Official Bulletin no. 51 May 2010

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F É D É R A T I O N I N T E R N A T I O N A L E D E V O L L E Y B A L L

World VolleyNews

in this issueVolleyball

• FIVB Board of Administration meets

• Cuba qualify for Youth Olympic Games

Beach Volleyball

• Dalhausser and Rogers savour glory in Brasilia

• Juliana and Larissa celebrate home victory

technical & Development

• FIVB appoints Steering Committee• IRCC course ends in Ethiopiaconfederations

• O’Dea brothers victorious in Thailand

• Namibia celebrates fine start to Beach Volleyball season

• San Juan ready for World League• Ulster crowned All-Ireland champs• Dominican Republic praises FIVB

Board of administration suc-cess in Dominican Republic

The annual Board of Administra-tion meeting offers the chance for consolidation and innovation for

the year ahead, evaluating, discussing and deciding on numerous key issues which affect the world of Volleyball, and April’s meeting in the beautiful coastal Dominican Republic town of Punta Cana was no different.We face challenging and exciting times with the landscape of, not only Volley-ball, but sport in general changing. The global economic situation is providing a testing environment to thrive but thanks to the expertise on the FIVB Board I came away extremely satisfied with all the decisions taken during the three day meet, which guarantees fu-ture prosperity and development for our beloved sport.The FIVB will undertake many new projects and challenges in 2010 but we go forth safe in the knowledge that every step will provide a more secure and sound platform for the years ahead. What must also not be forgotten is the work we are doing now, particularly with development, will assure an in-creased number of nations performing at the international level – competi-tively and for me, this is extremely im-portant. The Board of Administration was united with these principles which gives me great heart over the months and years ahead.We must pay our respects to FIVB 1st Vice President Mr. Cristobal Marte Hof-fiz and his team for their great organi-zational skills and warm hospitality for what was not only a tremendous decision-making week but also a great cultural experience. Future FIVB Board of Administration meetings will do lit-tle wrong taking the example of what we experienced in Punta Cana.

Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President

fiVB Board of administration meets■ the hosts for the 2011 fiVB Junior and Youth World championships and the dates for the 2010 fiVB club World champion-ships were just two of the key decisions reached by the fiVB Board of administra-tion during its meeting in Punta cana, the Dominican Republic from april 14-16.

FIVB President Mr. Jizhong Wei opened the meeting by explaining that the FIVB has to work for the national federations in order to expand further as an interna-tional organisation.

“One of the goals of the FIVB is to lead and to share,” President Wei said. “Start-ing this year we will put a lot of financial resources aside for development and re-serve a development fund which will be available to all national federations and confederations. If a member has a good idea, send the project to the FIVB for ap-proval. All profit belongs to the national federation members so we have the obligation to serve all our national fed-erations and all our players. We have to go to the origin, the players are our first priority.”

Additionally, the Dominican Republic Minister of Sports, Mr. Felipe Payano, and the President of the Dominican Republic National Olympic Committee, Mr. Luis Mejia Oviedo, attended the opening of the three-day meeting.

Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President

“On behalf of the President of the Domini-can Republic, Mr. Leonel Fernández, it is my great pleasure to be able to welcome you here to Punta Cana,” Mr. Payano told the FIVB Board members. “This is a great opportunity for the Dominican Republic to show how such a small country ➽

The SWATCH FIVB World Tour 2010 kicked off on April 19 in Brasilia, Brazil with home duo Larissa França and Juliana Felisberta picking up the women’s title and USA’s Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser picking up the men’s crown

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World Volley NewsVolleyball➽ can organise such an important meeting for an international sporting or-ganisation. All nine million people of the Dominican Republic welcome you.”

Proposals put forward by the separate FIVB Commissions as well as the Execu-tive Committee, which met days prior to the Board of Administration, were dis-cussed by the Board.

Amongst a number of key decisions, the Board decided that Turkey, Peru and Bra-zil will host the FIVB Girls’ Youth World Championship, Women’s Junior World Championship and Men’s Junior World Championship respectively in 2011.

Additionally, it was announced that the 2010 FIVB Club World Championships will take place from December 14-21 in Doha, Qatar.

Furthermore, the Olympic qualification process for both the Volleyball and Beach Volleyball competitions at the 2012 Ol-ympic Games was approved, resulting in a simpler way for teams to attend the Games.

