MD D - Fédération Internationale de Volleyball · 1. OFFICIAL TEAM PRESENTATION AND MEDIA GUIDE MEN Table of contents Message from FIVB President 3 General Organisation 5 Qualification

MEDIA GUIDE Men’s Tournament 18th November to 2nd December 2007

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MEDIA GUIDE Men’s Tournament 18th November to 2nd December 2007

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CreditsEditorial : Fabrizio Rossini - FIVB Press OfficerProject Manager : Volleyball Events DepartmentData : Alberto Rigamonti - FIVB IT DepartmentLayout : Samuel ChesauxPrinting : Wakao Printing Co. Ltd., Japan Photos : © FIVB

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OFFICIAL TEAM PRESENTATION AND MEDIA GUIDE MEN

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Table of contents

Message from FIVB President 3

General Organisation 5

Qualification Tournaments 6

Competition System 9

FIVB World Ranking 10

Competition Schedules 12

Participants 14

2007 World Cup Host cities 17

Argentina 22

Australia 26

Brazil 30

Bulgaria 34

Egypt 38

Spain 42

Japan 46

Korea, Republic of 50

Puerto Rico 54

Russia 58

Tunisia 62

U.S.A. 66

Men’s World Cup Honours 70

2003 History 71

List of officials 72

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OFFICIAL TEAM PRESENTATION AND MEDIA GUIDEMEN 3

One year after the huge success of the FIVB World Championships played in Japan, the Volleyball family was looking forward to coming back here for the FIVB World Cup 2007.Months before the event I had the feeling that something really exciting was going to happen: the FIVB wants a World Cup even more successful than the 2003 edition, which is still a record breaker event.Japan Volleyball Association and Fuji Television Network Inc. are leading the FIVB team to have the best World Cup ever. All the Japanese fans are ready to give their full support to the best players of the planet, gathered in Japan to go for the gold medals and to get a chance to compete at the Olympic Games next year. Six teams will celebrate on the podiums and they will conquer the first places for Beijing.I never forget the last player, who always sits off the court but is one of the most important: it’s the world of Media. I would like to thank personally all the journalists, from press, radio and TV stations, who will give their support to our event. Two different websites, with the FIVB and the organizers’ special pages, will offer a huge feed of information and materials to every journalist all over the world, with live scoring, statistics, news and free pictures shot by the best Volleyball photographers.This Media Guide, produced by the FIVB in two versions for the Women and Men’s tournaments, is another big support that I’m sure will help all the media to give the best coverage to the World Cup. My special wishes to all the accredited press which will work directly here in Japan: they are going to travel as the teams, from city to city, to live the World Cup as a great sport adventure. I’m sure that they will enjoy every day spent with the Volleyball family, thanks to the hospitality of the Japanese people.13 cities, 15 different venues, 24 teams, 6 entries for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. These numbers are the starting figures of the 2007 World Cup. Now we need soul, touching sport stories, exciting reports.

Dr. Rubén Acosta H.FIVB President

FIVB World Cup 2007: the challenge for Beijing 2008 begins

OFFICIAL TEAM PRESENTATION AND MEDIA GUIDEMEN

General Organisation

National Organisation CommitteeNOC Function Family Name First NameHonorary President Matsudaira YasutakaHonorary Vice President Shiga ToshiyukiHonorary Member Asano ShigetaroPresidents Tachiki Masao

Hieda HisashiVice Presidents Hashizume Shizuo

Nakano TaizaburoMaruyama MakotoYamagishi NorioToyoda Kou

Members Hagiwara HideoNarita AkihikoShimoyama TakashiFurou KojiIwamitsu KazuomiSumida NagayoshiIsohara HiroshiYokoi RyosukeOhta HideakiObitsu MasamiHoriguchi JuichiKobayashi YutakaEndo RyunosukeSuzuki KatsuakiNayuki MasaoNagashima TakahiroSaito TsutomuTakeda YoshioMiyamoto KoichiUesawa KojiUtsumi TakashiTakeuchi TsuguyaAizawa TakashiYamamoto SouichiNukazawa SyuichiMurayama MinoruAizaki YoshimatsuSone MasahiroUeda MunehikoTakaba KunihiroMitsuno MinoruAsano SekiyaKataoka MasashiArisawa KanMiyauchi MasakiNagano MasaoHirai NobuyukiItoyama KenichirouTerasaki KazuoHirayama KouzouKaneko GenkichiMotomatsu MasaruYuuki NobutakaWatanabe MichinoriYamamoto TsuyoshiKinjou Junichirou

Controller Okazaki Shouzou

National Operations CommitteeNOP Function Family Name First NameExecutive Tournament Manager Wakao KatsumiExecutive Director Yamagishi NorioDeputy Executive Directors Shimoyama Takashi

Suzuki KenjiSecretary General Kojima KazuyukiProject Managers Funaki Masanari

Oomae KazuhikoProject Coordinator Kawaguchi TetsuoCompetition Director Wakao KatsumiReferee Manger Shimoyama TakashiCourt Manager Ukechi MasanariTechnical Manager Odagiri TakashiAdministration Director Sakota YoshitoFinance Manager Igarashi MitsuoTransportation & Accommodation Manager Ota KiyotakaTeam Liaison & Interpreter Manger Ota KiyotakaSecurity & Accreditation Manager Tanaka AkihikoFacilities Director Tomita MitsuruTelecommunication Manager Hainishi KatsuhiroCity & Venue Decoration Manager Hainishi KatsuhiroPress Director Takeuchi HiroshiVIS Manager Endo ToshiroMedical Services Director Kawanoue YutakaProtocol, Ceremony & Entertainment Director Wakiyama HisachikaPromotion & Marketing Directors Saito Akimi

Minegishi JunTicket Sales Director Yamagishi NorioTicket Sales Manager Fujiyama TaichiroTV Production Director Kondo NorihikoLocal Executive Directors Konya Masao

Onodera FutaoMurai TsuneoOtsuka KeijiroTakahashi YoshioNishikawa TomoyukiTsuchiya ShinjiKameyama HiromiYamamoto AkioFukumoto KazuhiroShimomura EijiGoto ShonosukeHirata Itsuo

Members Kikuchi AkihiroGoto SeiichiKobayashi ShinichiTakagawa HideakiOhashi MakotoKimura TakashiYamamura ShinyaHanafusa TakamitsuTakakubo KenjiSase YoichiMotomatsu MasaruKawai JitsunosukeMori YouichiInaki KoujiOmori ShizuoIshikawa JunichiMaeda KazuyaNishibuchi KenjiKishimoto IchiroNakamura YoshiakiNakao YoshinobuUemura YoshikatsuMurakoso KiyoshiMuta Natsuhiko

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Qualification TournamentsTeams Set Result per set (points) Ranking Code Country Pts Matches Sets Points

1 2 3 4 5 Won Lost Won Lost Ratio Won Lost Ratio

AfricaPOOL A - Durban, South Africa / 16-19 September 2007RSA-MOZ 3-0 25-16 25-17 25-14 1 CMR Cameroon 6 3 9 2 4.500 263 209 1.258RWA-CMR 2-3 16-25 30-28 23-25 25-20 11-15 2 RWA Rwanda 4 1 2 7 6 1.167 284 279 1.018CMR-MOZ 3-0 25-22 25-12 25-11 3 MOZ Mozambique 4 1 2 3 6 0.500 176 197 0.893RWA-RSA 2-3 19-25 25-22 22-25 25-23 13-15 4 RSA South Africa 4 1 2 3 8 0.375 216 254 0.850MOZ-RWA 0-3 19-25 22-25 15-25 RSA-CMR 0-3 18-25 22-25 19-25

POOL B - Durban, South Africa / 16-20 September 2007BOT-KEN 1-3 21-25 20-25 25-16 19-25 1 TUN Tunisia 8 4 12 MAX 304 229 1.328ZIM-EGY 0-3 17-25 13-25 11-25 2 EGY Egypt 7 3 1 9 3 3.000 297 230 1.291ZIM-TUN 0-3 17-25 20-25 12-25 3 KEN Kenya 6 2 2 6 8 0.750 306 316 0.968KEN-EGY 0-3 24-26 12-25 19-25 4 BOT Botswana 5 1 3 4 10 0.400 292 323 0.904TUN-KEN 3-0 25-20 25-23 25-19 5 ZIM Zimbabwe 4 4 2 12 0.167 252 353 0.714EGY-BOT 3-0 25-23 25-10 25-22 ZIM-KEN 1-3 19-25 17-25 25-23 19-25 TUN-BOT 3-0 25-22 25-14 25-11 ZIM-BOT 1-3 14-25 32-30 13-25 23-25 TUN-EGY 3-0 25-21 29-27 25-23

SEMI-FINALS - Durban, South Africa / 22 September 2007CMR-EGY 0-3 22-25 22-25 18-25 TUN-RSA 3-0 25-14 25-19 25-20

FINALS - Durban, South Africa / 23 September 2007CMR-RSA 3-0 25-19 26-24 25-17 1 EGY EgyptEGY-TUN 3-2 15-25 25-27 25-22 25-22 15-9 2 TUN Tunisia

3 CMR Cameroon4 RSA South Africa

AsiaGROUP MATCHES - Jakarta, Indonesia / 31 August-2 SeptemberIRI-VIE 3-1 25-17 25-16 23-25 25-14QAT-TPE 1-3 19-25 30-28 24-26 21-25THA-SRI 3-0 25-17 25-17 25-21AUS-IND 3-1 22-25 25-19 25-18 25-23KUW-KAZ 0-3 19-25 16-25 25-27MDV-QAT 0-3 15-25 15-25 14-25PAK-IRI 1-3 18-25 25-20 22-25 21-25KSA-THA 1-3 25-22 21-25 16-25 16-25IND-KAZ 3-2 25-20 24-26 25-20 25-27 18-16AUS-KUW 3-0 25-11 25-15 25-11VIE-PAK 2-3 20-25 25-21 28-26 21-25 8-15SRI-KSA 0-3 14-25 11-25 23-25TPE-MDV 3-0 25-13 25-15 25-10KUW-IND 0-3 19-25 22-25 17-25KAZ-AUS 0-3 14-25 20-25 14-25QUARTER FINALS - Jakarta, Indonesia / 3-9 SeptemberINA-THA 3-2 25-23 22-25 25-18 22-25 15-12CHN-TPE 3-1 25-15 20-25 25-18 25-21JPN-AUS 2-3 21-25 25-19 25-20 20-25 9-15KOR-IRI 3-0 27-25 28-26 25-21IND-VIE 3-0 27-25 28-26 25-21PAK-KUW 3-0 25-18 25-13 31-29INA-TPE 2-3 17-25 25-17 31-33 25-21 16-18CHN-THA 3-2 25-18 18-25 25-23 19-25 19-17JPN-IRI 3-0 25-22 28-26 25-14KOR-AUS 2-3 25-20 22-25 25-20 21-25 18-20QAT-SRI 3-0 25-17 25-9 29-27KSA-MDV 3-0 25-13 25-11 25-21KAZ-PAK 3-0 25-19 25-22 25-15VIE-KUW 3-0 25-20 25-15 25-21JPN-KOR 3-1 25-16 26-24 21-25 25-19INA-CHN 2-3 16-25 15-25 25-21 25-23 10-15TPE-THA 2-3 18-25 25-23 25-23 22-25 11-15IRI-AUS 2-3 23-25 25-17 16-25 25-22 13-15MDV-SRI 1-3 20-25 12-25 26-24 17-25QAT-KSA 3-0 25-23 25-17 25-23VIE-KAZ 1-3 18-25 17-25 25-23 18-25CHN-IRI 3-0 26-24 25-22 25-20AUS-TPE 3-0 25-15 25-20 25-21THA-KOR 0-3 21-25 20-25 21-25JPN-INA 3-0 25-18 25-21 25-16SRI-VIE 3-2 11-25 13-25 25-21 26-24 15-13PAK-MDV 3-0 25-11 25-13 25-16QAT-KAZ 1-3 21-25 25-18 16-25 20-25IND-KSA 3-0 25-22 25-22 25-19 1 AUS AustraliaTHA-IRI 2-3 20-25 25-22 16-25 25-22 11-15 2 JPN JapanJPN-TPE 3-0 25-13 25-14 25-15 3 KOR KoreaAUS-INA 3-0 25-30 36-34 27-25 4 CHN ChinaCHN-KOR 0-3 20-25 17-25 21-25 5 IRI IranIND-QAT 3-2 27-25 21-25 25-21 18-25 15-10 6 THA ThailandKAZ-KSA 3-0 25-23 25-19 25-22 7 INA IndonesiaPAK-SRI 3-0 26-24 25-18 25-18 8 TPE Chinese TaipeiVIE-MDV 3-0 25-18 25-23 25-18 9 IND IndiaAUS-THA 3-0 25-21 25-20 25-19 10 KAZ KazakhstanCHN-JPN 0-3 20-25 22-25 21-25 11 QAT QatarINA-IRI 0-3 22-25 24-26 16-25 12 KSA Saudi ArabiaKOR-TPE 3-0 25-22 25-21 25-17 13 PAK PakistanAUS-CHN 2-3 25-21 24-26 25-21 23-25 12-15 14 SRI Sri LankaTHA-JPN 3-0 25-20 25-20 25-23 15 VIE VietnamINA-KOR 0-3 17-25 17-25 21-25 16 MDV MaldivesIRI-TPE 3-2 25-20 30-32 24-26 25-19 15-8 17 KUW Kuwait

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Teams Set Result per set (points) Ranking Code Country Pts Matches Sets Points1 2 3 4 5 Won Lost Won Lost Ratio Won Lost Ratio

EuropePOOL A - St. Petersbourg, Russia / 6-9 September 2007NED-SRB 0-3 23-25 21-25 18-25 1 SRB Serbia 5 2 1 7 4 1.750 257 253 1.016GRE-NED 3-2 25-20 22-25 19-25 25-19 15-13 2 GER Germany 5 2 1 6 4 1.500 230 210 1.095SRB-GER 1-3 25-22 21-25 20-25 17-25 3 NED Netherlands 4 1 2 5 6 0.833 240 239 1.004GER-GRE 3-0 25-17 25-19 25-15 4 GRE Greece 4 1 2 4 8 0.500 251 276 0.909GER-NED 0-3 15-25 24-26 19-25SRB-GRE 3-1 25-23 25-23 24-26 25-22

POOL B - Moscow, Russia / 6-9 September 2007BEL-RUS 0-3 17-25 20-25 22-25 1 RUS Russia 6 3 9 MAX 225 173 1.301POL-BEL 1-3 22-25 25-23 14-25 24-26 2 BEL Belgium 5 2 1 6 6 1.000 275 274 1.004RUS-TUR 3-0 25-20 25-17 25-18 3 POL Poland 4 1 2 4 7 0.571 239 248 0.964TUR-POL 1-3 25-20 18-25 20-25 11-25 4 TUR Turkey 3 3 3 9 0.333 243 287 0.847TUR-BEL 2-3 27-25 25-21 29-31 23-25 10-15RUS-POL 3-0 25-22 25-23 25-14

POOL C - St. Petersbourg, Russia / 6-9 September 2007SLO-ESP 1-3 25-16 20-25 21-25 18-25 1 ESP Spain 6 3 9 1 9.000 241 202 1.193SVK-FRA 1-3 23-25 23-25 26-24 15-25 2 FRA France 5 2 1 6 4 1.500 241 210 1.148SVL-SLO 3-1 21-25 25-21 34-32 27-25 3 SVK Slovakia 4 1 2 4 7 0.571 245 277 0.884ESP-SVK 3-0 25-15 25-16 25-20 4 SLO Slovenia 3 3 2 9 0.222 235 273 0.861FRA-SLO 3-0 25-17 25-18 25-13ESP-FRA 3-0 25-22 25-23 25-22

POOL D - Moscow, Russia / 6-9 September 2007CRO-BUL 2-3 26-24 25-23 12-25 20-25 10-15 1 FIN Finland 5 2 1 8 4 2.000 284 269 1.056FIN-ITA 2-3 21-25 18-25 25-21 25-22 13-15 2 BUL Bulgaria 5 2 1 6 5 1.200 258 230 1.122CRO-FIN 1-3 22-25 26-28 28-26 14-25 3 ITA Italy 5 2 1 6 6 1.000 266 267 0.996BUL-FIN 0-3 22-25 26-28 23-25 4 CRO Croatia 3 3 4 9 0.444 273 315 0.867ITA-CRO 3-1 26-24 23-25 25-23 25-18ITA-BUL 0-3 20-25 18-25 21-25

POOL E - St. Petersbourg, Russia / 6-13 September 2007NED-SRB 0-3 23-25 21-25 18-25 1 ESP Spain 10 5 15 4 3.750 449 406 1.106SRB-GER 1-3 25-22 21-25 20-25 17-25 2 SRB Serbia 8 3 2 12 8 1.500 457 453 1.009GER-NED 0-3 15-25 24-26 19-25 3 GER Germany 8 3 2 10 7 1.429 397 362 1.097SVK-FRA 1-3 23-25 23-25 26-24 15-25 4 NED Netherlands 8 3 2 10 9 1.111 438 412 1.063ESP-SVK 3-0 25-15 25-16 25-20 5 FRA France 6 1 4 7 13 0.538 437 463 0.944ESP-FRA 3-0 25-22 25-23 25-22 6 SVK Slovakia 5 5 2 15 0.133 344 426 0.808NED-ESP 1-3 23-25 25-20 22-25 22-25SRB-FRA 3-2 25-23 22-25 25-23 33-35 15-12GER-SVK 3-0 25-23 25-15 25-16NED-FRA 3-2 25-11 25-23 21-25 20-25 15-12GER-ESP 1-3 19-25 25-15 24-26 24-26SRB-SVK 3-0 25-18 25-23 25-23GER-FRA 3-0 25-14 25-22 25-21SRB-ESP 2-3 24-26 19-25 26-24 25-22 10-15NED-SVK 3-1 30-28 22-25 25-18 25-17

POOL F - Moscow, Russia / 6-13 September 2007BEL-RUS 0-3 17-25 20-25 22-25 1 RUS Russia 10 5 15 4 3.750 441 375 1.176POL-BEL 1-3 22-25 25-23 14-25 24-26 2 FIN Finland 8 3 2 13 7 1.857 455 445 1.022RUS-POL 3-0 25-22 25-23 25-14 3 ITA Italy 8 3 2 11 10 1.100 449 455 0.987FIN-ITA 2-3 21-25 18-25 25-21 25-22 13-15 4 BUL Bulgaria 8 3 2 9 9 1.000 407 407 1.000BUL-FIN 0-3 22-25 26-28 23-25 5 BEL Belgium 6 1 4 5 13 0.385 398 428 0.930ITA-BUL 0-3 20-25 18-25 21-25 6 POL Poland 5 5 5 15 0.333 427 467 0.914POL-FIN 0-3 20-25 27-29 21-25BEL-ITA 0-3 22-25 21-25 23-25RUS-BUL 3-0 25-22 25-18 25-21BEL-FIN 1-3 25-21 17-25 23-25 21-25POL-BUL 2-3 20-25 25-16 24-26 25-21 13-15RUS-ITA 3-2 25-21 25-15 20-25 19-25 15-10BEL-BUL 1-3 25-22 23-25 23-25 17-25POL-ITA 2-3 23-25 23-25 28-26 25-20 9-15RUS-FIN 3-2 22-25 28-26 22-25 25-16 15-8

SEMI-FINALS - Moscow, Russia / 15 September 2007ESP-FIN 3-2 25-23 19-25 22-25 26-24 15-10RUS-SRB 3-0 27-25 25-22 25-15

CLASSIFICATION 3/4 - Moscow, Russia / 16 September 2007FIN-SRB 1-3 18-25 25-23 21-25 16-25

FINAL - Moscow, Russia / 16 September 2007ESP-RUS 3-2 25-18 20-25 24-26 30-28 16-14 1 ESP Spain

2 RUS Russia3 SRB Serbia

4-16 FIN, GER, ITA, NED, BUL, FRA, BEL, POL, SVK, GRE, CRO, TUR, SLO

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Qualification Tournaments

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Teams Set Result per set (points) Ranking Code Country Pts Matches Sets Points1 2 3 4 5 Won Lost Won Lost Ratio Won Lost Ratio

NorcecaPOOL A - PRELIMINARY ROUND - Anaheim, USA / 16-18 September 2007PUR-BAR 3-0 25-16 25-17 25-16USA-MEX 3-0 25-11 25-15 25-20PUR-MEX 3-0 25-15 25-18 25-20USA-BAR 3-0 25-13 25-13 25-4MEX-BAR 3-1 25-14 25-18 18-25 25-22PUR-USA 3-0 25-19 27-25 25-18

POOL B - PRELIMINARY ROUND - Anaheim, USA / 16-18 September 2007CUB-TRI 3-0 25-13 25-16 25-19CAN-DOM 3-0 25-21 25-23 25-20CAN-TRI 3-0 25-14 25-14 25-10CUB-DOM 3-0 25-13 25-17 25-17DOM-TRI 3-0 25-15 25-20 25-16CAN-CUB 3-1 25-22 22-25 25-23 25-18

QUARTERFINALS - Anaheim, USA / 19 September 2007 PUR-DOM 3-0 25-18 25-19 25-15CAN-MEX 3-0 25-19 25-17 25-21

CLASSIFICATION ROUND 5 THROUGH 8 - Anaheim, USA / 20 September 2007 DOM-TRI 3-1 21-25 25-14 25-21 25-19MEX-BAR 3-2 25-23 22-25 19-25 25-18 17-25

SEMIFINALS - Anaheim, USA / 20 September 2007 CUB-PUR 3-2 26-24 11-22 22-25 26-24 15-11USA-CAN 3-1 32-30 19-25 25-19 26-24

CLASSIFICATION 7/8 - Anaheim, USA / 21 September 2007TRI-MEX 0-3 22-25 16-25 25-27

CLASSIFICATION 5/6 - Anaheim, USA / 21 September 2007DOM-BAR 3-0 25-13 25-18 25-16

FINALS - Anaheim, USA / 21 September 2007 CUB-CAN 3-0 38-36 25-21 25-22 1 USA UsaUSA-PUR 3-1 25-20 23-25 25-22 25-23 2 PUR Puerto Rico

3 CUB Cuba4 CAN Canada5 DOM Dominican Republic6 BAR Barbados7 MEX Mexico8 TRI Trinidad & Tobago

South AmericaSantiago de Chile, Chile / 5-9 September 2007COL-VEN 0-3 14-25 23-25 20-25PAR-ARG 2-3 25-23 14-25 25-20 18-25 6-15BRA-URU 3-0 25-14 25-23 25-20CHI-PER 3-0 25-18 25-13 25-16URU-VEN 0-3 20-25 17-25 15-25ARG-PER 3-0 25-17 25-16 25-16COL-BRA 0-3 15-25 19-25 19-25CHI-PAR 3-1 25-13 26-24 24-26 25-21BRA-VEN 3-0 25-21 25-18 26-24PAR-PER 3-1 25-20 25-12 25-27 25-18COL-URU 3-0 25-12 25-21 25-20CHI-ARG 0-3 15-25 16-25 20-25COL-PER 3-1 25-17 25-17 22-25 25-21 1 BRA BrazilBRA-CHI 3-0 25-17 25-22 25-17 2 ARG Argentina PAR-URU 3-0 25-23 25-21 25-21 3 VEN VenezuelaARG-VEN 3-2 21-25 25-21 25-23 22-25 15-13 4 CHI ChilePER-URU 2-3 22-25 22-25 16-25 19-25 15-17 5 PAR ParaguayCHI-VEN 1-3 23-25 25-17 20-25 19-25 6 COL Colombia COL-PAR 1-3 25-23 18-25 22-25 21-25 7 URU UruguayBRA-ARG 3-0 25-15 25-17 39-37 8 PER Peru

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Competition System

Qualification

12 Men’s and 12 Women’s teams will participate: The Organising country: Japan. • The five 2007 Continental Champions: Asia, Africa, •Europe, Norceca and South America. The four 2007 best Continental Vice-Champions, •according to the FIVB World Ranking (January 1st, 2007). Two Wild Cards; the FIVB and the Organising Committee •have chosen the remaining two teams under the condition that they took part in the corresponding Continental championship and have enrolled for Olympic Qualification for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The name of the teams chosen to receive a wild card has been released after the last Continental Championship.

