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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

PVF President’s Message2 

FIVB President’s Message3 

Snapshot 4 

Men’s World Championship Intro and History 6 

Men’s World Championship Preview10 

Host Cities and Venues 12 

Competition Format 16 

Competition Schedule 18 

Participants’ Map 22 

PARTICIPATING TEAMS 

Argentina24 

Australia30 

Belgium36 

Brazil42 

Bulgaria 48 

Cameroon 54 

Canada60 

China 66 

Cuba72 

Egypt 78 

Finland 84 

France 90 

Germany96 

Iran102 

Italy108 

Korea114 

Mexico120 

Poland126 

Puerto Rico 132 

Russia138 

Serbia144 

Tunisia150 

USA156 

Venezuela162 

Facts and Figures 168 

All Star Players 170 

Qualification Process 171 

The Trophy 188 

Referees 190 

Referee’s Signals 192 

Key Rules of the Game 194 

Volleyball History 206 

FIVB Volleyball Properties 212 

FIVB Beach Volleyball Properties 214 

FIVB Tournament Records/History 216 

Overall Honours 220 

Head-to-Head 222 

Coming soon224 

FIVB Men’s World Ranking225 

We play it clean !228 

FIVB Officials229 

Media 230 

Social Media 231 

FIVB Press Contacts 232 

CONTACT 

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball 

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Edouard-Sandoz 2-4 

1006 Lausanne 

Switzerland 

Phone: +41 21 345 35 35 

Fax: +41 21 345 35 45 

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CREDITS 

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FIVB Communications Department Director 

Project Manager Vanessa Martin Randin - FIVB Editor 

Data 

Design 

Layout 

Alberto Rigamonti - FIVB IT Department 

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Samuel Chesaux 

PUBLICATION DATE 

All data correct as of 18.08.2014 

Team info supplied by national federations

PVF PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 

Ladies and Gentlemen, 

Dear Friends of Volleyball, 

It is my utmost pleasure to welcome you to Poland! This 

is a country so open to volleyball that it has been aptly 

nicknamed Volleyland, a well-deserved name, which 

epitomises the sport in Poland. For many years our country 

has been known for its organisational prowess and for the 

unique atmosphere that accompanies our volleyball events 

so wholeheartedly and spontaneously. 

We meet on a very special occasion. For the first time in 

history, Poland will host the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World 

Championship. We are grateful for the trust that the 

International Volleyball Federation has put in us and I know 

that Poland 2014 will be a breakthrough in the history of 

international volleyball. We are pleased to present you with 

an exceptional event, the opening ceremony and match, at 

the National Stadium in Warsaw to be held in the presence 

of 62,000 spectators. I promise you that August 30 to 

September 21 will be an unforgettable and wonderful 

experience for all our fans and guests. 

Łódź, Wrocław, Gdańsk, Bydgoszcz and Kraków. I would 

like to express my gratitude to the host cities and their 

authorities for their years of commitment to promoting our 

sport and the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship 

Poland 2014. 

The Ministry of Sport and Tourism has also given us vital 

support and continues to cooperate with our federation in 

many areas. 

I have no doubt that Polsat TV, known for its innovation, 

will guarantee the highest level of TV broadcast. 

The 18th FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship will 

be a great, global festival of our sport. 

I wish all the participating teams the best of luck in fulfilling 

their sporting ambitions and the fans a fantastic experience 

filled with unforgettable memories. 

Mirosław Przedpełski 

PVF President 

Poland is a country renowned for its hospitality, which you 

will be able to see for yourself in the host cities of Katowice, 

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FIVB PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 

Ladies and Gentlemen, 

Dear Volleyball Family, 

The FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship Poland 

2014 is one of the most eagerly awaited events in the 

international volleyball calendar. From August 30 to 

September 21, Poland will welcome 24 of the world’s finest 

volleyball teams to battle it out on the courts for the title 

of world champion. 

Following numerous qualifying matches across the world, 

the best teams have gathered in this volleyball-hungry 

nation for what is sure to be an exciting competition. 

Poland are first-time hosts of the World Championship, 

the International Volleyball Federation’s oldest and most 

prestigious tournament, and players and coaching staff will 

be welcomed with open arms to state-of-the-art venues 

around the country. 

The World Championship will attract local and international 

fans, who will help to create a memorable atmosphere at 

the tournament’s principal venues. The 2010 Men’s World 

Championship saw Italy put on an impressive spectacle for 

the fans, who can expect an equally inspiring tournament in 

Wrocław, Katowice, Gdańsk, Kraków, Łódź and Bydgoszcz. 

Poland loves volleyball and I am sure the organising 

committee’s years of planning and hard work will provide 

players and fans with the best experience ever, including a 

display of first class volleyball. However, the fans will also 

play an important role in making this tournament one to 

remember. 

Volleyball fans are passionate about their sport and it 

is always a pleasure to see supporters showing their 

allegiance by following their teams from venue to venue. 

It is great to see this commitment and I look forward 

to meeting many fans of the game at each stage of the 

Championship. 

To all involved, I hope you enjoy what will no doubt be an 

incredible competition. 

Dr. Ary S. Graça F° 

FIVB President 

FIVB VOLLEYBALL MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POLAND 2014 MEDIA GUIDE 

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MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INTRO AND HISTORY 

VOLLEYBALL HISTORY IN THE MAKING 

The FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship Poland 

2014 begins on August 30 with a dream opening match 

between the hosts and Serbia, who will play to a record 

62,000 spectators at the National Stadium in Warsaw. 

“The last time the FIVB held a World Championship match 

outdoors was during the second staging of the Men’s 

World Championship in 1952 in the USSR, so it goes to 

show how unique this event is”, said FIVB President 

Dr. Ary S. Graça F°. 

in Rio de Janeiro, and the World Championship this year 

will be our launch pad”, said Dr. Graça. “A successful 

tournament is one where we have record-breaking 

attendance levels, outstanding volleyball that entertains 

everyone, and a wonderful lifetime experience, which will 

live long in the memory of all those involved. It’s going to 

be exciting and ground-breaking in so many ways.” 

The rapid growth in the number of countries involved in the 

tournament’s qualifying process is emphatic proof of just 

how tough the competition is around the world. 

While 113 teams competed for a ticket to the 2010 World 

Championship, this number had risen to 148 for the 2014 

edition with national teams ranging from Guadeloupe and 

the Ivory Coast to Yemen. 

Tickets for the opening match sold out in just 100 minutes – 

a first indication of the level of anticipation and enthusiasm 

ahead of the 18th edition of the quadrennial event, which 

is the first FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship to be 

staged in Poland. It marks the start of a tournament which 

will take place over a period of 23 days, culminating in the 

grand finale in Katowice on September 21. 

“You will witness a level of entertainment and engagement 

never seen before. We would like to take volleyball into a 

new era, building up towards the 2016 Olympic Games 

A total of 103 matches in a new competition format await 

the 24 finalists in Poland. The 24 teams will be spread 

across four pools of six teams playing in a round-robin 

system with the top four teams advancing to a second 

round of preliminary matches featuring two pools of 

eight teams. The top three countries from each pool will 

then advance to the third round phase, followed by the 

semifinals and finals. The six host cities are Wrocław, 

Katowice, Gdańsk, Kraków, Łódź and Bydgoszcz, all with 

state-of-the-art arenas. 

The pools for the first round of the tournament were 

determined at the Drawing of Lots ceremony, which took 

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place at Warsaw’s Palace of Arts and Culture on January 27, 

2014. The Championship trophy was also unveiled to the 

public for the first time at this event. 

Poland is the 11th country to host the FIVB Men’s World 

Championship, after Czechoslovakia (1949, 1966), the 

Soviet Union (1952, 1962), France (1956, 1986), Brazil 

(1960, 1990), Argentina (1982, 2002), Italy (1978, 2010), 

Japan (1998, 2006), Bulgaria (1970), Mexico (1974) and 

Greece (1994). 

With six titles to its name, Russia’s predecessor, the Soviet 

Union, is the most successful nation since the first World 

Championship took place in 1949. However, it is now 32 

years since their last gold medal, which they won in 1982 

in Buenos Aires. 

Taking the gold medal on three occasions each are Brazil 

(2002, 2006, 2010) and Italy (1990, 1994, 1998), while 

Czechoslovakia triumphed on two occasions (1956, 1966), 

and East Germany (1970), USA (1986) and Poland (1974) 

each have one title to their name. It goes without saying 

that the many volleyball fans in the host nation are hoping 

for Poland to repeat their World Championship triumph in 

Mexico City in 1974. 

Volleyball is a popular sport in the host country. Top clubs 

featuring a host of international stars regularly play in the 

European Champions League and halls are packed for 

national league matches that are often televised. Poland 

are now looking to set a new standard for the FIVB World 

Championship for fans in the halls and for TV viewers 

around the world, with matches set to be broadcast in over 

100 countries. 

With the host country known for organising top level 

volleyball competitions and local fans known for their 

enthusiastic, friendly and colourful contribution to the 

sport, this year’s World Championship is set to make a 

lasting impression. 

MEDAL SHOWCASE 

Year Host 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 

2010 Rome (ITA) Brazil Cuba Serbia 

2006 Tokyo (JPN) Brazil Poland Bulgaria 

2002 Buenos Aires (ARG) Brazil Russia France 

1998 Tokyo (JPN) Italy Yugoslavia Cuba 

1994 Athens (GRE) Italy The Netherlands USA 

1990 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) Italy Cuba USSR 

1986 Paris (FRA) USA USSR Bulgaria 

1982 Buenos Aires (ARG) USSR Brazil Argentina 

1978 Rome (ITA) USSR Italy Cuba 

1974 Mexico City (MEX) Poland USSR Japan 

1970 Sofia (BUL) East Germany Bulgaria Japan 

1966 Prague (TCH) Czechoslovakia Romania USSR 

1962 Moscow (URS) USSR Czechoslovakia Romania 

1960 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) USSR Czechoslovakia Romania 

1956 Paris (FRA) Czechoslovakia Romania USSR 

1952 Moscow (URS) USSR Czechoslovakia Bulgaria 

1949 Prague (TCH) USSR Czechoslovakia Bulgaria 


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MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INTRO AND HISTORY 

HISTORY 

Nb 

Results 

Medal Podium 

Country part. 1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 Total 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 

Albania 1 - - - - 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Algeria 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 19 - - - - - - - 

Argentina 10 - - - 11 - - - - 22 3 7 6 13 11 6 13 9 1 - - 1 

Australia 5 - - - - - - - - - 22 - - - 17 19 21 19 - - - - 

Austria 2 - - 20 - 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Belgium 6 9 - 17 - - 14 8 11 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Brazil 15 - - 11 5 10 13 12 9 6 2 4 4 5 4 1 1 1 4 3 1 - 

Bulgaria 16 3 3 5 - 4 7 2 7 10 5 3 5 9 7 13 3 7 5 - 1 4 

Cameroon 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 15 - - - - 13 - - - - 

Canada 9 - - - - - - - 20 20 11 - 12 9 12 17 11 19 - - - - 

Chile 1 - - - - - - - - - 23 - - - - - - - - - - - 

China 12 - - 9 - 9 9 - 15 7 7 12 - 13 13 15 17 19 - - - - 

Chinese Taipei 1 - - - - - - - - - - 15 - - - - - - - - - - 

Croatia 1 - - 19 - - - - - - 

Cuba 13 - - 19 - - 17 13 8 3 10 5 2 4 3 19 15 2 4 - 2 2 

Czechoslovakia 12 2 2 1 2 2 1 4 5 5 9 8 9 6 2 4 - 

Czech Republic 4 - 19 13 13 10 - - - - 

Denmark 1 - - - - - 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Dominican Rep. 1 - - - - - - - 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Egypt 7 - - - - - - - 17 23 - 14 - - 19 19 21 13 - - - - 

Finland 6 - 11 - - 18 19 20 - 17 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 

France 14 6 6 7 9 - 18 17 16 15 16 6 8 - - 3 6 11 1 - - 1 

Germany 3 9 - - 9 8 - - - - 

Germany (GDR) 7 - - 12 - 11 4 1 4 9 12 - - 1 1 - - 

Germany (FRG) 2 - - 24 - - 20 - - - - - - - - - - 

Greece 5 - - - - - - - - - - 13 - 6 13 7 17 - - - - - 

Guinea 1 - - - - - - 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Hungary 8 7 5 8 6 7 10 11 - 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - 

India 2 - 8 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Iran 4 - - - - - - 21 - - - - - - 19 - 21 19 - - - - 

Iraq 1 - - - - - - - - - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 

Israel 4 - 10 16 - 15 - 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Italy 15 8 - 14 - 14 16 15 19 2 14 11 1 1 1 5 5 4 4 3 1 - 

Japan 14 - - - 8 5 5 3 3 11 4 10 11 9 15 9 8 13 2 - - 2 

Kazakhstan 2 - - 19 21 - - - - - 

Korea 8 - - 18 - - - - 13 4 8 - 14 8 13 - 17 - - - - - 

Korea (DPR) 2 - - 13 - 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Lebanon 1 - 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Libya 1 - - - - - - - - - 24 - - - - - - - - - - - 

Luxembourg 1 - - 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Mexico 4 - - - - - - - 10 12 18 - - - - - - 13 - - - - 

Mongolia 3 - - - - 17 21 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

The Netherlands 11 10 - 13 - 12 12 14 12 16 - - 7 2 6 9 - - 1 - 1 - 

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Nb 

Results 

Medal Podium 

Country part. 1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 Total 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 

Panama 1 - - - - - - - 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Paraguay 1 - - - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Peru 1 - - - 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Poland 15 4 7 4 4 6 6 5 1 8 6 9 - - 17 9 2 13 2 1 1 - 

Portugal 2 - - 15 - - - - - - - - - - - 8 - - - - - - 

Puerto Rico 3 - - - - - - - 23 - - - - - - - 12 13 - - - - 

Romania 10 5 4 2 3 3 2 7 6 13 15 - - - - - - - 4 - 2 2 

Russia 5 7 5 2 7 5 1 - 1 - 

Serbia 1 3 1 - - 1 

Serbia & Mont. 1 4 - - - - 

Spain 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 13 - 12 - - - - 

Sweden 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 10 13 - - - - - - - - 

Thailand 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 - - - - - - - 

Tunisia 7 - - - - - - 22 18 24 21 - - - - 19 15 19 - - - - 

Turkey 3 - - 22 - - 15 - - - - - - - 19 - - - - - - - 

Ukraine 1 - 10 - - - - - - - 

Uruguay 1 - - - 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

USA 14 - - 6 7 - 11 18 14 19 13 1 13 3 9 9 10 6 2 1 - 1 

USSR 12 1 1 3 1 1 3 6 2 1 1 2 3 11 6 2 3 

Venezuela 10 - - - 10 - - 23 21 21 19 16 16 - - 17 17 19 - - - - 

Yugoslavia 6 - - 10 - 8 8 10 - - - - - - 2 4 1 - 1 - 


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MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW 

BRAZIL TARGET HISTORIC FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TITLE 

Brazil’s ball magicians are hoping to smash their way 

into the volleyball history books at the FIVB Volleyball 

Men’s World Championship Poland 2014 with a fourth 

consecutive win in the tournament. If they do, they will be 

the first country in the history of the tournament to achieve 

this feat. Italy is the only other country to have wins in 

three consecutive editions in 1990, 1994 and 1998, with 

the Brazilians winning their hat-trick of titles in 2002, 2006 

and 2010. 

At the World Championship hosted by Italy in 2010, 

Brazil captured their third title after beating Cuba 3-0 

(25-22, 25-14, 25-22) in front of a sold-out crowd at the 

PalaLottomatica in Rome in the final. Serbia completed the 

podium after beating the home team in the bronze medal 

match. 

The South Americans, however, will face stiff competition 

from many teams, including Russia, who are hungry for 

the title following victories at the 2012 Olympic Games in 

London, the 2013 European Championship and the 2013 

World League. 

Although Russia (WR 2) failed to win a place on the 

podium at the 2014 World League, Brazil (WR 1) know 

only too well that they are formidable opponents. The 

2012 Olympic Games final saw Russia defeat Brazil 3-2 

after being two sets down. Indeed Russia will be looking 

to its star player, the 2.18m Dmitry Muserskiy, to help them 

win the sport’s most prestigious title again. 

Brazil will also need to keep an eye on the Americans. USA, 

ranked fourth in the world, took their second World League 

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title in July after beating Brazil in four outstanding sets 3-1 

(31-29, 21-25, 25-20, 25-23) in front of 9,000 fans at 

the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence, Italy. Having won 

their only World Championship title back in 1986, the US 

have been waiting for a medal since 1994, when they won 

bronze – a long time for a country so used to success. 

A number of other teams are also well placed to make their 

mark on the competition. 

The particularly ambitious young Italian team have shown 

they are a force to reckon with having finished third at 

the 2012 Olympic Games in London followed by bronze 

medals at the 2013 and 2014 editions of the World 

League. With the heavy-scoring Ivan Zaytsev on the team, 

Italy (WR 3) have their sights set on a return to their former 

level of success. 

Then there is Iran, who took the volleyball world by storm 

at the 2014 World League. As the first Asian nation to 

qualify for the Finals of the tournament, Iran then made 

an even bolder statement by finishing in the top four of 

this year’s World League, losing in straight sets to Italy in 

the bronze medal match. Hoping to take his team to even 

greater heights during the World Championship is Iranian 

captain and playmaker, Mir Saied Marouflakarani who was 

also the Best Setter at the 2014 World League. 

Serbia – who were third in the 2010 World Championship 

– and Bulgaria – third in the 2006 edition – are also worth 

watching out for, while Germany, with spectacular hitter 

Georg Grozer among their ranks, are another team capable 

of springing a surprise or two. 

Buoyed by the support of their faithful fans, Poland are 

hoping that they can produce a win on home soil at the 

World Championship. They may have missed out on the 

finals of the 2014 FIVB World League, but wins against 

Italy and defending champions Brazil during the annual 

tournament are proof of the team’s potential. After 

disappointing results in 2013, coach Andrea Anastasi was 

replaced by legendary French player Stephane Antiga and 

with players like Bartosz Kurek and Mariusz Wlazly, Poland 

have the power to take their game to new heights. 

Whatever happens, the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World 

Championship Poland 2014 is guaranteed to produce the 

level of play and sporting quality that fans around the 

world have come to expect from the tournament. And it 

goes without saying that the competition will have a lot 

on offer as the teams work their way round-by-round for a 

chance to reach the final two teams in Katowice. 

The FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship Poland 2014 features 24 teams split into four pools of six: 

POOL A 

POOL B 

POOL C 

POOL D 

Argentina (9) 

Brazil (1) 

Bulgaria (8) 

Belgium (24) 

Australia (12) 

Cuba (7) 

Canada (15) 

France (13) 

Cameroon (22) 

Finland (26) 

China (19) 

Iran (11) 

Poland (5) 

Germany (10) 

Egypt (17) 

Italy (3) 

Serbia (6) 

Korea (19) 

Mexico (22) 

Puerto Rico (21) 

Venezuela (35) 

Tunisia (14) 

Russia (2) 

USA (4) 

() Numbers in brackets denotes World Ranking 


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HOST CITIES AND VENUES 

ABOUT POLAND 

Poland is a republic of around 40 million people at the 

geographical heart of Europe. It borders Belarus, the 

Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia and 

Ukraine. The climate is mostly temperate throughout the 

country, from the Baltic Sea in the north to the warmer 

south and east. Poland has a proud sporting tradition and 

a rich history of international competition. 

The National Stadium in Warsaw is a retractable roof 

football stadium and is the home stadium of the Poland 

national football team. Construction of the stadium began 

in 2008 and finished in November 2011. The stadium was 

the venue for the opening match (a group match), two 

group matches, a quarterfinal, and the semifinal of the 

UEFA EURO 2012, co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine. 

The country has hosted the FIVB Volleyball World League 

Finals in 2001, 2007 and 2011 in addition to age-group 

World Championships and the inaugural edition of the 

World Cup in 1965. Despite the Polish men’s team having 

won the FIVB Volleyball World Championship title in 1974 

and their second place finish in 2006, at no stage have 

they hosted this key event. 

OPENING CEREMONY AND MATCH - WARSAW 

The tournament will begin on August 30, with the opening 

match played between the host country Poland and Serbia 

at the National Stadium in Warsaw. This will be the first 

time since the 1952 edition that a match of the Men’s 

World Championship will be played outdoors. 

Following the opening ceremony and match, the action 

of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship Poland 

2014 will move to the following six venues around the 

country: Wrocław, Katowice, Gdańsk, Kraków, Bydgoszck, 

Łódź . 

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KATOWICE - SPODEK ARENA 

Katowice is a city in Silesia, located in the southwest of 

Poland on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers (tributaries of 

the Oder and the Vistula respectively). It is surrounded by 

the Silesian Highlands, about 50km north of the Silesian 

Beskids (part of the Carpathian Mountains) and about 

100km southeast of the Sudetes Mountains. Katowice is 

the capital of the Silesia region. 

Construction of the Spodek Arena was completed in 1971 making 

it the largest facility of its kind in Poland at that time. It has been 

modernised several times (most recently in 2011) and it is now the 

only fully air conditioned facility in the country. The Arena is built 

on seven hectares of land and is a multifunctional establishment, 

capable of holding many events simultaneously. Its most impressive 

feature is a new rounded LED screen, suspended from the roof. 

ŁÓDŹ - ATLAS ARENA 

Łódź is a multicultural city with a remarkable history 

and is known for its ancient palaces, villas and 19th 

century textile factories. It is known for hosting festivals, 

openings, exhibitions, theatre performances and exciting 

sporting events. 

The Atlas Arena was opened in June 2009 and the centre provides 

a complex set of services for the organisation of sporting and 

entertainment events. The facility is well adjusted to meet the 

organisational needs of a wide range of disciplines, including 

basketball, volleyball, handball, indoor football, martial arts and 

many others. From 2009 to 2013 the Atlas Arena held 201 events 

over 243 days, comprising 68 concerts, 95 sports events and 38 

other miscellaneous cultural events. 


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HOST CITIES AND VENUES 

WROCŁAW - CENTENNIAL HALL 

Wrocław is the fourth-largest city in Poland and the 

largest in the west of the country, with a population of 

over 630,000 inhabitants. It lies across the Oder river 

and four tributaries, and as many as 12 islands are to be 

found within its boundaries. It is criss-crossed by over 

100 bridges. The city is the administrative, economic and 

cultural capital of Lower Silesia. 

The Centennial Hall, created by a prominent architect, Max Berg, is 

considered one of the greatest 20th century works of architecture. 

It is a modern, multifunctional space with a unique location and 

original design and it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site 

in 2006. The Hall’s Multimedia Fountain, covering an area of almost 

one hectare, is one of the largest in Europe and is equipped with 

800 spot lights and 300 water nozzles. The Centennial Hall has 

hosted matches of the FIVB Volleyball World League. 

GDAŃSK - ERGO ARENA 

Today’s Gdansk is a modern, European metropolis with a 

knowledge-based economy. It is an actively developing 

centre of culture, science, entertainment and sport as well 

as an attractive tourist destination and the world’s amber 

capital. 

The Ergo Arena, which was completed in May 2010, has received 

many awards for its architectural design. The building is 30 metres 

tall and has 4.3 hectares of usable floor space, comprising seven 

storeys. It sits on a monolithic concrete slab, with its roof structure 

based on four space pylons. The hall was officially opened on 

August 18, 2010, welcoming over 10,000 spectators for a friendly 

match between the men’s national teams of Brazil and Poland. 

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BYDGOSZCZ - ŁUCZNICZKA SPORTS ARENA 

Bydgoszcz is a city with over 360,000 inhabitants, the 

capital of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship and a city 

with three state universities and 16 other universities and 

colleges. From the times of receiving its civic rights from 

King Casmir the Great in 1346, the city has grown to the 

status of a thriving economic centre. 

The Łuczniczka Sports Arena is located in the heart of Bydgoszcz and 

bears the name of the city’s historic statue of a lady drawing a bow. 

The facility has hosted many international sporting events in the 

past, including matches of the FIVB Volleyball World League, 2009 

Women’s European Volleyball Championship, FIBA EuroBasket 

2009, and the European Women Basketball Championship 2011. 

The hall also includes a training facility for female volleyball players 

in Bydgoszcz and is the home of the local men’s volleyball team, 

Delecta Bydgoszcz, and the women’s team, KS Pałac Bydgoszcz. 

KRAKÓW - KRAKOW ARENA 

Krakow is a city with a thousand years of tradition. It was 

the former seat of the Polish kings and the capital of the 

country. Today it is an important European metropolis. 

Krakow’s Old Town is a unique treasure of works of art, 

historical monuments and historic buildings, representing 

almost all architectural styles, from the Middle Ages to 

the present day. 

This multipurpose arena connects the centre of Krakow with the 

city’s Nowa Huta district and is located near the University of 

Physical Education. The facility was designed to hold large scale 

international sporting events, concerts, conventions, conferences, 

trade fairs and exhibitions. The modular set up of the Arena allows 

certain sections of the building to be adjusted to the particular 

requirements and needs of a given event. 


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COMPETITION FORMAT 

A total of 24 teams will compete for the title in the FIVB 

Volleyball Men’s World Championship Poland 2014, which 

will take place from August 30 - September 21, 2014. The 

host country automatically qualified for the quadriennal 

event, and the other 23 vacancies were determined 

through qualifying tournaments held within the five 

FIVB confederations (Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, 

NORCECA – North, Central America and Carribean). 

A total of 148 teams played in the Men’s World 

Championship qualification process. 

As per the FIVB sports regulations, the number of spots 

awarded by the FIVB for each confederation for the World 

Championships is as follows: 

DISTRIBUTION OF 

VACANCIES PER CONFEDERATION 

NB: The criteria of vacancies is based on the number 

of teams participating in the qualification phase and 

percentage of teams placed in the top 12 at previous World 

Championships. 

The 24 teams will be spread across four pools of six teams 

playing in a round-robin system with the top four teams 

advancing to a second round of preliminary matches 

featuring two pools of eight teams playing in four cities. 

The top three teams from each second round pool will 

qualify to the third round, where the six teams will be split 

into two pools, from which the top two teams from each 

pool will then advance to the semifinals and finals with – in 

the only difference to the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World 

Championship Italy 2014 competition formula – the third 

ranked teams in the third round pools also playing off for 

fifth place. 

AVC Asia 4 

CAVB Africa 3 

CEV 

Europe 

Poland (Hosts) 

+ 8 

CSV South America 3 

NORCECA 

North, Carribean and 

Central America 

5 

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TIE BREAK CRITERIA 

1 Number of victories 

In case of equality of ranking points gained by two or 

more teams, they will be classified in descending order 

by the number of matches won. 

2 Set ratio 

In the case of equality in the number of matches won 

by two or several teams, they will be classified in 

descending order by the quotient resulting from the 

division of the number of all sets won by the number 

of all sets lost. 

3 Points ratio 

If the tie persists as per the set ratio, the teams will be 

classified in descending order by the result of dividing 

all points scored by the total of points lost during all 

sets. 

4 Still tied? 

If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two 

teams, the priority will be given to the team which 

won the last match between them. When the tie in 

points ratio is between three or more teams, a new 

classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 

and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the 

matches in which they were opposed to each other. 

