Official Bulletin no. 16 June 2007

Edition in English

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The FIVB’s premier annual international men’s competition, the FIVB World League, has played its second week-end. After that, three teams are still unbeaten: Brazil (Pool A), Bulgaria and Poland (Pool B, where Poland is already qualified as the Final Six host country). U.S.A. leads Pool B, while just a sets ratio gets Cuba at the first place in Pool C, followed by Russia.

Prior to the competitions, the 2007 ses-sion of the highest governing bodies of the FIVB, the Executive Committee and Board of Administration, composed of members from 35 countries was successfully held in Lausanne with the reports on the 2007-2008 competitions’ calendar starting with the Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour and World Championships, the Vol-leyball World League, Women’s Grand Prix, Junior World Championships in Morocco for men and Thailand for women, Youth World Championships in Mexico for both in this issue

Volleyball

•2007WorldLeague:firsttwoweekends

•Newsubstitutionsystemcurrentlytested

Beach Volleyball

•SWATCHFIVBWorldTourNational Federations

•AlgeriawinsMen’sAfricanClubsChampionship

•Japanqueensofthe6thAsianYouthGirls’Championship

Development

•VolleyballatSchoolSymposium

The month of May marked the open-ing of the Volleyball and Beach Vol-leyball season, just after the successful conclusion of two weeks of meet-ings at the FIVB, adopting important changes in its structure. The first two weekends of action of the World League, the FIVB premier men’s Vol-leyball tournament, concluded with three teams still unbeaten: Brazil, Bulgaria and Poland, whereas the SWATCH FIVB World Tour enjoyed a successful start with its first six events.

boys and girls and special reports on the November World Cups in Japan and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

The growth and posi-tive development of the FIVB’s major competi-tions was unanimously noted. The Beach Volley-ball SWATCH FIVB World Tour was a highlight of the meeting this year with a record 35 events and USD 8,750,000 in prize money. The World League’s suc-cess in signing major new TV networks for the 2007 season and the improved image of its new branding have been revealed, which is the best proof of the dynamism displayed by the FIVB. Finally, facing the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the Olympic qualifica-tion for Beach Volleyball and Volleyball was given special attention particularly the detailed reports on the qualification process, taking place from 1st January 2007 to 20th July 2008.

The Board also adopted a totally new approach concerning the infringement of Rules and violations to the Code of Conduct, upon the proposal of the FIVB President. Under this new concept the President’s powers to suspend FIVB mem-bers for actions or attitudes contrary to the FIVB Regulations are delegated to an independent Disciplinary Committee, who

Busy start of the Volleyball andBeach Volleyball season at the fiVB

after hearing the facts from the member considered at fault, may recommend or not the application of a sanction which only the Executive Committee or the Board will be authorised to apply.

This month will see non-stop Volleyball action with the four remaining weekends of the Intercontinental Round of the World League to take place, the Finals being held in Katowice, Poland, from 11th to 15th July. As for Beach Volleyball, 3 double-gender events will take place, including one Open in Espinho, Portugal, two Grand Slams in Paris, France, and Stavanger, Norway, as well as one women’s Open in Warsaw, Poland, and one men’s Open in Zagreb, Croatia.

The Board of Administration meeting was held from 19th to 21st May

The men’s premier annual international tournament, the World League, opened on 25th May

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Korean attacks and serves put Brazil in big trouble, solved only with the 17th point of the tie break.

Pool BThe Blues lined up by Philippe Blain made an awkward first step (13-25) in Portland, then brushing up the situation with a 5 set win against U.S.A. Guillaume Samica was the main danger for U.S.A. and Pierre Pujol conducted the offensive system very efficiently. But U.S.A. soon regained its

mental and physical power, to go for a split. Gabriel Gardner, moved from the left side to the outside hitting, marked 18 points and helped his team to go for the 3-1.