Remark: in case Japan is continental champion or vice-champion, the third ranked team from the continental championship will participate. Only teams not yet qualified for the Olympic Games can compete in the World Cup 2007.

Competition System

The competition system of the 2007 World Cups for Men & Women is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.Rounds 1 + 2 (30 matches, 5 days): 12 participating teams will be divided in 2 groups (Site A & Site B).Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): teams continue to play against the remaining teams of the other groups.

Olympic Games

The top three teams in the 2007 World Cups for Men & Women (not yet qualified) will be qualified to participate in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Order of Matches and Organiser’s rights

The order of matches in Sites A and B in the rounds 1 and 2 is assigned in accordance with the Berger Table. The Organiser has the right to chose two matches in each site A and B.The order of matches in the round 3 and 4 is decided by the Organiser after approval of FIVB.The daily timetable of matches is fixed by the FIVB considering a proposal by the Organiser.The Organiser has the right to change the timetable and order of the matches for TV broadcasting needs and with the approval of the FIVB Control Committee. Each team must be informed of the timetable changes at least 24 hours before the competition.

Distribution of Points

Winner = 2 pointsLoser = 1 pointForfeit = 0 point

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FIVB World Ranking

R. PR. Teams Total World Ch.2006100%

World League 2006100%

Cont.Ch.200550%

OG200450%

R. Pts. R. Pts. R. Pts. R. Pts.1 (1) Brazil 195.00 1 100 1 30 1 15 1 502 (2) Italy 132.00 5 62 6 10 1 15 2 453 (3) Russia 125.00 7 50 3 22 2 13 3 404 (8) Poland 124.50 2 90 7 5 5 7 5 22.55 (4) Serbia 117.50 4 70 5 14 3 11 5 22.56 (18) Bulgaria 99.00 3 80 4 18 cq2 17 (6) France 92.00 6 56 2 26 7 2.5 9 7.58 (5) USA 89.00 10 36 10 3 1 15 4 359 (7) Argentina 67.50 13 27 7 5 2 13 5 22.510 (10) Japan 62.50 8 45 13 2 1 15 wq4 0.511 (9) Greece 48.50 17 21 6 5 5 22.512 (12) Canada 45.00 11 33 3 11 wq2 113 (16) Cuba 43.50 15 24 7 5 2 13 wq1 1.514 (32) Germany 41.50 9 40 cq1 1.515 (17) Tunisia 39.50 15 24 2 13 11 2.516 (14) China 37.50 17 21 13 2 2 13 wq1 1.516 (23) Puerto Rico 37.50 12 30 5 7 cq3 0.518 (15) Egypt 36.50 21 18 13 2 1 15 cq1 1.519 (11) Korea 35.50 17 21 10 3 3 11 wq5 0.520 (13) Venezuela 33.50 17 21 3 11 wq1 1.521 (27) Czech Republic 27.50 13 27 9 0.522 (26) Iran 23.50 21 18 6 5 wq3 0.523 (24) Australia 23.00 21 18 8 2.5 11 2.524 (19) Netherlands 22.00 EU-PO3 14 11 0.5 9 7.524 (20) Spain 22.00 EU-I4 12 4 9 wq2 126 (22) Cameroon 21.50 AF-D2 10 3 11 wq3 0.527 (25) India 19.00 AS-PO3 10 4 928 (33) Kazakhstan 18.50 21 18 wq3 0.528 (21) Portugal 18.50 EU-PO2 15 13 2 10 0.5 wq2 130 (27) Morocco 17.00 AF-C4 8 4 931 (30) Mexico 16.50 NO-D3 11 6 5 cq4 0.532 (29) Colombia 16.00 SA-B2 7 4 933 (35) Finland 15.50 EU-K4 12 10 3 cq1 0.534 (30) Thailand 15.00 AS-E4 8 5 735 (38) Panama 13.50 NO-E3 11 7 2.535 (41) Ukraine 13.50 EU-PO4 13 12 0.537 (38) South Africa 13.00 AF-C2 10 8 2.5 cq3 0.538 (47) Estonia 12.00 EU-L4 1238 (46) Turkey 12.00 EU-J4 1240 (42) Barbados 11.50 NO-D5 9 8 2.540 (44) Congo 11.50 AF-D3 9 7 2.540 (36) Croatia 11.50 EU-H4 9 8 2.540 (43) Qatar 11.50 AS-F3 9 7 2.544 (38) Paraguay 11.00 SA-A2 6 6 545 (48) Algeria 10.00 AF-C3 9 cq2 145 (49) Denmark 10.00 EU-F3 1045 (58) Guatemala 10.00 NO-D4 1045 (51) Latvia 10.00 EU-G3 1045 (54) Romania 10.00 EU-E3 1045 (54) Slovenia 10.00 EU-H3 1045 (58) Trinidad & Tobago 10.00 NO-E4 1052 (51) Chinese Taipei 9.50 AS-D3 9 13 0.552 (49) Indonesia 9.50 AS-E3 9 11 0.554 (54) Austria 9.00 EU-G4 954 (61) Costa Rica 9.00 NO-E5 9

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Ranking at January 1st, 2007

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R. PR. Teams Total World Ch.2006100%

World League 2006100%

Cont.Ch.200550%

OG200450%

R. Pts. R. Pts. R. Pts. R. Pts.54 (34) Dom. Republic 9.00 4 954 (61) England 9.00 EU-F4 954 (54) Slovakia 9.00 EU-E4 959 (61) Sudan 8.50 AF-D4 8 10 0.559 (61) United Arab Emirates 8.50 AS-D4 8 17 0.559 (58) Uzbekistan 8.50 AS-F4 8 16 0.562 (65) Jamaica 8.00 NO-A2 862 (66) Saint Lucia 8.00 NO-B2 864 (36) Chile 7.50 5 7 cq3 0.564 (66) Philippines 7.50 AS-C3 7 14 0.566 (71) Albania 7.00 EU-D2 766 (71) Belarus 7.00 EU-C2 766 (71) Ghana 7.00 AF-A2 766 (66) Hungary 7.00 EU-B2 766 (71) Jordan 7.00 AS-A3 766 (70) Netherlands Antilles 7.00 NO-A3 766 (66) Peru 7.00 SA-B3 6 cq2 166 (44) Rwanda 7.00 5 766 (71) Saint Kitts 7.00 NO-B3 775 (78) Afghanistan 6.00 AS-B3 675 (78) Azerbaijan 6.00 EU-B3 675 (78) B.V. Islands 6.00 NO-A4 675 (71) Belgium 6.00 EU-C3 675 (78) Dominica 6.00 NO-B4 675 (78) Honduras 6.00 NO-C3 675 (71) Israel 6.00 EU-D3 675 (78) Macau 6.00 AS-C4 675 (78) Mauritius 6.00 AF-B2 675 (78) Oman 6.00 AS-A4 675 (78) Scotland 6.00 EU-A2 675 (78) Uganda 6.00 AF-A3 687 (78) Botswana 5.50 AF-B3 5 9 0.588 (92) Anguilla 5.00 NO-B5 588 (90) Bosnia Herzeg. 5.00 EU-D4 588 (92) Cayman Islands 5.00 NO-A5 588 (92) Ecuador 5.00 SA-B4 588 (92) Eritrea 5.00 AF-A4 588 (92) Maldives 5.00 AS-A5 588 (90) Moldova 5.00 EU-B4 588 (92) Nicaragua 5.00 NO-C4 588 (51) Nigeria 5.00 6 588 (92) Northern Ireland 5.00 EU-A3 588 (78) Norway 5.00 EU-C4 588 (92) Tonga 5.00 AS-C5 588 (92) Uruguay 5.00 SA-A3 5101 (101) Bahrain 0.50 10 0.5101 (101) Hong Kong 0.50 18 0.5101 (101) New Zealand 0.50 15 0.5101 (101) Pakistan 0.50 9 0.5101 (101) Vietnam 0.50 12 0.5106 (108) Aruba 0.00106 (101) Kenya 0.00106 (108) Namibia 0.00106 (101) Saudi Arabia 0.00 AS-B 0

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Competition Schedules

1st Round: Site A, Saitama (Saitama Super Arena) Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5

18 Nov. (Sun.) 01 13:05 AUS - KOR - - - - - -

02 15:35 ARG - RUS - - - - - -

03 18:30 JPN - TUN - - - - - -

19 Nov. (Mon.) 07 12:35 AUS - RUS - - - - - -

08 15:05 ARG - TUN - - - - - -

09 18:00 JPN - KOR - - - - - -

20 Nov. (Tue.) 13 12:35 RUS - TUN - - - - - -

14 15:05 ARG - KOR - - - - - -

15 18:00 JPN - AUS - - - - - -

1st Round: Site B, Matsumoto (Matsumoto City General Gymnasium) Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5

18 Nov. (Sun.) 04 12:35 EGY - PUR - - - - - -

05 15:05 BUL - ESP - - - - - -

06 18:05 BRA - USA - - - - - -

19 Nov. (Mon.) 10 13:05 BUL - EGY - - - - - -

11 15:35 PUR - USA - - - - - -

12 18:35 BRA - ESP - - - - - -

20 Nov. (Tue.) 16 13:05 BUL - PUR - - - - - -

17 15:35 ESP - USA - - - - - -

18 18:35 BRA - EGY - - - - - -

2nd Round: Site A, Hiroshima (Hiroshima Green Arena) Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5

22 Nov. (Thu.) 19 12:35 KOR - RUS - - - - - -

20 15:05 AUS - TUN - - - - - -

21 18:00 JPN - ARG - - - - - -

23 Nov. (Fri.) 25 12:35 KOR - TUN - - - - - -

26 15:05 ARG - AUS - - - - - -

27 18:00 JPN - RUS - - - - - -

2nd Round: Site B, Toyama (Toyama City General Gymnasium) Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5

22 Nov. (Thu.) 22 13:35 EGY - ESP - - - - - -

23 15:35 BRA - PUR - - - - - -

24 18:35 BUL - USA - - - - - -

23 Nov. (Fri.) 28 12:05 ESP - PUR - - - - - -

29 15:05 BRA - BUL - - - - - -

30 18:05 EGY - USA - - - - - -

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3rd Round: Site A, Fukuoka (Marine Messe Fukuoka) Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5

25 Nov. (Sun.) 31 12:35 ARG - PUR - - - - - -

32 15:05 ESP - RUS - - - - - -

33 18:00 JPN - EGY - - - - - -

26 Nov. (Mon.) 37 12:35 ARG - ESP - - - - - -

38 15:05 EGY - RUS - - - - - -

39 18:00 JPN - PUR - - - - - -

27 Nov. (Tue.) 43 12:35 ARG - EGY - - - - - -

44 15:05 PUR - RUS - - - - - -

45 18:00 JPN - ESP - - - - - -

3rd Round: Site B, Okayama (Momotaro Arena) Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5

25 Nov. (Sun.) 34 12:35 TUN - USA - - - - - -

35 15:05 BUL - KOR - - - - - -

36 18:05 BRA - AUS - - - - - -

26 Nov. (Mon.) 40 13:05 KOR - USA - - - - - -

41 15:35 AUS - BUL - - - - - -

42 18:35 BRA - TUN - - - - - -

27 Nov. (Tue.) 46 13:05 AUS - USA - - - - - -

47 15:35 BUL - TUN - - - - - -

48 18:35 BRA - KOR - - - - - -

4th Round: Site A, Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium) Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5

30 Nov. (Fri.) 49 14:05 ARG - BRA - - - - - -

50 16:35 BUL - RUS - - - - - -

51 19:30 JPN - USA - - - - - -

1 Dec. (Sat.) 55 14:05 ARG - USA - - - - - -

56 16:35 BRA - RUS - - - - - -

57 19:30 JPN - BUL - - - - - -

2 Dec. (Sun.) 61 14:05 ARG - BUL - - - - - -

62 16:35 RUS - USA - - - - - -

63 19:30 JPN - BRA - - - - - -

Awarding Ceremony

4th Round: Site B, Tokyo (Komazawa Gymnasium) Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5

30 Nov. (Fri.) 52 12:35 PUR - TUN - - - - - -

53 15:05 EGY - KOR - - - - - -

54 18:05 AUS - ESP - - - - - -

1 Dec. (Sat.) 58 12:35 EGY - TUN - - - - - -

59 15:05 ESP - KOR - - - - - -

60 18:05 AUS - PUR - - - - - -

2 Dec. (Sun.) 64 12:05 ESP - TUN - - - - - -

65 14:35 KOR - PUR - - - - - -

66 17:35 AUS - EGY - - - - - -

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BRA Brazil South America Champion

ARG Argentina South America vice-champion


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PUR Puerto Rico Norceca vice-champion

USA U.S.A. Norceca Champion

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Europe

ESP Spain Europe Champion

BUL Bulgaria Wild Card

RUS Russia Europe vice-champion

Asia

JPN Japan Host Country

KOR Korea, Republic of

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AUS Australia Asia Champion

Africa

EGY Egypt Africa Champion

TUN Tunisia Africa vice-champion



8,641,764 inhabitans

Tokyo

699,901 inhabitans

Okayama



Hiroshima

Fukuoka

227,339 inhabitans

Matsumoto


420,939 inhabitans

Saitama

Toyama

2007 World Cup Host cities

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The Saitama Super Arena is a huge sports complex, located in the center of Saitama where it now has 18 national organizations (30 minutes from Tokyo Station). Many big sports events (soccer, Volleyball, basketball) have taken place here. The Saitama Super Arena has the biggest operation system that can change the size of the arena according to the size of the events. The main arena has the capacity of 23,000 where you can get together with the players.

Access: near Saitama Shintoshin Station [JR Tohoku-honsen (main line)], 7 minutes walk from Kitayono Station [JR Saikyo Line].

Saitama, Saitama Super Arena

Matsumoto, Matsumoto City Gymnasium

1st Round - Site A

1st Round - Site B

The Matsumoto City Gymnasium was for many years the local indoor sports center, which was substantially expanded in 1991. In 1992, the Nagano Prefecture Matsumoto Culture Hall was opened adjacent to the gymnasium, making the combined facilities, the sports and cultural center of the city. The gymnasium can hold various sports events such as Volleyball and ice skating.

Access: Take a bus for “Sogo Taiikukan-mae” from Matsumoto Station [JR Chuo Line].

8 Shintoshin, Saitama, Saitama

5-1 Misuzu, Matsumoto, Nagano


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Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center

Toyama, Toyama City Gymnasium

2nd Round - Site A

2nd Round - Site B

Hiroshima has recovered from the horrific disaster of the atomic bomb and is now a city of one million people, which prays for world peace. Since before the war, Hiroshima has produced many famous Volleyball players, such as the late setter, Mr. Katsutoshi Nekoda who won a gold medal in the Munich Olympics in 1972. This year, Hiroshima will host the World Cup for the eighth time which follows Tokyo and Osaka. The competition venue, Hiroshima

Arena, filled to capacity for the Asian Games in 1994 and for the Volleyball World Championships in 1998.

[The Sanyo Line / JR] From Hiroshima Station to Kamiya-cho stop by bus or tram, 5 minutes walk.

Toyama is a city surrounded by the native beauty of Japan’s scenic mountains, the Northern Alps, and the Bay of Toyama which is famous for the mirage - the altitude drop between them is 3000m. Toyama has been well known for pharmacy for over 300 years and there are many pharmaceutical laboratories. In Toyama, people are extremely enthusiastic about Volleyball and a great number of international competitions have been staged. The Toyama City Gym was

completed just before the previous World Cup and was the main competition site for the National Athletic Meet in 2000. As it is very easily accessible - 5 to 6 minutes walk from JR Toyama Station - it is assumed that many Volleyball enthusiasts from the Kansai area will visit Toyama.

Access: [Hokuriku-Line / JR] 5 minutes walk from the North Exit of the Toyama Station.

4-1 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima

12-1 Minatoirifune-cho, Toyama

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Fukuoka, Marine Messe Fukuoka

Okayama, Okayama Momotaro Arena

3rd Round - Site A

3rd Round - Site B

Making the most of its geographical advantage of being the closest city to the Korean peninsula and China, Fukuoka has been flourished as a base for accepting foreign culture. Furthermore, Fukuoka, as a centre for exchanging cultures and information internationally, has many convention centres. One of the biggest facilities is the Marine Messe Fukuoka, which is located at the central pier in the port of

Hakata and it is only 2 km away from the centre of business, Tenjin. Fukuoka Airport and Hakata Station are also within a short distance and big international events are staged here every year.

Access: [Hakata Station / JR] Take a Nishitetsu Bus No.11 or 19 for Chuo-Futo (the Central Pier) from the platform E at JR Fukuoka Station Centre Building-Mae, get off at Marin Messe-mae.

The Momotaro Arena, used as a venue for the 2006 World Grand Prix, is getting popular as a venue for Volleyball. Designed with the idea of universal design, the competition hall has a beautiful form that it blends nicely with the surrounding sceneries.

Access: Take a bus for “Sports Center-mae”; 3 minutes from JR Okayama Station West Exit, 6 minutes from JR Okayama Station East Exit, and 23 minutes from Okayama Airport.

7-1 Okihama-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

2-1-3, Izumi-cho, Okayama, Okayama


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Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

Tokyo, Komazawa Gymnasium

4th Round - Site A

4th Round - Site B

Tokyo, which will hold the women’s opening and final matches, is, needless to say, Japan’s capital city and its entire population is about twelve million. The opening ceremony for the ‘77 World Cup took place at the gym - staged for the first time in Japan - and this year will be the ninth time to host the World Cup both for men and women. The Tokyo Metropolitan gymnasium, the competition venue for the opening and final matches of the Site

A, which Japan will participate in, was refurbished in 1990 and is equipped with high-tech machinery and 10,000 seats.

The Komazawa Gymnasium was a venue for Volleyball competitions of Tokyo Olympics where the Japanese team won a gold medal. The gymnasium, built within the Komazawa Olympics Park, is a traditional stage for many exciting matches. As well as Volleyball matches, many international and national competitions were held here. Located in the center of Tokyo, the venue is easily accessible.

Access: 15 minutes walk from Komazawa Daigaku Station [Tokyu Denentoshi Line].

1-17-1 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

1-1 Komazawakoen Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

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OFFICIAL TEAM PRESENTATION AND MEDIA GUIDE MEN22

Volleyball was introduced in Argentina by the YMCA in 1912 and the Argentine Volleyball Federation was created in 1932. The number of fans slowly started to grow as a result of its broadcasting. Nowadays, about 30.000 registered players enjoy Volleyball all over the country, not to mention the number of players at school level.The Men’s National team’s first participation in an official event was at the South American Championship held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1951, where they finished fourth. The Argentinean Men’s team first took part in the World Championship in 1960 in Rio de Janeiro, finishing 15th. Since then, Argentina participated in 8 World Championships and its best ranking was 3rd, which was in Buenos Aires in 1982. At the last World Championship, held in Japan in November 2006, Argentina finished 13th.They first qualified for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984 and finished 6th, and 4 years later in Seoul won the Bronze medal. They finished 6th in Atlanta in 1996,

Area: 2,791,810 sq kmInhabitants: 40,302,000Capital: Buenos Aires

4th in Sydney in 2000 and finally 5th in Athens in 2004. Argentina qualified for the second round in all Olympic Games.As for the World League, Argentina first joined it in 1996 in Mar del Plata. As host country in 1999, they played in the final matches with the best 6 teams of the world. In the 2006 edition Argentina played against Brazil, Portugal and Finland, winning 7 consecutive matches, 4 of which as visiting team, losing only one against Finland in Catamarca and 4 played against Champion Brazil, 2 in San Juan and 2 in Belo Horizonte.On the American level, Argentina took part in 9 editions of the Panamerican Games, obtaining 3 times the bronze medal and became champion in 1995 in the Games played in Mar del Plata, Argentina.Argentina has organized two World Senior Men’s Championships, in 1982 and in 2002, one World Youth Boys Championship in 1993 and several other Championships in South America.