POINT DISTRIBUTION 

Result Winners Losers 

3-0 3 pts 0 pt 

3-1 3 pts 0 pt 

3-2 2 pts 1 pt 


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COMPETITION SCHEDULE 

FIRST ROUND 

OPENING CEREMONY MATCH, WARSAW - NATIONAL STADIUM 

No Match Date Local time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 

1 POL v SRB August 30 20:15 - 

POOL A, WROCŁAW - CENTENNIAL HALL 


3 VEN v ARG August 31 16:30 - 

5 CMR v AUS August 31 20:15 - 

13 ARG v SRB September 2 13:00 - 

15 VEN v CMR September 2 16:30 - 

17 AUS v POL September 2 20:15 - 

25 CMR v ARG September 4 13:00 - 

27 SRB v AUS September 4 16:30 - 

29 POL v VEN September 4 20:15 - 

37 ARG v AUS September 6 13:00 - 

41 VEN v SRB September 6 16:30 - 

45 CMR v POL September 6 20:15 - 

49 AUS v VEN September 7 13:00 - 

53 POL v ARG September 7 16:30 - 

57 SRB v CMR September 7 20:15 - 

POOL B, KATOWICE - SPODEK ARENA 


7 BRA v GER September 1 13:00 - 

9 FIN v CUB September 1 16:30 - 

11 KOR v TUN September 1 20:15 - 

19 CUB v GER September 3 13:00 - 

21 FIN v KOR September 3 16:30 - 

23 TUN v BRA September 3 20:15 - 

31 KOR v CUB September 5 13:00 - 

33 GER v TUN September 5 16:30 - 

35 BRA v FIN September 5 20:15 - 

38 CUB v TUN September 6 13:00 - 

42 FIN v GER September 6 16:30 - 

46 KOR v BRA September 6 20:15 - 

50 TUN v FIN September 7 13:00 - 

54 GER v KOR September 7 16:30 - 

58 BRA v CUB September 7 20:15 - 

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POOL C, GDAŃSK - ERGO ARENA 


8 RUS v CAN September 1 13:00 - 

10 MEX v BUL September 1 16:30 - 

12 CHN v EGY September 1 20:15 - 

20 BUL v CAN September 3 13:00 - 

22 MEX v CHN September 3 16:30 - 

24 EGY v RUS September 3 20:15 - 

32 CHN v BUL September 5 13:00 - 

34 CAN v EGY September 5 16:30 - 

36 RUS v MEX September 5 20:15 - 

39 BUL v EGY September 6 13:00 - 

43 MEX v CAN September 6 16:30 - 

47 CHN v RUS September 6 20:15 - 

51 EGY v MEX September 7 13:00 - 

55 CAN v CHN September 7 16:30 - 

59 RUS v BUL September 7 20:15 - 

POOL D, KRAKÓW - KRAKÓW ARENA 


2 ITA v IRI August 31 13:00 - 

4 BEL v USA August 31 16:30 - 

6 PUR v FRA August 31 20:15 - 

14 USA v IRI September 2 13:00 - 

16 BEL v PUR September 2 16:30 - 

18 FRA v ITA September 2 20:15 - 

26 PUR v USA September 4 13:00 - 

28 IRI v FRA September 4 16:30 - 

30 ITA v BEL September 4 20:15 - 

40 USA v FRA September 6 13:00 - 

44 BEL v IRI September 6 16:30 - 

48 PUR v ITA September 6 20:15 - 

52 FRA v BEL September 7 13:00 - 

56 IRI v PUR September 7 16:30 - 

60 ITA v USA September 7 20:15 - 


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COMPETITION SCHEDULE 

SECOND ROUND 

POOL E (1) , ŁÓDŹ (3) - ATLAS ARENA 


61 A1 v D3 September 10 16:30 - 

65 A2 v D4 September 10 20:15 - 

69 A1 v D4 September 11 16:30 - 

73 A2 v D3 September 11 20:15 - 

77 A1 v D2 September 13 16:30 - 

81 A2 v D1 September 13 20:15 - 

85 A1 v D1 September 14 16:30 - 

89 A2 v D2 September 14 20:15 - 

POOL E (1) , BYDGOSZCZ - ŁUCZNICZKA HALL 


62 A3 v D1 September 10 16:30 - 

66 A4 v D2 September 10 20:15 - 

70 A3 v D2 September 11 16:30 - 

74 A4 v D1 September 11 20:15 - 

78 A3 v D4 September 13 16:30 - 

82 A4 v D3 September 13 20:15 - 

86 A3 v D3 September 14 16:30 - 

90 A4 v D4 September 14 20:15 - 

POOL F, KATOWICE - SPODEK ARENA 


63 B1 v C3 September 10 16:30 - 

67 B2 v C4 September 10 20:15 - 

71 B1 v C4 September 11 16:30 - 

75 B2 v C3 September 11 20:15 - 

79 B1 v C2 September 13 16:30 - 

83 B2 v C1 September 13 20:15 - 

87 B1 v C1 September 14 16:30 - 

91 B2 v C2 September 14 20:15 - 

(1) In case Poland advances to Pool E from 1st or 2nd place, the rest of the schedule remains unchanged. Should Poland advance from 

3rd or 4th position, its matches will be played according to Bydgoszcz order. Regardless of the position it advances from, Poland will 

play their matches in Łódź . 

(3) If Poland participates in the second and third rounds, they will play their matches in Łódź 

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POOL F, WROCŁAW - CENTENNIAL HALL 


64 B3 v C1 September 10 16:30 - 

68 B4 v C2 September 10 20:15 - 

72 B3 v C2 September 11 16:30 - 

76 B4 v C1 September 11 20:15 - 

80 B3 v C4 September 13 16:30 - 

84 B4 v C3 September 13 20:15 - 

88 B3 v C3 September 14 16:30 - 

92 B4 v C4 September 14 20:15 - 

THIRD ROUND 

POOL G, KATOWICE - SPODEK ARENA 


93 F1 v E2/F2 (2) September 16 20:15 - 

95 E2/F2 v E3/F3 (2) September 17 20:15 - 

97 F1 v E3/F3 (2) September 18 20:15 - 

POOL H, ŁÓDŹ (3) - ATLAS ARENA 


94 E1 v E2/F2 (2) September 16 20:15 - 

96 E2/F2 v E3/F3 (2) September 17 20:15 - 

98 E1 v E3/F3 (2) September 18 20:15 - 

FINAL ROUND 

SEMIFINALS, KATOWICE - SPODEK ARENA 


100 G1 v H2 September 20 16:30 - 

101 G2 v H1 September 20 20:15 - 

5TH PLACE MATCH, ŁÓDŹ - ATLAS ARENA 


99 G3 v H3 September 20 13:30 - 

3RD PLACE MATCH, KATOWICE - SPODEK ARENA 


102 v September 21 16:30 - 

FINAL, KATOWICE - SPODEK ARENA 


103 v September 21 20:15 - 

(2) 1st and 2nd placed teams from Pools E and F will be drawn to Pools G and H 

(3) If Poland participates in the second and third rounds, they will play their matches in Łódź 


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PARTICIPANTS’ MAP 

EUROPE 

Page 

BEL Belgium 36 

BUL Bulgaria 48 

FIN Finland 84 

FRA France 90 

GER Germany 96 

ITA Italy 108 

POL Poland 126 

RUS Russia 138 

SRB Serbia 144 

ASIA 

Page 

AUS Australia 30 

CHN China 66 

IRI Iran 102 

KOR Korea 114 

AFRICA 

Page 

CMR Cameroon 54 

EGY Egypt 78 

TUN Tunisia 150 

NORCECA 

Page 

CAN Canada 60 

CUB Cuba 72 

MEX Mexico 120 

PUR Puerto Rico 132 

USA United States 156 

SOUTH AMERICA 

Page 

ARG Argentina 24 

BRA Brazil 42 

VEN Venezuela 162 

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ARGENTINA 

POOL A 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

9 

BEST RESULT LAST RESULT WCH APPEARANCES 

3 rd 1982 9 th 2010 11 1 

1 

Runners-up to a powerful Brazil side at the 2013 South 

American Championship, Argentina will fancy their 

chances of finally recapturing a place on the podium at 

a World Championship, for the first time since they won 

bronze while hosting the tournament in 1982. They need 

to improve sharply though, after finishing 2nd in Pool D of 

Group 2 and 13th place overall at the 2014 World League. 

The South Americans have gone close since 1982, with 

sixth-place finishes in 1990 and 2002, seventh in 1986 

and ninth last time out. Poland 2014 will be their 10th 

successive appearance in the competition, and their 11th 

overall after a debut across the border in Brazil in 1960. 

That second place to Brazil in August last year was the 

fifth successive time – and 12th overall – they had taken 

the silver medal in South American championships, and 

they pushed the Brazilians all the way to five sets before 

succumbing. 

In their other matches at the tournament Argentina, 

who finished third at the Pan American Cup in August, 

dominated, winning every match 3-0, to show that they 

have added consistency to their undoubted ability. 

COACH 

Julio Velasco (ARG) 

Birthdate: 09.02.1952 

Languages: ENG, ITA, SPA 

With this team: 

Coaching debut: 24.05.2014 v FRA 

Number of matches: 12 

As coach of the Italian men’s team, Julio Velasco won the 

World Championship in 1990 and 1994, and took a silver 

medal at the 1996 Olympic Games. He also led the team to 

victory in the World League four times and claimed European 

Championship titles in 1989, 1993 and 1995 along 

with a World Cup gold in 1995. He won the men’s Asian 

Championship with Iran in 2011 and 2013, and steered the 

Iranians to qualification for the 2013 World League. His other 

passion is football and during his time in Italy he worked in 

administrative roles with Lazio and Inter Milan. 

TEAM OFFICIALS 

Manager: Osvaldo Celia 

Coach: Julio Velasco 

Assistant Coach: Julian Alvarez 

Doctor: Fernando Locaso 

Physiotherapist: Javier Crupnik 

Journalist: Martín De Rose 

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TEAM ROSTER 

ARG 

No. Name / First Name Nickname Birthdate H W S B WCH OG OTH Tot. Club 

1 Darraidou Santiago Darraidou 24.11.80 194 95 345 335 7 14 21 Sarmiento Texites Santana 

C 2 Filardi Javier Filardi 07.02.80 190 89 340 318 60 60 UPCN San Juan Volley 

3 Porporatto Gustavo Federico Porporatto 07.05.81 199 94 365 260 15 6 119 140 La Union de Formosa 

4 Garrocq Sebastian Garrocq 27.11.79 170 63 320 302 UPCN San Juan Volley 

5 Uriarte Nicolás Uriarte 21.03.90 192 82 346 326 9 6 102 117 Belchatow (POL) 

6 Bengolea Pablo Bengolea 08.05.86 197 93 345 320 26 26 Olsztyn 

7 Conte Facundo Conte 25.08.89 198 90 350 326 9 6 111 126 Belchatow (POL) 

8 González Demián Gonzalez 21.02.83 192 81 328 318 9 34 43 UPCN San Juan Volley 

9 Quiroga Rodrigo Quiroga 23.03.87 190 86 345 321 9 6 151 166 Volei Brasil Centro de E. (BRA) 

10 Gonzalez José Luis Gonzalez 27.12.84 206 97 350 333 Bielsko Bialskie Club (POL) 

11 Solé Sebastian Sole 12.06.91 202 88 350 328 9 6 111 126 Trentino Volley (ITA) 

12 Pereyra Federico Pereyra 19.06.88 200 99 335 325 9 6 127 142 Nolio Maaseik Club (BEL) 

14 Crer Pablo Crer 12.06.89 205 78 350 330 9 6 101 116 Callipo Sport Club 

15 De Cecco Luciano De Cecco 02.06.88 194 89 333 315 18 6 180 204 Copra Elior Piacenza 

16 Ramos Martin Ramos 26.08.91 197 95 340 315 15 15 UPCN San Juan Volley 

17 López Franco Lopez 04.02.89 187 79 320 300 9 71 80 Club La Unión 

18 Ocampo Lucas Ocampo 20.03.86 196 100 335 318 9 109 118 Lomas Volley 

19 Gauna Maximiliano Gauna 29.04.89 197 93 338 320 31 31 Sarmiento Santana Textiles 

20 Toro Alejandro Toro 20.07.89 190 88 326 308 Lomas Volley 

21 Closter Sebastián Closter 13.05.89 180 66 296 278 Drean Bolivar 

C=Captain, H=Height, W=Weight, S=Spike (in cm), B=Block (in cm), WCH=World Championships, OG=Olympic Games, OTH=Other. 

STATISTICS 

Age Oldest Garrocq 27.11.79 (34y9m) Youngest Ramos 26.08.91 (23y) 27y9m 

Height Tallest Gonzalez 206cm Shortest Garrocq 170cm 194cm 

Spike Highest Porporatto 365cm Shortest Closter 296cm 338cm 

Block Highest Darraidou 335cm Shortest Porporatto 260cm 315cm 

Caps Most De Cecco 204 First Four players 77 

Team average 


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POOL A 

ARGENTINA 

TEAM PRESENTATION 

1 

DARRAIDOU 

Name: Santiago Darraidou 

Age: 33 Height: 194 Nat. Selections: 21 

Position: Wing spiker Born in: Buenos Aires 

Club debut: Club Italiano (Buenos Aires) in 1989 - Intl. debut: Friendly 

Games (Buenos Aires) in 2001 - Hobby: Fishing - Lang.: Spanish - 

Favourites: Book: El amor en los tiempos de Colera, Food: Empanadas, 

Movie: Gato Negro Gato Blanco, Music: Feliciano, Other sports: Football 

2 

FILARDI 

Name: Javier Filardi 

Age: 34 Height: 190 

Position: Wing spiker 

Nat. Selections: 60 

Born in: Argentina 

Club debut: Banco de Córdoba (Córdoba) in 1989 - Intl. debut: 

South American Tournament (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) in 2003 - Hobby: 

Dancing - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Book: Evita, Food: Barbecue, 

Music: La Barra, Other sports: Football 

3 

PORPORATTO 

4 

GARROCQ 

Name: Gustavo Federico Porporatto 

Name: Sebastian Garrocq 

Age: 33 

Height: 199 


Age: 34 

Height: 170 


Position: Middle blocker 

Born in: Cordoba 

Position: - 

Born in: - 

Club debut: Municipalidad de Cordoba (Cordoba) in 1998 - Intl. 

debut: World League (Buenos Aires) in 2002 - Hobby: Walk and Travel 

- Lang.: Spanish - English - Favourites: Book: The party, Food: Barbecue 

/ Asado, Movie: Gladiador, Music: Guns N’Roses, Other sports: Football 

Lang.: Spanish 

5 

URIARTE 

Name: Nicolás Uriarte 


Position: Setter 


Born in: Italy 

Club debut: in 1989 - Intl. debut: America's Cup (Cuiabá, Brazil) in 

2008 - Lang.: Spanish, English 

6 

BENGOLEA 

Name: Pablo Bengolea 



Club debut: San Lorenzo Necochea Club (Necochea) in 2003 - Lang.: 

Spanish, English - Favourites: Food: Spaghetti, Other sports: Basketball 

7 

CONTE 

Name: Facundo Conte 




Born in: Buenos Aires 

Club debut: Geba (Buenos Aires) in 2006 - Intl. debut: America´s Cup 

Volleyball (Cuiabá, Brazil) in 2008 - Hobby: Spending time with my 

girlfriend and family - Lang.: Spanish, English - Favourites: Food: Milanesa 

Napolitana (breaded meat fillet), Movie: Ironman, Music: Bob Marley, Other 

sports: Football 

9 

QUIROGA 

Name: Rodrigo Quiroga 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: San Juan 

Club debut: Obras Sanitarias de San Juan (San Juan) in 2002 - Intl. 

debut: America´s Cup Volleyball (Manaos, Brazil) in 2007 - Hobby: 

Listening to music - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Food: Barbecue, 

Movie: The Godfather, Music: International Rock and Roll 

8 

Name: Demián González 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Buenos Aires 

Club debut: Club de Amigos (Buenos Aires) in 2002 - Intl. debut: World 

Championshop Qualification Tournament (Mar del Plata, Argentina) in 

2005 - Hobby: Spending time with my family and listening to music - Lang.: 

Spanish - Favourites: Book: The Da Vinci Code, Food: Carne Al Horno Con 

Papas, Movie: Gladiator, Music: Las Pelotas, La Renga, Other sports: Football 

10 

GONZALEZ 

GONZALEZ 

Name: José Luis Gonzalez 



Club debut: Saavedra (Mendoza) in 2001 - Intl. debut: in 2006 - Lang.: 

Spanish, English - Favourites: Book: El maestro de Esgrima, Food: 

Asado, Movie: Corazón Valiente, Music: All, Other sports: Football 

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You will find the complete biographies on the FIVB Website: www.fivb.org 

11 

SOLE 

Name: Sebastian Solé 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Rosario, Santa Fe 

Club debut: Club Sonder (Rosario) in 2006 - Intl. debut: World League 

2010 (Havana, Cuba) in 2010 - Lang.: Spanish 

12 

PEREYRA 

Name: Federico Pereyra 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: San Juan 

Club debut: Obras Sanitarias de San Juan (San Juan) in 2004 - Intl. debut: 

Friendly matches (Buenos Aires, Argentina) in 2006 - Hobby: Writing or 

working on the computer - Lang.: Spanish, English - Favourites: Book: The 

Da Vinci Code, Food: Barbecue, Movie: Harry Potter, Music: Offer Nissium, 

Other sports: Football 

ARG 

14 

CRER 

Name: Pablo Crer 




Born in: Santa Fe 

Intl. debut: Pan American Cup (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) 

in 2010 - Lang.: Spanish 

15 

DE CECCO 

Name: Luciano De Cecco 



Born in: Santa Fe 

Club debut: Gimnasia y Esgrima Santa Fe in 2000 - Intl. debut: World 

League (San Juan, Argentina) in 2006 - Hobby: Playing video games, 

listening to music - Lang.: Spanish, Italian - Favourites: Book: The Lord of 

the Rings, Food: Barbecue, Music: National Rock, Other sports: Basketball 

16 RAMOS 

Name: Martin Ramos 



Lang.: Spanish - English 



17 

LOPEZ 

Name: Franco López 


Position: Libero 


Born in: Chaco 

Club debut: Machagai Club (Argentina) in 2003 - Intl. debut: Pan American 

Cup (Santo Domingo, DOM) in 2010 - Hobby: Sleeping - Lang.: Spanish - 

Favourites: Book: Si tu signo no es cancer (Graciela Bialet), Food: Breaded 

meat with chips, Movie: Troy, Music: La Nueva Luna, Damas Gratis, Other 


18 

OCAMPO 

Name: Lucas Ocampo 





Club debut: Club de Amigos (Buenos Aires) in 2004 - Intl. debut: World 

League (Bulgaria) in 2007 - Hobby: Listening to music - Lang.: Spanish 

- Favourites: Food: Barbecue, Movie: Braveheart, Music: Logos, Other 



19 GAUNA 

Name: Maximiliano Gauna 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Tres Isletas, Chaco 


20 TORO 

Name: Alejandro Toro 




Born in: San Juan 

21 CLOSTER 

Name: Sebastián Closter 


Position: Libero Born in: El Trebol, Santa Fe 


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ARGENTINA 

2 2 

LIST OF HONOURS 

POOL A 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

41 39 80 

2010 9 

2006 13 

2002 6 

1998 11 

1994 13 

1990 6 

1986 7 

1982 3 

1978 22 

1960 11 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

18 23 41 

2012 5 

2004 5 

2000 4 

1996 8 

1988 3 

1984 6 

World League 

W L T 

70 133 203 

2014 13 

2013 6 

2012 10 

2011 4 

2010 5 

2009 5 

2007 13 

2006 7 

2005 10 

2002 9 

2001 13 

2000 8 

1999 6 

1998 9 

1997 7 

1996 7 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

0 5 5 

2001 6 

World Cup 

W L T 

22 29 51 

2011 7 

2007 7 

1999 9 

1995 7 

1985 5 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2013 2 

2011 2 

2009 2 

2007 2 

2005 2 

2003 3 

2001 2 

1999 2 

1997 3 

1995 2 

1993 2 

1991 2 

1989 2 

1987 2 

1985 3 

1983 2 

1981 2 

1979 5 

1977 3 

1975 3 

1973 2 

1971 3 

1969 5 

1964 1 

1962 2 

1961 3 

1958 4 

1951 4 

1 1 1 1 1 16 7 24 

LAST RESULT AGAINST EACH PARTICIPATING TEAM - HEAD-TO-HEAD 

Versus W L T Date Competition Phase Location Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 

AUS 3 0 3 29.07.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 3-0 25-21 25-22 25-20 

BEL 

BRA 3 34 37 15.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Mendoza 0-3 21-25 25-27 13-25 

BUL 6 17 23 17.07.13 WL 2013 Finals Mar del Plata 1-3 26-28 23-25 25-20 

CAN 7 4 11 29.11.06 WCH 2006 Group E Sendai 2-3 25-19 25-18 21-25 20-25 13-15 

CHN 6 4 10 04.12.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Tokyo 3-0 25-23 31-29 25-18 

CMR 

CUB 3 19 22 24.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Osaka 3-1 17-25 25-16 25-21 25-17 

EGY 6 0 6 03.12.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Tokyo 3-0 25-20 25-21 25-17 

FIN 6 3 9 24.06.11 WL 2011 Prel. Round Formosa 1-3 14-25 17-25 25-23 26-28 

FRA 11 13 24 29.06.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Paris 1-3 21-25 22-25 25-23 16-25 

GER 4 10 14 21.06.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Berlin 3-0 25-16 25-19 25-21 

IRI 1 1 2 25.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Osaka 2-3 25-15 21-25 26-24 16-25 12-15 

ITA 6 20 26 19.07.13 WL 2013 Finals Mar del Plata 1-3 20-25 25-23 17-25 22-25 

KOR 8 6 14 05.07.09 WL 2009 Prel. Round Buenos Aires 3-0 31-29 25-20 25-23 

MEX 2 0 2 26.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Reggio Calabria 3-1 25-12 25-19 17-25 25-15 

POL 5 22 27 30.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Gdansk 1-3 25-18 21-25 24-26 17-25 

PUR 1 1 2 25.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Fukuoka 3-2 19-25 22-25 25-16 25-21 15-13 

RUS 1 11 12 28.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Hamamatsu 0-3 23-25 22-25 19-25 

SRB 7 16 23 20.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Nagoya 3-0 25-20 25-13 25-18 

TUN 8 0 8 19.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Saitama 3-1 25-19 25-21 23-25 25-23 

USA 3 14 17 08.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Wichita, KS 1-3 25-22 25-27 19-25 16-25 

VEN 3 2 5 13.05.12 COQT 2012 Round Robin Almirante Brown 3-0 25-19 25-19 27-25 

W=Won, L=Lost, T=Total matches played. Competitions: COQT=Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament, OG=Olympic Games, WCH=World 

Championships, WC=World Cup, WL=World League. 

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MATCH SCHEDULE 

Venue Date Local time Versus 

August 31 16:30 VEN Venezuela 

September 2 13:00 SRB Serbia 

September 4 13:00 CMR Cameroon 

September 6 13:00 AUS Australia 

September 7 16:30 POL Poland 

ARG 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Facundo Conte 

Facundo Conte took up volleyball at an early age after he 

and his sisters followed their parents into the sport. Both of 

Conte’s parents played volleyball at international level and 

his father Hugo won a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympic 

Games in Seoul. Facundo played alongside his father in the 

Serie A2 in Argentina, which is something he describes as 

a “dream come true” for the pair. 

Conte made his international debut for Argentina in 

2008, and in 2011 received the Silver Olympia Award as 

Argentina’s player of the year. The dynamic outside hitter 

finished second as part of the Argentina side at the 2011 

South American Championship in Cuiaba, Brazil, and also 

played at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. He also 

featured at the 2010 World Championship, where he was 

the fifth highest scorer, and the 2011 World Cup. 

Javier Filardi 

Javier Filardi started playing volleyball at the age of nine 

at the Banco de Cordoba Volleyball Club in Argentina. 

He played with the Argentina national team that finished 

second at the 2009 South American Championship in 

Bogota, Colombia, and also the team that finished ninth 

at the 2010 World Championship in Italy. 

Filardi was a part of the national squad that finished fifth 

in both the 2009 and 2010 World League competitions. 

He played for Argentina in the 2014 World League, where 

they finished 13th. 

Conte has been a part of the Argentina national team 

for numerous World League campaigns, and was the 

third highest scorer at the 2011 tournament, but missed 

the 2013 edition after undergoing surgery on his right 

shoulder. 

In May 2014, the outside hitter was appointed captain 

of Argentina, despite not having played for his country 

for over four years. He said it wasn’t a responsibility that 

weighed too heavily upon him, as he has belief in his ability 

and enough experience to carry the team forward. 


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AUSTRALIA 

POOL A 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

12 


17 th 1998 19 th 2010 6 

Having competed in three of the last four Olympic 

Games, Australia could be ready for their next step up 

the international pecking order in what is their sixth 

appearance at the World Championship. The Volleyroos 

first qualified in 1982, finishing 22nd, and then 16 years 

later in 1998 (17th). They have appeared in every edition 

since, finishing 19th twice (2002, 2010) and 21st in 2006. 

Perhaps the principle target for Jon Uriarte’s side at Poland 

2014 is to win a match, as the Australians have yet to 

defeat any team at this level. 

Australian men’s volleyball is still relatively young – its 

national team have been supported by the Australian 

Institute of Sport since 1990 – but they won gold at the 

2007 Asian Championship in Jakarta, where they pipped 

Japan to top spot. 

Their best performances in the past two years have come at 

the London 2012 Olympic Games, where the team finished 

ninth, and in the Asian Championship (fifth). The team’s 

Olympic debut came on home soil in Sydney where the 

squad finished in eighth place, scoring an upset victory 

over much-fancied Spain in the process. Most recently 

at the 2014 World League, they surpassed expectations 

by beating France in the Group 2 final to qualify for the 

Group 1 Finals, where they lost to Italy and USA. 

COACH 

Jon Emili Uriarte (ARG) 


Languages: ENG, FRE, ITA, POR, SPA 


Coaching debut: 23.07.2001 v TUN 


Jon Uriarte was appointed Australia head coach in 2011. 

This is his second stint in the job. First time around Uriarte 

led the Aussies to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, the first 

time the team had qualified for a Games (they automatically 

qualified in 2000 as hosts). Following his return, he oversaw 

Australia’s London 2012 campaign and was named the 

country’s coach of the year the same year. As a player he 

won league titles in Argentina, Italy and France. He was a 

part of the Argentina teams that took bronze medals at the 

1982 World Championship and 1988 Olympic Games. 


Manager: Andrew Strugnell 

Coach: Jon Emili Uriarte 

Assistant Coach: Daniel John Ilott 

Doctor: Charles Howse 

Physiotherapist: Paula Clare Charlton 

Journalist: Ross Phillip Solly 

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AUS 

TEAM ROSTER 


C 1 Zingel Aidan Zingel 19.11.90 207 100 361 346 3 5 139 147 Bluvolley Verona SRL SSD (ITA) 

2 Guymer Jacob Ross Guymer 21.06.93 203 100 350 339 42 42 Orkelljunga VK 

3 Roberts Nathan Roberts 17.02.86 199 90 342 328 8 5 273 286 Pallavolo Lugano (SUI) 

4 Sanderson Paul Sanderson 07.01.86 195 94 348 335 24 24 Saimaa Volley 

5 Passier Travis Passier 26.04.89 206 99 351 340 3 5 142 150 Australian Institute of Sport 

6 Edgar Thomas Edgar 21.06.89 212 106 357 341 3 5 128 136 LIG Insurance Greaters 

7 Peacock Harrison Peacock 31.01.91 192 87 353 339 5 68 73 Australian Institute of Sport 

8 O’Dea Trent O’Dea 11.05.94 201 98 354 344 Australian Institute of Sport 

9 White Adam White 08.11.89 203 89 351 336 3 5 154 162 Bluvolley Verona SRL SSD (ITA) 

10 Bell Benjamin Bell 24.02.90 200 92 345 333 24 24 MKS Slepsk Augustow 

L 11 Perry Luke Perry 20.11.95 180 75 330 315 50 50 Australian Institute of Sport 

12 Mote Nehemiah Mote 21.06.93 204 91 362 354 24 24 Australian Institute of Sport 

13 Walker Samuel Walker 19.02.95 208 90 350 337 42 42 Linkoping Volleyball Club 

14 Sukochev Grigory Sukochev 18.02.88 196 86 340 329 5 112 117 Klubs "Laze-R" 

15 Douglas-Powell Thomas Ewen Tom D-P 16.09.92 194 82 356 332 41 41 University of Winnipeg 

16 Smith Luke Smith 30.08.90 204 95 360 342 5 32 37 VO Pribram 

17 Carroll Paul Carroll 16.05.86 207 98 354 340 8 130 138 SCC Berlin (GER) 

18 Williams Lincoln Alexander Williams 06.10.93 200 104 353 330 5 52 57 Corigliano Volley SSD ARL (ITA) 

19 Richards Jordan Richards 25.09.93 193 80 354 342 Landstede Volleybal 

20 Boehm Sam Boehm 04.03.88 191 90 342 333 Australian Institute of Sport 


STATISTICS 

Age Oldest Sanderson 07.01.86 (28y7m) Youngest Perry 20.11.95 (18y9m) 23y8m 

Height Tallest Edgar 212cm Shortest Perry 180cm 200cm 

Spike Highest Mote 362cm Shortest Perry 330cm 351cm 

Block Highest Mote 354cm Shortest Perry 315cm 337cm 

Caps Most Roberts 286 First Boehm, O’Dea, Richards 78 

Team average 


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POOL A 

AUSTRALIA 


1 

ZINGEL 

Name: Aidan Zingel 




Born in: Wollongong 

Club debut: Local Assoc. in 2005 - Intl. debut: Australian Tour in 2009 

- Lang.: English 

2 

GUYMER 

Name: Jacob Ross Guymer 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Windsor 

Intl. debut: World Championships Qualification Tournament (Canberra) 

in 2013 

3 

ROBERTS 

Name: Nathan Roberts 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Adelaide 

Club debut: USC Lions (Adelaide) in 1998 - Intl. debut: 2005 

International Sports Invitational (San Diego) in 2005 - Lang.: English 

- Favourites: Book: A Fortunate Life, Food: Italian, Movie: The Butterfly 

Effect, Music: Dance, Other sports: Australian Rules Football 

4 SANDERSON 

Name: Paul Sanderson 


Position: - 


Born in: Melbourne 

5 PASSIER 

Name: Travis Passier 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Brisbane 

Intl. debut: Tri Nations Tournament (Australia) in 2006 

6 

EDGAR 

Name: Thomas Edgar 


Position: Opposite spiker 


Born in: Bundaberg 

Club debut: Queensland in 2004 - Intl. debut: Match v Slovakia in 

2009 - Lang.: English 

7 

PEACOCK 

8 

O’DEA 

Name: Harrison Peacock 

Name: Trent O’Dea 

Age: 23 

Height: 192 


Age: 20 

Height: 201 



Born in: Mount Barker 

Position: - 

Born in: Carlton 

Lang.: English 

9 WHITE 

Name: Adam White 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Everton Park 

Club debut: Queensland - Intl. debut: Asian Cup (Thailand) in 2008 

10 

BELL 

Name: Benjamin Bell 




Born in: Redcliffe 

Club debut: Craigslea High (Brisbane) in 2003 - Intl. debut: World 

Championships Qualification Tournament (Canberra) in 2013 - Lang.: 

English 

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11 

PERRY 

12 

MOTE 

Name: Luke Perry 

Name: Nehemiah Mote 




Born in: Murdoch 




Born in: Campsie 

AUS 


in 2013 

13 

WALKER 

Name: Samuel Walker 


Position: Universal Born in: Bangkok, Thailand 


in 2013 

14 

SUKOCHEV 

Name: Grigory Sukochev 


Position: Setter Born in: Taskkent, Uzbekistan 

Club debut: SASI - Intl. debut: Australia B Team Tour in 2008 - Lang.: 

English, Polish, Russian, Slovakian 

15 

TOM D-P 

Name: Thomas Ewen Douglas-Powell 



Born in: - 


in 2013 

16 SMITH 

Name: Luke Smith 


Position: - Born in: Jakarta, Indonesia 

17 

CARROLL 

Name: Paul Carroll 




Born in: Taree 

Club debut: School in 1999 - Intl. debut: in 2006 - Lang.: English - 

Favourites: Food: Chicken wings, Movie: Old School, Music: Athlete, 

Other sports: Cricket 

18 

WILLIAMS 

Name: Lincoln Alexander Williams 


Position: Opposite spiker Born in: Brisbane 

Club debut: 2010 (Canberra) - Intl. debut: Olympic Qualification 

Tournament in 2012 - Lang.: English 

19 RICHARDS 

Name: Jordan Richards 




Born in: Melbourne 

20 BOEHM 

Name: Sam Boehm 


Position: - 

Hobby: Music - Lang.: English 


Born in: Adelaide 


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AUSTRALIA 


POOL A 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

2 21 23 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

4 14 18 

World League 

W L T 

7 21 28 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

0 5 5 

World Cup 

W L T 

4 7 11 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 19 

2006 21 

2002 19 

1998 17 

1982 22 

2012 9 

2004 11 

2000 8 

2014 9 

1999 10 

1997 6 

2007 8 

2013 5 

2011 4 

2009 7 

2007 1 

2005 8 

2003 4 

2001 2 

1999 2 

1997 3 

1995 5 

1993 6 

1991 4 

1989 10 

1987 11 

1983 6 

1979 4 

1975 4 

1 2 1 4 



ARG 0 3 3 29.07.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 0-3 21-25 22-25 20-25 

BEL 0 4 4 28.06.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Adelaide 0-3 20-25 17-25 19-25 

BRA 0 5 5 25.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Okayama 0-3 19-25 19-25 21-25 

BUL 0 2 2 02.08.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 0-3 23-25 21-25 22-25 

CAN 3 2 5 06.07.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Sydney 3-1 22-25 25-22 25-17 25-18 

CHN 2 4 6 10.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 3-0 25-12 25-20 25-13 

CMR 0 1 1 27.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Modena 1-3 25-21 22-25 21-25 19-25 

CUB 0 4 4 19.11.06 WCH 2006 Group B Fukuoka 0-3 15-25 19-25 20-25 

EGY 1 1 2 02.12.07 WC 2007 Regular Tokyo 1-3 14-25 25-23 21-25 22-25 

FIN 2 3 5 15.06.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Tampere 1-3 16-25 25-23 24-26 19-25 

FRA 1 2 3 12.07.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Final 1-2 Sydney 3-2 25-20 22-25 25-22 23-25 16-14 

GER 0 2 2 17.11.06 WCH 2006 Group B Fukuoka 1-3 25-20 22-25 21-25 28-30 

IRI 1 0 1 05.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 3-1 17-25 25-18 25-18 25-23 

ITA 0 9 9 18.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final Round Florence 0-3 14-25 22-25 21-25 

KOR 3 1 4 09.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 3-1 25-22 25-17 23-25 25-20 

MEX 0 1 1 07.10.82 WCH 1982 Group Y Buenos Aires 0-3 6-15 9-15 4-15 

POL 1 4 5 06.08.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 3-1 25-21 25-22 18-25 25-22 

PUR 2 1 3 02.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 3-0 25-14 25-19 25-20 

RUS 0 8 8 26.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Modena 1-3 17-25 12-25 26-24 20-25 

SRB 0 2 2 06.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 0-3 18-25 19-25 18-25 

TUN 1 2 3 22.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Hiroshima 3-1 25-22 35-37 26-24 25-22 

USA 0 3 3 17.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final Round Florence 1-3 25-22 18-25 23-25 19-25 

VEN 1 0 1 01.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 3-0 25-14 25-22 25-18 


Championships, WC=World Cup, WL=World League, WOQT=World Olympic Qualification Tournament. 

