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Posted by devo on November 21, 2008
2009 BEACH VOLLEYBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP U/19 AND U/21
SQUAD SELECTION CAMP
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST SOUGHT
The Australian Volleyball Federation (AVF) is seeking expressions of interest from both athletes (male and female) and coaches to be part of the selection camp for 2009 Beach Volleyball World Championships (Under 19 and Under 21).
See all the details at Volleyball Australia
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Posted by edbinnie on November 6, 2008
The Provisional calendar for the 2009 World Tour has been set and released on the FIVB site.
To my surprise, there was no mention of Adelaide! There is hope in the article - “The calendar is subject to change by the FIVB, with decisions pending on a few double-gender events that need to confirm date and/or location.”
Maybe Adelaide is one of these?
http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=18280&Language=0
For those that were involved - playing, refereeing, working, or just watching - the 2008 event was fantastic. I know a huge amount of work went in behind the scenes, and it would be a shame if this all fell apart after 1 year.
So does anyone have an inkling as to what is going on?
Rumours abound last year’s event of heavy fines, poor ticket sales, needless to say the level of work required. Having run it once, I’d have thought that Year 2 should be significantly easier, and achieve better spectator volumes.
At the time, I thought it an “interesting” time to take on the new project, with a new WAVL, no MAVL, a new VTAW programme, large staff changes, and a new National Beach Tour Promoter and Sponsor. 2009 also offers its share of challenges, especially with still no definite details for the National Beach Tour - http://www.avf.org.au/index.php?id=774.
The Provisional National Tour Dates have a final event listed in Adelaide, hopefully gearing up to the World Tour, so let’s hope that the only reason for not mentioning it in the FIVB release is a date confirmation being required!!!
Posted in Australian Beach VB, Australian Volleyball, FIVB, FIVB World Tour, Sports, Volleyball, Volleyball Australia | 12 Comments »
Posted by devo on October 24, 2008
The FIVB Sports Events Council has agreed that starting from 2009 there will be a minimum of two vacancies per continent in each category of the Junior and Youth Volleyball World Championships.
The remaining vacancies are to be distributed in accordance with the number of teams from each continental confederation registered for the event, the rank of the registered national teams and continental confederation activities. The host country of the World Championship should be included in the number of vacancies allocated to a continent. more@fivb
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Posted by devo on September 4, 2008
The FIVB have released the latest world rankings which have been updated after the Olympics. more@fivb
The Australian men have dropped one placing from 12th to 13th. full fivb list
The Australian women have improved one position from 37th to 36th. full fivb list
| MEN: 1 (1) Brazil 2 (3) USA 3 (2) Russia 4 (4) Bulgaria 5 (5) Serbia 6 (10) Italy 7 (6) Poland 8 (7) Spain 9 (8) Puerto Rico 10 (21) China 11 (11) Japan 12 (9) Argentina 13 (12) Australia |
WOMEN: 1 (1) Brazil 2 (2) Italy 3 (4) USA 4 (3) Cuba 5 (7) China 6 (6) Serbia 7 (5) Japan 8 (8) Russia 9 (9) Poland 10 (10) Korea 11 (11) Dom. Rep. 12 (12) Kenya |
Posted in Australian Volleyball, FIVB, Olympics, Sports, Volleyball, Volleyball Australia | Tagged: world ranking | No Comments »
Posted by devo on September 4, 2008
Unfortunately, Australia has not qualified a third team into the FIVB beach Junior world championships. Women’s teams from France, Germany, Netherlands and Poland earned Main Draw berths. more @fivb
| Pool A | ||||||
| 21 | 03-Sep | 14:00 | Ross-Mowen AUS [1] | Hansen-Landsnes NOR [8] | 2-1 (21-15, 12-21, 15-11) | 0:50 |
| 17 | 03-Sep | Paszek-Galek POL [9] | Seed #16 | |||
| 13 | 03-Sep | Hansen-Landsnes NOR [8] | Seed #16 | |||
| 9 | 03-Sep | 12:10 | Ross-Mowen AUS [1] | Paszek-Galek POL [9] | 1-2 (11-21, 21-18, 5-15) | 0:43 |
| 5 | 03-Sep | 10:30 | Hansen-Landsnes NOR [8] | Paszek-Galek POL [9] | 0-2 (10-21, 6-21) | 0:28 |
| 1 | 03-Sep | Ross-Mowen AUS [1] | Seed #16 | |||
Featured teams in the women’s Main Draw will be Australia’s Becchara Palmer/Alice Rohkamper and Marleen Van Iersel/Daniëlle Remmers of the Netherlands. Palmer and Rohkamper claimed the silver medal at the 2007SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships after losing the finale to a team from Brazil in Modena, Italy.
