Mr. Drobnjak Dragan, the delegate from Montenegro, attending the first FIVB Congress for his nation

FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE VOLLEYBALL The Congress of Unity The 30 th FIVB World Congress, which was held in Tokyo from 3 rd until 5 th October, was the FIVB s biggest ever. The number of national federations represented in Tokyo reached 196, with some 30 delegates attending the sessions. The Congress started with a declaration of unity signed by all the national federations present and was conducted in a spirit of unity. The declaration aimed to reaffirm the international federation s unity to counter rumours of national federations breaking away from the FIVB. Official Bulletin No. 9 November 006 Edition in English In order to main stricter financial controls, new regulations were adopted that saw the establishment of an Investment Com- FIVB President Rubén Acosta speaking at the 30 th FIVB World Congress mittee for the management of the FIVB s assets, as well as the appointment of an external FIVB Controller and an FIVB Treasurer. CEV President André Meyer was appointed as the FIVB Treasurer. A Disciplinary Committee was also set up as an independent body the Committee contains no active members of the FIVB to enforce the FIVB s strict Code of Conduct. Congress delegates unanimously approved the affiliated of the Volleyball Federation of Montenegro, increasing to 19 the total number of national federations affiliated to the organisation. Mr. Drobnjak Dragan, the delegate from Montenegro, attending the first FIVB Congress for his nation Specific details of the tsunami relief package were presented by Mrs. Rita Subowo, Member of the Board of Administration and a member of the Task Force chaired by AVC President Mr. Jizhong Wei to oversee the distribution of the 3 million US dollars pledged by the FIVB. Mrs. Subowo, who as President of the Indonesian Volleyball Federation witnessed first hand the destruction caused by the devastating tidal wave, revealed plans for 18 fullyequipped schools in four of the affected countries Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and the Maldives with outdoor volleyball A record 196 National Federations were represented at the 30 th FIVB World Congress in Tokyo courts that can be used as training facilities for teams outside school hours. As the Congress closed with reports from the organisers of future Volleyball and Beach Volleyball events, delegates had already unanimously approved the recognition of the British Volleyball Federation. This will allow the British Volleyball Federation to plan the investment of 4 million pounds sterling in government funding in the run-up to the London 01 Olympic Games and will also allow a Team Great Britain to compete at international volleyball events from next year. For the elections in the FIVB Board & Commissions: See page 8 In this Issue Volleyball 006 World Championships Women & Men Schedules CEV Qualification tournament for the 007 Grand Prix Beach Volleyball 006 SWATCH FIVB World Tour and 007 Calendar Beach Volleyball News Confederations CEV 7 th General Assembly AVC Women s U-19 & Men s U-0 Championships Technical & Development Course Calendars 006 FIVB Global Calendar www.fivb.org

006 World Championships Women s Schedule October 31 to November 16 First Round - 4 teams - 4 sites - 60 matches Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Costa Rica Azerbaijan Brazil Cuba Japan China Cameroon Egypt Kenya Dominican Republic Kazakhstan Italy Korea Germany Netherlands Peru Poland Mexico Puerto Rico Serbia & Montenegro Chinese Taipei Russia U.S.A. Turkey Tokyo Sapporo Kobe Nagoya Date 13:00 15:00 18:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 31-Oct 1 KOR-CRC POL-KEN 3 TPE-JPN 4 DOM-GER 5 MEX-RUS 6 CHN-AZE 7 BRA-PUR 8 NED-CMR 9 USA-KAZ 10 PER-EGY 11 TUR-CUB 1 ITA-SCG 1-Nov 13 KEN-TPE 14 KOR-POL 15 CRC-JPN 16 AZE-RUS 17 GER-MEX 