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Post by cavaliers1922 on Mar 27, 2008 20:14:21 GMT 8
go china....go for back to back champion
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Post by bj16 on Mar 28, 2008 8:28:51 GMT 8
GO USA,RUSSIA,BRAZIL,ITALY.. hay naku lahat na kaya..haha Tama ka dyan go na lang sa lahat....  |
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Post by cavaliers1922 on Mar 28, 2008 12:47:14 GMT 8
sa asian women's qualification, it would be a battle between japan and korea. during the last world championships, korea almost defeated cuba with a 5 setter match. they now play backrow at grabe ang combination plays. matindi rin ang floor defense nila as well as the blocking. they have improved tremendously. as for japan, they have beaten china in 3 straight sets. i dunno if china played so-so since they were already qualified in the olympics since they are the host country. going back to japan, they have this player (forgot the name) who single-handedly gave japan the victory. they have fascinating combination plays na kaya talagang iwan ang mga blockers in the midst. thailand would be the darkhorse. they dragged china in a five-setter match at muntik pa silang manalo. they're style of play ay parang little brazilians. hindi sila ganun katatangkad pero mahilig sila mag-backrow attack. thogh losing in 3 straight matches pinahirapan nila ang eventual worl champion na italy. italy will be the team to beat this olympics. ibang-iba na ang style of play nila. parang combination ng asian at brazilian style of play. cuba is also a threat with the super hitter/server calderon and of course yumilka ruiz. i don't think brazil will win. china's players were old at mabagal na. iba na rin ang style ng china, they go for european style of volleyball na but who knows pagdating sa beijing. china is china and they have proven themselves already.....they might be focusing on beijing olympics since that's their goal as of now to get the overall championship title in beijing olympics.......well let's see.....and besides some of the line up of china were not around during the time they lost against japan........china still one of the top teams in volleyball as of now, they might give us a surprise.....let's see na lang di natin alam yan hehehe |
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Post by levi on May 15, 2008 18:04:18 GMT 8
Eight Women's teams ready to vie for last four tickets in Japan for Beijing Olympics
Tokyo, Japan, May 14, 2008 - Eight National Teams will gather in the dazzling capital city of Japan from May 17-25 to compete against each other in the Women’s World Olympic Qualification Tournament to vie for the last four tickets to the 2008 Beijing Games.
The round-robin tournament doubles up also as the Asian Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament and so the best three teams plus the best Asian team (even if any of the best three teams are Asians) will book their berths in the Volleyball Tournament of the Olympic Games.
Host Japan will be joined by Thailand, Korea, Kazakhstan (best-ranked teams at the 2007 Asian Volleyball Championship), Serbia and Poland (beat-ranked teams from Europe), Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (best-ranked teams from NORCECA).
All the eight teams will have an equal chance to fight for the four places available at the Summer Games in August in Beijing. However, according to the latest World Rankings published on January 5, 2008, and their performances at the FIVB 2007 World Cup, Poland, Serbia and Japan are considered the most probable candidates for the tickets on offer in the tournament.
Ranked No. 7 in the world, the highest ranking among the eight participating teams, Serbia finished fifth in the World Cup and won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship after losing to World Champion Italy. At the 2007 World Cup, Serbia beat Japan (3-1), Korea (3-0), Thailand (3-0) and Dominican Republic (3-0). They only lost to Poland after a five-set tiebreaker.
Two-times European champions Poland are expected to join their European counterparts to earn a place in Beijing. Poland placed sixth in the World Cup, where they defeated Serbia (3-0), Korea (3-1) and Thailand (3-0), but were beaten by Japan (2-3) and Dominican Republic (0-3). In the European Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament in January 2008 world No. 6 Poland crushed Serbia again before they were overpowered 2-3 by Russia in the final.
Hosts Japan, ranked No. 8 in the world, are also a great favourite to clinch an Olympic berth considering their excellent performances in important world competitions. After Shoichi Yanagimoto became Head Coach, the Japanese squad put a stop to absences from the Olympics and finished fifth in Athens. In the 2006 FIVB World Championship, Japan missed an opportunity to win a medal by finishing fifth. Japan placed seventh in the 2007 World Cup where they brushed aside Poland, Dominican Republic, Korea and Thailand.
The biggest inspiration to Japan is that they blanked China in straight sets at the 2007 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship. This was the first time Japan had beaten China in five years and the third time in 24 years.
Even if Japan fails to enter the top three, they will still probably finish as the best Asian team at the Tournament, with Korea, Kazakhstan and Thailand probably not posing a great threat to Japan.