Pool cDouble challenge between Russia number 3 and Serbia 5 in the world ranking. Played in Moscow, the two matches showed what new Russia, with 37 year old setter Kham-uttskikh as the leader, dreams to set up to go to the finals. Serbia, for the first time without the Grbic brothers and with many new players in the twelve, did not have an easy debut. For the new Russian coach, Alekno, it was only big smiles for his first 3-0 and 3-1 victories.Egypt, without four of its best players, in-cluding setter Abdalla, could not resist the strength of the Cubans, coached by Orlan-do Samuels, back to the island after many years of coaching abroad. Moreover, the Egyptian had another problem during the games. “It’s a shame that we lost starter Hossan Shaarawy, due to an injury. Any-way, our younger players did their best, but failed due to their inexperience” said captain Hassan Ashraf Abouel after these 3-1 and 3-0 losses.

Pool DThe first matches for Poland were sched-uled in Lodz, where the starting weekend of the World League found its best audi-ence, 19,200 spectators. Raul Lozano’s

Volleyball

Huge live audience and TV coverage for the 2007 FIVB World League

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TheFIVB’spremierannual interna-tional men’s com-petition is lookingforwardtoitsFinalSixinKatowice(11-15July2007).Thefirstweek-endsfor

thefourPoolsshowedthebestteamsspiking for the top positions. Threeteamsarestillunbeaten:Brazil(PoolA),BulgariaandPoland(PoolB,wherePoland isalreadyqualifiedas theFi-nalSixhostcountry).U.S.A.leadsPoolB,whilejustasetsratiogetsCubaatthefirstplace inPoolC, followedbyRussia.

WeeK 1Pool aCanada, after 7 years away from the World League, experienced a great start

against Finland in the opening match (3-1), but the second one hoisted the white and blue flag over the John Labatt Centre, in London (Ontario). Thomas Sammelvuo hit the Mikasa at his best and signed a tie with Canada, two teams defined by their coaches as live “work in progress”.The hardest homework was for the re-newed team of Korea. A young squad with the worst target ever for a beginning: the Olympic and World Champion Brazil. Even Bernardinho Rezende was forced to change his team, due to some injuries or forced absences : his son was on the court, too (‘Bruninho’, whose mother is former spiker Vera Mossa), but the experience of Murilo and Samuel Fuchs was enough to catch a match at the Yugwangsoon Gymn. A second one showed many spectacular plays performed by captain Kyung-Soo Lee and Chul-Woo Park, getting Korea very close to the first round surprise. The

Week 1 - ResultsDate Teams ResultPool A - Intercontinental Round25-May Canada - Finland 3-126-May Canada - Finland 1-326-May Korea - Brazil 0-327-May Korea - Brazil 2-3Pool B - Intercontinental Round (ITA-JPN to play in week 7)26-May U.S.A. - France 2-327-May U.S.A. - France 3-1Pool C - Intercontinental Round25-May Cuba - Egypt 3-126-May Russia - Serbia 3-026-May Cuba - Egypt 3-027-May Russia - Serbia 3-1Pool D - Intercontinental Round25-May Poland - China 3-026-May Bulgaria - Argentina 3-026-May Poland - China 3-227-May Bulgaria - Argentina 3-0

Week 2 - ResultsDate Teams ResultPool A - Intercontinental Round01-Jun Brazil - Finland 3-102-Jun Brazil - Finland 3-002-Jun Korea - Canada 3-103-Jun Korea - Canada 3-0Pool B - Intercontinental Round01-Jun U.S.A. - Japan 3-101-Jun Italy - France 3-202-Jun U.S.A. - Japan 3-103-Jun Italy - France 0-3Pool C - Intercontinental Round01-Jun Serbia - Egypt 3-001-Jun Cuba - Russia 2-302-Jun Serbia - Egypt 3-002-Jun Cuba - Russia 3-1Pool D - Intercontinental Round01-Jun Poland - Argentina 3-101-Jun Bulgaria - China 3-103-Jun Bulgaria - China 3-003-Jun Poland - Argentina 3-0

France’s Pierre Pujol jumps to set for Romain Vadeleux

Berezhko (RUS) attacks against Bojovic and Bjelica (SRB)

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Korea at the second place of the pool, just behind Brazil.

