain FIVB ember -7 Refereeing IRCC Sudan FIVB ember -7 Middle Player Bahrain FIVB. 7- Refereeing Refresher Tunisia FIVB. 5- Middle Player Dominican Republic FIVB Volleyball Cooperation Programme Calendar - October-ember 007 DATES COURSE PLACE October -6 Beach Volleyball Gambia October -8 Coaches Namibia October -7 Teachers Yemen October 6- Coaches Ethiopia ember -6 Beach Volleyball Republic of Palau 007 Global Calendar - Competitions and Events - Volleyball & Beach Volleyball DATES EVENT COUNTRY CONF. M/W October 6-7 Challenge Cup Women-Round Various CEV W October 6-7 Challenge Cup Men-Round Various CEV M October Veteran European ships Loutraki, Greece CEV M/W October 8- Sport One Cup Sofia, Bulgaria CEV W October 0-4 EEVZA Junior ships Girls Warsaw, Poland CEV W October 0-4 OECS Tournament French St. Martin NORCECA M October - U-0 Central American ship Nicaragua NORCECA W October -4 Challenge Cup Women-Round Various CEV W October 6-8 Indesit s League-st Leg Various CEV M October 0- Challenge Cup Men - Round Various CEV M October 0- CEV Cup Men - /6 Finals Various CEV M October -5 Indesit s League-nd Leg Various CEV M October 4-8 OECS Tournament St. Lucia NORCECA W October 6-9 Mini Volley Cent. American ship Guatemala NORCECA M/W October 7 Drawing of Lots 008/09 ECH Senior /008 ECH Junior Luxembourg CEV M/W October 7-8 Challenge Cup Men - Round Various CEV M October 7-8 CEV Cup Men - /6 Finals Various CEV M. -6 Women World Cup 007 Japan FIVB W ember 7- CEV W Continental European Qualification for the 008 Olympic Games Women s nd round Pre-Qualification Tournaments Gabrovo, Bulgaria Ankara, Turkey Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 9- Spike Festival Cayman Islands NORCECA M/W. -8 Leeward Island Tournament Antigua NORCECA M/W. 8-Dec. Men World Cup 007 Japan FIVB M. 4-5 Challenge Cup Women - Round Various CEV W. 4-5 CEV Cup Women - /6 Finals Various CEV W. 7-9 Indesit s League-st Leg Various CEV W. 8- Dec. Continental European Qualification Catania, Italy CEV M for the 008 Olympic Games Men s nd Round Pre-Qualification Tournaments Evora, Portugal Szombathely, Hungary. 0- Dec. 9 U-9 Central American ship El Salvador NORCECA M FIVB World Volley News No.0 October 007 7

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