Finally, the meeting saw a new transpar-ent and democratic election regulation

Cuba’s Wilfredo Leon was named MVP and top scorer with 81 points as he led his side to victory in the NORCECA Continental Boys’ Youth Championship which saw them qualify for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games

approved for the 2012 Congress which is when Mr. Wei has agreed to stand down.For more information on both the Board

of Administration meeting and the Ex-ecutive Committee meeting visit www.fivb.org.

FIVB President Mr. Jizhong Wei helped open the meeting alongside Dominican Republic Minister of Sports Mr. Felipe Payano (at the podium) and President of the Dominican Republic National Olympic Committee Mr. Luis Mejia Oviedo

cuba secure berth for Youth Olympic Games with victory over uSa

Cuba secured its place at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games with a 3-0 (25-16, 25-18, 25-22) victory over USA as the NORCECA Continental Boys’ Youth Championship concluded in Guadala-jara, Mexico on April 11.

Elsewhere, Puerto Rico took bronze after defeating hosts Mexico 3-0 (29-27, 28-26, 25-23) in a fierce and exciting match whilst Guatemala took fifth as they re-corded a 3-1 (25-17, 27-25, 16-25, 25-23) victory over the Dominican Republic.

Cuba, who remained unbeaten through-out the tournament, will now travel to Singapore for the first Youth Olym-pic Games from August 14-26 joining fellow qualifiers Argentina, DR Congo, Russia and Serbia. The final spot at the tournament will be decided at the Boys’ Youth Asian Championships from May 13-21, with the competition winners qualifying.

Additionally, Cuba will also travel to the 2011 FIVB Boys’ Youth World Champion-ship along with the U.S. who qualified after they reached the final, which was played in front of 3,000 spectators.

Cuba’s star player Wilfredo Leon, who also plays for the senior team, picked up the MVP, Best Scorer and Best Spiker

awards but coach Rodolfo Sanchez was quick to point out that it was a team ef-fort which saw them claim victory.

“I’m very happy because just as I had said at the beginning of this tournament, the team wasn’t just Leon,” Sanchez said af-ter the win. “He has been vital, the soul

of the side, but his teammates have complimented him and have also given their best. We fulfilled our dream.”

For more information on the Youth Ol-ympic Games visit http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/YouthOl ympics/2010/men/

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Brazilians Juliana and Larissa celebrate with the home crowd following their victory in the tournament

Beach Volleyball

While legendary Brazilian Emanuel Rego became the first international Beach Volleyball player to win over US$2-million in a career, 2008 Olympic champions Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers became the first American men’s team to capture a SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold medal in Brazil for 14 years by winning the Brasilia Open title on the opening weekend of the SWATCH FIVB World Tour 2010 on April 25.

Seeded third in the Main Draw, Dal-hausser and Rogers scored a 2-0 (21-16, 21-12) victory over fifth-seeded Emanuel and Alison Cerutti to share the $30,000 first-place prize. It was the Americans’ ninth international gold medal and the pair continues its success following its last two SWATCH FIVB events last sea-son where they topped the podium in France (Marseille) and Austria (Klagen-furt).

Elsewhere, top-seeded Juliana Felis-berta Silva and Larissa Franca picked up where they left off last year as the Bra-zilians defeated Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig of Germany for the gold medal one day earlier.

The 2-0 (21-15, 21-19) title win on the Esplanada dos Ministérios center court in Brasilia over fifth-seeded Goller and Ludwig marked the second-straight year that Juliana and Larissa have captured the Brasilia Open. This year’s Brasilia Open was part of the 50th anniversary celebration for the Brazilian capital. The SWATCH FIVB World Tour now moves on to China for the Shanghai Open from May 3-9.

