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After defending champions Foppapadretti BERGAMO from Italy reached the playoff stage of the women’s Indesit European Champions’ League last week, three more teams joined the Italian following eighth leg action in the strongest club competition.
A new and rejuvenated Greek women’s national team is hoping to kick start a bright future when they host a 2006 Women’s World Championship second round tournament – Europe Pool E in Athens starting on Friday.
The drawing of lots for the seventh edition of the Indesit European Champions’ League 2006/07 has concluded tonight in Vienna’s town hall under the auspices of CEV President Mr.
Preceding the Final Four of the women’s Indesit European Champions’ League, the CEV received a warm welcome in the city’s town hall by Mr.
The FIVB is pleased to announce details of the prestigious men’s World League competition for 2007, with the Final Rounds to be staged in Rome, Italy.
Grete Laska as well as the representatives of all participating clubs in the world’ strongest club competition and hundred other volleyball enthusiasts.
Reaching the World League final for the first time in French history, after having beat Bulgaria 3:0 in the semi-final, Philippe Blain’s team had to surrender to six-time World League champion Brazil in the final match in Moscow (RUS) after five sets.
The first match of the second playoff stage in the men’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06, where six teams are competing for the three spots in the Final Four in Rome (ITA) from 25th to 26th March 2006, was won by Dinamo MOSCOW.
On the final day of the League Round in the women’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 Vakifbank Günes ISTANBUL and Hotel Cantur LAS PALMAS have secured their place in the six-team playoff round after beating Azerrail BAKU, respectively CAT TROFA.
After day four of the Men’s Junior European Championship 2006, last edition’s winner Russia as well as Italy have qualified for the semi-final stage, whilst France, Slovakia, Poland, Serbia Montenegro and Slovenia all still have a chance of reaching the Final Four.
After the Czech Republic and Russia won the last two editions of the European League, the leading European competition will be able to announce a new winner in its third year.
Riet Ooms have analysed and evaluated the 2005/06 edition of the Indesit European Champions’ League, which recently ended very successful with the Final Four of the men’s competition in Rome (ITA) and the Final Four of the women’s competition in Cannes (FRA).
Turkey won the 2006 edition of the Youth Girls’ Balkan Championships in Kocaeli (TUR), capturing their second gold medal after the one in 2004.
In the first home match of the women’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 playoff round, Pallavolo Sirio PERUGIA (ITA) defeated Uralochka NTMK EKATERINBURG (RUS) 3:2.
The four semi-finalists of the Women’s Junior European Championships 2006 taking place in France were decided tonight in St.
Last year’s IECL runner-up Iraklis THESSALONIKI from Greece overcame Polish BOT Skra BELCHATOW 3:0 in the second match of the second playoff stage in the men's Indesit European Champions' League 2005/06, where six teams are competing for the three spots in the Final Four in Rome (ITA) from 25th to 26th March 2006.
Ranked 28th in the world, Serbia and Montenegro, who started the 2006 Women’s World Championship in the first round, completed the unbelievable on Sunday by claiming one of the 24 berths in the final round after winning the Europe Pool I third round tournament in Dresden.
The first match of the playoff stage in the men’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 was won by French AS CANNES.
"So-re!" For anyone who has played or watched top-class international volleyball in Japan, the word "So-re!" will be very familiar - the home fans shout it enthusiastically every time a Japanese player is about to serve.
The countdown for the return match of the Indesit European Champions’ League quarter-final has started.
During the European Volleyball Gala in Vienna, where the drawing of lots for the seventh edition of the Indesit European Champions’ League 2006/07 took place, Europe’s best volleyball and beach volleyball players of the year 2005 received their awards.
Wednesday marks the first day of the men’s European Junior Championship Final Round, where the twelve best under-20 men’s teams will be facing each other in the Russian city of Kazan, which was also host of the European League Final Four 2005.
