Official Bulletin no.46 December 2009

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World VolleyNews

Grand champions all round

As another busy year of Volleyball draws to a close, the month of November was no exception. The

FIVB World Grand Champions Cup and the Men’s Club World Championship were two key events which gripped the Volleyball world while the curtain came down on another successful SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball season in Thailand.It made me very proud to see the re-turn of the FIVB Men’s Club World Championship after 17 years. The week-long event in Doha proved to be a great success and the hosts – the Qatar Volleyball Federation – must be praised for the organizational skills. Congratulations to Trentino for keep-ing the Men’s Club World Champion-ship title in Italian hands again but now, having had a taste of such an en-thralling title race, I’m sure I represent all Volleyball fans when I look forward with great anticipation to further edi-tions and the women’s equivalent in the coming years.Meanwhile, the World Grand Cham-pions Cup was another great illustra-tion of the high quality of Volleyball we have across our confederations. Both the women’s and men’s editions were terrific examples of what inter-continental Volleyball is all about and all teams must be congratulated for not only having qualified for this illus-trious tournament, but for also having performed so much in the spirit of the game throughout.Of course, Beach Volleyball is also testament to all the great qualities of our beloved sport and the last two SWATCH FIVB World Tour events of the year in Sanya, China and Phuket, Thai-land didn’t disappoint as the universal-ity of Volleyball was again, to the fore.

Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President

italy and Brazil top fiVB World Grand champions cup podium

■ the fiVB executive committee unani-mously approved a proposal to intro-duce a new fiVB development funding project where national federations can propose through confederations, de-velopment projects to be funded by the governing body of Volleyball, during a one-day meeting in tokyo’s akasaka Grand Prince Hotel on november 25.

The FIVB Development Fund proposal, which will now be put forward to the FIVB Board of Administration for ap-proval when it sits in April, 2010, aims to provide increased and improved support to national federations through the FIVB Confederations. The goal of the project is to upgrade the levels of performance of national federations by motivating them to prepare programmes at the grass root level that can become eligible for funding, with development of youth teams for competitions in mind.

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

Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President

in this issuefiVB

• Editorial Volleyball

• Italy and Brazil top FIVB World Grand Champions Cup podium

• FIVB Executive Committee meets in Japan

• Women’s WCH Drawing of Lots held in Tokyo

• FIVB Men’s Club World Championship

Beach Volleyball

• Sanya Open Results • Americans Kessy & Ross

successfully defend Phuket Thailand Open title

• FIVB represented at key sports congress

technical & Development

• Volleyball Cooperation Programme completed in Mozambique

• Beach Volleyball seminar in Barbados

• Young players gather in Asmara • FeVA gains full official support to

create FIVB Regional Volleyball Development Centre in Argentina

■ World champions Brazil successfully defended their FIVB Men’s World Grand Champions Cup title while Italy claimed the honours in the women’s competi-tion as the fifth edition of the quadren-nial event was held in Ja-pan during the month of November, with packed stadiums and an interna-tional television audience including millions world-wide providing an unfor-gettable atmosphere and unrivalled passion both on and off the court.Both teams progressed through their respective week-long tournaments unbeaten with Brazil, the world number one, clinching key victories over Cuba and Japan while the Italian women were deserved cham-

MVP Simona Gioli spikes for Italy against Japan as the 2007 World Cup champions won their first FIVB Women’s World Grand Champions Cup title

pions at their first at-tempt after impressive victories over Brazil and the hosts over the final two days. Continues page 3

fiVB executive committee meets in Japan

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involved many major fig-ures in the world of Vol-leyball including the FIVB President Mr. Jizhong Wei, the President of the FIVB Sports Events Council and FIVB 2nd Executive Vice-President Mr. Theofanis Tsiokris, FIVB 1st Executive Vice-President Mr. Cristo-bal Marte Hoffiz and the FIVB Executive Committee members.