MEN & WOMEN

Dalhausser and Rogers savour glory in Brasilia

Phil Dalhauser and Emanuel challenge for the ball in the final of the men’s Brasilia Open

Brazil’s Maria Clara Salgado digs the ball during the third place match at the women’s Brasilia Open where the 27-year-old and sister Carolina Solberg Salgado beat USA’s Jennifer Kessy and April Ross

april 19-24 - Women’s OpenBrasilia, Brazil - Podium finish

1 GOlDlarissa/Juliana BRa

2 SilVeRGoller/ludwig GeR

3 BROnZeMaria clara/carol BRa

april 20-25 - Men’s Open Brasilia, Brazil - Podium finish

1 GOlDRogers/Dalhausser uSa

2 SilVeRalison/emanuel BRa

3 BROnZeBenjamin/Bruno BRa

For full results of the SWATCH FIVB World Tour Brasilia Open visit http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Compe titions/WorldTour/2010/

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World Volley News

The FIVB Board of Administration confirmed that the Steering Committee will be responsible

for the evaluation of proposed development projects from national federations

Technical & Development

Successful FIVB VCP courses took place in Niger (left), Maldives (centre) and Mauritius (right) in April

fiVB appoints Steering committee for Development fundThe names of five of the seven members of a new FIVB Development Fund Steer-ing Committee, which will be respon-sible for evaluating proposed projects for funding from national federations, were announced at the FIVB Board of Administration meeting in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic on April 16.

FIVB Treasurer and Executive Vice-Presi-dent Mr. André Meyer will chair the Com-mittee, which will consist of Develop-ment Commission President Mr. Vicente Henrique Goncalves De Araujo, Finance Commission members and Executive Vice-Presidents Mr. B. Sivanthi Adityan and Mr. Habu Ahmed Gumel and Execu-tive Vice-President Mrs. Marta Eugenia Centeno O. De Sajche. The Steering Com-mittee will meet for the first time on June 1 before holding another meeting during the 2010 World Congress in Rome, Italy from September 9-10.

“The development and health of the players and federations is the FIVB’s priority,” FIVB President Mr Jizhong Wei said. “The FIVB

An International Refereeing Candi-date Course (IRCC) in Ethiopia was branded a success after finishing on April 24.

A total of 18 men and two women participated in the week-long course, which was directed by Hassan Mo-hammed from Egypt and run by Jacek Spisak from Poland. Furthermore, for the first time in the course’s his-tory, the majority of the participants came from Central Africa with 16 taking part from the region.

iRcc course ends in success in ethiopia

fiVB technical courses and Seminars calendar - May/June 2010

COUNTRY TYPE ORG.DATES

DAYSFrom To

Thailand Coaches - Level I FIVB/OS 02.05.10 13.05.10 10

Argentina Coaches - Level I FIVB 14.05.10 25.05.10 12

Senegal Coaches - Level II FIVB 21.05.10 02.06.10 13

Thailand Refresher FIVB 01.06.10 05.06.10 5

India T.S. Middle Player FIVB 01.06.10 05.06.10 5

Turkey BVB - IRCC NF 12.06.10 20.06.10 9

Senegal T.S. Teachers FIVB 15.06.10 19.06.10 5

Slovenia Coaches Level II OS 20.06.10 02.07.10 13

fiVB Volleyball cooperation Programme calendar - May/June 2010

COUNTRY TYPE ORG.DATES

DAYSFrom To

Uganda VCP - Teachers FIVB 03.05.10 07.05.10 5

Korea VCP - Coaches FIVB 09.05.10 16.05.10 8

Philippines VCP - Coaches FIVB 17.05.10 24.05.10 8

Tanzania VCP - Teachers FIVB 05.06.10 09.06.10 5

Yemen VCP - Young Players FIVB 07.06.10 11.06.10 5

Colombia VCP - Coaches FIVB 13.06.10 20.06.10 7

Development Fund reflects this perfectly and will guarantee that the FIVB and all its members grow stronger together.”

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Confederations

The first of seven tourna-ments in the 2010 DTS Maerua Superspar Beach Volleyball Series in Na-

mibia took place on April 17 with 14

namibia celebrates successful start to Beach Volleyball season

Successful FIVB VCP courses took place in Niger (left), Maldives (centre) and Mauritius (right) in April

New Zealand siblings Sam and Ben O’Dea picked up the

men’s crown at the Khanom-Federbrau leg of the Asian Beach Volleyball Tour after they beat Kazakhstan’s Alexey Sidorenko and Alexandr Dy-achenko 2-0 (21-19, 21-14) as home duo Kamoltip Kulna and Yapa Phokrongploy claimed the women’s title by beating Chinese Taipei’s Chang Hui Min and Kou Nai Han 2-1 (17-21, 21-16, 15-13) on April 6.The women’s contest saw the Thai duo dethrone reigning champions and compatriots Jarunee Sannok and Usa Ten-paksee on their way to the fi-nals in a close three-set battle (21-19, 17-21, 15-12) which shocked the crowd, before over-coming Chinese Taipei’s Chang and Kou to take the crown.

