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In addition to examining the proposals 

of the FIVB’s Commissions, the Board 

of Administration also reviewed the 184 

candidatures for the Commissions and 

Board of Administration for submission to 

the 30 th World Congress in Japan later this 

year. Prior to these meetings, important 

sessions were held by the Legal Commission, 

the Press Commission with tournament 

press directors and the Technical 

Supervisors and Referee Delegates for 

Beach Volleyball. 

In addition to the first SWATCH FIVB 

World Tour event in Modena, Beach Volleyball 

also saw the first NESTEA European 

Championship tournament – the 

Turkish Masters in Alanya and the first 

FIVB Challenger event, which brought 

Beach Volleyball to the Czech Republic for 

the first time ever. This month we will see 

the first Grand Slam event on the SWATCH 

FIVB World Tour, as all eyes turn to Gstaad 

to see the numerous changes to the tournament 

as the mountain resort builds up 

to next year’s World Championships. 

We are happy to see a steady stream of 

news flowing in from the countries with 

teams participating in this year’s world 

championships. As many teams start their 

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international training and friendly match 

schedules from this month, we take a more 

in-depth look at how two of the teams, 

Canada for the men and the Dominican 

Republic for the women, are shaping up 

and what their calendar looks like until 

November. Besides these in-depth articles 

on the teams, you can always find the 

latest World Championships news on the 

FIVB website. 

in this issue 

Volleyball 

Official 

Bulletin no. 4 

June 2006 

Edition in English 

a busy month of May at the fiVB 

The month of May marked a 

turning point in the FIVB’s annual 

calendar and a shift from several 

months of busy preparation to a 

phase of action. On the competition 

side, the first tournament on the 

SWATCH FIVB World Tour took 

place, whilst on the administration 

side the FIVB’s Executive Committee 

and Board of Administration held 

their annual session in Lausanne. 

The FIVB Board of Administration 

The FIVB Executive Committee 

An artist’s impression of the Chaoyang Park 

Beach Volleyball complex for Beijing 2008 

• World Championships News: 

Dominican Republic, Canada, 

Mexico and Poland 

• Japan’s “golden girls” 

Beach Volleyball 

• Modena women’s season 

opener for the SWATCH FIVB 

World Tour 2006 

Technical & Development 

• Technical and VCP calendars 

Confederations 

• Quick tour of Africa 

for the CAVB President 

• CEV Executive Committee 

meeting in Istanbul

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VOLLEYBALL wOmEn 

An overview of the Dominican Republic 

national team’s preparations for Japan 

This will be the fifth time for the current 

Pan American Games queens at 

the women’s World Championships. 

Their best result came in Japan in 

1998 when they finished in eleventh 

place. Other participations include 

Mexico 1974 (21 st ), Moscow 1978 

(19 th ) and Germany 2002 (13 th ). 

How they qualified 

One of six teams from their Continental 

Confederation entering the event, the 

Dominicans, currently ranked 11 th in the 

world), finished second to Cuba in the 

NORCECA-E Qualifying Round in Santiago, 

Dominican Republic. 

Goals 

The team’s chances of advancing to the 

second round look very realistic this time. 

Among their rivals in Pool B, the Dominicans 

have consistently dominated Mexico 

and have also collected victories over Germany 

and Azerbaijan. They last defeated 

Germany at last year’s World Grand Prix 

and beat the Germans away during the 

2001 edition of the Bremen International 

Tournament. 

new face 

Cindy Rondon is a product of the National 

Development Program and currently plays 

in the A-1 Series of the Italian League. The 

17 year-old Rondon is a member of the 

Junior Dominican Team and took part in 

the U-20 women’s World Championships 

in Turkey. She has a powerful serve and 

is an all-around skilled athlete with great 

blocking ability. 

Cindy Rondon 

Star Players 

Annerys Vargas has developed into the 

new big weapon of the Dominican side. 

The 1.94m Vargas was the most dominating 

player in the Puerto Rican League this 

season starring for the Bayamon Cowgirls. 

Annerys combines spiking and blocking 

skills and the World Championships will 

be a great stage to catapult her to the Big 

Time. 

fiVB World Volley news no.4 June 2006 

Milagros 

Cabral 

Milagros Cabral is the captain of the 

Dominican squad and power is the name 

of her game. She has been on the international 

scene for the past few years exhibiting 

her powerful spikes in the leagues of 

Italy, Russia and Puerto Rico. Completely 

recovered from achilles tendon surgery, 

she is back in full action. Cabral won the 

Most Valuable Player award during the 

II Pan American Women’s Cup in Saltillo, 

Mexico in 2002 and was selected to take 

the Athlete’s Oath during the Opening Ceremony 

of the 2003 Pan American Games. 

Evelyn Carrera is a model of consistency 

and has gained international recognition 

as one of the best libero players in 

the world. The veteran Carrera was the 

second best libero of the last Olympics 

in Athens and was elected as the top of 

her class during the 2003 Pan American 

Games, the 2002 Central American and 

Caribbean Games and the 2006 Puerto 

Rican League. 