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August 31 20:15 CMR Cameroon 



September 6 13:00 ARG Argentina 

September 7 13:00 VEN Venezuela 

AUS 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Thomas Edgar 

Tom Edgar began playing volleyball at the age of eight, 

and made his international debut for Australia in 2008. He 

had surgery on a broken finger in 2009, the same year he 

was part of the national team that finished seventh at the 

Asian Championship. He went to compete at another two 

editions of the continental championship, finishing fourth 

in 2011 and fifth in 2013. On the world stage he finished 

19th at the 2010 World Championship, ninth at the 2012 

Olympic Games and ninth at the 2014 World League. 

Aiden Zingel 

Aiden Zingel started playing volleyball at the age of 14 

at Kiama High School in New South Wales, Australia. His 

sports teacher sent him for a trial with the New South 

Wales U15 volleyball team, and within 12 months of he 

was in the Australian Institute of the Sport programme. 

Nicknamed Boxy, the opposite hitter says his sporting idol 

is Serbian volleyball player Ivan Miljkovic. The sport runs 

in his family as his second cousin is Daniel Rohan, who 

was selected for the Australia team for the 2000 Olympic 

Games in Sydney. Edgar’s ambition is to return to the 

Olympic stage and compete at the 2016 Olympic Games 

in Rio de Janeiro. 

He made his international debut for Australia against 

Slovakia in 2009 and represented his country at the 2009 

Asian Championship in Manila, Philippines, finishing 

seventh. He was a member of the team that finished fourth 

at the 2011 Asian Championship in Tehran, Iran, and 

represented his country at the 2013 Asian Championship 

in Dubai, UAE, where they finished fifth. 

At club level he has played for teams in Australia, Sweden, 

Poland, Italy and South Korea. Away from the sport he 

studied Business at the University of Southern Queensland. 

He played with Australia at the 2012 Olympic Games in 

London, and at the 2010 World Championship in Italy. 

Zingel won the 2011 Australian Player of the Year award 

and was named captain of the Australia team in 2013. 


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BELGIUM 

POOL D 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

24 


8 th 1970 18 th 1978 7 

Belgium’s berth in the 2014 World Championship marks 

a long-awaited return for a team that debuted in the 

first World Championship in Czechoslovakia back in 

1949, where they finished ninth. After missing the 1952 

competition, the team showed great consistency to qualify 

for every World Championship but one from 1956 until 

1978. During that stretch, the Belgians’ highest finish 

came in 1970, when they rose to eighth place. But after 

reaching seven of the first nine World Championships, 

Belgium failed to qualify again until this year. 

Proof of their resurgence was seen at the 2013 European 

Championship, where they finished in a 23-year high 

seventh place after qualifying first from a group that 

included Italy, one of the world’s leading teams at the 

time. In the qualifying round, Belgium won all three of 

their matches before falling in the quarterfinals in four 

sets to Serbia, the team that ultimately took bronze at the 

tournament. 

Further progress was made as the Red Dragons won the 

2013 European League title before impressing again by 

finishing third in Group 2 on their World League debut 

this year. 

COACH 

Dominique Baeyens (BEL) 


Language: DUT 


Coaching debut: 07.09.2012 v ISR 


Dominique Baeyens has been named coach of the year in 

Belgium eight times. He is a six-time winner of the national 

championship and has won the Belgian Cup on four 

occasions. During 15 years in charge of Knack Roeselare 

he also tasted Belgian Super Cup success five times. He 

coached a number of other clubs before switching to the 

national team in 2012. He guided Belgium to a European 

League triumph in 2013. A year later they qualified for the 

2014 World Cup, reaching the finals for the first time since 

1978, when Baeyens was a member of the squad as a player. 


Coach: Dominique Baeyens 

Assistant Coach: Christophe Achten 

Doctor: Marc Vangrinsven 

Physiotherapist: Staf Moyson 

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TEAM ROSTER 

BEL 

STATISTICS 

No. Name / First Name Nickname Birthdate H W S B WCH OTH Tot. Club 

1 Van Den Dries Bram Van Den Dries 14.08.89 206 100 365 344 Beauvais (FRA) 

2 Tuerlinckx Hendrik Tuerlinckx 01.12.87 195 86 355 338 Knack Roeselare 

3 Deroo Sam Deroo 29.04.92 202 101 360 340 Casa Modena (ITA) 

4 Coolman Pieter Coolman 24.04.89 200 92 353 346 Knack Roeselare 

C 5 Depestele Frank Depestele 03.09.77 191 96 335 330 Beauvais (FRA) 

L 6 Dejonckheere Stijn Dejonckheere 21.01.88 184 77 340 322 Knack Roeselare 

7 Claes Gertjan Claes 30.03.85 190 88 336 307 Knack Roesalare 

8 Klinkenberg Kevin Klinkenberg 04.10.90 197 86 342 320 Tours (FRA) 

9 Verhees Pieter Verhees 08.12.89 205 107 355 342 Latina 

10 Van De Voorde Simon Van De Voorde 19.12.89 208 85 348 327 1 2 3 Jestrzewski (POL) 

11 Verhanneman Matthijs Verhanneman 08.12.88 198 96 344 320 Knack Roeselare 

12 Van Walle Gert Van Walle 07.08.87 197 87 355 335 Citta Di Castello (ITA) 

13 Rousseaux Tomas Rousseaux 31.03.94 198 85 350 318 Knack Roeselare 

L 14 Derkoningen Bert Derkoningen 10.07.82 189 78 330 320 Noliko Maaseik 

15 Depovere Sander Depovere 08.01.95 196 84 330 305 Precura Antwerpen 

16 Valkiers Matthias Valkiers 08.04.90 198 92 321 308 Noliko Maaseik 

17 Van De Velde Arno Van De Velde 30.12.95 210 95 352 318 Knack Roeselare 

18 Stuer Lowie Stuer 24.11.95 193 81 333 306 Knack Roeselare 

19 Colson Martijn Colson 08.04.94 203 98 355 325 Precura Antwerp 

20 Cox Jolan Cox 12.07.91 194 73 343 325 Prefaxis Menen 

21 Lecat Francois Lecat 19.04.93 200 96 345 330 Noliko Maaseik 

22 Kruyner Yves Kruyner 10.05.90 194 99 328 316 Argex Duvel Puurs 

C=Captain, H=Height, W=Weight, S=Spike (in cm), B=Block (in cm), WCH=World Championships, OTH=Other. 

Age Oldest Depestele 03.09.77 (36y11m) Youngest Van De Velde 30.12.95 (18y8m) 24y7m 

Height Tallest Van De Velde 210cm Shortest Dejonckheere 184cm 198cm 

Spike Highest Van Den Dries 365cm Shortest Valkiers 321cm 344cm 

Block Highest Coolman 346cm Shortest Depovere 305cm 325cm 

Caps Most Van De Voorde 3 First 21 players 0 

Team average 


37

POOL D 

BELGIUM 


1 VAN DEN DRIES 

Name: Bram Van Den Dries 


Position: Opposite spiker Born in: Leuven 

Lang.: Dutch, English, French 

2 TUERLINCKX 

Name: Hendrik Tuerlinckx 


Position: Opposite spiker Born in: Diest 

Club debut: Averbode in 1997 - Lang.: Dutch, English, Italian 

3 

DEROO 

4 

COOLMAN 

Name: Sam Deroo 

Name: Pieter Coolman 

Age: 22 

Height: 202 


Age: 25 

Height: 200 



Born in: Beveren-Waas 


Born in: - 

5 DEPESTELE 

Name: Frank Depestele 




Born in: Tienen 

6 DEJONCKHEERE 

Name: Stijn Dejonckheere 



Born in: - 

7 CLAES 

Name: Gertjan Claes 



Born in: Lier 

Club debut: Booischot in 1999 - Lang.: Dutch, English, French 

8 KLINKENBERG 

Name: Kevin Klinkenberg 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Oupeye 

Club debut: Mortroux in 1996 - Lang.: Dutch, English, French 

9 VERHEES 

Name: Pieter Verhees 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Lommel 

Club debut: in 1988 - Intl. debut: in 2006 - Lang.: Dutch, English 

10 VAN DE VOORDE 

Name: Simon Van De Voorde 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Leuven 

Club debut: VGL Leuven - Lang.: Dutch, English 

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11 

VERHANNEMAN 

Name: Matthijs Verhanneman 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Menen 

Club debut: Parky Menen in 1997 - Intl. debut: in 2007 - Lang.: Dutch, 

English, French 

12 

VAN WALLE 

Name: Gert Van Walle 




Born in: Ekeren 

Club debut: Fixit Wuustwezel in 1993 - Intl. debut: in 2006 - Lang.: 

Dutch 

BEL 

13 

ROUSSEAUX 

14 

DERKONINGEN 

Name: Tomas Rousseaux 

Name: Bert Derkoningen 

Age: 20 

Height: 198 


Age: 32 

Height: 189 



Born in: - 


Born in: - 

15 

DEPOVERE 

16 

VALKIERS 

Name: Sander Depovere 

Name: Matthias Valkiers 

Age: 19 

Height: 196 


Age: 24 

Height: 198 



Born in: - 


Born in: - 

17 

VAN DE VELDE 

18 

STUER 

Name: Arno Van De Velde 

Name: Lowie Stuer 

Age: 18 

Height: 210 


Age: 18 

Height: 193 



Born in: - 


Born in: - 

19 

COLSON 

20 

COX 

Name: Martijn Colson 

Name: Jolan Cox 

Age: 20 

Height: 203 


Age: 23 

Height: 194 



Born in: - 


Born in: - 

21 

LECAT 

Name: Francois Lecat 




Born in: Bruxelles 

Club debut: Volleyball Club Guibertin (Mont-Saint-Guibert) - Intl. 

debut: European Qualification 

22 KRUYNER 

Name: Yves Kruyner 




Born in: Sint-Niklaas 

Club debut: PNV Waasland in 1997 - Intl. debut: Qualification EC 

Youth (Tallinn, Estonia) - Lang.: Dutch, English, French, German 


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BELGIUM 


POOL D 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

17 44 61 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

2 7 9 

World League 

W L T 

8 6 14 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

- - - 

World Cup 

W L T 

- - - 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

1978 18 

1974 11 

1970 8 

1967 14 

1956 17 

1949 9 

1968 8 

2014 11 

2013 7 

2011 13 

2007 10 

1987 7 

1979 11 

1975 12 

1971 10 

1967 12 

1963 13 

1958 17 

1955 12 

1951 6 

1948 5 



ARG 

AUS 4 0 4 28.06.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Adelaide 3-0 25-20 25-17 25-19 

BRA 1 3 4 22.10.74 WCH 1974 Finals 7-12 Toluca de Lerdo 0-3 15-17 11-15 6-15 

BUL 0 11 11 13.09.07 ECH 2007 Group F Moscow 1-3 25-22 23-25 23-25 17-25 

CAN 3 3 6 14.06.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Vancouver 3-1 22-25 25-18 25-21 25-19 

CHN 1 2 3 21.09.78 WCH 1978 Group A Rome 1-3 10-15 6-15 15-11 9-15 

CMR 

CUB 1 1 2 24.10.74 WCH 1974 Finals 7-12 Toluca de Lerdo 2-3 - 

EGY 2 0 2 22.09.78 WCH 1978 Group A Rome 3-2 17-15 15-1 10-15 12-15 15-9 

FIN 4 8 12 05.07.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Tampere 2-3 25-23 27-29 25-22 23-25 8-15 

FRA 2 5 7 11.07.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Semifinals Sydney 0-3 24-26 21-25 19-25 

GER 2 8 10 09.08.09 WCH QUAL - Europe 2010 3rd Round Tampere 0-3 17-25 19-25 21-25 

IRI 

ITA 3 13 16 10.09.11 ECH 2011 Prel. Round Innsbruck 1-3 25-22 18-25 27-29 15-25 

KOR 0 1 1 10.09.56 WCH 1956 Consolation Round 11 Paris 2-3 15-13 15-11 3-15 8-15 4-15 

MEX 1 2 3 23.10.74 WCH 1974 Finals 7-12 Toluca de Lerdo 2-3 2-15 15-6 10-15 15-11 14-16 

POL 1 4 5 07.09.07 ECH 2007 Group B Moscow 3-1 25-22 23-25 25-14 26-24 

PUR 

RUS 0 8 8 08.08.09 WCH QUAL - Europe 2010 3rd Round Tampere 0-3 18-25 22-25 16-25 

SRB 3 2 5 03.10.87 ECH 1987 Final 7-8 Genk 3-0 15-2 15-13 15-13 

TUN 1 0 1 24.09.78 WCH 1978 Group I Venice 3-0 16-14 15-3 15-10 

USA 2 2 4 30.09.78 WCH 1978 Qualification Match Venice 3-1 15-12 15-10 12-15 15-10 

VEN 

W=Won, L=Lost, T=Total matches played. Competitions: ECH=European Championship, WCH=World Championships, WL=World League. 

QUAL=Qualifying. 

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August 31 16:30 USA United States 

September 2 16:30 PUR Puerto Rico 

September 4 20:15 ITA Italy 

September 6 16:30 IRI Iran 

September 7 13:00 FRA France 

BEL 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Bram Van Den Dries 

Bram Van Den Dries rose through the youth ranks of the 

national team, and was part of the Belgium side that 

finished sixth at the 2009 World Junior Championships 

in Pune, India. He was then part of the senior national 

team that finished in 13th place at the 2011 European 

Championship. 

Van Den Dries would have a breakthrough year in 2013. 

He was named Most Valuable Player of the final four stage 

at the 2013 European League as he helped Belgium win 

the title. Later in the year he was part of the team that 

finished seventh at the 2013 European Championship. 

Proving 2013 was not a one-off, in 2014 he was named in 

the Belgium team to make their debut in the World League, 

and they became the first team debutant since Cuba in 

1991 to win their first two matches in the World League. 

He was born in Herselt, Belgium, and studied Physical 

Education at Vrije University of Brussels in Belgium. He 

speaks multiple languages including Dutch, English, French 

and Italian. 

Frank Depestele 

Frank Depestele has won a host of individual awards in 

Belgian volleyball, including Belgian Player of the Year for 

the 2005/06, 2009/10 and 2010/11 seasons. At club level 

in Belgium’s Liga A he has been named Most Valuable 

Player for the 2009/10 and 2010/11 seasons, and Best 

Server of the 2009/10 season. 

He was also named Best Setter of the 2005/06 CEV 

Champions League. Off the court, he was named an 

honorary citizen of the municipality of Lennik in Belgium. 

The setter is a veteran of two European Championship 

campaigns, finishing 13th in 2011 and seventh in 2013, 

and was a part of the national team as Belgium made their 

World League debut in 2014. In October 2013, he suffered 

a fractured hand during a match in France and required 

surgery to insert two screws in his hand. He is married with 

two children, and speaks Dutch, English and French. 


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BRAZIL 

POOL B 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

1 


3x 1 st LAST: 2010 1 st 2010 16 3 1 

4 

The Brazilian men’s team go into the 2014 World 

Championship with high expectations, as they look to win 

a fourth consecutive title and tighten their stranglehold on 

the competition. Their 2002 world title, sealed with a win 

over Russia in the final, was their first in the tournament’s 

history after 20 years of near misses. In 1982 they lost 3-0 

in the final to the Soviet Union, and over the following four 

editions finished either fourth of fifth. But having picked 

up their first win 12 years ago, Brazil have simply kept on 

winning. In 2006 they defeated Poland in the final, while 

four years ago in Italy they defeated Cuba. 

One threat to Brazil’s dominance could be Russia, who 

have beaten them three times at major tournaments in the 

past two years, including the 2012 Olympic Games final in 

London. They will also be wary of the United States, who 

defeated them in the final of the 2014 World League. 

Brazil’s recent success has been masterminded by the 

renowned Bernardo Rezende. Now in his 13th year as 

coach, he has led the team to eight World League titles, 

two World Cups (2003 and 2007), and Olympic gold in 

2004. The team have also won every South American 

Championship since he took control in 2001. Before he 

took charge, Brazil’s finest moment was victory at the 1992 

Olympic Games in Barcelona. 

COACH 


Bernardo Rezende (BRA) 


Languages: ENG, SPA, POR, ITA 


Coaching debut: 05.04.2001 v NOR 


During a notable playing career Bernardo Rezende, nicknamed 

Bernardinho, competed at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic 

Games, helping the Brazilians to silver at the latter. He was 

appointed head coach of Brazil’s men’s team in 2001 and has 

guided them to eight World League titles, but had to settle 

for silver in 2014. He also led Brazil to two World Cup titles 

and three consecutive World Championship golds between 

2002 and 2010. Before becoming coach of the men’s team, 

Rezende guided Brazil’s women to Olympic bronze in 1996 

and 2000, and World Championship silver in 1994. 

Manager: Mariana D’Aragona 

Coach: Bernardo Rezende 

Assistant Coach: Roberley Leonaldo 

Doctor: Alvaro Chamecki 

Physiotherapist: Guilherme Tenius 

Journalist: Clarissa Laurence 

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BRA 

TEAM ROSTER 


C 1 Rezende Bruno Mossa Bruno 02.07.86 190 76 323 302 7 2 20 29 Pallavolo Modena (ITA) 

2 Santos Isac Isac 13.12.90 205 84 339 306 8 8 Sada Cruzeiro Volei 

3 Carbonera Eder Eder 19.10.83 204 101 350 330 3 5 8 Sada Cruzeiro Volei 

4 De Souza Wallace Wallace 26.06.87 198 87 344 318 14 1 37 52 Sada Cruzeiro Volei 

5 Dos Santos Jr. Sidnei Sidão 09.07.82 203 98 344 318 9 2 30 41 SESI 

6 Vissotto Neves Leandro Vissotto 30.04.83 212 97 370 345 3 2 31 36 CBV 

7 Guerra Evandro M. Evandro 27.12.81 207 103 359 332 7 17 24 SESI 

8 Endres Murilo Murilo 03.05.81 190 76 343 319 16 39 55 SESI 

9 Buiatti Renan Renan 10.01.90 212 85 330 314 7 7 BMG São Bernardo 

10 Lucarelli Santos De Souza Ricardo Lucarelli 14.02.92 195 79 338 308 2 2 SESI 

L 11 Silva Felipe Lourenço Felipe 25.08.90 188 77 302 297 BMG São Bernardo 

12 Fonteles Luiz Felipe Marques Lipe 19.06.84 196 89 330 320 13 37 50 Fenerbahçe (TUR) 

13 Domingos Alan Barbosa Alan 15.02.80 190 89 354 323 7 7 Campinas 

14 Araujo Rafael Rafael Araujo 13.06.91 206 93 348 325 1 1 Taubaté 

15 Bonatto Gustavo Gustavo 02.01.86 214 109 340 320 Meddley Campinas 

16 Saatkamp Lucas Lucas 06.03.86 209 101 340 321 16 37 53 SESI 

17 Radke Murilo Murilo 31.01.89 194 76 329 310 Canoas 

18 Borges Almeida Silva Mauricio Mauricio 04.02.89 199 99 335 315 Minas Tenis Clube 

L 19 Da Silva Pedreira Junior Mario Mario 03.05.82 192 91 330 321 9 1 10 RJ 

20 Vieira De Oliveira Raphael Raphael 14.06.79 190 82 330 306 23 23 Al-Rayyan Sports Club (QAT) 

21 Souza Douglas Douglas 20.08.95 198 70 345 319 São Bernardo 

22 Loh Lucas Eduardo Lucas 18.01.91 195 83 336 320 Minas Tenis Clube 


STATISTICS 

Age Oldest Raphael 14.06.79 (35y2m) Youngest Douglas 20.08.95 (19y) 28y 

Height Tallest Gustavo 214cm Shortest Felipe 188cm 199cm 

Spike Highest Vissotto 370cm Shortest Felipe 302cm 339cm 

Block Highest Vissotto 345cm Shortest Felipe 297cm 318cm 

Caps Most Murilo 55 First Six players 18 

Team average 


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POOL B 

BRAZIL 


1 

BRUNO 

Name: Bruno Mossa Rezende 


Position: Setter Born in: Rio De Janeiro 

Club debut: in 1998 - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Book: The Da 

Vinci Code, Food: Barbecue 

2 ISAC 

Name: Isac Santos 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

3 

EDER 

Name: Eder Carbonera 




Born in: Farroupilha 

Club debut: UCS - RS (Caxias do Sul) in 1999 - Intl. debut: Friendly 

match (Varginha, Brazil) in 2001 - Hobby: Musical shows and movies - 

Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Food: Lasagna, chocolate, pasta, pizza, 

Music: Rock, U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday 

Lang.: Portuguese 

5 

SIDÃO 

Name: Sidnei Dos Santos Jr. 



Born in: - 

7 

EVANDRO 

Name: Evandro M. Guerra 


Position: - 

Born in: Ibirá 

Club debut: Banespa (São Paulo) in 1996 - Intl. debut: Youth World 

Championship (South Arabia Kingdom) in 1999 - Hobby: Travelling - 

Favourites: Book: Cestas Sagradas, Movie: Gladiator 

4 

WALLACE 

Name: Wallace De Souza 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: São Paulo 

Club debut: in 1999 - Intl. debut: Youth World Championship (Cairo, 

Egypt) in 2001 - Hobby: Travelling - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: 

Food: Barbecue, Movie: Terror movies, Music: Hip Hop 

6 

Name: Leandro Vissotto Neves 


Position: Opposite spiker Born in: Rio de Janeiro 

Club debut: CR Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro) in 1995 - Intl. debut: South 

American Championship (Argentina) in 2000 - Hobby: Movies, fishing 

- Lang.: Portuguese and Italian - Favourites: Book: Michael Jordan’s 

biography, Food: Sushi, Movie: Gladiator, Other sports: Michael Jordan 

8 

VISSOTTO 

MURILO 

Name: Murilo Endres 




Born in: Brazil 

Club debut: At school (Passo Fundo) in 1996 - Intl. debut: South 

American Championship (Venezuela) in 2000 - Lang.: Portuguese - 

Favourites: Food: Barbecue, Movie: Gladiator 

9 RENAN 

Name: Renan Buiatti 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

10 LUCARELLI 

Name: Ricardo Lucarelli Santos De Souza 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

44


11 FELIPE 

Name: Felipe Lourenço Silva 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

12 

LIPE 

Name: Luiz Felipe Marques Fonteles 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Curitiba 

Club debut: Clube Curitibano (Curitiba) in 1996 - Intl. debut: Youth 

World Championship (Cario, Egypt) in 2001 - Hobby: Travelling - 

Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Book: Agatha Christie, Food: Pasta, 

Music: Pop, Rock Reggae 

BRA 

13 

ALAN 

Name: Alan Barbosa Domingos 


Position: Libero Born in: Uberlandia 

Intl. debut: Junior World Championships (Thailand) in 1999 - Hobby: 

Dancing - Favourites: Book: A Arte da Felicidade, Food: Pasta, Movie: 

Gladiator, Music: Samba, Other sports: Football 

14 RAFAEL ARAUJO 

Name: Rafael Araujo 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

15 GUSTAVO 

Name: Gustavo Bonatto 




Born in: - 

16 

LUCAS 

Name: Lucas Saatkamp 


Position: - 


Born in: Lajeado 

Club debut: Porto Alegre in 2001 - Hobby: Movies - Lang.: Portuguese 

- Favourites: Book: Harry Potter, Food: Barbecue 

17 

MURILO 

Name: Murilo Radke 


Position: - 


Born in: Porto Alegre 

Club debut: Sogipa (Porto Alegre) in 2004 - Hobby: Beach - Lang.: 

Portuguese - Favourites: Book: Harry Potter, Food: Pasta, Music: Ivete 

Sangalo 

18 

MAURICIO 

Name: Mauricio Borges Almeida Silva 



Born in: - 

Hobby: Skate - Lang.: Portuguese - Favourites: Book: 24 Horas, Food: 

Shrimp, Movie: A espera de um milagre 

19 MARIO 

Name: Mario Da Silva Pedreira Junior 


Position: - 

Born in: - 


20 RAPHAEL 

Name: Raphael Vieira De Oliveira 


Position: Setter Born in: São José Del Rei 


21 DOUGLAS 

Name: Douglas Souza 




Born in: - 

22 LUCAS 

Name: Lucas Eduardo Loh 


Position: - 

Born in: Toledo 


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BRAZIL 

20 11 7 38 


POOL B 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

93 52 145 

2010 1 

2006 1 

2002 1 

1998 4 

1994 5 

1990 4 

1986 4 

1982 2 

1978 6 

1974 10 

1970 12 

1966 13 

1962 10 

1960 5 

1956 11 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

58 39 97 

2012 2 

2008 2 

2004 1 

2000 6 

1996 5 

1992 1 

1988 4 

1984 2 

1980 5 

1976 7 

1972 8 

1968 9 

1964 7 

World League 

W L T 

313 92 405 

2014 2 

2013 2 

2012 6 

2011 2 

2010 1 

2009 1 

2008 4 

2007 1 

2006 1 

2005 1 

2004 1 

2003 1 

2002 2 

2001 1 

2000 3 

1999 3 

1998 5 

1997 5 

1996 5 

1995 2 

1994 3 

1993 1 

1992 5 

1991 5 

1990 3 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

27 3 30 

2013 1 

2009 1 

2005 1 

2001 2 

1997 1 

1993 2 

World Cup 

W L T 

67 32 99 

2011 3 

2007 1 

2003 1 

1999 5 

1995 3 

1991 6 

1989 5 

1985 4 

1981 3 

1977 8 

1969 6 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2013 1 

2011 1 

2009 1 

2007 1 

2005 1 

2003 1 

2001 1 

1999 1 

1997 1 

1995 1 

1993 1 

1991 1 

1989 1 

1987 1 

1985 1 

1983 1 

1981 1 

1979 1 

1977 1 

1975 1 

1973 1 

1971 1 

1969 1 

1967 1 

1962 1 

1961 1 

1958 1 

1956 1 

1951 1 

3 1 4 2 3 5 9 5 4 18 4 2 6 2 3 5 29 29 



ARG 34 3 37 15.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Mendoza 3-0 25-21 27-25 25-13 

AUS 5 0 5 25.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Okayama 3-0 25-19 25-19 25-21 

BEL 3 1 4 22.10.74 WCH 1974 Finals 7-12 Toluca de Lerdo 3-0 17-15 15-11 15-6 

BUL 28 13 41 20.07.13 WL 2013 Semifinals Mar del Plata 3-1 25-12 25-17 23-25 25-16 

CAN 18 4 22 19.07.13 WL 2013 Finals Mar del Plata 3-0 25-18 30-28 25-20 

CHN 10 5 15 25.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Kumamoto 3-2 23-25 25-10 25-18 19-25 15-8 

CMR 1 0 1 22.11.89 WC 1989 Round Robin Hiroshima 3-0 15-6 15-8 15-7 

CUB 28 24 52 04.07.12 WL 2012 Finals Sofia 0-3 19-25 24-26 22-25 

EGY 11 0 11 20.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Kagoshima 3-0 25-19 25-13 25-19 

FIN 18 1 19 16.06.12 WL 2012 Prel. Round Tampere 3-0 25-22 25-18 25-23 

FRA 23 5 28 29.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round São Paulo 1-3 27-29 25-23 22-25 19-25 

GER 19 5 24 06.08.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 3-0 25-21 25-22 25-19 

IRI 6 3 9 18.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final Round Florence 1-3 21-25 19-25 25-23 26-28 

ITA 34 22 56 19.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Semifinals Florence 3-0 25-11 25-23 25-20 

KOR 27 5 32 04.07.10 WL 2010 Prel. Round Gwangju 3-1 25-18 25-23 23-25 25-15 

MEX 1 1 2 24.10.74 WCH 1974 Finals 7-12 Toluca de Lerdo 0-3 - 

POL 35 15 50 22.06.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Bydgoszcz 3-0 25-21 25-16 25-17 

PUR 5 0 5 19.06.11 WL 2011 Prel. Round São Paulo 3-0 25-10 25-20 25-20 

RUS 28 33 61 17.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final Round Florence 3-1 26-24 22-25 25-23 25-22 

SRB 23 7 30 04.08.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 3-2 22-25 25-15 20-25 25-22 15-9 

TUN 9 0 9 29.07.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 3-0 25-17 25-21 25-18 

USA 41 25 66 20.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final 1-2 Florence 1-3 29-31 25-21 20-25 23-25 

VEN 16 0 16 24.09.11 SAMCH 2011 Round Robin Cuiabá 3-0 25-14 25-15 27-25 

W=Won, L=Lost, T=Total matches played. Competitions: OG=Olympic Games, SAMCH=South American Championship, WCH=World 

Championships, WC=World Cup, WL=World League. 

