Official Bulletin no. 58 December 2010

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World VolleyNews

in this issueVolleyball

• World Champions hosted by Russian President

Beach Volleyball

• Juliana scoops up at season awards• Returning Walsh makes history in

Phuket• Continental catch up• Halifax named host of Youth World

Champstechnical & Development

• FIVB launches medical website• Women’s World Champs given

clean bill of healthconfederations

• China clean up at Asian Games• Ugandan duo clinches Club

International Beach Volleyball Champs

• Peru legend calls time on career• Greek Volleyball back on track

despite financial hurdles• Costa Rica and Nicaragua top

Central American BVB Open

Women shine in Japan

The FIVB Women’s World Champi-onship Japan 2010, which finished last month, brought to an end two

years of exhilarating World Champion-ship action. I will look back fondly on both the men’s and women’s tourna-ments, including the opening qualify-ing events in January of 2009 where the likes of Pakistan, Great Britain and Azerbaijan held centre stage as host countries.While our congratulations go to the three women’s medallists Russia, Brazil and Japan, it was obvious that it was not only the top three teams who were successful. All 101 participating na-tions had great success in one form or another.Of course we remember Russia for their amazing exploits in a country famously passionate about our sport but there were numerous teams in contention which acts as a wonderful advertise-ment for the game and how its popu-larity continues to grow around the world. The amount of support in Japan, and not just to local athletes, was out-standing. The Japanese fans are a credit to their country and to Volleyball. There was also a great team making the tournament a success. From Con-trol Committee members to volun-teers, everyone played an instrumental role but one person in particular has to be acknowledged. The JVA’s Mr. Kat-sumi Wakao received the “Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays” award from the Japanese Emperor Akihito for his achievements and work for Volley-ball. Japan’s Mr. Volleyball, who is also a long time member of the FIVB Sports Events Council, has selflessly contribut-ed himself to the development of Vol-leyball in his home country as well as spreading the sport around the world and for that the FIVB’s appreciation goes beyond words.

Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President

Russia regain Women’s World championship crown■ led by 35 points from the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, ekaterina Gamova, Russia won their second straight fiVB Women’s World championship title, de-feating Olympic champions Brazil 3-2 (21-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-14, 15-11) in a five-set marathon to claim the gold med-al in front of a full house of 12,000 fans at the Yoyogi national Stadium in tokyo, Japan on november 14.

In a repeat of the 2006 final, also won by Russia in five sets, the most successful team in the history of the FIVB Women’s World Championship captured their seventh crown overall, and sixth medal in the past six editions. For world No.1 Brazil, this latest final defeat brings their third World Championship silver medal.

Russia boast an amazing record of medalling in every edition apart from 1967 (when they did not compete) and 1982 and 1986 (when they finished sixth on both occasions). Their overall record is now seven gold, two silver and four bronze medals.

“It wasn’t just about Volleyball today,” Russia coach Vladimir Kuzyutkin said.

“Brazil played very well, and both of us together could demonstrate a great quality of Volleyball. I’m very thrilled that we could win, and I’m very happy for my team. This wasn’t only about sport today, it was about character.

“Gamova isn’t just a leader for the team, she was able to grab the chances she had

Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President

Russia celebrate their seventh FIVB Women’s World Championship win in Tokyo on November 14 as they beat Brazil in the final for the second straight edition

throughout the match. We had three or four young players who didn’t have a lot of experience, more than just being about sport, today it was about our will to win.”

Earlier, Japan upset second-ranked USA in a thrilling five-set match 3-2 (18-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-19, 15-8) to win bronze. Continued on page 2

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World Volley NewsVolleyballContinued from page 1

The hosts, ranked fifth in the world, played extraordinary Volleyball to land their first FIVB Women’s World Cham-pionship medal since claiming silver at the 1978 edition in Russia, and im-pressed many considering they were coming off a 3-2 semifinal defeat at the hands of Brazil on November 13.

Tournament MVP Russia’s Ekaterina Gamova equalled the tournament’s best scoring feat in a single match with 35 points in the final against Brazil

World champions hosted by Russian PresidentWorld champions Russia were hosted at an official government reception in Moscow on November 19 where the country’s President, Dmitry Medvedev, personally congratulated the team

for winning the FIVB Women’s World Championship Japan 2010.

