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[karpol]

nope alam hindi predominant muslim country ang Kazakhstan..
(corect mi if im rong)

try mo tingnan pics ng 2006 WCH laban ng team nila

[karpol]

FIVB World Ranking - Women
As per August 24th, 2009




1 (1) Brazil 255
2 (2) USA 170
3 (5) China
4 (8) Russia
5 (3) Cuba
5 (4) Italy
7 (6) Japan
8 (7) Serbia
9 (9) Poland
10 (15) Netherlands
11 (12) Germany
12 (10) Korea
13 (14) Kazakhstan
14 (13) Dom. Rep.
15 (16) Kenya
16 (17) Peru
17 (19) Thailand
18 (19) Puerto Rico
19 (18) Algeria
20 (11) Turkey
21 (21) Ch. Taipei
22 (22) Egypt
23 (23) Canada
24 (24) Cameroon
24 (24) Venezuela
26 (26) Azerbaijan
26 (26) Mexico
28 (28) Tunisia
29 (29) Uruguay
30 (30) Costa Rica

[jodaman]

yes, they are predominantly muslim, but they're allowed to wear regular volleyball jerseys, just like the turks and indonesians. 'yong ibang players ng egypt, gano'n din.

Aug 27, 2009 20:26:44 GMT 8 bschem said:

ayon sa inyong nalalaman, sino ang papasok dyan?

tanong lang ha, diba muslim country ang kazakhstan?
paano na yung suot ng palyers nila?
kase diba less skin ang dapat ipakita ng women, according to their religion..

[deejay_05]

From FIVB:

Thailand stages successful Level 1 Coaching Course

Lausanne, August 20, 2009 — The Thailand Development Center staged a Level 1 Coaching Course in late July that has to be considered one of the most successful events of the year.
Director Kurt Radde and FIVB instructor Nai Chi Chang conducted the course, which was attended by 36 participants from 11 National Federations.

Asian countries represented were Australia, Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Seven of the students were female.

Thailand’s FIVB Development Center continues to be a strong link for National Federations in the region and the FIVB applauds their work promoting and developing the sport in Asia.

[deejay_05]

From FIVB:

World's top 24 Women's Volleyball teams set for Japan 2010

Lausanne, August 31, 2009 — Qualifying for the 2010 FIVB Women’s World Championships wrapped up this weekend with four teams finalizing their tickets to the Final Round in Japan at competitions in Mexico and Chinese Taipei.
Canada and Costa Rica advanced from a tough NORCECA Playoff Round in Tijuana that also featured Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago. Canada finished the round-robin competition undefeated to top the group, while Costa Rica finished as runners-up with a 2-1 record.

In Asia, Korea booked its spot in Japan 2010 with an unbeaten run over Kazakhstan, Taipei and New Zealand. Kazakhstan, at 2-1, finished second to also progress.

Qualifying kicked off on January 2 in Great Britain and crisscrossed the globe for eight months before the curtain finally fell on the proceedings this weekend.

Defending champions Russia and hosts Japan, who received byes to the final round, had to wait until June 14 to get a better picture of the kind of competition they would face in the Final Round from October 29 to November 14. The Dominican Republic was the first team to qualify when they topped NORCECA Pool H over Mexico, Virgin Islands and Panama.

Just over a week later in Havana, Cuba, the hosts became the second team to stamp their ticket to Japan. This will be the regional powerhouse’s 11th consecutive appearance at the World Championship.

Joining the Dominicans, Cubans, Canadians and Costa Ricans as NORCECA representatives are USA and Puerto Rico, who clinched their spots in July.

Kenya and Algeria will represent Africa, while white-hot Brazil and Peru will wear the South American badge in Japan.

China and Thailand join Korea, Kazakhstan and Japan from Asia.

In a busy stretch from July 17-26, eight European teams qualified for the Final Round. They were: Italy, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia, Turkey, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands.