O’Dea brothers victorious in thailand

FIVB President Mr. Jizhong Wei completed a visit to Korea on April 6 where he discussed Volleyball de-velopment in the country with the Korea Volleyball Association and attended the V-League Men’s play-off match between Korean Airlines Jumbos and Hyundai Capital Sky-walkers.

The five-day visit saw Mr. Wei dis-cuss the country’s Volleyball progress with Korea Volleyball Association Ex-ecutive Vice-President Mr. Park By-ung-Lae, KVA Managing Director Mr. Lee Chun-Pyo, AVC Vice-President Mr. Yim Hyung-Bin and AVC SEC Sec-retary Dr. Eom Han-Joo.

The FIVB President specifically un-derlined the importance of player’s rights, reiterating the fact that they are the most important aspect to the game.

“Without players, national fed-erations are nothing,” Mr. Wei said. “Without players, there is no mean-ing for the FIVB to exist.”

teams participating in the 2010 season opener.

Five female duos took part with Namibian pair Lizette

Korea welcomes fiVB President

The Egypt Volleyball Federation (FEVB) held the sixth edition of their annual coaches course on April 19, with 80 participants tak-ing part.

The course included both theoretical and practical sections at the Olympic Center in Cairo and course instructors Mr. Hassan Ahmed, Mr. Jiviko Jetchev and Sherif El She-merly said there was a positive reaction from all participants.

egypt holds sixth annual course for coaches

Roettcher and Julia Laggner picking up the title. Pre-tournament favourites Brigitte Looser and Nicole Giberson of Switzerland and Canada re-spectively, finished second after losing 2-0 (23-21, 21-17) to the eventual winners while 2008 cham-pions Wiebke Hoeritzauer and Antje Kesselmann of Germany finished third.

Nine teams competed for the men’s title with Namibia’s Mwita Sikopo and Rector Mbeha suc-cessfully defending the title they won last year. South Africa based player Karthi Pillay partnered Namibia’s Volleyball icon Joel Matheus to second place whilst home duo Deon Cloete and Ruben De-lie finished third.

Nine teams took part in the men’s competition of the DTS Maerua Superspar Beach Volleyball Series Namibia stage, with home duo Mwita Sikopo and Rector Mbeha (above) picking up the title

New Zealand’s O’Dea brothers won the tournament after

beating Kazakhstan’s Sidorenko and Dyachenko in the final of

the Khanom-Federbrau leg of the Asian Beach Volleyball Tour

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World Volley NewsConfederations

San Juan prepares itself for 2010 fiVB World league

It can be argued that San Juan, Argentina, one of the sites for the preliminary rounds of the 2010 FIVB World League, has had some of the best experi-ence in organising Volleyball events after posting record

attendance figures for the gripping final of the ACLAV Argentine A1 Men Teams League between Drean Bolivar and La Union de Formosa in 2009. The province of San Juan has never reached the final stages of the league, however the stadium often hosts top Volleyball events such as the Argentine league final, with over 14,000 fans pack-ing into the Aldo Cantoni San Juan Sta-dium for the 2009 final. Cantoni Stadium also illustrated that Ar-gentina has the ability to host spectacu-lar World League matches, with the host side facing off against France in 2009 with the hope of a Final Six place boost-ing attendance levels to 9,000. On that occasion Argentina won and went on to finish fifth in the World League finals in Belgrade, Serbia.

Javier Weber’s side will be hoping that the same form that saw them reach the

San Juan will be hoping to create the same electric atmosphere that was experienced at CantoniStadium when Argentina played France in last year’s competition

The University of Ulster were crowned All-Ireland Champions on April 12 after a 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-20) victory over Queens University, taking the title to Northern Ireland for the

first time in over a decade. “It has been a real honour to play with these guys this year,” player-coach Nick

ulster crowned all-ireland champions

It is the first time a team from Northern Ireland had won the championship in over a decade

Wright said after the match. “We have all put in so much work, not just this year but over the past few years and to win the league for the first time in over 10 years is just reward for the efforts of eve-ryone on our team”.It was the first time the side from Ulster had won the league, and a large crowd turned out to see the victory over Queens which secured the league title.

finals at the Cantoni Stadium will be translated across to San Juan when they

face off against Poland there on June 11 and June 12.