18 CHN-DOM 19 KAZ-BRA 0 CMR-PUR 1 NED-USA EGY-TUR 3 SCG-CUB 4 ITA-PER 3-Nov 5 TPE-KOR 6 POL-CRC 7 JPN-KEN 8 DOM-AZE 9 RUS-GER 30 MEX-CHN 31 BRA-NED 3 PUR-KAZ 33 USA-CMR 34 PER-SCG 35 CUB-EGY 36 TUR-ITA 4-Nov 37 CRC-KEN 38 POL-TPE 39 KOR-JPN 40 CHN-RUS 41 AZE-GER 4 DOM-MEX 43 USA-BRA 44 CMR-KAZ 45 NED-PUR 46 SCG-EGY 47 PER-TUR 48 ITA-CUB 5-Nov 49 TPE-CRC 50 KEN-KOR 51 JPN-POL 5 GER-CHN 53 MEX-AZE 54 RUS-DOM 55 BRA-CMR 56 PUR-USA 57 KAZ-NED 58 TUR-SCG 59 CUB-PER 60 EGY-ITA Pool E - Nagoya Pool F - Osaka Date 11:00 13:00 15:00 18:00 1:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 8-Nov 61 A 4 th - D 1 st 6 A 3 rd - D nd 63 A nd - D 3 rd 64 A 1 st - D 4 th 65 B 1 st - C 4 th 66 B nd - C 3 rd 67 B 3 rd - C nd 68 B 4 th - C 1 st 9-Nov 69 A 4 th - D nd 70 A 3 rd - D 1 st 71 A nd - D 4 th 7 A 1 st - D 3 rd 73 B 1 st - C 3 rd 74 B nd - C 4 th 75 B 3 rd - C 1 st 76 B 4 th - C nd 11-Nov 77 A 4 th - D 3 rd 78 A 3 rd - D 4 th 79 A nd - D 1 st 80 A 1 st - D nd 81 B 1 st - C nd 8 B nd - C 1 st 83 B 3 rd - C 4 th 84 B 4 th - C 3 rd 1-Nov 85 A 4 th - D 4 th 86 A 3 rd - D 3 rd 87 A nd - D nd 88 A 1 st - D 1 st 89 B 1 st - C 1 st 90 B nd - C nd 91 B 3 rd - C 3 rd 9 B 4 th - C 4 th Semifinal Round Osaka Hall 1 Osaka Hall Date TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** 15-Nov 93 E 1 st - F nd 94 F 1 st - E nd 97 E 5 th - F 6 th 95 E 3 rd - F 4 th 96 F 3 rd - E 4 th 98 F 5 th - E 6 th Final Round Osaka Hall 1 Osaka Hall Date TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** 16-Nov Second Round - 16 teams - sites - 3 matches 99 W 97 - W 98 Places 9-10 101 W 95 - W 96 Places 5-6 104 W 93 - W 94 Places 1-100 L 97 - L 98 Places 11-1 10 L 95 - L 96 Places 7-8 103 L 93 - L 94 Places 3-4 Notes Regarding the first day of the matches, the time table is subject to be rearranged for the reasons of Opening Ceremony. Match No. is corresponding to the respective match paring. According to the SCR 8.5, timetable and order of matches are subject to be changed at least 4 hours before the match after the Second Round. According to SCR 8.6, the competition halls are subject to be switched in the Semifinal and Final Round W = winner L = loser N Osaka - Women s Final Hall Municipal Central Gymnasium S E A O F J A P A N Hiroshima Kobe Kyoto Gifu Toyama Nagano HONSHU Nagoya Mount Fuji Osaka Fukuoka Nagasaki SHIKOKU KYUSHU P A C I F I C O C E A N Bullet Train Shinkansen

Men & Women Men s Schedule November 17 to December 3 First Round - 4 teams - 4 sites - 60 matches Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Argentina Australia Bulgaria Canada China Brazil Czech Republic Kazakhstan Egypt Cuba Iran Korea Japan France Italy Russia Poland Germany U.S.A. Serbia & Montenegro Puerto Rico Greece Venezuela Tunisia Saitama Fukuoka Nagano Sendai Date 13:00 15:00 18:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 17-Nov 1 POL-CHN PUR-ARG 3 EGY-JPN 4 CUB-BRA 5 GRE-FRA 6 GER-AUS 7 USA-VEN 8 CZE-IRI 9 ITA-BUL 10 CAN-KAZ 11 RUS-SCG 1 TUN-KOR 18-Nov 13 ARG-POL 14 EGY-PUR 15 JPN-CHN 16 BRA-GRE 17 AUS-FRA 18 GER-CUB 19 IRI-VEN 0 CZE-ITA 1 BUL-USA RUS-TUN 3 SCG-KAZ 4 KOR-CAN 19-Nov 5 CHN-ARG 6 POL-EGY 7 PUR-JPN 8 CUB-AUS 9 GRE-GER 30 FRA-BRA 31 USA-CZE 3 VEN-BUL 33 ITA-IRI 34 KAZ-KOR 35 TUN-SCG 36 CAN-RUS 1-Nov 37 EGY-CHN 38 PUR-POL 39 JPN-ARG 40 CUB-GRE 41 AUS-BRA 4 GER-FRA 43 IRI-BUL 44 CZE-VEN 45 ITA-USA 46 TUN-CAN 47 SCG-KOR 48 RUS-KAZ -Nov 49 CHN-PUR 50 ARG-EGY 51 POL-JPN 5 BRA-GER 53 FRA-CUB 54 GRE-AUS 55 BUL-CZE 56 USA-IRI 57 VEN-ITA 58 KAZ-TUN 59 CAN-SCG 60 KOR-RUS Japan - Central islands HOKKAIDO Sapporo Second Round - 16 teams - sites - 3 matches Pool E - Sendai Pool F - Hiroshima Date 11:00 13:00 15:00 18:00 1:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 5-Nov 61 A 4 th - D 1 st 6 A 3 rd - D nd 63 A nd - D 3 rd 64 A 1 st - D 4 th 65 B 1 st - C 4 th 66 B nd - C 3 rd 67 B 3 rd - C nd 68 B 4 th - C 1 st 6-Nov 69 A 4 th - D nd 70 A 3 rd - D 1 st 71 A nd - D 4 th 7 A 1 st - D 3 rd 73 B 1 st - C 3 rd 74 B nd - C 4 th 75 B 3 rd - C 1 st 76 B 4 th - C nd 8-Nov 77 A 4 th - D 3 rd 78 A 3 rd - D 4 th 79 A nd - D 1 st 80 A 1 st - D nd 81 B 1 st - C nd 8 B nd - C 1 st 83 B 3 rd - C 4 th 84 B 4 th - C 3 rd 9-Nov 85 A 4 th - D 4 th 86 A 3 rd - D 3 rd 87 A nd - D nd 88 A 1 st - D 1 st 89 B 1 st - C 1 st 90 B nd - C nd 91 B 3 rd - C 3 rd 9 B 4 th - C 4 th Semifinal Round Tokyo Hall 1 Tokyo Hall Date TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** -Dec 93 E 1 st - F nd 94 F 1 st - E nd 97 E 5 th - F 6 th 95 E 3 rd - F 4 th 96 F 3 rd - E 4 th 98 F 5 th - E 6 th Yamagata iigata Morioka Sendai Final Round Tokyo Hall 1 Tokyo Hall Date TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** TBD**** 3-Dec 99 W 97 - W 98 Places 9-10 101 W 95 - W 96 Places 5-6 104 W 93 - W 94 Places 1-100 L 97 - L 98 Places 11-1 10 L 95 - L 96 Places 7-8 103 L 93 - L 94 Places 3-4 Saitama TOKYO Tokyo - Men s Final Hall Yoyogi Gymnasium

Beach Volleyball Beach VOLLEYBALL men & women 006 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Women s champions take gold at home In the tournaments last month, Brazil s Juliana and Larissa consolidated their position at the top of the women s ranking with their 6 th gold medal this season. In the men s competition, Germany s Julius Brink and Christoph Dieckmann beat the home teams on Brazilian sand to take their second gold this year. September 6-30 - Women s Open Vitória - Brazil - Podium Finish 1 GOLD Juliana - Larissa BRA 3 Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca continued their winning ways in front of the home crowd by capturing the women s gold medal at the USD 400,000 Vitória Open on Camburi Beach. The topseeded Juliana and Larissa scored a 19-1, 1-14 and 15-10 win in 56 minutes over third-seeded Leila Barros and Ana Paula Connelly in the all-brazilian final to split the USD 3,000 first-place prize. Secondplaced Leila and Ana Paula shared USD,000 for their seventh podium placement in 4 SWATCH starts together. It is great to finally win a gold medal in front of family, friends and the Brazilian fans, said the 4-year old Larissa. In an all-american bronze medal match, third-seeded May-Treanor and Walsh shared the USD 16,000 third-prize after beating Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs and maintained their record of posting a podium finish in each of their five SWATCH FIVB World Tour appearances in Brazil. Playing in their first SWATCH event together, Branagh and Youngs split USD 1,000 for fourth-place. Sept. 7 - Oct. 1 - Men s Open Vitória - Brazil - Podium Finish 1 GOLD Brink - Dieckmann GER 3 SILVER Leila - Ana Paula BRA BRONZE May-Treanor - Walsh USA SILVER Gibb - Rosenthal USA BRONZE Cunha - Franco BRA Christoph Dieckmann joined his older twin brother as a Beach Volleyball gold medalist on Brazilian sand as he teamed with Julius Brink to capture the men s Vitoria Open title on Camburi Beach. Dieckmann and Brink posted a 1-17 and 1-19 gold medal win over ninth-seeded Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal to avenge an earlier defeat to the Americans in the Vitoria Open competition. For their second Vitoria Open podium front row, left to right, Walsh, Ana Paula, Larissa and Leila; and second row, left to right, Juliana and May-Treanor SWATCH gold medal finish this season together, Dieckmann and Brink shared the USD 3,000 first-place prize. The Americans, who were attempting to win their first international final after placing second at July s stop in Paris, split USD,000. In an all-brazilian bronze medal match, Cunha and Franco posted a 1-18 and 1-19 win over second-seeded Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos to share the USD 16,000 third-place prize. October 4-8 - Men s Open Acapulco - Mexico - Podium Finish 1 GOLD Gibb - Rosenthal USA 3 SILVER Ricardo - Emanuel BRA BRONZE Rogers - Dalhausser USA The USA s Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal ended the 006 season on a high note with their first gold medal on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour. The American beat the reigning Olympic champions Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos from Brazil for the third consecutive time to take the medal. In the bronze medal match, fifth-seeded Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers gave the United States its second podium place The two amigos - Jake Gibb (left) and Sean Rosenthal of U.S.A. 006 Men s Top Seven Teams on October 8 Code Points 1 Ricardo - Emanuel BRA 6380 Fabio Luiz - Marcio Araujo BRA 6060 3 Brink - Dieckmann Ch. GER 4740 4 Cunha - Franco BRA 470 5 Baracetti - Conde ARG 3600 6 Wu - Xu CHN 3000 7 Heuscher - Kobel SUI 760 006 Women s Top Seven Teams on October 9 Code Points 1 Juliana - Larissa BRA 7060 Wang Jie - Tian Jia CHN 5700 3 Zhang Xi- Xue Chen CHN 4700 4 Renata - Talita BRA 4480 5 Ana Paula - Leila BRA 450 6 Adriana Behar - Shelda BRA 40 Walsh - May-Treanor USA 40 by defeating sixth-seeded Penggen Wu and Linyin Xu of China 1-14 and -0 in 47 minutes to share USD 16,000 for third-place. The Chinese posted their second-straight SWATCH-FIVB World Tour final four finish to split USD 1,000 for fourth-place. October 5-9 - Women s Open Acapulco - Mexico - Podium Finish 1 GOLD May-Treanor - Walsh USA 3 SILVER Renata - Talita BRA BRONZE Hakedal - Torlen NOR Reigning Olympic champions Misty May- Treanor and Kerri Walsh made it a double for the U.S.A. for the first time since 003 at a SWATCH FIVB World Tour event as they beat third-seeded Renata Ribeiro and Talita Antunes of Brazil in the final. Norway s Nila Ann Hakedal and Ingrid Torlen claimed their first-ever SWATCH medal by upsetting the Tour points leaders Juliana and Larissa. Norwegian delight for Ingrid Torlen (left) and Nila Ann Hakedal

006-007 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Beach VOLLEYBALL men & women 007 Calendar SWATCH FIVB World Tour The road to Beijing 008 with 37 tournaments The Olympic Qualification process for Beijing 008 for Beach Volleyball will start on 1 st January 007. In the runup to Beijing, the SWATCH FIVB World Tour will see its first-ever stop in a Middle Eastern country as the circuit stops off in Bahrain for a men s Open event in 007. The Tour also sees strong interest from Asia, with new events sanctioned in Singapore, Korea and Indonesia. These add to a calendar that contains established stops across Europe and in North and South America including four European Grand Slams in Berlin, Klagenfurt, Paris and Stavanger and continue the growth of a tour that is a genuine world event. Prize money for the 37 events will be 8.65 million USD, of which 1 million alone is up for grabs at the World Championships, which will be held in Gstaad, Switzerland and will feature 48 of the world s best teams from each gender. The latest version of the World Tour calendar can be viewed at: 008 Beijing Olympics qualification process The Olympic qualification process for Beach Volleyball will start on 1 st January 007 and run until 0 th July 008, with 4 team vacancies available for each gender. The participating teams will be decided based on the best eight performances in recognised Olympic Qualification tournaments SWATCH FIVB World Tour events, World Championships and FIVB recognised Continental Championship Finals. There is a maximum of two teams per country and if a continent does not have any teams qualified after the above procedure is applied, the 3rd place will be awarded to the highestranked eligible team from the continent in question. http://www.fivb.org/en/ BeachVolleyball/Competitions/ WorldTour/007/007_calendar.htm Women s Calendar as per September 6 006 DATES SITE/COUNTRY EVENT May -6 Shanghai, China Open May 3-7 Sentosa, Singapore Open May 30 June 3 Seoul, Korea Open June 1-16 Espinho, Portugal Open