Qualified teams:

Russia (defending champions)
Japan (hosts)
Kenya
Algeria
China
Thailand
Korea
Kazakhstan
Cuba
Dominican Republic
USA
Puerto Rico
Canada
Costa Rica
Brazil
Peru
Italy
Czech Republic
Serbia
Croatia
Turkey
Poland
Germany
Netherlands

[deejay_05]

Also from FIVB: the men's side naman.

24 Men's teams qualify for Italy 2010
Lausanne, August 31, 2009 — It’s been a long, exciting journey from the start of qualifiers for the 2010 FIVB Men’s World Championship way back on November 29, 2008. But at the completion of the final three men’s qualifying tournaments this weekend, the wait is over to see who hosts Italy and defending champions Brazil will do battle with next September 24-October 10.
On Sunday, the list of 24 teams was finally completed. As expected, Argentina ruled South American Pool A, easily booking their ticket at the expense of Colombia, Bolivia and Chile.

Things didn’t go quite as expected in Asia Pool H, however, as Iran managed to wrest one of two berths handed out on Sunday from Korea, who fell to 1-2 at the competition with a straight-sets loss to group winner Japan on the final day. Korea, which has appeared at seven of the last nine World Championships, was considered a favorite to advance along with Japan.

Iran (2-1) needed Japan to beat Korea on the final day in order to ensure their progress at the tournament. Iran head coach Hossein Madani was full of praise for the Japanese players after their storming victory over Korea, having expressed his hopes for a "fair match" earlier in the day.

"I appreciate the Japanese players very much because they worked very hard and showed fair play," he added.

"It was very difficult for me to watch the game, especially in the first set, but the Japanese players did their best. I appreciate the players, the coach and the fans of Japan."

Elsewhere on Sunday, Canada and Mexico advanced from the NORCECA Playoff Round in Guadalajara, Mexico at the expense of Dominican Republic and Panama. The Canadians swept through the group, winning all three matches without dropping a set, while Mexico qualified for its first World Championship appearance since 1982 by finishing with a 2-1 record.

In July, Puerto Rico became the first team to qualify for the Final Round in Italy. After that, the trickle turned into a flood.

Europe got the ball rolling when an undefeated Russia and Germany finished 1-2 in Pool I in Tampere, Finland in a third-round qualifying tournament that ended on August 9.

Three days later in South America, Venezuela joined Brazil as one of three teams that will represent that continent at the Worlds. Venezuela beat Paraguay, Uruguay and Ecuador on home soil in Pool B.

On August 16, Tunisia became the first of three teams to qualify from Africa when it went unbeaten in Pool D against Algeria, Kenya and Mozambique. Egypt became the second team to qualify when it downed Nigeria on the final day of Pool C qualifying in Cairo on Friday. Cameroon snared the final berth by winning Pool E on home soil at the expense of South Africa, Mauritius and Zimbabwe.

The first of four teams from Asia to qualify also did so on August 16, when undefeated China and runner-up Australia advanced from Asia Pool G in Chengdu, China.

Cuba joined Puerto Rico as a NORCECA representative in the Final Round on the same day, with the United States joining them 24 hours later.

The final six European spots were also filled on August 16, with Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, France, Serbia and Spain all advancing on a hectic day of Volleyball activity around the globe.

Qualified teams:

Brazil (defending champions)
Italy (hosts)
Puerto Rico
Russia
Germany
Venezuela
Tunisia
Egypt
China
Australia
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Poland
France
Serbia
Spain
Cuba
USA
Egypt
Cameroon
Japan
Iran
Canada
Mexico
Argentina

[rey]

kasi diba ginaganap ngayon yung Women's Asian Senior Championship sa Hanoi, Vietnam. hulaan ninyo kung sino nakapasok sa finals.
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Thailand stuns title-holders Japan to enter the final at Asian Women meet

Hanoi, Vietnam, September 12, 2009 -- Thailand made much of the impact on Saturday when they stunned defending and three-time champions Japan in dramatic four sets 20-25, 25-13, 25-23, 25-21 to storm their ways into the final showdown for the first time ever in the 15th Asian Senior Women's Volleyball Championship.