Champion of the women’s CEV Cup last year, Pallavolo Sirio PERUGIA secured the Champions’ League title this season, beating RC CANNES 3:1.
The Romanian boys wrote history in Naousa (GRE) when they won the gold medal of the Youth Men’s Balkan Championships for the first time following a magnificent final against Serbia Montenegro (3:1).
This month the FIVB welcomes two worthwhile initiatives in which volleyball is being used to bridge communities.
The European League as well as the European Qualification Tournament for the World Grand Prix will benefit from a tremendous live TV coverage.
Croatia and Greece claimed the remaining two Final Four spots of the European League after the fourth and final leg of the preliminary League Round has been completed over the weekend.
At the end of its three-day session in Lausanne, the FIVB Board of Administration confirmed the Executive Committee’s positive conclusions from earlier this week with its approval of numerous proposals designed to develop Volleyball and Beach Volleyball globally.
In the first edition of the girls’ Junior European Championship of the Small Countries Division, which took place in San Marino from 13th to 15th April 2006, Luxembourg beat Cyprus, San Marino, Ireland and Northern Ireland to claim the title.
The candidature was presented by the Mexican National Federation, in accordance with the FIVB Constitution, and will be voted at the FIVB Congress, the sport’s highest decision-making body, in Tokyo in October, prior to the FIVB World Championships.
On the third day of the eighth leg in the men’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 Russian Dinamo MOSCOW took revenge against 2004/05 titleholder TOURS VB from France, whilst Greek Olympiacos PIRAEUS and Italian EMU RPA PERUGIA overthrew Czech volleyball.
Following the return leg of the second playoff round in the men’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06, defending champion TOURS VB were eliminated by Russian Dinamo MOSCOW, whilst last year’s IECL runner-up Iraklis THESSALONIKI from Greece managed to successfully qualify for the Final Four in Rome (ITA) from 25th to 26th March 2006.
The 16 men’s and 16 women’s teams participating in the Final Round of the European Championship 2006/07 are definite following the completion of the third playoff round on Saturday, which was played in a home away modus.
The non-authorised Beach Volleyball events referred to as ‘Pro Series’ were commonly banned by FIVB and CEV.
Every year, the FIVB World Grand Prix brings emotion and suspense, coupled with the unique beauty of women’s Volleyball.
Although the Netherlands is the slight favourite to become the new European League titleholder, the other three participants will take every chance to surprise and finally take the title home.
In Beach Volleyball, Spanish Pablo Herrera reclaimed the award ‘King of the Beach’, whilst Greek Vassiliki Karadassiou deserved to be the ‘Queen of the Beach’ 2005.
Sisley TREVISO is the new champion of the Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06, having the honour of calling themselves “the strongest club in Europe”, after winning the final match against Greek Iraklis THESSALONIKI 3:1.
The drawing of lots for the Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 playoff rounds has been completed in a public ceremony in Luxembourg.
On the first day of the women’s Junior European Championship 2006 Final Round Italy, Belgium, Belarus, the Ukraine, Serbia Montenegro and Russia all won their first encounters.
The tenth leg in the women’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 will decide on the final two teams who have made it to the six-team playoff round.
The drawing of lots for the Final Round of the women’s Junior European Championships, which will take place from 26th August to 3rd September 2006, took place in Metz (FRA) this morning.
The drawing of lots for the Final Round of the men’s Junior European Championships, which will take place from 6th to 14th September 2006 took place in Kazan (RUS) this afternoon.
The President of the International Volleyball Federation (Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, FIVB), Rubén Acosta H.
Evivo DÜREN’s Heriberto Quero and Luiz Roque Carvalho received their Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 League Round awards for ‘Best Scorer’, respectively ‘Best Blocker’, preceding their German league match against SCC BERLIN.
For the second match of the playoff stage in the men's Indesit European Champions League, Dinamo MOSCOW will pay a visit to Rotterdam (NED).