“Today in Tokyo we take a very important and nec-essary step on the road towards the 2010 FIVB Women’s World Champi-onship in Japan”, President Wei said. “On behalf of the FIVB I would like to pass on

Volleyball

FIVB Women’s World Grand Champions Cup winners Italy were drawn to meet Olympic champions Brazil and the Neth-erlands while world champions Russia will take on China, Korea and the Domin-ican Republic after the Drawing of Lots of the FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championships Japan 2010 were com-pleted in the Akasaka Grand Prince Hotel on November 24 in Tokyo, Japan.A total of 24 countries were drawn across four pools for the final round of the 16th edition of the FIVB Women’s World Championships, which will be held in six venues across five Japanese cities (Tokyo, Nagoya, Hamamatsu, Matsumoto and Osaka) from October 29-November 14, 2010.A great afternoon of cultural entertain-ment, which was broadcast live on TBS,

➽ “This new proposal from the Devel-opment Commission reflects this perfect-ly and will guarantee that the FIVB and all its members grow stronger together.”The Executive Committee meeting took place following a very successful FIVB World Grand Champions Cup and one day after the Drawing of Lots for the 2010 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Cham-pionships, both held in Japan. Mr. Wei opened the meeting by praising the Japa-nese Volleyball Association for hosting successfully the two FIVB events and also congratulated the EC member from Nige-ria Mr Habu Ahmed Gumel for his recent election as an IOC member representing Africa. Mr Gumel joins Mrs Rita Subowo (INA) as the two FIVB members with IOC membership.President Wei went on to explain that the objective of the FIVB is to increase the assistance to national federations in cat-egory I and II in order to give them the pos-sibility to organize their competitions and administration. Other key points included giving FIVB Beach Volleyball universality by changing the Olympic qualification sys-tem, introducing a finance system reform, strengthening budget control and finance procedure, and improving international relations with the IOC and other sports organizations.

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

Japan (7) Brazil (1) United States (2) China (3)

Serbia (8) Italy (5) Cuba (5) Russia (4)

Poland (9) Netherlands (10) Germany (11) Korea (12)

Peru (16) Kenya (15) Kazakhstan (13) Dom Republic (14)

Algeria (19) Puerto Rico (18) Thailand (17) Turkey (20)

Costa Rica (30) Czech Republic (36) Croatia (39) Canada (23)

* World rankings are in brackets

The Miss Japan Kimono (centre) - Matsumoto Ran was part of the official draw for the FIVB Women’s World Championships Japan 2010

WOMEN

fiVB WOmen’s WOrlD cHamPiOnsHiP JaPan 2010Great cultural experience as Drawing of lots are held in tokyo

The FIVB Executive Committee in Tokyo

FIVB 1st Executive Vice-President Mr. Cristobal Marte Hoffiz gave members an update on the 2010 World Congress which will be held from September 9-10 in the Italian capital of Rome and also reported an outstanding increase in marketing and TV rights dating back to 2007 of more than 300%, while the FIVB competitions – World League, World Grand Prix and Beach Volleyball World Tour all obtained a surplus. In accordance with the new FIVB objec-tives, these additional revenues will be redirected into Volleyball with the FIVB

Development Fund recognized as be-ing one obvious channel. Meanwhile, the FIVB 2nd Executive Vice-President Mr. Theofanis Tsiokris reported that the FIVB Club World Championships 2009 were extremely successful, pointing to the excellent organization of the host federation Qatar, the host broadcasters Al Jazeera and the passionate fans who attended, while another key proposal which will be put to the FIVB Board of Administration was - any player who participates in a non-FIVB event will have his/her membership withdrawn.

my gratitude to the JVA and also to the host broadcaster TBS for their gener-ous and expert support for this event. I would also like to recognise the federa-tions and athletes who have played such a key role in the 2010 FIVB Women’s World Championship so far. My con-gratulations goes to the athletes of, not only the 24 teams who will participate in the world championships next year, but also to all the athletes who were part of this ground breaking tournament at one stage or another.”

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Volleyball

Brazil claimed their third FIVB Men’s World Grand Champions Cup title in five attempts amongst jubilant scenes in Nagoya’s Nippongaishi Hall after beating hosts Japan in the final match of the week-long tournament. A full house gave Brazil the perfect reception after the world number one finished the tournament unbeaten with five wins from five, with Cuba, four wins and one defeat, and Japan, three wins and two defeats, claiming silver and bronze medals respectively.The FIVB Men’s World Grand Champi-ons Cup 2009 win follows Brazil’s earli-er triumphs in 2005 and 1997 and adds another FIVB tournament to an impres-sive trophy collection, which includes the 2009 World League, 2007 World Cup and the 2006 World Championship titles. Cuba’s silver medal was their

second-best finish in the tournament after a title triumph in 2001 while Japan recorded their best result in the tournament, which features the continental cham-pions and a wild card entry, by claiming their first medal in an FIVB event for 32 years, since taking silver at the 1977 World Cup.Meanwhile, world number five Italy conceded only three sets on their way to the FIVB Women’s World Grand Champions Cup title and completed the 2009 edition unbeaten with a four-set victory over hosts Japan in the final game of the tournament in Fukuoka. The victory for the 2007 World Cup champions in the Marine Messe com-pletes a stellar year for the l’Azzurri after they had already won the Medi-terranean Games and the European Championships, while Olympic cham-pions Brazil finished second and the Dominican Republic recorded their best ever result in an FIVB tournament with a bronze medal in their debut appear-ance in the FIVB Women’s World Grand Champions Cup.