Palmer and Rohkamper also won the 2006 FIVB U19 title in Bermuda where they defeated Van Iersel and Remmers of the Netherlands in the finals.
As well as the usual fivb sites, there is a dedicated Brighton site for the tournament. The main draw begins today
Posted in Australian Beach VB, FIVB, FIVB World Champs, Sports, Volleyball Australia | Tagged: Alice Rohkamper, Becchara Palmer, Brighton, Junior World Beach, Ross-Mowen | No Comments »
Posted by devo on September 3, 2008
The international Beach Volleyball schedule this week is highlighted by the eighth edition of the SWATCH FIVB Junior Beach World Championships for players under the age of 21 in Brighton, England. more@fivb
You can follow the efforts of Chris McHugh and Sam Boehm on the fivb site. In the womens, Palmer and Rohkamper are straight through to the main draw, Ross and Mowen will be going through qualifying. You can follow the girls here.
Competition gets underway tomorrow.
Posted in Australian Beach VB, FIVB, FIVB World Champs, Sports, Volleyball Australia | Tagged: Chris McHugh, Mowen, Palmer, Rohkamper, Ross, Sam Boehm, SWATCH FIVB Junior World Championships | No Comments »
Posted by devo on August 24, 2008
Dr. Rubén Acosta officially transferred the FIVB presidency to Mr. Jizhong Wei today in Beijing after 24 years as leader of Volleyball’s world governing body. “I am retiring today from the presidency at the closing of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games so that a new era can unfold for the FIVB,” said Dr. Acosta. more@fivb
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Posted by devo on August 24, 2008
The FIVB has sent veteran Aussie coach Tomas Santamaria to Saipan to conduct a clinic from Aug. 20 to 27.
It is part of the FIVB’s Volleyball World Vision 2012, which envisions national federations and confederations to become the most professional organizations, each one at its one level, with modern, flexible, and efficient administration under a professional management setting. This year, 66 nations from Asia, the Caribbean, Middle East, Africa, and the Pacific were scheduled to benefit from the program.
“The clinic aims to teach CNMI players/coaches the skills in volleyball, theories, techniques, and the proper way of coaching,” said the Melbourne-based Santamaria. Before joining the FIVB in 1990 as an instructor, Santamaria coached the Australian Men’s Volleyball Team for 10 years. He was also a member of the Philippine Team in the early ’50s and played in the Asian Games and coached the RP squad in the World Women’s Volleyball Championships and the first Asian Women’s Volleyball Championships in the ’70s. more@SaipanTribune
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Posted by markleb on August 19, 2008
It seems that Australian TV has shown more volleyball than the four countries feeds I have been watching but here is my two cents.
The men’s quarter finals are set. Because of the ridiculous ‘Bernardinho Rules’, we got to sit through 6 mostly pointless matches to wait for the most important part of the day, the drawing of lots for the quarter finals. USA v Serbia, Bulgaria v Russia, Italy v Poland, China v Brazil.
USA have been the most impressive team until now. They have had the easier group but completely outplayed Italy and won easily against Bulgaria in the two ‘tough’ matches. They will play Serbia who played well in patches but lack a little overall quality, especially with Kovacevic breaking a bone in his hand. In a best of one series, the USA will not relish a match against Grbic and Miljkovic but it is an Olympic quarter final.
Bulgaria will be pleased to be playing Russia. Partly because they know them very well, and partly because they are always a chance to choke. Russia played really in winning their first four matches and just needed to win against Poland to finish first in the group and lost against a team that was just waiting for the drawing of lots. They lost. Bulgaria on the other hand welcomed back their captain and most experienced player (and not doped) Konstantinov.
