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Post by deejay_05 on May 22, 2009 13:34:27 GMT 8
The 17th Edition of the World Grand Prix is scheduled on July 31 - August 23, 2009.
Participating Teams are:
Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, Germany, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Southeast Asia Powerhouse Thailand, USA.
Preliminary rounds are going to be held in the following venues: Brazil, Poland, China, Taipei, Macau, Japan, Hongkong, Korea and THailand. Finals will be in Tokyo, Japan...
sayang wala ang Pilipinas sa mga venue ng Prelims...
Your insights on the participating teams, please...
Source:FIVB Website
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Post by karpol on May 23, 2009 0:33:51 GMT 8
Russia will not have any Gamova, Artamonova,Godina,Sokolova,
because they are all retired ..gamova said the she want a 1yr break from RUS NT ....i dont know if this year russia will be a title contender.. ndi pa sila gumagawa ng mga VBOl stars na pwd pumalit sa names mentioned above
cuba wla na cila ramirez,barros,ruiz, pero nandyan pa c carillo at calderon....... at meron slang regla torres in the making
china.. wala na rin cla yang,feng,liu,zhou,zhao?,zhang..
pero ang tatangkad ng mga pumalit sa knila.
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Post by minduser on May 23, 2009 5:26:06 GMT 8
USA and BRAZIL would be the top gunners.
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Post by destroyer on Jun 5, 2009 13:03:44 GMT 8
Exciting nga itong Grand Prix na ito kaabang-abang ang Russia at China dahil may mga bagong coaches sila pati rin US di na kasi ng renew si “Jenny” Ping Lang. Pero bago yung Grand Prix may Montreux Volley Masters muna sa Switzerland i remember palagi itong ki no cover ng Solar Sports next week na ito June 9, 2009 ang umpisa.
Montreux, February 2009 - For its 25th anniversary, the Montreux Volley Masters makes a wonderful gift to the spectators: the Olympic Champion, FIVB ranked N°1 team in the world, Brazil, will be back on the Swiss Rivera after two year’s absence! The return of the staggering South-Americans will no doubt generate incredible plays. On the occasion of their last two appearances in Montreux, the “Oriverde” had nothing but won the tournament, two years in a row. In Beijing, they proved to be in such a good shape that they were almost “undefeatable”. Furthermore, four out of the five best teams in the world will also attend the event in Montreux from June 9th to 14th, 2009. The remaining four teams also belong to the world elite.
In 2009. the Montreux Volley Masters will return to its traditional and long-appreciated formula with 8 teams divided in two preliminary pools followed by semi-finals (Saturday) and finals (Sunday) during the weekend. With 6 of the 10 top FIVB ranked teams and two very attractive teams among the 15 top, the level of play will be higher as ever. The qualification games will be played from Tuesday to Friday (at 16h30, 18h30 and 21h), Saturday being dedicated to semi-finals and Sunday to final games.
In 2009, the organising committee introduce a special sale for tickets at a very attractive price for the Volleyball players all over Switzerland. The responsible of clubs will receive a full information package via post mail these next days. Let’s enjoy this special anniversary promotion and attend the Volley Masters in Montreux where you will see the best players of the world performing. Show and emotions guaranteed!