Pool BItaly’s debut in Pool B was marked by a tie-break win in Firenze and a 0-3 loss in Livorno against France. A 12,600 cheer-ing audience welcomed Montali’s team, but the French team seemed much too powerful for the new ‘Azzurri’ group.3-1, 3-1 for U.S.A.-Japan in the Green Bay challenge gives the lead of Pool B to McCutcheon’s squad. With Ryan Miller as a steady wall, William Priddy as World League top scorer and Gabe Gardner capa-ble of a 10 points run in the last set, Japan left the U.S.A. with the last standing posi-tion: “It’s the first time we have played to-gether as a team – is captain Shinya Chiba comment – It’s hard to compare this team to the past, because we don’t have one.”

Pool cEven with a 32-30 in the last set of the first game, Egypt couldn’t succeed to over-come Serbia. Two 3-0 send Serbia-Egypt to the 2007 World League archive. As cap-tain Abdul Hassan Ashraf underscored,

“This is our second participation only in the World League, and Serbia played a lot of decisive matches before us. Maybe we win in Cairo, this is our wish.”Both teams now are on the run to catch leaders Cuba and Russia. Havana, show-ing a packed Ciudad Deportivo, proved

a great Friday start for Russia (2-3), and then Cuba answered at its best (3-1): even almost losing the fourth set, but head coach Orlando found out in Rolando Jur-quin the most useful serves.

Pool DBulgaria and Poland, with no loss after this second week-end, are on top of Pool D. The Poland-Argentina sold-out matches in Poznan (5,100) and Bydgoszcz (8,000), finished 3-1 and 3-0. This was also time for Raul Lozano to show a new talent like Bartosz Kurek, but due to an injured leg, he could not send him back to the 12’s for the easiest Sunday match.Bulgaria marked 4 points, too, in the last week-end. “We prepared very good for this match but Bulgaria played brilliant and left us no space for performance” says China captain, Qiong Shen. Martin Stoev could test all his players, with good responses from everyone, as they’re now expected to play four away matches.

The organizer (Poland), the winner of each pool, plus one wild card chosen by the FIVB, to go through to the Final Round in Katowice from 11-15 July 2007.

team managed to succeed twice with Chi-na, even if the Saturday match was really tough, ending with a fifth set. The same experience that lacked for the line-up of Argentina, a country building a new team project; as coach Jon Uri-arte said before, “we need hard experi-ence like a World League, than we will be able to harvest”. Bulgaria, lead by Boyan Yordanov’s strong hitting, had just over two hours of playing to close the Varna event.

WeeK 2Pool aNo chances for Finland in the two match-es played in Cuiabá. Rewarding perfectly the huge Brazilian fans’ support (an audi-ence of 21,500 in two days), Bernardinho Rezende’s team is still unbeaten. The first game was more intense («we had the op-portunity to beat Brazil, this time» is the comment of Finland’s captain, Tuomas Sammelvuo), but the Saturday match was straight for Rodrigao and his partners. Same results (3-1, 3-0) for Korea-Canada, with a 10,000 support from the Jeonju stands, led by Lee Kyung Soo, best scorer (“His technique is so excellent that he can even play among the top level of interna-tional players” says Glenn Hoag, Canada coach) of his team. These results keep

World league 2007

Bulgaria’s Gaydarski and Kaziyski blocking

Standings - After week 2

Rk Country Points Matches Won Lost

Pool A - Intercontinental Round1 Brazil 8 4 02 Korea 6 2 23 Canada 5 1 34 Finland 5 1 3Pool B - Intercontinental Round1 U.S.A. 7 3 12 France 6 2 23 Italy 3 1 14 Japan 2 0 2Pool C - Intercontinental Round1 Cuba 7 3 12 Russia 7 3 13 Serbia 6 2 24 Egypt 4 0 4Pool D - Intercontinental Round1 Bulgaria 8 4 02 Poland 8 4 03 China 4 0 44 Argentina 4 0 4

A determined Cui (CHN) spikes against Winiarski (POL)