June 19-3 Paris, France Grand Slam June 6 June 30 Stavanger, Norway Grand Slam July 4-8 Montréal, Canada Open July 10-14 Berlin, Germany Grand Slam July 17-1 Marseille, France Open July 4-8 Gstaad, Switzerland SWATCH FIVB World Championship August 1-4 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam August 7-11 Kristiansand, Norway Open August 14-18 Aland, Finland Open August 8 - September 1 St. Petersburg, Russia Open *September 4-8 Warsaw, Poland Open **September 18- Vitória, Brazil Open October 3-7 Acapulco, Mexico Open October 31 - November 4 Phuket, Thailand Open * Sex and date TBD - ** Prize money TBD Men s Calendar as per September 6 006 May 1-5 Shanghai, China Open May 8-1 Bahrain Open May 3-7 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy Open June 6-10 Zagreb, Croatia Open June 13-17 Espinho, Portugal Open June 0-4 Paris, France Grand Slam June 7 July 1 Stavanger, Norway Grand Slam July 5-9 Montréal, Canada Open July 11-15 Berlin, Germany Grand Slam July 18- Marseille, France Open July 5-9 Gstaad, Switzerland SWATCH FIVB World Championship August -5 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam August 8-1 Kristiansand, Norway Open August 15-19 Aland, Finland Open August 9- September St. Petersburg, Russia Open *September 5-9 Warsaw, Poland Open **September 19-3 Vitória, Brazil Open October 4-8 Acapulco, Mexico Open October 31 - November 4 Bali, Indonesia Open * Sex and date TBD - ** Prize money TBD TOTAL PRIZE MONEY AND FIVB BONUS POOL US$ 8,650,000 18 Women s events / 19 Men s events including 4 Grand Slams & 1 WCH - Total: 37 events Beach Volleyball News... Heuscher-Heyer team up for Beijing 008 A new force in international Beach Volleyball emerged when Swiss champion and vice World Champion Sascha Heyer teamed up with Athens bronze medallist Patrick Heuscher to start a campaign aiming for a podium place at the 008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Patrick Heuscher had been looking for a new partner after his longstanding team-mate Stefan Kobel announced his retirement at the end of the 006 season following a spate of injuries. The new partnership can look forward to a great start to the 007 Olympic qualification season with the World Championships on home soil in Gstaad. I m very much looking forward to the next two years, said Heuscher. I will give everything at the World Championships and for a berth at the Olympic Games in Beijing. I am highly motivated to play with Sasha. Insiders may be surprised at the new partnership, which combines two world-class blockers. Sascha Heyer was, however, Patrick s ideal choice as a partner and he sees no problems with the new configuration. I can see advantages. Some opponents don t like me at all as a blocker, others have a lot of respect for Sasha s block. We can now tailor our defensive tactics specifically to each opponent. I m also looking forward to learning new things as a defensive player in future. Heyer made the team s ultimate objective very clear: We both think that a medal is possible in Beijing. But before that, he thinks the Beach Volleyball World Championships in his home country will be a highlight of his career. This will be the first milestone on the road to Beijing, he said. Sascha Heyer left and Patrick Heuscher

Confederations VOLLEYBALL women Four European teams qualify for the 007 World Grand Prix Russia, the Netherlands, Italy and Poland qualified for the 007 World Grand Prix on conclusion of the European Qualification tournament in Varna, Bulgaria in September. This year s top scorer at the World Grand Prix, Ekaterina Gamova, stood out again in the final match against the Netherlands as she led Giovanni Caprara s girls to a straight set victory and took the MVP award for the tournament. In the play-off matches, Italy beat Turkey and Poland overcame Azerbaijan to com- plete the quartet that will take part in next year s World Grand