Thailand, world No.17 and finishing third place twice in 2001 and 2007, started sluggishly to trail 6-11 in the mighty clash against Japan, the team they bitterly lost in straight sets in the second round earlier.

From then, Japan, world No.7 and sixth place at the last month's World Grand Prix, never looked back. Despite challenging seriously, Thailand failed to make their mark and gave the tough rivals many attacking opportunities. Japan snatched the first-set win 25-20.

In the second set, Thailand utilized an excellent offensive combination of deadly cross-court spikes from powerful hitter Wilavan Apinyapong and Onuma Sittirak with scintillating blocking from Amporn Hyapha and Nootsara Tomkom to help the team lead initially 10-6. They stretched it to 19-2, thanks largely to hard attacker Onuma's thundering mid-court spikes. Thailand clinched the second set with ease 25-13.

In the third set, both sides gave it all-out. However, Thailand played more consistently to advance 22-19. Maiko Kano tore the Thai defence apart with her exceptional spikes to help Japan come close 22-23. Still, their confidence boosted, Thailand started to produce the goods. As Japan were trailing 22-24, Saori Kumura used her height advantage to spike devastatingly at the net to save one set point for Japan before Thailand marched on to win the hard-fought set 25-23.

Both sides poured everything they had in the fourth set which turned out to be a see-saw battle. At 19-19, Pleumjit Thinkaow's fast spikes carried Thailand to the pole position for good 23-21. Thailand still performed superbly in foiling Japan's attempts to fight back and eventually won the hotly-contested set 25-21 and a berth to the final round, their first time ever in the biennial top-notched tournament.

-from the AVC website

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This news really made me Happy for the Thais. First time ever na nakapasok sila sa finals and defending champs pa ang natalo nila. Buti pa sila, haha,

[karpol]

THAILAND 3x1 CHINA (20-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-23)

thailand won the championship
yehey
one of the biggest surprise in asian championships

pupunta sila sa World Grand Champions CUp

[bschem]

kasali ba pinas dito?

[karpol]

ok ka lang?

syempre hindi

[deejay_05]

From AVC site:

Thailand capture its first Asian Women's Championship crown
2009-09-14 09:57:00 From£ºAVC
Hanoi, Vietnam, September 13, 2009 -- Devastating Thailand brought the curtain down on the 15th Asian Senior Women's Volleyball Championship with a bang after overpowering 11-time champions and FIVB World No.3 China in dramatic four sets on Sunday.

Thailand, world No.17 and third place both at the previous edition and the last year's Asian Cup on home soil, dazzled China and a large crowd of their boisterous supporters in the Quan Ngua Competition Hall with gutsy display and a strong will to win.

The magnificent come-from-behind 20-25 25-19 25-19 25-23 victory over the well-established Chinese team, which last month claimed the fifth place at the World Grand Prix Final Round in Tokyo, ended Thailand's gold-medal drought in the biennial competition.

Thailand have never beaten China before. This year, Thailand lost to the formidable rivals twice consisting of the straight-set loss in the World Championship third round Pool D in Chengdu, China in July and again at the last month's World Grand Prix preliminaries Pool E in Macau.

Since the tournament's inception in 1975 in Melbourne, Thailand made their debut attempt in the 4th edition in Shanghai in 1987. There, they finished fifth. Since then, their performances were just ups and downs. Their best two efforts were in 2001 and 2007 on home soil when they finished third place at both occasions.

The scintillating win over the bronze medalists at the last year's Beijing Olympic Games has earned Thailand another berth to play in a world-class competition after they stormed their ways into the semi-finals of the Asian meet which guaranteed them a ticket for the next year's World Grand Prix.

Now, Thailand will represent Asia as the continental champions to test their mettle in the Japan-hosted World Grand Champions Cup in coming November.

"It's beyond everyone's expectation. I have never thought before that we can come this far. To win a semi-final berth in the Asian Championship was already a dream come true for us. Now, we have another sweet dream ¨C to win the Asian crown for the first time ever, a happy Thai head coach Kiattipong Radchatagriengkai said.