The two major changes to the tournament are Canada replacing Portugal in the 16-team line-up and a new decision by the FIVB’s World League Council which guarantees that the wild card will go to a second-ranked team from the Intercontinental Round.
The FIVB is pleased to announce that it has concluded an agreement with FIPAV, the Italian Volleyball Federation, for the organisation of the men’s 2010 Volleyball World Championships in Italy.
The first round of the largest ever Volleyball World Championships with a record number of 174 teams (97 men’s and 77 women’s) has started at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England, last week with the English national men’s team as well as the Spanish and Serbia Montenegrin women’s teams striving through to qualification round two.
Giotto PADOVA beat the strong Spanish team from Numancia Caja Duero SORIA 3:0, whilst former Indesit European Champions’ League winner Lube MACERATA won their away match against Greek EAP PATRAS.
The first six home matches of the first round in the men’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 playoff stage have been completed with all hosting teams, namely Dinamo MOSCOW (RUS, Knack Randstad ROESELARE (BEL), Lokomotiv BELGOROD (RUS), Iraklis THESSALONIKI (GRE), BOT Skra BELCHATOW (POL) and AS CANNES (FRA) keeping the upper hand.
Saturday marks the first day of the women’s European Junior Championship Final Round, where the twelve best under-19 women’s teams will be facing each other in the French Lorraine region with the aim of taking the title from defending champion Italy.
Following Montenegro’s official declaration of independence, the FIVB has acted swiftly to secure the status quo regarding the participation of the Serbia Montenegro team at this year’s World Championships, whilst at the same time paving the way for the eventual integration of a new governing body for Volleyball in Montenegro within the international federation.
In the final of the women’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 host RC CANNES will meet Pallavolo Sirio PERUGIA from Italy on Sunday.
Iraklis THESSALONIKI from Greece, last year’s runner-up in the men’s Indesit European Champions’ League, secured their play-off spot after the eighth leg of the League Round this week.
From 24th to 28th May 2006 the national junior teams from 27 European countries battled for one of the eight free spots in the Final Round of the men’s, respectively the women’s Junior European Championship.
Fourteen out of the total 24 participating men’s teams in the Indesit European Champions’ League 2006/07 will start the League Round on Wednesday night.
Four men’s teams and one women’s team have qualified for the second round of the European Championship 2006/07 after the first round of home away matches has been completed on Sunday, 21st May 2006.
The showdown of the Final Four of the men’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 is set to begin tomorrow Saturday in Rome’s ‘Palalottomatica’ with the semi-final matches between Final Four host Sisley TREVISO and Dinamo MOSCOW (RUS), followed by Greek Iraklis THESSALONIKI and Lokomotiv BELGOROD (RUS).
The best European club teams with some of the world’s most renowned international star players who have entered the approaching Indesit European Champions’ League 2006/07 are anxiously awaiting the 2006/2007 drawing of lots.
On Monday, 20th March 2006 the introductory press conference for the men’s Final Four of the Champions’ League took place in Campidoglio in Rome (ITA).
For the first time ever FIVB World Volleyball comes to England thanks to the efforts of the FIVB and its President, Dr.
In the first edition of the men’s Junior European Championship of the Small Countries Division, which took place in Liechtenstein from 20th to 22nd April 2006, Cyprus beat Northern Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and San Marino to claim the title.
In the second leg of the Indesit European Champions League 2006/2007, the clubs of Lokomotiv BELGOROD (Pool A), Dinamo MOSCOW (Pool B), Knack Randstad ROESELARE (Pool C), Bre Banca Lannutti CUNEO (Pool D) and Panthinaikos ATHENS (Pool D) remain unbeaten.
The 2006 Balkan championships are about to begin with Turkey hosting the girls Youth Championships in the coastal city of Kocaeli from 26th to 30th July 2006.
After waiting for over 20 years, the Royal Belgian Volleyball Federation is delighted that all its national teams have qualified for their respective European Championships.