Annerys Vargas 


coach 

Beato Miguel Cruz is the first Dominican 

to coach the team for the last twelve years 

but he is not new to the environment. 

Cruz has been the technical director of the 

Dominican Republic National Federation 

and his experience includes coaching the 

men’s national team for several years. 

coach Statement 

“We have a good mix of veterans and young 

players and my expectations are very 

high,” says Cruz. “I am a strong believer 

in hard work and I expect good results 

from it. There are no small teams or big 

teams, so let the performance on the court 

decide the outcome during this important 

quadrennial event.” 

Beato Miguel 

Cruz, 

new coach 

the Road to Japan 

The Dominican Republic has taken very 

seriously its participation at the 2006 

World Championships and therefore they 

will have a busy schedule in preparation 

for the event, including training and competitions 

in America, Europe and Asia. 

Prior to the Japan event, they will have 

joint training bases in Brazil, France and 

China, and several international tournaments. 

team’s schedule 

June 2-18 Training base in Rio de Janeiro, 

Brazil, with the Brazilian team 

June 27-July 8 Fifth Women’s Pan American 

Cup in Puerto Rico 

July 14-30 Twentieth Central American 

and Caribbean Games 

in Cartagena, Colombia 

August 1-7 Training Base 

at Bagnoles-de-l’Orne, Normandy, 

France, with the French Team 

Aug. 16-Sep. 10 World Grand Prix 

Sep. 22-30 Copa TV Azteca 

in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico 

America’s Cup (Manaus, Brazil) 

October 14-22 World Women’s League 

in People’s Republic of China 

Oct. 31-Nov 16 World Championships (Japan)

2006 World Championships 

VOLLEYBALL mEn 

Canada’s new coach picks 

men’s senior roster 

Volleyball Canada has come to an 

agreement with Glenn Hoag as the 

new Men’s National Team Coach. Hoag, 

known for his play on the court during 

his time with the National Team, 

and more recently his success as a 

Professional Coach in France and at 

the Université de Sherbrooke, agreed 

to a 2-year contract with an option to 

extend for an additional 4 years. 

Hoag, a former member of Canada’s 

National Team (1981-86), was an integral 

part of the program when they produced 

Canada’s best ever result finishing 4th at 


Mexico is planning 

a training camp in China 

The Mexican National Women’s Team 

is planning to have a training camp in 

China before taking part in the World 

Championship in Japan, announced 

Professor Alejandro Salinas, President 

of the Mexican National Federation. 

The Mexican side obtained the right to 

participate of the world event with USA 

and Puerto Rico by finishing in third place 

during the Norceca-D qualifying tournament 

in Puerto Rico last year. 

Evelyn 

Carrera 

the 1984 Summer Olympics. Since that 

time he has had a successful professional 

career as a player and now as a coach. 

Glenn has coached for professional teams 

in Europe, most notably Paris Volley in 

France where he led the team to a historic 

Triple-Crown victory winning the French 

Cup, European Champions Cup, and 

French Championship, had success as an 

assistant with the French National Team 

program and has been coaching since 

2003 at the Université de Sherbrooke. 

Hoag’s Senior Men’s roster for the 2006 

International Volleyball season is made up 

of 19 veteran and up-and-coming athletes 

and was selected after an intense four-day 

Selection Camp held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 

during the first week of May. 

The preparation of the Mexican squad also 

includes the participation in the V th Women’s 

Pan American Cup in Puerto Rico, the 

Twentieth Central American and Caribbean 

Games in Colombia and the Copa TV 

Azteca in Mexico with the top teams from 

the Norceca region and also teams from 

Brazil and Peru. 

Some of the best Mexican players are participating 

in foreign leagues, such as Bibi 

Candelas and Ana Mercado (USA), Yendi 

Cortinas (Italy) and Claudia Rodriguez 

(Spain). Other key players in the team 

include setter Selena Barajas, and Blanca 

Chan, Migdalel Ruiz, Mariela Garcia, Martha 

Revuelta and Mariana Lopez. 

This 

month, 

our World 

Championship 

mascot “Val-kun” 

is continuing 

the rally with 

a service reception. 

He’s going for 

a pass to a setter, like 

Evelyn Carrera (left) from 

the Dominican Republic. 

Next month, the rally continues. 

Website: www.2006vball.jp 

Glenn Hoag, the new head coach 

athletes selected to team canada’s 

Senior Men’s team are: 

Setters: Scott Koskie (Winnipeg, MB), Mike 

Munday (Winnipeg, MB), Josh Howatson 

(Victoria, BC) 

Right Side: Paul Duerden (London, ON), 

Dallas Soonias (Red Deer, AB), Kris Brand 

(Quesnel, BC) 

Left Side: Fred Winters (Vancouver, BC), 

Pascal Cardinal (Pincourt, QC), Christian 

Bernier (Montreal, QC), Dan Lewis 

(Oakville, ON), Nicholas Cundy (Edmonton, 

AB), Alexandre Gaumont-Casias (Marieville, 

QC), Louis-Pierre Mainville (Notre- 

Dame-de-L’Isle-Perrot, QC), Jean-Francois 

Grondin (Sherbrooke, QC) 

Middle Blockers: Murray Grapentine 

(Westaskiwin, AB), Steve Brinkman (Bowmanville, 

ON), Brett Youngberg (White 

Rock, BC), Chris Meehan (Clearwater, BC) 

Libero: Chris Wolfenden (Peterborough, 

ON). Veteran player Terry Martin is also 

expected to join the team later this year. 