On form Poland should win easily against Italy. They have played excellent 21st century volleyball (fast, aggressive, precise) throughout the tournament, even matching Brazil for a while at their own game. Italy have had injuries to 3 key players, have alternated liberos and have changed lineups every match. What they have played they looked relatively slow and conservative. Still, Italy is Italy and they have enormous experience in big matches.
Brazil haven’t played at the same level they have shown for the last five years but have improved as the tournament progressed. In the quarter finals I think they would have been vulnerable against a good team. China has done well to reach the quarter finals but I can’t imagine a scenario where they can challenge Brazil. And I have a feeling that other teams will live to regret Brazil having another relatively easy match to continue to improve their rhythm.
So, the semi finals will be (maybe) USA-Russia, Poland-Brazil. Final (possibly) Russia-Brazil. Medals (could be) Brazil, Russia, USA
I don’t know if that’s worth two cents, but if it is Zorzi is worth at least a dollar. And not just because I agree with everything he wrote.
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Posted by devo on August 18, 2008
UPDATE: originally posted 17/08/08
One of the beauties of volleyball is that the rules are not sacrosanct. The FIVB looks at the rules (usually every Olympic year) and is prepared to make changes. This has traditionally been to balance offensive and defensive advancements. In more recent times, to enhance the appeal of the game to television.
On his blog Andrea Zorzi canvases the case for 7 players on the court. The libero becomes a player, rather than a replacement. This would bolster the defense, and prolong rallies. What do you think?
Thanks to correspondent Russ you can look at the USA women’s team at the Sydney Olympics playing with 7 on the court. And they weren’t picked up!
Posted in FIVB, It's not volleyball but ..., Sports, Volleyball | Tagged: libero, Andrea Zorzi, rule change | 6 Comments »
Posted by devo on August 8, 2008
Well I’m gob smacked! In time for the Olympics, the FIVB have set up their long promised new look web site. And it’s a beauty. Links to news, all the important tournaments, video from around the world. And an RSS feed!
And, of course, all the info from the Olympics. If you haven’t checked it out - do so now.
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Posted by markleb on August 8, 2008
There haven’t been any roster announcements since the last post, but since time is running out we’ll have to go with best guesses.
BRAZIL
SETTERS Marcelo Elgarten, Bruno Rezende OPPOSITES Andre Nascimento, Anderson Rodrigues PASSER HITTERS Giba, Dante Amaral, Murilo Endres, Samuel Fuchs MIDDLE BLOCKERS Gustavo Endres, Rodrigo Santana, Andre Heller LIBERO Sergio (World League finals team)
Three weeks ago Brazil were the odds on favourites to win the gold medal. With 6 of the 7 starters from the Athens Olympic and 2006 World Championship gold medal winning teams returning and at the peak of their games they are still clear favourites. But the performance at the World League finals will give their opponents some cause for optimism. Giba is still Giba and is uniquely inspirational in big events, but much will rest on the shoulders of Marcelo who takes the place of the best setter in the world, Ricardo. They play with speed and precision and passion that is far above other teams. Make sure to watch them!
RUSSIA
SETTERS Vadim Khamuttskikh, Sergey Grankin OPPOSITES Semen Polstavskiy, Maxim Mikhaylov PASSER HITTERS Alexander Korneev, Alexander Kosarev, Sergey Tetyukhin, Yury Berezhko MIDDLE BLOCKERS Alexey Ostapenko, Alexander Volkov, Alexey Kuleshov LIBERO Alexey Verbov (World League finals team)
If height was the major determinant of success in international volleyball, Russia would already have the gold medal. The Russians are the biggest, strongest and arguably most talented team in the world. Tetyukhin has been the best all around player in the world for years and Poltavskiy is an outrageous talent. My favourite Russian story… after being destroyed in a friendly match, the French coach was asked how his team could possibly hope to beat them in an upcoming tournament. His reply was ‘If they play like that we have no chance. But we don’t think they’ll play like that when it counts’. History shows, Russia never wins the big one. And friendly games don’t count.