In the third edition of one of the world’s leading volleyball competitions no real favourite can be named for the title.
Estonia, ranked 50th in the world, continued their miracle run at the 2006 Men’s World Championship with an amazing second-place finish behind winner’s Portugal at the second round tournament in Europe’s Pool G in Vila de Conde on Sunday after beating Austria in three comfortable sets (25-22, 25-14, 25-17).
The first 12 matches of the 2006/07 Men’s Indesit European Champions’ League have been completed with Dinamo MOSCOW (RUS), Levski Siconco SOFIA (BUL), Buducnost PODGORICKA Banka (SCG), Vojvodina Novolin NOVI SAD (SCG) and Knack Randstad ROESELARE (BEL) winning their first match on Thursday.
The Indesit European Championships take place every two years, this time in the Belgian cities of Charleroi and Hasselt with the Final Round weekend concluding in Luxembourg.
On the second day of the ninth leg in the men’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 the aon hotVolleys VIENNA have drawn level in points with Noliko MAASEIK in Pool C after beating evivo DÜREN 3:2.
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During the next five weeks eight of the best European men’s volleyball teams will compete for the European League title.
On the final day of the League Round in the men’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 Noliko MAASEIK from Belgium won the deciding match against Austrian aon hotVolleys VIENNA to qualify as the last team for the 12-team playoff round.
In the first playoff match of the Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 Uralochka NTMK EKATERINBURG will face Italian Pallavolo Sirio PERUGIA.
Approaching the decisive preliminary pool round encounters of the women’s Junior European Championship 2006 Final Round on the second day in France, the public was presented with several tight five-set thrillers.
On the first day of the men’s Junior European Championship 2006 Final Round France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia and Slovenia all won their first encounters.
In the home matches of the women’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 playoff round, Vakifbank Günes ISTANBUL (TUR) overcame Hotel Cantur LAS PALMAS (ESP) in straight sets, whilst defending champion Foppapedretti BERGAMO beat Azerrail BAKU (AZE) 3:1.
Turkey surprisingly won the men’s Junior Balkan Championships 2006 in Strumica (FYROM), ahead of Serbia Montenegro and Bulgaria, whom they beat on the way to the gold medal.
In its judgement, announced on 15 March 2006, the Tribunal de police in Lausanne acquitted the President of the FIVB of all charges brought against him by the ex-president of the Argentinean Volleyball Federation.
Italy, Russia and France are the other teams from the total 12 who remain undefeated after the second day of the men’s Junior European Championship 2006 Final Round.
Dinamo MOSCOW (RUS) is the first team to have qualified for the second round of the men’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 playoff stage, beating Ortec ROTTERDAM Nesselande (NED) for the second time in the first playoff round.
On the third day of the ninth leg in the men’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 German VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN have secured their place in the 12-team playoff round by beating Greek Olympiacos PIRAEUS in straight sets.
Russia’s junior national team claimed first place in the Men’s Junior European Championship 2006, beating France in straight sets.
The men’s and women’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 will be covered in detail by ‘Eurosport’, Europe’s most widely diffused sports TV channel.
Host and defending champion Russia will face France in the Men’s Junior European Championships 2006 final.
Four men’s teams (the Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Finland and Germany) and two women’s sides (Azerbaijan and Belgium) advanced to the third round of the 2006 World Championships after three European second round tournaments were completed on Sunday.
In their ninth match of the Indesit European Champions’ League, Eczacibasi will meet the strong Italian side of Foppapedretti BERGAMO.
The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is pleased to announce a major step forward in its promotion of Volleyball and Beach Volleyball as drug-free disciplines with the entry into force of an out-of-competition contract between the federation and WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency.
2005/06 Men’s Indesit European Champions’ League titleholder Sisley TREVISO from Italy started their campaign of defending the title successfully booking a straight-set victory over French PARIS Volley, whilst the other French participant and winner of the 2004/05 edition TOURS VB beat evivo DÜREN 3:1.