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September 1 13:00 GER Germany 

September 3 20:15 TUN Tunisia 

September 5 20:15 FIN Finland 

September 6 20:15 KOR Korea 

September 7 20:15 CUB Cuba 

BRA 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Murilo Endres 

Murilo is an elder statesman of the Brazil team, having 

competed in 11 editions of the World League. Poland 2014 

will be his third World Championship appearance. 

He has been a mainstay in the Brazil team that has won so 

much since he made his debut in 2004. He won the World 

Championship title with the national team in 2006 and 

2010, and was named Most Valuable Player four years ago. 

He also was in the teams that won six World League titles 

between 2004 and 2010, being named Most Valuable 

Player in the 2010 edition, and a silver medal at both 

the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. He was named Most 

Valuable Player in 2012. Most recently, he was in the Brazil 

team that claimed silver at the 2014 World League, after 

returning from surgery on his right shoulder in late 2013. 

He is part of a family that has brought great volleyball 

success to Brazil. His wife, Jaqueline Carvalho, was part 

of the national women’s team that won gold at the 2008 

and 2012 Olympic Games, and his brother Gustavo played 

alongside him at the 2008 Olympic Games. 

Bruno Rezende 

Bruno Rezende made his international debut for Brazil in 

2007 after following his parents into the sport. His father 

Bernardo, known as Bernardinho, won a silver medal with 

the Brazil volleyball team at the 1984 Olympic Games 

in Los Angeles, and is currently the head coach of the 

Brazil men’s volleyball team. His mother, Vera Mossa, also 

represented Brazil in volleyball and competed at the 1980, 

1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. 

Rezende played in the Brazil team that won the 2009 Grand 

Champions Cup in Japan, where he was named Best Setter. 

History repeated itself at the 2013 Grand Champions Cup in 

Japan, where Brazil again triumphed and Bruno was again 

named Best Setter. He won a silver medal at the 2008 

Olympic Games in Beijing and repeated the feat four years 

later in London. He won the South American Championship 

in 2009, 2011 and 2013, and also the 2009 and 2010 

World League. He won a gold medal in badminton at the 

1998 Junior Pan American Games. 


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BULGARIA 

POOL C 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

8 


2 nd 1970 7 th 2010 17 1 4 

5 

Historically one of the most consistent teams to compete 

in the tournament, Bulgaria made their debut at the 

inaugural World Championship in 1949. The Bulgarians 

have subsequently accrued five podium finishes spanning 

five different decades. They have taken bronze four times 

(1949, 1952, 1986, 2006) and silver in 1970 to mark the 

team’s best World Championship to date. Furthermore, 

Bulgaria have competed in 16 of the 17 World 

Championships held to date – missing 1960 – only once 

falling outside the top 10 (in 2002). 

The strong Bulgarian squad will still harbour hopes of a 

sixth medal in the competition to make up for a string 

of recent near misses, despite another recent coaching 

change. The team finished fourth in the 2012 and 2013 

World League, the 2013 European Championship and 

the 2012 Olympic Games but to challenge for a medal 

in Poland they will need to significantly improve on their 

2014 World League campaign which saw them win only 

one game out of 11. 

Bulgaria installed former playing legend Plamen 

Konstantinov as coach to replace Camillo Placi in July. The 

move has echoes of 2012, when former manager Nayden 

Naydenov led the team to fourth place at London 2012 

having only been appointed several weeks before the start. 

COACH 

Plamen Konstantinov (BUL) 


Languages: BUL, ENG, RUS, ITA, GRE, POL 


Coaching debut: 08.2014 


Plamen Konstantinov was named head coach of the Bulgaria 

men’s team in July 2014, one day after their final game of the 

World League. Previous coach Camillo Placi resigned midway 

through the World League campaign, with his assistant 

taking charge for the remaining matches. A former captain 

of the national team, Konstantinov played in the 1996 and 

2008 Olympic Games, and won bronze at the 2006 World 

Championship and 2007 World Cup. He began his coaching 

career in Turkey before moving to Russia, where he led 

Guberniya Nizhniy Novgorod to silver in the 2014 CEV Cup. 


Manager: Lubomir Ganev 

Coach: Plamen Konstantinov 

Assistant Coach: Alessandro Piroli 

Doctor: Dinko Zahariev 

Physiotherapist: Petar Atanasov 

Journalist: Stefan Cholakov 

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TEAM ROSTER 

STATISTICS 

BUL 


1 Bratoev Georgi Bratoev G. 21.10.87 203 96 340 325 16 16 Lokomotiv Kharkiv 

2 Georgiev Krasimir Georgiev 13.02.95 203 83 346 333 9 9 VC CSKA 

3 Zhekov Andrey Zhekov 12.03.80 190 82 340 326 10 6 65 81 Copra Piacenza (ITA) 

4 Bozhilov Martin Bozhilov 11.04.88 190 82 320 305 Marek Union Ivkoni 

5 Gotsev Svetoslav Gotsev 31.08.90 205 97 358 335 2 2 Verona (ITA) 

6 Milushev Danail Milushev 03.02.84 200 102 360 340 1 29 30 Toulouse O.A.C. (FRA) 

7 Gradinarov Miroslav Gradinarov 10.02.85 203 91 350 330 7 7 FC Tokio 

8 Skrimov Todor Skrimov 09.01.90 191 87 348 330 Andreoli Latina 

9 Dimitrov Dobromir Dimitrov 07.07.91 198 84 345 335 42 42 CVC Gabrovo 

10 Bratoev Valentin Bratoev V. 21.10.87 203 92 347 337 8 8 VC Friedrichshafen (GER) 

11 Nikolov Vladimir Nikolov V. 03.10.77 200 95 345 325 20 6 114 140 Copra Piacenza (ITA) 

12 Yosifov Viktor Yosifov 16.10.85 204 100 350 340 16 16 VC Friedrichshafen (GER) 

13 Salparov Teodor Salparov 16.08.82 187 77 320 305 10 6 91 107 ASUL Lyon (FRA) 

14 Todorov Teodor Todorov 01.09.89 208 94 365 345 Gazprom - Ugra Surgut (RUS) 

C 15 Aleksiev Todor Aleksiev 21.04.83 204 105 355 340 10 6 45 61 Gazprom - Ugra Surgut (RUS) 

16 Yordanov Zlatan Yordanov 02.03.91 199 86 342 325 St. Nazaire (FRA) 

17 Penchev Nikolay Penchev N. 22.05.92 197 87 341 335 Asseco Resovia (POL) 

18 Nikolov Nikolay Nikolov N. 29.07.86 206 97 350 332 10 10 Matin Varna 

19 Sokolov Tsvetan Sokolov 31.12.89 206 100 370 350 71 71 Trentino Volley (ITA) 

20 Kadankov Venelin Kadankov 31.08.87 205 90 335 315 Marek Union Ivkoni 

21 Penchev Rozalin Penchev R. 11.12.94 197 79 337 327 VC Victoria Volley 

22 Seganov Georgi Seganov 10.06.93 198 83 335 325 23 23 VC CSKA 


Age Oldest Nikolov V. 03.10.77 (36y10m) Youngest Georgiev 13.02.95 (19y6m) 26y8m 

Height Tallest Todorov 208cm Shortest Salparov 187cm 200cm 

Spike Highest Sokolov 370cm Shortest Bozhilov 320cm 345cm 

Block Highest Sokolov 350cm Shortest Bozhilov 305cm 330cm 

Caps Most Nikolov V. 140 First Seven players 28 

Team average 


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POOL C 

BULGARIA 


1 

BRATOEV G. 

Name: Georgi Bratoev 




Born in: Sofia 

Club debut: Slavia (Sofia) in 2000 - Intl. debut: Youth World 

Championships (Algeria) in 2005 - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: 

Harry Potter, Food: Bulgarian, Movie: Action, Other sports: Football 

2 GEORGIEV 

Name: Krasimir Georgiev 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

3 

ZHEKOV 

Name: Andrey Zhekov 





Club debut: Slavia (Sofia) in 1993 - Intl. debut: World Championships 

(Argentina) in 2002 - Lang.: English, Russian, Greek - Favourites: Food: 

Anything, Movie: Action, comedy, Music: All types of music 

4 

BOZHILOV 

Name: Martin Bozhilov 





Club debut: Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) in 2004 - Intl. debut: in 2011 - Lang.: 

Bulgarian 

5 

GOTSEV 

Name: Svetoslav Gotsev 




Born in: Pernik 

Club debut: Slavia (Sofia) in 2004 - Intl. debut: World League in 2010 

- Hobby: Swimming - Lang.: English, Turkish - Favourites: Book: Action, 

Food: Pizza, Movie: Comedy, Other sports: Football 

6 

MILUSHEV 

Name: Danail Milushev 




Born in: Varna 

Club debut: Halkbank (Ankara, Turkey) in 1997 - Intl. debut: World 

Championships (Argentina) in 2002 - Hobby: Computers - Lang.: 

English, Italian, French - Favourites: Book: Action, Food: Steak, Movie: 

Action, comedy, Music: Various 

7 

GRADINAROV 

Name: Miroslav Gradinarov 


Position: Universal Born in: Dobrich 

Club debut: Tcherno more (Varna) in 1999 - Intl. debut: World League 

(Various cities) in 2006 - Lang.: English 

8 SKRIMOV 

Name: Todor Skrimov 


Position: - 


Born in: Pernik 

9 DIMITROV 

Name: Dobromir Dimitrov 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

10 

BRATOEV V. 

Name: Valentin Bratoev 


Position: Universal 



Club debut: Slavia (Sofia) in 2000 - Intl. debut: Youth World 

Championships (Algeria) in 2005 - Lang.: English 

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11 

NIKOLOV V. 

Name: Vladimir Nikolov 




Club debut: Levski (Sofia) in 1992 - Intl. debut: World Championships 

(Argentina) in 2002 - Hobby: Computer games - Lang.: English, 

French, Italian - Favourites: Book: Wheel of Time, Food: Crème caramel, 

Movie: Gladiator, Music: Pop, Other sports: Formula 1 

12 

YOSIFOV 

Name: Viktor Yosifov 




Born in: Omurtag 

Club debut: Kalbo (Shumen) in 2003 - Intl. debut: World League in 

2009 - Hobby: Cinema - Lang.: Italian - Favourites: Food: Bulgarian, 

Movie: Action, Other sports: Football 

BUL 

13 

SALPAROV 

Name: Teodor Salparov 



Born in: Gabrovo 

Club debut: CSKA Royal Cake (Sofia) in 1996 - Intl. debut: World 

League (Various cities) in 2003 - Hobby: Music - Lang.: English, 

Russian - Favourites: Book: Action, Food: Pasta, Movie: Action, Music: 

Various 

15 

ALEKSIEV 

Name: Todor Aleksiev 




Born in: Plovdiv 

Club debut: Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) in 1995 - Intl. debut: World 

Championships (Argentina) in 2002 - Hobby: Music - Lang.: English 

- Favourites: Book: Various, Food: Bulgarian, Movie: Heat, Music: All 

kinds, Other sports: Football 

14 TODOROV 

Name: Teodor Todorov 



16 YORDANOV 

Name: Zlatan Yordanov 


Position: - 


Born in: Montana 


Born in: - 

17 

PENCHEV N. 

Name: Nikolay Penchev 




Born in: Plovdiv 

Club debut: Victoria Volley (Plovdiv) in 2005 - Intl. debut: World 

League in 2010 - Hobby: Cinema - Favourites: Book: Comedy, Food: 

Bulgarian, Movie: Comedy, Other sports: Swimming 

18 

NIKOLOV N. 

Name: Nikolay Nikolov 




Born in: Karnobat 

Club debut: Lukoil Neftohimik (Bourgas) in 1999 - Intl. debut: 

World League (Various cities) in 2006 - Hobby: TV - Lang.: English 

- Favourites: Book: It, Food: Steak, Movie: Gladiator, Music: Various, 

Other sports: Tennis 

19 

SOKOLOV 

Name: Tsvetan Sokolov 




Born in: Dupnitsa 

Club debut: in 2002 - Intl. debut: Junior European Championships 

(Kazan, Russia) in 2006 - Lang.: English 

20 KADANKOV 

Name: Venelin Kadankov 




Born in: Burgas 

21 

PENCHEV R. 

22 

SEGANOV 

Name: Rozalin Penchev 

Name: Georgi Seganov 

Age: 19 

Height: 197 


Age: 21 

Height: 198 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

Position: - 

Born in: - 


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BULGARIA 

2 5 7 


POOL C 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

93 50 143 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

32 28 60 

World League 

W L T 

136 104 240 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

- - - 

World Cup 

W L T 

17 14 31 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 7 

2006 3 

2002 13 

1998 7 

1994 9 

1990 5 

1986 3 

1982 5 

1978 10 

1974 7 

1970 2 

1966 7 

1962 4 

1956 5 

1952 3 

1949 3 

2012 4 

2008 5 

1996 7 

1988 6 

1980 2 

1972 4 

1968 6 

1964 5 

2014 7 

2013 4 

2012 4 

2011 5 

2010 7 

2009 10 

2008 7 

2007 5 

2006 4 

2005 5 

2004 4 

2003 5 

1998 7 

1997 6 

1996 8 

1995 5 

1994 4 

2007 3 

1977 6 

1969 4 

1965 9 

2013 4 

2011 6 

2009 3 

2007 8 

2003 9 

2001 6 

1999 7 

1997 9 

1995 4 

1993 5 

1991 5 

1989 6 

1987 11 

1985 5 

1983 3 

1981 3 

1979 10 

1977 5 

1975 5 

1971 7 

1967 9 

1963 4 

1958 4 

1955 3 

1951 2 

1950 4 

1 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 



ARG 17 6 23 17.07.13 WL 2013 Finals Mar del Plata 3-1 28-26 25-23 20-25 25-23 

AUS 2 0 2 02.08.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 3-0 25-23 25-21 25-22 

BEL 11 0 11 13.09.07 ECH 2007 Group F Moscow 3-1 22-25 25-23 25-23 25-17 

BRA 13 28 41 20.07.13 WL 2013 Semifinals Mar del Plata 1-3 12-25 17-25 25-23 16-25 

CAN 2 0 2 24.11.98 WCH 1998 Group G Osaka 3-0 15-6 15-9 15-12 

CHN 11 1 12 25.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Turin 3-0 25-14 25-19 25-22 

CMR 1 0 1 20.10.90 WCH 1990 Group D Brasília 3-0 15-3 15-5 15-8 

CUB 13 21 34 08.07.12 WL 2012 Final 3-4 Sofia 2-3 18-25 25-19 25-23 23-25 12-15 

EGY 9 0 9 10.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Sofia 3-1 25-16 25-18 20-25 25-12 

FIN 9 3 12 08.09.09 ECH 2009 2nd Round Istanbul 3-0 25-22 25-15 25-20 

FRA 23 13 36 09.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Metz 3-0 26-24 31-29 25-20 


IRI 1 0 1 21.11.06 WCH 2006 Group C Nagano 3-0 25-19 25-18 25-23 

ITA 19 25 44 21.07.13 WL 2013 Final 3-4 Mar del Plata 2-3 25-21 21-25 20-25 25-21 7-15 

KOR 19 2 21 27.06.10 WL 2010 Prel. Round Varna 3-1 31-29 25-21 22-25 25-23 

MEX 3 0 3 30.09.78 WCH 1978 Qualification Match Rome 3-2 12-15 15-8 13-15 15-12 15-12 

POL 27 20 47 13.07.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Varna 3-2 20-25 23-25 25-21 25-21 19-17 

PUR 1 0 1 20.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Matsumoto 3-1 19-25 25-18 27-25 25-17 

RUS 10 51 61 06.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Sofia 0-3 14-25 17-25 15-25 

SRB 22 11 33 29.06.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Nis 0-3 23-25 21-25 14-25 

TUN 3 0 3 27.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Okayama 3-1 26-24 22-25 25-15 25-17 

USA 14 9 23 21.06.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Hoffman Estates 3-2 26-24 25-17 14-25 13-25 15-12 

VEN 2 0 2 18.08.08 OG 2008 Prel. Round Beijing 3-1 23-25 25-19 25-16 25-22 

W=Won, L=Lost, T=Total matches played. Competitions: COQT=Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament, ECH=European Championship, 

OG=Olympic Games, WCH=World Championships, WC=World Cup, WL=World League, WOQT=World Olympic Qualification Tournament. 

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September 1 16:30 MEX Mexico 

September 3 13:00 CAN Canada 

September 5 13:00 CHN China 

September 6 13:00 EGY Egypt 

September 7 20:15 RUS Russia 

BUL 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Tsvetan Sokolov 

Tsvetan Sokolov started playing the sport at the age of 

12, when members of the local volleyball team noticed his 

height and thought he might have some potential in the 

sport. He initially tried out as a goalkeeper in football, but 

was cut from the squad because he was overweight. 

He made his international debut for Bulgaria in 2008 

against Croatia in a European Championship qualifying 

match in Portugal. Sokolov was named Best Opposite 

Hitter of the 2013 World League in which Bulgaria finished 

fourth, and was also named in the 2013 World League 

Dream Team. 

He finished fourth with Bulgaria at the 2012 Olympic 

Games in London, and he played at the 2010 World 

Championship in Italy, where Bulgaria finished seventh. 

At continental level Sokolov has played at three European 

Championships – in 2009, 2011 and 2013. 

He was named Best Scorer and Best Opposite Hitter at the 

2013 Club World Championship in Betim, Brazil, and was 

also named in the tournament’s All-Star team. 

Todor Aleksiev 

Todor Aleksiev started playing at the age of 14 after 

turning his back on basketball and choosing to follow 

his father into volleyball. Aleksiev made his international 

debut for Bulgaria in 2002 at the World Championship in 

Argentina. He was part of the national team at the 2008 

Olympic Games in Beijing and again at the 2012 Games in 

London, where they finished fourth. 

He was part of the Bulgaria side that finished third at the 

2006 World Championship in Japan, and also played at the 

2010 World Championship in Italy. 

Aleksiev has played in multiple World League competitions 

and was named Best Receiver and Best Scorer of the 2012 

edition. The outside hitter was named Best Receiver at the 

2013 European Championship in Denmark and Poland. In 

the same year he was named as an honorary citizen of 

Plovdiv, Bulgaria, for his outstanding contribution to sport. 


53

CAMEROON 

POOL A 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

22 


13 th 2010 13 th 2010 3 

The 2014 World Championship marks Cameroon’s third 

entry into the tournament, having competed in the last 

edition in 2010 after making their debut 20 years earlier. 

COACH 

Peter Norbert Nonnenbroich (GER) 


Languages: GER, FRE, ENG, ITA 

Consistently among Africa’s strongest sides, the team have 

shown a steady improvement at the top level. In Brazil 

in 1990 the team lost all their matches to finish in 15th 

place, while four years ago Cameroon beat Australia 3-1 

and took the United States to a full five sets before losing. 

Twice African champions – most recently in 2001 – 

Cameroon reached this year’s World Championship in 

February, when they headed a three-way tie with Algeria 

and Rwanda on points ratio. Prior to that qualification 

success, they finished fourth in the 2013 African 

Championship, ending a six-tournament streak of medals 

at the biennial event. 

As one of the powerhouses of African volleyball, the team 

have qualified for the previous 10 African Championships 

and have not finished outside of the top five in that time. 

The team won gold at the 1999 All-Africa Games. 




Peter Nonnenbroich became involved in Cameroonian 

volleyball in 2006, when he was sent by the German 

Olympic Sports Confederation [DOSB] to advise the 

coaching staff of the women’s team for the 2006 World 

Championship. He impressed officials from the national 

volleyball federation and was invited to work with 

the men’s team, and he led the team to its first World 

Championship victory, a win over Australia in the group 

stage in 2010. He has coached club sides in Germany, 

Switzerland, France and Tunisia. 


Manager: William Kemfang Nsadjo 

Coach: Peter Norbert Nonnenbroich 

Assistant Coach: Blaise Mayam Reniof 

Doctor: Elias Matip 

Physiotherapist: Valery Tsinda Labou 

Journalist: Ngomna Bouba 

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CMR 

TEAM ROSTER 


1 Nongni Zanguim Mefani Olivier Zonzon 09.02.87 200 110 355 330 5 93 98 Cameroun Sports VB 

2 Mbutngam Ahmed Awal Ahmed Awal 23.04.90 192 84 340 325 72 72 FAP Volleyball 

3 Kari Adeke Georges Kari 13.07.81 191 88 335 315 5 83 88 Mende Volleyball Lozere 

4 Engohe Junior Charles Engohe 22.04.84 194 85 355 340 37 37 Vendee Volleyball Club (FRA) 

5 Essoh Nsombi Epanlo Didier Epanlo 23.05.86 193 78 335 315 15 15 FAP Volleyball 

6 Dolegombai Sem D. Sem 18.05.90 200 95 350 335 5 68 73 FAP Volleyball 

C 7 Ndaki Mboulet Jean Patrice Ndaki N.P.G.A 05.05.79 201 108 352 330 5 137 142 Kuwait Sporting Club (KUW) 

8 Nyabeye Jean Junior Nyabeye Jr 01.01.89 190 80 340 320 24 24 Sochaux-Beaucourt VB (FRA) 

9 Kofane Boyomo Joseph Herve K. Boyomo 14.09.88 206 95 360 335 11 11 Bafia Volleyball Evolution 

10 Moussa Maliki Moussa 02.02.78 195 88 345 325 5 130 135 Vendee Volleyball Club (FRA) 

11 Engala Herman Marie Engala 29.12.85 208 104 350 330 102 102 Lissp Volleyball 

12 Sali Hile Didier Hile 09.06.91 192 80 346 320 51 51 AS Cannes Volleyball (FRA) 

13 Ongolo Mayam Cyrill Pierre 6Ril 27.09.91 196 88 345 325 28 28 Hasi Bounif 

14 Wounembaina Nathan Wounembaina 22.11.84 198 83 360 345 5 94 99 Chaumont Volleyball (FRA) 

15 Kody Bitjaa Yvan Arthur Kody 25.08.91 213 92 360 345 18 18 Reggio Emilia (ITA) 

L 16 Fossi Kamto Alain Fossi 04.11.80 183 81 333 302 5 114 119 VBPN Niort 

17 Ag Serge Patrice S. Ag 22.03.74 181 82 320 295 5 46 51 PAD Volleyball 

18 Feughouo David D. Feughouo 05.05.89 206 95 350 330 5 68 73 Nancy Volley Maxeville (FRA) 

L 19 Bassige Ba Bindop Geoffroy Frederic Bassige F. 13.06.84 183 81 325 300 12 12 FAP Volleyball 

20 Tchelibou Kamgang Dominique D. Tchelibou 05.09.89 199 86 345 320 15 15 FAP Volleyball 


STATISTICS 

Age Oldest S. Ag 22.03.74 (40y5m) Youngest 6Ril 27.09.91 (22y11m) 28y8m 

Height Tallest Kody 213cm Shortest S. Ag 181cm 196cm 

Spike Highest K. Boyomo 360cm Shortest S. Ag 320cm 345cm 

Block Highest Wounembaina 345cm Shortest S. Ag 295cm 324cm 

Caps Most Ndaki N.P.G.A 142 Least K. Boyomo 11 63 

Team average 


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POOL A 

CAMEROON 


1 

ZONZON 

Name: Olivier Nongni Zanguim Mefani 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Yaoundé 

Club debut: Sonel VB (Yaoundé) in 2002 - Intl. debut: Africa Cup of 

Nation (Cairo, Egypt) in 2008 - Hobby: Movies - Lang.: French, English 

- Favourites: Book: The Bible, Food: Vegetables 

2 

AHMED AWAL 

Name: Ahmed Awal Mbutngam 


Position: Setter Born in: Nkongsamba 

Club debut: PAD Volleyball (Douala) in 2004 - Intl. debut: Qualification 

All African Games (Libreville, Gabon) in 2011 - Lang.: French, English - 

Favourites: Food: Ndolé, Other sports: Basketball, football 

3 

KARI 

Name: Georges Kari Adeke 



Born in: Makak 

Club debut: Sonel VB (Yaoundé) in 1992 - Intl. debut: Coupe d’Afrique 

des Nations (Tunisia) in 2004 - Lang.: French - Favourites: Book: The 

Bible, Movie: Action, Other sports: Football, natation, equitation 

5 

EPANLO 

Name: Didier Essoh Nsombi Epanlo 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Koutaba 

Club debut: Dschang University Volleyball (Dschang) in 2009 - Intl. 

debut: World Championship Qualification (Ndjamena) in 2013 - Lang.: 

French, English 

4 

ENGOHE 

Name: Junior Charles Engohe 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Donenkeng 

Club debut: Cimencam VB (Garoua) in 1990 - Intl. debut: World 

Championship Qualification 2010 (Yaoundé) in 2009 - Hobby: 

Swimming, Traveling, Shopping, Movies - Lang.: French, English - 

Favourites: Food: Ndolé, Other sports: Football 

6 

D. SEM 

Name: Sem Dolegombai 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Bertoua 

Club debut: MJC Garoua (Garoua) in 2003 - Intl. debut: 2010 World 

Championships pre-selection (Maribor, Slovenia) in 2010 - Lang.: 

French - Favourites: Book: The Bible 

7 

NDAKI N.P.G.A 

Name: Jean Patrice Ndaki Mboulet 


Position: Universal Born in: Yaoundé 

Club debut: Port VB (Douala) in 1999 - Intl. debut: WCH Qualification 

Tournament (Cairo, Egypt) in 2001 - Hobby: Gaming, Clubbing, Music - 

Lang.: French, English - Favourites: Food: Ndolé, Sweet Plantains, Movie: 

Pulp Fiction, Music: Sam Mbende, Sans Visa, Other sports: Baseball 

9 

K. BOYOMO 

Name: Joseph Herve Kofane Boyomo 



Club debut: Bafia Volleyball Evolution (Bafia) in 2009 - Intl. debut: 

African Cup of Nation Preparation (Maribor, Slovenia) in 2013 - Lang.: 


8 

Name: Jean Junior Nyabeye 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Bertoua 

Club debut: FAP VB (Yaoundé) in 2003 - Intl. debut: Junior African 

Championship (Tunis, Tunisia) in 2008 - Lang.: Français, English - 

Favourites: Food: Pasta, Movie: Action 

10 

NYABEYE JR 

MOUSSA 

Name: Maliki Moussa 




Born in: Mokolo 

Club debut: Mokolo VB (Mokolo) in 1989 - Intl. debut: Junior African 

Championships (Durban, South Africa) in 1998 - Lang.: French, English, 

Arabic - Favourites: Book: Autant en emporte le vent, Food: Follere, 

Movie: L’Avocat du Diable, Music: Kawtal, Other sports: Basketball 

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11 

ENGALA 

Name: Herman Marie Engala 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Lable - Bafia 

Club debut: Port VB (Doula) in 2003 - Intl. debut: All African Games 

(Algiers, Algeria) in 2007 - Lang.: French, English, German 

12 

HILE 

Name: Didier Sali Hile 




Born in: Waza 

Club debut: JVK (Kousseri) in 2004 - Intl. debut: 2010 World 

Championships pre-selection (Maribor, Slovakia) in 2010 - Lang.: 


CMR 

13 

6RIL 

Name: Cyrill Pierre Ongolo Mayam 



Born in: Douala 

Club debut: SED VB (Yaoundé) in 2002 - Intl. debut: Junior African 

Championship (Tunis, Tunisia) in 2008 - Lang.: French, English - 

Favourites: Food: Okok, Movie: Malediction 666, Music: Koffi Olomide, 

Other sports: Swimming 

15 

KODY 

Name: Yvan Arthur Kody Bitjaa 


Position: - 

Born in: Yaoundé 

Club debut: FAP VB (Yaoundé) in 2011 - Intl. debut: African Cup 

of Nations preparation (Maribor, Slovenia) in 2013 - Hobby: Travel, 

singing - Lang.: French, English - Favourites: Book: Grey’s Anatomy, 

Food: Chicken potatoes, Movie: Harry Potter, Other sports: lawn tennis 

17 

S. AG 

Name: Serge Patrice Ag 




Born in: Doula 

Club debut: Palmiers VB (Doula) in 1992 - Intl. debut: Zonal 

Tounament (Yaoundé) in 1998 - Hobby: Travelling - Lang.: French - 

Favourites: Book: The Bible, Food: Vegetables, Music: Classical music, 

Other sports: Athletics 

19 

BASSIGE F. 