fiVB men’s club World championship

Trentino BetClic claim Club World Championship honours Trentino BetClic of Italy kept the name of the world club kings purely Italian for the fifth time in a row after they overwhelmed PGE Skra Belchatow 3-0 (26-24, 25-18, 25-19) in the final of the FIVB 2009 Men’s Club World Champi-onship in the Aspire Zone Indoor Hall in Doha, Qatar on November 8. Belchatow became the first Polish club to stand on the podium of this pres-tigious championship, which was held for the first time in 17 years, gaining the silver medal. Russia returned back to the podium after 20 years - when CSKA Moscow gained the silver in 1989

- following Zenit Kazan’s bronze medal victory over Paykan of Iran 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-16). The Italian team received their gold medals in presence of the FIVB 2nd Ex-ecutive Vice President Theofanis Tsiokris and FIVB Vice President Dr. Ar Elwani as well as FIVB Board members Shanrit Wongprasert and Abdelhadi Ghzali. In the past four editions an Italian club has triumphed. Maxicono Parma won the crown in 1989; Massaggero Raven-na in 1991, and Mediolanum Milano in 1990 and 1992.

1 trentino Betclic (ita)

2 PGe skra Belchatow (POl)

3 Zenit Kazan (rus)

4 Paykan (iri)

5al arabi (Qat), cimed (Bra), Plataneros of corozal (Pur), Zamalek (eGY)

final standings

MEN & WOMEN

fiVB WOrlD GranD cHamPiOns cuPitaly and Brazil victorious

Brazil captain Giba lifts the 2009 FIVB Men’s World Grand Champions Cup after receiving it from the FIVB President Mr. Jizhong Wei

World No 1 Brazil completed an incredible week by claiming their third FIVB Men’s World Grand Champions Cup in Nagoya’s Nippongaishi Hall

Doha, Qatarnovember 3-8, 2009

WOmen - november 10-15

Italy

Brazil

Dominican Rep.

Japan

Korea

Thailand

men - november 18-23

Brazil

Cuba

Japan

Poland

Iran

Egypt

MVP matey Kaziyski (trentino Betclic)

Best scorer Bartosz Kurek (PGe skra Belchatow)

Best spiker matey Kaziyski (trentino Betclic)

Best Server Osmany Juantorena (trentino Betclic)

Best Blocker marcin mozdzonek (PGe skra Belchatow)

Best setter raphael Olivera (trentino Betclic)

Best Libero alexey Verbov (Zenit Kazan)

awards

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Simone Kuhn and Nadine Zumkehr entered the SWATCH FIVB World Tour records book on November 1 as the first women’s team from Switzerland to win an international “open” Beach Volleyball gold medal after upsetting reigning world champions Jen Kessy and April Ross of the United States in the finals of the US$380,000 Sanya Open presented by Olympic Bay.

Seeded 11th in the second annual Sanya Open, world No 15 Kuhn and Zumkehr scored a 17-21, 22-20 and 15-13 win over the top-seeded and world No. 3 Kessy and Ross in the 60-minute finale before an overflowing crowd on the San-ya Bay centre court. The Swiss shared the $30,000 first-place prize.

“This is unbelievable,” said the 29-year Kuhn, who was named the SWATCH most outstanding player for the Sanya Open.

“No one expected us to win and we had no expectations to win since we were the underdogs. We played very well in a relaxed manner as all the pressure was on the American world champions.”In becoming the first women’s team from Switzerland to compete in a SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold medal match in the 18-year history of the international circuit, Kuhn was competing in her fifth SWATCH “final four” and her first since 2005. Zumkehr’s previous best SWATCH placement was a seventh in 2008 in Mar-seille, France.