The breathtaking second Korea-Brazil match

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China captured its fourth gold medal in the last seven women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour events when top-seeded Jie Wang and Jia Tian outlasted fifth-seeded Nila Ann Hakedal and Ingrid Torlen of Norway 14-21, 21-18 and 15-13 in 59 minutes. Norway’s emergence with one of the top women’s team has been fueled by three-straight final four finishes by Hakedal and Torlen, who posted their country’s best-ever women’s finish on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour by receiving the silver medal and earning the USD 22,000 second-place prize.In the All-Brazilian bronze medal match, fourth-seeded Talita Antunes and Renata Ribeiro posted a 16-21, 21-17 and 15-10 victory in 50 minutes over third-seeded Leila Barros and Ana Paula Connelly to claim the USD 16,000 third-place prize. Talita and Renata lead the SWATCH series between the two teams 3-1. Leila and Ana Paula shared USD 12,000 for 4th-place.

By splitting the USD 32,000 first-place prize with a 17-21, 21-19 and 15-13 win over fifth-seeded Pedro Cunha and Franco Neto of Brazil in 68 minutes, the eighth-seeded Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil becomes the first men’s team from the Netherlands to win a SWATCH gold medal in only their seventh FIVB start to-gether. In the bronze medal match, Har-ley Marques and Pedro Salgado split the USD 16,000 third-place prize by defeating

Brink and Dieckmann 21-19 and 21-12 in 46 minutes. It was the Brazilians sec-ond medal this season after winning last week’s SWATCH stop in Shanghai, China. Brink and Dieckmann shared USD 12,000 for fourth-place.

Talita Antuntes and Renata Ribeiro com-pleted their most successful weekend in the past 20 months on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour as the young Brazilians sur-prised the top two teams on the interna-tional Beach Volleyball circuit to capture the USD 200,000 Singapore Open on Si-loso Beach. Seeded third in the 32-team Main Draw field for the inaugural Singa-pore Open, Talita and Renata won their first SWATCH stop since September 2005 to claim their third FIVB gold medal to-gether by upsetting second-seeded Jie Wang and Jia Tian 21-15 and 21-19 in 43 minutes to avenge an earlier defeated in the competition to the Chinese pair.In the bronze medal match, fourth-seeded Chen Xue and Xi Zhang posted a 21-18 and 21-9 win over Juliana and Larissa to claim the USD 16,000 third-place prize. It was the young Chinese pair’s fifth SWATCH medal together in 15 FIVB starts as Chen Xue and Xi Zhang snapped a four-match losing streak to the Brazilians.

Twenty-one year old Pedro Salgado be-came the 20th player from Brazil to win a SWATCH FIVB World Tour event as he teamed with Harley Marques to capture the USD 400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open gold medal by upsetting reigning World champions Marcio Araujo and Fa-bio Magalhaes in the finals. A winner of three FIVB junior titles, the seventh-seed-ed Salgado and Harley completed a per-fect week (6-0 match mark) in Shanghai as a wild card entry by posting a come-from-behind 15-21, 22-20 and 15-12 gold medal win over third-seeded Marcio Araujo and Fabio in 65 minutes.

In the men’s bronze medal match, the newly-formed Swiss team of Patrick Heuscher and Sascha Heyer claimed the USD 16,000 third-place prize with a 21-19 and 21-17 win in 46 minutes over de-feating 17th-seeded Igor Kolodinsky and Dmitri Barsouk, who became the first men’s team from Russia since 2001 to compete in a SWATCH FIVB World Tour medal match.

beach Volleyball

2007 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Brazil and China dominate the podiums

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May 1-5 - Men’s Open Shanghai - China - Podium Finish

1 GOLDHarley - Pedro BRa

2 SILVERfabio luiz-Marcio araujo BRa

3 BRONZEHeuscher - Heyer Sui

May 23-27 - Women’s Open Sentosa - Singapore - Podium Finish

1 GOLDRenata - talita BRa

2 SILVERtian Jia - Wang cHn

3 BRONZEXue - Zhang Xi cHn

May 2-6 - Women’s Open Shanghai - China - Podium Finish

1 GOLDtian Jia - Wang cHn

2 SILVERHakedal - torlen nOR

3 BRONZERenata - talita BRa

May 8-12 - Men’s Open Manama - Bahrain - Podium Finish

1 GOLDSchuil - nummerdor neD

2 SILVERfranco - cunha BRa

3 BRONZEHarley - Pedro BRa

The Men’s podium in Shanghai

Schuil and Nummerdor surprised everyone by winning the Manama Men’s Open on their 7th FIVB start