Name: Geoffroy Frederic Bassige Ba Bindop 



Born in: Garoua 

Club debut: PAD (Douala) in 2005 - Intl. debut: Qualifications World 

Championship Poland 2014 (Brazzaville, Congo) in 2013 - Lang.: 


14 

WOUNEMBAINA 

Name: Nathan Wounembaina 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Bourha 

Club debut: Ngaoundere VB (Ngaoundere) in 1993 - Intl. debut: All 

African Games (Algiers, Algeria) in 2008 - Hobby: Music, Movies - 

Lang.: French, English - Favourites: Book: The Bible, Food: Koki, Movie: 

Les Grands Debatteurs, Music: Akon, Other sports: Basketball / Jordan 

16 

FOSSI 

Name: Alain Fossi Kamto 


Position: Libero Born in: Yaokadouma 

Club debut: Tolodini VB (Bertoua) in 1995 - Intl. debut: African 

Championships (Cairo, Egypt) in 2003 - Hobby: Movies, shopping - 

Lang.: French - Favourites: Book: The Bible, Food: Bâtons de manioc, 

Movie: Les Déballeurs, Music: Bikutsi, Other sports: Football 

18 

D. FEUGHOUO 

Name: David Feughouo 




Born in: Mbalmayo 

Club debut: AS Mbalmayo Volleyball (Mbalmayo) in 1997 - Intl. debut: 

Olympic Games Qualification Tournament (Durban, South Africa) in 

2007 - Lang.: French, English - Favourites: Book: L’âme du Monde, 

Music: All, Other sports: Basketball, Football 

20 D. TCHELIBOU 

Name: Dominique Tchelibou Kamgang 



Club debut: AES-SONEL (Yaoundé) in 2008 - Intl. debut: All African 

Games Qualifications (Libreville, Gabon) in 2011 - Lang.: French, 

English - Favourites: Book: The Bible, Food: All, Movie: Action, Other 



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CAMEROON 


POOL A 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

2 9 11 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

- - - 

World League 

W L T 

- - - 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

- - - 

World Cup 

W L T 

0 7 7 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 13 

1990 15 

1989 8 2013 4 

2011 2 

2009 3 

2007 3 

2005 3 

2003 3 

2001 1 

1999 4 

1997 2 

1995 5 

1991 4 

1989 1 

1987 2 

1983 4 

1971 4 

2 3 4 9 



ARG 

AUS 1 0 1 27.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Modena 3-1 21-25 25-22 25-21 25-19 

BEL 

BRA 0 1 1 22.11.89 WC 1989 Round Robin Hiroshima 0-3 6-15 8-15 7-15 

BUL 0 1 1 20.10.90 WCH 1990 Group D Brasília 0-3 3-15 5-15 8-15 

CAN 

CHN 

CUB 0 2 2 19.10.90 WCH 1990 Group D Brasília 0-3 8-15 9-15 11-15 

EGY 0 2 2 20.01.12 COQT 2012 Round Robin Yaoundé 2-3 25-27 25-23 25-23 20-25 7-15 

FIN 

FRA 

GER 

IRI 

ITA 0 2 2 18.10.90 WCH 1990 Group D Brasília 0-3 4-15 3-15 10-15 

KOR 0 2 2 23.10.90 WCH 1990 Classification Round Curitiba 0-3 10-15 2-15 7-15 

MEX 

POL 

PUR 0 1 1 26.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Modena 0-3 22-25 23-25 19-25 

RUS 0 2 2 25.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Modena 0-3 11-25 20-25 22-25 

SRB 

TUN 1 1 2 21.01.12 COQT 2012 Round Robin Yaoundé 1-3 25-21 20-25 23-25 21-25 

USA 0 3 3 01.10.10 WCH 2010 2nd Round Ancona 2-3 25-23 14-25 27-25 20-25 7-15 

VEN 1 0 1 24.10.90 WCH 1990 Classification Round Curitiba 3-0 15-4 15-7 15-13 


Championships, WC=World Cup. 

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August 31 20:15 AUS Australia 





CMR 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

David Feughouo 

David Feughouo was part of the Cameroon team that 

finished in third position at the 2009 African Championship 

in Tetouan, Morocco, and four years later finished fourth in 

the same competition in Susah, Tunisia. 

He played with the national team at the 2010 World 

Championship in Italy. It was only the second time 

Cameroon had qualified for the event and they finished in 

equal-13th position. 

The right-hander played with the national team at the 

African Olympic Qualification tournament for the 2008 

Games, where Cameroon finished in third position. He 

injured his ankle in 2013. 

The outside hitter has played club volleyball in France for a 

number of years, and in 2013 he was named Best Striker 

in France’s Ligue B. 

Feughouo considers current Cameroonian volleyball 

captain Jean Patrice Ndaki as his sporting idol. 

Jean Patrice Ndaki Mboulet 

Born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, Ndaki comes from a family 

of 13 brothers and sisters. He started playing volleyball 

at the age of nine because his mother played the sport. 

He has played in France and Japan. In Japan he played 

three seasons for the Osaka Sakai Blazers, and adopted 

the nickname JP San which he has worn on the back of 

his playing shirt. During his stay in Japan he became a fan 

of watching baseball, and particularly Japanese star Ichiro 

Suzuki. 

He was part of Cameroon’s victorious 2001 African 

Championship campaign. In 2010 he was in the Cameroon 

team that competed in the World Championship in Italy, 

where they recorded their first victory in the history of the 

competition, beating Australia. Most recently, he was part 

of the Cameroon team that competed at the 2013 African 

Championship in Susah, Tunisia. 


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CANADA 

POOL C 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

15 


9 th 1994 19 th 2010 10 

Having qualified for their 10th World Championship, 

Canada will be aiming to improve on their all-time best 

showing of ninth place, which they achieved in Greece 

in 1994. Coached by Glenn Hoag, the Canadians eased 

through qualifying with a 100 per cent record in a group 

that also contained Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, and 

Panama. 

Playing in a region that includes USA and Cuba, it’s 

been a case of ‘always the bridesmaid’ for Canada. They 

have finished runners-up five times in the NORCECA 

Championship – most recently in 2013 – and taken the 

bronze medal on 13 occasions, but have never won the 

competition despite also never finishing outside the top 

four. 

The Canadians finished fourth in the 1984 Olympic Games, 

and at the Pan American Games they have won two bronze 

medals, in 1979 and 1999. 

They remain on the fringes of the elite though, with World 

League finishes of 12th in 2012, a best-ever-finish of 

fifth in 2013, and 13th in 2014. The have competed in 

the World Cup four times, with a best finish of seventh 

in 2003. 

COACH 

Glenn Hoag (CAN) 


Languages: ENG, FRE, ITA 


Coaching debut: 05.2006 v CHN 


Glenn Hoag played for Canada from 1981 to 1986 and 

was in the team that produced the country’s best ever 

result, a fourth-place finish at the Los Angeles 1984 

Olympic Games. He played for clubs in Europe for a 

decade, winning three national titles in France and the 

French Cup twice. As a coach in France he guided Paris 

Volley to 2011 triumphs in the championship, the French 

Cup and European Champions Cup. Hoag also has a 

Turkish national title on his coaching resume along with 

two Slovenian championships. He was appointed head 

coach of Canada’s men’s team in 2006. 


Manager: Julien Boucher 

Coach: Glenn Hoag 

Assistant Coach: Vincent Pichette 

Physiotherapist: Mathieu Seguin 

Journalist: Jackie Skender 

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CAN 

TEAM ROSTER 

STATISTICS 


1 Sanders Tyler Sanders 14.12.91 191 81 326 308 8 8 Abiant Lycurgus (NED) 

2 Perrin John Gordon Perrin 17.08.89 201 95 353 329 3 60 63 Arkas Sport Club (TUR) 

3 Lewis Daniel Lewis 03.04.76 189 86 340 325 6 170 176 Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle (POL) 

4 Howatson Joshua Howatson 07.10.84 199 95 346 325 3 41 44 Konak VB (TUR) 

5 Verhoeff Rudy Verhoeff 24.06.89 198 88 349 317 20 20 Chaumont VB 52 (FRA) 

6 Duff Justin Duff 10.05.88 202 94 370 335 3 90 93 Jakarta Energy (INA) 

7 Soonias Dallas Soonias 25.04.84 200 91 356 323 14 138 152 Fujian VC (CHN) 

8 Simac Adam Simac 09.08.83 203 101 348 336 3 70 73 PV Lugano (SUI) 

9 Schneider Dustin Schneider 27.02.85 182 82 322 297 3 61 64 Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle (POL) 

10 Van Lankvelt Toontje Van Lankvelt 01.07.84 197 91 347 317 3 116 119 Asul Lyon Volley (FRA) 

11 Brinkman Steve Brinkman 12.01.78 203 96 344 335 14 212 226 Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi (GRE) 

12 Schmitt Gavin Schmitt 27.01.86 208 106 372 340 3 106 109 Arkas Sport Club (TUR) 

13 Jansen Vandoorn Daniel Cornelius Jansen Vandoorn 21.03.90 207 98 351 328 Saems Tourcoing VB (FRA) 

14 Burt Max Burt 25.07.88 207 101 350 327 VO Pribram (CZE) 

C 15 Winters Frederic Winters 25.09.82 195 98 359 327 14 196 210 Beijing BAIC Motors (CHN) 

16 Derocco Jason Derocco 19.09.89 198 94 342 318 24 24 Nantes Rezé Métropole Volley (FRA) 

17 Vigrass Graham Vigrass 17.06.89 205 97 354 330 26 26 Arago de Sete VB (FRA) 

18 Hoag Nicholas N. Hoag 19.08.92 200 91 342 322 14 14 Tours VB (FRA) 

19 Bann Blair Cameron Bann 26.02.88 184 84 314 295 7 7 Nantes Rezé Métropole Volley (FRA) 

20 Mcgovern Ciaran Mcgovern 05.06.89 181 80 336 312 12 12 Evivo Duren (GER) 

21 Blankenau Jay Blankenau 27.09.89 194 94 334 307 4 4 MAS NIKI Aiginiou (GRE) 

22 Marshall Steven Marshall 23.11.89 189 79 350 322 4 4 Team Canada 


Age Oldest Lewis 03.04.76 (38y4m) Youngest N.Hoag 19.08.92 (22y) 27y8m 

Height Tallest Schmitt 208cm Shortest Mcgovern 181cm 197cm 

Spike Highest Schmitt 372cm Shortest Bann 314cm 346cm 

Block Highest Schmitt 340cm Shortest Bann 295cm 322cm 

Caps Most Brinkman 226 First Burt, Jansen Vandoorn 66 

Team average 


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POOL C 

CANADA 


1 

SANDERS 

2 

PERRIN 

Name: Tyler Sanders 

Name: John Gordon Perrin 

Age: 22 

Height: 191 


Age: 25 

Height: 201 


Position: - 

Born in: Winnipeg 


Born in: Creston 


Club debut: East Kootenay (Cranbrook) in 2003 - Intl. debut: 

NORCECA Youth Championships (Dominican Republic) in 2006 - 

Hobby: Snowboarding - Lang.: English - Favourites: Food: Pasta, 

Movie: American Gangster, Music: L’il Wayne, Other sports: Basketball 

3 

LEWIS 

Name: Daniel Lewis 




Born in: Oakville 

Club debut: Westside (Ontario) in 1990 - Intl. debut: International 

University Games (Italy) in 1997 - Hobby: Sports, reading, fishing - 

Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Trinity, Food: Sandwiches, Movie: 

Braveheart, Music: House, Other sports: Ice Hockey 

5 

VERHOEFF 

Name: Rudy Verhoeff 




Born in: Calgary 

Club debut: Cal-Air Cougars (Calgary) in 2000 - Intl. debut: Junior 

NORCECA Championships (El Salvador) in 2008 - Lang.: English, 

Dutch - Favourites: Book: Irresistible Revolution, Food: Pasta, Movie: 

Dumb and Dumber, Music: Phil Wickham 

7 

SOONIAS 

Name: Dallas Soonias 




Born in: Saskatoon 

Club debut: Central Alberta Kings (Red Deer) in 1999 - Intl. debut: 

Junior NORCECA Champ. (Kelowna) in 2002 - Hobby: DJ - Lang.: 

English - Favourites: Book: Terry Fox Biography, Food: Omelette, Movie: 

Spaceballs, Music: Audioslave, Wu Tang Clan, Other sports: Basketball 

9 

SCHNEIDER 

Name: Dustin Schneider 



Born in: Brandon 

Club debut: St. Augustine Sabres (Brandon) in 1997 - Intl. debut: 

Canada - Australia Exhibition Series (Winnipeg) in 2008 - Hobby: Golf, 

Video games - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: The Lost Symbol, Food: 

Chinese, Movie: Inception, Other sports: Basketball / Kobe Bryant 

4 

HOWATSON 

Name: Joshua Howatson 



Born in: Victoria 

Club debut: Victoria Oaklands in 1996 - Intl. debut: Pre-Junior WCH 

(Germany) in 2002 - Hobby: Piano, watersports - Lang.: English - Favourites: 

Book: Clear and Present Danger, Food: Tacos, smoked salmon, Movie: The 

Incredibles, Music: Oscar Peterson, Other sports: Squash, ice hockey 

6 

Name: Justin Duff 



8 

Name: Adam Simac 



10 

DUFF 

SIMAC 

VAN LANKVELT 



Club debut: Winnipeg Strike (Winnipeg) in 2004 - Intl. debut: Junior 

NORCECA Champ. (Monterrey, Mexico) in 2006 - Hobby: Socializing - Lang.: 

English - Favourites: Book: The Giver, Food: Pizza, Movie: Gladiator, Music: 

Los Campesinos!, Other sports: Jonathan Toews / Chicago Black Hawks 


Born in: Ottawa 

Intl. debut: Exhibition (Australia) in 2008 - Hobby: Travel, Music, Golf - 

Lang.: English, French, German - Favourites: Book: A Year in the Merde, 

Food: Chicken, Movie: Army of Darkness, Music: P. Inc 

Name: Toontje Van Lankvelt 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Rivers 

Intl. debut: Pre-Junior World Championship v Germany in 2003 - 

Hobby: Camping, Mountain biking - Lang.: English, Dutch - Favourites: 

Food: Pizza, steak, Movie: Happy Gilmore 

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11 

BRINKMAN 

Name: Steve Brinkman 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Newcastle 

Club debut: Ganaraska Wolves (Oshawa) in 1992 - Intl. debut: 

Germany Cup (Germany) in 1998 - Hobby: Golf - Lang.: English - 

Favourites: Food: Italian, Movie: Billy Madison, Music: All, Other sports: 

Hockey, basketball 

12 

SCHMITT 

Name: Gavin Schmitt 


Position: Opposite spiker Born in: Grande Praire 

Intl. debut: Pre - FISU (India) in 2007 - Hobby: Drawing - Lang.: English 

- Favourites: Book: Game of Thrones, Food: Spinach, Movie: American 

History X, Music: Bloc Party, Justice 

CAN 

13 JANSEN VANDOORN 

Name: Daniel Cornelius Jansen Vandoorn 


Position: - 

Born in: Langley 

Lang.: English, French 

14 BURT 

Name: Max Burt 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

15 

WINTERS 

Name: Frederic Winters 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Victoria 

Club debut: Victoria VBC (Victoria) in 1994 - Intl. debut: Exhibition 

Series v Korea (Winnipeg) in 2003 - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: 

Slam Magazine, Music: R&B, Rap, Other sports: Basketball, beach 

volleyball 

17 

VIGRASS 

Name: Graham Vigrass 




Born in: Calgary 

Club debut: Canuck (Calgary) in 2003 - Intl. debut: Youth NORCECAS 

(Dominican Republic) in 2006 - Lang.: English, French - Favourites: 

Book: Road Race, Food: Steak, Movie: The Sting, Other sports: 

Basketball 

19 

BANN 

Name: Blair Cameron Bann 



Born in: Edmonton 

Intl. debut: Pan Am Cup - Lang.: English - Favourites: Food: Chicken, 

Music: Notorious BIG 

16 

DEROCCO 

Name: Jason Derocco 


Position: - 



Club debut: Manitoba Bison (Winnipeg) in 2003 - Intl. debut: Youth NORCECAS 

in 2004 - Hobby: Beach volleyball, video games, computer surfing - Lang.: English 

- Favourites: Book: Angels & Demons, Food: Pasta, Movie: Star Wars Series / Lord 

of the Ring Series, Music: Hip Hop, Techno, Other sports: Road Hockey 

18 

N. HOAG 

Name: Nicholas Hoag 




Born in: Gatineau 

Intl. debut: World League (Mississagua) in 2013 - Lang.: French, 

English - Favourites: Movie: Friday Night Lights, Music: The Weekend 

20 

MCGOVERN 

Name: Ciaran Mcgovern 


Position: Setter Born in: Grand Prairie 

Club debut: GPRV Wolves (Grand Prairie) in 2001 - Intl. debut: Youth 

NORCECAS (Dominican Republic) in 2006 - Hobby: Reading, poker - 

Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Marcus Aurelios, Food: Badass Jacks, 

Movie: Boondock Saints, Music: John Mayer, Other sports: Football 

21 

BLANKENAU 

Name: Jay Blankenau 


Position: - 


Born in: Edmonton 

Club debut: Park Volleyball Club (Sherwood Park) in 2004 - Intl. debut: 

Jr. NORCECA Champ. (El Salvador) in 2008 - Hobby: Snowboarding, 

Hockey - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Magic Treehouse, Food: 

Smoothies, Movie: Star Wars Series, Other sports: Basketball, hockey 

22 MARSHALL 

Name: Steven Marshall 


Position: - 


Born in: - 


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CANADA 


POOL C 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

25 43 68 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

4 12 16 

World League 

W L T 

36 64 100 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

- - - 

World Cup 

W L T 

13 25 38 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 19 

2006 11 

2002 17 

1998 12 

1994 9 

1990 12 

1982 11 

1978 20 

1974 20 

1992 10 

1984 4 

1976 9 

2014 13 

2013 5 

2012 12 

2007 13 

2000 11 

1999 8 

1992 7 

1991 10 

2003 7 

1999 8 

1995 10 

1977 12 

2013 2 

2011 3 

2009 4 

2007 4 

2005 3 

2003 2 

2001 3 

1999 3 

1997 3 

1995 3 

1993 3 

1991 3 

1989 2 

1987 3 

1985 3 

1983 2 

1981 3 

1979 2 

1977 3 

1975 4 

1973 3 

1969 4 

5 13 18 



ARG 4 7 11 29.11.06 WCH 2006 Group E Sendai 3-2 19-25 18-25 25-21 25-20 15-13 

AUS 2 3 5 06.07.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Sydney 1-3 25-22 22-25 17-25 18-25 

BEL 3 3 6 14.06.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Vancouver 1-3 25-22 18-25 21-25 19-25 

BRA 4 18 22 19.07.13 WL 2013 Finals Mar del Plata 0-3 18-25 28-30 20-25 

BUL 0 2 2 24.11.98 WCH 1998 Group G Osaka 0-3 6-15 9-15 12-15 

CHN 3 4 7 21.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Hiroshima 3-2 25-23 24-26 34-36 25-22 15-13 

CMR 

CUB 2 13 15 09.05.12 COQT 2012 Prel. Round Long Beach, CA 3-0 25-21 25-17 25-21 

EGY 4 1 5 17.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Tokyo 3-0 25-22 25-16 25-20 

FIN 8 7 15 28.06.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Tampere 3-0 25-14 26-24 25-17 

FRA 2 6 8 25.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Okayama 0-3 19-25 20-25 16-25 

GER 6 2 8 27.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Trieste 0-3 25-27 22-25 20-25 

IRI 

ITA 0 14 14 23.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Okayama 0-3 22-25 19-25 20-25 

KOR 7 7 14 15.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Mississauga 3-0 25-23 25-20 25-20 

MEX 2 1 3 29.08.11 NORCH 2011 Prel. Round Mayaguez 3-1 25-21 23-25 27-25 25-22 

POL 0 9 9 16.06.12 WL 2012 Prel. Round Tampere 0-3 24-26 22-25 23-25 

PUR 8 1 9 11.05.12 COQT 2012 Semifinals Long Beach, CA 3-2 22-25 25-23 19-25 25-23 15-11 

RUS 1 3 4 18.07.13 WL 2013 Finals Mar del Plata 3-2 20-25 21-25 25-23 25-21 15-11 

SRB 2 5 7 26.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Trieste 3-1 25-20 25-22 17-25 25-23 

TUN 5 1 6 21.11.06 WCH 2006 Group D Sendai 3-2 25-15 27-29 21-25 25-21 15-13 

USA 1 11 12 12.05.12 COQT 2012 Classif. Long Beach, CA 0-3 26-28 18-25 20-25 

VEN 3 0 3 29.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Tokyo 3-1 25-21 23-25 25-20 25-21 

W=Won, L=Lost, T=Total matches played. Competitions: COQT=Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament, NORCH=NORCECA Championship, 

OG=Olympic Games, WCH=World Championships, WC=World Cup, WL=World League. 

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September 3 13:00 BUL Bulgaria 




CAN 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Gavin Schmitt 

Gavin Schmitt started playing volleyball at the age of 

18 in Saskatoon, SK, Canada. He played basketball as a 

child, but his mother wanted him to try as many sports 

as possible while at high school. One of those sports was 

volleyball and he took a liking to it immediately. 

Schmitt has played in three NORCECA Championships, 

helping the Canada team to improve their performance. In 

2007 they finished fourth in Anaheim, CA, United States, 

before finishing third in 2011 and second in 2013. 

He was in the national team for the 2010 World 

Championship in Italy, where Canada finished equal- 

19th. Most recently, Schmitt played for Canada in the 

2014 World League competition and was the top scorer in 

Group 2, with 52 points. 

Frederic Winters 

Fred Winters started playing the sport because a lot of his 

friends did and found that he enjoyed it. He has played 

with Canada at three NORCECA Championships. In 2007 

in Anaheim, CA, USA, they finished fourth, and in 2011 

in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, they finished third. Last year in 

Langley, BC, Canada, they finished second. He played for 

Canada at the 2006 World Championship in Japan and the 

2010 World Championship in Italy. 

Winters was one of the first three non-Chinese players to 

compete in China’s professional volleyball league, when he 

joined BAIC Motors in Beijing in 2012. 

In 2013 he was troubled by an injury to his left leg. A scan 

showed stress syndrome in his tibia bone. A further X-ray 

revealed he had multiple stress fractures in his tibia, so he 

underwent surgery and was out of competitive action until 

January 2014. 

In 2003 he got a tattoo of the face of his grandmother 

inked on his right shoulder after missing her funeral 

because he was trying out for the national team. He had 

lived with her for much of his childhood. 


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CHINA 

POOL C 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

19 


2x 7 th LAST: 1982 19 th 2010 13 

China’s entry into the 2014 World Championship marks 

the nation’s 13th appearance in the tournament since they 

first competed in 1956. Their best finish so far has been 

seventh place, achieved in Italy in 1978 and Argentina four 

years later. 

The Chinese have finished in the top 10 on three other 

occasions – 1956, 1962 and 1966 – although recent years 

have not been so kind, with a 19th-place finish in the 2010 

World Championship and failure to qualify for the London 

2012 Olympic Games. 

Keen to rebuild and bring through a new generation of 

players, China appointed Xie Guochen as head coach in 

April 2013. The new man has had a positive effect, and 

this year his side returned to the World League competition 

after a four-year hiatus, and finished third in the final round 

of Group 3. Under Xie they also finished third in the 2013 

Asian Championship in the United Arab Emirates. 

Buoyed by that uplift in form, China’s men are now 

pushing for a first international medal. Their best results 

on the world stage so far have been a fifth-place finish 

at both the 1997 World Grand Champions Cup and the 

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. 

COACH 

Xie Guochen (CHN) 


Language: CHN 




Xie Guochen was appointed temporary coach of China 

after their failure to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic 

Games, and got the job on a permanent basis in April 2013. 

He led the men to the gold medal at the 2012 Asian Cup 

in Vietnam and bronze at the 2013 Asian Championship in 

Dubai. As assistant coach, he helped the Chinese to fifth 

place at Beijing 2008. Xie also helped coach the China 

squads that won silver medals at the 2006 Asian Games, 

the 2011 Asian Championship and the 2010 Asian Cup. As 

a player he represented China from 1994 to 2003. 


Manager: Li Shiping 

Coach: Xie Guochen 

Assistant Coach: Yang Liqun 

Doctor: Song Weiping 

Physiotherapist: Zeng Lei 

Journalist: Zhou Yuan 

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TEAM ROSTER 

CHN 


1 Chen Longhai Chen L. H. 29.03.91 201 85 351 340 6 6 Shanghai 

3 Yuan Zhi Yuan Z. 29.09.81 195 88 348 334 5 6 93 104 Liaoning 

4 Zhang Chen Zhang C. 28.06.85 201 70 356 340 Jiangsu 

5 Dai Qingyao Dai Q. Y. 26.09.91 205 81 350 340 Shanghai 

6 Liang Chunlong Liang C. L. 25.03.88 206 91 351 333 10 10 Liaoning 

C 7 Zhong Weijun Zhong W. J. 20.04.89 199 80 347 335 20 20 Army 

8 Cui Jianjun Cui J. J. 01.08.85 190 89 350 335 5 3 8 Henan 

9 Jiao Shuai Jiao S. 28.01.84 194 76 350 341 6 9 15 Henan 

11 Geng Xin Geng X. 15.11.89 208 80 348 338 Shandong 

L 12 Kong Fanwei Kong F. W. 04.12.89 176 80 320 305 5 5 Liaoning 

13 Kou Zhichao Kou Z. C. 26.06.89 202 95 355 345 Shandong 

14 Xu Jingtao Xu J. T. 07.07.88 202 76 356 320 6 6 Army 

15 Li Runming Li R. M. 01.03.90 198 90 350 326 8 8 Shandong 

L 16 Ren Qi Ren Q. 24.02.84 174 70 322 312 5 6 41 52 Shanghai 

17 Chu Hui Chu H. 11.02.81 187 70 355 323 6 93 99 Beijing 

18 Ji Daoshuai Ji D. S. 07.02.92 195 75 355 335 3 3 Shandong 

19 Fang Yingchao Fang Y. C. 03.08.82 198 79 360 350 6 10 16 Shanghai 

20 Zhan Guojun Zhan G. J. 16.12.88 197 88 235 230 5 5 Shanghai 

21 Song Jianwei Song J. W. 04.01.92 192 77 340 330 10 10 Shandong 

22 Mao Tianyi Mao T. Y. 02.06.93 200 84 350 333 Guangdong 


STATISTICS 

Age Oldest Chu H. 11.02.81 (33y6m) Youngest Mao T. Y. 02.06.93 (21y2m) 26y8m 

Height Tallest Geng X. 208cm Shortest Ren Q. 174cm 196cm 

Spike Highest Fang Y. C. 360cm Shortest Zhan G. J. 235cm 342cm 

Block Highest Fang Y. C. 350cm Shortest Zhan G. J. 230cm 327cm 

Caps Most Yuan Z. 104 First Five players 18 

Team average 


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POOL C 

CHINA 


1 CHEN L. H. 

Name: Longhai Chen 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

3 

YUAN Z. 

Name: Zhi Yuan 




Born in: Liaoning 

Club debut: Liaoning (Shenyang) - Hobby: Music, travelling - Lang.: 

Chinese - Favourites: Book: Magazines, Food: Chinese, Movie: War, 

Other sports: Basketball, football 

4 

ZHANG C. 

Name: Chen Zhang 




Born in: Jiangsu 

Hobby: Computer games - Lang.: Chinese - Favourites: Book: 

Magazines, Food: Chinese, Movie: Fiction, Music: Pop 

5 

DAI Q. Y. 

Name: Qingyao Dai 




Born in: Shanghai 

Club debut: Shanghai - Hobby: Listening to pop music, reading - Lang.: 

Chinese - Favourites: Book: Fiction, Food: Chinese, Movie: Twilight, 

Music: Westlife 

6 

LIANG C. L. 

Name: Chunlong Liang 





Club debut: Liaoning (Shenyang) - Hobby: Listening to music, computer 

games, watching TV - Lang.: Chinese - Favourites: Book: Magazines, 

Food: Chinese, Movie: War, Music: Pop, Other sports: Basketball 

7 

ZHONG W. J. 