Argentina

TEAM BIOGRAPHy

Buenos Aires


Manager Osvaldo Celia

Head coach Jon Uriarte

Assistant coach Guillermo Orduna

Doctor Fernando Locaso

Trainer/Therapist Julian Alvarez

TEAM OFFICIAlS MATCH SCHEDulE18.11 15:35 Saitama ARG - RUS

19.11 15:05 Saitama ARG - TUN

20.11 15:05 Saitama ARG - KOR

22.11 18:00 Hiroshima JPN - ARG

23.11 15:05 Hiroshima ARG - AUS

25.11 12:35 Fukuoka ARG - PUR

26.11 12:35 Fukuoka ARG - ESP

27.11 12:35 Fukuoka ARG - EGY

30.11 14:05 Tokyo (TMG) ARG - BRA

01.12 14:05 Tokyo (TMG) ARG - USA

02.12 14:05 Tokyo (TMG) ARG - BUL

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DE CECCO

Name: Luciano De Cecco - Age: 19 - Position: Setter - Club debut: Gimnasia y Esgrima Santa Fe (Santa Fe - ARG) in 2000 - Intl. debut: Youth South American

Tournament (Colombia) in 2004 - Hobby: Video Games and Listen music - Favourites: Book: The lords of the Rings, Food: Asado, Music: National Rock, Other sports: Basketball

BERNASCONI

Name: Ignacio Bernasconi - Age: 22

SPAjIC

Name: Alejandro Spajic - Age: 31 - Born in: San Juan, ARG - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Obras Sanitarias de San Juan (San Juan - Argentina) in 1993 - Intl.

debut: Qualification Tournament for 1994 World Championship (Neuquén - Argentina) in 1994 - Hobby: Fishing - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Book: Biographies, Food: Barbecue, Movie: Comedy, Music: Rock and Roll, Other sports: Soccer

GARCIA

Name: Guillermo Garcia - Age: 24 - Position: Wing spiker

SCHOLTIS

Name: Gustavo Scholtis - Age: 24 - Born in: Cordoba, ARG - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Villa Carlos Paz (Cordoba, Argentina) in 1998 - Intl. debut: Friendly Game

(Buenio Aires,Argentina) in 1999 - Hobby: Watch TV - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Book: Fiction, Food: Empanadas, Movie: Action, Music: National Music, Other sports: Soccer

ARROYO

Name: Gabriel Arroyo - Age: 30 - Born in: Argentina - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: CLUB A. VELEZ SARSFIELD (BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA) in 1998 -

Intl. debut: SUDAMERICANO (RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL) in 2003 - Hobby: Dance - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Book: Godfather, Food: Pasta, Movie: Godfather, Music: Massive Attack

CONCINA

Name: Leandro Concina - Age: 23 - Born in: Mendoza - Lang.: Spanish

LAYUS

Name: Tomás Layus - Age: 20

FILARDI

Name: Javier Filardi - Age: 27 - Born in: Argentina - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Banco de Córdoba (Córdoba, Argentina) in 1989 - Intl. debut: Sudamericano

(Rio de Janeiro Brazil) in 2003 - Hobby: Dance - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Book: Evita, Food: Asado, Movie: Grease, Music: La Barra, Other sports: Football

STEPANENkO

Name: Diego Stepanenko - Age: 22

ORDUNA

Name: Santiago Orduna - Age: 24

CHAvEz

Name: Lucas Chavez - Age: 25 - Born in: Buenos Aires, ARG - Position: Universal - Club debut: Club Italiano (Buenos Aires Argentina) in 1997 - Intl. debut:

Sudamericano in 2000 - Hobby: Videogames - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Book: Flores robadas en J Quilmes, Food: Barbecue, Movie: Grease, Music: The Police

MEANA

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QUIROGA

Name: Rodrigo Quiroga - Age: 20 - Position: Wing spiker

MILINkOvIC

Name: Marcos Milinkovic - Age: 35 - Born in: San Martín, ARG - Position: Universal - Club debut: Sportivo Ballester (Villa Ballester - Argentina) in 1988 - Intl. debut:

South American Championship (San Pablo - Brazil) in 1990 - Hobby: Music, internet - Lang.: Spanish, Portuguese - Favourites: Book: El Alquimista, Food: Barbecue, Movie: Action, Music: Rock and Roll, Other sports: NBA

Argentina


Nr Name/First Name Nickname Birthdate H W S B OG WC OTH Total Club

1 Milinkovic Marcos Milinkovic C 22/12/1971 205 99 355 338 20 33 272 325 IBB - TUR

2 Scholtis Gustavo Scholtis 16/12/1982 206 85 349 332 9 37 46 Galatasaray - TUR

3 Stepanenko Diego Stepanenko 25/02/1985 204 90 349 337 12 12 Rosario Sonder - ARG

4 De Cecco Luciano De Cecco 02/06/1988 194 84 333 315 9 41 50 Gabeca Pallavolo - ITA

5 Arroyo Gabriel Arroyo 03/03/1977 194 90 352 327 9 9 DirecTv Bolivar - ARG

6 Orduna Santiago Orduna 31/08/1983 184 72 333 324 10 10 Soria - ESP

7 Bernasconi Ignacio Bernasconi 19/09/1985 195 75 335 323 35 35 Rosario Sonder - ARG

8 Concina Leandro Concina 04/11/1984 195 94 345 325 9 25 34 Alvarez Cabral - BRA

9 Chavez Lucas Chavez 03/04/1982 200 88 348 328 35 35 Neftyanik Yaroslavl - RUS

10 Spajic Alejandro Spajic 07/05/1976 204 95 360 340 14 28 150 192 DirecTv Bolivar - ARG

11 Layus Tomás Layus 26/06/1987 207 89 333 318 1 1 Ciudad de Bs As - ARG

12 Meana Martin Meana L 26/04/1982 188 83 347 320 21 21 Unicaja Arukasur - ESP

13 Garcia Guillermo Garcia 21/09/1983 196 78 345 303 9 9 DirecTv Bolivar - ARG

14 Filardi Javier Filardi 07/02/1980 191 88 335 318 4 4 DirecTv Bolivar - ARG

15 Quiroga Rodrigo Quiroga 23/03/1987 194 84 345 327 9 9 ASD Pallavolo Catania - ITA

16 Hernandez Martin Hernandez 23/03/1985 202 80 351 330 9 35 44 Gigantes del Sur - ARG

17 Aschemacher Rodrigo Aschemacher 06/03/1989 202 91 343 327 20 20 Unión de Formosa - ARG

18 Giani Gaston Giani 26/04/1979 194 86 345 330 6 18 60 84 Arkas Spor Kulupu - TUR

19 Santucci Facundo Santucci L 06/03/1987 186 86 320 305 5 5 Misiones Voley - ARG

H=Height, W=Weight, S=Spike (in cm), B=Block (in cm), WC=World Championship, OG=Olympic Games, OTH=Other, C=Captain, L=Libero

PlAyERS ROSTER

HERNANDEz

Name: Martin Hernandez - Age: 22

GIANI

Name: Gaston Giani - Age: 28 - Born in: Buenos Aires, ARG - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Independiente (Buenos Aires Argentina) in 1995 - Intl.

debut: South American Cup in 1998 - Hobby: Music - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Book: Thriller, Food: Pizza, Movie: Action, Music: AC/DC, Other sports: Football

ASCHEMACHER

Name: Rodrigo Aschemacher - Age: 18 - Position: Middle blocker

SANTUCCI

Name: Facundo Santucci - Age: 20 - Born in: Corrientes - Position: Libero

jON URIARTE (ARG)

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A former player and coach, Jon Uriarte wore the Argentinean jersey himself for 12 years and won the bronze medal at the 1982 Men’s World Championship in Argentina

and at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.His path as a coach started in Argentina, first coaching Chacarita FC Azul (1991/93 - twice champion) and Azul Volley Club (1993/2001 – twice champion). After that he went to Australia to coach their Men’s National Team (2001/04), allowing them to qualify for the first time to the Olympic Games in 2004. In 2005 he coached Telemig Minas de Brazil with whom he won one Championship and one second place before returning to Argentina.Under the coaching of Jon Uriarte, the Argentine Men’s National Team put on the best performance in its history at the 2006 World League with seven consecutive victories, and also finished 13th at the 2006 Men’s World Championship in Japan. At the 2007 South-American Championship, held in Chile, Argentina finished 2nd, only behind Brazil and with a great victory over Venezuela, and earning a place at the 2007 Men’s World Cup.

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The Australian Volleyball Federation was founded in 1963, and the sport of Volleyball has rapidly increased in popularity since then, particularly in schools and recreational centers. Volleyball Team Australia Men has been supported by the Australian Institute of Sport since 1990.The team entered the new century with an appearance in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where they placed 8th, beating Spain in the process and taking a set from World Champions, Italy.Having participated in the Sydney Olympics as the host nation, they set out to qualify for Athens. At the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo, Australia achieved this historic goal becoming the Asian Volleyball Confederation’s representative in Athens as the highest ranked Asian team, when it defeated traditional Asian powers Japan, Korea and China for the first time in a single International tournament.At the Athens Olympics, in 2004, Australia eventually finished 11th while taking a set off the USA and World and Olympic Champions Brazil.

Area: 7,741,000 sq kmInhabitants: 21,105,000Capital: Canberra

A new look team competed in its 4th World Championships in 2006, to follow up its appearance in the 1982, 1998, 2002 editions of the tournament.In 2007, they returned to Fukuoka to win the Asia Pacific Cup for the first time.Following on from their success at the Asia Pacific Cup, they travelled to India for the 2nd Commonwealth Championships for Men and won their second successive tournament in the space of two months as preparation for the 14th Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship in Indonesia.At the 14th Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship Australia created Asian Volleyball history by winning the championship after playing ten games in ten days with only one loss. This was the first time in which a country other than China, Japan or Korea had won the Continental Championship and as such qualified Australia to its first Volleyball World Cup.

Australia

TEAM BIOGRAPHy

Canberra


Manager Stephen Benson

Head coach Russell Borgeaud

Assistant coach Andrew Strugnell

Doctor Charles Howse

Trainer/Therapist Daniel Ilott

TEAM OFFICIAlS MATCH SCHEDulE18.11 13:05 Saitama AUS - KOR

19.11 12:35 Saitama AUS - RUS

20.11 18:00 Saitama JPN - AUS

22.11 15:05 Hiroshima AUS - TUN

23.11 15:05 Hiroshima ARG - AUS

25.11 18:05 Okayama BRA - AUS

26.11 15:35 Okayama AUS - BUL

27.11 13:05 Okayama AUS - USA

30.11 18:05 Tokyo (KG) AUS - ESP

01.12 18:05 Tokyo (KG) AUS - PUR

02.12 17:35 Tokyo (KG) AUS - EGY

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HARDY

Name: Benjamin Hardy - Age: 33 - Born in: Caringbah, Australia - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: ACT Juniors (Canberra, Australia) in 1986 - Intl. debut: AUS tour of

China (Haimen, China) in 1994 - Hobby: Watching Owen roll and the outdoors - Lang.: English, Italian - Favourites: Book: Where Do I Come From, Food: Chocolate, Movie: The Wiggles, Music: The Wiggles, Other sports: Australian Rules Football

YOUNG

Name: Matthew Young - Age: 26 - Born in: Brisbane, Australia - Position: Setter - Club debut: Dragons (Brisbane, Australia) in 1997 - Intl. debut: Rashid Tournament (Dubai,

United Arab Emirates) in 1999 - Hobby: Watching movies - Lang.: English, Indonesian - Favourites: Book: Empire & Rolling Stone, Food: Pasta, Movie: Star Wars, Music: Alternative Australian music, Other sports: Australian Rules Football

ALExANDER

Name: Shane Alexander - Age: 21 - Born in: Adelaide, Australia - Position: Setter - Club debut: School (Brisbane, AUS) in 2001 - Intl. debut: Asian Snr Men’s

Championships (Thailand) in 2005 - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Mongolian Phrase Book, Food: Horse Raddish, Movie: Sponge Bob Square Pants

FERGUSON

Name: David Ferguson - Age: 25 - Born in: Perth, Australia - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Rossmoyne High School (Perth, Australia) in 1994 - Intl. debut:

AIS 21st Birthday Series v. Canada (Canberra, Australia) in 2002 - Hobby: Computers - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Wheel of Time, Food: Mexican, Movie: Star Wars, Music: Disturbed, Other sports: Cricket

CHRISTENSEN

Name: Jarryd Christensen - Age: 19 - Born in: Ipswich, QLD - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: School (Brisbane, AUS) in 2002 - Intl. debut: in 2006 - Hobby: Sleeping

and TV - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: The Tomorrow series, Food: Pizza, Ice cream, Movie: Lord of the Rings trilogy, Music: House, Dance, Other sports: Tennis

CAMPBELL

Name: Luke Campbell - Age: 28 - Born in: Melbourne, Australia - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Southern Cross (Melbourne, Australia) in 1994 - Intl.

debut: Trans-Tasman (Waipuna, New Zealand) in 1998 - Hobby: Relaxing - Lang.: English, Spanish, German - Favourites: Book: Wasp Factory, Food: Lots, Movie: Lord of War, Music: David Gray, Other sports: Curling and Poker

GRANT

Name: Andrew Grant - Age: 22 - Born in: Brisbane, Australia - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: High School (Brisbane, Queensland) in 1998 - Intl. debut:

AIS 21st Birthday Series v. Canada (Canberra, Australia) in 2002 - Hobby: Playing the guitar and going to the beach - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Ice Station, Food: Mexican, Movie: The Hurricane, Music: Acoustic, Other sports: Rugby

DESALvO

Name: Phillip DeSalvo - Age: 22 - Born in: Melbourne, Australia - Position: Libero - Club debut: School (Wonthaggi, AUS) in 1999 - Intl. debut: in 2005 - Hobby:

Listening to music and going to the beach - Lang.: English - Favourites: Food: Italian, Movie: Jerry McGuire, Music: Anything acoustic, Other sports: Cycling

PANAGOPkA

Name: Nigel Panagopka - Age: 20 - Born in: Sydney, Australia - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Australian Institute of Sport (Canberra, AUS) in 2003 -

Intl. debut: in 2004 - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Harry Potter series, Food: Pizza, Spaghetti, Movie: Matrix trilogy, Music: House, Dance, Other sports: Swimming

ROBERTS

Name: Nathan Roberts - Age: 21 - Born in: Adelaide, Australia - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: USC Lion (Adelaide, AUS) in 1998 - Intl. debut: in 2005 - Lang.:

English - Favourites: Book: A Fortunate Life, Food: Italian, Movie: The Butterfly Effect, Music: Dance, Other sports: Australian Rules Football

YUDIN

Name: Igor Yudin - Age: 20 - Born in: Sverdlovsk - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: in 1996 - Intl. debut: Asian Snr Men’s Championships (Thailand)

in 2005 - Hobby: Playing on the Play Station, listening to music and reading - Lang.: English, Russian - Favourites: Book: The Da Vinci Code, Food: Italian, Movie: How High, Music: Dance, Other sports: Basketball

EARL

Name: Andrew Earl - Age: 25 - Born in: Adelaide, Australia - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Henley Hawks (Adelaide, Australia) in 1996 - Intl. debut: Rashid Tournament

(Dubai, United Arab Emirates) in 2001 - Hobby: Watching movies and spending time with friends. - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Contest by Matthew Reilly, Food: Roast Dinner, Movie: Star Wars, Music: Hip/Hop, Other sports: Australian Rules, NFL Football, Ice Hockey, Basketball

TUTTON

Name: Aden Tutton - Age: 22 - Born in: Glenelg, AUS - Position: Libero - Club debut: School (Adelaide, AUS) - Intl. debut: in 2005 - Lang.: English, basic

Spanish - Favourites: Book: Da Vinci Code, Food: KFC, Movie: Oceans 11, Music: House, Dance, Other sports: Australian Rules Football

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Name: John Dekker - Age: 19 - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: School (Brisbane) in 2001 - Intl. debut: in 2005 - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Lord of the

Rings, Food: Hot Chips, Movie: Lord of the Rings trilogy, Music: Dance, Other sports: Golf

HOWARD

Name: Daniel Howard - Age: 30 - Born in: Kingscote, Australia - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Esperance High School (Perth, Australia) in 1993 - Intl.

debut: Match v. Japan (Griffith, Australia) in 1994 - Lang.: English, Italian

Australia



1 Howard Daniel Howard 13/12/1976 208 95 375 340 13 11 280 304 Acqua Paradiso Gabeca

2 Christensen Jarryd Christensen 22/08/1988 198 88 345 328 20 20 Middelfart VK

3 Roberts Nathan Roberts 17/02/1986 199 87 342 328 5 106 111 Castelo de Maia

4 Hardy Benjamin Hardy C 21/09/1974 198 94 335 320 13 11 333 357 Knack Randstad Roeselare

5 Campbell Luke Campbell 08/11/1979 202 98 346 335 5 8 179 192 OK Budvanska Rivijera

6 Yudin Igor Yudin 17/06/1987 200 85 357 330 5 89 94 KS Jastrzebski Wegiel S.A

7 Young Matthew Young 17/07/1981 188 78 335 323 5 8 148 161 Australian Institute of Sport

8 Grant Andrew Grant 22/04/1985 206 93 345 327 5 97 102 BKSCH Delecta Bydgoszcz

9 Earl Andrew Earl 15/09/1982 196 85 336 322 5 8 159 172 Volleyball.CZ CZU Praha

10 Alexander Shane Alexander 07/01/1986 202 95 339 320 28 28 Hypo VBK Klagenfurrt

11 DeSalvo Phillip DeSalvo L 11/03/1985 182 78 326 308 5 80 85 Volleyball.CZ CZU Praha

12 Tutton Aden Tutton L 06/12/1984 182 81 333 315 37 37 Castelo de Maia

13 Ferguson David Ferguson 13/03/1982 205 90 348 328 5 3 124 132 Arago de Sete Volley Ball

14 Panagopka Nigel Panagopka 19/07/1987 206 103 346 328 5 19 24 Castelo de Maia

15 Dekker John Dekker 09/05/1988 206 85 345 325 19 19 Team Valla

16 Thwaite William Thwaite 08/09/1987 207 90 345 328 44 44 Team Valla

17 Carroll Paul Carroll 16/05/1986 204 93 340 325 5 20 25 Pepperdine University

18 Alderman Brett Alderman 27/02/1979 191 90 343 328 5 8 192 205 Australian Institute of Sport


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THWAITE

Name: William Thwaite - Age: 20 - Born in: Sydney, AUS - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: School in 2004 - Intl. debut: in 2005 - Favourites: Book: Da Vinci Code,

Food: Italian, Movie: Lord of the Rings trilogy, Music: Dance, Other sports: Rugby

ALDERMAN

Name: Brett Alderman - Age: 28 - Born in: Toowoomba, Australia - Position: Setter - Club debut: Toowoomba Titans (Toowoomba, Australia) in 1994 - Intl. debut:

Match v. Kazakhstan (Canberra, Australia) in 1997 - Hobby: Playing the Guitar - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Alchemist, Food: All food, Music: Alternative, Other sports: All sports

CARROLL

Name: Paul Carroll - Age: 21 - Born in: Taree, Australia - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: School in 1999 - Intl. debut: in 2006 - Lang.: English - Favourites: Food:

Chicken wings, Movie: Old School, Music: Athlete, Other sports: Cricket

RUSSELL BORGEAUD (AUS)

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Russell Borgeaud played 136 times for the Australian Men’s National Team before retiring as a player.Borgeaud was then appointed as Head Coach of the Queensland

Academy of Sport where he recruited and developed a number of new athletes for the Junior National Teams.In 2001, Borgeaud was approached to assist Jon Uriarte who had been appointed Head Coach of the Men’s National Team. As Assistant Coach, he was involved with the 2002 World Championship and the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo that saw the Australian Team qualify for the 2004 Olympics in Athens.Since Borgeaud’s appointment as Head Coach in 2005, the Australian Men’s Team qualified for the World Championship for the third successive time, won its first Asian Championship and enters its first World Cup tournament.

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After the sixth place at the Sydney Olympic Games, the Brazilian Men’s National Team suffered some important changes for the 2001 season. Bernardo Rezende, nicknamed Bernardinho, who had spent six years coaching the Women’s National Team, was chosen to be the new Head Coach.He began to build a fantastic group, which won immediately three gold medals (World League, America’s Cup and South American Championship) and one silver medal (World Grand Champions Cup). In 2002, Brazil was second in the World League, then it conquered the World Championship for the first time ever.In 2003 Brazil won the gold medal for the third time in the World League. That year ended with Brazil conquering the title it had never won: the World Cups, in Japan.In 2004, Bernardinho led the Brazilian team to the fourth title of the World League. In August, Brazil won the second Olympic gold medal of its history in Men’s Volleyball, in Athens (the first one was conquered in Barcelona 92).

Area: 8,514,877 sq km Inhabitants: 190,011,000Capital: Brasilia

In the 2005 season, the Olympic Champion team conquered four medals. Another gold in the World League and to conclude the great season, Bernardo Rezende’s team guaranteed the gold medal in the World Grand Champions Cup, in Japan.In 2006, Brazil won one more time the gold medal at the World League – the sixth title in the history. In Japan, it won the World Championship. Giba was elected the most valuable player and Dante was the best attacker.In 2007, Brazil won the seventh title against Russia: in the final match. Ricardinho, the setter, was the best player; Gustavo was the best blocker. After this competition, Brazil played at home the Pan-American Games, in Rio de Janeiro. The group, coached by Bernardinho, won this tournament for the first time. With young players, Brazil played the America´s Cup, in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, and finished in second place, loosing this title to the experienced Americans. With its main players, Brazil won the South America Championship, confirming their participation in the World Cup 2007.