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The top two teams on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour the past two seasons competed for another international gold medal with Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes pre-vailing in three sets over Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos to capture the All-Bra-zilian finale at the USD 200,000 Italian Open presented by Abruzzo. Seeded third in the 32-team Main Draw, Marcio Araujo and Fabio overcame an 11-10 deficit in

2007 SWaTch FIVb World Tour

May 23-27 - Men’s Open Roseto d. Abr. - Italy - Podium Finish

1 GOLDfabio luiz-Marcio araujo BRa

2 SILVERemanuel - Ricardo BRa

3 BRONZEBarsouk - Kolodinsky RuS

Shelda digging for the Mikasa in Seoul

2007 Men’s top ten teamson may 28 Code Points

1 Harley - Pedro BRA 13202 Fabio Luiz - Marcio Araujo BRA 12603 Emanuel - Ricardo BRA 1140 Barsouk - Kolodinsky RUS 11405 Brink - Dieckmann Ch. GER 9606 Franco - Cunha BRA 8407 Herrera - Mesa ESP 780 Kjemperud - Skarlund NOR 7809 Schuil - Nummerdor NED 720 Heuscher - Heyer SUI 720

2007 Women’s top ten teams on June 4 Code Points

1 Tian Jia - Wang CHN 16802 Renata - Talita BRA 14403 Barnett - Cook AUS 1140 Xue - Zhang Xi CHN 11405 Hakedal - Torlen NOR 9606 Larissa - Juliana BRA 9007 Leila - Ana Paula BRA 8408 Adriana Behar - Shelda BRA 660 Maaseide - Glesnes NOR 66010 L. Wang - Zuo CHN 630

the deciding set to score five of the last six points in the match to post a 23-21, 16-21 and 15-12 win over the top-seeded Emanuel and Ricardo in 80 minutes.In the bronze medal match, Kolodinsky and Barsouk defeated Herrera and Mesa 21-14 and 21-17 in 50 minutes to split the USD 16,000 third-place prize. It was Russia’s second podium placement in SWATCH history. Sydney 2000 Olympians Sergey Ermishin and Mikhail Kouchnerev earned the first medal at the 2000 stop in the Canary Islands.

It has been six years, but Australian Natalie Cook returned to the top spot of a SWATCH FIVB World Tour podium in Seoul as she teamed with new partner Tamsin Barnett to capture the USD 200,000 Seoul Open by defeating the top-seeded team from China for the gold medal.

May 30 - June 3 - Women’s Open Seoul - Korea - Podium Finish

1 GOLDBarnett - cook auS

2 SILVERtian Jia - Wang cHn

3 BRONZElarissa - Juliana BRa

In claiming her fourth FIVB title since starting her international Beach Volleyball career 120 events ago in 1993, the 32-year old Cook and Barnett shared the USD 32,000 first-place prize after a 21-19 and 21-19 win over Jie Wang and Jia Tian in the 44-minute gold medal match at Han River Jamsil Citizen Park.

The Chinese, who split USD 22,000 for second-place, have now medalled 11 times together.

A 21-19, 19-21 and 15-9 victory over third-seeded Talita Antunes and Renata Ribeiro provided confidence for Barnett and Cook as the Brazilians had captured the SWATCH FIVB World Tour title four days earlier in Singapore by defeating Wang and Tian in the finals.

The Women’s podium in Seoul

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confederations

The curtain came down onthe 6th Asian Youth Girls’Volleyball Championship attheChakungraoGymnasium,

asafired-upJapanannihilated lack-luster Australia in dazzling straightsetsintheirfinalencountertounder-linetheirsupremacyintheeight-team,single round-robin competition. Asthe top three teams in this competi-tion,Japan,KoreaandChinaqualifiedfor the World Youth Girls’ VolleyballChampionshipinAugust.