Prix. Italy went on to beat Poland in the bronze medal match. At a press conference following the tournament, CEV President André Meyer hinted that more teams may be included in the qualifiers next year, with a possibility of the tournament being extended to two stages. He also announced that Bulgaria, following its successful staging of World League matches this year, will host one of the three Olympic Qualification tournaments for men. It s certain that Japan will host one of the tournaments, so we were looking for hosts for the other two. Now I m glad to congratulate Bulgaria as one of them, he said. Europe s Continental Qualifications for Beijing 008 will be staged in the period from 15 th December 007 to nd January 008. FIVB World Grand Prix 007 European Qualification Tournament in Varna, Bulgaria Match results Final NED-RUS 0:3 19-5, 19-5, 1-5 Bronze medal match POL-ITA 0:3 3-5, 0-5, 16-5 Play-off matches TUR-ITA 0:3 0-5, 0-5, 19-5 AZE-POL 1:3 5-18, 3-5, 5-7, 0-5 The victorious Russian team CEV President André Meyer with MVP Ekaterina Gamova confederations CEV 7 th General Assembly - Strong commitment of 51 European Federations to the FIVB institution Qualification Tournament will determine the three other European vacancies in each competition. In the presence of FIVB President Dr. Rubén Acosta H., Luxembourg Government Commissioner for Physical Education and Sports, Mr. Guy Fusenig, the President of the Luxembourg Olympic Committee, Mr. Marc Theisen, and Luxembourg Sports Minister, Mr. Jeannot Krecke, the CEV held its 7th General Assembly in Luxembourg on Saturday, 14th October 006. CEV President André Meyer addressed the representatives of the 54 national federations and declared the commitment of the European federations and their solidarity with the FIVB. Mr. Meyer also mentioned the strong support of these federations for FIVB President Rubén Acosta. Following Mr. Meyer s welcome speech, FIVB President Dr. Rubén Acosta underlined the importance of a strong leadership of the FIVB and the CEV to develop Volleyball and Beach Volleyball all around the world. Dr. Acosta further took time to remind all national federations that all constant efforts established for the benefit of the development of Volleyball and Beach Volleyball were always set up in order to serve FIVB institutions and not any other interests. On this occasion, Mr. Cristóbal Marte Hoffiz, FIVB Executive Vice-President and member of the FIVB Finance Commission, presented the FIVB Audit Report & Administrative Inquiry 001-005 concerning former FIVB General Manager Jean-Pierre Seppey s mismanagement and financial abuses. Furthermore the 68 delegates had the chance to follow the presentations of the various European Commissions and Working Groups. In this scope, CEV Sports Organizing Commission President Pierre Mulheims informed about the qualification procedure for the FIVB Junior World Championship 007. The European Champions Russia for the men s competition and Italy for the women s competition are directly qualified, while a European 005 CEV accounts close with a significant surplus representing an increase of 30% compared to the budget. Finally, the national delegates of the 006 CEV General Assembly proceeded to the official nomination of the organisers for the future European Championships 008 and 009. t FIVB Executice Vice-President Cristobal Marte Hoffiz during his presentation President Acosta with CEV President after the General Assembly 6

