Dinamo Moscow overcome Trentino Volley in tie-break in the first match and made a significant step towards the next round. The defeat caused that Trentino is standing on the edge of survival in the Champions League. The Club World Champions need to win the game next week and then, to win the golden set (played…
The favourites of the men’s volleyball tournament at the XVII Mediterranean Games in Mersin on the southern Turkish shores – the team of Italy, won the gold medals after a hard-fought battle against Tunisia. Despite the relatively low interest in the volleyball tournament in the Games in general, the seven nations participating in this year’s…
This weekend Polish league reached half of regular season. Leader of legue, Chemik Police still didn’t lose any game, but lost first point against Impel Wrocław. The best teams after half of regular season are Chemik, Atom Trefl Sopot and Impel. 9th Round Results: Beef Master Budowlani Łódź – Polski Cukier Muszynianka Fakro Bank BPS…
Trentino Diatec defeated Sada Cruzeiro in the decisive game of the Men’s Club World Championships in Doha. It is the fourth victory in a row of Trentino establishing an extraordinarily hard record to beat. In the bronze medal match, PGE Skra Belchatow won Zenit Kazan in tie-break. FINAL Trentino Diatec 3 – 0…
The FIVB Executive Committee approved the appointment of Japan and Egypt into the 2013 edition of the World League at its meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. Sports Events Council’s proposal to expand the World League to 18 teams (three pools of six teams) for the first time in its history during its meeting…
Last week I had the chance to visit a friendly game between the teams of Marek Union Ivkoni – Bulgaria and Dinamo (Moscow) – Russia.Luckily for me, the game was held in my hometown, in the sports hall where I’ve spent wonderful days by training and enjoying the volleyball game. Maybe I won’t surprise…
Similarly to the previous year, CEV put together a group of 28 teams to participate in the Champions League 2013/2014. 15 countries, 5 wild cards, dozens of stars – Men’s Champions League is getting ready for another edition. Last time, Lokomotiv Novosibirsk took over the throne, by winning Final Four at home. Silver medal went…
Serbia was not hospitable for the Netherlands in the first match of Pool F World Grand Prix struggle. The European Champion beat Holland black and blue with significant input of three stats Brakocevic, Rasic, Mihajlovic. In the second of the day, Karch Kiraly organized a light workout for U.S reserves, playing against poor and inexperienced…
Anastasi decided to include four middle blockers. As we said before, Zbigniew Bartman will not be participating in the tournament. After Hubert Wagner’s Memorial it’s been taken under consideration that Michal Ruciak won’t be going to European Championships. Instead, many people have been expecting Wojciech Wlodarczyk to come and take his place. It did…
Brazil beating Japan in three straight sets clinched gold medal. Silver achieved USA, beating in American game Domninican Republic 3-1, bronze for “Nippon”. Surprise of the day was a win by Thailand versus Russia in 4 sets. Today results: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – UNITED STATES 1-3 (14-25 16-25 25-21 18-25) MVP: Kelly MurphyDominican Republic:…