Matches’ Schedule
POOL A : Brazil (BRA), China (CHN), Poland (POL), Germany (GER),
POOL B : Italy (ITA), Cuba (CUB), Japan (JPN), Netherlands (NED)
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 (rest day for: ITA / NED)
16h30 CHN - POL
18h30 CUB - JPN
21h00 BRA - GER
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 (rest day for: POL / BRA)
16h30 NED - JPN
18h30 CHN - GER
21h00 ITA - CUB
Thursday, June 11th, 2009 (rest day for: CUB / JPN)
16h30 GER - POL
18h30 ITA - NED
21h00 BRA - CHN
Friday, June 12th, 2009 (rest day for: CHN / GER)
16h30 JPN - ITA
18h30 POL - BRA
21h00 CUB - NED
Saturday, June 13th, 2009
14h00 A3 - B4
16h00 B3 - A4
18h30 A1 - B2
21h00 B1 - A2
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
11h00 Match for 5th place
13h30 Match for 3rd place
16h00 Final
The Teams
Brazil : 1st in the FIVB World Ranking
2008 Olympic Champion
2008 World Grand Prix Gold Medal
2007 South American Champion
2005/2006 Montreux Volley Masters Winner
Italy : 2nd in the FIVB World Ranking
2008 World Grand Prix Bronze Medal
2007 World Cup Champion
2007 European Champion
2004 Montreux Volley Masters Winner
Cuba : 4th in the FIVB World Ranking
2008 Olympic Games 4th place
2008 World Grand Prix Silver medal
2007 Norceca Continental Championship 2nd place
2008/2001/1999/1998/1996 Montreux Volley Masters Winner
China : 5th in the FIVB World Ranking
2008 Olympic Games Bronze medal
2007 Asian Championship 2nd place
2007/2003/2000Montreux Volley Masters Winner
2008/2006/2005 Montreux Volley Masters 2nd place
Japan : 7th in the FIVB World Ranking
Qualified for the World Grand Prix 2009
2008 Olympic Games 5th place
2007 Asian Champion
Poland : 9th in the FIVB World Ranking
Qualified for the World Grand Prix 2009
2007 World Cup 6th place
2003/2005 European Champion
Netherlands: 13th in the FIVB World Ranking
Qualified for the World Grand Prix 2009
2006 World Championship 8th place
Germany : 15th in the FIVB World Ranking
Qualified for the World Grand Prix 2009
2004/2005/2006/2007/2008 Montreux Volley Masters 5th place
Sayang walang Russia at US...
Source: volleymasters.ch
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Post by destroyer on Jun 5, 2009 13:11:00 GMT 8
Yung bagong coach pala ng Russian Women's National Team ay si Vladimir Kuzyutkin here's the whole article:
Bagnoli and Kuzyutkin appointed new head coaches in Russia
Italian Daniele Bagnoli is new coach of the Russia Men's team
Moscow, Russia, February 18, 2009 – The Russian Volleyball Federation has named Daniele Bagnoli as new head coach of the men’s national team and Vladimir Kuzyutkin as new head coach of the women’s national team.
Italian Bagnoli, currently Dinamo Moscow head coach, will take the helm for the next two years. The previous men’s coach was Vladimir Alekno.
Kuzyutkin, current coach of Russian team Balakovskaia Balakovo, takes over from Vadim Pankov, who is replaced after five months in the job.
American Dane Selznick – a former elite Beach Volleyball player who served as a United States Olympic coach three times – has also been drafted in to take charge of all activities related to the very best Russian Beach Volleyball duos.
Both Bagnoli and Selznick were unanimously appointed by the 25-strong RVF Board of Administration. For the women’s national team position, Kuzyutkin received 12 votes, eight Board members opted to retain Pankov while five abstained from voting.
The Board also defined the main goals for the seasons to come. For the men’s team, this is a gold medal at the 2009 European Championships and to reach the final of the 2010 FIVB World Championships.
The Russian authorities expect the women’s team to claim a medal at both aforementioned international events.
Both Bagnoli and Kuzyutkin will finish the ongoing season with their respective clubs before working exclusively for the national teams according to the clauses included in the contracts they signed with the RVF.
The 55-year-old Bagnoli is considered as one of the most successful Volleyball coaches ever, having won the Italian national league eight times (six times with Sisley Treviso), plus many more trophies, including five European Champions Leagues and two CEV Cups. He moved to Moscow to start working with Dinamo in the 2007/08 season. He heads a national team for the first time with this new appointment.
Source: FIVB Website
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Post by destroyer on Jun 5, 2009 13:14:31 GMT 8
Same with China who will have a new coach coupled with new and young players
China chooses young coach Cai to lead women's national team
Bin Cai is the new head coach of the Chinese Women's team
Beijing, China, March 23, 2009 – In order to insert new life into the Chinese Women's national team, the China Volleyball Association has plumped for Bin Cai to replace Zhonghe Chen as head coach.