“This was my first experience as Head 

Coach of our national team,” stated Glenn 

Hoag. “The camp went very well, mainly 

because this group of athletes was very 

focused and came prepared to compete 

and learn. These players will play a 

valuable role in Canadian volleyball in 

both the upcoming season, as well as the 

full-time training centre. It will be a long, 

tough year and our players will be tested 

in all aspects of the game.” 

In Team Canada’s first exhibition series 

of the international Volleyball season, the 

12 th -ranked Canadians lost out to the 15 th - 

ranked Chinese team in a three-match 

series. After two close five-set matches, 

China secured the final match with a convincing 

3-0 victory in front of 2000 Canadian 

and Chinese fans. Coming up big 

for Canada despite the loss, were Dallas 

Soonias with 15 points (12 kills, 3 blocks), 

and veteran Steve Brinkman who had 11 

points including 4 kills and 7 blocks. 

The team will now re-group and prepare 

for the first-ever Men’s Pan American 

Cup, where they will face the Dominican 

Republic, Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago 

in Pool A, before crossing over to face 

powerhouse Cuba and rivals USA. 

fiVB World Volley news no.4 June 2006

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An interview with Poland’s 

Katarzyna Skowronska 

Katarzyna ‘Kasia’ Skowronska is one 

of the rising stars of women’s volleyball. 

The 22-year-old Pole took part 

in a Question and Answer session with 

the official website of the FIVB World 

Championships Japan 2006: 

• What are your general comments 

on the Poland team, for example your 

strong points and weak points? 

K.S.: I can’t tell you all our strong points, 

because we need to have some surprises 

for the World Championship. For sure 

we need to work a lot on defence and 

on producing consistent form. The most 

important thing is that we are still young 

and we create a 

real team. 

• Sometimes 

the Poland 

team is excellent, 

but the 

next day is not 

so good. Why 

is this? 

K.S.: That’s a 

mental problem, 

and shows why 

it is so impor- 


Japan’s “golden girls” from the 1976 Montréal 

Olympic Games look to the future 

The magical memories of Montreal 

are still alive in Japan, and have led 

to the establishment of a non-profit 

organisation to spread the volleyball 

gospel. The 12 members of Japan’s 

gold medal-winning women’s squad at 

the 1976 Olympic Games have teamed 

up again to form NPO Volleyball Montreal, 

and have been joined by media 

representatives and support staff who 

were also involved in the epic campaign 

30 years ago. 

Registered with the Tokyo city government 

and with office space at the Japan Volleyball 

Association headquarters in Sendagaya, 

near the National Stadium built for 

the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, NPO Volleyball 

Montreal will have several aims, according 

to team member and chief executive 

Yuko Arakida. “The first will be to hold volleyball 

clinics and schools for kids, middleschool 

students and mama-sans,” says 

Yuko, the term ‘mama-sans’ referring to 

the hugely popular circuit for mothers and 

older players. “The second is to organise 

media training for the top athletes, not 

only in volleyball, so they can learn how to 

handle the media and conduct interviews 

with the press and TV. We also plan to give 


tant to be consistent. We need to learn 

also that we are able to overcome even the 

strongest teams like China or Brazil. We 

didn’t win against them until now and it’s 

still in our heads. 

• In Pool A, what will it be like to play 

Japan at home in Tokyo? What is the 

atmosphere like for Japan’s opponents, 

and does the noise intimidate you or 

inspire you? 

K.S.: It’ nice to play in a gym which is full 

of people. Japan’s fans expect a good game 

and they appreciate good action no matter 

whether it’s from Japan or the other team. 

I hope it will be the same atmosphere in 

Poland on the World Grand Prix this year. 

• You play three Asian teams in Pool 

A at the World Championships: Japan, 

Korea and Chinese Taipei. How is their 

volleyball style different to the European 

style? 

K.S.: They play really fast volleyball and 

they have the best defence of all teams 

all over the world. Now I know this style 

because of my play in Italy with Miyuki 

Takahashi. We need to be very careful 

about their excellent counter-attacks. The 

players have got really good technical 

skills and because of that they are really 

precise. In my opinion in Europe we have 

the better block. 

• What do you expect from Kenya and 

Costa Rica? 

K.S.: I don’t know these teams at all, but 

talks to kids and hopefully give them the 

inspiration to succeed in whatever they 

choose to do.” 