On the opening day, Korea stunned reign-ing champions China in a hard-fought four-set thriller (31-29, 22-25, 25-11,

Japan wins 6th Asian Youth Girls’ Volleyball Championshipand qualifies for World Championship

VollEyball mEn & WomEn

25-20) in 94 minutes. But Korea was de-feated in what could be a clash of Titans by indomitable Japan in a 125-minute hard-fought five-set thriller (25-17, 25-15, 25-27, 27-29, 15-12), and Japan took the pole position.

China made the most of their height ad-vantage to spike devastatingly and block scintillatingly to win the first two sets 25-20 and 25-20.

But Japan changed their tactics and pro-duced a gutsy display against the much stronger rivals, winning back the follow-ing two sets 25-18 and 25-22 and set up a do-or-die decider. However, China did

not let their chanc-es slip through their fingers as they gave all they had – solid blocks, deadly smashes, effective drops and terrific jump serves, winning the hard-fought fifth set 15-12 in a 117-minute encounter.

Japan, Korea and China had a field day on the final day as they all played unfenced rivals, with the Japanese

Li Hui and Liu Congcong (CHN) block a spike from Hiroko Matsuura (JPN)

2007 Men’s African Clubs Champions Championship Algeria crowned champions

VollEyball mEn

MouloudiaofAlgeria camebackwith thewinner’s tro-phy for the second time inthe history of the African

Clubs Champions Championship fol-lowingtheirwonderfulvictoryoverElGuishofEgyptinthefinalof its26th

edition,heldinNiamey,Niger.

The Algerian team, whose previous vic-tory was back in 1988, was happy to win a second gold medal, especially after their surprising defeat in this competition against defending champions Al Ahly in the semifinal just a few days before.

Mouloudia used the powerful spike serv-ices of Ali Kerboua and Valery and the efficient spikes of Ker-boua and Ben Hallal to clinch a straight sets victory in the fi-nal of the competition over El Guish of Egypt (25-22, 25-21, 25-19) in just 66 minutes.

Al Ahly who had the record of titles in this competition with a total of 8 cups, finished in the third position following their victory over “dark hors-es” GSU of Kenya who ranked fourth.

The players and officials celebrating Mouloudia’s victory

The prizes and awards were given to the teams by Mr. Baba Sy, president of the Control Committee, in presence of high-profile officials including the Nigerian Minister of Culture, the Egyptian and Al-gerian ambassadors in Niger, SOC del-egates Mr. Okba Gougam and Mr. Morak-inyo, Referee Delegate Mr. Majeed Djirad, and Niger Volleyball Federation President Mr. Amada Sidiyane.

“I’m happy to have won this title because we were well prepared for that but with-out the pressure which was on many teams like Ahly” said head coach Karimo Bernaoui while proudly carrying the cup.

“I want to thank my players very much be-cause they maintained their rhythm and motivation from the start of the competi-tion until the end” he added.

final Ranking1. Mouloudia (Algeria) 2. El Guish (Egypt) 3. Al Ahly (Egypt) 4. GSU (Kenya) 5. Ahly (Libya)

meeting winless Aussies, Korea taking on India and China facing Sri Lanka. As expected, the three Asian powerhouses were too strong for the less-ranked rivals.

As Japan, Korea and China were tied with 13 points on aggregate, the win/loss point ratio from their whole matches in the tournament were taken into considera-tion to determine the eventual champions. Japan finished first, Korea second and China, defending and three-time in a row champions, could but to accept their third place.

“This year, my girls are very tough. They have guts, good coordination and con-centration. I hope my girls will keep their good run and try their best in the World Championship” Japanese head coach Noboru Aihara commented after the vic-tory.

final rankings1. Japan 5. Thailand2. Korea 6. India3. China 7. Sri Lanka4. Chinese Taipei 8. Australia

individual awardsBest Attacker: Miyu Nagaoka (Japan)Best Receiver: Airi Kawahara (Japan)Best Setter: Si Eun-Mi (Korea)Best Blocker: Chen Shih Ting (Chinese Taipei)Best Server: Yuki Kawai (Japan)Best Digger: Katoe Inoue (Japan)Best Scorer: Lee Yeon-Ju (Korea)Most Valuable Player: Katoe Inoue (Japan)

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Technical & Development

Forthcoming 2007 International Volleyball at School Symposium in Canada

DEVEloPmEnT

The 2007 FIVB International Volley-ballatSchoolSymposiumwillbeheldfromJune23to27inSaskatchewan,Canada, and organized in close col-laborationwithVolleyballCanadaandtheFIVBDevelopmentCommission.