SERBIA
SETTERS Grbic, Petkovic OPPOSITES Miljkovic, Starovic PASSER HITTERS Kovacevic, Bojovic, Janic, Nikic MIDDLE BLOCKERS Bjelica, Geric, Podrascanin LIBERO Samardzic (World League finals team)
The biggest surprise of the World League finals was the performance of Serbia. Since 2006 they have turned over most of the team but two stars remain. Setter Nikola Grbic has experience (bronze in ‘96, gold in Sydney) and form (after winning his first Italian Championships) and opposite Ivan Miljkovic still has claims to being the best player in the world. The young players probably don’t yet have the quality to push for a medal in such a big tournament but with Grbic and Miljkovic leading, no one will want play them, just in case.
GERMANY
SETTERS Tischer, Dehne OPPOSITES Schoeps, Pampel PASSER HITTERS Popp, Kromm, Andrae, Siebeck MIDDLE BLOCKERS Huebner, Bergmann, Boehme LIBERO Kroeger
The Germans have qualified for the first time since 1972 and will be hoping for a big tournament. While they are lacking in big time experience as a team, Stefan Huebner is perhaps the best middle blocker in the world and opposite Jochen Schoeps is one of the best servers. They play a very aggressive style relying heavily on strong serving and blocking and will be an uncomfortable team to play. If they have a good day at the right time, they could easily win a match against one of the top teams in the group phase, which could get them into the quarter finals.
THE OTHERS
CHINA, JAPAN and VENEZUELA all play in Pool A and one of them will reach the quarter finals. China have the home advantage but have no recent results to support their case. The match up between Japan and Venezuela will probably be the decisive match. Japan put in their best performances in years to qualify and will feel confident about their chances. Venezuela qualified for the first time ever by beating Argentina in Argentina and have a long history of success at junior level. Japanese opposite Yamamoto can be devastating on his day but his Venezuelan counterpart Ernardo Gomez has 10 years experience with some of the top clubs in Europe and with the help of Luiz Diaz, who is a rising star in Italy, should have the edge.
EGYPT has a horror draw and have no chance of reaching the quarter finals. Setter Ahmed has the experience of a year with top Italian club Sisley Treviso but even his great serve will not be enough to get them out of the group.
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Posted by devo on July 31, 2008
UPDATED: 2008 SWATCH FIVB Youth World Championships
This event kicks off today in the Netherlands. Two years ago in Bermuda, Becchara Palmer and Alice Rohkamper brought the gold medal back to Australia. This year Australia will be represented by Luke Smith and William Mercer in the men’s comp [ranked 18], and by Zina Stone and MariaFe Artacho [ranked 17] in the women’s competition. The competition concludes August 3.
Zina Stone (SA) and MariaFe Artacho (NSW) are both rpresenting Australia at this event for the 2nd year. Luke Smith (WA) and William Mercer (QLD) are both playing for the first time. The coaches are: Martin Suan (AIS/AVF), Sandra Carter (Vic) and Nik West (SA)
You can follow the results, see pictures: men ~ women ~ news and live scores links
Posted in Australian Beach VB, FIVB, FIVB World Champs, Sports, Volleyball Australia | Tagged: Alice Rohkamper, Becchara Palmer, Smith-Mercer, Stone-Artacho, Youth World Championships, Zina Stone, MariaFe Artacho, Luke Smith, William Mercer, Martin Suan, Sandra Carter, Nik West | 2 Comments »
Posted by devo on July 28, 2008
Brazil miss the podium! USA takes gold.
For the first time ever in the FIVB World League history, the USA jumped on the highest step of the podium. The Americans are the sixth team in the 19 years of World League to win the competition, after the Italian and Brazilian domination. Serbia conquered the silver medal after losing the final 3-1. Russia gained the bronze, thanks to their 3-1 victory against Brazil. The host country of the Final Round didn’t manage to access the podium, after 7 gold medals, two silver and 4 bronze. The FIVB’s flagship annual Men’s competition closed this year assigning more than USD 20 million in Prize Money. Another joy came for the USA team with the MVP prize, awarded to Lloy Ball (also best setter of the Final Round). more@fivb ~ more@WorldLeague ~ more@Zorzi
World League 2008 Final standings
1. USA
2. Serbia
3. Russia
4. Brazil
5. Poland
6. Japan
7. Bulgaria, China, Italy
10. Cuba, Finland, France
13. Egypt, Korea, Spain, Venezuela
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Posted by devo on July 27, 2008
UPDATE 2: originally posted 23/07/08
Brazil out of World League!