In order to fund their activities, NPO Volleyball 

Montreal will be seeking sponsorship 

within the volleyball community, and 

has already been supplied with an attractive 

uniform by Japanese sportswear giant 

Mizuno. The group has around 50 members 

and plans to expand to include other 

volleyball Olympians from Japan’s glorious 

past. 


I think that at the World Championships 

there are no weak teams. We will not disregard 

them for sure. 

• How high do you think Poland can finish 

in the World Championships? 

K.S.: I dream about a medal. We are able 

to do this. I really believe this… 

• You are only 22 years old. What is 

your goal in life, both in volleyball and 

away from volleyball? 

K.S.: Carpe diem…catch your every day 

like it would be the last… 

• Describe your shoulder tattoo, and 

why you have it? 

K.S.: It’s a dragon which I put on on my 

18 th birthday… he’s strong - that’s the 

reason. 

• The Japanese fans like your play and 

your character. What do you like about 

Japan as a country from your visits 

here? 

K.S.: I like Japan because it’s modern, 

huge and powerful. The country has a specific 

character and specific culture. When 

I’m thinking about Japan I can see a lot of 

colors. 

• Will you continue to play in Italy for 

Minetti Infoplus Vicenza, or will you 

play in Japan’s V League in the future? 

K.S.: I don’t know yet what I will be doing 

in the future. To play in Japan it’s a big 

adventure, but I like adventures. I think 

I would like to play there some day… we 

will see what life brings. 

Nine of the 12 ‘golden girls’ from Montreal 

attended the press conference, among 

them captain Takako Iida, who becomes 

the first president, and Echiko Maeda and 

Takako Shirai, the two vice presidents. 

The nine other members are Mariko 

Okamoto, Noriko Matsuda, Kiyomi Kato, 

Yuko Arakida, Katsuko Kanesaka, Hiromi 

Yano, Shoko Takayanagi, Mariko Yoshida 

and Juri Yokoyama. With the players living 

in various parts of Japan, for example 

Hokkaido in the north and Kyushu in the 

south, NPO Volleyball Montreal will be 

able to reach deep into the community. 

The seeds for the new venture were sown 

eight years ago, when the 12 players were 

invited to a reunion at the FIVB 

World Championships in Japan 

on November 3, 1998. After that 

they agreed to meet socially every 

two years on the same date, and 

two years ago decided to take the 

movement one step further and 

give something back to society. 

Japan’s ‘Class of 76’ at the Montreal 

Olympics is regarded as 

one of the strongest teams of all 

time. They demolished Hungary, 

Peru and Canada in Group A, all 

in straight sets, before beating 

Korea in the semi-finals and the 

Soviet Union in the final, again 

without dropping a set.

Beach Volleyball 

BEAch VOLLEYBALL wOmEn 

Brazilians claim top spot in Modena to start 

the 2006 SWATCH FIVB World Tour 

For the start of this 15 th season on the 

women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour 

Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larrisa 

Franca of Brazil validated their 2005 

points championship by defeating 

reigning Olympic and World champions 

Misty May-Treanor and Kerri 

Walsh of the United States for the gold 

medal at the USD 200,000 Play Station 

Portable Italian Open on the Foro 

Boario centre court. 

Played on a picture-perfect day with an 

over-flowing crowd of 3.500 with a sprinkling 

of Brazilian supporters, the second-seeded 

Juliana and Larissa scored a 

21-19 and 27-25 win in 55 minutes over 

the top-seeded May-Treanor and Walsh to 

share the USD 32,000 first-place prize in 

the season opening event on the 15-stop 

women’s international tour. 

It was the second win in the last three 

meetings for the young Brazilians over 

May-Treanor and Walsh. The two teams 

split a pair of title matches in Mexico and 

South Africa as both tandems each won 

six SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold medals 

in 2005. Overall, the Americans have 

won six of the eight meetings, including a 

victory in the finals at the 2005 SWATCH 

FIVB World Championships last June in 

Berlin. 

22-year old Juliana said: “We have been 

working hard to beat Misty and Kerri and 

make ourselves the top team in the world 

entering the Beijing Olympic Games in 

2008. They are such a talented team, but 

we made the plays to win the match today. 

We are almost perfect this season, but we 

still have a lot of room for improvement.” 

Larissa added the SWATCH most outstanding 

player trophy to her gold medal 

and assorted gifts from the Italian pro- 

moter. “The Americans are considered 

the best, but we were better today. Except 

for a slow start, we played extremely well. 

This was a perfect place to launch our 

season as the Italians were great hosts,” 

the 24-year old Larissa added. “We look 

forward to coming back since Italy has 

been a great place to play for us.” 