The Alsancak Beach Volleyball Courts were officially opened in Izmir on April 3 with local governor Cahit Kirac acting as the special guest for the ceremony.

“Beach Volleyball in Turkey has not always had a high standard of facili-ties but we want to be a major com-petitor as well,” Mr. Erol Unal Karabi-yik, President of the Turkey Volleyball Federation, said. “In order to be suc-cessful, we need to invest in both facilities and athletes. I believe this attitude is going to lead us to fulfill our Olympic goals. The CEV and FIVB have always backed our projects, our organization and the evolution of our teams.”

turkey opens new Beach Volleyball complex

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The President of the Do-minican Republic Olym-pic Committee, Mr. Luis Mejia Oviedo, praised the FIVB Executive Commit-tee and Board of Admin-

istration members, commending them on the increase in popularity of the sport around the world at the Board of Administration meeting in Punta Cana from April 14-18.

“Volleyball and Beach Volleyball were two of the most followed disciplines during the last two editions of the Ol-ympics in Athens and Beijing,” he said.

“And as of today I can say that Volleyball has a place among the top three sports in the Olympics.”

“It has been a long time since the sport was first accepted as an Olympic sport in 1964 but you are the people respon-sible of that advance,” he added. “You have worked very hard to accomplish those achievements, with the appro-priate change of the rules and all the efforts made to disseminate the seed of Volleyball in every corner of the planet.”

Dominican Republic Olympic committee President praises fiVB

Mr. Oviedo praised the actions of the FIVB and said the organization had helped Volleyball become one of the most popular sports at the Olympic Games

The FIVB launched a dedicated web-site for the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, whilst organizers of the 2010 FIVB Men’s World Championship in Italy met Pope Benedict XVI as 300 chil-dren played in St. Peter’s Square.

this time a year ago…

Panama’s men’s team and Costa Rica’s women’s team confirmed their status as the top teams in Central America after claiming the gold med-als at the IX Central American Games held in Panama City from April 9-20.

Panamanian Ricardo Brown and Costa Rican Karen Cope, who topped their teams’ scoring in the gold medal matches, took home the MVP awards following the competition.

Costa Rica picked up the men’s silver medal with Panama coming second in the women’s competition.

Panama and costa Rica crowned central american champions

DATES EVENT COUNTRY ORG. M/W

2010 Global calendar - events - Volleyball & Beach Volleyball

Apr 25-May 2 Girls' Youth Continental Championship Guatemala NORCECA W

Apr 29-May 2 ECVA Junior Championships Antigua and Barbuda NORCECA M/W

May 3-9 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Shanghai Open China FIVB M/W

May 8-18 Women’s African Club Championship Mauritius CAVB W

May 13-21 Boys’ Youth Asian Championship Iran AVC M

May 17-23 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Rome Grand Slam Italy FIVB M/W

May 20-31 V Pan-American Cup Puerto Rico NORCECA M/W

May 20-28 Girls' Youth Asian Championship Malaysia AVC M/W

May 24-31 31st World Military Volleyball Championship USA Various W

May 25-30 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Myslowice Open Poland FIVB M

May 25-30 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Seoul Open Korea FIVB W

June 1-30 15th Princess Cup Women's Invitation Thailand AVC W

June 1-30 22nd Asian Men's Pacific Cup Japan AVC M

June 4-July 11 European League - League Round Men Various CEV M

June 4-July 10 World League 2010 Various FIVB M

June 5-13 Asian Men's Club Championship China AVC M

June 7-14 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Moscow Grand Slam Russia FIVB M/W

June 8-13 Montreux Volley Masters 2010 Switzerland FIVB Rec W

June 11-July 18 European League - League Round Women Various CEV W

June 15-20 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Prague Open Czech Republic FIVB M

June 16-27 IX Pan-American Cup Mexico NORCECA M/W

June 17-21 ECVA Tournament Antigua & Barbuda NORCECA M/W

June 26-July 4 Asian Women's Club Championship Indonesia AVC W

June 28-July 4 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Stavanger Grand Slam Norway FIVB M/W

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