The USA is at one step from its first FIVB World League title. In the first Semi Final on Saturday the Americans beat the host team Brazil 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 27-25) to assure their spot in the gold medal match … The second spot in the gold medal match of the FIVB World League 2008 went to Serbia after a three sets battle against Russia. The Serbian team beat the European rival 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-23). more@fivb news ~ more@fivb ~ Zorzi’s analysis of match ~ comments below by Dinosaur
See Markleb’s comment on this post for links to watch World League matches live.
The World League finals begin today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and will continue for the next 5 days. Brazil are looking for their sixth successive gold medal and joint-record eighth overall gold medal in 19 World Leagues. The Brazilians and eight-time winners Italy - not qualified for this final round - have taken part in every World League since the start of the competition.
With the Olympics around the corner, the competition here will be fierce.
World League site ~ coaches pre finals comments ~ Andrea Zorzi’s blog. If you haven’t seen Zorzi’s blog before, do it now. He has access to all the players and coaches. There are currently items on the site from the World Grand Prix (the women’s equivalent of the World League).
Posted in FIVB, FIVB Grand Prix, FIVB World League, Olympics, Sports, Volleyball | Tagged: Andrea Zorzi | 6 Comments »
Posted by devo on July 23, 2008
If you glance quickly at the FIVB web site, you tend to miss things. I don’t know how long these links have been on the page - it says new - but you can now look at the technical videos from the 2007 World Cup.
2007 World Cup - Men ~ Women
2006 World Championships - Men ~ Women
Posted in FIVB, FIVB World Cup, Sports, Volleyball, Volleyball Video | Tagged: technical videos | 2 Comments »
Posted by devo on July 21, 2008
Serbia and Poland joined host Brazil, Pool B winner Russia, Pool C winner USA and wild-card Japan in the FIVB World League Final Round as the Intercontinental Rounds of the premier annual Men’s competition featuring the world’s best players came to an end.
For all the latest news on the 2008 FIVB World League go to the official FIVB website at http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2008/
The World League, launched by the FIVB in 1990, is a spectacular showcase for the crème de la crème of Men’s Volleyball. The total attendance for the 2007 edition was 637,000 fans with total TV coverage of 2,244 hours. The Final Round in Poland was covered by 31 different TV channels, commented on in 23 in languages, beamed to 110 countries and had a TV audience of more than 1.1 billion. more@fivb
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Posted by devo on July 17, 2008
The sixth and final weekend of intercontinental round action in the 2008 FIVB World League is on this weekend, with two berths still to be decided for the final round in Rio de Janeiro.
The World League, the FIVB’s annual men’s competition, started in 1990, and in this year’s 19th edition teams are competing for more than USD 20 million in prize money. The intercontinental rounds are divided into 4 pools.
So who will be in the finals? Host Brazil, Pool B winner Russia, Pool C winner USA and FIVB wild card Japan are all confirmed for the July 23-27 matches. France and Serbia are battling it out for the qualifying place behind Brazil in Pool A, while Poland need to stay ahead of China in Pool D to clinch their place.
You can check out the pool results here@FIVB.
The “wildcard” position in the final has been allocated to Japan. They are currently last in their pool. So why did they get the wild card? Japan guarantees very good television coverage! fivb
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Posted by devo on July 14, 2008
Brazil earned a hard-fought 3-0 victory over hosts Japan Sunday evening to win their seventh World Grand Prix title with a perfect 5-0 record as the 2008 edition of the women’s Volleyball gala lowered its curtain at Yokohama Arena. Cuba rallied past World No. 2 Italy 3-1 for the silver while the United States held off reigning Olympic champions China 3-2 to finish fourth. more@fivb ~ Follow me by Andrea Zorzi
FINAL STANDINGS
1. Brazil, 2. Cuba, 3. Italy, 4. USA, 5. China, 6. Japan, 7. Turkey, 8. Germany, 9. Dominican Republic, 10. Poland, 11. Thailand, 12. Kazakhstan
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Posted by devo on July 11, 2008
Aussie player Nathan Roberts has updated his blog with some comments on the Aussies’ performance at the Olympic qualifiers. Some pictures from the tour are included.