The win was the second Italian title for 

Juliana and Larissa as the pair captured 

the Play Station Portable Italian Open in 

June 2005 in Milan where they defeated 

Vasso Karadassiou and Vassiliki Arvaniti of 

Greece in the final. The Greeks eventually 

won the 2005 European Championships 

in Moscow and also defeated Juliana and 

Play Station Portable italian Open - Modena - italy - Main draw tournament 

Date Team A [WT entry ranking] Team B [WT entry ranking] Results Duration 

Final 1 st Place 

14-May Walsh-May-Treanor USA [1] Felisberta Silva-França BRA [2] 0-2 (19-21, 25-27) 0:55 

Final 3 rd Place 

14-May Wang-Tian Jia CHN [22] Wacholder-Youngs USA [4] 2-1 (15-21, 21-18, 15-11) 1:01 

Semi-finals 

13-May Walsh-May-Treanor USA [1] Wang-Tian Jia CHN [22] 2-0 (21-15, 21-17) 0:36 

13-May Felisberta Silva-França BRA [2] Wacholder-Youngs USA [4] 2-0 (21-13, 21-15) 0:45 

Loser are ranked 5th 

13-May Karadassiou-Arvaniti GRE [6] Wang-Tian Jia CHN [22] 0-2 (15-21, 19-21) 0:39 

13-May Adriana Behar-Shelda BRA [5] Wacholder-Youngs USA [4] 1-2 (15-21, 21-17, 15-17) 1:06 

Loser are ranked 7th 

13-May Salgado Rufino-Carolina BRA [12] Karadassiou-Arvaniti GRE [6] 1-2 (22-20, 14-21, 13-15) 1:00 

13-May Adriana Behar-Shelda BRA [5] Schwaiger-Schwaiger AUT [24] 2-0 (21-12, 21-17) 0:33 

Round 4 

12-May Walsh-May-Treanor USA [1] Wacholder-Youngs USA [4] 2-1 (19-21, 21-16, 15-12) 0:47 

12-May Wang-Tian Jia CHN [22] Felisberta Silva-França BRA [2] 1-2 (21-15, 15-21, 13-15) 0:55 

Juliana 

Felisberta Silva 

and Larissa 

Franca of Brazil 

on the podium 

Larissa in the Stavanger Grand Slam stop. 

May-Treanor and Walsh, who defeated 

the Brazilians in the 2005 SWATCH FIVB 

World Tour season final in Cape Town 

after losing a three-setter in Acapulco a 

month earlier, split USD 22,000 for the silver 

medal finish. The Americans are now 

21-8 in SWATCH finals with Juliana and 

Larissa are 8-7. 

The Americans jumped to a 10-6 edge in 

the first set before Juliana and Larissa 

tied the match at 17-17 and 18-18 before 

scoring three of the last four points. In the 

second set, the Brazilians raced to 6-2, 7- 

3, 8-4, 11-7, 12-8 and 14-10 leads before 

May-Treanor and Walsh tied the match at 

16-16 on an interference call on Juliana 

after a long rally. The Americans served 

once for set point at 21-20, but Juliana and 

Larissa were able to regain the advantage 

at 22-21 and were able to overcome a dig 

by May-Treanor to put away the second 

set. 

That Sunday was not a “good day” for 

American Beach Volleyball as 22 nd -seeded 

Wang Jie and Tian Jia of China scored a 

15-21, 21-18 and 15-11 win over fourthseeded 

Rachel Wacholder and Elaine 

Youngs of the United States to share the 

USD 16,000 third-place prize. 

Wacholder and Youngs earned USD 

12,000 for placing fourth in the first of 15 

women’s events on the SWATCH circuit. 


6 

cOnfEdErAtiOns 

President Dr. Amr Elwani’s whistle-stop tour 

of the CAVB zones 

On his brief tour of the continent 

in April to visit the 

different zones of the continent, 

CAVB President Dr. 

Amr Elwani focused on preparations 

for the FIVB World Congress in October 

as well as future competitions and 

development in the different zones. 

The first meeting headed by Dr. Elwani 

was held with Mr. Emad Eldine Osman 

from Sudan, President of CAVB Zone V 

and was attended by five countries. 

Mr. Osman suggested holding a zonal competition 

in December 2006. “We hope to 

have annual competitions for the nearby 

countries of the zone which will decrease 

the travel costs for many countries and 

offer a good opportunity for international 

experience for our teams” said Mr. Emad. 

Kenya Volleyball President, Mr. Waithaka 

Kioni, put forward a request to organize 

a zonal competition for Juniors as well 

as the proposed Four Nations Women’s 

competition in July, which will be a good 

opportunity for the African countries representing 

the continent at this year’s World 

Championships in Japan. Egypt, Kenya 

and Cameroon will prepare for the big 

event with Nigeria, another strong team. 

Eritrea Volleyball Federation President, Mr. 

Tecle Ghirmai, showed that his Federation 

is willing to participate at international 

level and had already demonstrated their 

progress during the World Championship 

Qualifications in Sudan for men and in 

Kenya for women last year. 

Djibouti Volleyball Federation President, 

Mr. Elias Abdalla, stressed that his country 


needs to participate in many more courses 

to graduate more coaches and referees 

who can help to develop Volleyball in the 

country. 