Beach Volleyball

Switzerland’s Nadine Zumhekr at full stretch

36-year old Schuil, who was named the SWATCH most outstanding player for the Sanya Open. “Our goal was to play our best Beach Volleyball at the end of the season since I was getting married in June and did not really start practicing hard until after my honeymoon. Thank-fully, we played our best match of the tournament today against a very good team.”The final was the 10th-time the two teams have met on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour with Wu and Xu still holding a 6-4 edge in the contests.

October 27-november 1 - Women’s Open sanya, china - Podium finish

1 GOlDKuhn / Zumkehr sui

2 silVerross / Kessy usa

3 BrOnZeakers / turner usa

October 26-31 - men’s Open sanya, china - Podium finish

1 GOlDnummerdor / schuil neD

2 silVerWu / Xu cHn

3 BrOnZeHerrera / Gavira esP

MEN & WOMEN

sWatcH fiVB World tour - chinaKuhn & Zumkehr net first swiss women’s gold as nummerdor & schuil triumph in men’s draw

After placing ninth, seventh, ninth and 17th in their first four events this season, Richard Schuil (left) and Reinder Nummerdor finished fourth or higher in their next six of seven to rank as the No. 4 team on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour

Meanwhile, in the men’s draw, Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil of the Netherlands rebounded from a second-round defeat to win their next seven matches to capture the title after defeat-ing Penggen Wu and Linyin Xu of China.With their 21-13 and 21-14 win in 35 minutes over the ninth-seeded Wu and Xu, the top-seeded Nummerdor and Schuil shared the $30,000 first-place prize. Wu and Xu, who were competing in their sixth SWATCH FIVB World Tour, split $21,000 for second-place in their first international event together since their ninth-place finish at the Bei-jing 2008 Olympic Games.

“We are very pleased with our finish to the season,” said the

Women’s gold medal winners Simone Kuhn (right) and Nadine Zumhekr of Switzerland

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Beach Volleyball

Jen Kessy and April Ross rebounded from a “disappointing” gold medal set-back in China to capture their second-straight title on Karon Beach Phuket, Thailand on November 8 by claim-ing the top spot on the US$190,000 Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT podium by defeating American com-patriots Angie Akers and Tyra Turner in the finals.

The top-seeded Kessy and Ross finished their four days of Karon Beach competi-tion with six-straight wins with the final result being a 21-12 and 21-17 victory in 37 minutes over the second-seeded Akers and Turner, who were competing in their first SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold medal match. The match was the seventh FIVB meeting between the two teams with Kessy and Ross victorious each time.

SWATCH FIVB World Tour by posting a 15-21, 22-20 and 15-9 win in 53 minutes over 17th-seeded Lauren Fend-rick and Ashley Ivy of the United States. The Bratkova and Ukolova win denied the Americans a podium sweep for the third-time in the 18-year history of the interna-tional Beach Volleyball circuit.The Phuket Thailand Open brought to a close the SWATCH FIVB World Tour for 2009 with the last men’s event having been completed a week earlier in China.

In winning their sixth SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold medal since forming their partnership in 2007, Kessy and Ross shared the $30,000 first-place prize. One of Kessy and Ross’ three international ti-tles this season was achieved at the start of July in Norway where the Americans captured the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Championships on the Stavanger dock side courts.With Akers competing in her first SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold medal match, she and Turner split the $21,000 second-place prize. Turner was competing in her sec-ond Phuket Thailand Open title match as she and Branagh dropped the 2008 gold medal match to Kessy and Ross 18-21, 21-14 and 15-12 in 63 minutes. Turner and Rachel Wacholder placed fifth in the 2007 Karon Beach event where Kessy and Ross finished ninth.

An impressive setting for the Phuket Thailand Open

fiVB represented at key sports congress

WOMEN

sWatcH fiVB World tour - thailandamericans Kessy & ross successfully defend Phuket thailand Open title

november 3-8 - Women’s Open Phuket, thailand - Podium finish

1 GOlDross / Kessy usa

2 silVerakers / turner usa

3 BrOnZeBratkova / ukolova rus

FIVB Beach Volleyball Director Mr. Angelo Squeo was one of the key presenters at the World Sports Congress 09 (WSC09) which was held in Mexico City from November 12-14.The event, which also included world and Ol-ympic 100m & 200m champion Usain Bolt, International Olympic Committee Execu-tive Member Ms Anita DeFrantz, Mr. Manuel López Quero, A.D.O director from Spain and Mr. Chris Parsons former vice president of NFL International among other great speakers, was qualified as a success as the only event of its class in Latin America. The 1,100 attendees to the WSC09 had the chance to learn from the best.On this occasion the FIVB has made a presen-tation demonstrating with facts & feats the positive results of the FIVB Beach Volleyball properties such as the SWATCH FIVB World Championships and the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, which are among the fastest growing sport properties over the last decade. The FIVB also provided valuable data on TV distribu-