Brazil

TEAM BIOGRAPHy

Brasilia


Manager José Salles Neto

Head coach Bernardo Rezende

Assistant coach Ricardo Tabach

Doctor Alvaro Chamecki

Trainer/Therapist Guilherme Tenius

TEAM OFFICIAlS MATCH SCHEDulE18.11 18:05 Matsumoto BRA - USA

19.11 18:35 Matsumoto BRA - ESP

20.11 18:35 Matsumoto BRA - EGY

22.11 15:35 Toyama BRA - PUR

23.11 15:05 Toyama BRA - BUL

25.11 18:05 Okayama BRA - AUS

26.11 18:35 Okayama BRA - TUN

27.11 18:35 Okayama BRA - KOR

30.11 14:05 Tokyo (TMG) ARG - BRA

01.12 16:35 Tokyo (TMG) BRA - RUS

02.12 19:30 Tokyo (TMG) JPN - BRA

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ANDRé HELLER

Name: André Heller - Age: 31 - Born in: Sao Leopoldo - BRA - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: SC. Ginastica (Novo Hamburgo, R.S.) in 1990 - Intl. debut: Junior - South

American Championship (Venezuela) in 1994 - Hobby: Listening to Music - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Book: Mistérios do coração, Food: Barbecue, Movie: Forrest Gump, Music: All Kinds, Other sports: Table Tennis

GIBA

Name: Gilberto Godoy Filho - Age: 30 - Born in: Londrina, BRA - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Country Club Canadá (Londrina - Paraná - BRA) in 1991 - Intl. debut:

Youth World Championship (Portugal) in 1993 - Hobby: Movies / Listening to music - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Book: Spiritual Topics, Food: Pasta, Movie: Action/Comedy, Music: Pop, Other sports: Volleyball

SéRGIO

Name: Sérgio Dutra Santos - Age: 32 - Born in: Nova Londrina, BRA - Position: Libero - Club debut: E.C. Palmeiras (São Paulo - BRA) in 1989 - Intl. debut: World League

(Grece) in 2001 - Hobby: Travelling - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Food: Brazilian food, Movie: Adventure

GUSTAvO

Name: Gustavo Endres - Age: 32 - Born in: Passo Fundo, BRA - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: EACNSC (Rio Grande do Sul - BRA) in 1991 - Intl. debut:

Continental Championship (Venezuela) in 1994 - Hobby: Movies - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Book: X - Files, Food: Barbecue, Movie: Independence Day, Music: Bon Jovi, Other sports: Soccer

MARCELINHO

Name: Marcelo Elgarten - Age: 33 - Born in: Rio de Janeiro, BRA - Position: Setter - Club debut: Clube Israelita Brasileiro (Rio de Janeiro - BRA) in 1987 - Intl. debut:

Junior world championship (Rosário - Argentina) in 1993 - Hobby: Footvolley / Beach / Music - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Food: Brazilian, Movie: Adventure, Music: Pop, Other sports: Soccer

LUCAS

Name: Lucas Saatkamp - Age: 21 - Born in: Lajeado - Club debut: Porto Alegre in 2001 - Hobby: Movies - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Book: Harry Potter,

Food: Barbecue

MURILO

Name: Murilo Endres - Age: 26 - Born in: Brazil - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: at school (Passo Fundo/RS) in 1996 - Intl. debut: South American

Championship (Venezuela) in 2000 - Hobby: sleep - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Food: barbecue, Movie: Gladiator

ANDERSON

Name: Anderson Rodrigues - Age: 33 - Born in: Belo Horizonte/MG, BRA - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: C. Oficiais da Polícia Militar (Belo Horizonte - MG. Brazil)

in 1992 - Intl. debut: World League (Germany) in 2001 - Hobby: Music and traveling - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Food: Brazilian, Movie: Titanic, Music: Samba

RODRIGãO

Name: Rodrigo Santana - Age: 28 - Born in: Sao Paulo, BRA - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Banespa (São Paulo - BRA) in 1993 - Intl. debut: Youth Continental

Championship (Assunção - Paraguai) in 1996 - Hobby: Travel - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Book: feliz ano velho, Food: Italian, Movie: Action, Music: Samba, Other sports: Soccer

EDER

Name: Eder Carbonera - Age: 24 - Born in: Farroupilha - RS - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: UCS - RS (Caxias do Sul, RS) in 1999 - Intl. debut: friendly match (Varginha,

MG) in 2001 - Hobby: Music shows and movies - Favourites: Food: Lasagna, chocolat, pasta and pizza, Music: Rock - U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

SAMUEL

Name: Samuel Fuchs - Age: 23 - Born in: Curitiba - PR - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Santa Monica (Curitiba - PR) in 1998 - Intl. debut: Youth South American

Championship (Neuquen - Argentina) in 2000 - Hobby: reading and watching movies - Lang.: Portuguese and English - Favourites: Book: O Vampiro que descobriu o Brasil, Food: Pasta, Movie: Gladiator, Music: Log B I see the light

ANDRé

Name: André Luiz da Silva Nascimento - Age: 28 - Born in: São João de Miriti/RJ, BRA - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Bom Pastor (Juiz de Fora -

BRAZIL0) in 1993 - Intl. debut: Youth Continental Championship (Assunção Paraguai) in 1996 - Hobby: Music - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Book: Contos Científicos, Food: Feijoada, Movie: Adventure

LEANDRO

Name: Leandro Vissotto Neves - Age: 24 - Born in: São Paulo - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: C.R. Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro) in 1995 - Intl. debut: South American

Championship (ARG) in 2000 - Hobby: Movies, Fishing - Lang.: Por, Esp, Ing - Favourites: Book: Michael Jordan’s Biography, Food: Sushi, Movie: Gladiator, Other sports: Michael Jordan

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Name: Roberto Minuzzi Jr - Age: 26 - Born in: Caxias do Sul, BRA - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: at school (Caxias do Sul, BRA) in 1998 - Intl. debut: World

Championship Youth (Riyadh, Arabia) in 1999 - Hobby: Dancing - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Food: Barbecue, Movie: Cidade de Deus, Music: Samba

BRUNO

Name: Rezende Bruno - Age: 21 - Born in: Rio de Janeiro - Position: Setter - Club debut: in 1998 - Hobby: Play - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Book: Da Vince Code,

Food: Barbecue

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1 Bruno Rezende Bruno 02/07/1986 190 76 323 302 Cimed

2 Elgarten Marcelo Marcelinho 09/11/1974 183 78 321 308 7 7 86 100 Panathinakos A. O.

3 Carbonera Eder Eder 19/08/1983 204 101 350 330 3 5 8 Cimed

4 Heller André André Heller 17/12/1975 199 93 339 321 12 5 136 153 Pallavolo Modena

5 Saatkamp Lucas Lucas 06/03/1986 209 101 340 321 7 20 27 Cimed

6 Fuchs Samuel Samuel 04/03/1984 200 89 342 316 14 42 56 Lokomotiv Belgorod

7 Godoy Filho Gilberto Giba C 23/12/1976 192 85 325 312 15 33 260 308 Iskra Odsintovo

8 Endres Murilo Murilo 03/05/1981 190 76 343 319 7 24 31 Pallavolo Modena

9 Nascimento André Luiz da Silva André 04/03/1979 195 95 340 320 8 21 141 170 Pallavolo Modena

10 Santos Sérgio Dutra Sérgio L 15/10/1975 184 78 325 310 8 9 125 142 Copra V. Piacenza

11 Rodrigues Anderson Anderson 21/05/1974 190 95 330 321 8 9 104 121 Ulbra

12 Neves Leandro Vissotto Leandro 30/04/1983 212 97 358 335 14 17 31 Clube Taranto Volley

13 Endres Gustavo Gustavo 23/08/1975 203 98 337 325 16 27 268 311 Volley Treviso

14 Santana Rodrigo Rodrigão 17/04/1979 205 85 350 328 4 20 125 149 A.S.V.L. Macerata

15 Minuzzi Jr Roberto Minuzzi 27/08/1981 200 88 344 329 11 32 43 Panathinaikos A. O.

16 Redwitz Rafael Rafael 08/12/1980 188 80 320 307 Club Puc Volleyball

17 Garcia Ricardo Ricardo 19/11/1975 191 89 337 320 8 22 270 300 Pallavolo Modena

18 Amaral Dante Guimaraes Dante 30/09/1980 201 86 345 327 16 12 116 144 Panathinakos A. O.

19 Domingos Alan Barbosa Alan L 15/02/1980 189 75 354 323 7 7 Dinamo Moska


PlAyERS ROSTER

RAFAEL

Name: Rafael Redwitz - Age: 26 - Born in: Curitiba - Position: Setter - Lang.: Port / Eng / France - Favourites: Food: BBQ

DANTE

Name: Dante Guimaraes Amaral - Age: 27 - Born in: Itumbiara/GO, BRA - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Clube dos 50 (Goias) in 1995 - Intl. debut: Continental

Championship (Chile) in 1998 - Hobby: Going to the beach, music - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Book: O Alquimista, Food: Brazilian, Movie: Action, Music: Rock, Other sports: Soccer

RICARDO

Name: Ricardo Garcia - Age: 31 - Born in: Sao Paulo, BRA - Position: Setter - Club debut: BANESPA (Sao Paulo - BRA) in 1986 - Intl. debut: South American Championship

(Venezuela) in 1992 - Hobby: Movies and Music - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Book: Bible, Food: Home made, Movie: Titanic, Music: Brazilian Pop Music, Other sports: Soccer

ALAN

Name: Alan Barbosa Domingos - Age: 27 - Born in: Uberlandia, BRA - Position: Libero - Intl. debut: Junior World Championship (Tailand) in 1999 - Hobby: Dancing

- Favourites: Book: A Arte da Felicidade, Food: Pasta, Movie: Gladiator, Music: Samba, Other sports: Soccer

BERNARDO REzENDE (BRA)

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Bernardo Rocha de Rezende, nicknamed “Bernardinho”, was born in Rio de Janeiro. He is 48 years-old, and was in charge of the Women’s National Team from 1994 to 2000. In

2001, Mr. Bernardo Rezende became the head coach of the Brazilian senior men’s national team. The choice could not have been better. Bernardinho led the team to memorable victories such as six gold medals in the World League, two World Championships titles (2002 and 2006) and the gold medal at the Olympic Games.Focusing on the last two years, in the 2006 season he won the World League for the fifth time, and the World Championship for the second time. In April, Bernardinho was coaching the Rexona-Ades club, and won the Brazilian Superliga.To continue his success coaching the Brazilian national Men’s team, Bernardinho won in 2007: the World League, for the sixth time, and the Pan-American Games. In ‘83, he won this tournament as a player, and in ‘99, when he was coaching the Brazilian women’s team. In the same year, Bernardinho was second in America´s Cup, coaching a young team, and was South American Champion.As a player, he won the bronze medal in the World Cup ’81 in Japan.

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In 2007, it will be 86 years since Volleyball came to Bulgaria. It all began in 1922. For a short time the sport reached a big popularity and became one of the most practiced in Bulgaria. In 1942 the first National Volleyball Championship was organized. Bulgaria has more than 111 registered Volleyball Clubs and over 5500 Volleyball players from all age groups.The Bulgarian Senior Men’s National Team has been participating successfully in World and European Championships, Olympic Games and international tournaments for almost for 50 years. The Bulgarian National Team finished third for its first participation in the World Championship in Prague (1949). The team also won the bronze in Moscow (1952) at the World Championships and in Paris (1986). At the World Championships in Sofia (1970) the team finished at the second place, third at the World Championships in Japan, Tokyo (2006).At the European Championships, the Bulgarian team finished nine times among the first six teams and four times among the medallists: 1951 in Paris (second place) and

Area: 110,994 sq kmInhabitants: 7,700,000Capital: Sofia

bronze medal in 1955 (Bucharest), in 1981 (Varna) and in 1983 (Berlin).In 1957 in the National Stadium “Vassil Levski” (in Sofia) a demonstrative tournament was provided, after which Volleyball became an official member of the Olympic family. The Bulgarian Volleyball players were in the first Olympic tournament in Tokyo (1964), where they finished at 5th place, in Mexico (1968) 6th place, in Munich (1972) 4th place, in Moscow (1980) 2nd place, in Seoul (1988) 6th place and in Atlanta (1996) 7th place.In some demonstrative “Matches of the World Volleyball Stars” were included Bulgarian Volleyball players such as Petkov, Kiossev, Ganev, Tonev.In 1994 the Bulgarian National Team was included for the first time in the World League and finished at the 4th place.Nowadays there are some very good Volleyball players in the Bulgarian national team such as: Plamen Konstantinov, Evgeni Ivanov, Hristo Tsvetanov and young good players as Matey Kaziyski, Danail Milushev, Andrey Zhekov, Boyan Yordanov...

Bulgaria

TEAM BIOGRAPHy

Sofia


Head coach Stoev Martin

Assistant coach Todorov Vladislav

Doctor Zahariev Dinko

Trainer/Therapist Iskrev Iskren

Trainer/Therapist José Ricardo Regi

TEAM OFFICIAlS MATCH SCHEDulE18.11 15:05 Matsumoto BUL - ESP

19.11 13:05 Matsumoto BUL - EGY

20.11 13:05 Matsumoto BUL - PUR

22.11 18:35 Toyama BUL - USA

23.11 15:05 Toyama BRA - BUL

25.11 15:05 Okayama BUL - KOR

26.11 15:35 Okayama AUS - BUL

27.11 15:35 Okayama BUL - TUN

30.11 16:35 Tokyo (TMG) BUL - RUS

01.12 19:30 Tokyo (TMG) JPN - BUL

02.12 14:05 Tokyo (TMG) ARG - BUL

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YORDANOv

Name: Boyan Yordanov - Age: 24 - Born in: Sofia - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Levski Siconco (Sofia, BUL) in 1996 - Intl. debut: WCH (Argentine) in 2002 - Hobby:

Cinema - Lang.: English, Greek - Favourites: Book: It, Food: pasta, Movie: Gadiator, Music: Various, Other sports: Football

NIkOLOv N.

Name: Nikolay Nikolov - Age: 21 - Born in: Karnobat - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Lukoil Neftohimik (Bourgas, BUL) in 1999 - Intl. debut: World League

(Various cities) in 2006 - Lang.: English

MILUSHEv

Name: Danail Milushev - Age: 23 - Born in: Varna - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Cherno more BASK (Varna, BUL) in 1997 - Intl. debut: WCH (Argentine) in 2002 -

Lang.: English, Italian, French

SALPAROv

Name: Teodor Salparov - Age: 25 - Born in: Gabrovo - Position: Libero - Club debut: CSKA Royal Cake (Sofia, BUL) in 1996 - Intl. debut: World League (Various

cities) in 2003 - Lang.: English, Russian

TSvETANOv

Name: Hristo Tsvetanov - Age: 29 - Born in: Cherven Briag - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) in 1992 - Intl. debut: ECH in 2000 - Lang.:

English, French, German, Greek - Favourites: Music: Metallica, Other sports: NBA

GAYDARSkI

Name: Krasimir Gaydarski - Age: 24 - Born in: Russia - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Kozloduy (Kozloduy, BUL) in 1994 - Intl. debut: World League

(Various cities) in 2004 - Hobby: Fishing - Lang.: Russia - Favourites: Book: Shalom, Food: Pasta, Movie: Gladiator, Music: pop folk, Other sports: Football

STANEv

Name: Ivan Stanev - Age: 22 - Born in: Burgas - Position: Setter - Club debut: Neftohimik in 1996 - Intl. debut: in 2002 - Hobby: Music

NIkOLOv v.

Name: Vladimir Nikolov - Age: 30 - Born in: Sofia - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Levski (Sofia, BUL) in 1992 - Intl. debut: WCH (Argentine) in 2002 - Hobby:

Computer games - Lang.: English, French, Japanese - Favourites: Book: Wheel of Time, Food: Cream caramel, Movie: Gladiator, Music: Pop, Other sports: Formula 1

STOYkOv

Name: Kostadin Stoykov - Age: 29 - Born in: Smolian - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Levski Siconco (Sofia, BUL) in 1992 - Intl. debut: World League (Various

cities) in 2004 - Hobby: Music - Lang.: French, English, Russian - Favourites: Book: Vinetu, Food: Pasta, Movie: Blade, Music: Greek, Other sports: Tennis

zHEkOv

Name: Andrey Zhekov - Age: 27 - Born in: Sofia - Position: Setter - Club debut: Slavia (Sofia, BUL) in 1993 - Intl. debut: WCH (Argentine) in 2002 - Lang.: English, Russian

kAzIYSkI

Name: Matey Kaziyski - Age: 23 - Born in: Sofia - Position: Universal - Club debut: Slavia (Sofia, BUL) in 1993 - Intl. debut: WCH (Argentine) in 2002 - Lang.: English, Russian,

French - Favourites: Book: Shougun, Food: Steak, Movie: Spoun, Music: Hip-hop, Other sports: Fighting

ANANIEv

Name: Metodi Ananiev - Age: 21 - Born in: Sofia - Position: Universal - Club debut: Levski Siconco (Sofia, Bulgaria) in 1998 - Lang.: English

HRISTOv

Name: Lyubomir Hristov - Age: 24 - Born in: Plovdiv - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 1995 - Intl. debut: in 2002 - Lang.: English - Favourites:

Food: Pasta, Movie: Fast and furious, Music: Hip-hop, Other sports: Basketball

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Name: Todor Aleksiev - Age: 24 - Born in: Plovdiv - Position: Universal - Club debut: Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) in 1995 - Intl. debut: WCH (Argentine) in 2002 - Lang.:

English - Favourites: Food: Bulgarian, Movie: Heat, Music: all kinds, Other sports: Football

IvANOv E.

Name: Evgeni Ivanov - Age: 33 - Born in: Sofia - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: CSKA (Sofia, BUL) in 1987 - Hobby: Modelism, computer - Lang.: ITA, ENG, RUS,

FRA - Favourites: Book: Quo vadis, Food: Meat, Movie: The Negotiator, Music: All kinds, Other sports: Formula 1

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PlAyERS ROSTER

SOkOLOv

Name: Tsvetan Sokolov - Age: 17 - Born in: Dupnitsa - Position: Universal - Club debut: in 2002 - Intl. debut: JECH (Kazan, Russia) in 2006 - Lang.: English

zAREv

Name: Ivan Zarev - Age: 21 - Born in: Sofia - Position: Setter - Club debut: Slavia (Sofia, BUL) in 1999 - Intl. debut: World League (Various cities) in 2006 - Lang.: Italian,

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kONSTANTINOv

Name: Plamen Konstantinov - Age: 34 - Born in: Sofia - Position: Universal - Club debut: Slavia (Bulgaria, Sofia) in 1984 - Hobby: Tennis - Lang.: ENG, GRE, RUS,

POL, ITA, TUR - Favourites: Food: Pasta, Music: Disco, Other sports: Formula 1

PEEv

Name: Daniel Peev - Age: 37 - Born in: Dobrich - Position: Libero - Club debut: Dobrudja (Dobrich) in 1987 - Intl. debut: ECH in 2000 - Hobby: Computers, music - Lang.:

German, English - Favourites: Book: Pulp Fiction, Food: Pasta, meat, Movie: Gladiator, Music: rock, Other sports: Formula 1, football

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Martin Stoyanov Stoev played Volleyball from 1984 till 2005 as wing spiker. Enlisted in the National Team from 1991 to 1999, he played over 200 matches with

the Bulgarian team and was 3 times National Champion of Bulgaria (twice with the team of Levski Siconco, once with the team of Minior Buhovo).Not to forget that he was World Junior Champion in 1981 in Cairo, where he was nominated as MVP of the competition.Since 2005 he has been the Head Coach of the Bulgarian Senior Men’s National team, with the following achievements:

2005: the team qualified for the World −Championship, 5th place at the World League.2006: the team qualified for the European −Championship, 4th place at World League and 3rd place in the World Champioship in Japan.2007: 8 − th place at European Championship, 5th place at the World League.

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1 Ivanov Evgeni Ivanov E. 03/06/1974 210 98 351 340 6 14 211 231 Jastrzebski Wegiel SA

2 Tsvetanov Hristo Tsvetanov 29/03/1978 198 85 345 330 15 110 125 Budvanska Rivijera BUDVA

3 Zhekov Andrey Zhekov 12/03/1980 190 82 340 326 1 28 29 Patron Patra

4 Yordanov Boyan Yordanov 12/03/1983 197 86 358 335 1 5 6 Olympiacos Piraeus

5 Gaydarski Krasimir Gaydarski 23/02/1983 204 96 350 330 1 25 26 Olympiacos Piraeus

6 Kaziyski Matey Kaziyski 23/09/1984 202 93 370 335 1 27 28 Trentino Volley SPA

7 Nikolov Nikolay Nikolov N. 29/07/1986 203 85 344 330 2 2 Lukoil Neftohimik

8 Stanev Ivan Stanev 07/07/1985 190 80 337 320 1 1 Lukoil Neftohimik

9 Ananiev Metodi Ananiev 17/02/1986 202 100 340 330 2 2 Gabeca Pallavolo Spa

10 Milushev Danail Milushev 03/02/1984 200 93 358 335 6 28 34 Tours VB

11 Nikolov Vladimir Nikolov V. 03/10/1977 200 95 345 325 7 102 109 Trentino Volley Spa

12 Hristov Lyubomir Hristov 26/09/1983 207 99 353 330 1 1 Pirin Balkanstroy

13 Salparov Teodor Salparov L 16/08/1982 185 73 320 305 1 79 80 CSKA

14 Stoykov Kostadin Stoykov 07/12/1977 199 85 349 329 37 37 VC “Nova”

15 Aleksiev Todor Aleksiev 21/04/1983 200 96 347 327 1 12 13 Volley Citta di Corigliano

16 Sokolov Tsvetan Sokolov 31/12/1989 205 100 337 319 1 1 Marek Union Ivkoni

17 Konstantinov Plamen Konstantinov C 14/06/1973 202 93 347 330 6 15 262 283 Iraklis THESSALONIKI

18 Zarev Ivan Zarev 25/06/1986 199 87 341 328 1 2 3 CSKA

19 Peev Daniel Peev L 11/05/1970 192 88 325 310 6 73 79 CSKA


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The Egyptian men’s team has grown up thanks to three different generations. The first being those players who joined the National Team during the period 1990 – 1999, and participated in all Continental and International competitions played by their team, from the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games to the 2006 World Championships in Japan.The second generation is composed by those players born in 1983-1984, who joined the Egyptian National Youth Team and participated in the 2001 Youth Boys World Championship in Egypt, where they got the fourth ranking position. Then they qualified on the continental level and participated in the 2003 Junior Men’s World Championship in Iran. They represent the majority of the Senior team now, starting their victories with the Senior team in the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Spain, where they won the gold medal. Later they qualified to the 2005 World Grand Champions Cup in Japan by winning the African Nations

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Championship. Moreover, they qualified on continental level to the 2006 World Championship in Japan and to the 2006 World League, making it the first ever African representation in this tournament. They represented Africa also in the 2007 World League and will participate in the 2008 World League after they won 2007 All Africa Games and 2007 African Cup of Nations where they qualified to the 2007 World Cup as the Continental Champion.The third generation was born in 1985 and afterwards and recently joined the Senior National Team.Egypt is the Volleyball leader in Africa, where they participated in most international competitions after qualifying continentally. The team won the African Nations Championship in 1983 to qualify to the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. They were then qualified to the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. They participated to the 2002 World Championships in Argentina and 2003 World Cups in Japan.