In the presence of representatives from 

twelve countries, African Zones II and III 

held a fruitful meeting in Cotonou, Benin, 

headed by Elwani and attended by Benin 

National Director of Sport Mr. Christopher 

Houndevi and Secretary of Sports and Culture 

Mr. Lougbenon. 

The meeting discussed the Volleyball 

development plans in the western area of 

Africa in both technical and management 

aspects with representatives from Benin, 

Congo RD, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Gambia, 

Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, 

Sierra Leone and Togo. 

The meeting also agreed to implement the 

CAVB proposal for the first African Beach 

Volleyball competition at club level and to 

increase the material support to the countries 

of this region. 

At a press conference upon his arrival in 

Benin, held at the VIP lounge in Benin 

international airport, Dr. Amr Elwani 

declared that he had a lot of programmes 

to develop Volleyball in the Western part of 

the continent with the great support of the 

world Volleyball governing body FIVB and 

its president Dr. Rubén Acosta. 

“I’m coming here to implement our development 

plans all over the continent and 

we chose Benin after their great success 

in hosting the last years Men’s African 

Clubs Champions Championship”, said Dr. 

Elwani in an interview for Golfe TV in 

Benin. “I’m very proud of my visit to Benin 

CAVB President Dr. Amr Elwani 

during his brief tour of the continent 


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and send my deep thanks to Benin Volleyball 

Federation, Mr. Dominique Atchawe 

and all the Board members for the hospitality 

and the good arrangement for such 

an important meeting”, he added. 

Mr. Atchawe expressed his gratitude to 

the FIVB and CAVB for their help last year 

when Benin hosted one of the most important 

CAVB competitions at club level with 

the participation of 11 teams. 

In the presence of Mr. Baba Sy, President of 

Senegal Volleyball Federation, Mr. Moussa 

Gueye, Vice-president of Mali Volleyball 

Federation, Mr. Agbodian Prince, President 

of Togo Volleyball Federation the 

delegates representing all zone countries 

announced their full support to Dr. Acosta 

as the only candidate for Africa in the elections 

of the 2006 FIVB World congress. 

During the African Zone VI Congress, 

the representatives of the attending 

eight countries were Botswana, Lesotho, 

Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South 

Africa and Swaziland. The countries’ delegates 

discussed the activities of the zone 

in the last year including the organization 

of the Men’s and Women’s Senior 

Nations Championships held in Gaborne, 

Botswana 27- 31 July 2005, where Botswana 

won both categories as well as the 

Men’s and Women’s Club Championships 

with participation of 11 clubs. 

“We want to activate Volleyball in our 

zone using the great push from both 

FIVB and CAVB” said zone President, Mr. 

S.D. Mosweu (Botswana). “We want to 

go forwards through the efforts of the 

National Federations of the zone and 

also through asking CAVB to assist in the 

technical aspects to ensure a good future”, 

he added.

Technical & Development 

Courses and Seminars Calendar - June-September 2006 

DATES COURSE PLACE SPONSOR 

June 4-10 Refereeing Continental Cuba National Federation (NF) 

June 5-9 Refereeing Refresher Bangkok FIVB (Development Centre) 

June 5-12 Technical Seminar Get Involved Dakar FIVB (Development Centre) 

June 7-18 Coaches Level I United Arab Emirates NF 

June 13-24 Coaches Level I Namibia Olympic Solidarity 

June 15-28 Coaches Level II Colombia NF 

June 19-July 2 Coaches Level II Tunisia FIVB (Development Centre) 

June 24-July 7 Coaches Level II Cameroon Olympic Solidarity 

June 25-July 6 Coaches Level I Bridgetown FIVB (Development Centre) 