Technical & Development Courses and Seminars Calendar - November-December 006 DATES COURSE PLACE SPONSOR November 5-11 Technical Seminar Get Involved Bahrain FIVB Nov. 0 - Dec. 3 Coaches Level II Bridgetown FIVB November 1-6 Refereeing National Malawi NF Volleyball Cooperation Programme Calendar - November 006 DATES COURSE PLACE November 13-18 Teachers Trinidad & Tobago November 15-0 Refereeing Mauritania November -7 Teachers Sierra Leone 006 Global Calendar - Competitions and Events - Volleyball and Beach Volleyball DATES EVENT COUNTRY CONF. M/W Oct. 31-Nov. 5 006 FIVB Volleyball World Championships 1 st round Tokyo, Sapporo, Kobe & Nagoya, Japan FIVB W November Beach Volleyball Tour Philippines AVC M/W November 006 Asian Women s Beach Volleyball Invitation Honk-Kong AVC W November 1-5 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Phuket, Thailand FIVB W November 3-5 CAZOVA Beach Volleyball Tour Barbados NORCECA M/W Nov. 6-1 South AmericanYouth Volleyball tournament Rosario, Argentina CSV M Nov. 8-1. Women s World Championship nd Round, Pools E-F Nagoya & Osaka, Japan FIVB W Nov. 10-1 Spike Festival Cayman Island NORCECA M/W Nov. 10-1 FIVB Beach Volleyball Exhibition Hong Kong, China FIVB W Nov. 15-16 Women s World Championships Semi-Finals & Finals Osaka, Japan FIVB W Nov. 15-30 17 th African Cup of Cups Abuja, Nigeria CAVB W Nov. 17-19 Beach Volleyball Central American Championship El Salvador NORCECA M/W Nov. 17- Men s World Championship 1 st Round, Pools A-B-C-D Saitama, Fukuoka, Nagano & Sendai, Japan FIVB M Nov. 5-6 Top Teams Cup Women 1 st round, home matches Various venues CEV W Nov. 5-9. Men s World Championship nd Round, Pools E-F Sendai & Hiroshima, Japan FIVB M Nov. 8-30 INDESIT European Champions League 1 st leg, League round Various venues CEV W December 1-9 Central American Championship Panama NORCECA M December 1-17 15 th Asian Games Doha, Qatar AVC December -3 Men s World Championship Semi-Finals & Finals Tokyo, Japan FIVB M December -3 Top Teams Cup Women 1 st round, away matches Various venues CEV W December 5-7 INDESIT European Champions League nd leg, League round Various venues CEV W December 9-10 CEV Cup Men & Women 1 st round, away matches Various venues CEV M/W Dec. 1-14 INDESIT European Champions League 4 th leg, League round Various venues CEV M Dec. 1-14 INDESIT European Champions League 3 rd leg, League round Various venues CEV W Dec. 1-18 th African Cup of Cups Cairo, Egypt CAVB M Dec. 15-17 Top Teams Cup Men & Women nd round tournaments Various venues CEV M/W Dec. 16-17 CEV Cup Men & Women 1 st round, away matches Various venues CEV M/W Dec. 19-1 INDESIT European Champions League 5 th leg, League round Various venues CEV M Dec. 19-1 INDESIT European Champions League 4 th leg, League round Various venues CEV W volleyball men Asian Men s U-0 Championship Indian juniors excellent show After an excellent run of success the Indian junior men volleyball team stumbled at the last hurdle, losing to the host, Iran, 15-5, 17-5, 17-5 in the final of the 13th Asian championship at Teheran in September. In four years India missed the Asian junior title for the second time losing the final. Ironically, India went down to Iran in the final in 00 also, but in a five-set game. But this time the Indian team caved in very badly in the title-decider. Having remained unbeaten till the final India blot- ted its book with a poor display and Iran, which was shocked by Japan in a five-setter, coasted to a comfortable victory in front of its home crowd. In 004, India was not in the top four. Both Iran and India qualified for the World junior championship, likely to be held in Europe. Though the Volleyball Federation of India officials are quite happy about the juniors silver medal victory, they are worried about the team s habit of falling at the last hurdle. As the VFI is preparing the Indian team for the next World senior championship qualifier this juniors good show has come like a shot in the arm for the Federation. In two years, this team should be quite strong to face the world challenge. In fact, the VFI feels that 006 as a whole has been a more fruitful year for Indian volleyball. volleyball women Asian Women s U-19 Championship China takes seventh title Mighty China underlined their supremacy over the 13 th Asian Women s Junior Under-19 Volleyball Championship