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TEAM BIOGRAPHy

Cairo


Manager Abdel Rahman Oof

Head coach Zakaria Ahmed

Assistant coach Meselhy Hany

Doctor Bahgat Hosam

Trainer/Therapist Agamy Abd El Rahman

TEAM OFFICIAlS MATCH SCHEDulE18.11 12:35 Matsumoto EGY - PUR

19.11 13:05 Matsumoto BUL - EGY

20.11 18:35 Matsumoto BRA - EGY

22.11 13:35 Toyama EGY - ESP

23.11 18:05 Toyama EGY - USA

25.11 18:00 Fukuoka JPN - EGY

26.11 15:05 Fukuoka EGY - RUS

27.11 12:35 Fukuoka ARG - EGY

30.11 15:05 Tokyo (KG) EGY - KOR

01.12 12:35 Tokyo (KG) EGY - TUN

02.12 17:35 Tokyo (KG) AUS - EGY

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SALAH

Name: Ahmed Abd Elnaeim - Age: 23 - Born in: Cairo - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: AHLY (Cairo,EGY) in 1994 - Intl. debut: Youth World Championship

(Cairo) in 2001 - Hobby: Sports - Lang.: Arabic, English - Favourites: Book: Stories, Food: Italan, Movie: Comedian, Other sports: Football

ASHRAF

Name: Ashraf Abouel Hassan - Age: 32 - Born in: Giza - Position: Setter - Club debut: ZAMALEK (Giza,EGY) in 1986 - Intl. debut: World Championship

Qualification (Nigeria) in 1992 - Hobby: Sports - Lang.: Arabic, English - Favourites: Book: History, Food: Oriental Food, Movie: Action, Music: Soft, Other sports: Football

MOSTAFA

Name: Mohamed Kamel - Age: 19 - Born in: Alex,Egypt - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: ETHAD (Alex,Egypt) in 1995 - Intl. debut: Youth Boys World Championship

(Algeria) in 2005 - Hobby: Swimming - Lang.: Arabic - Favourites: Book: Comic, Food: Egyptian, Movie: Action, Music: Tamer Ashour, Other sports: Football

MONEIM

Name: Mohamed Badawy - Age: 21 - Born in: Giza,EGY - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Zamalek (Giza , EGY) in 1994 - Intl. debut: Youth Boys World Championship

(Cairo,EGY) in 2001 - Hobby: Reading - Lang.: Arabic, English - Favourites: Book: Comic, Food: Egyptian, Movie: Look who’s talking too, Music: Asher, Other sports: Football

ABDALLA

Name: Abdalla Ahmed - Age: 24 - Born in: Cairo - Position: Setter - Club debut: AHLY (Cairo,EGY) in 1998 - Intl. debut: Youth Men World Championship (Cairo, Egypt) in

2001 - Hobby: Sport - Lang.: Arabic, English - Favourites: Book: History, Food: Chinese

O.kEMSAN

Name: Ossama Bekheit - Age: 30 - Born in: GIZA - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Tersana (Giza,EGY) in 1994 - Intl. debut: World Championship (Argentina)

in 2002 - Hobby: Swimming - Lang.: Arabic - Favourites: Book: History, Food: Asian, Movie: Die another day

S.FATHY

Name: Saleh Youssef - Age: 25 - Born in: GIZA - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: ZAMALEK (Giza,EGY) in 1995 - Intl. debut: Grand Champions (Japan) in 2005

- Hobby: Tennis - Lang.: Arabic - Favourites: Book: History, Food: Italian, Movie: Batman and Robin, Music: Oriental, Other sports: Tennis

ELSAYED

Name: Mohamed Elnafrawy - Age: 24 - Born in: Cairo - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: AHLY (Cairo,EGY) in 1995 - Intl. debut: Youth Men World Championship

(Cairo,Egypt) in 2001 - Hobby: Computers Sciences - Lang.: Arabic, English - Favourites: Food: Fruits, Movie: Action, Other sports: Judo

HOSSAM

Name: Hossam Shaarawy - Age: 23 - Born in: kalyoubia - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: AHLY (Cairo,EGY) in 1996 - Intl. debut: Youth Men World Championship

(Cairo, Egypt) in 2001 - Hobby: Dancing - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Adventures, Food: Indian, Movie: Action, Music: Pop

GABAL

Name: Mohamed Gabal - Age: 23 - Born in: Mahala - Position: Wing spiker - Intl. debut: World League (Various Countries) in 2006 - Lang.: Arabic, English - Favourites: Book:

Comic, Food: Kofta, Movie: Spiderman, Music: Satana, Other sports: Beckham

ALAYDY

Name: Wael Al Aydy - Age: 35 - Born in: Cairo - Position: Libero - Club debut: El Tayran (Cairo,EGY) in 1978 - Intl. debut: World Championship (Argentina) in

2002 - Hobby: Squash, football - Lang.: Arabic, English - Favourites: Book: History & Religious, Food: Fast food, Movie: Action, Music: Slow music, Other sports: Football

ELMAHDY

Name: Mohamed El Mahdy - Age: 29 - Born in: Giza,EGY - Position: Setter - Club debut: AHLY (Cairo,EGY) in 1989 - Intl. debut: World Cup (Japan) in 2003 -

Hobby: Walking, Reading - Lang.: Arabic, English - Favourites: Book: Stories, Food: Lebanon Food, Movie: Comic, Music: Light music, Other sports: Tennis

HOSSAM

Name: Hossam Abdalla - Age: 19 - Born in: Damanhour - Position: Setter - Club debut: DAMANHOUR (Bahaira,EGY) in 1998 - Intl. debut: African Youth Boys’ Championship

(South Africa) in 2004 - Hobby: Reading - Lang.: Arabic - Favourites: Book: History, Food: Egyptian, Movie: Troy, Music: Tom Cruise, Other sports: Micheal Jordan

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Name: Ahmed El Shikh - Age: 19 - Born in: Cairo, EGY - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: ELSHAMS (Cairo,EGY) in 1997 - Intl. debut: African Youth Boys’

Championship (South Africa) in 2004 - Hobby: Swimming - Lang.: Arabic, English - Favourites: Book: History, Food: Grilled Chicken, Movie: Action, Music: Tamer Hosni, Other sports: Football

ELSAFI

Name: Hamdy Awad - Age: 35 - Born in: Alexandria - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Smoha Club (ALEXANDRISA- EGYPT) in 1982 - Intl. debut: World Championship

in 1998 - Hobby: Travelling & reading - Lang.: Arabic, English - Favourites: Book: History, Food: Egyptian, Movie: Action, Music: classic, Other sports: Football

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1 Awad Hamdy Elsafi C 14/04/1972 202 105 346 327 5 11 280 296 AHLY

2 Ahmed Abdalla Abdalla 10/10/1983 198 72 352 331 5 80 85 MONTICHIARI

3 Gabal Mohamed Gabal 21/01/1984 195 97 345 320 1 3 4 ELGAISH

4 Abd Elnaeim Ahmed Salah 19/08/1984 197 87 342 316 3 80 83 AHLY

5 Bekheit Ossama O.Kemsan 12/01/1977 192 72 335 326 5 4 185 194 AHLY

6 Al Aydy Wael Alaydy L 08/12/1971 178 76 0 0 2 100 102 AHLY

7 Abouel Hassan Ashraf Ashraf 17/05/1975 184 87 321 302 1 2 150 153 ZAMALEK

8 Youssef Saleh S.Fathy 25/07/1982 191 92 338 316 1 60 61 ZAMALEK

9 El Mahdy Mohamed Elmahdy 02/09/1978 196 96 340 335 1 180 181 AHLY

10 Kamel Mohamed Mostafa 12/04/1988 201 82 325 311 4 4 8 ETHAD

11 Elnafrawy Mohamed Elsayed 09/06/1983 200 92 335 320 3 105 108 AHLY

12 Abdalla Hossam Hossam 16/02/1988 203 97 343 321 4 9 13 AHLY

13 Badawy Mohamed Moneim 11/01/1986 197 99 335 322 3 20 23 ZAMALEK

14 Shaarawy Hossam Hossam 15/02/1984 199 92 344 324 3 60 63 AHLY

15 El Shikh Ahmed A.Aly 19/07/1988 201 83 339 327 4 9 13 ELSHAMS

16 Seif Elnasr Mohamed M.Ali 05/09/1983 203 80 346 326 15 15 ZAMALEK

17 Abdelkader Mahmoud Raouf 12/05/1985 195 94 342 316 1 17 18 AHLY

18 El Daabousi Mohamed Daabousi 01/03/1987 201 102 339 320 4 11 15 SPORTING

19 Elhefnawy Ahmed A.Kamal L 05/09/1972 188 80 0 0 50 50 ZAMALEK


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M.ALI

Name: Mohamed Seif Elnasr - Age: 24 - Born in: Cairo - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: ZAMALEK (Giza,EGY) in 1999 - Intl. debut: World League (Various Countries)

in 2006 - Lang.: Arabic, English - Favourites: Book: History, Food: Pizza, Movie: Love stories, Music: Oriental, Other sports: Football

DAABOUSI

Name: Mohamed El Daabousi - Age: 20 - Born in: Damanhour - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: DAMANHOUR (Alex,EGY) in 1993 - Intl. debut: African Youth Boys’

Championship (South Africa) in 2004 - Hobby: Swimming - Lang.: Arabic - Favourites: Book: Comic, Food: Egyptian, Movie: Action, Music: Tamer Hosni, Other sports: Tennis

RAOUF

Name: Mahmoud Abdelkader - Age: 22 - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: AHLY (Cairo,EGY) in 1995 - Intl. debut: Youth Men World Championship

(Cairo,Egypt) in 2001 - Hobby: Computers - Lang.: Arabic, English - Favourites: Book: Comic, Food: Italian, Music: HipHop

A.kAMAL

Name: Ahmed Elhefnawy - Age: 35 - Born in: Gharbia,EGY - Position: Libero - Club debut: ZAMALEK (Giza,EGY) in 1986 - Intl. debut: World League (Various Countries)

in 2007 - Lang.: Arabic, English - Favourites: Book: Social Magazine, Food: Egyptian traditional Food, Movie: Romantic, Music: Oriental, Other sports: Football

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Ahmed Zakaria played from 1973 to 1983, in both Youth and Senior National Team, competing also for the World Cup 1977 in Japan and the World Championship in Italy in 1978.

Coaching Career:From 1991 till 1993: Youth Team Al Ahly Club.From 1993 till 1998 in Emirates.From 1998 till 2001: Senior Men Team Al Ahly Club.From 2003 till 2005: Senior Men Team Petrojet Club.Coaching Career in the Egyptian National team: Sydney Olympic Games 2000 Australia, Mediterranean Tournament in Spain 2005, African Championship qualifying for the World Grand Champion Japan 2005, World Grand Champions Cup 2005 Japan, World League 2006 and 2007, World Championship Japan 2006, African Nations Championship South Africa 2007 qualifying for the World Cup Japan 2007.

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Spain entered the World League in 1995 (Rafael Pascual was nominated best player).The World Cup 1999 ended with the 6th position and the unquestionable leader inside and outside the court was Rafa Pascual, nominated best player in the World Championship 1998 and best scorer of the World Cup.After the participation in the Olympic Games of Sydney 2000 a new stage opens up for the Senior Men’s National Team. Francisco Hervás is the new Head Coach. The 2002 World League started with a good previous round and reached the 5th position, but paid the effort of the World League in the World Championship. After a fair first round, the Spaniards seemed to run out of fuel in the second stage and couldn’t win a match.In 2003, the renovation of the team continues. For the first time ever, Spain organized the World League Finals, in Madrid, but couldn’t qualify for the semifinals.

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Oscar Novillo, a young coach substituted Francisco Hervás in 2005, a year marked by the semifinals of the European Championships played against Russia in Rome (4th place). The arrival of Andrea Anastasi to the Spanish National Team was a hit for Spain. His work had a goal: the 2007 European Championship in Russia. Eight matches, eight victories. A compact team, minded, well directed by Andrea Anastasi and on the court by the setter Miguel Ángel Falasca. A team that made history and will achieve more success. A team with veteran players: Rafael Pascual, Guillermo Falasca, José Luis Moltó, José Luis Lobato... Then, the youngsters to look out for: Israel Rodríguez, Manuel Sevillano, Javier Subiela, Julián García-Torres, Ibán Pérez, Guillermo Hernán...The World Cup, the quest for the Olympic qualification for Beijin 2008, is the ultimate challenge, with Marcelo Méndez as new coach after that Anastasi has been appointed again as Italy new Head Coach in place of Gian Paolo Montali.

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Madrid


Manager Alonso, Juan

Head coach Méndez, Marcelo R.

Assistant coach Costa, Venancio

Doctor Turmo, Antonio

Trainer/Therapist Díaz, David

TEAM OFFICIAlS MATCH SCHEDulE18.11 15:05 Matsumoto BUL - ESP

19.11 18:35 Matsumoto BRA - ESP

20.11 15:35 Matsumoto ESP - USA

22.11 13:35 Toyama EGY - ESP

23.11 12:05 Toyama ESP - PUR

25.11 15:05 Fukuoka ESP - RUS

26.11 12:35 Fukuoka ARG - ESP

27.11 18:00 Fukuoka JPN - ESP

30.11 18:05 Tokyo (KG) AUS - ESP

01.12 15:05 Tokyo (KG) ESP - KOR

02.12 12:05 Tokyo (KG) ESP - TUN

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SEvILLANO

Name: Manuel Sevillano - Age: 26 - Born in: Tarragona - Position: Universal - Club debut: Sant Pere i Sant Pau (Tarragona (España)) in 1992 - Intl. debut: World League

(ESP) in 2002 - Lang.: Italian

HERNAN

Name: Guillermo Hernan - Age: 25 - Born in: Granada - Position: Setter - Club debut: Universidad Granada (ESP) in 1998 - Intl. debut: European League (ESP) in

2005 - Lang.: English

M. FALASCA

Name: Miguel Angel Falasca - Age: 34 - Born in: Mendoza (ARG) - Position: Setter - Club debut: Club Mendoza Regatas (Argentina) in 1983 - Intl. debut:

Senior European Championships (ESP) in 1993 - Lang.: Spanish, English

BARCALA

Name: Juan Carlos Barcala - Age: 23 - Born in: Cádiz (ESP) - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: C.V. Amigos de Cádiz (Cádiz (ESP)) in 2000 - Intl. debut: European

League (ESP) in 2006 - Lang.: Spanish, English

PéREz

Name: Ibán Pérez - Age: 24 - Born in: Barcelona (ESP) - Position: Universal - Club debut: C.E.Episcopal (ESP) in 2000 - Intl. debut: European League (ESP) in

2005

F. RODRIGUEz

Name: Francisco José Rodriguez - Age: 27 - Born in: Santa Cruz Tenerife - Position: Universal - Club debut: C.V. Villa Orotava (Tenerife (ESP)) in 1997 - Intl.

debut: European League (ESP) in 2007 - Lang.: Spanish, English

SALAS

Name: Alberto Salas - Age: 23 - Born in: Soria - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: C.V. Numancia Caja Duero (Soria (ESP)) in 2000 - Intl. debut: European League (ESP) in

2007 - Lang.: Spanish, English

SUBIELA

Name: Javier Subiela - Age: 23 - Born in: Valencia - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: C.V. Cartagena (ESP) in 1998 - Intl. debut: European League (ESP) in

2005

MOLTO

Name: Jose Luis Molto - Age: 32 - Born in: Concentaina (ESP) - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: C.V. Concentaina (ESP) in 1991 - Intl. debut: Torneo

Internacional (Espinho (POR)) in 1994 - Lang.: Spanish, French

LOBATO

Name: Jose Luis Lobato - Age: 30 - Born in: Huelva - Position: Libero - Club debut: C.V. Aguas de Huelva (Huelva (ESP)) in 1988 - Intl. debut: European Olympic

Qualification Tournament (Leipzig (GER)) in 2004 - Lang.: Spanish, French

FLORES

Name: Alfonso Flores - Age: 32 - Born in: Madrid - Position: Setter - Club debut: CITD Vallehermoso (Madrid (ESP)) in 1987 - Intl. debut: World League (ESP) in

1997 - Lang.: Spanish, English, French

vALIDO

Name: Alexis Valido - Age: 31 - Born in: Las Palmas - Position: Libero - Club debut: C.V. Gran Canaria (ESP) in 1995 - Intl. debut: European League (ESP) in 1999 -

Lang.: Spanish, English

G. FALASCA

Name: Guillermo Falasca - Age: 30 - Born in: Mendoza (ARG) - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: C.V.Ivesur Málaga (ESP) in 1989 - Intl. debut: Senior European

Championship (ESP) in 1998 - Lang.: Spanish, Italian, French

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Name: Juan Jose Salvador - Age: 31 - Born in: Almeria (ESP) - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Unicaja Almeria (Almeria - Spain) in 1990 - Intl. debut: World Championships

Qualification Tournament (Granada (ESP)) in 1993 - Lang.: Spanish, Italian, French

PASCUAL

Name: Rafael Pascual - Age: 37 - Born in: Madrid (ESP) - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: CIT Madrid (Madrid) in 1984 - Intl. debut: Torneo Internacional

(Altea (Alicante) España) in 1988 - Lang.: Spanish, Italian

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1 Pascual Rafael Pascual C 16/03/1970 194 90 355 330 13 12 491 516 Mater Domini SRL

2 Pérez Ibán Pérez 13/11/1983 198 87 350 325 93 93 Drac Palma C.V. Portol

3 Lobato Jose Luis Lobato L 19/02/1977 188 81 340 315 48 48 Stade Poitevin Volley-Ball

4 Sevillano Manuel Sevillano 02/07/1981 193 84 342 319 141 141 Drac Palma C.V. Portol

5 Rodriguez Francisco José F. Rodriguez 25/09/1980 188 89 340 315 8 8 C.V. Arona

6 Flores Alfonso Flores 24/08/1975 189 90 340 330 6 191 197 Unicaja Almería

7 Hernan Guillermo Hernan 25/07/1982 181 68 335 315 52 52 Universidad Granada

8 Salas Alberto Salas 13/09/1984 194 84 345 320 10 10 Numancia Soria

9 Valido Alexis Valido L 09/03/1976 188 85 325 312 6 10 157 173 Unicaja Almería

10 Falasca Miguel Angel M. Falasca 29/04/1973 194 90 345 322 12 5 163 180 Drac Palma C.V. Portol

11 Subiela Javier Subiela 22/03/1984 198 89 350 325 79 79 Lupi Pallavolo

12 Falasca Guillermo G. Falasca 24/10/1977 200 102 340 325 6 257 263 Gumi Lig Greates Insurance VB

13 Barcala Juan Carlos Barcala 25/01/1984 201 95 345 325 18 18 Drac Palma C.V. Portol

14 Molto Jose Luis Molto 29/06/1975 206 94 352 329 5 12 340 357 Drac Palma C.V. Portol

15 Salvador Juan Jose Salvador 18/12/1975 200 90 352 329 5 286 291 Unicaja Almería

16 García-Torres Julián García Torres 08/11/1980 202 93 355 330 75 75 Tours Volley-Ball

17 De La Fuente Enrique De La Fuente 11/08/1975 194 83 348 328 5 12 307 324 Drac Palma C.V. Portol

18 Rodríguez Israel Rodríguez 27/08/1981 194 85 343 325 107 107 Copra Volley Piacenza

19 Palharini Marlon Palharini 03/02/1984 194 85 330 310 70 70 C.V. Almoradí


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GARCíA TORRES

Name: Julián García-Torres - Age: 27 - Born in: Madrid - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: C.V. Rochelambert (Sevilla (ESP)) in 1999 - Intl. debut: European

Qualification Tournament (Zagreb (CRO)) in 2004

RODRíGUEz

Name: Israel Rodríguez - Age: 26 - Born in: Sevilla - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: C.V. Aharal (Arahal / Sevilla (ESP)) in 1993 - Intl. debut: World League 2004

(ESP) in 2004 - Lang.: English

DE LA FUENTE

Name: Enrique De La Fuente - Age: 32 - Born in: Vigo (ESP) - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: C.V. Vigo (Vigo - España) in 1986 - Intl. debut: European Championship

Qualification in 1993 - Lang.: Spanish, French

PALHARINI

Name: Marlon Palharini - Age: 23 - Born in: Jendaya do Sul (BRA) - Club debut: Arona Little Italy (Tenerife (ESP)) in 2003 - Intl. debut: European Qualification

Tournament (Zagreb (CRO)) in 2004

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Mr. Marcelo R. Méndez was born in Argentina in 1964 and finished his Physical Education degree in Buenos Aires in 1988.

As player, he has played in Argentina and Italy:1981/1988 and 1992 - Club Atlético River Plate (ARG)1988/1990 - Club Soc. Fiat Ammauto (ITA)1990-1991 - Club Polliesportiva Jonica (ITA)As head coach, he has led several clubs:1986 - Club Daom (ARG)1987/1988 - Club Atlético River Plate (ARG)1988/1990 - Club Sociedad Fiat Ammauto (ITA)1990/1991 - Club Sociedad Poliesporitva Jonica (ITA)1992/2004 - Club Atlético River Plate (ARG)2004/2007 - Club Voleibol Pórtol (ESP)Main achievements as Coach:1997, 1999 and 2000 - Champion MetropolitanLeague (ARG)1998/1999 - Champion Argentinian Clubes League2002 - Vice-Champion Metropolitan League (ARG)2004/2005 - Vice-Champion Spanish Top League (Superliga) C.V. Pórtol2004/2005 - Second CEV Final Four C.V. Pórtol2004/2005 - Champion King Cup (ESP) C.V. Pórtol

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The Japanese Men’s squad finished 8th at the 2006 World Championship and was quite satisfied with the result. Everyone admitted that Japan Men’s squad had been rapidly improving since the present head coach, Mr. Tatsuya Ueta, was appointed in 2004 after the disappointment at the OQT.The year 2007 has been an absolutely crucial year for Ueta’s squad due to the World Cup 2007, where Japan’s squad is aiming to qualify to the Olympics at the World Cup with the support of Japan’s Volleyball fans.The squad started with its first training camp in May this year. Ueta named 22 national players for the 2007 World League headed by 37-year old Masaji Ogino. Ogino made his comeback to the international stage in 2005 and played incredible Volleyball in the World Championship in 2006. Most players who competed in the World Championship remained in this year’s squad.