This is one of the most important Volley-ball development tools, aiming at empha-sizing the importance of the educational system for the promotion, development and maintenance of Volleyball in all its forms. It will be held on the form of theo-retical and practical sessions and debates, including round table discussions and workshops.

Representatives of the eight National Fed-erations which have most significantly contributed to the development of Vol-leyball in their country have been invited to report on this occasion. This will be a unique opportunity for school and com-munity representatives from all continents to interact and exchange ideas, and the FIVB and Volleyball Canada are pleased to

invite the following members of the Vol-leyball community to attend it:

l National Federations and their dele-gates

l Government, sport, university, school leaders

l Sport governing bodiesl Elected officialsl Professional administratorsl Coaches of children and youthl Educatorsl Recreation specialists

Complete details can be found under the following link:www.fivbschoolvolleyball.com

For further information, please contact the Organizing Committee:

Mr. Mark TennantTel: +1 306 966 1064Fax: +1 306 966 6464E-mail: fiVBschoolvolleyball@usask.ca

USA Volleyball CEO and FIVB Board of Administration member Doug Beal recipient of top US award

naTIonal FEDEraTIonS

Doug Beal, chief executiveofficer of USA Volleyball,was presented with the2007 Harold T. Friermood

Award,thehighesthonorUSAVolley-ballcanbestow,attheUSAVolleyballDorothyC.Boyce62ndAnnualAwardsand Recognitions Banquet in Austin,Texas.Bealisthe38threcipientofthe

“Frier”Award.

Beal was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1989 and was USA Volleyball’s first recipient of the All-Time Great Coach Award in 1995. He was named a finalist for the Federation Internationale de Vol-leyball (FIVB) Greatest Coach of the Cen-tury.

“It is really overwhelming to be awarded the Frier Award” Beal said. “When I stop and think about whom the award is named for and his impact on the sport of volleyball, it is truly an honor to receive this award.”

Beal is a legend within the international community as an innovator of the game that produced a new style of play around the world. He guided Team USA to a gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and it marked the first time the U.S. had medaled in the Olympics. He lat-

er coached the U.S. Men’s National Team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Olympics in Athens to become the second coach in USA Volleyball history to lead three teams to the Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, Beal guided his squad to a 4-4 record and to a fourth-place finish overall-the team’s best Olympic finish in 12 years.

Since joining the organization as its CEO, Beal has made a reputation as a leader worldwide. He was elected to the FIVB Board of Admin-istration at the recent 30th FIVB World Congress held Oct. 23-25 in Tokyo. Beal now sits on a commit-tee that is respon-sible for the overall management of the FIVB, oversee-ing the work of the National Federa-tions, Confedera-tions, commissions and councils.

“If I have a single objective – it is very simply – to

grow the game” Beal said. “That is what we’re about and I think that is what we ought to be about.”

Youth volleyball, both indoor and beach, has been a priority under Beal’s watchful eye of the organization. In 2007, the U.S. will send all four of its high performance pipeline teams to FIVB World Champion-ships for the first time in history. The U.S. Women’s Junior National Team and the U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team won gold medals at their respective 2006 NORCE-CA Championships, while the U.S. Boys’ Youth National Team and the U.S. Men’s Junior National Team each won silver medals.

Doug Beal (right) with USA Volleyball President Al Monaco

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calendars

DATES EVENT COUNTRY CONF. M/W

2007 Global Calendar - Competitions and Events - Volleyball and Beach Volleyball

World League test for new substitution system

FIVb gamE rulES

The FIVB will test a«quick substitutionsystem» during thisyear’s World League.The procedure willcomeintoeffectwhena team wants to re-place a player while

theballisoutofplayandbeforethereferee’swhistleforservice.The“re-quest”forsubstitutionistheentranceofthesubstitut(s)intothesubstitutionzone,nearthescorer’stable,withthenumbered paddle corresponding totheplayer(s)toleavethecourt.