The championship was Russia’s sev-enth title and 13th medal overall since

Russia President Dmitry Medvedev with the 2010 women’s world Volleyball champions Russia at an official reception held for the team

the first edition in 1952 to consolidate their position as the most successful nation in women’s Volleyball.

President Medvedev had earlier con-gratulated the team immediately fol-lowing the victory with a personal message.

“It makes me happy to congratulate you on your triumphant performance at the [FIVB Women’s] World Cham-pionship in Japan,” the message read.

“You won this victory through hard struggle, and displayed true team spir-it, excellent sports skills, and strength of character in the final game against the Olympic champion team from Bra-zil. You defended your champion’s title and once again confirmed the high lev-el of Russia’s Volleyball school. I wish you new achievements and all the very best.”

Prime minister Vladimir Putin also per-sonally congratulated the team.

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final rankings

MVP ekaterina Gamova (Russia)

Best Scorer neslihan Darnel (turkey)

Best Spiker tatiana Kosheleva (Russia)

Best Blocker christiane furst (Germany)

Best Server Maret Grothues (netherlands)

Best Digger Stacy Sykora (uSa)

Best Setter Qiuyue Wei (china)

Best Receiver logan tom (uSa)

Best Libero Stacy Sykora (uSa)

Best PlayersIt was Japan’s first World Championship bronze medal to add to the three golds and three silvers already to their name. For world No.2 USA it was the first time they had finished fourth at the FIVB World Championship and the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix champions will no doubt be disappointed they could not add to their two silver and bronze med-als.

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Beach Volleyball

Juliana was named the most outstanding player on the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour as well as the circuit’s best blocker and top offensive player

Returning Walsh makes history in Phuket

november 2-7 - Women’s OpenPhuket, thailand - Podium finish

1 GOlDWalsh/Branagh (uSa)

2 SilVeRMenegatti/Rosso (ita)

3 BROnZecarolina/Maria clara (BRa)

USA’s Kerri Walsh won her 39th career SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold medal, as part of a history-filled medal day in the US$190,000 Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT on November 7. The US team of Walsh and partner Nicole Branagh defeated surprise finalists Marta Menegatti and Valeria Rosso 21-23, 21-14, 15-11 in the gold-medal

match while Carolina and Maria Clara Salgado of Brazil won the bronze-med-al match by defeating the Netherlands’ Sanne Keizer and Marlene Van Iersel 21-17, 21-14.

The title gives Walsh sole possession of the all-time lead in wins, having been tied with long-time partner Misty May-Treanor

on 38 since the end of the 2008 season, the last time Walsh competed internationally.

“It feels like a new world to me because all that I have accom-plished is so far behind me,” Walsh said.

Menegatti and Rosso were the first Italian team to compete in a gold-medal match. Only five times previously had an Italian duo advanced to the semifinals and just once be-fore had Italy won a medal (a bronze in 2001).

Juliana tops Women’s World tour awards listBrazil’s Juliana Felisberta Silva has been named the Most Outstanding Player on the Women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour for the second straight season.

The accolade underlines the 27-year-old’s success in overcoming her disap-pointment at missing the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games due to a knee injury.

The results of the voting for the top competitors on the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour by SWATCH representatives, players, coaches, referees and officials on the international Beach Volleyball circuit were announced in Lausanne on November 10.

With the award Juliana became the first women’s player to be named the Tour’s Most Outstanding Player in back-to-back seasons.

Her partner Larissa was named top setter and hitter and has now won the latter prize for the past five sea-sons, including in 2008 when she shared the accolade with Greece’s Vasso Karadassiou. Lar-issa was also the tour’s best defender in 2009.

Also capturing indi-vidual awards were Kristyna Kolocova and Marketa Slukova of the

Kerri Walsh (left) cannot quite believe it as she and partner Nicole Branagh clinch the Phuket Open on Walsh’s return. The event marked the end of the 2010 SWATCH FIVB Women’s World Tour

cSV (men) Argentina, November 6-7 Wins Losses

Chile 3 2

Argentina 2 3

cSV (women) Argentina, November 6-7 Wins Losses

Argentina 4 0

Peru 0 4

continental cup catch up

Argentina’s women’s team and Chile’s men’s team both moved onto the next round of the CSV Continental Cup while St Kitts and Nevis’ women and St Lu-cia’s men continued their path toward the London 2012 Olympics through the NORCECA Continental Cup as qualifica-tion continued during November.