The players for whom head coach Ueta has high hopes this year are Yu Koshikawa and Yusuke Ishijima. Koshikawa, who just turned 23, showed his potential as an outside hitter in 2005; however, last year was a mediocre year for him. Ueta hopes that Koshikawa will be one of the key players. Ishijima, who has been playing in Brazil, is expected to show his improved Volleyball. This year will be the second year for Takahiro Yamamoto, a left-handed spiker, as a member of the national team since his comeback and Ueta sets his hope on Yamamoto as an ace as a spiker.Ueta’s squad is almost mature. Refining individual skills, reducing errors, making offence faster and increasing accuracy in service reception, Japan’s Men’s squad is facing the World Cup 2007 targeting the podium.

Japan

TEAM BIOGRAPHy

Area: 377,819 sq kmInhabitants: 127,433,000Capital: Tokyo

Tokyo


Manager Hagiwara, Hideo

Head coach Ueta, Tatsuya

Assistant coach Otake, Hideyuki

Doctor Hayashi, Mitsutoshi

Trainer/Therapist Kubo, Yoshito

TEAM OFFICIAlS MATCH SCHEDulE18.11 18:30 Saitama jPN - TUN

19.11 18:00 Saitama jPN - KOR

20.11 18:00 Saitama jPN - AUS

22.11 18:00 Hiroshima jPN - ARG

23.11 18:00 Hiroshima jPN - RUS

25.11 18:00 Fukuoka jPN - EGY

26.11 18:00 Fukuoka jPN - PUR

27.11 18:00 Fukuoka jPN - ESP

30.11 19:30 Tokyo (TMG) jPN - USA

01.12 19:30 Tokyo (TMG) jPN - BUL

02.12 19:30 Tokyo (TMG) jPN - BRA

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SHIMIzU

Name: Kunihiro Shimizu - Age: 21 - Born in: Fukui, Japan - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Kamiusaka Junior VB Club (Fukui, Japan) in 1996 - Intl. debut:

World League 05 in 2005 - Hobby: Listening to music - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Book: Tokyo Tower, a Japanese novel, Food: Meat, Movie: No preference, Music: J-pop, Other sports: Basketball

YAMAMOTO

Name: Takahiro Yamamoto - Age: 29 - Born in: Tottori - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Tottori-Higashi Jr. High (Tottri, JPN) in 1992 - Intl. debut: Qualification

for 2000 Sydney in 2000 - Hobby: Driving, Golf - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Food: Meat, Fish, Music: Slow-tempo, Other sports: Baseball, Soccer

TANABE

Name: Osamu Tanabe - Age: 28 - Born in: Hiroshima, JPN - Position: Libero - Club debut: Yasukita Jr. (Hiroshima, JPN) in 1986 - Intl. debut: in 2005 - Hobby: Taking a

bath - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Book: Sports books, Food: Vegetables, Movie: Titanic, Music: Ballad, Other sports: Soccer

ABE

Name: Yuta Abe - Age: 26 - Born in: Ibaraki, JPN - Position: Setter - Club debut: Oshima Jr. High (Ibaraki, JPN) in 1993 - Intl. debut: World Grand Champions Cup

(Nagoya, JPN) in 2001 - Hobby: Karaoke - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Book: Written by Athletes, Food: Meat, Sushi, Movie: Japanese movie, Music: Japanese pops, Other sports: Soccer, Baseball

kAWAURA

Name: Hiroaki Kawaura - Age: 32 - Born in: Miyazaki, JPN - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Minago Junior High School Club (Gunma, JPN) in 1987 - Intl. debut:

in 1994 - Hobby: Reading books - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Book: Comics, Food: Curry Dish, Movie: Nausica, Music: Classical Music, Other sports: Track and Field

USAMI

Name: Daisuke Usami - Age: 28 - Born in: Akita, JPN - Position: Setter - Club debut: Jumonji club (Akita, JPN) in 1990 - Intl. debut: Asian Youth Championship in

1997 - Hobby: Driving a car - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Book: Information Magazine, Food: Meat, Movie: Comedy, Music: Popular, Other sports: Soccer

OGINO

Name: Masaji Ogino - Age: 37 - Born in: Fukui, JPN - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Fukui high school (Fukui, JPN) in 1986 - Intl. debut: World Cup (Japan)

in 1989 - Hobby: Taking a bath, sauna - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Book: Any kinds, Food: Japanese food, Movie: Beauty and The Beast, Music: Exile (Japanese), Other sports: Baseball

MATSUMOTO

Name: Yoshihiko Matsumoto - Age: 26 - Born in: Nagano, JPN - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Togakushi Jr. High (Nagano, JPN) in 1993 - Intl. debut: in 2006

- Hobby: none - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Food: Sweets, Movie: The Perfect Storm, Music: Any kinds, Other sports: Beach Volleyball

FUkUzAWA

Name: Tatsuya Fukuzawa - Age: 21 - Born in: Kyoto, JPN - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Fushimi Junior High School (Kyoto, JPN) in 1997 - Intl. debut: World League

in 2005 - Hobby: Snowboarding - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Book: Novel, Food: Japanese food, Other sports: Any kinds

CHIBA

Name: Shinya Chiba - Age: 29 - Born in: Kanagawa, JPN - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Daido Jr. High (Yokohama, JPN) in 1990 - Intl. debut: in 2002 - Hobby:

Driving - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Book: Japanese non-fiction, Food: Ramen, Movie: Pirates of Caribbean, Music: Bennie K (Japanese), Other sports: Soccer

NAOHIRO

Name: Ryuji Naohiro - Age: 29 - Born in: Hiroshima, JPN - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Hiroshima Tech. High (Hiroshima, JPN) in 1994 - Intl. debut: in

2000 - Hobby: Driving a car - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Food: Meat, Music: AIl (Japanese), Other sports: Baseball

TOMIMATSU

Name: Takaaki Tomimatsu - Age: 23 - Born in: Miyagi,Japan - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Sambongi Junior Spots-club in 1994 - Intl. debut: World

League 07 in 2007 - Hobby: Portable games - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Book: Comics, Food: Curry, Movie: Action movies, Music: J-pop, Other sports: Football

YAMAMURA

Name: Kota Yamamura - Age: 27 - Born in: Tokyo, JPN - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Nakai JVC (Gumma, JPN) in 1989 - Intl. debut: 14th Asian Games

(Busan, Korea) in 2002 - Hobby: Watching people - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Book: The Copy Cat (Japanese), Food: Fruit, Movie: Japanese movie, Music: Ketsumeishi (Japanese), Other sports: Baseball

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Name: Katsutoshi Tsumagari - Age: 32 - Born in: Miyazaki, JPN - Position: Libero - Club debut: Fukushima Jr. Sports Club (Fukushima, JPN) in 1983 - Intl.

debut: World League (Yugoslavia) in 2001 - Hobby: Playing with my kids - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Book: Novels, Food: Fruits, Movie: Sister Act, Music: Japanese pops, Other sports: Basketball

SAITO

Name: Nobuharu Saito - Age: 34 - Born in: Tochigi, JPN - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Utsunomiya Hakuyo High (Tochigi, JPN) in 1989 - Intl. debut:

World Cup (Tokyo, JPN) in 1995 - Hobby: Travel - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Food: Meat, Movie: The Big Blue, Music: American/Europian music, Other sports: Figure Skating

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1 Saito Nobuharu Saito 29/09/1973 205 95 356 330 11 132 143 Toray Arrows

2 Kawaura Hiroaki Kawaura 13/11/1975 200 82 357 340 10 80 90 Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza

3 Chiba Shinya Chiba 05/12/1977 184 81 343 320 21 52 73 Sakai Blazers

4 Shimizu Kunihiro Shimizu 11/08/1986 192 94 348 330 22 22 Tokai Univ. Volleyball Club

5 Usami Daisuke Usami 29/03/1979 184 83 340 320 82 82 Panasonic Panthers

6 Naohiro Ryuji Naohiro 01/10/1978 198 84 350 340 11 45 56 JT Thunders

7 Yamamoto Takahiro Yamamoto 12/07/1978 200 90 345 331 21 117 138 Panasonic Panthers

8 Ogino Masaji Ogino C 08/01/1970 197 100 340 320 11 31 207 249 Suntory Sunbirds

9 Tomimatsu Takaaki Tomimatsu 20/07/1984 191 82 350 340 27 27 Toray Arrows

10 Tanabe Osamu Tanabe L 10/04/1979 181 73 335 320 36 36 Toray Arrows

11 Matsumoto Yoshihiko Matsumoto 07/01/1981 193 75 356 330 27 27 NEC Blue Rockets

12 Yamamura Kota Yamamura 20/10/1980 205 95 350 330 11 102 113 Suntory Sunbirds

13 Abe Yuta Abe 08/08/1981 191 80 337 325 21 70 91 Toray Arrows

14 Fukuzawa Tatsuya Fukuzawa 01/07/1986 189 78 345 330 10 10 Chuo University

15 Tsumagari Katsutoshi Tsumagari L 02/11/1975 183 76 323 315 11 130 141 Suntory Sunbirds

16 Ishijima Yusuke Gottsu 09/01/1984 197 100 345 335 11 43 54 Sakai Blazers

17 Koshikawa Yu Koshikawa 30/06/1984 190 87 345 325 11 80 91 Suntory Sunbirds

18 Tomonaga Kosuke Tomonaga 22/07/1980 184 83 321 310 11 52 63 Sakai Blazers

19 Shibata Kyohei Shibata 24/06/1981 190 81 355 320 22 22 Toray Arrows


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GOTTSU

Name: Yusuke Ishijima - Age: 23 - Born in: Ibaraki - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Matsubushi Daini Jr. High (Saitama, JPN) in 1996 - Intl. debut: in 2006 - Lang.:

Japanese - Favourites: Book: Any kinds, Other sports: All kinds

TOMONAGA

Name: Kosuke Tomonaga - Age: 27 - Born in: Nagasaki, JPN - Position: Setter - Club debut: Matsubara Jr. (Nagasaki, JPN) in 1989 - Intl. debut: Asian Chanpionship

(Thailand) in 2005 - Hobby: Watching sports - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Book: Japanese, Food: Meat, Fish, Movie: Twenty-Four, Music: Dreams Come True (Japanese), Other sports: Soccer

kOSHIkAWA

Name: Yu Koshikawa - Age: 23 - Born in: Ishikawa, JPN - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Moroe Junior (Kanazawa, JPN) in 1995 - Intl. debut: Asian Youth

Championship (IRAN) in 2002 - Hobby: Travel - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Book: Regarding Top Athletes, Food: Chicken, Sushi, Movie: Driven, Music: Yuzu (Japanese), Other sports: Baseball, Soccer

SHIBATA

Name: kyohei Shibata - Age: 26 - Born in: Ibaraki, JPN - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Shimodate Minami Jr. High (Ibaraki, JPN) in 1994 - Intl. debut: in 2004 - Hobby:

Listening to music, Movie, Driving, Shopping - Lang.: Japanese - Favourites: Book: Non-fiction written by athletes, Food: Fruits, Movie: Horror, Music: HIP HOP, Japanese pops, Other sports: Soccer, Baseball

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Tatsuya Ueta has been the Head Coach of Japan’s Senior National Team since 2004. He was born in Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s four main islands. He started

playing Volleyball at the age of 12 and developed into an astute middle blocker. He played Volleyball for high school and university teams and gained a reputation as a good player even in his school days. He joined Nippon Steel Blazers in 1987 and played for the national team from 1989 to 1993. Ueta was assistant coach of Nippon Steel Blazers from 1995 to 1998, and head coach of Nippon Steel’s successor, Sakai Blazers, from 1999 to March 2001 before joining the Japan Volleyball Association as coach for the Junior Men’s National Team. His goal is to compete in the Olympics in Beijing and this aspiration is the motivation for his squad. He planned to improve his squad step by step and in the 2007 World League he achieved good results by beating high ranked team like Italy and France.

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The history of the Korean National Men’s Team in world competitions over the last 40 years has been rather inconsistent. Korea has participated in the Olympic Games 8 times since 1964 and its best ranking was a 5th place at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. The Korean National Men’s Team won the gold medal three times at the Asian Games : in 1978 in Bangkok, in 2002 in Busan and in 2006 in Doha.In the World Cup, a 5th place in 1991 is the best result ever reached by the Korean National Men’s Team. Korea won four Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship titles in 1989, 1993, 2001 and 2003.

In the 2007 World League, the Korean team won 3 matches against Canada. However, Korea played an exciting game with Brazil, and had good matches with Canada and Finland. Many young players like Moon, who had acquired valuable experience by taking part in international competitions in 2006 and 2007, will become main player for the team, while veteran players lead the team harmoniously.

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Seoul

Area: 99,313 sq kmInhabitants: 49,025,000Capital: Seoul


Manager Seo, Soon-Kil

Head coach Yoo, Jung-Tak

Assistant coach Seo, Nam-Won

Doctor Kong, Byung-Yum

Trainer/Therapist Cha, Sang-Hyun

TEAM OFFICIAlS MATCH SCHEDulE18.11 13:05 Saitama AUS - kOR

19.11 18:00 Saitama JPN - kOR

20.11 15:05 Saitama ARG - kOR

22.11 12:35 Hiroshima kOR - RUS

23.11 12:35 Hiroshima kOR - TUN

25.11 15:05 Okayama BUL - kOR

26.11 13:05 Okayama kOR - USA

27.11 18:35 Okayama BRA - kOR

30.11 15:05 Tokyo (KG) EGY - kOR

01.12 15:05 Tokyo (KG) ESP - kOR

02.12 14:35 Tokyo (KG) kOR - PUR

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S.M.MOON

Name: Sung-Min MOON - Age: 21 - Born in: Busan - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Sungbuk elementary school (Busan, Korea) in 1996 - Intl. debut: 2006 Asia

Challenge Cup (Korea, Japan) in 2006 - Lang.: Korean

S.k. LEE

Name: Sun-Kyu LEE - Age: 26 - Born in: Kyunggi - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Daesin middle School (Kyunggido, Korea) in 1997 - Intl. debut: 2003

Asia Men’s Championship (China) in 2003 - Lang.: Korean

B.W.YUN

Name: Bong-Woo YUN - Age: 25 - Born in: Jeonnam - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Cheonho middle school (Jeonnam, Korea) in 1995 - Intl.

debut: 2000 Asia Challenge Cup (Korea, Japan) in 2000 - Hobby: Driving - Lang.: Korean

C.W. PARk

Name: Chul-Woo PARK - Age: 22 - Born in: Kyungbuk Korea - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Kyungbuk High School (Kyungbuk, Korea) in 1998 - Intl.

debut: 2005 Asia Challeng Cup (China, Chinese Taiwan) in 2005 - Lang.: Korean

k.W.YOU

Name: Kwang-Woo YOU - Age: 22 - Position: Setter

O.H. YEO

Name: Oh-Hyun YEO - Age: 29 - Born in: Chungnam - Position: Libero - Club debut: Yoosung elementary school (Chungbuk, Korea) in 1988 - Intl. debut:

Asia Championships (Korea) in 2001 - Hobby: Computer game - Lang.: Korean

H.Y.HA

Name: Hyun-Yong HA - Age: 25 - Position: Middle blocker - Lang.: Korean

k.S. LEE

Name: Kyung-Soo LEE - Age: 28 - Born in: Daejeon - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Yousung elementary school (Daejeon, Korea) in 1988 - Intl. debut: World

League (Korea etc.) in 1998 - Lang.: Korean

Y.H.kIM

Name: Yo-Han KIM - Age: 22 - Born in: Kwangju - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Kumho elementary school (Gwangju, Korea) in 1996 - Intl. debut: 2006 Asia Challenge

Cup (Korea, Japan) in 2006 - Lang.: Korean

Y.M. kWON

Name: Young-Min KWON - Age: 27 - Born in: Seoul - Position: Setter - Club debut: Hankik elementary school (Incheon, Korea) in 1992 - Intl. debut: 2002 Asia Challenge

Cup (Korea, China) in 2002 - Lang.: Korean

T.W. CHOI

Name: Tae-Woong CHOI - Age: 31 - Born in: Incheon - Position: Setter - Club debut: in 1986 - Lang.: Korean

Y.S. SHIN

Name: Young-Soo SHIN - Age: 25 - Born in: Daejeon - Position: Middle blocker - Lang.: Korean

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Name: Dong-Jin KANG - Age: 24 - Born in: Jeonam Korea - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Damyang Dong Elementary school (Jeonnam, Korea) in 1995

- Intl. debut: the 12th Asia Men’s Championship (China) in 2003 - Lang.: Korean

H.M. kIM

Name: Hak-Min KIM - Age: 24 - Born in: Chungbuk Korea - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Susung High School (Kyunggido, Korea) in 2000 - Intl. debut: 2006 Asia

Challenge Cup (Korea, Japan) in 2006 - Lang.: Korean

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1 Kim Hak-Min H.M. Kim 04/09/1983 192 78 327 319 21 21 Korean Airline

2 You Kwang-Woo K.W.You 22/04/1985 185 78 320 312 17 17 Inha Univ.

3 Kwon Young-Min Y.M. Kwon 05/07/1980 190 78 315 309 5 75 80 Hyundai Capital Co.

4 Moon Sung-Min S.M.Moon 14/09/1986 197 90 329 321 5 51 56 Kyonggi Univ.

5 Yeo Oh-Hyun O.H. Yeo L 02/09/1978 175 66 280 279 5 111 116 Samsung fire&marine Insurance

6 Choi Tae-Woong T.W. Choi 09/04/1976 185 78 330 317 5 10 124 139 Samsung fire&Marine Insurance

7 Lee Sun-Kyu S.K. Lee 14/03/1981 202 87 325 320 5 88 93 Hyundai Capital Co.

8 Ha Hyun-Yong H.Y.Ha 09/05/1982 198 80 330 322 40 40 LIG

9 Shin Young-Soo Y.S. Shin 01/07/1982 200 90 300 290 38 38 Korean Airlines co.

10 Yun Bong-Woo B.W.Yun 20/01/1982 203 82 325 320 5 41 46 Hyundai Capital co.

11 Lee Kyung-Soo K.S. Lee 27/04/1979 200 88 320 310 5 15 119 139 LIG

12 Park Jun-Bum J.B. Park 12/06/1988 199 80 332 318 15 15 Hanyang Univ.

13 Park Chul-Woo C.W. Park 25/07/1985 201 83 328 319 33 33 Hyundai Capital co.

14 Kim Yo-Han Y.H.Kim 16/08/1985 200 82 335 326 5 33 38 Inha Univ.

15 Kang Dong-Jin D.J. Kang 31/08/1983 193 82 322 311 27 27 Korean Airlines co.

16 Song Byung-Il B.I. Song 03/04/1983 193 78 310 297 5 27 32 Hyundai Capital co.

17 Ha Kyoung-Min K.M.Ha 27/07/1982 203 79 320 310 5 53 58 Hyundai Capital co.

18 Shin Yung-Suk Y.S.Shin 04/10/1986 200 77 335 325 12 12 Kyonggi Univ.

19 Choi Bu-Sik B.S. Choi L 12/07/1978 180 79 290 281 9 9 Korean Airlines Co.


PlAyERS ROSTER

B.I. SONG

Name: Byung-Il SONG - Age: 24 - Born in: Daejeon - Position: Setter - Club debut: Yousung Elementary School (Daejeon, Korea) in 1993 - Intl. debut: World League (Korea

etc.) in 2006 - Lang.: Korean

Y.S.SHIN

Name: Yung-Suk SHIN - Age: 21 - Born in: Kyunggido - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Songjeon elementary school (Seoul, Korea) in 1997 - Intl. debut:

Asia Pacfpic Cup (Japan) in 2005 - Lang.: Korean

k.M.HA

Name: Kyoung-Min HA - Age: 25 - Born in: Jeonnam - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Byeollyang elementary school (Jeonnam, Korea) in 1998 - Intl.

debut: 2005 Asia Challeng Cup (China, Chinese Taiwan) in 2005 - Hobby: Computer game - Lang.: Korean

B.S. CHOI

Name: Bu-Sik CHOI - Age: 29 - Position: Libero - Lang.: Korean

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Junk-Tak Woo (24 May 1960) is a former National Volleyball Player (1983-1990).

- 1983 Summer Universiade (4th ranked).- 1983 Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship

(3rd ranked).- 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games (5th ranked).- 1985 World Cup (7th ranked).- 1986 Seoul Asian Games (2nd ranked).

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Company Men’s VB Team.- 1998-1999 A.C. of Korea National Men’s

Volleyball Team.- 2000-2001 Head Coach of Myunggi Univ. Men’s

VB Team.- 2002-2003 A.C. of Hyundai Capital Men’s VB

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Puerto Rico qualifies for the first time to the FIVB World Cup. The team defeated once again Cuba in the 2007 Norceca Championship Semi Final, after five fought set. The Puerto Rican squad is ready for the World Cup and the goal is simply to make the best performance.The Puerto Rican Team prepared to battle face to face against the traditional world Volleyball power and looks for the rematch against some rivals of last year’s World Championship. In 2006, the Island celebrated a great performance during the 2006 FIVB World Championship in Japan and won the gold medal in XX Central American and Caribbean Games in Colombia.Before the Norceca Championship, the team participated in the XV Pan American Games in Brazil, finishing with a 5th place. They also won the silver medal in the II Pan American Cup in Dominican Republic, which also qualifies to the 2008 America’s Cup.