No further action by the coach or the game captain, such as making a signal or using the buzzer/signalling device, is re-quired. The request is acknowledged by the scorer’s buzzer or by the second ref-eree’s whistle, accompanied by the match official’s use of the official hand signal.

The substituting player goes immediately to the sideline close to the net post within the substitution zone to make the paddle-exchange with the player on court. This exchange, and hence the completion of the act of substitution，is authorised only by a hand signal from the second referee. Once a player enters the substitution zone and the buzzer/whistle is sounded, a sub-stitution must be completed, otherwise the team will be charged with a delay sanction.

The FIVB hopes that the new system will reduce the potential conflict between team and referee and potential spectator confu-sion, as well as keeping the rhythm of the game. Referees, coaches and players will be asked for their views on the new pro-cedure during the World League, and to highlight problems and unforeseen situa-tions.

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Volleyball Cooperation Programme Calendar - June-July 2007

June 4-8 Beach Volleyball “Get Involved” Senegal FIVBJune 4-15 Coaches Level I Antigua FIVBJune 5-9 Players Sudan FIVBJune 7-19 Coaches Level II Dominican Republic FIVBJune 10-21 Coaches Level I Iran FIVBJune 11-22 Coaches Level I India FIVBJune 21-July 3 Coaches Level II United Arab Emirates FIVBJune 23-27 Technical seminar “Outside hitter” Bahrain FIVBJune 23-27 Volleyball at School Canada FIVBJune 27- July 1 Technical seminar “Outside hitter” Mexico FIVBJuly 1-5 Technical seminar teachers Venezuela FIVBJuly 16-20 Volleyball Information System Thailand, Kingdom of FIVB

June 2-7 Young Players Tanzania June 2-7 Beach Vanuatu June 4-9 Teachers Samoa, Western June 5-12 Coaches Palestine June 5-14 Coaches Jordan June 8-15 Coaches Korea, People’s Dem. Rep. June 9-16 Coaches Trinidad & Tobago June 21-26 Refereeing Burkina Faso July 1-6 Young Players Lebanon July 1-6 Beach Mozambique July 4-9 Refereeing Bhutan July 10-17 Coaches Cameroon July 16-21 Teachers Paraguay

June European League Qualification round Various venues CEV M

June 1-8 2007 Asian Men’s Clubs Championship Manama, Bahrain AVC M

June 1-9 II Men’s Pan-American Cup Mexicali & Tijuana, Mexico NORCECA M

June 4-10 Montreux Volley Masters Montreux, Switzerland FIVB W

June 6-10 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Warsaw, Poland FIVB W

June 6-10 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Zagreb, Croatia FIVB M

June 7-10 Power Cup Youth Lahti, Finland CEV M/W

June 8-10 World League, 3rd week, pools A-B-C-D Various venues FIVB M

June 8-16 U-18 CAZOVA Championship Jamaica NORCECA W

June 12-17 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Espinho, Portugal FIVB M/W

June 14-17 NESTEA ECh Tour German Masters Hamburg, Germany CEV

June 15 CEV Executive Committee meeting Paris, France CEV

June 16 CEV Board of Administration meeting Paris, France CEV

June 15-17 World League, 4th week, pools A-B-C-D Various venues FIVB M

June 16-24 2007 Asian Women’s Clubs Championship Vinh Phuc, Vietnam AVC W

June 19-23 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Paris, France FIVB W

June 19-30 VI Women’s Pan-American Cup Colima, New Mexico, U.S.A. NORCECA W

June 20-24 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Paris, France FIVB M

June 22-24 19th Asian Men’s Pacific Cup Fukuoka, Japan AVC M

June 22-24 World League, 5th week, pools A-B-C-D Various venues FIVB M

June 22-30 U-19 CAZOVA Championship Trinidad & Tobago NORCECA M

June 26-July 1 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Stavanger, Norway FIVB M/W

June 29-July 1 World League, 6th week, pools A-B-C-D Various venues FIVB M

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