Name: Weijun Zhong 




Born in: Shandong 

Club debut: Army (Beijing) - Hobby: Reading, travelling - Lang.: 

Chinese - Favourites: Book: Fashion magazines, Food: Chinese, Movie: 

Fiction, Music: Pop, Other sports: Football 

8 

CUI J. J. 

Name: Jianjun Cui 




Born in: Henan 

Club debut: Henan (Zhengzhou) in 2002 - Hobby: Reading, listening to 

music - Lang.: Chinese - Favourites: Book: Magazines, Food: Chinese, 

Movie: Fiction, Music: Pop, Other sports: Football 

9 

JIAO S. 

Name: Shuai Jiao 




Born in: Henan 

Hobby: Travelling, computer games - Lang.: Chinese - Favourites: 

Book: Fashion magazines, Food: Chinese food, Movie: War, Music: 

Jazz, Other sports: Basketball, football 

11 

GENG X. 

12 

KONG F. W. 

Name: Xin Geng 

Name: Fanwei Kong 

Age: 24 

Height: 208 


Age: 24 

Height: 176 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

Position: - 

Born in: - 

Lang.: Chinese 

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13 

KOU Z. C. 

14 

XU J. T. 

Name: Zhichao Kou 

Name: Jingtao Xu 


Position: - 


Born in: - 




Born in: Hebei 

CHN 

Hobby: Listening to classical music, reading - Lang.: Chinese - 

Favourites: Book: Comics, Food: Chinese, seafood, Movie: Chinese 

kung fu 

15 

LI R. M. 

Name: Runming Li 




Born in: - 

Hobby: Travelling, reading, singing - Lang.: Chinese - Favourites: Book: 

Fiction, Food: Chinese, Movie: Prison Break 

16 

REN Q. 

Name: Qi Ren 





Club debut: Shanghai - Hobby: Reading, listening to music - Lang.: 

Chinese - Favourites: Book: Comics, Food: Seafood, Movie: Cartoons, 

Music: Pop, Other sports: Formula 1, Football 

17 

CHU H. 

18 

JI D. S. 

Name: Hui Chu 

Name: Daoshuai Ji 

Age: 33 

Height: 187 


Age: 22 

Height: 195 




Position: - 

Born in: - 

Club debut: Liaoning (Shenyang) - Hobby: Reading, music - Favourites: 

Book: Magazines, Food: Noodles, Movie: War, Other sports: Football 

19 

FANG Y. C. 

20 

ZHAN G. J. 

Name: Yingchao Fang 

Name: Guojun Zhan 

Age: 32 

Height: 198 


Age: 25 

Height: 197 




Position: - 

Born in: - 

Club debut: Shanghai - Hobby: Computer games, travelling - Lang.: 

Chinese - Favourites: Book: Magazines, Food: Chinese, Movie: Fiction, 

Music: Pop 

Lang.: Chinese 

21 SONG J. W. 

Name: Jianwei Song 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

22 MAO T. Y. 

Name: Tianyi Mao 


Position: - 


Born in: - 


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CHINA 


POOL C 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

43 54 97 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

3 9 12 

World League 

W L T 

50 138 188 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

3 7 10 

World Cup 

W L T 

14 45 59 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 19 

2006 17 

2002 13 

1998 15 

1994 13 

1986 12 

1982 7 

1978 7 

1974 15 

1966 9 

1962 9 

1956 9 

2008 5 

1984 8 

2014 23 

2010 15 

2009 13 

2008 7 

2007 9 

2006 13 

2004 10 

2002 9 

1997 10 

1996 6 

1995 11 

1994 11 

1993 7 

1992 9 

1990 8 

2005 6 

1997 4 

2011 11 

2003 10 

1999 11 

1995 9 

1981 5 

1977 5 

2013 3 

2011 2 

2009 4 

2007 4 

2005 2 

2003 2 

2001 4 

1999 1 

1997 1 

1995 2 

1993 4 

1991 3 

1989 3 

1987 2 

1983 2 

1979 1 

1975 3 

3 6 4 13 



ARG 4 6 10 04.12.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Tokyo 0-3 23-25 29-31 18-25 

AUS 4 2 6 10.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 0-3 12-25 20-25 13-25 

BEL 2 1 3 21.09.78 WCH 1978 Group A Rome 3-1 15-10 15-6 11-15 15-9 

BRA 5 10 15 25.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Kumamoto 2-3 25-23 10-25 18-25 25-19 8-15 

BUL 1 11 12 25.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Turin 0-3 14-25 19-25 22-25 

CAN 4 3 7 21.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Hiroshima 2-3 23-25 26-24 36-34 22-25 13-15 

CMR 

CUB 3 13 16 28.06.14 WL 2014 - 3rd Group Semifinals Bursa 2-3 25-27 25-22 34-32 22-25 13-15 


FIN 5 0 5 04.07.93 WL 1993 Group B Tampere 3-1 15-11 15-13 9-15 15-11 

FRA 4 11 15 27.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Turin 0-3 17-25 20-25 19-25 

GER 3 0 3 07.10.82 WCH 1982 Group W Rosario 3-0 15-9 15-12 15-8 

IRI 1 2 3 02.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 2-3 25-23 21-25 31-29 15-25 13-15 

ITA 5 42 47 24.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Kumamoto 0-3 10-25 18-25 14-25 

KOR 9 10 19 07.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 2-3 21-25 25-22 20-25 25-14 13-15 

MEX 

POL 2 15 17 27.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Fukuoka 1-3 25-17 20-25 21-25 19-25 

PUR 4 3 7 15.06.14 WL 2014 - 3rd Group Prel. Round Kosice 3-0 30-28 25-18 25-20 

RUS 1 32 33 21.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Kagoshima 0-3 18-25 20-25 18-25 


TUN 6 0 6 30.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Tokyo 3-1 25-17 24-26 27-25 31-29 

USA 3 16 19 20.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Kagoshima 0-3 14-25 23-25 21-25 

VEN 6 2 8 09.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 3-1 25-18 28-26 19-25 25-21 

W=Won, L=Lost, T=Total matches played. Competitions: COQT=Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament, WCH=World Championships, 

WC=World Cup, WL=World League, WOQT=World Olympic Qualification Tournament. 

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CHN 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Qi Ren 

Qi Ren is a veteran of three Asian Championships and two 

Asian Games, and Poland 2014 will be his fourth World 

Championship appearance. At continental level he was 

part of the national teams that won silver medals at the 

2011 Asian Championship and 2006 Asian Games, and 

also a bronze medal at the 2013 Asian Championship. At 

the highest level, Ren was part of the China teams that 

finished fifth on homesoil at the 2008 Olympic Games, and 

equal 17th then equal 19th at the 2006 and 2010 World 


He began playing volleyball at age 10. He was named Best 

Libero at the 2011 World Cup, a year after being part of the 

team that finished fifth at the 2010 Asian Games. 

In the past two years the 30-year-old libero has been 

troubled by injuries to his knee. He missed the 2012/13 

Chinese National Volleyball League season after having 

surgery on his left knee, and in 2013 he had to have fluid 

drained from his knee after colliding with a teammate in 

the semifinal of the Chinese National Games. He recovered 

to play in the final. 

Weijun Zhong 

Born in Yantai, Weijun Zhong started playing volleyball at 

the age of eight in China, when his school sports coach 

noticed his height and thought he had the potential in the 

sport. He has been troubled by a shoulder injury during 

his career. 

Zhong was named Best Scorer and Best Server at the 2013 

Asian Championship in Dubai, UAE, where China finished 

in third position. He also played for China at the 2009 

Asian Championship in Manila, Philippines, and the 2011 

Asian Championship in Tehran, Iran, where they finished in 

second place. He finished fifth with the national team at 

the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. 

He played for China at the 2010 World Championship 

in Italy, finishing in equal-19th position, and also played 

at the 2011 World Cup in Japan. He was captain of the 

national team during the 2014 World League competition. 


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CUBA 

POOL B 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

7 


2x 2 nd LAST: 2010 2 nd 2010 14 2 2 

4 

Runners-up last time out – beating eventual bronze 

medallists Serbia in the last four before losing to Brazil in 

the final – it will be a very different Cuba side which will line 

up for a 14th World Championship appearance in Poland. 

With many of their stars from the 2010 campaign absent, 

a new crop of Cuba players will represent their country on 

the back of an impressive win in the World League Group 3 

final in June and a Pan American Cup title in August. 

Despite their standing as one of the most consistent 

nations in men’s volleyball, Cuba have yet to win a World 

Championship. They have twice finished in second place 

(1990, 2010) and have also taken the bronze medal on 

two occasions (1978, 1998). 

Since that second-place finish in 1998, the Cubans have 

seen mostly top-eight finishes in the international arena, 

with the only blemishes coming via a narrow failure to 

qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games and a 13th-place 

finish in the 2013 World League. 

Five-time winners of the Pan American Games and former 

World Cup and World League champions, Cuba’s other 

successes on the world stage include a victory at the 2001 

Grand Champions Cup and a 1976 Olympic Games bronze 

medal. 

COACH 

Rodolfo Luis Sanchez Sanchez (CUB) 


Languages: ENG, ITA, SPA 


Coaching debut: 19.09.2013 


Rodolfo Luis Sanchez Sanchez represented Cuba twice at the 

Olympic Games as a player. He was part of national teams 

that finished fourth at Barcelona 1992 and sixth four years 

later. After turning to coaching, Sanchez guided the Cubans 

to gold at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore and 

at the NORCECA Under-19 World Championships in Mexico 

the same year. He also led Cuba’s junior team to bronze at 

the 2011 Youth World Championship in Argentina. Sanchez 

was appointed head coach in 2013. His wife Idalmis Gato is a 

three-time volleyball Olympic champion (1992, 1996, 2000). 


Manager: Omelio Jesus Castillo Perez 

Coach: Rodolfo Luis Sanchez Sanchez 

Assistant Coach: Victor Andres Garcia Campos 

Doctor: Antonio Jose Iznaga Dapresa 

Physiotherapist: Arvelio Recio Hernandez 

Journalist: Alfonso Guillermo Nacianceno Garcia 

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TEAM ROSTER 

CUB 

STATISTICS 


1 Gonzalez Nicolas Yosvani Nicolas 18.04.88 196 85 345 330 Havana 

2 Romero Valdes Inovel Romero 28.01.95 197 80 350 335 Ciego De Avila 

3 Calvo Manzano Ricardo Norberto Ricardo 02.10.96 193 74 343 334 Villa Clara 

4 Jimenez Scull Javier Ernesto Jimenez 16.11.89 198 89 352 345 Matanzas 

5 Macias Infante Leandro Macias 13.02.90 192 70 325 318 9 4 13 Santiago de Cuba 

L 6 Gutierrez Torna Keibel Gutierrez 06.05.87 178 80 305 295 5 37 42 Villa Clara 

L 7 Garcia Alvarez Yonder Roman Garcia 26.02.93 183 78 325 320 Havana 

C 8 Cepeda Abreu Rolando Cepeda 13.03.89 198 77 359 344 9 21 30 S. Spiritus 

9 Osoria Rodriguez Livan Osoria 05.02.94 201 96 345 325 Santiago de Cuba 

10 Quintana Guerra Danger Jorber Quintana 19.05.94 200 95 343 323 Havana 

11 Fundora Travieso Lazaro Raydel Fundora 13.02.94 195 90 344 317 Havana 

12 Alfonso Gavilan Abrahan Abrahan 23.02.95 197 72 343 320 Havana 

13 Fiel Rodriguez David Fiel 28.08.93 204 93 374 369 Havana 

14 Rendon Gonzalez Osniel Cecilio Rendon 26.06.96 202 90 350 340 Matanzas 

15 Albo Miranda Dariel Albo 17.01.92 201 82 343 316 Havana 

16 Mesa Sandoval Isbel Mesa 02.06.89 204 89 358 331 9 8 17 Havana 

17 Chapman Piñeiro Felix Emilio Chapman 05.10.96 198 84 350 330 Mayabeque 

18 Hernandez Martinez Denny De Jesus Hernandez 24.02.94 190 85 344 321 Pinar Del Rio 

19 Rivera Sanchez Mario Luis Rivera 26.10.82 180 92 343 323 Pinar del Rio 

20 Uriarte Mestre Osmany Santiago Uriarte 04.06.95 197 81 352 348 Sancti Spiritus 

21 Jimeno Hernandez Luis Guillermo Jimeno 04.11.95 197 92 358 352 Matanzas 

22 Caraballo Castillo Jorge Felix Caraballo 15.10.96 202 95 360 357 Villa Clara 


Age Oldest Rivera 26.10.82 (31y10m) Youngest Caraballo 15.10.96 (17y10m) 21y10m 

Height Tallest Fiel 204cm Shortest Gutierrez 178cm 196cm 

Spike Highest Fiel 374cm Shortest Gutierrez 305cm 346cm 

Block Highest Fiel 369cm Shortest Gutierrez 295cm 332cm 

Caps Most Gutierrez 42 First 18 players 5 

Team average 


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POOL B 

CUBA 


1 NICOLAS 

Name: Yosvani Gonzalez Nicolas 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

2 ROMERO 

Name: Inovel Romero Valdes 



Born in: - 

3 RICARDO 

Name: Ricardo Norberto Calvo Manzano 



Born in: - 

4 JIMENEZ 

Name: Javier Ernesto Jimenez Scull 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

5 

MACIAS 

Name: Leandro Macias Infante 


Position: Setter Born in: Santiago de Cuba 

Club debut: Santiago de Cuba - Intl. debut: Youth World Championship 

in 2007 - Hobby: Reading - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Movie: Action, 

Music: Cuban, Other sports: Baseball 

7 

GARCIA 

Name: Yonder Roman Garcia Alvarez 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

6 

Name: Keibel Gutierrez Torna 



Born in: Villa Clara 

Club debut: Villa Clara - Intl. debut: World League in 2006 - Hobby: 

PlayStation games - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Book: Adventure, 

Food: Creole, Movie: Science Fiction, Music: Rap, Other sports: 

Basketball 

8 

GUTIERREZ 

CEPEDA 

Name: Rolando Cepeda Abreu 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Cienfuegos 

Club debut: Cienfuegos - Intl. debut: Junior World Championship in 

2007 - Hobby: Playing computer games - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: 

Movie: Action, Music: Reggae, Other sports: Football 

9 OSORIA 

Name: Livan Osoria Rodriguez 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

10 QUINTANA 

Name: Danger Jorber Quintana Guerra 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

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11 FUNDORA 

Name: Lazaro Raydel Fundora Travieso 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

12 ABRAHAN 

Name: Abrahan Alfonso Gavilan 



Born in: - 

CUB 


13 FIEL 

Name: David Fiel Rodriguez 



Born in: - 

14 RENDON 

Name: Osniel Cecilio Rendon Gonzalez 



Born in: - 

15 ALBO 

Name: Dariel Albo Miranda 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

16 MESA 

Name: Isbel Mesa Sandoval 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

17 CHAPMAN 

Name: Felix Emilio Chapman Piñeiro 



Born in: - 

18 HERNANDEZ 

Name: Denny De Jesus Hernandez Martinez 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

19 RIVERA 

Name: Mario Luis Rivera Sanchez 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

20 URIARTE 

Name: Osmany Santiago Uriarte Mestre 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

21 JIMENO 

Name: Luis Guillermo Jimeno Hernandez 



Born in: - 

22 CARABALLO 

Name: Jorge Felix Caraballo Castillo 



Born in: - 


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CUBA 

3 11 9 23 


POOL B 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

71 43 114 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

22 20 42 

World League 

W L T 

218 135 353 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

15 5 20 

World Cup 

W L T 

50 19 69 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 2 

2006 15 

2002 19 

1998 3 

1994 4 

1990 2 

1986 5 

1982 10 

1978 3 

1974 8 

1970 13 

1966 17 

1956 19 

2000 7 

1996 6 

1992 4 

1980 7 

1976 3 

1972 10 

2014 21 

2013 13 

2012 3 

2011 8 

2010 4 

2009 4 

2008 10 

2007 7 

2006 7 

2005 3 

2004 7 

2003 13 

2002 13 

2001 5 

2000 8 

1999 2 

1998 1 

1997 2 

1996 4 

1995 3 

1994 2 

1993 4 

1992 2 

1991 2 

2009 2 

2001 1 

1997 3 

1993 3 

2011 5 

1999 2 

1995 6 

1991 2 

1989 1 

1981 2 

1977 3 

1969 9 

2013 3 

2011 1 

2009 1 

2007 3 

2005 2 

2003 3 

2001 1 

1999 2 

1997 1 

1995 1 

1993 1 

1991 1 

1989 1 

1987 1 

1985 2 

1983 3 

1981 1 

1979 1 

1977 1 

1975 1 

1973 2 

1971 1 

1969 1 

2 2 4 1 1 1 5 3 9 1 1 2 4 1 3 1 5 15 4 4 23 



ARG 19 3 22 24.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Osaka 1-3 25-17 16-25 21-25 17-25 

AUS 4 0 4 19.11.06 WCH 2006 Group B Fukuoka 3-0 25-15 25-19 25-20 

BEL 1 1 2 24.10.74 WCH 1974 Finals 7-12 Toluca de Lerdo 3-2 - 

BRA 24 28 52 04.07.12 WL 2012 Finals Sofia 3-0 25-19 26-24 25-22 

BUL 21 13 34 08.07.12 WL 2012 Final 3-4 Sofia 3-2 25-18 19-25 23-25 25-23 15-12 

CAN 13 2 15 09.05.12 COQT 2012 Prel. Round Long Beach, CA 0-3 21-25 17-25 21-25 

CHN 13 3 16 28.06.14 WL 2014 - 3rd Group Semifinals Bursa 3-2 27-25 22-25 32-34 25-22 15-13 


EGY 13 0 13 04.12.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Tokyo 3-1 26-24 23-25 25-23 25-20 

FIN 5 0 5 13.06.93 WL 1993 Group B Tampere 3-0 15-13 15-8 15-3 

FRA 18 5 23 26.06.11 WL 2011 Prel. Round Montbéliard 3-1 21-25 25-20 25-15 25-23 

GER 19 11 30 23.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Bremen 1-3 23-25 22-25 26-24 23-25 

IRI 4 2 6 06.07.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round La Habana 1-3 25-22 20-25 18-25 22-25 

ITA 16 33 49 16.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Firenze 0-3 23-25 18-25 19-25 

KOR 42 1 43 19.06.11 WL 2011 Prel. Round Gwangju 3-0 25-23 25-13 25-18 

MEX 6 0 6 13.06.14 WL 2014 - 3rd Group Prel. Round Tunis 3-0 25-23 25-16 25-20 

POL 11 9 20 06.07.12 WL 2012 Finals Sofia 0-3 23-25 20-25 23-25 

PUR 2 0 2 12.05.12 COQT 2012 Classif. Long Beach, CA 3-0 25-20 25-21 25-15 

RUS 23 40 63 29.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round La Habana 3-1 25-23 20-25 25-20 25-22 

SRB 12 20 32 08.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round La Habana 1-3 24-26 22-25 25-18 21-25 

TUN 8 0 8 14.06.14 WL 2014 - 3rd Group Prel. Round Tunis 3-0 25-21 25-20 25-23 

USA 7 15 22 07.07.12 WL 2012 Semifinal Sofia 0-3 23-25 22-25 23-25 

VEN 2 0 2 02.10.82 WCH 1982 Group D Buenos Aires 3-0 15-5 15-3 15-4 

W=Won, L=Lost, T=Total matches played. Competitions: COQT=Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament, WCH=World Championships, 

WC=World Cup, WL=World League. 

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September 7 20:15 BRA Brazil 

CUB 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Osmany Santiago Uriarte Mestre 

Osmany Santiago Uriarte Mestre flourished in Cuba’s 

youth team before making the step up to the senior ranks. 

He was named the Most Valuable Player at the NORCECA 

2012 U19 Championship in Tijuana, Mexico, and the 

outside hitter was Cuba’s second-highest scorer at the 

2013 U19 World Championship in Mexico, where they 

finished in seventh position. 

He was part of the Cuba squad that finished third in the 

2012 World League, and was also part of the team that 

slipped to 13th in the 2013 World League. He competed 

in his third World League in 2014, and it proved to be an 

individual success for him. He finished as Cuba’s leading 

scorer and the second-highest scorer in Group 3. Uriarte 

also scored more points from spikes than any other player 

in the group, and his performances helped Cuba win Group 

3 before going on to play a leading role in Cuba’s Pan 

American Cup win in August. 

Rolando Cepeda Abreu 

Rolando Cepeda Abreu was named captain of the Cuban 

national team for the 2014 season, a position he said 

motivated him to train hard and think positively. Cepeda 

made his international debut for Cuba in 2006 and had a 

breakthrough year in 2009. He was part of the Cuba teams 

that finished fourth in the World League competition, 

second in the Grand Champions Cup, and won the 

NORCECA Championship. In the same year he was named 

Newcomer of the Year and Best Athlete of the Year in Cuba. 

Cepeda played with the national team at the 2010 World 

Championship in Italy, where they finished second, and also 

at the 2011 World Cup in Japan. He was named the 2011 

Athlete of the Year by his club – Sancti Spiritus in Cuba. 

His feats have been recognised in his hometown of Sancti 

Spiritus in Cuba, who named him the Best Volleyball Player 

of 2013. 

The 25-year-old will head into the World Championship full 

of confidence after finishing the Pan American Cup, which 

Cuba won in August, as joint top scorer and MVP. 


77

EGYPT 

POOL C 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

17 


13 th 2010 13 th 2010 8 

The Egyptians will look to bring some of their continental 

success to the global stage at the 2014 World 

Championship – a tournament where their highest finish 

in seven attempts came with 13th place in Italy in 2010. 

COACH 

Ibrahim Fakheldin (EGY) 


Language: ARA 

Winners of the last five African Championships (2005, 

2007, 2009, 2011, 2013), and seven overall, the nation 

secured their fourth straight World Championship 

competition berth when they won all four matches at the 

qualifying event in Nairobi in February 2014. 

A powerhouse in Africa, on the world stage Egypt’s recent 

performances include a 12th-place finish at the 2011 

World Cup and 11th at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. 

Egypt has a long volleyball history and was the first country 

to join the African Volleyball Federation. Before Africa had 

a solid volleyball structure, Egypt competed in the 1955 

and 1958 European Championships, and later sent an A 

and B team to the 1971 African Championship. 

It looks likely that Egypt will build on this rich history in 

the coming years. Their youth, junior and U23 teams all 

qualified for their respective World Championships in 

2013. 




Ibrahim Fakheldin was re-appointed as the head coach 

of the Egypt men’s team in the lead-up to Poland 2014, 

having previously led the team in the late 1990s and early 

2000s, including at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. At 

club level the 60-year-old is head coach of Al-Ahly and over 

three decades has won numerous league titles and African 

Club Championships with the Egyptian side. As a player 

he was in the Egypt volleyball team that competed in one 

game at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal before they 

withdrew as part of an African boycott of the Games. 


Manager: Foad Abdelsalam 

Coach: Ibrahim Fakheldin 

Assistant Coach: Nenad Shehata 

Doctor: Saeed Hosny 

Physiotherapist: Abdalla Abdelsamie 

Journalist: Abdelkader Ibrahim 

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TEAM ROSTER 

STATISTICS 

EGY 


C 1 Youssef Saleh S. Fathy 25.07.82 194 91 345 332 15 5 200 220 Zamalek 

2 Abdelkader Islam Eslam 09.02.94 194 85 319 310 8 10 18 Elgaish 

3 El Sayed Ahmed A. Fathy 14.01.91 184 84 325 312 5 20 25 Zamalek 

4 Abdelhay Ahmed A. Salah 19.08.84 197 87 342 316 15 5 130 150 Ahly 

5 Hassan Omar O. Nagib 04.04.91 191 104 333 324 5 20 25 Ahly 

6 Abdelrehim Mamdouh Mamdouh 05.08.89 207 90 338 325 2 2 Ahly 

7 El Lakany Ahmed Ellakany 12.03.89 195 82 330 312 7 11 18 Zamalek 

8 Thakil Mohamed M. Elhosseiny 12.07.86 184 71 326 315 17 17 Ahly 

9 Atia Rashad Rashad 02.09.86 201 91 348 342 5 35 40 Zamalek 

L 10 Hassan Mohamed Reda 28.09.93 193 76 319 302 8 20 28 Shorta 

11 Masoud Mohamed M. Adel 01.05.94 211 105 358 342 9 20 29 Smoha 

12 Abdalla Hossam Hossam 16.02.88 203 97 343 321 4 9 13 Ahly 

13 Badawy Mohamed Moneim 11.01.86 197 97 351 343 15 5 80 100 Zamalek 

14 El Shikh Ahmed A. Aly 19.07.88 201 83 339 327 4 9 13 Zamalek 

15 Elkotb Ahmed A. Kotb 23.07.91 197 80 328 318 Ahly 

16 Afifi Ahmed Youssef 30.03.88 194 92 347 342 4 8 12 Zamalek 

17 Haikal Reda Reda 07.11.90 198 85 359 342 7 9 16 Zamalek 

18 Khattab Mohamed M. Khattab 05.11.89 202 78 341 335 7 11 18 Zamalek 

L 19 Moawad Mohamed Meawad 26.08.87 194 90 321 310 4 9 13 Ahly 

20 Abou Abd Elhalim Mohamed Abd Elhalim 03.06.89 210 88 285 270 Ahly 

21 Bekhit Abdallah Abdalsalam Abdallah Abdallah 10.10.83 202 85 346 330 Ahly 

22 Ahmed AbdelLatif Abdel Latif 13.08.83 202 90 345 325 4 5 40 49 Ahly 


Age Oldest S. Fathy 25.07.82 (32y1m) Youngest M. Adel 01.05.94 (20y3m) 25y11m 

Height Tallest M. Adel 211cm Shortest A. Fathy 184cm 198cm 

Spike Highest Reda 359cm Shortest Abd Elhalim 285cm 336cm 

Block Highest Moneim 343cm Shortest Abd Elhalim 270cm 322cm 

Caps Most S. Fathy 220 First Abd Elhalim, Abdallah, A. Kotb 37 

Team average 


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POOL C 

EGYPT 


1 

S. FATHY 

Name: Saleh Youssef 




Born in: Giza 

Club debut: Zamalek (Giza) in 1995 - Intl. debut: Grand Champions 

Cup (Japan) in 2005 - Hobby: Tennis - Lang.: Arabic, English - 

Favourites: Book: History, Food: Italian, Movie: Batman and Robin, 

Music: Oriental, Other sports: Tennis 

2 ESLAM 

Name: Islam Abdelkader 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

3 A. FATHY 

Name: Ahmed El Sayed 


Position: - 

5 O. NAGIB 

Name: Omar Hassan 


Position: - 


Born in: - 


Born in: - 

4 

A. SALAH 

Name: Ahmed Abdelhay 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Cairo 

Club debut: Al Ahly (Cairo) in 1994 - Intl. debut: Youth World 

Championship (Cairo) in 2001 - Hobby: Sports - Lang.: Arabic, English 

- Favourites: Book: Novels, Food: Italian, Movie: Comedies, Music: 

Mariah Carey, Other sports: Football 

6 

Lang.: English, Arabic 

MAMDOUH 

Name: Mamdouh Abdelrehim 



Born in: - 

7 

ELLAKANY 

Name: Ahmed El Lakany 



Born in: Giza 

Club debut: Zamalek (Giza) in 1997 - Intl. debut: African Boys 

Championship (Tunisia) in 2007 - Hobby: Watching movies - Lang.: 

Arabic - Favourites: Book: Comic, Food: Chicken bannet, Movie: Mr. 

Bean, Music: HipHop, Other sports: Football 

8 M. ELHOSSEINY 

Name: Mohamed Thakil 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Cairo 

Club debut: Madient Nasr (Cairo) in 1995 - Lang.: Arabic, English 

9 RASHAD 

Name: Rashad Atia 


Position: - 

Club debut: El Gaish - Lang.: Arabic 


Born in: - 

10 REDA 

Name: Mohamed Hassan 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

80


11 M. ADEL 

Name: Mohamed Masoud 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

12 

HOSSAM 

Name: Hossam Abdalla 




Born in: Damanhour 

Club debut: Damanhour (Bahaira) in 1998 - Intl. debut: African Youth 

Championship (South Africa) in 2004 - Hobby: Reading - Lang.: Arabic, 

English - Favourites: Book: History, Food: Egyptian, Movie: Troy, Other 

sports: Basketball 

EGY 

13 

MONEIM 

Name: Mohamed Badawy 



Born in: Giza 

Club debut: Zamalek (Giza) in 1994 - Intl. debut: Youth World 

Championship (Cairo) in 2001 - Hobby: Reading - Lang.: Arabic, 

English - Favourites: Book: Comedies, Food: Egyptian, Movie: Look 

Who’s Talking, Music: Asher, Other sports: Football 

15 

A. KOTB 

Name: Ahmed Elkotb 




Born in: Cairo 

Club debut: Ahly (Cairo) in 1999 - Intl. debut: in 2007 - Hobby: 

Swimming - Lang.: Arabic - Favourites: Book: Comic, Food: Egyptian, 

Movie: Spiderman, Music: Tamer Hosni, Other sports: Football 

17 

REDA 

Name: Reda Haikal 



Club debut: Zamalek (Giza) in 2000 - Lang.: Arabic 



14 

A. ALY 

Name: Ahmed El Shikh 





Club debut: El Shams (Cairo) in 1997 - Intl. debut: African Youth 

Championship (South Africa) in 2004 - Hobby: Swimming - Lang.: 

Arabic, English - Favourites: Book: History, Food: Grilled Chicken, 

Movie: Action, Music: Tamer Hosni, Other sports: Football 

16 

YOUSSEF 

Name: Ahmed Afifi 




Born in: Giza 

Club debut: Zamalek (Giza) in 1995 - Intl. debut: Youth World 

Championship (Algeria) in 2005 - Hobby: Cycling - Lang.: Arabic, 

English - Favourites: Book: Sports, Food: Kofta, Movie: Gone in 60 

seconds, Other sports: Basketball 

18 

M. KHATTAB 

Name: Mohamed Khattab 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Kuwait 

Club debut: Ahly (Cairo) in 1999 - Intl. debut: African Boys 

Championship (Tunisia) in 2006 - Hobby: Computer & Music - Lang.: 

Arabic, English - Favourites: Book: Comic, Food: Seafood, Movie: El 

Limby, Music: Ramy Sabri, Other sports: Football 

19 

MEAWAD 

Name: Mohamed Moawad 




Club debut: El Shams (Cairo) in 1996 - Intl. debut: Youth African Champ. 