The Halifax Waterfront, Canada was confirmed as the venue for the 2011 SWATCH FIVB Junior World Cham-pionships, due to take place from August 31-September 4, at a press conference held at the Delta Halifax, Canada on November 3.The five-day tournament will draw over 400 delegates and athletes from more than 30 countries for both the men’s and women’s championships. On hand for the announcement was one-half of Canada’s gold medal-win-ning men’s team, Sam Schachter. He and team mate Garrett May were un-defeated in their bid to take the 2010 Junior World Championship home to Canada this past September in Alan-ya, Turkey.For further information and photos visit www.fivb.org

Halifax chosen for 2011 SWatcH fiVB Junior World championships

nORceca (men) Antigua, November 20-21 Wins Losses

St Lucia 2 1

St Kitts and Nevis 1 2

nORceca (women) Antigua, November 20-21 Wins Losses

St Kitts and Nevis 2 1

St Lucia 1 2

Czech Republic, Taiana Lima of Brazil, Misty May-Treanor of the United States, Marleen Van Iersel of the Netherlands, Xi Zhang of China and Great Britain’s Denise Johns, who was honoured as the SWATCH FIVB World Tour’s most inspira-tional player.For a full list of awards www.fivb.org

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World Volley NewsTechnical & Development

Women’s World championship returns clean bill of health

fiVB launches new Medical website

Following the results of all Anti-Dop-ing samples taken at the 2010 FIVB Women’s World Championship, the FIVB was able to confirm on Novem-ber 18 that all of the athletes tested had returned clean results.

A total of 64 samples in competition and 50 outside competition throughout the year were taken, with just one pro-hibited substance found for which the athlete had previously obtained a valid Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE). A TUE allows an athlete to take a substance, which is usually banned, for medical reasons. They are only granted one if it is proven that an athlete would experience significant health problems without tak-ing the prohibited substance, that it will not enhance their performance and that there is no alternative remedy.

Samples were taken from at least one randomly selected player at every match in the tournament. Additionally, every athlete at the World Championship had to successfully gain the “We play it clean!” certificate awarded after completing the FIVB’s online Anti-Doping education pro-gramme.

A total of 64 samples were taken during the FIVB Women’s World Championship 2010 Japan

Successful development courses took place in (from left to right) Mali, the Central African Republic and the Dominican Republic during November

“With Anti-Doping education a top prior-ity for the FIVB I was delighted to hear that every athlete at the World Cham-

The FIVB launched a new medical sec-tion on its website on November 17, containing information on a number of medical issues, including the FIVB’s Anti-Doping education and awareness programme.

The medical section, accessible from the FIVB’s homepage at www.fivb.org, is di-vided in four sections: Anti-Doping edu-cation, Anti-Doping programme, Athlete Health and Referee Health and provides information on rules and regulations, procedures, official forms and a wide range of educational material, as well as links to resources outside the FIVB.

“The aim of the new medical web page is to have a one-stop platform available for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball Athletes, as well as Team Support Personnel and Referees,” Dr. Roald Bahr, FIVB Medical Commission President, said.

The new medical section on the FIVB’s website is divided into four sections and is another easily accessible tool for players and officials

pionship returned clean results,” FIVB Executive Vice President, Dr. Amr Elwani, said.

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Confederations

Uganda’s Okello Ambrose and Otim Dickens sealed the 5th Club International Beach Volleyball Cham-pionship title on Novem-

ber 29 after edging Kenyan pair Ibrahim Oduor and Evans Bera 2-1 (21-17, 13-21, 17-15) in a thrilling finale.Remaining unbeaten throughout the tournament, Ambrose and Dickens topped their group following victory over defending champions Tresor Ntwari and Jeremie Minani of Burundi before seeing off compatriots Deo Nsereko and Henry Bbaale in the quarterfinal. They then de-feated Rwandan pair Kwezera Marchard and Mutesi Leon 2-1 (18-21, 21-19, 15-9) in the semifinal before clinching gold in the final.In the women’s category, the defending champions from Kenya, Dorcas Ndasaba and Margaret Indakhala, retained their crown after outwitting Uganda’s Diana Agaba and Josephine Nammanda in the women’s final 2-0 (21-9, 21-14). The Kenyan duo had earlier eliminated the experienced Ugandan tandem of Alice Okecho and Sophy Nuwagaba in the semifinals having put favourites Sharon Pajije and Vivienne Aketch to the sword in the quarterfinals.