tion, the return of investment for the host-ing cities and introduced the new conceived FIVB Beach Volleyball World Cup. The goal of the FIVB is to introduce again a major event in one of the most attractive resorts in Mex-ico (and in other countries in Latin America) outside the busy northern hemisphere sum-mer period of the Beach Volleyball calendar.

Vanuatu’s Linline Matauata spikes with team mate Joyce Joshua looking on as Yobeth Kapasiang from Indonesia attempts to block

The winner’s podium with plenty of smiles and celebration

Mr Angelo Squeo with Usain Bolt

In the bronze medal match, 22nd-seed-ed Maria Bratkova and Evgenia Ukolova captured Russia’s first-ever women’s podium placement on the women’s

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fiVB technical courses and seminars calendar - December 09

COUNTRy TyPEDATES

DAySFrom To

Mozambique Coaches Level I November 19 December 2 14

Colombia Coaches Level I December 1 December 12 12

Paraguay Coaches Level I December 1 December 12 12

fiVB Volleyball cooperation Programme calendar - December 09

COUNTRy TyPEDATES

DAySFrom To

Central African Republic VCP young Players December 1 December 5 5

Palestine VCP Coaches December 5 December 12 8

Mauritius VCP Teachers December 7 December 11 5

Bhutan VCP Teachers December 25 December 29 5

World Volley news Official Bulletin of the fiVBFIVB founded in 1947 President: Mr. Jizhong WeiChâteau Les Tourelles Chemin Edouard-Sandoz 2-4 CH-1006 LausanneTel: + 41 21 345 35 35 Fax: + 41 21 345 35 45Web Site: www.fivb.org E-mail : press@fivb.orgEditor: Communication Department Printed in Switzerlandno.46 • December 2009

The 41st FIVB Volleyball Cooperation Programme (VCP) course of the year was successfully concluded in Maputo, Mo-zambique on November 3. The five-day course, which was run by FIVB instruc-tor Mr Yaniv Noyman of Israel, gave both

Volleyball cooperation Programme completed in mozambique

Beach Volleyball seminar in Barbados

feVa gains full official support to create fiVB regional Volleyball Development centre in argentinaThe Argentina Volleyball Federation re-ceived a major development boost on November 11 with the official signing of an agreement with the National Sports Ministry and the Argentina Olympic Com-mittee to launch a FIVB Regional Volley-ball Development Centre, which will not only develop Volleyball in Argentina but also in a number of other South American countries.

National Sport’s Secretary Mr. Claudio Morresi, Sport Under-Secretary Mr. Marcelo Chames, FeVA President Arq. Alejandro Bolgeri, Director of the Argentine Cen-tre Lic. Gabriel Salvia and FeVA Manager Mr. Rubén Safenreiter all participated in the signing ceremony.

The Development Centre in Barbados staged its last FIVB programme this year with a Beach Volleyball seminar in Bridg-etown in early November. The course was conducted by the Brazilian instruc-

practical and theory lessons in Beach Vol-leyball to a total of 37 participants. In ad-dition, the latest trends in the sport were explained in detail. Present at the event was Mr Antonio Camilo Antao, President of the Mozambique Volleyball Federation

and FIVB Sports Events Council member. The Mozambique Vol-leyball Federation has already hosted one of the qualifying events for the FIVB 2010 Wom-en’s World Championship this year. It is currently preparing to organize the All African Games, which are to take place in the country in 2011.

A total of 37 people participated in the FIVB Volleyball Cooperation Programme (VCP) course in Maputo

tor Mrs. Magda Falcao, a well know coach in Beach Volleyball. The course at-tracted participants from the five neigh-bouring islands. Beach Volleyball is still an up and coming discipline in Barbados and many opportunities exist for further growth. The Development Centre in Bar-bados has a permanent director position which is occupied by Mr. Dan Girleanu, who now has the responsibility of find-ing new talent and running the centre. The latest development news from Bar-bados states that the Federation is now running a programme to identify young talented athletes throughout the island.