Posted in Aussie Bloggers OS, Aussies Overseas, Australian Volleyball, FIVB, Olympics, Sports, Volleyball, Volleyball Australia, Volleyball Picture | Tagged: Nathan Roberts, Olympic qualifier | No Comments »
Posted by devo on July 10, 2008
So how much volleyball history do you know? Do you know anything about the development of the game?
You can find more on the history of Volleyball at the FIVB site. You can read more on Aussie Volleyball at the Renegades site. While you are at the Renegades site, you might be able to help them update this Aussie history.
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Posted by devo on July 1, 2008
olympic volleyball
Information on the new Mikasa Volleyball which will be used at the Olympics is now available on the Australian Mikasa web site. As previously posted, the new ball will be available in Australia to coincide with the Olympics.
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Posted by devo on June 30, 2008
You can check out the new volleyball for the Olympics - Mikasa MVA200 - on the Mikasa site.
Mikasa claims that the volleyball has advanced aerodynamic engineering, which offers better stability and ball control than any other indoor ball. They say that the volleyball brings a brand new look and feel to the game and will be seen in action for the first time as the world’s best indoor volleyball athletes compete for gold at the Olympics this year.
Mikasa claims tests conducted in close cooperation with leading Volleyball National Teams throughout the world, resulted in the following key features of the new MVA balls:
We won’t know just how the ball performs until it is released here in Australia. It is available from the USA Mikasa site and also from several sports sites (US$60 to US$65). My goss is that the ball floats more than the PR suggests; and in fact, sometimes floats both ways. A nightmare for pass hitters and liberos. I understand that the ball will be available here about the time of the olympics.
The (FIVB) Congress also agreed to empower the FIVB Board to decide the immediate use of a lower-pressure ball in order to increase the length of rallies and for the MVA200 to be the official game ball during the Beijing Olympic Games.
Posted in FIVB, Olympics, Sports, Volleyball, Volleyball Picture | Tagged: Mikasa, olympic ball, MVA200, olympic volleyball | 6 Comments »
Posted by devo on June 21, 2008
FIVB President Acosta has demanded that the EU do not obstruct the world sports system recognized by the Olympic Charter and that it respects National Sports Associations operating under the authority of the International Sports Federations.
The 31st FIVB World Congress recently approved the FIVB Board of Administration decision regarding International Transfer Certificates (ITCs) to help the development of local players, protect the identity of National Leagues and stop monopolies of financially strong Clubs. From the 2010-11 season, Clubs will be free to engage as many players as they want from other National Federations (ITC players), but when they come to play the number of ITC players on court at any one time, will preferably be set at two. Notwithstanding, a National Federation may authorize one extra ITC player on court per team. more
Acosta has maintained that the decision does not conflict with any European law on the freedom of movement of workers, since each Club can engage as many players coming from another National Federation as they like. His bluster, and ongoing need to defend the position seems to indicate that things are not as clear cut as he would have us believe.
Indeed, the warnings that the EU have given to soccer in Europe, who have considered similar restrictions on employment, suggest that this situation is far from decided. The EU are not convinced. This law will not be decided by the FIVB World Conference.
The only certainty is that, in the two years run in to the implementation of the law, there will be a lot of money spent on lawyers in the courts of Europe.
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Posted by devo on June 18, 2008
Some of the decisions from the 31st FIVB World Congress in Dubai
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Posted by devo on June 16, 2008
On the eve of the World Congress, the FIVB Executive discussed and unanimously approved to submit to the FIVB General Assembly a major change in Volleyball rules of having up to 14 players in each team, with a compulsory two libero players on the list. The Congress will discuss the proposal and make the final decision.
The other big issue to be discussed over the next 2 days is the limitations of international players in national leagues. Let Them Play
Posted in Aussies Overseas, FIVB, It's not volleyball but ..., Sports, Volleyball | Tagged: libero,