Korea, who ranks No. 11 in the world, are the third-strongest Asian team after China and Japan but have not performed very well in recent major international tournaments. However, Korea are showing progress, beating Thailand and the Dominican Republic and finishing eighth in the World Cup. The Koreans hope the Olympic Qualification Tournament will be the turning point toward Korea’s resurrection. Head Coach Lee Jung-Chul is now working hard with his players to book a ticket to Beijing. If Japan finishes in the top three, Korea will have even more of a chance to become the best Asian team in the tournament.
Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Kazakhstan and Thailand must be also be considered serious contenders. They will certainly put up a strong challenge to the above-mentioned teams so as to get an Olympic ticket.
World No. 19 Puerto Rico and No. 14 Dominican Republic finished third and fourth at the NORCECA Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament last December in Mexico and failed to make the Olympics. They now have a second chance to realize their dreams.
After receiving news of their inclusion in the Qualification Tournament, the Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation began to prepare the National Team for the competition in Japan. They appointed Carlos Cardona from Argentina as the new team adviser.
The Dominican’s hopes of qualification for the Beijing Olympic Games were dashed after they were beaten by Canada in straight sets in the semi-finals of the Women's Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament in December last year and they eventually finished fourth after losing to Puerto Rico. Now everything is focused on the Women's World Olympic Tournament.
Thailand surprised Asian Volleyball family by defeating Korea, Kazakhstan and Chinese Taipei, ending in third place after Japan and China at the 2007 Asian Championship, and finished 10th at the World Cup for the first time. The Thai Women will try their best to vie with Korea and Kazakhstan for the Olympic ticket as the best Asian team.
Italy, Brazil, USA, Algeria, Russia, Cuba and Venezuela have already booked their tickets to Beijing through the 2007 World Cup or Continental Qualification Tournaments, while China has qualified as the host country.
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Post by jodaman on May 28, 2008 10:54:00 GMT 8
japan, poland, serbia and kazakhstan (best asian team, not korea) now complete the 12 teams set to compete for the olympics.
italy has changed a bit, hindi na matatangkad ang wings nila, pero the inclusion of taismary aguero more than compensated for that. with her around, i think they can afford to have shorter outside hitters, but who are good in receiving and digging.
i think brazil can make it to the medal round, but they can get too nervous, kaya natatalo sila.
china's starting line up is intact, but feng kun's blocking is said to have weakened dahil sa kaniyang knee injury. liu ya nan might be alternating with zhou su hong as opposite hitter, pero maaari rin namang ibalik siya sa MB position. anyway, i still think china has a big chance to win the gold medal.
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Post by elixir on Jun 11, 2008 16:36:52 GMT 8
DRAWING OF LOTS/POOL ASSIGNMENTS now released (from Beijing Olympic Committee)
MEN
POOL A: China, USA, Italy, Bulgaria, Japan, Venezuela
POOL B: Brazil, Russia, Serbia, Poland, Egypt, Germany
WOMEN
POOL A: China, Cuba, USA, Poland, Japan, Venezuela
POOL B: Italy, Brazil, Russia, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Algeria
Single round robin. The top 4 from each pool will advance into the crossover Quarters. The 4 winners will then battle it out in the Semis. The 2 winners in the semis goes on to battle for the Gold.
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Post by albertocisolla on Jun 11, 2008 17:24:16 GMT 8
Go Italy! I would want to see Valentina Firorin and Alberto Cisolla leading their teams. heheheh  |
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Post by elixir on Jun 12, 2008 6:24:08 GMT 8
Women
Saturday 9.8.2008
JAPAN – U.S.A. (1 - 6)
VENEZUELA – CHINA (2 - 5)