Young players gather in asmaraAsmara, the city once called “Piccola Roma”, was the venue for a very unusual Volley-ball Cooperation Programme Young Play-ers Course at the beginning of November. Remarkably, more women than men - 13 young women and 10 young men - took part in the course, which is against the usual trend. The national federation, under the auspices of the Ministry of Sports and

The FIVB Volleyball Cooperation Programme Young Players Course gives

everyone a chance to participate

the National Olympic Committee, worked closely with the instructor, Dr. Tahar Boukef from Tunisia to optimize the conditions for the course. The Federation’s Vice-President, Mr. Abrahem, supported Dr. Boukef by giv-ing a lesson on the rules of the game.

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Volleyball family mourns Omongole

The FIVB and the CAVB are in mourn-ing following the passing of FIVB Legal Commission member, CAVB Vice-President and former Uganda Volleyball Federation President Tom Aisu Omongole on November 27 following a long illness. Mr Omon-gole was elected as a member of the FIVB Legal Commission member in 2006 and was the Uganda Vol-leyball Federation President from 1999-2009.

international team sports’ federa-tions meet at fiVB to combat H1n1

A special operational H1N1 virus meeting for International Team Sports’ Federations (ITSF) took place on November 1 at the FIVB head-quarters. The meeting brought to-gether representatives from the International Federations of Volley-ball (FIVB), Basketball (FIBA), Swim-ming (FINA), Football (FIFA), Base-ball (IBAF), Handball (IHF) and Ice Hockey (IIHF), as well as the Inter-national Rugby Board (IRB) and the International Cricket Council (ICC).

record numbers at Brazil master Volleyball championship

The sixth edition of the Brazilian Mas-ter Volleyball Championship, which ran from November 11-15, reunited more than 1,000 athletes aged be-tween 30 and 83 years, distributed across 116 teams and 15 categories

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Quicksets(nine female and six male) with repre-sentatives of almost all states of the country, achieving a new record for the tournament.

Volleyball Hall of fame inductees 2009

The Volleyball Hall of Fame inducted six international Volleyball greats - Ana Beatriz Moser of Brazil, Ivan Bugajenk-ov of Latvia and who played for Russia, Nikolai Karpol of Russia, the late Paul Libaud of France, Holly McPeak of the United States and Siegfried Schneider of Germany - into its hallowed shrine during a ceremony held on October 30 at Holyoke, Massachusetts, the sport’s birthplace, which was attended by FIVB Executive Vice-President Mrs. Marta Centeno De Sajche of Guatemala. The 24th class saw Libaud selected as an administrator, Karpol honoured in the coach category and the four remaining individuals selected as players. Overall, the Volleyball Hall of Fame now has 94 members with 17 countries repre-sented.

former Portuguese Volleyball star passes away

The Portuguese Volleyball Federation mourns the death of Ana Cristina Car-mo Sarmento Vieira Pereira one of the most outstanding Volleyball and Beach Vollleyball players for Portugal, who passed away on October 30 after a long illness. She was 41. As a Volleyball play-er, she captained the Portuguese na-tional team and won 11 national titles. In Beach Volleyball Ana Cristina Pereira partnered with Maria José Schuller to notch six National Championships. She finished in ninth place at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and her best finish on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour was a fourth place finish at the Dalian Open in China that same year.

fiVB welcomes international sports federations

The FIVB was proud to host the annual international sports federations’ exec-utive meeting organised by the Canton de Vaud and the City of Lausanne in the Château Les Tourelles on Novem-ber 18 with more than 80 people visit-ing the home of the International Vol-leyball Federation. With FIVB President Mr. Jizhong Wei attending the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup in Japan, the FIVB was represented by Executive Vice-President and IOC member Mrs Rita Subowo, who welcomed all the federation executives including the head of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports Mr. Ueli Maurer and the IOC President Mr. Jacques Rogge.

fiVB and nOrceca saddened by the death of antonio Perdomo

The FIVB and the NORCECA Con-federation are deeply saddened by the death of former Cuba Volleyball coach Antonio Perdomo, who passed away on November 9 in Havana af-ter suffering a heart attack. He was 66. Perdomo last coached the Cuba women’s national team to fourth place in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, losing to hosts China in the match for the bronze medal. During his coaching career he was part of the technical staff for the gold medallist teams in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics in Barcelona and Atlanta, and three World Championship and four World Cup titles as well as seven gold med-als in both the Pan American, Central American and Caribbean Games.

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