Li Xu, head of the Chinese Volleyball Administration Center and Vice President of the CVA, announced the decision Monday at a press conference in Beijing. He requested the former Chinese Women’s youth team head coach and former national team player pick the new-look Chinese team as quickly as possible and draw up a training plan before early April.
The 43-year-old Cai said, “I know very well that the Chinese women’s team is loved very much by Chinese people and being the head coach I have heavy responsibilities on my shoulders and am facing serious challenges in the coming days. However, I am confident of taking the women’s team to a higher level.”
Cai said he will concentrate on scientific training and do his best to avoid injuries, which are some of the main obstacles in raising the teams’ level.
“I have some advantages as I have been head coach of the youth team for many years and have a good understanding of the world top teams, young players of the world’s strong teams and the development trends in women’s Volleyball in the world. So I have full confidence of leading my team to good results.”
Cai was born in Shanghai in 1966 and at the age of 12 he entered Shanghai Youth and Junior Sport School to play Volleyball. He was selected by the Shanghai Men’s team in 1985 before entering the national team. He left the playing court in 1996 and got involved in coaching and took the post of head coach of Shanghai women’s team in 1997.
He has a fine tradition in Chinese coaching circles and is seen by many as a high level coach who has mastered advanced Volleyball theories on technique and tactics.
Cai won the Best Coach award of the Chinese National League four times in a row after his team – Shanghai Women’s club – completed a run of four consecutive National League titles. In addition, his club team also won the national championship and the AVC Cup club tournaments twice.
Cai has been in charge of the Chinese Women’s youth Volleyball team since 1999, the same year as the side claimed fourth place at the FIVB Women’s Junior World Championship. Cai then led China to the Asian Junior Women’s Championship title in 2000 and 2002, bronze medals at the 2001 and 2005 Women’s Junior World Championship and silver medals at the 2003 and 2007 Women’s Junior World Championship.
He has also led the Chinese Women’s national ‘B’ team to victory at the East Asian Games in 2001.
Source: FIVB Website
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Post by deejay_05 on Jun 5, 2009 13:29:56 GMT 8
nice info....thanks destroyer...
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Post by destroyer on Jun 5, 2009 13:35:05 GMT 8
he he he bago kasi yung women's world volleyball grand prix may montreux volley master muna every year ito yung set up parang nagiging tune up games ito leading to the Grand Prix and good thing usually solar sports covers this competition so baka next if you happen to have solar sports abangan nyo na lang sana i cover nila ulit itong MOntreux Volley Masters...
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Post by deejay_05 on Jun 5, 2009 13:48:54 GMT 8
kahapon inaantay ko nga yung schedule ng Solar for June 2009...di naman nila pina flash...
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Post by destroyer on Jun 5, 2009 14:54:21 GMT 8
ang alam ko Solar usually covers the Montreux Volley Masters ilang taon na rin kasing sila nag co cover nito pero tapos after nh MOntreux sunod naman nilang kino-cover ang Women's World Volleyball Grand Prix last year nag cover rin sila ng grand prix eh sana ngayon mag sila pa rin ang mag cover... World League lang hindi nila ki-no cover eh parihas nung Asian Volleyball Cup which will happen aroud October sila rin ang nag te-telecast nun...pero I think if you have Dubai Sports in your cable meron din ata dung volleyball kasi this april nag cover sila ng Indesit Champions League sa Europe itong channel ng Dubai Sports lagi rin kasing nag te telecast ng major intl volleyball tournament...
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Post by castor on Jun 5, 2009 15:35:43 GMT 8
brazil has always been my favorite team! dun sa sina anna moser, virna diaz at leila barros love ko na talaga sila! mas magaling pa sila ngayon with the likes of fabiana claudinho, sheila castro, jacqueline carvalho. sa asian teams ang favorite ko syempre japan kaya lang la na ang labs kong si miyuki takahashi. la na rin yung mga kilala ko like sano, takenutsa, otomo, sugiyama. good luck to both teams! i hope japan does well. for sure brazil will do well!