(South Africa) in 2004 - Hobby: Reading - Lang.: Arabic, English, French 

- Favourites: Book: Romance, Food: French, Arabic, English, Spanish, 

Movie: Message in a Bottle, Music: Tamer Hosni, Other sports: Football 

Lang.: Arabic 

20 ABD ELHALIM 

Name: Abd Elhalim Mohamed Abou 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Algharbiea 

21 ABDALLAH 

Name: Abdallah Abdalsalam Abdallah Bekhit 


Position: - 


22 ABDEL LATIF 

Name: AbdelLatif Ahmed 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Cairo 

Club debut: El Nasr (Cairo) in 1999 - Intl. debut: World League in 2006 

- Hobby: Sports - Lang.: Arabic, English - Favourites: Book: Islamic, 

Food: Egyptian, Movie: Scream, Music: Ricky Martin, Other sports: 

Football 


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EGYPT 


POOL C 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

8 34 42 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

0 15 15 

World League 

W L T 

6 42 48 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

1 9 10 

World Cup 

W L T 

7 49 56 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 13 

2006 21 

2002 19 

1998 19 

1986 14 

1978 23 

1974 17 

2008 11 

2000 11 

1984 10 

2010 14 

2008 13 

2007 13 

2006 13 

2009 6 

2005 5 

2011 12 

2007 10 

2003 12 

1995 11 

1985 8 

1977 11 

2013 1 

2011 1 

2009 1 

2007 1 

2005 1 

2003 2 

1999 2 

1997 5 

1995 2 

1993 3 

1991 2 

1989 3 

1987 4 

1983 1 

1976 1 

1971 2 

1971 *7 

1958 15 

1955 14 

7 5 2 14 



ARG 0 6 6 03.12.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Tokyo 0-3 20-25 21-25 17-25 

AUS 1 1 2 02.12.07 WC 2007 Regular Tokyo 3-1 25-14 23-25 25-21 25-22 

BEL 0 2 2 22.09.78 WCH 1978 Group A Rome 2-3 15-17 1-15 15-10 15-12 9-15 

BRA 0 11 11 20.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Kagoshima 0-3 19-25 13-25 19-25 

BUL 0 9 9 10.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Sofia 1-3 16-25 18-25 25-20 12-25 

CAN 1 4 5 17.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Tokyo 0-3 22-25 16-25 20-25 

CHN 3 11 14 22.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Kagoshima 3-0 25-20 25-20 25-18 

CMR 2 0 2 20.01.12 COQT 2012 Round Robin Yaoundé 3-2 27-25 23-25 23-25 25-20 15-7 

CUB 0 13 13 04.12.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Tokyo 1-3 24-26 25-23 23-25 20-25 

FIN 2 5 7 08.07.10 WL 2010 Prel. Round Cairo 3-0 25-23 25-19 25-22 

FRA 0 4 4 08.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Sofia 1-3 22-25 25-18 15-25 21-25 

GER 0 2 2 14.08.08 OG 2008 Prel. Round Beijing 0-3 27-29 21-25 21-25 

IRI 1 4 5 02.09.12 WL 2013 QUAL Quali Cairo 1-3 12-25 30-28 17-25 22-25 

ITA 1 9 10 21.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Kagoshima 0-3 22-25 15-25 20-25 

KOR 2 9 11 30.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Tokyo 3-1 21-25 25-16 25-19 25-22 

MEX 0 1 1 24.11.77 WC 1977 Round 9-12 Tokyo 0-3 3-15 18-20 4-15 

POL 1 9 10 29.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Fukuoka 0-3 21-25 24-26 21-25 

PUR 1 1 2 18.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Matsumoto 0-3 17-25 19-25 17-25 

RUS 0 14 14 25.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Kumamoto 1-3 18-25 17-25 25-23 9-25 

SRB 0 8 8 02.12.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Tokyo 1-3 20-25 25-19 22-25 26-28 

TUN 7 3 10 17.01.12 COQT 2012 Round Robin Yaoundé 1-3 23-25 25-16 27-29 23-25 

USA 0 14 14 24.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Kumamoto 0-3 19-25 20-25 20-25 

VEN 0 3 3 30.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Tokyo 1-3 29-31 23-25 25-22 21-25 


Championships, WC=World Cup, WL=World League, WOQT=World Olympic Qualification Tournament. QUAL=Qualifying. 

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EGY 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

AbdelLatif Ahmed 

As part of the Egypt team, AbdelLatif Ahmed has won 

the African Championship three times. After successive 

victories in 2009 and 2011, he appeared as the star of 

Egyptian volleyball at the 2013 edition. In an Egypt team 

that won all five games at the competition, including 

victories over fellow Poland 2014 qualifiers Cameroon and 

Tunisia, Ahmed was named Most Valuable Player of the 

tournament. 

Saleh Youssef 

Saleh Youssef started playing volleyball at the age of nine 

at the Tersana volleyball club in Egypt. In 1999, when he 

was 17, Youssef moved to Al-Ahly, where he stayed only a 

few months before signing for their arch rivals Zamalek. 

The middle blocker made his Olympic debut at the 2008 

Games in Beijing, where Egypt finished equal-11th. 

Ahmed was part of the Egypt squad for the 2010 World 

Championship in Italy and the 2011 World Cup in Japan, 

finishing equal-13th at the former and 12th at the latter. 

The right-hander has also played at the 2010 World League 

and 2009 Grand Champions Cup, where they finished in 

sixth position and Ahmed had the fourth most stuff blocks 

at the tournament. 

Youssef played with the Egypt team that won the 2005 

African Championship in Cairo, Egypt, and was part of the 

team that won the title again in 2009 in Tetouan, Morocco. 

He went on to win another two African titles – in 2011 in 

Tanger, Morocco, and 2013 in Susah, Tunisia. 

Youssef played with Egypt at the 2008 Olympic 

Games in Beijing, as well as the 2006 and 2010 World 


At club level, Ahmed signed for Zamalek in June 2014 after 

playing several years with their Egyptian rivals Al-Ahly. 

He won the 2007 All Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, and 

played at the 2005 Grand Champions Cup in Japan. 


83

FINLAND 

POOL B 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

26 


11 th 1952 17 th 1982 7 

Qualifying for the 2014 World Championship is a victory in 

itself for Finland as it marks a return to the tournament after 

a 32-year absence. The Finns last competed in Argentina in 

1982, when they finished 17th. Their best result in a World 

Championship came in their debut appearance in 1952, 

when they took 11th spot. 

The 2014 tournament will mark the nation’s seventh entry 

into the World Championships. They qualified in Slovakia 

in January after defeating Ukraine, Greece and Slovakia 

in a qualifying event. The ensuing ‘volleyball fever’ in the 

Nordic country left even the traditional winter sports trailing 

in their wake. According to Finland Volleyball Association 

sports director Antti Paananen “2014 will be the volleyball 

year of all time in Finland. It will be heavy for the team, but 

rewarding at the same time. We are now in there with the 

best teams in the world. This team is capable of anything.” 

Having been competing regularly in the World League since 

2006, and the European Championship since 2007, Finland 

have been steadily making their mark on the sport, and 

they finished third in Pool C of Group 2 (16th overall) in 

the 2014 World League. Since March 2013 the Finns have 

been coached by former player Tuomas Sammelvuo. He 

ranks qualification for Poland 2014 as among his greatest 

achievements in the game. 

COACH 

Tuomas Sammelvuo (FIN) 


Languages: ENG, FIN, FRE, ITA, POL, RUS 


Coaching debut: 22.05.2013 v CZE 


Tuomas Sammelvuo coached the Finland team to 

qualification for the 2014 World Championship. This marked 

the first time in 32 years that the Finns had qualified for the 

tournament and followed on from an eighth-place finish 

at the 2013 European Championship. Sammelvuo played 

professionally for clubs in Finland, France, Italy, Japan, 

Russia and Poland. He appeared in 296 international 

matches for Finland and helped the team to fourth place at 

the 2007 European Championship in Russia. He was voted 

Finland’s player of the year four times. 


Manager: Jaana Laurila 

Coach: Tuomas Sammelvuo 

Assistant Coach: Nicola Giolito 

Doctor: Janne Pesonen 

Physiotherapist: Jesse Kutila 

Journalist: Toni Flink 

84

FIN 

TEAM ROSTER 

STATISTICS 


1 Juntura Ville Juntura 26.03.88 192 82 330 315 8 8 Raision Loimu 

2 Tervaportti Eemi Tervaportti 26.07.89 193 73 338 317 125 125 Roeselare (BEL) 

3 Esko Mikko Esko 03.09.78 198 89 331 319 261 261 Nizhni Novgorod (RUS) 

4 Kerminen Lauri Kerminen 18.01.93 182 70 320 290 42 42 Nantes (FRA) 

C 5 Siltala Antti Siltala 14.03.84 193 90 348 330 215 215 Ajaccio (FRA) 

6 Seppänen Niklas Seppänen 30.06.93 192 82 335 320 43 43 Kokkolan Tiikerit 

7 Kouki Eemeli Kouki 26.10.91 194 84 340 330 12 12 Hurrikaani Loimaa 

8 Krastins Elviss Krastins 15.09.94 192 84 335 315 26 26 Vammalan Lentopallo 

9 Siirilä Tommi Siirilä 05.08.93 203 98 340 325 29 29 Kokkolan Tiikerit 

10 Sivula Urpo Sivula 15.03.88 195 100 350 330 144 144 Arkas (TUR) 

11 Tolvanen Timo Tolvanen 08.11.77 183 70 320 310 68 68 LEKA Volley 

12 Kunnari Olli Kunnari 02.02.82 197 85 342 315 233 233 Vammalan Lentopallo 

13 Oivanen Mikko Oivanen Mi 26.05.86 198 92 360 320 197 197 Radom (POL) 

14 Shumov Konstantin Shumov 15.02.85 205 101 351 331 190 190 Generali Haching (GER) 

15 Oivanen Matti Oivanen Ma 26.05.86 198 90 355 320 223 223 AZS Olsztyn (POL) 

16 Ojansivu Olli-Pekka Ojansivu 31.12.87 197 90 344 325 120 120 Kokkolan Tiikerit 

17 Koppanen Tuomas Koppanen 04.10.93 197 94 345 340 Raision Loimu 

18 Lehtonen Jukka Lehtonen 22.02.82 197 90 346 325 171 171 Lugano (SUI) 

19 Sippola Jani Sippola 04.05.90 191 91 335 315 4 4 Raision Loimu 

20 Kaislasalo Samuli Kaislasalo 03.08.95 204 88 350 325 Hurrikaani Loimaa 

21 Mutka Aleksi Mutka 23.03.95 182 72 315 300 5 5 Rantaperkiön Isku 

22 Savimäki Joni Savimäki 28.01.91 191 88 349 320 Liiga-Riento 


Age Oldest Tolvanen 08.11.77 (36y9m) Youngest Kaislasalo 03.08.95 (19y) 26y 

Height Tallest Shumov 205cm Shortest Kerminen 182cm 194cm 

Spike Highest Oivanen Mi 360cm Shortest Mutka 315cm 340cm 

Block Highest Koppanen 340cm Shortest Kerminen 290cm 320cm 

Caps Most Esko 261 First Kaislasalo, Koppanen, Savimäki 96 

Team average 


85

POOL B 

FINLAND 


1 JUNTURA 

Name: Ville Juntura 


Position: - 


Born in: Kuopio 

2 

TERVAPORTTI 

Name: Eemi Tervaportti 



Born in: Äetsä 

Club debut: Äetsä in 1994 - Hobby: Relaxing on the couch, playing 

guitar and drums, hunting - Lang.: Finnish, English, Swedish - 

Favourites: Food: Venison steak, potato wedges, red wine sauce, 

Movie: Law Abiding Citizen, Other sports: Many 

3 

ESKO 

Name: Mikko Esko 




Born in: Vammala 

Club debut: Vammalan Lentopallo (Vammala) in 1985 - Intl. debut: v 

Estonia in 2000 - Lang.: Finnish, German, English, Italian - Favourites: 

Book: Production of Reijo Mäki, Food: Mom’s meat balls, Movie: 

Scarface, Other sports: Tank Abbot 

4 KERMINEN 

Name: Lauri Kerminen 




Born in: Suonenjoki 

5 

SILTALA 

Name: Antti Siltala 




Born in: Vieremä 

Club debut: Salmi Volley, Iisalmi in 1990 - Intl. debut: v Turkey in 

2004 - Lang.: Finnish, English, Swedish - Favourites: Food: Salmon, 

Movie: Vihollinen Porteilla, Music: Kolmas Nainen, Other sports: Matti 

Nykänen 

6 

SEPPÄNEN 

Name: Niklas Seppänen 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Helsinki 

Intl. debut: FIN U17 KS-Metro (Poland) in 2007 - Hobby: PlayStation 

- Lang.: Finnish, English, Swedish - Favourites: Food: Pasta, Movie: 

Kauhea Kankkunen, Music: Many, Other sports: Ice Hockey / Timo 

Jutila 

7 

KOUKI 

8 

KRASTINS 

Name: Eemeli Kouki 

Name: Elviss Krastins 

Age: 22 

Height: 194 


Age: 19 

Height: 192 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

Position: - 

Born in: Sigulda, Latvia 

9 SIIRILÄ 

Name: Tommi Siirilä 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

10 

SIVULA 

Name: Urpo Sivula 




Born in: Kuru 

Club debut: Kurun Ryhti in 1995 - Intl. debut: v Portugal in 2006 - 

Hobby: Racket - Lang.: Finnish, English, German, Swedish - Favourites: 

Food: Hot Dog with two sausages, Movie: Scarface, Music: Many, 

Other sports: Volleyball / O-P Ojansivu 

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11 

TOLVANEN 

12 

KUNNARI 

Name: Timo Tolvanen 

Name: Olli Kunnari 




Born in: - 




Born in: Alahärmä 

FIN 

Club debut: Alahärmän Kisa in 1988 - Intl. debut: v Tunis in 2002 - 

Hobby: Music, reading - Lang.: Finnish, English, French - Favourites: 

Book: Production of Wilbur Smith, Food: Mashed potatoes, Music: 

Rock 

13 

OIVANEN MI 

Name: Mikko Oivanen 




Born in: Huittinen 

Club debut: Lauttakylän Luja in 1994 - Intl. debut: v Germany in 2005 

- Hobby: Games, movies - Lang.: Finnish, English - Favourites: Book: 

Harry Potter, Food: Pizza, Movie: Dances with Wolves, Music: Many, 

Other sports: Petteri Lax 

15 

OIVANEN MA 

Name: Matti Oivanen 




Born in: Huittinen 

Club debut: Lauttakylän Luja in 1995 - Intl. debut: v Germany in 2005 

- Lang.: Finnish, English - Favourites: Book: Harry Potter, Food: Kebab, 

Movie: The Lord of the Rings, Music: Antti Tuisku and Kirka, Other 

sports: Long jump / Petteri Lax 

14 

SHUMOV 

Name: Konstantin Shumov 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Moscow, Russia 

Intl. debut: v Hungary in 2006 - Hobby: Fishing, movies - Lang.: 

Finnish, English, Russian, Italian - Favourites: Food: Pasta, Movie: 

Gladiator, Music: Nelly Furtado, Other sports: Ice Hockey 

16 

OJANSIVU 

Name: Olli-Pekka Ojansivu 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Vammala 

Club debut: Vammalan Kisa in 1993 - Intl. debut: Olympic Qualification 

v Estonia in 2007 - Hobby: PlayStation 3 - Lang.: Finnish, English - 

Favourites: Food: Home food, Movie: Rare movies, Music: Trance, 

dance, Other sports: Tero Viitanen 

17 KOPPANEN 

Name: Tuomas Koppanen 




Born in: - 

18 

LEHTONEN 

Name: Jukka Lehtonen 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Rantasalmi 

Club debut: Rantasalmen Urheilijat in 1988 - Intl. debut: World League: 

v Canada in 2007 - Hobby: Games - Lang.: Finnish, English, Germany, 

Sweden, Italian - Favourites: Book: The Lord of the Rings, Food: Pizza, Music: 

Sir Elwoodin hiljaiset värit, Other sports: Texas Hold'em / Gus Hansen 

19 

SIPPOLA 

20 

KAISLASALO 

Name: Jani Sippola 

Name: Samuli Kaislasalo 

Age: 24 

Height: 191 


Age: 19 

Height: 204 


Position: - 

Born in: - 


Born in: - 

Intl. debut: v China (Tampere) in 2011 

21 MUTKA 

Name: Aleksi Mutka 




Born in: - 

22 SAVIMÄKI 

Name: Joni Savimäki 




Born in: Joensuu 

Club debut: Mutalan Riento in 2004 - Hobby: Sleeping - Lang.: English 

- Favourites: Food: Macaroni casserole, Movie: The Express, Music: 

Many, Other sports: Basketball / Kobe Bryant 


87

FINLAND 


POOL B 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

16 39 55 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

- - - 

World League 

W L T 

45 81 126 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

- - - 

World Cup 

W L T 

- - - 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

1982 17 

1978 17 

1970 20 

1967 19 

1962 18 

1952 11 

2014 16 

2013 16 

2012 13 

2011 10 

2010 13 

2009 8 

2008 10 

2007 7 

2006 10 

1993 12 

2013 8 

2011 8 

2009 12 

2007 4 

1997 12 

1993 10 

1991 8 

1983 7 

1981 9 

1977 11 

1971 13 

1967 17 

1963 14 

1958 14 

1955 11 



ARG 3 6 9 24.06.11 WL 2011 Prel. Round Formosa 3-1 25-14 25-17 23-25 28-26 

AUS 3 2 5 15.06.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Tampere 3-1 25-16 23-25 26-24 25-19 

BEL 8 4 12 05.07.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Tampere 3-2 23-25 29-27 22-25 25-23 15-8 

BRA 1 18 19 16.06.12 WL 2012 Prel. Round Tampere 0-3 22-25 18-25 23-25 

BUL 3 9 12 08.09.09 ECH 2009 2nd Round Istanbul 0-3 22-25 15-25 20-25 

CAN 7 8 15 28.06.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Tampere 0-3 14-25 24-26 17-25 

CHN 0 5 5 04.07.93 WL 1993 Group B Tampere 1-3 11-15 13-15 15-9 11-15 

CMR 

CUB 0 5 5 13.06.93 WL 1993 Group B Tampere 0-3 13-15 8-15 3-15 

EGY 5 2 7 08.07.10 WL 2010 Prel. Round Cairo 0-3 23-25 19-25 22-25 

FRA 2 8 10 10.09.11 ECH 2011 Prel. Round Innsbruck 1-3 14-25 25-17 29-31 26-28 

GER 5 8 13 09.05.12 COQT 2012 Prel. Round Sofia 1-3 29-31 19-25 25-21 16-25 

IRI 

ITA 0 18 18 08.05.12 COQT 2012 Prel. Round Sofia 2-3 21-25 25-16 28-30 25-16 14-16 

KOR 7 4 11 09.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Suwon 3-2 23-25 25-18 26-24 15-25 16-14 

MEX 1 2 3 10.10.82 WCH 1982 Group Y Rosario 2-3 14-16 15-8 15-17 15-11 15-17 

POL 5 13 18 15.06.12 WL 2012 Prel. Round Tampere 0-3 16-25 24-26 19-25 

PUR 

RUS 1 10 11 03.07.10 WL 2010 Prel. Round Tampere 3-1 25-18 18-25 25-23 25-19 

SRB 3 6 9 18.06.11 WL 2011 Prel. Round Tampere 3-2 25-23 25-23 22-25 20-25 15-11 

TUN 2 1 3 11.10.82 WCH 1982 Group Y Rosario 3-0 15-3 15-9 15-13 

USA 2 8 10 26.06.10 WL 2010 Prel. Round Hoffman Estates, IL 1-3 21-25 25-18 19-25 23-25 

VEN 5 2 7 27.06.09 WL 2009 Prel. Round Tampere 3-0 25-21 25-23 25-19 


WCH=World Championships, WC=World Cup, WL=World League. 

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FIN 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Eemi Tervaportti 

Eemi Tervaportti began playing volleyball as a schoolboy 

in Belgium because his family has a strong tradition in 

the sport. His father and mother played volleyball, and his 

grandfather Arto Kari was a coach of the Finnish women’s 

national team and is a former general secretary of the 

Finnish Volleyball Association. 

He made his international debut for Finland in 2010 

against Egypt in the World League in Tampere, Finland. 

Tervaportti has played in every edition of the World League 

since 2010, and has a best finish of 10th in 2011. On 

the continental stage he was part of the Finland teams 

that finished in eight place in both the 2011 and 2013 

European Championships. 

The left-handed setter considers beating Russia in the 

2010 World League as one of his most memorable sporting 

achievements. 

Tervaportti was named Finland’s Best Volleyball Player for 

the 2012/13 season, and in 2010 he was voted the Rookie 

of the Year in the Finnish League. 

Antti Siltala 

Antti Siltala started playing volleyball at the age of eight. 

He made his international debut for Finland on home soil 

in 2004 against Turkey. He played for the national team 

that finished fourth at the 2007 European Championship 

in Russia. Siltala played with Finland at the 2011 and 

2013 European Championship, finishing in eighth position 

at both. The versatile player was part of the Finland team 

that finished the 2011 World League competition in 10th 

position. He played with the national team during the 

2012 World League, finishing 13th, and the 2013 World 

League campaign, finishing in 16th place. 

Born in Vierema, Finland, Siltala captained the Finland 

national team during the 2014 World League competition. 

He considers Finnish ski jumper Matti Nykanen as his idol. 

Siltala has played professionally in Finland, Poland, Belgium 

and France and is father to twins, Tomas and Olivia. 


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FRANCE 

POOL D 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

13 


3 rd 2002 11 th 2010 15 1 

1 

The French have a deep history in the World Championship, 

with their qualification for Poland 2014 marking their 15th 

appearance in 18 editions. One of 10 teams to compete in 

the inaugural tournament in Czechoslovakia in 1949, the 

French have finished in the top three on just one occasion 

so far – in Argentina 2002 when they took third place after 

failing to qualify for the 1994 and 1998 events. Aside from 

that bronze medal, the nation’s highest World Championship 

finish has been sixth, a feat it has achieved on four occasions 

(1949, 1952, 1986, 2006). In 2010 France finished 11th. 

France’s record beyond the World Championships is also 

mixed. They finished second behind Brazil in the 2006 

World League, but have struggled to live up to that 

promise in the subsequent eight years. 

They failed to qualify for the 2008 and 2012 Olympic 

Games, after which they replaced Philippe Blain as coach, 

bringing in one of the country’s greatest ever players 

Laurent Tillie. Under Tillie, France finished 10th in the 2013 

World League and also fifth place at the 2013 European 

Championship before qualifying for Poland in January as 

the best second-placed team in the European qualification 

groups. They also completed an impressive 2014 World 

League campaign before suffering a surprise defeat to 

Australia in the Group 2 final. 

COACH 

Laurent Tillie (FRA) 


Languages: ENG, FRE 


Coaching debut: 06.09.2012 v HUN 


Laurent Tillie captained his country in 406 international 

matches. He won bronze at the 1985 European Championship 

and a silver two years later. He also represented France at the 

1988 and 1992 Olympic Games. He won seven titles in his 

homeland along with two French Cups and helped AS Cannes 

to a CEV Challenge Cup in 1981. He also had two stints with 

Pallavolo Falconara in Italy during his playing career. As a 

coach, he led Cannes to the European Championship in 2005 

and the French Cup in 2007. His father Guy and son Kevin 

have represented France at international level. 


Manager: Pascal Foussard 

Coach: Laurent Tillie 

Assistant Coach: Arnaud Josserand 

Doctor: Eric Verdonck 

Physiotherapist: Jean-Paul Andrea 

Journalist: Maël Seror 

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TEAM ROSTER 

FRA 

STATISTICS 


1 Aguenier Jonas Aguenier 28.04.92 200 97 340 310 18 18 AS Cannes 

2 Grebennikov Jenia Grebennikov 13.08.90 188 74 345 330 9 95 104 Friedrichshafen (GER) 

3 Hardy-Dessources Gérald Hardy-Dessources 09.02.83 197 93 360 335 20 151 171 Rennes EC 

4 Rouzier Antonin Rouzier 18.08.86 201 100 350 330 9 160 169 Ankara (TUR) 

5 Redwitz Rafael Redwitz 12.08.80 190 85 330 312 34 34 Montpellier UC 

C 6 Toniutti Benjamin Toniutti 30.10.89 183 74 320 300 9 125 134 Ravenne (ITA) 

7 Tillie Kevin Tillie 02.11.90 198 83 345 325 58 58 Izmir (TUR) 

8 Moreau Marien Moreau 25.10.83 201 100 345 328 115 115 Munich (GER) 

9 Ngapeth Earvin Ngapeth 12.02.91 194 93 358 327 9 103 112 Modène (ITA) 

10 Le Roux Kevin Le Roux 11.05.89 209 95 365 340 9 72 81 Piacenza (ITA) 

11 Tuitoga Philippe Tuitoga 18.12.90 202 87 352 335 Toac-Tuc 

12 Geiler Baptiste Geiler 12.03.87 198 90 343 327 50 50 Friedrichshafen (GER) 

13 Quesque Guillaume Quesque 29.04.89 203 92 345 325 28 28 Volley Milan (ITA) 

14 Le Goff Nicolas Le Goff 15.02.92 204 97 346 317 42 42 Montpellier UC 

15 Tuia Samuele Tuia 24.07.86 195 95 345 325 133 133 Galatasaray (TUR) 

16 Marechal Nicolas Marechal 04.03.87 198 83 338 327 9 95 104 Skra Belchatov (POL) 

17 Lafitte Franck Lafitte 08.03.89 203 95 350 330 37 37 Montpellier UC 

18 Jaumel Yoann Jaumel 16.09.87 181 77 320 303 4 4 GFCA Ajaccio 

19 Rossard Nicolas Rossard 23.05.90 183 65 315 305 5 5 Arago de Sète 

20 Rossard Thibault Rossard 28.08.93 195 84 350 320 Toac-Tuc 

21 Sidibe Mory Sidibe 17.06.87 193 92 367 330 52 52 Paris Volley 

22 Takaniko Toafa Takaniko 29.05.85 192 88 340 330 42 42 Arago de Sète 


Age Oldest Redwitz 12.08.80 (34y) Youngest Rossard 28.08.93 (21y) 26y2m 

Height Tallest Le Roux 209cm Shortest Jaumel 181cm 196cm 

Spike Highest Sidibe 367cm Shortest Rossard 315cm 344cm 

Block Highest Le Roux 340cm Shortest Toniutti 300cm 323cm 

Caps Most Hardy-Dessources 171 First Rossard, Tuitoga 68 

Team average 


91

POOL D 

FRANCE 


1 AGUENIER 

Name: Jonas Aguenier 



Intl. debut: Friendly matches (France) in 2013 


Born in: - 

2 

GREBENNIKOV 

Name: Jenia Grebennikov 



Born in: Rennes 

Club debut: Rennes PB in 1999 - Intl. debut: Friendly matches (France) 

in 2011 

3 

HARDY-DESSOURCES 

Name: Gérald Hardy-Dessources 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Fort de France 

Club debut: Good Luck (Fort de France) in 1997 - Intl. debut: World 

Championships (Japan) in 2006 - Lang.: French, English - Favourites: 

Food: McDonalds, Movie: Inglorious Bastards, Music: Wyclef Jean, 

Other sports: Mohamed Ali 

4 

ROUZIER 

Name: Antonin Rouzier 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: St Martin d'Hères 

Club debut: Toulouse VB in 2004 - Intl. debut: Universiades (Izmir) 

in 2005 - Hobby: Football Manager 2010 - Favourites: Other sports: 

Tennis, swimming 

5 REDWITZ 

Name: Rafael Redwitz 



Intl. debut: World League in 2013 


Born in: - 

6 

TONIUTTI 

Name: Benjamin Toniutti 



Born in: Mulhouse 

Club debut: Pfastatt in 1996 - Intl. debut: World League (Italy) in 2010 

- Hobby: Pro Evo 2010, listening music - Favourites: Movie: Gladiator, 

Music: Timbaland, Other sports: Badminton, football 

7 

TILLIE 

Name: Kevin Tillie 




Born in: Cagnes-sur-Mer 

Club debut: US de Cagnes (Cagnes sur Mer) in 2004 - Intl. debut: 

Olympic Qualification Tournament in 2012 - Lang.: French, English 

8 MOREAU 

Name: Marien Moreau 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Evreux 

Club debut: ASUL Lyon - Intl. debut: World League in 2008 

9 

NGAPETH 

Name: Earvin Ngapeth 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: St Raphaël 

Club debut: CEP Poiters / St Benoit VB (Poitiers) in 2002 - Intl. debut: 

World League (Italy) in 2010 - Favourites: Movie: Street Dancer, Music: 

Despo, Kerry James, Other sports: Basketball, football 

10 

LE ROUX 

Name: Kevin Le Roux 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Champigny sur Marne 