ugandan duo clinch gold at club international Beach Volleyball championship

China celebrated a suc-cessful outing at the Asian Games from November 12-27 as they clinched both

golds in the Beach Volleyball contest as well as top spot in the women’s Volleyball competition in front of their home fans in Guangzhou.World No.3 duo Xue Chen and Zhang Xi sealed gold in the women’s Beach Volley-ball contest on November 23. The tandem, who clinched SWATCH FIVB World Tour ti-tles in Moscow, Sanya and Aland this year, beat compatriots Huang Ying and Yue Yuan in straight sets (21-14, 21-13) in the final, while Thailand’s Usa Tenpaksee and Jarunee Sannok completed the podium with a 2-0 (21-18, 21-14) victory over Luk Teck Hua and Beh Shun Thing of Malaysia.Wu Penggen and Xu Linyin then made it two out of two in Beach Volleyball for Chi-na a day later by beating compatriots Gao Peng and Li Jian 2-0 (25-23, 21-14) in the men’s final. Kentaro Asahi and Katsuhiro Shiratori of Japan secured bronze by over-coming Dmitriy Yakovlev and Alexey Kule-shov of Kazakhstan in straight sets (21-14 21-10).Japan needed four sets to defeat Iran (25-19, 25-13, 23-25, 25-18) to seal gold in the men’s Volleyball tournament on November 26. Kunihiro Shimizu topped

china clean up in front of home fans at asian Games

Ambrose and Dickens’ returned Uganda to the top of the podium following their win two years ago in 2008

China’s Wu Penggen (pictured) and Xu Linyin secured the gold medal at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou during November

the scorers’ chart with 25 points for Japan. Elsewhere Korea denied Thailand a first medal in the competition with a straight-sets (25-19, 25-17, 28-26) win for bronze.Finally, China’s women successfully de-fended the title they won in Doha, Qatar four years ago with an exhausting 3-2

(21-25, 22-25, 25-10, 25-17, 16-14) win over Korea, having to come from two sets down, on November 27. Earlier in the day Kazakhstan beat a spirited DPR Korea in straight sets (25-21, 25-16, 25-22) in a heavy-hitting match to secure bronze, their best ever result at the Asian Games.

Uganda took home their biggest haul of medals after securing the men’s gold as well as the silver and bronze medals in the women’s edition.The two-day event in Entebbe was spon-sored by Club Pilsner along with Rwen-zori Mineral Water & Lido Beach Resort

and it attracted teams from Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi and, for the first time, Sudan. Uganda Volleyball Federation President Sadik Nasiwu at-tended the awards ceremony accompa-nied by Nile Breweries executive Peter Sunday.

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World Volley NewsConfederations

Peru legend calls time on 15-year career

After 15 years, three FIVB World Championships, three FIVB World Cups and two Olympic Games, Peru captain Leyla Chihuan has finally decided to call time on her Volleyball career.

Part of a lost generation who struggled in the shadows of Pe-ru’s glorious 1980s’ generation, Leyla Chihuan took on the challenge of lead-ing her national team during a difficult spell in their history.

“Being captain of the national team, now and always has been a source of both pride and responsibility, because you have to be the first to arrive and the last to leave,” Leyla said in an in-terview recently, and she now believes the time is right to go.

“There are things that I can no longer fight and I must be brave,” she added.

“When I’m not comfortable in a place it is best to step aside, to know that there are circumstances in which you have to take the step to one side.”

The 35-year-old middle-blocker cur-rently lives in Lima, playing for lo-

Leyla Chihuan has become an icon of Peruvian Volleyball and will long be remembered as a legend of the game in South America

Greek Volleyball is gradu-ally getting its house in order even though this will take time and effort, according to Achilleas Mavromatis, President

Greek Volleyball back on track despite financial hurdles

cal side Regatas Lima. She will leave the sport on a high having won silver at the 2010 Pan American Cup and 2010 Final Four Cup as well as finish-

President Achilleas Mavromatis said that the Hellenic Volleyball Federation could overcome its financial difficulties at a press conference held in Athens on November 10

of the Hellenic Volleyball Federation (HVBF).