In the third-place play-off earlier, defending and three-time champions Japan powered past Korea four times in a row just in 35 days. World No.7 Japan beat the same opponents twice in the World Grand Prix preliminaries and twice in the recently-concluded Asian Championship including the third-place play-off which they won with ease 25-16 25-15 25-18 on Sunday.

Match results

13th-14 play-off: Indonesia beat Sri Lanka 3-1 (25-17 22-25 25-17 25-18)
7th-8th play-off: Vietnam beat Iran 3-0 (25-16 25-16 25-22)
5th-6th play-off: Kazakhstan beat Chinese Taipei 3-0 (25-23 25-21 25-15)
Bronze medal match: Japan beat Korea 3-0 (25-16 25-15 25-18)
Gold medal match: Thailand beat China 2-1 (20-25 25-19 25-19 25-19 25-23)
Final standings

1. Thailand

2. China

3. Japan

4. Korea

5. Kazakhstan

6. Chinese Taipei

7. Vietnam

8. Iran

9. Australia

10. Hong Kong

11. India

12. Uzbekistan

13. Indonesia

14. Sri Lanka

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player: Onuma Sittirak (Thailand)

Best Scorer: Kim Yeon Koung (Korea)

Best Spiker: Xue Ming (China)

Best Setter: Nootsara Tomkom (Thailand)

Best Blocker: Xue Ming (China)

Best Server: Saori Kimura (Japan)

Best Libero Player: Wanna Buakaew (Thailand)

[deejay_05]

Pilipinas - kailan kaya?

[karpol]

until hell freezes over...
hindi joke lang..
pag nawala ang corupsyon at magbgyan pansin ang vulibol ng POC at PSC........

[deejay_05]

From FIVB site:

Brazil repeat as champions of Final Four Cup
The Brazilians have won both editions of the Final Four Cup
Lima, Peru, September 13, 2009 – Brazil successfully defended their title by defeating USA 25-17, 25-16, 25-27, 25-19 in the final of the II Final Four Women’s Volleyball Cup played at Eduardo Dibos Coliseum on Sunday.
Dominican Republic scored a 25-17, 25-21, 27-25 victory over Peru to claim the bronze medal.
Regiane Bidias led four Brazilians in double figures with 22 points, Adenizia Silva had 14 and Welissa Gonzaga and Caroline Gattaz contributed 14 and 10 points respectively.
“I am very happy about winning the tournament again. The team responded well to our plan in every game and I am satisfied with the girls,” said Brazilian coach Paulo Barros.
Hugh McCutcheon said he was also satisfied with the performance of his team. “We could work on some areas and do evaluations for our next event, the NORCECA continental. I am OK with the job done by the girls,” he said.
Prisilla Rivera led the Dominican Republic with 14 points and Lisvel Eve contributed 12, including six blocks. Altagracia Mambru chipped in nine points. Peruvians Carla Rueda and Jessenia Uceda charted 9 points apiece.
“We are satisfied with a podium position, even though our goal was to be in the final match, but we were not lucky enough,” said Milagros Cabral, the captain of Dominican Republic. “We were able to use many young players today to test them. Five starting players are out with injuries so we are working hard with our youngsters.”
“This tournament made it clear the areas where we need to work for the World Championship,” said Leyla Chihuan, the captain of Peru. “Now it is up to us to prepare well and work harder.”

Individual awards:

MVP: Joyce Silva (BRA)
Best scorer: Angela Pressey (USA)
Best attacker: Regiane Bidias (BRA)
Best Blocker: Christa Harmotto (USA)
Best server: Adenizia Silva (BRA)
Best setter: Ana Takagi (BRA)
Best receiver: Brenda Castillo (DOM)
Best digger: Brenda Castillo (DOM)
Best libero: Brenda Castillo (DOM)

[bschem]

sosyalin ung china vs thailand!
alam niyo ba na pumasok si p em-orn nung 22-24 na sa fourth set?
ang saya!