The Netherlands and Croatia made a flying start during the first weekend of the European League, Europe’s elite competition for men’s national teams.
Following the resignation of South Korean Hee Wan Lee, who has coached the German national senior women’s team around captain Angelina Grün since 1999, the German Volleyball Federation have made a contract with Italian Giovanni Guidetti, head coach of the Italian women’s club Bigmat Kerakoll CHIERI (ITA).
Lokomotiv BELGOROD is the third home team in the final playoff stage of the men’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 to beat their opponent, i.
The Italian league leader defeated Polish Centrostal Palac BYDGOSZCZ (3:0), whilst host Dinamo MOSCOW proved too strong for Dutch Longa’59 LICHTENVOORDE (3:0).
Alberto Cisolla from Italy and Polish Dorota Swieniewicz have been elected the best European Volleyball players from 2005.
On the second day of the eighth leg in the Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 BOT Skra BELCHATOW defeated Levski Siconco SOFIA 3:1, securing their place in the playoff round.
Joining Vakifbank Günes ISTANBUL (TUR), Pallavolo Sirio PERUGIA (ITA) as well as host RC CANNES (FRA) in the Final Four of the women’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 will be 2004/05 titleholder Foppapedretti BERGAMO (ITA).
On the first day of the ninth leg in the Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 Dutch Ortec ROTTERDAM Nesselande beat Hypo Tirol INNSBRUCK from Austria in straight sets in the men’s Pool A and in the women’s Pool A French RC CANNES overthrew CAT TROFA from Portugal 3:0.
The drawing of lots for the Indesit Men's European Championsihps to be held in Russia next year was carried out this afternoon in Moscow.
Italy’s junior national team, with Best Setter Manuela Di Crescenzo in front, took the gold medal in the Women’s Junior European Championship 2006, beating Croatia in straight sets.
The trail to Japan for the 2006 FIVB World Championships starts in January 2005 in the city of Sheffield, the venue for the 1991 World University Games.
After day four of the Women’s Junior European Championship 2006, last edition’s winner Italy qualified for the semi-final stage as first team, whilst in Pool II 2004 runner-up Serbia Montenegro, Russia, the Ukraine as well as Turkey all still have a chance of reaching the Final Four.
Knack Randstad ROESELARE are preparing for the defending champion VB TOURS in the first playoff round of the Indesit European Champions’ League.
In the final of the men’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 Final Four host Sisley TREVISO will meet Iraklis THESSALONIKI (GRE) on Sunday.
Given that the competition formula has recently been modified, the European League 2006 promises to be as exciting and intriguing as never before.
After the third day of competition in the men’s Junior European Championship 2006 in Kazan (RUS), only France, Italy and Russia remain undefeated from the total 12 teams participating.
The Middle European League 2005/06 finished with the Final Four tournaments of the men in Vienna (AUT) and the women in Nova Gorica (SLO).
The trail to Japan for the 2006 FIVB World Championships starts in January 2005 in the midlands city of Sheffield, the venue of the 1991 World University Games.
On the one hand, the Centro Sportivo Italiano will conclude its traditional peace marathon from Jerusalem to Bethlehem with a volleyball game for peace and on the other, the Georgian Volleyball Federation has launched a project to bring Georgian and Ossetian communities together through beach volleyball.
On the first day of the eighth leg in the women’s Indesit European Champions’ League 2005/06 Azerrail BAKU beat Mladost ZAGREB in straight sets.
The four semi-finalists of the Men’s Junior European Championship 2006 taking place in Russia were completed tonight in Kazan.
30 hrs, a preliminary decision will be made in the race for the third place of Pool C in the Indesit European Champions League.
During a special ceremony in the Spiroudome of Charleroi, one of the hosting cities of the Final Round of the Women’s Indesit European Championship 2007, Europe’s sixteen best female teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each.
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