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TEAM BIOGRAPHy

Area: 9,104 sq kmInhabitants: 3,995,000Capital: San Juan

San Juan


Manager Noel Marrero

Head coach Carlos D. Cardona

Assistant coach Alejandro C.H. Arconada

Doctor Dr. Luis Baerga Varela

Trainer/Therapist Juan Rivera

TEAM OFFICIAlS MATCH SCHEDulE18.11 12:35 Matsumoto EGY - PUR

19.11 15:35 Matsumoto PUR - USA

20.11 13:05 Matsumoto BUL - PUR

22.11 15:35 Toyama BRA - PUR

23.11 12:05 Toyama ESP - PUR

25.11 12:35 Fukuoka ARG - PUR

26.11 18:00 Fukuoka JPN - PUR

27.11 15:05 Fukuoka PUR - RUS

30.11 12:35 Tokyo (KG) PUR - TUN

01.12 18:05 Tokyo (KG) AUS - PUR

02.12 14:35 Tokyo (KG) KOR - PUR

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v. RIvERA

Name: Victor Rivera - Age: 31 - Born in: Naranjito, Puerto Rico - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Naranjito (PUR) in 1990 - Intl. debut: NORCECA Junior

Championship (San JUan, Puerto Rico) in 1994 - Hobby: Go to the Movie and the Beach - Lang.: Spanish and English - Favourites: Book: Codigo Da Vinci, Food: BBQ Ribs, Music: N/A, Other sports: Basketball, Baseball

AN. MATIAS

Name: Angel Matias - Age: 31 - Born in: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico - Position: Libero - Club debut: Mayaguez (PUR) in 1990 - Hobby: Watch TV, listen music, go to

Movie - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Book: Angels & Demons, Food: Arroz, Habichuela, Biftec y Tostones, Movie: Action/Comedy, Music: All, Other sports: Carlos Arroyo

RUIz

Name: Arcangel Ruiz - Age: 27 - Born in: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Yauco (PUR) in 1995 - Intl. debut: NORCECA Championship

(Culiacan, Mexico) in 2003 - Hobby: Watch TV - Lang.: Spanish and English - Favourites: Book: N/A, Food: Rice + Beans & Chicken, Movie: Rudy, Other sports: Michael Jordan

MATIAS

Name: Alexis Matias - Age: 33 - Position: Universal - Club debut: Mayaguez (PUR) in 1990 - Intl. debut: Central American & Caribbean Games (Ponce, Puerto

Rico) in 1993 - Hobby: Watch TV - Favourites: Book: Da Vinci Code, Food: All, Movie: All, Music: ALL, Other sports: Tennis

BERRIOS

Name: Gregorry Berrios - Age: 28 - Born in: Puerto Rico - Position: Libero - Club debut: San Juan (PUR) in 1998 - Intl. debut: Central American & Caribbean Games (El

Salvador) in 2002 - Hobby: Watch TV, listen music, go to Movie - Favourites: Book: Paulo Coelho, Movie: All, Music: All

BIRD

Name: Victor Bird - Age: 25 - Position: Universal - Club debut: Arrevica (PUR) in 2001 - Intl. debut: NORCECA Championship (Culiacan, Mexico) in 2003 -

Hobby: Hang Up, Beach, Shopping and play Domino - Favourites: Food: Sea Food & Pastas, Movie: Mystic River, Other sports: Basketball

ESTEvES

Name: Rene Esteves - Age: 29 - Born in: Puerto Rico - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: San Juan (PUR) in 1993 - Intl. debut: NORCECA Junior Championship

(Guadalajara, Mexico) in 1996 - Hobby: Jogging, Internet - Favourites: Book: Kamasutra, Food: Papaya, Other sports: Basketball, Gym

MUÑIz

Name: Roberto Muñiz - Age: 27 - Born in: Yauco, Puerto Rico - Position: Universal - Club debut: Yauco (PUR) in 1996 - Intl. debut: NORCECA U-19 Championship

(Dominican Republic) in 1998 - Hobby: Beach, Tennis and pool - Lang.: Spanish and English - Favourites: Food: Arroz, Habichuela, Biftec encebollado, Movie: Saw I y II, Other sports: Michael Jordan and Andre Agassi

MORALES

Name: Fernando Morales - Age: 25 - Born in: Puerto Rico - Position: Setter - Club debut: San Juan (PUR) in 1996 - Intl. debut: NORCECA Championship

(Bridgestown, Barbados) in 2001 - Hobby: Goto the beach and reading - Favourites: Book: Angels & Demons - Dan Brown, Food: Lasagna, Movie: Anger Management

j. RUIz

Name: Juan Ruiz - Age: 26 - Born in: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Position: Setter - Lang.: English, Spanish - Favourites: Book: All of Pablo Coehlo, Food: Rice + Beans

& Chicken, Movie: All, Music: Reggaeton, Other sports: Basketball

PEREz

Name: Angel Perez - Age: 25 - Born in: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Position: Setter - Intl. debut: WCQT (Caguas, Puerto Rico) in 2005 - Hobby: Go to the beach,

the Movies and read - Favourites: Book: All of Pablo Coehlo, Food: Pasta, Movie: All, Music: All

RODRIGUEz

Name: Luis Rodriguez - Age: 38 - Born in: Naranjito, Puerto Rico - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Naranjito (PUR) in 1990 - Intl. debut: NORCECA Junior

Championship (Honduras) in 1992 - Hobby: Watch TV - Favourites: Book: El Alquimista, Food: Arroz, Habichuela, Biftec y Tostones, Movie: Cocodrile Dundee, Other sports: Carlos Arroyo

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Name: Hector Soto - Age: 29 - Born in: Puerto Rico - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Arroyo (PUR) in 1994 - Intl. debut: FIVB U-21 World Championship

(Malasya) in 1995 - Hobby: Watch Movie & play Golf - Favourites: Book: Angels & Demons - Dan Brown, Food: Lasagna, Movie: Forrest Gump, Other sports: Golf & Basketball

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Name: Enrique Escalante - Age: 23 - Born in: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Bucaplaa (PUR) in 1991 - Intl. debut: Central American

& Caribbean Games (Cartagena, Colombia) in 2006 - Hobby: Beach, Tennis, Golf and Basketball - Lang.: Spanish and English - Favourites: Book: The Hounds of the Baskervilles, Food: Mofongo Relleno, Movie: Ong Bak - Thai Warriors, Other sports: Michael Jordan

j. RIvERA

Name: Jose Rivera - Age: 30 - Born in: Chicago, Ill. - Position: Wing spiker - Intl. debut: Pan American Games (Santo Domingo) in 2003 - Hobby: Watch TV and Reading

- Lang.: English, Spanish - Favourites: Book: All of Pablo Coehlo, Food: Pasta, Movie: N/A, Music: Rock, Other sports: Football

Puerto Rico



1 Rivera Jose J. Rivera 02/07/1977 192 85 325 320 11 23 34 Carolina

2 Berrios Gregorry Berrios L 24/01/1979 182 83 305 299 11 47 58 Lares

3 Ruiz Juan J. Ruiz 24/04/1981 188 84 291 285 San Sebastian

4 Rivera Victor V. Rivera 30/08/1976 195 88 345 329 3 34 37 Naranjito

5 Bird Victor Bird 16/03/1982 195 90 335 328 24 24 Naranjito

6 Perez Angel Perez 20/05/1982 190 86 325 318 15 15 Naranjito

7 Matias Angel An. Matias L 30/07/1976 179 59 294 287 Mayaguez

8 Esteves Rene Esteves 25/11/1977 199 90 340 333 15 43 58 Adjuntas

9 Rodriguez Luis Rodriguez 13/07/1969 202 89 340 333 11 45 56 Naranjito

10 Ruiz Arcangel Ruiz 17/10/1980 196 90 324 314 21 21 San Sebastian

11 Muñiz Roberto Muñiz 11/06/1980 196 92 333 326 11 32 43 Ponce

12 Soto Hector Soto C 20/06/1978 197 85 340 332 13 49 62 San Juan

13 Matias Alexis Matias 21/07/1974 195 88 335 325 11 69 80 Corozal

14 Morales Fernando Morales 04/02/1982 186 68 299 292 21 21 Lares

15 Escalante Enrique Escalante 06/08/1984 195 88 330 324 11 18 29 Corozal

16 Perez Ivan I. Perez 13/02/1985 190 86 305 298 7 22 29 National Team

17 Batista Emanuel Batista 12/01/1989 187 68 300 292 8 12 20 Naranjito

18 Roman Mannix Roman 17/01/1983 190 85 295 288 San Sebastian

19 Aquino Edwin Leonardo Aquino 09/11/1984 196 82 299 292 6 6 San Juan


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I. PEREz

Name: Ivan Perez - Age: 22 - Born in: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico - Position: Wing spiker - Intl. debut: Norceca Youth Championship (Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.)

in 2002 - Lang.: English, Spanish

ROMAN

Name: Mannix Roman - Age: 24 - Born in: San Sebastian, Puerto Rico - Position: Middle blocker - Lang.: English, Spanish

BATISTA

Name: Emanuel Batista - Age: 18 - Born in: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Caguas Criollos (Caguas, Puerto Rico) in 1997 - Intl. debut:

NORCECA U-19 Championship (Mexico DF, Mexico) in 2004 - Hobby: go to the movies - Lang.: Spanish and English - Favourites: Book: N/A, Food: Pork Chp & Tostones (Plantain), Movie: Stomp the Yard, Music: DJ Tiesto and Paul Van Dyk, Other sports: Basketball, Baseball

AQUINO

Name: Edwin Leonardo Aquino - Age: 23 - Born in: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Position: Middle blocker - Intl. debut: NORCECA Continental Championship (Anaheim,

California, USA) in 2007 - Hobby: Watch TV, listen music, go to Movie - Lang.: English, Spanish - Favourites: Book: Newspaper, Food: Rice + Beans & Chicken, Music: Reggaeton, Other sports: Basketball

CARLOS D. CARDONA (ARG)

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This will be the second occasion for Argentina’s coach, Carlos Cardona, leading the Puerto Rico Men’s National Team in Japan. Last year the team had a great performance

in the FIVB World Championship.Cardona was born in the city of Rosario, Argentina. After its graduation, he began a successful coaching career with the Argentina National League and Italy League Serie A (four different Clubs, Grottazzolina, Fano, Gioia del Colle and Taviano), and also worked in the Italian B1 League with Grottazzolina and Ascoli Piceno.In 2003 he arrived in Puerto Rico to coach the club San Juan Playeros in the Puerto Rico Men’s League, which had successful seasons and participated in the Final Series and various Semi Finals.In 2006, the Puerto Rico Volleyball Federation appointed Cardona as Head Coach, facing the FIVB World Championship in Japan. Last September, Cardona went back to the Island and with just a short preparation he trained the team which won the historical second place in the Norceca Championship and qualified for the FIVB World Cup.

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The USSR Volleyball Federation entered the FIVB in 1948 and already in 1949 participated in the official FIVB competition, the 1st Men’s Volleyball World Championships. The Men’s National Team of the USSR participated in all international official competitions (Olympic Games, World and European Championships, World Cups).It was three-times Olympic Champion (1964, 1968, 1980), six-times World Champion (1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1982), four-times World Cup Winner (1965, 1977, 1981, 1991, 1999), twelve-times European Champion.Since 1993 the USSR National Team is called the Russian National Team.In 2002 the Russian National Team won the World League; in 1993, 1998 and 2000 was second at the World League Finals and third in 1996, 1997 and 2001. In 1999 the Russian National Team took the first place at the World Cup, the second place at the European Championship and in 2001 the third place at the European Championship.

In 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney the Russian National Team won the silver medal and in 2004 the bronze. For years Russian players like Zaitsev, Savin, Antonov, Shkurichin, Fomin, Olikhver, Kuznetsov competed for the World All Stars Team in the FIVB Gala matches and were recognized as the best in many official FIVB competitions.At the European Championship 2007, Semen Poltavskiy was recognized as the best MVP.At the World League 2007 the team won the silver medal; Yury Berezhko was awarded as the best attacker, Semen Poltavskyi as the best scorer and best server.The Russian National Team is composed of the players from these Russian clubs: Iskra Odintsovo, Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo-Ttg Kazan, Dinamo-Yantar Kaliningrad, Fakel Novy Urengoi, Zsk-Gazprom Sugut, Ural Ufa.

Russia

TEAM BIOGRAPHy

Area: 17,075,400 sq kmInhabitants: 143,025,000Capital: Moscow

Moscow


Manager Olikhver Ruslan

Head coach Alekno Vladimir

Assistant coach Panchenko Yury

Doctor Tregubov Yury

Trainer/Therapist Khromenkov Vladimir

TEAM OFFICIAlS MATCH SCHEDulE18.11 15:35 Saitama ARG - RUS

19.11 12:35 Saitama AUS - RUS

20.11 12:35 Saitama RUS - TUN

22.11 12:35 Hiroshima KOR - RUS

23.11 18:00 Hiroshima JPN - RUS

25.11 15:05 Fukuoka ESP - RUS

26.11 15:05 Fukuoka EGY - RUS

27.11 15:05 Fukuoka PUR - RUS

30.11 16:35 Tokyo (TMG) BUL - RUS

01.12 16:35 Tokyo (TMG) BRA - RUS

02.12 16:35 Tokyo (TMG) RUS - USA

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kRUGLOv

Name: Pavel Kruglov - Age: 22

kAzAkOv

Name: Alexey Kazakov - Age: 31 - Born in: Naberezhnie Chelni, RUS - Position: Universal - Club debut: ISKRA Odintsovo (RUS) in 1986 - Intl. debut: in 1996 - Hobby:

Computers - Lang.: Russian, Italian

BEREzHkO

Name: Yury Berezhko - Age: 23 - Born in: Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia - Position: Universal - Club debut: Neftianik Yar. (RUS) - Lang.: Russian - Favourites: Book:

Modern Classics, Food: Sushi, Russian, Movie: Historical, Music: Club

OSTAPENkO

Name: Alexey Ostapenko - Age: 21

POLTAvSkIY

Name: Semen Poltavskiy - Age: 26 - Born in: Odessa, Ukraine - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Automobilist (St. Petersburg) in 1993 - Hobby: Cars - Lang.:

Russian - Favourites: Book: Detective, Food: Sweets, Movie: All, Music: Dance, Other sports: Basketball, Tennis, Boxing

ABRAMOv

Name: Pavel Abramov - Age: 28 - Born in: Moscow, RUS - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: MGFSO (Moscow Russia) in 1990 - Intl. debut: World League (different

countries) in 2001 - Hobby: Movies - Lang.: Russian, English - Favourites: Book: “Compromise,” S. Dovlatov, Food: Sushi, Movie: Any Given Sunday, Music: Jazz, Electronic

TETYUkHIN

Name: Sergey Tetyukhin - Age: 32 - Born in: Margelan, Uzbekistan - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Krylia Vostoka (Russia) in 1985 - Intl. debut: Junior International

Tournament (Various Countries) in 1996 - Hobby: Fishing - Lang.: Russian, Italian - Favourites: Book: Detectives, Food: Fried Rice, Music: Any

USHAkOv

Name: Konstantin Ushakov - Age: 37 - Born in: Russia - Position: Setter - Club debut: Radiotekhnik (Riga) in 1980 - Intl. debut: Junior International Tournament

(Various Countries) in 1990 - Hobby: Cars - Lang.: Russian - Favourites: Book: Pikul, Food: Borsch, Movie: Bruce Lee, Music: Pop, Other sports: Ice hockey

EGORCHEv

Name: Andrey Egorchev - Age: 29 - Born in: Naberezhny Chelny, RUS - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: CJSOR (Nab. Chelni, Russia) in 1995 - Intl. debut: Youth

CCH (Various countries) in 1996 - Lang.: Russian - Favourites: Book: Thriller, Food: Sushi, Movie: Fantasy, Music: Dance

kOSAREv

Name: Alexander Kosarev - Age: 30 - Born in: Ukraine - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Nadzbruchie (RUS) in 1990 - Intl. debut: in 1999 - Hobby: Fishing - Lang.: Russian -

Favourites: Food: Ravioli, Movie: The Godfather, Music: Club, Hip-Hop

GRANkIN

Name: Sergey Grankin - Age: 22

kHAMUTTSkIkH

Name: Vadim Khamuttskikh - Age: 37 - Born in: Kharkov, RUS - Position: Setter - Club debut: Sport school (Cheliabinsk, Russia) in 1977 - Intl. debut: International

Tournament (Moscow) in 1992 - Hobby: Motor races - Lang.: Russian - Favourites: Book: Detectives, Food: Any, Movie: Comedy, Music: Any, Other sports: Car racing, all

YANUTOv

Name: Alexandr Yanutov - Age: 24 - Born in: Perm - Club debut: Prikamie (RUS) in 1999 - Intl. debut: World League (RUS) in 2007 - Lang.: Russian - Favourites:

Book: Tom Clancy, Food: Sushi, Movie: Terminator, Music: the Beatles

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Name: Alexander Volkov - Age: 22

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Name: Alexander Korneev - Age: 27 - Born in: Moscow - Position: Universal - Club debut: MGFSO (Moscow) in 1992 - Lang.: Russian - Favourites: Book: Historical,

Food: Chicken, Salad “Olivie”, Movie: Fantasy, Music: Any, Other sports: Biathlon

Russia



1 Korneev Alexander Korneev 11/09/1980 200 96 348 339 11 121 132 Dynamo

2 Poltavskiy Semen Poltavskiy 08/02/1981 205 89 346 338 11 161 172 Dinamo

3 Kosarev Alexander Kosarev 30/09/1977 200 90 339 328 8 32 157 197 Dinamo-Tattrancegas

4 Kruglov Pavel Kruglov 17/09/1985 205 90 351 342 14 31 45 Dinamo

5 Abramov Pavel Abramov 23/04/1979 198 87 347 336 8 20 149 177 Iskra

6 Grankin Sergey Grankin 21/01/1985 195 87 351 320 7 21 28 Dinamo

7 Kazakov Alexey Kazakov 18/03/1976 217 112 358 344 15 20 293 328 Ural

8 Tetyukhin Sergey Tetyukhin 23/09/1975 197 89 345 338 13 24 275 312 Dinamo-TTG Kazan

9 Khamuttskikh Vadim Khamuttskikh C 26/11/1969 196 85 342 331 19 24 221 264 Fakel Novy Urengoy

10 Berezhko Yury Berezhko 27/01/1984 193 90 346 338 11 112 123 Dinamo

11 Ushakov Konstantin Ushakov 24/03/1970 198 77 343 332 30 31 436 497 Dinamo-Yantar

12 Yanutov Alexandr Yanutov L 19/06/1983 195 83 335 315 ZSK-Gazprom

13 Ostapenko Alexey Ostapenko 26/05/1986 208 94 355 340 11 41 52 Dinamo

14 Egorchev Andrey Egorchev 08/02/1978 206 113 353 342 8 9 169 186 Dinamo-TTG Kazan

15 Volkov Alexander Volkov 14/02/1985 210 100 355 338 11 43 54 Dinamo

16 Verbov Alexey Verbov L 31/01/1982 185 77 315 310 8 11 61 80 Iskra

17 Matkovskiy Evgeniy Matkovskiy 28/05/1976 202 91 349 337 17 17 URAL

18 Kuleshov Alexey Kuleshov 24/02/1979 206 96 353 344 16 20 222 258 Iskra

19 Bovduy Alexey Bovduy 26/10/1977 202 90 355 342 57 57 Dinamo-TTG Kazan


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vERBOv

Name: Alexey Verbov - Age: 25 - Born in: Moscow, RUS - Position: Libero - Club debut: MGFSO (RUS) in 1990 - Intl. debut: QOGT (Germany) in 2004 - Hobby:

Sleeping - Lang.: Russian, English - Favourites: Book: Dan Brown, Food: Ukrainian, Music: Various

kULESHOv

Name: Alexey Kuleshov - Age: 28 - Born in: Fryazino, RUS - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Iskra (Odintsovo) in 1993 - Intl. debut: in 1998 - Hobby: Drawing - Lang.:

Russian - Favourites: Book: Detective, Food: Spaghetti, Movie: Comedy, Music: Rock&Roll, Other sports: Hockey

MATkOvSkIY

Name: Evgeniy Matkovskiy - Age: 31

BOvDUY

Name: Alexey Bovduy - Age: 30 - Born in: Sverdlovsk, RUS - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Uem-Izumrud (RUS) in 1990 - Intl. debut: in 1998 - Hobby: Billiards

- Lang.: Russian - Favourites: Book: Detectives, Food: Borsch, Movie: Comedy, Music: Modern, Other sports: Hockey

ALEkNO vLADIMIR (RUS)

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1999 2 1975 1 (URS)

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1995 5 1967 1 (URS)

1993 3 1963 3 (URS)

1991 1 (URS) 1958 3 (URS)

1989 4 (URS) 1955 4 (URS)

1987 1 (URS) 1951 1 (URS)

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2006 72002 21998 51994 71990 3 (URS)

1986 2 (URS)

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1956 3 (URS)

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1949 1 (URS)

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1977 1 (URS)

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Vladimir Alekno (Polotsk, 4-12-1966) is married and has two children. He started his Volleyball career in 1984 in the SKA Minsk Volleyball team. He also played

for the following clubs: CSKA (USSR), Levski (Bulgaria), Asti (Italia), Spoleto (Italy), Cannes (France), Tours (France). He is double USSR Champion, Champion of Bulgaria, Champion and Cup Winner of France.As a head coach he worked in Tours (France) from 1999 to 2004 (2003 Cup Winner of France; 2004 Champion of France; 2004 Bronze Winner of European Champion League). Then since 2005 he has been working as Head Coach of Dinamo Moscow (2006 Champion of Russia; 2006 Russian Cup Winner). Since March 1, 2007 he has been the Head Coach of the Russian Men’s National Team.

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The Tunisia Men’s Volleyball Team has won the most medals amongst all Tunisian sports squads.

They are supported by a preparation program sponsored by the local authorities.

Tunisia has always dominated African Volleyball, winning 8 titles of African Champions out of 12 participations.

Tunisia took part in 7 editions of the World Championships making regular progress. They also participated in 5 editions of the Olympic Games and 6 editions of the World Cup.