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Post by castor on Jun 5, 2009 15:40:36 GMT 8
Russia will not have any Gamova, Artamonova,Godina,Sokolova, because they are all retired ..gamova said the she want a 1yr break from RUS NT ....i dont know if this year russia will be a title contender.. ndi pa sila gumagawa ng mga VBOl stars na pwd pumalit sa names mentioned above cuba wla na cila ramirez,barros,ruiz, pero nandyan pa c carillo at calderon....... at meron slang regla torres in the making china.. wala na rin cla yang,feng,liu,zhou,zhao?,zhang.. pero ang tatangkad ng mga pumalit sa knila. sayang ang russia! mukhang brazil lang ata ang kahit me turnover ng players eh consistent pa rin na nasa top 4. sino pala yung regla torres in the making? what her name? it's a pity nagretire na si yumilka ruiz! kelan kaya lalakas uli ang cuba? miss ko na ang epic encounters nila with my fave team brazil! |
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Post by deejay_05 on Jun 5, 2009 15:58:02 GMT 8
From China View: Latest results of women's volleyball tournament in China..
China trounces Cuba to win int'l women's volleyball tournament
LUOHE, Henan Province, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Beijing Olympic bronze medallist China trounced traditional powerhouse Cuba 25-17, 25-21 and 25-15 to win the 2009 China International Women's Volleyball Tournament here on Sunday.
China's Li Juan (R) spikes the ball during a match between China and Cuba at the 2009 Chinese Women's Volleyball Tournament in Luohe, a city of central China's Henan Province, May 31, 2009. China won 3-0, and got the champion of the tournament with all victories. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
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The Chinese women were crowned in their first competition under the guidance of Cai Bin, who took the helm of the national team in March, with three straight wins in the four-team round robin tournament.
"I am very happy that our team is in good rhythm and spirit. Hopefully we can keep improving," said the 42-year-old Cai, former head coach of the Chinese national youth team.
"Despite the victory, I think we should keep working on our receiving and combination," he added.
Xue Ming, the 1.93-meter star blocker, led Chinese scorers for the third game in a row after notching 14 points while Wang Yimei, who changed her position from outside hitter to opposite, added 13 points.
China's Wang Yimei spikes the ball during a match between China and Cuba at the 2009 Chinese Women's Volleyball Tournament in Luohe, a city of central China's Henan Province, May 31, 2009. China won 3-0, and got the champion of the tournament with all victories. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
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"Wang played better and better in her new position, and I will stick to the tactic of making her faster in attack," Cai said.
With the retirement of Yumilka Ruiz, Zoila Barros, Daimi Ramirez, the young Cuban team found it hard to tear open the solid defense led by Xue Ming and the 1.89-meter Ma Yunwen with Giselle Silva emerging as its top scorer with just eight points.
The only opportunity for Cuba came in the second set when it overtook the lead with a 14-5 run to make it 18-15. However, the Chinese women went ahead again with an 8-1 surge thanks to consecutive Cuban errors.
China reaped a total of 25 points from Cuba's mistakes in the 66- minute match.
Earlier on Sunday, Turkey beat the Dominican Republic 3-0 to finish third.
The four teams will play another round robin tournament in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province from Wednesday to Friday.
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Post by karpol on Jun 5, 2009 17:50:18 GMT 8
regarding nga pala dun sa pinost ni destroyer mtagal tgal na ung na apoint ung bgong coaches ng russia men at womens.ehehe
kea cla nag apoint ng bgo kc nagresign ung coach na c giovani caprara dhil sa very very very disappoitning na nagyari s knilang team nong 08 olympics.. d man lang cla nkabot ng Top 4 for the first time since nagkaroon ng vbol sa olympics....
from 1964-2004 except 1984 olympics//
ay plagi cla nanalo ng Gold o di Kaya Silver
nung 1996 cla lng d nakakuha ng medal pero nasa top 4 cla nun
kea 2loi nag resign ung caprara dahil din sa pressure
shre lng pow
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Post by narcoleptic24 on Jun 6, 2009 0:24:20 GMT 8
share lang din, kaya wala na yung mga veterans ng china ay dahil sa bago nilang coach. I forgot his name na. basta, nagpa-open tryouts ulit siya, and he prioritized younger players.
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