June 26-July 2 Technical Seminar Middle Player Mexico NF 

July 2-6 Technical Seminar Teachers Bahrain FIVB 

July 5-16 Coaches Level I Tunisia Olympic Solidarity 

July 12-25 Coaches Level II Angola Olympic Solidarity 

July 15-19 Technical Seminar Teachers Sudan FIVB 

July 17-21 Technical Seminar Players Venezuela FIVB 

July 17-28 Coaches Level I Mexico NF 

July 18-22 Technical Seminar Middle Player Chennai, India FIVB 

July 19-August 2 Coaches Level II Bahrain FIVB 

July 24-August 6 Coaches Level II Ivory Coast Olympic Solidarity 

July 31-August 6 Technical Seminar Setter Mexico NF 

August 1-5 Refereeing Refresher Venezuela FIVB 

August 3-16 Coaches Level II Dominican Republic FIVB 

August 3-16 Coaches Level II Safat, Kuwait NF 

August 8-21 Coaches Level II South Africa FIVB 

August 15-19 Technical Seminar Defense/attack Dakar, Senegal FIVB 

August 18-22 Technical Seminar Outside hitter Chennai, India FIVB 

August 21-Sept.3 Coaches Level II Haiti Olympic Solidarity 

August 22-Sept.2 Coaches Level I Phnom Penh, Cambodia Olympic Solidarity 

September 4-11 Refereeing IRCC Bahrain FIVB 

September 4-17 Coaches Level II Mali Olympic Solidarity 

September 9-13 Refereeing Refresher United Arab Emirates NF 

September 11-22 Coaches Level I Bangladesh Olympic Solidarity 

September 11-24 Coaches Level II Ghana Olympic Solidarity 

Volleyball Cooperation Programme Calendar - June-September 2006 

DATES COURSE PLACE 

June 5-10 Young Players Namibia 

June 9-16 Coaches Palestine 

June 26-July 3 Coaches St. Lucia 

July 3-8 Beach Get Involved Vanuatu 

July 7-14 Coaches Netherlands Antilles 

July 13-18 Young Players Gambia 

July 17-24 Coaches British Virgin Islands 

July 17-22 Coaches Cameroon 

July 17-24 Coaches Mozambique 

July 17-22 Teachers Paraguay 

July 21-26 Young Players Burkina Faso 

July 27-August 3 Coaches Angola 

July 31-August 5 Refereeing Togo 

August 13-18 Teachers Uganda 

August 14-19 Young Players Kinshasa, Congo 

August 21-26 Teachers Swaziland 

August 22-27 Teachers CAF 

August 29-Sept.6 Coaches Zimbabwe 

August 30-Sept.4 Teachers Ivory Coast 

September 4-9 Refereeing Rwanda 

September 4-11 Coaches Lesotho 

September 11-18 Coaches Benin 


The Jim Coleman Award 

created in NORCECA 

NORCECA has created the 

Jim Coleman Award as an 

honor to the most outstanding 

coach of the NORCECA’s 

Men’s Continental Championships. 

The Executive Committee and Board of 

Administration of NORCECA unanimously 

approved the proposal made by Mr. Doug 

Beal, CEO of USA Volleyball and member 

of both bodies of the North, Central 

American and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation 

of which Mr. Coleman was a 

co-founder. 

The award, in the form of a trophy, will be 

presented every two years at the conclusion 

of the men’s most important continental 

tournament within NORCECA. 

Mr. Coleman was a symbol of American 

Volleyball particularly at the international 

level. He took part in seven Olympic 

Games, eight Pan American Games, five 

World Cups, six World Championships 

and eleven NORCECA Championships. 

Mr. Coleman, who died in 2001, was a 

member of the FIVB Rules of the Game 

Commission for 25 years and was an editor 

of the FIVB Rules Casebook. 

“I am really satisfied with the strong support 

for my proposal from all the members 

of the Executive Committee and Board of 

Administration and I am going to communicate 

this decision to the Coleman family 

and to USA Volleyball,” said Mr. Beal. “I 

positively know they will be very proud of 

this recognition.” 

Jim Coleman, 

a symbol of American Volleyball 



CEV Executive Committee 

meeting in Istanbul 

In its meeting in Istanbul 

(TUR) on Saturday 22 nd 

April 2006, the CEV Executive 

Committee evaluated 

the organisation of the European Cups’ 

season 2005/06 and prepared the new 

arrangements for the coming season, 

including: 

• The introduction of a new ranking 

system valid for 2007/08 

• A test year 2006/07 with 24 men’s 

teams and 16 women’s team participating 

in the Indesit European Champions’ 

League 

• The preparation for the Drawing of 

Lots and following seminar from 23 rd 

to 24 th June 2006 in Vienna (AUT). 

It was also decided to present a ‘Fair Play’ 

award during the European Volleyball 

Gala in Vienna (AUT), where Europe’s 

best players will also be honoured. This 

year’s ‘Fair Play’ prize will be awarded 

to Marcus Nilsson from Paris Volley. The 

23-year-old Swede supported the second 

referee in the men’s CEV Cup semi-final 

against the later champion Lube Macerata, 

admitting to have touched the net during 

a critical score at the end of the third 

set, which finally decided the match in the 

opponent’s favour. 

In Beach Volleyball, a new ranking system 

has been approved by the CEV Executive 

Committee which will be valid from this 

season onwards. 

The new CEV ranking system will also 

take into account the points gathered 

during international FIVB events, so that 

some top European players will also have 

the opportunity to qualify for and compete 

in European events. 

The CEV Executive Committee 

in session 

World Volley News • Official Bulletin of the FIVB • Av. de la Gare 12 • CH-1001 Lausanne • Printed in Switzerland • FIVB founded in 1947 • Pres. Dr. Rubén Acosta H. 