POLAND – CUBA (3 - 4)
ALGERIA – BRAZIL (1 - 6)
SERBIA – KAZAKHSTAN (2 - 5)
ITALY – RUSSIA (3 - 4)
Monday 11.8.2008
CHINA – POLAND (5 - 3)
JAPAN – VENEZUELA (1 - 2)
U.S.A. – CUBA (6 - 4)
BRAZIL – RUSSIA (6 - 4)
KAZAKHSTAN – ITALY (5 - 3)
ALGERIA – SERBIA (1 - 2)
Wednesday 13.8.2008
POLAND – JAPAN (3 - 1)
CUBA – CHINA (4 - 5)
VENEZUELA – U.S.A. (2 - 6)
SERBIA – BRAZIL (2 - 6)
ITALY – ALGERIA (3 - 1)
RUSSIA – KAZAKHSTAN (4 - 5)
Friday 15.8.2008
JAPAN – CUBA (1 - 4)
U.S.A. – CHINA (6 - 5)
VENEZUELA – POLAND (2 - 3)
BRAZIL – KAZAKHSTAN (6 - 5)
ALGERIA – RUSSIA (1 - 4)
SERBIA – ITALY (2 - 3)
Sunday 17.8.2008
POLAND – U.S.A. (3 - 6)
CUBA – VENEZUELA (4 - 2)
CHINA – JAPAN (5 - 1)
ITALY – BRAZIL (3 - 6)
RUSSIA – SERBIA (4 - 2)
KAZAKHSTAN – ALGERIA (5 - 1)
Men
Sunday 10.8.2008
U.S.A. – VENEZUELA (1 - 6)
ITALY – JAPAN (2 - 5)
BULGARIA – CHINA (3 - 4)
SERBIA – RUSSIA (1 - 6)
BRAZIL – EGYPT (2 - 5)
POLAND – GERMANY (3 - 4)
Tuesday 12.8.2008
VENEZUELA – CHINA (6 - 4)
JAPAN – BULGARIA (5 - 3)
U.S.A. – ITALY (1 - 2)
RUSSIA – GERMANY (6 - 4)
EGYPT – POLAND (5 - 3)
SERBIA – BRAZIL (1 - 2)
Thursday 14.8.2008
ITALY – VENEZUELA (2 - 6)
BULGARIA – U.S.A. (3 - 1)
CHINA – JAPAN (4 - 5)
BRAZIL – RUSSIA (2 - 6)
POLAND – SERBIA (3 - 1)
GERMANY – EGYPT (4 - 5)
Saturday 16.8.2008
VENEZUELA – JAPAN (6 - 5)
U.S.A. – CHINA (1 - 4)
ITALY – BULGARIA (2 - 3)
RUSSIA – EGYPT (6 - 5)
SERBIA – GERMANY (1 - 4)
BRAZIL – POLAND (2 - 3)
Monday 18.8.2008
BULGARIA – VENEZUELA (3 - 6)
CHINA – ITALY (4 - 2)
JAPAN – U.S.A. (5 - 1)
POLAND- RUSSIA (3 - 6)
GERMANY – BRAZIL (4 - 2)
EGYPT – SERBIA (5 - 1)
The order of the games with their starting times will be determined by BOCOG and FIVB shortly. The Women’s match schedule below on Day One mirrors the schedule for both Men and Women throughout the Preliminary Round:
Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
10:00-11:30 Pool A Match 01
12:00-13:30 Pool A Match 02
Capital Indoor Stadium
12:30-14:00 Pool B Match 01
14:30-16:00 Pool A Match 03
Capital Indoor Stadium
20:00-21:30 Pool B Match 02
22:00-23:30 Pool B Match 03
The Olympic Volleyball Tournaments will be played from Saturday, August 9, to Sunday, August 24, alternating daily between Women’s and then Men’s matches.
The top four teams in each Preliminary Round Pool will advance to the quarterfinals, which start on Tuesday, August 19.
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Post by jodaman on Jun 13, 2008 5:36:48 GMT 8
what are those numbers in parentheses?
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Post by jodaman on Aug 9, 2008 14:07:34 GMT 8
it's confirmed--bumalik na nga si artamonva. estes na ang apelyido niya
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Post by albertocisolla on Aug 9, 2008 17:44:03 GMT 8
Yipee! Italy won over Russia. Nadia Centoni led the Italian team pero parang humina spikes niya compared sa dati. Serena Ortolani improved a lot. Bwt, baket wala si Valentina Fiorin?
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Post by cavaliers1922 on Aug 10, 2008 10:15:09 GMT 8
grabe! ang galing ni ortalani hehehe ang lakas ng palo pero si gamova lalong lumakas grabe ang backrow attacks niya......si yumilka ruiz bumalik na sa cuba.....i saw cuba's lineup for beijing olympics and i saw her name...pero go china! go for gold!
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Post by rpspiker on Aug 10, 2008 12:44:58 GMT 8
televised ba dito sa pinas and what channel and time?
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Post by maestrotigre14 on Aug 11, 2008 10:23:20 GMT 8
grabe ta2ngkad ng mga russian.. wohooo.!! |
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Post by bj16 on Aug 11, 2008 21:00:15 GMT 8
WOMEN'S INDOOR VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT (Based from wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_-_Women%27s_volleyball ) Poland - Cuba 25 - 21 17 - 25 20 - 25 17 - 25 CUBA WON IN FOUR SETS China - Venezuela 25 - 13 25 - 13 25 - 18 CHINA WON IN THREE STRAIGHT SETS US - Japan 25 - 20 20 - 25 25 - 19 25 - 21 US WON IN FOUR SETS Cuba - US 25 - 15 26 - 24 25 - 17 CUBA WON IN THREE STRAIGHT SETS THIS IS ONLY FOR POOL A |
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