The federation has suffered following the financial turmoil Greece has found itself in over the last year yet Mr. Mav-

romatis, a member of the FIVB and CEV Legal Commissions, believes that it can overcome the problems it currently faces. He reiterated this at a press conference on November 10 to mark 100 days of the new Board of Administration, which was elected on July 29.

“The 100-days mark is more symbolic than anything else,” Mr. Mavromatis said. “But we have managed in this short time to fulfil 50 per cent of our pre-election prom-ises and to put the rest in motion. I will be happy if we achieve 90 per cent of our programme at the end of our first year.”

Despite all the goodwill, the HVBF has huge financial hurdles to overcome. “I have a personal fear that we have not yet realised the financial problem of our country in its fullness,” he added. “We have to adapt to the prevailing condi-tions. Volleyball in Greece cannot contin-ue nonchalantly down its path, ignoring what is happening around us.

“Due to the financial crisis in Greece, there is a tendency towards moving away from state-sponsored sports in the country and personally I am all for it,” continue Mr. Mavromatis. “But we have to change mentalities that date from decades ago.”

ing 15th at the 2010 FIVB Women’s World Championship. She also picked up bronze at the 2009 South American Championship.

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Nicaragua and Costa Rica claimed the gold medals at the Barcelo Montelimar Beach Vol-leyball Central American Open played on Novem-

ber 7 under sunny skies and excellent conditions.

Twenty one female teams and 19 men’s pairs took part in the fifth edition of the competition in Nicaragua.

The Nicaraguan duo of Danny Lopez and Gerald Umana won the men’s title after a 2-0 (22-20, 21-16) victory over Costa Rica’s Jose and Jonathan Suarez in a close, well-fought match decided by the local team’s offensive pressure and great defensive work.

The women’s title went to Costa Rica as the pair of Heidy Valverde and Paola Cruz defeated compatriots Katerine Quezada and Rosario Joya 2-0 (22-20, 21-13).

In the semifinals, Honduras’ Hyxe Nap-ky and Claudia Elvir lost to Quezada and Joya while Nicaragua’s Lollete Rodriguez and Valeska Hernandez went down to Valverde and Cruz.

costa Rica and nicaragua top central american BVB Open

Italy and Brazil topped the podiums in the women’s and men’s events at the 2009 FIVB World Grand Cham-pions Cup as the tournament came to a successful close in Japan. Addi-tionally, the FIVB Executive Commit-tee unanimously approved the FIVB Development Fund at a meeting in Tokyo.

this time a year ago… DATES EVENT COUNTRY ORG. TYPE M/W

2010-2011 Global calendar - events - Volleyball & Beach Volleyball

Dec 1-March 31 2011 All African Games qualification TBD CAVB VB M/W

Dec 5-13 Central American Championships Belize NORCECA VB W

Dec 15-21 FIVB Club World Championships Qatar FIVB VB M/W

Mar 1-Apr 30 Men’s African Club Champions Championship TBD CAVB VB M

Mar 1-Apr 30 Women’s African Club Champions Championship TBD CAVB VB W

Mar 8-13 European Cups: Men’s CEV Cup Final TBD CEV VB M

Mar 8-13 European Cups: Challenge Cup Final TBD CEV VB M

March 19-20 European Cups: Champions League Final TBD CEV VB W

March 26-27 European Cups: Champions League Final TBD CEV VB M

March 29- April 3 European Cups: Women’s CEV Cup Final TBD CEV VB W

March 29- April 3 European Cups: Challenge Cup Final TBD CEV VB W

A total of 40 teams competed at the Central American Beach Volleyball Open on Montelimar Beach, Nicaragua with Nicaraguan pair of Danny Lopez and Gerald Umaña taking the men’s title and Costa Rica’s Heidy Valverde and Paola Cruz clinching the women’s crown

The Suarez brothers defeated Nicara-guan juniors Walter Reyes and Lester Martinez and the other men’s semifinal saw Lopez and Umana defeat Costa Ri-cans Alvaro Cascante and Jorge Suarez.

In the matches for bronze, Cascante and Suarez won 2-1 against Reyes and Mar-tinez (24-22, 13-21, 18-16), and Lolette and Valeska downed Hyxe and Claudia, 2-0 (21-13, 21-13) in the women’s event.

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