Tunisia

TEAM BIOGRAPHy

Area: 163,610 sq kmInhabitants: 10,102,000 Capital: Tunis

Tunis


Manager Boukhris Zied

Head coach Giacobbe Antonio

Assistant coach Ben Younes Noureddine

Doctor Ben Ahmed Hedi

Trainer/Therapist Ghedhami Ahmed

TEAM OFFICIAlS MATCH SCHEDulE18.11 18:30 Saitama JPN - TUN

19.11 15:05 Saitama ARG - TUN

20.11 12:35 Saitama RUS - TUN

22.11 15:05 Hiroshima AUS - TUN

23.11 12:35 Hiroshima KOR - TUN

25.11 12:35 Okayama TUN - USA

26.11 18:35 Okayama BRA - TUN

27.11 15:35 Okayama BUL - TUN

30.11 12:35 Tokyo (KG) PUR - TUN

01.12 12:35 Tokyo (KG) EGY - TUN

02.12 12:05 Tokyo (KG) ESP - TUN

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Name: Marouane Garci - Age: 19

GHEzAL.C

Name: Chaker Ghezal - Age: 30 - Born in: Paris - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: E.S.SAHEL (Sousse, Tunisia) in 1990 - Intl. debut: in 1996 - Hobby: Fishing -

Lang.: Arabic - Favourites: Book: Politic, Food: Sea Food, Movie: Action, Music: Slow, Other sports: Football

jERBI.H

Name: Haykel Jerbi - Age: 19

HFAIEDH.N

Name: Noureddine Hfaiedh - Age: 34 - Born in: Haouaria, TUN - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: A.S.H. (Haouaria,Tunisia) in 1985 - Intl. debut: World Championship

Junior (Argentina) in 1992 - Hobby: Fishing - Lang.: Arabic - Favourites: Book: Newspaper, Food: Italian, Movie: Action, Music: Oriental, Other sports: Football

TRABELSI.M

Name: Mohamed Trabelsi - Age: 26 - Born in: Sfax, TUN - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: U.S.T.Sfax (Sfax,Tunisia) in 1992 - Intl. debut: Youth World

Championship (Saudia Arabia) in 1998 - Hobby: Dancing - Lang.: Arabic - Favourites: Book: Magazines, Food: Italian, Movie: Action, Music: Oriental, Other sports: Cyclism

SELLAMI.S

Name: Samir Sellami - Age: 30 - Born in: Sfax, TUN - Position: Setter - Club debut: C.S.Sfax (C.S.Sfax) in 1986 - Intl. debut: in 1995 - Hobby: Swimming - Lang.: Arabic

- Favourites: Book: Sciences, Food: fish, Movie: Action, Music: Slow, Other sports: Football

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Name: Aymen Ben Brik - Age: 22

LAMjED.S

Name: Seifeddine Lamjed - Age: 23 - Born in: Tunisia

BEN HASSINE.B

Name: Bilel Ben Hassine - Age: 25 - Born in: Tunisia

BEN TARA.S

Name: Skander Ben Tara - Age: 22

kARAMOSLY.E

Name: Elyes Karamosly - Age: 18

BELAID.k

Name: Khaled Belaid - Age: 33 - Born in: Tunis, TUN - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: E.S.Tunis (Tunis, Tunisia) in 1984 - Intl. debut: Junior african championship 1994

(Tunis) in 1993 - Hobby: Travel - Lang.: Arabic - Favourites: Book: Magazines, Food: Oriental, Movie: Action, Music: Classic, Other sports: Volley ball

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Name: Ghazi Guidara - Age: 33 - Born in: Sfax, TUN - Position: Setter - Club debut: C.S.S (Sfax, Tunisia) in 1986 - Intl. debut: in 1992 - Hobby: Fishing - Lang.: Arabic

- Favourites: Book: Policier, Food: Fish, Movie: Action, Music: Soul, Other sports: Athletics

BESROUR.A

Name: Amine Besrour - Age: 28 - Born in: Tunis, TUN - Position: Libero - Club debut: E.S.Tunis (Tunis, Tunisia) in 1989 - Intl. debut: in 2001 - Hobby: Reading -

Lang.: Arabic - Favourites: Book: Romantic, Food: Italian, Movie: Action, Music: Reggae, Other sports: Tennis

Tunisia



1 Besrour Amine Besrour.A L 05/12/1978 181 78 309 295 8 8 CHAUMON

2 Trabelsi Mohamed Trabelsi.M 15/09/1981 202 92 340 320 7 7 C.S.Sfaxien

3 Ben Tara Skander Ben Tara.S 22/01/1985 200 90 340 328 1 1 25 27 Esperance S.T.

4 Garci Marouane Garci.M 21/03/1988 194 73 317 308 E.S.Sahel

5 Sellami Samir Sellami.S 13/07/1977 194 82 320 308 1 1 25 27 C.S.Sfaxien

6 Karamosly Elyes Karamosly.E 22/08/1989 195 86 270 280 C.S.H.LIF

7 Ghezal Chaker Ghezal.C 14/01/1977 199 90 352 335 1 1 72 74 SAYIDIA.S

8 Ben Brik Aymen Ben Brik.A 08/05/1985 188 68 330 322 10 10 SAYDIA.S

9 Belaid Khaled Belaid.K 30/12/1973 195 82 326 312 1 3 150 154 Esperance S.T.

10 Jerbi Haykel Jerbi.H 04/04/1988 187 63 305 286 AS HAOUARIA

11 Lamjed Seifeddine Lamjed.S 10/03/1984 197 87 340 315 10 10 C.O. Kelibia

12 Kaabi Hichem Kaabi.H 03/09/1986 194 76 335 320 15 15 Esperance S.T.

13 Hfaiedh Noureddine Hfaiedh.N 27/08/1973 200 86 350 315 5 155 160 Toures V.C

14 Ben Hassine Bilel Ben Hassine.B 22/06/1982 192 72 330 305 12 12 F.H. Ghezaz

15 Guidara Ghazi Guidara.G C 18/05/1974 186 75 326 305 150 150 EST

16 Jouini Chokri Jouini.C 25/04/1989 194 70 320 275 E.S.TUNIS

17 Moalla Ismail Moalla.I 30/09/1990 193 77 310 290 C.S.SFAX

18 Karamosly Hosni Karamosly.H 01/06/1980 197 82 338 315 35 35 C.S.Saxien

19 Tawargui Anouar Tawargui.A L 17/08/1983 180 65 298 280 14 14 C.S.Sfaxien


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jOUINI.C

Name: Chokri Jouini - Age: 18 - Club debut: E.S.TUNIS

kARAMOSLY.H

Name: Hosni Karamosly - Age: 27 - Born in: Tunis, TUN - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: C.S.Hammam Lif (H.Lif, Tunisia) in 1992 - Intl. debut: Youth African

Champioship (1997) (Kelibia, Tunisia) in 1995 - Hobby: Swiming - Lang.: Arabic - Favourites: Book: Sport revues, Food: Oriental, Movie: Action, Music: Pop, Other sports: Basketball

MOALLA.I

Name: Ismail Moalla - Age: 17

TAWARGUI.A Name: Anouar Tawargui - Age: 24 - Born in: Tunisia

GIACOBBE ANTONIO (ITA)

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Mr. Antonio Giaccobbe is Italian and started coaching the Tunisian Team in June 2000.An experienced trainer, he helped his team to obtain good results at international level.

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After some disappointing finishes in 2006, the U.S. Men’s Volleyball Team has found great success so far in 2007 and hopes the momentum carries it to a berth at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The U.S. Men finished 10th at both the 2006 World League and the 2006 World Championship and saw their FIVB World Ranking drop from fifth to eighth. In the 2007 World League the United States made it to the final round for the first time since 2000. Their first opponent in the final round in Poland was France and the U.S. Men took its third victory over the European team in the first round of the final. Poland also defeated France, which put the United States and Poland into the semi-final. However, the United States lost to Poland in its second match of pool. The United States had done its homework and this time it defeated Poland for the bronze medal.During the World League, outside hitter Reid Priddy led the team in scoring six times while Gabe Gardner, who moved from outside hitter to opposite, led five times.The U.S. Men saw their FIVB World Ranking improve to fifth again after their World League success, but they were not content

to stop there. They followed up with a silver medal at the Pan American Games (losing to Brazil in the final) and a gold medal at the Americas’ Cup. At the Americas’ Cup, Lloy Ball, a three-time Olympian, competed with the team for the first time since the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.The United States hosted the 2007 Norceca Men’s Continental Championship in Anaheim, California knowing that the tournament would qualify the top-two finishers for the World Cup, the U.S. Men did not hold anything back. In the semi-finals against Canada they needed four sets to win and in the final they defeated Puerto Rico in four sets. Ball was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player and Best Setter. Clay Stanley won Best Server and Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon won the inaugural Jim Coleman Award as the tournament’s most outstanding coach.Going into the World Cup, the U.S. Men’s record is 25-5 in 2007.

united States

TEAM BIOGRAPHy

Area: 9,826,630 sq kmInhabitants: 302,558,000Capital: Washington

Washington


Manager Beal, Douglas

Head coach McCutcheon, Hugh

Assistant coach Larsen, Ronald

Doctor Briner Jr., William

Trainer/Therapist Speraw, John

TEAM OFFICIAlS MATCH SCHEDulE18.11 18:05 Matsumoto BRA - USA

19.11 15:35 Matsumoto PUR - USA

20.11 15:35 Matsumoto ESP - USA

22.11 18:35 Toyama BUL - USA

23.11 18:05 Toyama EGY - USA

25.11 12:35 Okayama TUN - USA

26.11 13:05 Okayama KOR - USA

27.11 13:05 Okayama AUS - USA

30.11 19:30 Tokyo (TMG) JPN - USA

01.12 14:05 Tokyo (TMG) ARG - USA

02.12 16:35 Tokyo (TMG) RUS - USA

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LEE

Name: David Lee - Age: 25 - Born in: California, USA - Hobby: Model trains and airplanes, stamps - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Haunted Mesa, Food: Filet

mignon and lobster, Movie: Zoolander, Music: King Tubby

SUxHO

Name: Donald Suxho - Age: 31 - Born in: Albania - Position: Setter - Club debut: Skenderbeu (Korye, Albania) in 1987 - Intl. debut: in 2000 - Hobby: Skiing, Travel, Music,

Hiking, Swimming - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Life of Vince Lombardi, Food: Greek, Steak, Movie: Gladiator, Music: Everything but hard rock, Other sports: Soccer, skiing, swimming

SALMON

Name: Riley Salmon - Age: 31 - Born in: Texas, USA - Position: Wing spiker - Hobby: Golfing - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Prey, Food: Mexican, Movie:

Pulp Fiction, Music: Jack Johnson, Other sports: Basketball, Golf

STANLEY

Name: Clayton Stanley - Age: 29 - Born in: Hawaii, USA - Position: Universal - Club debut: Outrigger (Honolulu, Hawaii) in 1995 - Intl. debut: World University Games/

Pan American Games (Spain/Winnipeg, Canada) in 1999 - Hobby: Surfing - Lang.: English - Favourites: Food: Hawaiian, Movie: Pulp Fiction, Music: Everything but country

ROONEY

Name: Sean Rooney - Age: 25 - Born in: Illinois USA - Lang.: English

LAMBOURNE

Name: Richard Lambourne - Age: 32 - Born in: Kentucky, USA - Position: Libero - Club debut: Seaside (San Diego, California) in 1990 - Intl. debut: in 2000 - Hobby: Beach

Volleyball, golf, tennis, body surfing - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Rising Sun, The Green Mile, DaVinci Code, Angels & Demons, Food: Burritos, Movie: Good Will Hunting, Snatch, Jurassic Park, Music: Hip Hop and Rhythm and Blues, Musicals, Other sports: Golf, Basketball, Tennis, Football

PRIDDY

Name: William Priddy - Age: 30 - Born in: Virgina, USA - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Lake Mary High School in 1999 - Hobby: Surfing, Beach Volleyball, Music

(Guitar) - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Holy Bible, Food: Mexican, Movie: Dumb and Dumber, Other sports: Surfing

BILLINGS

Name: Brook Billings - Age: 27 - Born in: California, USA - Position: Universal - Club debut: East Beach (Santa Barbara, CA USA) in 1994 - Intl. debut: in 2002 - Hobby:

Basketball, music - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Anything by John Wooden, Food: Mexican, Movie: Super Troopers, Music: Jack Johnson

HANSEN

Name: Kevin Hansen - Age: 25 - Born in: California - Position: Setter - Lang.: English

POLSTER

Name: James Polster - Age: 28 - Born in: Minnesota, USA - Position: Wing spiker - Intl. debut: World University Games in 1997 - Hobby: Reading - Lang.: English

- Favourites: Book: Fools Dictionary, Food: Burgers, Movie: Star Wars, Music: Rap, Other sports: Baseball

EATHERTON

Name: Phillip Eatherton - Age: 33 - Born in: Kirkwood, Missouri - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Lafayette High School in 1990 - Intl. debut: in 1995 -

Hobby: Traveling, spending time with family and friends - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Into Thin Air, Food: Pizza, Movie: Point Break, Music: Alternative, pop, country, Other sports: Super Dodge Ball, World’s Strongest Man

MILLAR

Name: Ryan Millar - Age: 29 - Born in: California, USA - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Highland High School in 1989 - Intl. debut: in 1999 - Hobby: Snowboarding,

golfing - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Of Mice and Men, Food: Chicken enchiladas, Movie: Braveheart, Music: Alternative, Other sports: American football, basketball

HOFF

Name: Thomas Hoff - Age: 34 - Born in: Illinois, USA - Position: Middle blocker - Club debut: Chicago, Illinois in 1980 - Intl. debut: in 1997 - Hobby: Engineering topics,

fish, hiking, mountain biking - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Clive Cussler, Food: Sandy’s Tacos, Movie: Man in the Iron Mask, Music: Rock, Other sports: Beach Volleyball, baseball

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Name: Gabriel Gardner - Age: 31 - Born in: California, USA - Position: Wing spiker - Club debut: Palisades High School in 1991 - Intl. debut: in 1999 - Hobby: Surfing, playing

guitar, stock market - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Catcher in the Rye, Food: Greek, Movie: Good Will Hunting, A Beautiful Mind, Music: Jim Morrison, Other sports: Kobe Bryant/Basketball

BALL

Name: Lloy Ball - Age: 35 - Born in: Indiana, USA - Position: Setter - Club debut: in 1984 - Intl. debut: in 1994 - Hobby: Golf, music, snowboarding - Lang.: English -

Favourites: Book: Women, Food: Cottage cheese, Movie: Animal House, Music: Heavy Metal, Other sports: Golf

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1 Ball Lloy Ball 17/02/1972 203 95 351 316 18 25 320 363 Dynamo Kazan

2 Rooney Sean Rooney 13/11/1982 206 100 354 336 25 25 Dinamo-Yantar Kalingrad

3 Polster James Polster 08/02/1979 198 100 352 333 17 138 155 USA National Team

4 Lee David Lee 08/03/1982 203 105 350 325 62 62 Halk Bankasi Spor Kuluba

5 Lambourne Richard Lambourne L 06/05/1975 190 90 324 312 11 121 132 Sports Joint Stock Co.

6 Eatherton Phillip Eatherton 02/01/1974 206 101 356 335 8 23 168 199 AZS Czestochowa

7 Suxho Donald Suxho 21/02/1976 196 98 337 319 8 11 89 108 Acqua Paradiso

8 Priddy William Priddy 01/10/1977 196 89 353 330 8 17 115 140 USA National Team

9 Millar Ryan Millar 22/01/1978 204 98 354 326 13 17 183 213 Sparkling Milano

10 Salmon Riley Salmon 02/07/1976 197 89 345 331 8 17 130 155 Top Volley SRL

11 Billings Brook Billings 30/04/1980 196 95 351 331 8 6 88 102 AZS Czestochowa

12 Hoff Thomas Hoff C 09/06/1973 198 94 353 333 13 23 227 263 Fakel New Urengoy

13 Stanley Clayton Stanley 20/01/1978 205 104 357 332 8 17 108 133 Dynamo Kazan

14 Hansen Kevin Hansen 19/03/1982 196 93 349 330 55 55 Poiter

15 Gardner Gabriel Gardner 18/03/1976 209 103 353 335 8 11 109 128 Sparkling Milano

16 Taliaferro Richard Brandon Taliaferro 28/09/1977 196 100 342 325 11 31 42 ACH Volley

17 Thomas Delano Thomas 26/01/1983 201 95 366 339 13 13 ACH Volley

18 Touzinsky Scott Touzinsky 22/04/1982 198 86 344 330 5 5 Los Gigantes de Carolina

19 Reft Alfredo Reft L 15/12/1982 175 80 319 309 USA National Team


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TALIAFERRO

Name: Richard Brandon Taliaferro - Age: 30 - Born in: California, USA - Club debut: Los Angeles Athletic Club (Laguna Beach, California) in 1989 - Intl. debut: in 1999 -

Lang.: English - Favourites: Other sports: Beach Volleyball, surfing

TOUzINSkY

Name: Scott Touzinsky - Age: 25 - Born in: Missouri - Hobby: Baseball games, watching sports, golfing - Lang.: English - Favourites: Food: Sushi, Movie: Gone in 60 Seconds,

Music: Akon, Other sports: Michael Jordan

THOMAS

Name: Delano Thomas - Age: 24 - Lang.: English

REFT

Name: Alfredo Reft - Age: 24 - Born in: California - Lang.: English

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McCutcheon, a native of Christchurch, New Zealand, played on the New Zealand Junior and Senior National Teams from 1988 to 1990 before coming to the United States.

He played for BYU from 1991-1993. In 1993 he earned honorable mention All-America honors. In 1992 he earned Academic All-Conference honors from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.After receiving his bachelor’s degree in physical education from BYU in 1993, McCutcheon played professionally for two years in Finland and Japan before returning to BYU to complete his master’s degree in exercise science in 1998. He was also a member of New Zealand’s national team in 1996 and represented his country on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 1997. In 1999, McCutcheon received an MBA from BYU’s Marriott School of Management.He joined USA Volleyball as a full-time assistant coach in April 2003. In 2005 he was selected to become the new head coach of the USA Men’s National Volleyball Team. He took over the position from long-time head coach Doug Beal, who resigned to become the new Chief Executive Officer of USA Volleyball.

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Men’s World Cup Honours

Medals

Overall Standings for the Men’s World Cup 1965 - 2003

Year Location 1st 2nd 3rd

2007 Tokyo (Japan) 2003 Tokyo (Japan) Brazil Italy Serbia & Montenegro1999 Tokyo (Japan) Russia Cuba Italy1995 Tokyo (Japan) Italy Netherlands Brazil1991 Tokyo (Japan) U.S.S.R. Cuba USA1989 Tokyo (Japan) Cuba Italy U.S.S.R.1985 Tokyo (Japan) USA U.S.S.R. Czechoslovakia1981 Tokyo (Japan) U.S.S.R. Cuba Brazil1977 Tokyo (Japan) U.S.S.R. Japan Cuba1969 Berlin Est (D.D.R.) D.D.R. Japan U.S.S.R.1965 Varsovie (Poland) U.S.S.R. Poland Czechoslovakia

Teams Part '65 '69 '77 '81 '85 '89 '91 '95 '99 '03 Algeria 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 - - - - - - Argentina 3 - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - 7 9 - - Brazil 8 - - 6 8 3 4 5 6 3 5 1Bulgaria 4 9 4 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cameroon 1 - - - - - - - - - - 8 - - - - - - - - Canada 4 - - - - 12 - - - - - - - - 10 8 7Chile 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 - - - - - - China 5 - - - - 5 5 - - - - - - 9 11 10Cuba 7 - - 9 3 2 - - 1 2 6 2 - - Czechoslovakia 3 3 5 - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - Egypt 4 - - - - 11 - - 8 - - - - 11 - - 12France 2 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5Germany (East) 2 5 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Germany (E) Jr. 1 - - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Germany (West) 2 - - 10 - - - - - - - - 7 - - - - - - Hungary 1 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Iran 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 - - - - - - Italy 5 - - - - - - 7 - - 2 - - 1 3 2Japan 10 4 2 2 6 6 6 4 5 10 9Korea (South) 7 - - - - 7 - - 7 7 5 8 7 6Mexico 2 - - - - 9 - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - Netherlands 2 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - Poland 4 2 8 4 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - Romania 2 6 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Serbia & Montenegro 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3Spain 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - Tunisia 6 - - 11 - - 8 - - - - 8 12 12 11United States 7 - - - - 10 - - 1 4 3 4 4 4USSR/Russia 8 1 3 1 1 2 3 1 - - 1 - - Venezuela 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8Yugoslavia 1 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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2003 History

4 years ago2003 Men’s World Cup in JapanA golden Brazil

It’s the 29th November 2003 when the 2002 World Champions of Brazil jump on the highest podium, their first World Cup title. They’ve just finish to mark 11 successive victories, the last over Japan in Yoyogi Stadium.With the South Americans already confirmed as gold medallists after Italy had lost to Serbia and Montenegro earlier in the same day, Bernardo Rezende’s men had to complete the formalities against Japan and did so in great artistic style to silence the 12,000 screaming local fans and walk away with the honour of having won the World League, the South American Championship and the World Cup in the same year.“It is my privilege to be the first ever head coach of Brazil to win this tournament,” Rezende said. “Our players did an excellent job and played superbly right throughout the tournament, despite the long and tough campaign. Maybe this title has slightly less value than the Olympics, but it is still a great honour to win the World Cup and completes a fantastic year for us.”

Final standings (win-loss ratio):

Brazil 11-01. Italy 9-22. Serbia and Montenegro 9-23. USA 8-34. France 7-45. Korea 5-66. Canada 5-67. Venezuela 4-78. Japan 3-89. China 2-910. Tunisia 2-911. Egypt 1-10 12.

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list of officials

Control Committee

Referees

Role Name

CC President Dr. Ruben ACOSTA H. (MEX)

Event Manager Mr. Cristobal MARTE HOFFIZ (DOM)

Mr. Jizhong WEI (CHN)

Venue Operations Mr. S. WONGPRASERT (THA)

Mr. S. SHEVCHENKO (RUS)

Mr. Hiroshi TOYODA (JPN)

Mr. Camilo ANTAO (MOZ)

Medical Delegate Dr. Manfred HOLZGRAEFE (GER)

Dr. Andrés Vinicio PINA DEL ROSARIO (DOM)

Vis Subcommittee Mr. Jivko JETCHEV (BUL)

Mr. Akira JONORI (JPN)

Mr. Thomas KUROPKA (POL)

Mr. M. Silva OLIVEIRA (POR)

Refereeing Subcom. Mr. Jaafar NASEEB (BRN)

Mr. T. SHIMOYAMA (JPN)

Mr. László HERPAI (HUN)

Mr. Habib ALI ABDULLAH (KUW)

Press Officials and Official Photographers Mr. Giorgio STEFANIS (GRE)

Mr. Andrea ZORZI (ITA)

Mr. Mauro DE SANCTIS (ITA)

Ms. Liana FERNANDEZ (PER)

Photographer to be engaged by JVA

Mr. Vassilios ADONOULIS (GRE) Mr. Bela HOBOR (HUN)

Mr. Rolando CHOLAKIAN (ARG) Mr. Joel REINFORD (USA)

Mr. Ning WANG (CHN) Mr. Ibrahim AL NAAMA (QAT)

Mr. Carlos CIMINO (BRA) Mr. Andrey ZENOVICH (RUS)

Mr. Fabrizio SALTALIPPI (ITA) Mr. Andrzej KISZCZAK (POL)

Mr. Mahmoud ABDEL MAGID (EGY) Mr. Dejan JOVANOVIC (SRB)

Mr. Akihiko TANO (JPN) Mr. Tadashi TONEGAWA (JPN)

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