after pulling off a dramatic 3-1 5-0, 4-6, 5-18, 5-17 victory over a gallant Japan in the final showdown on Monday. It is the seventh Asian title China have won since they claimed their debut crown in 199. In between Thailand and Chinese Taipei, the host side, went down in the opening set 16-5, but recovered fast to snatch the thrilling second set 5-. Chinese Taipei won the the third-place play-off against the host side Thailand, who were playing without star spiker Sirintra Seesuma, who had sustained an ankle injury during training. South Korea, third place at the previous Colombo episode in Sri Lanka two years ago, lost their touch this time to finish fifth place after outclassing Vietnam in straight sets 5-1, 5-11, 5-1. In the 7 th -place play-off, the Aussies came from behind to beat New Zealand in a 13-5, 5-0, 5-17, 19-5 and 1-19 victory. China won five individual awards, with Fan Linlin taking the Best Server and Chen Yao the Best Attacker respectively. Wang Qian claimed the Best Libero Player award, while Yan Ni took home the Best Blocker and the Most Valuable Player awards. Japanese Miho Watanabe captured the Best Setter award, while Chinese Taipei s Wu Shu Fen took the Best Scorer. China and Japan are eligible for next year s World Women s Under-0 Volleyball Championship, while Thailand, as the host country, will also join the two teams to take part in the world-class tournament. Final Ranking 1. China. Japan 3. Chinese Taipei 4. Thailand 5. South Korea 6. Vietnam 7. Australia 8. New Zealand 9. Indonesia 10. India 11. Singapore 1. Sri Lanka Individual Awards Best Attacker: Chen Yao China Best Setter: Miho Watanabe Japan Best Server: Fan Linlin China Best Scorer: Wu Shu Fen Chinese Taipei Best Blocker: Yan Ni China Best Libero: Wang Qian China Most Valuable Player: Yan Ni China 7

FIVB Congress Elections EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION, COUNCIL AND COMMISSION MEMBERS 006 / 010 Executive Committee Dr. Rubén ACOSTA HERNANDEZ FIVB President MEX Mr. Jizhong WEI 1st Exec. Vice-President CHN Mr. Cristóbal MARTE HOFFIZ nd Exec. Vice-President DOM Mr. André MEYER Exec. Vice-President & Treasurer LUX Dr. B. Sivanthi ADITYAN Exec. Vice-President IND Dr. Saleh Ahmad BIN NASSER Exec. Vice-President KSA Mr. Theofanis TSIOKRIS Exec. Vice-President GRE Dr. Amr M. ELWANI Exec. Vice-President EGY Dr. Ary DA SILVA GRAÇA FILHO Exec. Vice-President BRA Mr. Yuri CHESNOKOV Exec. Vice-President RUS Mr. Vicente ARAUJO Exec. Vice-President POR Mrs. Rita SUBOWO Exec. Vice-President INA Mr. Aleksandar BORICIC Exec. Vice-President SRB Mr. Masao TACHIKI Co-opt Member JPN Mr. Francesco FRANCHI Co-opt Member ITA FIVB COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS Board of Administration Members Mr. Essa H. A. 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President MEX Dr. Ary DA SILVA GRAÇA FILHO Member BRA Mr. Jacob SHTOFMAN Reporter ISR Sheikh Yussuf AL SABAH Member KUW World League Council Dr. Rubén ACOSTA HERNANDEZ President MEX Mr. Robert CLARKE Volleyball Events Director FIVB Mr. Gavriel KRAUS Refereeing Delegate ISR Presidents of the 16 countries involved Members (16) World Grand Prix Council Mr. Jizhong WEI President CHN Ms. Gabrielle VAN ZWIETEN Sports Events Department FIVB Mr. Shanrit WONGPRASERT Technical Delegate THA Mr. Hassan Ahmed MOHAMED Refereeing Delegate EGY Countries hosting the tournament Members Beach Volleyball Permanent Committee Mr. Christopher St-John SMITH President USA Mr. Angelo SQUEO FIVB Director FIVB Mr. José Fernando LOPES CASANOVA Member POR Mr. Bjorn MAASEIDE Member NOR Mr. Miguel Angel QUINTANA Member ESP Mr. Sascha HEYER Member SUI Mr. Carl HENKEL Member USA Ms. Ana Paula CONNELLY Member BRA *TBD = to be determined World Volley News Official Bulletin of the FIVB Av. de la Gare 1 CH-1001 Lausanne Printed in Switzerland FIVB founded in 1947 Pres. 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