Tel. + 41 21 345 35 35 • Fax + 41 21 345 35 45 • Web Site: www.fivb.org • E-mail: press@fivb.org • Editor: Communication Department • No. 4 • June 2006 



2006 Global Calendar - Competitions and Events - Volleyball and Beach Volleyball 

DATES EVENT COUNTRY CONF. M/W 

May 31-June 4 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Athens, Greece FIVB W 

May 31-June 4 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Zagreb, Croatia FIVB M 

May 31-June 3 Beach Volleyball Nestea ECH Tour German Masters Hamburg CEV M/W 

June M&W’s Beach Volleyball Tour (2 Legs) Indonesia AVC M/W 

June 2-4 2006-2007 Women’s European Championships Gibraltar, G.-B. CEV W 

June 2-4 2006-2007 ECH 2nd Round, tournament 1 Various venues CEV M/W 

June 3-4 2006-2007 Men’s ECH 2nd Round , 2nd leg Various venues CEV M 

June 3-12 I st Pan-American Cup Mexicali & Tijuana, Mexico NORCECA M 

June 5-11 Montreux Volley Masters Montreux, Switzerland W 

June 7-11 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy FIVB M 

June 9 CEV Executive committee meeting Palermo, Italy CEV 

June 9-11 2006-2007 ECH 2nd Round, tournament 2 Various venues CEV M/W 

June 10 CEV Board of administration meeting Palermo, Italy CEV 

June 10-11 2006-2007 Men’s ECH 2nd Round, 3rd Leg Various venues CEV M 

June 14-18 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Espinho, Portugal FIVB M 

June 15-18 BVB Nestea ECH Russian Masters Moscow, Russia CEV M/W 

June 16-18 2006-2007 Women’s ECH 2nd Round, tournament 2 Various venues CEV W 

June 17 TTC Men & Women Drawing of Lots Luxemburg CEV M/W 

June 17 CEV Cup Men & Women’s Drawing of Lots Luxemburg CEV M/W 

June 17-18 2006-2007 Men’s ECH 2nd Round 4th Leg Various venues CEV M 

June 20-24 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Gstaad, Switzerland FIVB W 

June 21-25 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Gstaad, Switzerland FIVB M 

June 23 IECL Men & Women’s Drawing of Lots Vienna, Austria CEV M/W 

June 24-25 2006-2007 ECH 2nd Round, 5th Leg Various venues CEV M 

June 24-25 IECL Men & Women’s Seminars Vienna, Austria CEV M/W 

June 27-July 1 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Stavanger, Norway FIVB W 

27 June- July 8 V th Pan-American Cup Puerto Rico NORCECA W 

June 28-July 2 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Stavanger, Norway FIVB M 

June 29-July 1 2006-2007 Men’s ECH Small countries div. qualification Northern Ireland CEV M 

July 1-2 2006-2007 Men’s ECH 2nd round, 6th leg Various venues CEV M 

July 1-9 Sub-18 Continental Championship USA NORCECA W 

July 4-8 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Marseille, France FIVB W 

July 5-9 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Marseille, France FIVB M 

July 7-9 CAZOVA Beach Volleyball Tour Trinidad & Tobago NORCECA M/W 

July 7-15 Caribbean Championship CAZOVA Jamaica NORCECA W 

July 12-16 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Montréal, Canada FIVB W 

July 12-16 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open Montréal, Canada FIVB M 

July 14-16 World League 2006 Interc. Round Pools A-B-C-D Week 1 Various venues FIVB M 

July 14-30 XX th Central American & Caribbean Sport Games Cartagena, Colombia NORCECA M/W 

July 18-22 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open St. Petersburg, Russia FIVB W 

July 19-23 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Open St. Petersburg, Russia FIVB M 

July 20-23 Beach Volleyball Nestea ECH Tour Spanish Masters Valencia, Spain CEV M/W 


July 21-23 FIVB Beach Volleyball Exhibition Rapperswil, Switzerland FIVB M/W 

July 21-29 Caribbean Championship CAZOVA Jamaica NORCECA M 

July 21-23 European League Various venues CEV 

July 22-24 Asia Challenge Cup Korea & Japan AVC 

July 25-29 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Paris, France FIVB W 

July 25-29 FIVB Beach Volleyball Challenger Atlantida Beach, Cyprus FIVB W 

July 26-30 FIVB Beach Volleyball Challenger Atlantida Beach, Cyprus FIVB M 

July 26-30 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Paris, France FIVB M 

July 27-30 FIVB Beach Volleyball Challenger Kiev, Ukraine FIVB M 

July 27-30 U-18 Beach Volleyball ECH 2006 Bratislava, Slovakia CEV 

July 28-30 European League Various venues CEV 


July 28-30 FIVB Beach Volleyball Satellite Casablanca, Morocco FIVB M 

July 28-30 Stage of South American Beach Volleyball Esmeraldas, Equator CSV M/W 

July 29-31 Asia Challenge Cup Korea & Japan AVC 

July 29 - August 8 Sub-20 Continental Championship Monterrey, Mexico NORCECA W 

The first candidatures for next European 

Championships were also evaluated. 

Whilst a new request for candidatures 

will be launched by the CEV for the Youth 

European Championship 2009, the Italian 

Volleyball Federation has applied to host 

the women’s Junior European Championship 

2008. 

The following candidates have applied for 

the women’s Senior European Championship 

2009: Italy, Poland and Turkey. For 

the men’s Senior European Championship 

2009 the CEV only received Turkey’s 

application in due time.

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