Club debut: VBC Malouin (St Malo) in 2003 - Intl. debut: World 

Championship (Italy) in 2010 

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11 

TUITOGA 

12 

GEILER 

Name: Philippe Tuitoga 

Name: Baptiste Geiler 


Position: - 


Born in: - 




Born in: Montpellier 

FRA 

Club debut: Ivry-Sur-Seine in 2008 

Club debut: Lattes - Intl. debut: World League in 2009 - Hobby: 

Facebook - Lang.: English - Favourites: Movie: The Matrix trilogy, 

Music: Charlie Winston, Other sports: Rugby, handball 

13 QUESQUE 

Name: Guillaume Quesque 



Born in: - 

Club debut: Asnières VB 92 

14 

LE GOFF 

Name: Nicolas Le Goff 




Born in: Paris 

Club debut: Sporting Nord Parisien in 2005 - Intl. debut: Youth- 8 

nations Tournament (Spain) in 2008 

15 

TUIA 

Name: Samuele Tuia 




Born in: Wallis 

Club debut: Rennes EC (Rennes) in 2005 - Intl. debut: World League 

(France) in 2008 - Lang.: French, English - Favourites: Other sports: 

Rugby 

16 

MARECHAL 

Name: Nicolas Marechal 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: St Catherine des Arras 

Club debut: Harnes VB (Harnes) in 2000 - Intl. debut: European 

Championship Qualification Tournament in 2008 - Favourites: Movie: 

Dikkenet, Other sports: Zinédine Zidane 

17 

LAFITTE 

Name: Franck Lafitte 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: St Martin d'Hères 

Club debut: Al Echirolles in 2002 - Intl. debut: Youth World 

Championship (Mexico) in 2007 

18 

JAUMEL 

Name: Yoann Jaumel 




Born in: Montpellier 

Intl. debut: Mediterranean Games (Mersin, Turkey) in 2013 - 

Favourites: Book: Mangas, Movie: Le Collègue 

19 

ROSSARD 

Name: Nicolas Rossard 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

Club debut: Toac-Tuc (Toulouse) in 2003 - Intl. debut: World 

Championship Qualification Tournament (Paris) in 2014 

20 

ROSSARD 

Name: Thibault Rossard 




Born in: - 

Club debut: SC Mouans Sartoux (Mouans Sartoux) in 2003 - Intl. 

debut: 8 nations Tournament (Herentals, Belgium) in 2010 

21 

SIDIBE 

Name: Mory Sidibe 




Born in: Noisy le Grand 

Club debut: Noisy le Grand in 1996 - Intl. debut: World League in 

2011 - Lang.: French - Favourites: Book: L’Enfant Noir, Movie: Bad Boy 

22 TAKANIKO 

Name: Toafa Takaniko 




Born in: Futuma 

Club debut: REC (Rennes) in 2002 - Intl. debut: World Championship 

in 2009 - Hobby: Football 


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FRANCE 

1 1 2 


POOL D 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

62 65 127 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

7 11 18 

World League 

W L T 

121 124 245 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

- - - 

World Cup 

W L T 

7 10 17 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 11 

2006 6 

2002 3 

1990 8 

1986 6 

1982 16 

1978 15 

1974 16 

1970 17 

1966 18 

1960 9 

1956 7 

1952 6 

1949 6 

2004 9 

1992 11 

1988 8 

2014 10 

2013 10 

2012 7 

2011 12 

2010 12 

2009 9 

2008 10 

2007 6 

2006 2 

2005 10 

2004 5 

2003 10 

2002 7 

2001 5 

2000 7 

1999 7 

1992 11 

1991 8 

1990 5 

2003 5 

1965 11 

2013 5 

2011 7 

2009 2 

2007 9 

2005 7 

2003 2 

2001 7 

1999 6 

1997 4 

1993 9 

1991 9 

1989 5 

1987 2 

1985 3 

1983 12 

1981 8 

1979 4 

1977 10 

1975 8 

1971 14 

1967 10 

1963 8 

1958 8 

1955 8 

1951 3 

1948 2 

1 1 1 1 4 2 6 



ARG 13 11 24 29.06.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Paris 3-1 25-21 25-22 23-25 25-16 

AUS 2 1 3 12.07.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Final 1-2 Sydney 2-3 20-25 25-22 22-25 25-23 14-16 

BEL 5 2 7 11.07.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Semifinals Sydney 3-0 26-24 25-21 25-19 

BRA 5 23 28 29.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round São Paulo 3-1 29-27 23-25 25-22 25-19 

BUL 13 23 36 09.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Metz 0-3 24-26 29-31 20-25 

CAN 6 2 8 25.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Okayama 3-0 25-19 25-20 25-16 

CHN 11 4 15 27.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Turin 3-0 25-17 25-20 25-19 

CMR 

CUB 5 18 23 26.06.11 WL 2011 Prel. Round Montbéliard 1-3 25-21 20-25 15-25 23-25 

EGY 4 0 4 08.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Sofia 3-1 25-22 18-25 25-15 25-21 

FIN 8 2 10 10.09.11 ECH 2011 Prel. Round Innsbruck 3-1 25-14 17-25 31-29 28-26 

GER 15 7 22 15.06.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Toulouse 3-0 25-18 25-20 25-20 

IRI 

ITA 26 36 62 29.06.12 WL 2012 Prel. Round Dallas 3-2 29-31 25-23 25-18 21-25 15-12 

KOR 11 8 19 01.07.12 WL 2012 Prel. Round Dallas 3-0 25-19 25-15 25-17 

MEX 1 0 1 08.10.82 WCH 1982 Group Y Buenos Aires 3-2 11-15 15-8 10-15 15-12 15-11 

POL 8 18 26 23.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Toulouse 3-2 25-21 23-25 25-20 21-25 15-13 

PUR 1 0 1 18.10.74 WCH 1974 Group M Monterrey 3-0 15-13 15-11 15-5 

RUS 6 25 31 12.09.09 ECH 2009 Semifinals Izmir 3-2 25-18 25-22 25-27 15-25 17-15 

SRB 15 27 42 15.09.11 ECH 2011 Quarterfinals Vienna 1-3 30-32 20-25 25-23 24-26 

TUN 9 0 9 23.08.04 OG 2004 Group A Athens 3-1 25-23 18-25 25-19 25-19 

USA 9 17 26 15.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Tulsa OK 2-3 25-22 22-25 26-24 28-30 9-15 

VEN 9 0 9 05.07.08 WL 2008 Prel. Round Toulouse 3-1 25-20 20-25 25-20 25-22 



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August 31 20:15 PUR Puerto Rico 



September 6 13:00 USA United States 

September 7 13:00 BEL Belgium 

FRA 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Earvin Ngapeth 

Earvin Ngapeth started playing volleyball at the age of 14. 

He originally wanted to play football, but he lost interest in 

the sport and decided to concentrate on volleyball instead. 

His father, Eric Ngapeth, is a former player and has coached 

at Kuzbass Kemerovo in the Russian Super League, a club 

Earvin Ngapeth has played for. 

He played with France at the 2010 World Championship in 

Italy, where they finished in 11th position. He was part of 

the national team for the 2011 European Championship, 

in which they finished seventh, along with the team that 

finished fifth at the 2013 European Championship. The 

outside hitter played with France during the 2012 World 

League competition, in which they finished seventh. 

He also played with the national team during the 2013 

and 2014 World League campaigns. Ngapeth injured his 

back late in 2013, and missed several matches of the 2014 

World League in May after injuring his right shoulder. He 

returned to the court in June for the end of the 2014 World 

League pool matches. 

Benjamin Toniutti 

Benjamin Toniutti started playing volleyball because 

his mother, father and siblings all played, so he was 

surrounded by the sport as a child. Toniutti’s sister Rina 

has played for French team RC Cannes and their father 

has served as president of the Phastatt volleyball club in 

France. His hobbies include video games and music. 

He played for France at the 2009 Junior World 

Championship in Pune, India, before making his senior 

international debut in 2011. He played with the national 

team at the 2011 European Championship, as well as the 

2013 edition. 

He finished 11th with France at the 2010 World 

Championship and the setter has played in multiple World 

League campaigns, including a seventh-place finish in 

2012 and a 10th-place finish in 2013. Toniutti captained 

France in the 2014 World League. 


95

GERMANY 

POOL B 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

10 

BEST RESULT* LAST RESULT WCH APPEARANCES* 

1 st 1970 8 th 2010 13 1 

1 

96 

The 2014 World Championship marks the fourth time 

that the unified German team have qualified for the 

tournament. Germany have finished in the top 10 on each 

of their previous attempts, with their eighth-place in Italy 

four years ago trumping the ninth spot they managed in 

both 1994 and 2006. Prior to their 1994 qualification, the 

tournament saw multiple entries by East Germany and 

West Germany, with both nations first qualifying for the 

World Championships in 1956. The best finish by either 

of them came in Bulgaria in 1970, when East Germany 

won the tournament. East Germany finished in fourth place 

either side of that competition, at Czechoslovakia 1966 

and Mexico 1974. 

Germany have improved in recent years, and must now be 

seen as outside medal contenders under Vital Heynen. The 

nation finished fifth at the London 2012 Olympic Games 

and repeated the feat in the World League the same year. 

That World League finish marked the first time Germany 

had reached the final round, but they failed to live up to 

that standard this year as they finished third in Pool D of 

Group 2 and 16th overall. 

The Germans finished sixth in the 2013 European 

Championship before emerging from a group containing 

Croatia, Estonia and Turkey to qualify for Poland 2014. 

COACH 

Vital Heynen (BEL) 


Languages: DUT, ENG, FRE, GER 


Coaching debut: 08.05.2012 v SVK 


Vital Heynen has a long history of success, first as a player in 

his native Belgium then as a coach. He won Belgium’s Player 

of the Year award in 2004 and was named Best Setter in the 

CEV Champions League the same year. He appeared in 150 

matches for the national team. As a coach, he guided Noliko 

Maaseik to league titles in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012, and 

added Belgium Cup titles in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 

2012. He was voted the country’s Coach of the Year three 

times. He was appointed Germany coach in 2012 and guided 

the squad to fifth place at the London 2012 Olympic Games. 


Manager: Britta Brisken 

Coach: Vital Heynen 

Assistant Coach: Stefan Hübner 

Doctor: Dieter Heinold 

Physiotherapist: Ulf Nitschke 

Journalist: Thilo Von Hagen 

*including GDR and FRG results

TEAM ROSTER 

STATISTICS 

GER 


1 Fromm Christian Fromm 15.08.90 204 99 345 324 49 49 Sir Safety Perugia (ITA) 

L 2 Steuerwald Markus M. Steuerwald 07.03.89 182 85 340 318 6 121 127 Paris Volley (FRA) 

3 Schwarz Sebastian Schwarz 02.10.85 197 94 340 325 8 133 141 NN 

4 Tischer Simon Tischer 24.04.82 194 88 346 328 20 8 182 210 VfB Friedrichshafen 

5 Kühner Sebastian Kühner 15.03.87 203 91 341 332 14 14 Berlin Recycling Volleys 

6 Kaliberda Denys Kaliberda 24.06.90 193 95 343 314 6 5 89 100 Jastrzebski Wegiel (POL) 

7 Westphal Dirk Westphal 31.01.86 203 92 354 331 51 51 Czarni Radom (POL) 

8 Böhme Marcus Böhme 25.08.85 211 116 360 330 8 8 161 177 NN 

9 Grozer György Grozer 27.11.84 200 102 374 345 7 5 108 120 Belogorie Belgorod (BEL) 

C 10 Schöps Jochen Schöps 08.10.83 200 100 360 335 19 10 253 282 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów (POL) 

11 Kampa Lukas Kampa 29.11.86 196 90 335 320 6 96 102 Czarni Radom (POL) 

L 12 Tille Ferdinand Tille 08.12.88 185 75 338 316 9 121 130 Skra Belchatów (POL) 

13 Hirsch Simon Hirsch 03.04.92 204 88 352 344 14 14 NN 

14 Strohbach Tom Strohbach 27.05.92 196 83 338 329 11 11 NN 

15 Broshog Tim Broshog 02.12.87 205 112 340 332 32 32 Noliko Maaseik (BEL) 

16 Günthör Max Günthör 09.08.85 207 93 350 325 8 6 150 164 VfB Friedrichshafen 

17 Zimmermann Jan Zimmermann 12.02.93 190 76 340 312 7 7 VfB Friedrichshafen 

18 Andrei Michael Andrei 06.08.85 210 98 345 340 16 16 NN 

19 Höhne Björn Höhne 27.03.91 192 90 345 330 30 30 Noliko Maaseik (BEL) 

20 Collin Philipp Collin 28.10.90 204 98 342 335 42 42 Tours VB (FRA) 

21 Zachrich Jaromir Zachrich 14.04.85 201 95 344 331 4 4 SWD powervolleys Düren 

22 Klein Georg Klein 22.08.91 201 94 348 335 3 3 SWD powervolleys Düren 


Age Oldest Tischer 24.04.82 (32y4m) Youngest Zimmermann 12.02.93 (21y6m) 26y7m 

Height Tallest Böhme 211cm Shortest M. Steuerwald 182cm 199cm 

Spike Highest Grozer 374cm Shortest Kampa 335cm 346cm 

Block Highest Grozer 345cm Shortest Zimmermann 312cm 329cm 

Caps Most Schöps 282 Least Klein 3 83 

Team average 


97

POOL B 

GERMANY 


1 

FROMM 

Name: Christian Fromm 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Berlin 

Club debut: Berliner TSC (Berlin) in 2000 - Intl. debut: World League 

v Portugal (Buenos Aires) in 2012 - Hobby: Music, internet - Lang.: 

German, English, French - Favourites: Book: The Da Vinci Code, Food: 

Italian, Movie: Unsere kleine Farm, Music: Charts, Other sports: Football 

3 

SCHWARZ 

Name: Sebastian Schwarz 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Freudenstadt 

Club debut: VC Nagold in 1995 - Intl. debut: European League 

(Friedrichshafen) in 2005 - Hobby: Sport, internet - Lang.: English - 

Favourites: Food: Dampfnudeln, Movie: Avatar, Other sports: Skiing 

5 

KÜHNER 

Name: Sebastian Kühner 



Born in: Berlin 

Intl. debut: Friendly match v Belgium (Maaseik, Belgium) in 2013 

7 

WESTPHAL 

Name: Dirk Westphal 





Club debut: Berliner TSC in 1995 - Intl. debut: European League 

(Moskau) in 2005 - Hobby: Cycling, music - Favourites: Book: Dan 

Brown, Food: Pizza, Movie: Gladiator, Music: Radio, Other sports: 

Football 

9 

GROZER 

Name: György Grozer 




Born in: Budapest 

Club debut: Vasas (Hungary) in 1994 - Intl. debut: International 

Tournament (Olztyn, Poland) in 2007 - Hobby: Poker - Lang.: German, 

Hungarian - Favourites: Food: Steak, Music: Hip Hop, Rock, Other 


2 

4 

TISCHER 

Name: Simon Tischer 




Born in: Mutlangen 

Club debut: DJK Schwäbisch Gmünd in 1994 - Intl. debut: v Croatia 

(Valpovo, Croatia) in 2002 - Hobby: Internet, family - Lang.: German, 

English, French - Favourites: Book: Dan Brown, Food: Greek, Italian, 

Movie: The Illusionist, Music: Rock, Trance, Other sports: Tennis 

6 

Name: Denys Kaliberda 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Poltawa, Ukraine 

Club debut: SCC Berlin in 2002 - Intl. debut: European Championship 

Qualification (Bar/MNE) in 2010 - Hobby: Reading, theatre - Lang.: 

German, English, Russian - Favourites: Book: The Jungle Book, Food: 

Pizza, Movie: Hanni and Nanni, Music: Green Day, Other sports: Football 

8 

Name: Marcus Böhme 



10 

M. STEUERWALD 

Name: Markus Steuerwald 



Born in: Wolfach 

Club debut: TV Hausach - Intl. debut: friendly match v Belgium (Leuven, 

Belgium) in 2007 - Favourites: Food: Lasagne, Other sports: Football 

KALIBERDA 

BÖHME 

SCHÖPS 



Club debut: SCC Berlin in 1997 - Intl. debut: European League (Estonia) 

in 2005 - Hobby: Reading, watching movies, listening to music - Lang.: 

German, English - Favourites: Book: Lord of the Rings, Food: English 

Breakfast, Movie: The Godfather, Music: Techno, House, Dance 

Name: Jochen Schöps 


Position: Universal Born in: Schwenningen 

Club debut: TG Schwenningen in 1997 - Intl. debut: World League 

(Leipzig) in 2002 - Hobby: Swimming - Lang.: German, English - 

Favourites: Book: Angels and Demons, Food: Pancakes, Movie: Oceans 

11-13, Music: All Music, Other sports: Football 

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11 

KAMPA 

Name: Lukas Kampa 




Born in: Bochum 

Club debut: VFL Telstar Bochum (Wuppertal) in 1999 - Intl. debut: 

Olympic Qualification (Izmir, Turkey) in 2008 - Hobby: Sleeping, Poker, 

Nintendo Wii - Favourites: Book: Illuminati, Food: Barbecue, Movie: 

Action, Comedy, Other sports: Beach volleyball, football 

12 

TILLE 

Name: Ferdinand Tille 




Born in: Mühldorf 

Club debut: TSV Mühldorf in 1999 - Intl. debut: European League 

(Mogilev, Belgium) in 2008 - Hobby: Movies, sleeping, poker - 

Favourites: Book: John Grisham, Food: Pasta, Movie: Gone in 60 

seconds, Music: All, Other sports: Football 

GER 

13 HIRSCH 

Name: Simon Hirsch 



Born in: - 

Intl. debut: World League v Serbia (Nis, Serbia) in 2013 

14 

STROHBACH 

Name: Tom Strohbach 




Born in: - 

Intl. debut: Friendly match v Slovenia (Murska Sobota, Slovenia) in 

2012 

15 

BROSHOG 

Name: Tim Broshog 




Born in: - 


2013 - Favourites: Movie: Stromberg 

17 

ZIMMERMANN 

Name: Jan Zimmermann 




Born in: - 

Intl. debut: Friendly match v Belgium (Kortrijk, Belgium) in 2014 

16 

GÜNTHÖR 

Name: Max Günthör 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Friedrichshafen 

Club debut: VfB Friedrichshafen in 1997 - Intl. debut: European League 

(Friedrichshafen) in 2005 - Hobby: Spending time with my daughter - Lang.: 

German, English - Favourites: Book: Lord of the Rings, Books from Mankell, Food: 

Italian, Movie: Gladiator, Be Cool, Music: Ska, Indie, Other sports: Handball 

18 

ANDREI 

Name: Michael Andrei 




Born in: Constanta 

Intl. debut: Friendly match v Belgium (Maaseik, Belgium) in 2013 

19 

HÖHNE 

Name: Björn Höhne 




Born in: - 


2013 

20 

COLLIN 

Name: Philipp Collin 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Neubrandenburg 

Intl. debut: Friendly match v France (Ludwigsburg, Germany) in 2013 

- Lang.: German, English 

21 

ZACHRICH 

Name: Jaromir Zachrich 




Born in: Mannheim 

Club debut: VC Nagold in 1998 - Intl. debut: int. Tournament (Hausach) 

in 2000 - Hobby: Reading, chilling and party - Lang.: German, English 

- Favourites: Book: Terry Pratchett, Food: All, Movie: Dogma, Music: 

Linkin Park, Other sports: Chillin 

22 KLEIN 

Name: Georg Klein 




Born in: Leipzig 

Intl. debut: European Championship Qualification (Charkiw, Ukraine) 

in 2012 


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GERMANY 

2 1 3 


POOL B 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

58 51 109 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

15 18 33 

World League 

W L T 

53 87 140 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

- - - 

World Cup 

W L T 

15 13 28 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 8 

2006 9 

1994 9 

1982 *12 

1978 *9 

1974 *4 

1970 *1 

1966 *4 

1966 ** 20 

1962 *11 

1956 *12 

1956 ** 24 

2012 5 

2008 9 

1972 *2 

1972 ** 11 

1968 *4 

2014 16 

2013 7 

2012 5 

2011 11 

2010 9 

2003 10 

2002 9 

2001 13 

1994 10 

1993 8 

1992 12 

1991 7 

1969 *1 

1969 ** 10 

1965 *5 

2013 6 

2011 15 

2009 6 

2007 5 

2003 7 

2001 10 

1997 10 

1995 8 

1993 4 

1991 4 

1989 *9 

1989 ** 11 

1983 *6 

1981 *6 

1981 ** 11 

1979 *9 

1977 *9 

1975 *7 

1971 *4 

1971 ** 16 

1967 *4 

1967 ** 18 

1963 *9 

1963 ** 15 

1958 *9 

1958 ** 19 

1 1 1 1 1 1 



ARG 10 4 14 21.06.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Berlin 0-3 16-25 19-25 21-25 

AUS 2 0 2 17.11.06 WCH 2006 Group B Fukuoka 3-1 20-25 25-22 25-21 30-28 

BEL 8 2 10 09.08.09 WCH QUAL - Europe 2010 3rd Round Tampere 3-0 25-17 25-19 25-21 

BRA 5 19 24 06.08.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 0-3 21-25 22-25 19-25 

BUL 11 20 31 08.08.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 0-3 20-25 16-25 14-25 

CAN 2 6 8 27.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Trieste 3-0 27-25 25-22 25-20 

CHN 0 3 3 07.10.82 WCH 1982 Group W Rosario 0-3 9-15 12-15 8-15 

CMR 

CUB 11 19 30 23.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Bremen 3-1 25-23 25-22 24-26 25-23 

EGY 2 0 2 14.08.08 OG 2008 Prel. Round Beijing 3-0 29-27 25-21 25-21 

FIN 8 5 13 09.05.12 COQT 2012 Prel. Round Sofia 3-1 31-29 25-19 21-25 25-16 

FRA 7 15 22 15.06.14 WL 2014 - 2nd Group Prel. Round Toulouse 0-3 18-25 20-25 20-25 

IRI 2 1 3 13.07.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Tehran 3-0 25-21 25-23 25-22 

ITA 11 19 30 09.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Torino 2-3 25-22 25-19 17-25 24-26 6-15 

KOR 3 4 7 11.06.94 WL 1994 Group C Germany 3-1 15-8 15-12 5-15 15-12 

MEX 3 0 3 30.11.91 WC 1991 Consolation Round Tokyo 3-0 15-9 15-4 15-10 

POL 10 16 26 10.09.11 ECH 2011 Prel. Round Prague 1-3 19-25 21-25 25-22 22-25 

PUR 2 0 2 30.09.10 WCH 2010 2nd Round Catania 3-0 25-22 25-22 25-18 

RUS 7 33 40 06.07.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Frankfurt 3-2 25-21 25-21 18-25 23-25 18-16 

SRB 7 10 17 30.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Beograd 2-3 25-23 19-25 22-25 25-21 12-15 


USA 6 10 16 31.07.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 0-3 23-25 16-25 20-25 

VEN 1 0 1 13.10.74 WCH 1974 Group B Guadalajara 3-0 15-2 15-3 15-7 


OG=Olympic Games, WCH=World Championships, WC=World Cup, WL=World League. QUAL=Qualifying. *GDR, **FRG. 

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GER 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

György Grozer 

György “Georg” Grozer started playing volleyball in 

Moers, Germany. His father played at international level 

for Hungary and Germany and his grandmother and 

aunt both competed for Hungary. Grozer initially played 

at international level for Hungary, debuting in 2004, but 

chose to obtain German citizenship so he could follow his 

father and play for the German national team. 

He made his debut for Germany in 2007. He was part of 

the team for the 2007 European Championship as well as 

the 2009, 2011 and 2013 editions. 

Jochen Schöps 

Jochen Schöps made his international debut for Germany 

in 2002 in a World League match in Leipzig, Germany. He 

was part of the national team that finished seventh at the 

2003 European Championship in Germany, and the team 

that finished fifth in the 2007 European Championship in 

Russia. The opposite hitter also played with Germany in the 

2009, 2011 and 2013 European Championships. 

He was a member of the Germany national team that 

finished eighth at the 2010 World Championship in Italy, 

and he played with the team that finished in equal-fifth at 

the 2012 Olympic Games in London. 

Grozer was named German Player of the Year for four 

consecutive years between 2010 and 2013. He was named 

the Polish Plusliga’s Most Valuable Player for 2011/12, 

becoming the first foreign player to win the award. 

Born in Schwenningen, Germany, Schöps made his Olympic 

Games debut in Beijing in 2008, where the German team 

finished in equal-ninth place. He was again part of the 

national team for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, 

where they were placed equal-fifth. Schöps played with 

Germany at the 2006 World Championship in Japan, 

and the 2010 World Championship in Italy. Nicknamed 

“Schöpsi”, he has played with Germany in numerous 

World League competitions, with a best finish of fifth place 

in the 2012 campaign. 


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IRAN 

POOL D 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

11 


2x 19 th LAST:2010 19 th 2010 5 

A consistent high performer in the Asian Championship, 

2014 provides Iran with a serious opportunity to notch 

their highest finish at a World Championship as they 

look back on four years of strong international play. Iran, 

who qualified in September 2013, have competed in four 

previous World Championships, twice finishing 19th (1998, 

2010) and twice 21st (1970, 2006). 

But the Iranians will look at more recent events as a sign 

that the nation is growing fast as a volleyball power. Having 

won back-to-back Asian Championships in 2011 and 

2013, they placed fourth in the 2013 Grand Champions 

Cup behind the three best teams in the world – Brazil, 

Russia and Italy. A stunning fourth place finish in this year’s 

World League has catapulted them into contention for a 

top-six finish in Poland. 

Iran finished second in the 2010 Asian Games, ninth in 

the 2011 World Cup, and ninth again in the 2013 World 

League in their first appearance in the competition. A year 

later, Iran became the first Asian team to qualify for the 

World League semifinals, where they lost to Russia 3-2 and 

defeated Brazil before losing to eventual winners USA in 

the semifinals and Italy in the playoff for bronze. 

COACH 

Slobodan Kovac (SRB) 


Languages: ITA, SRB 




Slobodan Kovac won a bronze medal as a player with 

Yugoslavia at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games and a gold 

at Sydney 2000. He also won league titles in Yugoslavia 

with Vojvodina in 1989 and 1992. He began his coaching 

career in Serbia and won national titles in 2009 and 2010 

with Radnicki Kragujevac. Kovac returned to Italy where he 

was head coach of Umbria Volley men’s team from 2010 

to 2014. Kovac was named Coach of the Year in Italy in 

2013. He was appointed coach of Iran in March 2014, and 

led them to fourth place in the World League in his first 

year. 


Manager: Amir Khoshkhabar 

Coach: Slobodan Kovac 

Doctor: Siyamak Afroozi 

Journalist: Amir Tolouekian 

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TEAM ROSTER 

STATISTICS 

IRI 


1 Mahmoudi Shahram Sh. Mahmoudi 20.07.88 198 95 347 332 4 4 Matin Varna 

2 Ebadipour Ghara H. Milad M. Ebadipour 17.10.93 202 78 350 310 3 6 9 Kalleh 

3 Faezi Saman S. Faezi 23.08.91 204 87 343 335 2 4 6 Paykan 

C 4 Marouflakrani Mir Saeid S. Marouf 20.10.85 189 81 331 311 36 145 181 Matin Varna 

5 Ghaemi Farhad F. Ghaemi 28.08.89 197 73 355 335 30 60 90 Barij Esans 

6 Mousavi Eraghi Seyed Mohammad Seyed 22.08.87 203 86 362 344 2 5 7 Matin Varna 

7 Fayazi Damnabi Pourya P. Fayazi 12.01.93 194 87 348 326 5 8 13 Shahrdari Urmia 

L 8 Zarif Ahangaran V. Farhad F. Zarif 03.03.83 165 60 290 271 12 80 92 Kalleh 

9 Gholami Adel A. Gholami 09.02.86 195 88 341 330 1 1 Kalleh 

10 Ghafour Amir A. Ghafour 06.06.91 202 90 354 334 11 30 41 Barij Esans 

11 Davoodi Rahman R. Davoodi 18.02.88 195 95 348 328 4 3 7 Mizan 

12 Mirzajanpour M. Mojtaba M. Mirzajanpour 07.10.91 195 88 325 315 4 3 7 Matin Varna 

13 Mahdavi Mehdi M. Mahdavi 13.02.84 191 96 330 310 60 100 160 Barij Esans 

14 Jadidi Alireza A. Jadidi 11.02.89 202 97 343 323 8 8 Kalleh 

15 Tashakori Armin A. Tashakori 08.12.86 200 94 355 335 Barij Esans 

L 16 Alizadeh Gh. Abdolreza A. Alizadeh 19.02.87 183 80 272 252 5 20 25 Shahrdari Urmia 

17 Ghara Reza R. Ghara 31.07.91 200 87 351 331 2 2 4 Kalleh 

18 Vadi Mohammad Taher M. T. Vadi 10.10.89 194 72 329 315 1 1 Matin Varna 

L 19 Marandi Mahdi M. Marandi 12.05.86 172 69 295 280 Shahrdari Tabriz 

20 Mobasheri Demneh Alireza A. Mobasheri 10.06.88 190 90 345 320 15 15 Mizan 

21 Zarini Hamzeh H. Zarini 18.10.85 198 98 351 330 40 150 190 Kalleh 

22 Nadi Alireza A. Nadi 02.09.80 200 90 334 320 2 10 12 Kalleh 


Age Oldest A. Nadi 02.09.80 (33y11m) Youngest M. Ebadipour 17.10.93 (20y10m) 26y5m 

Height Tallest S. Faezi 204cm Shortest F. Zarif 165cm 194cm 

Spike Highest Seyed 362cm Shortest A. Alizadeh 272cm 336cm 

Block Highest Seyed 344cm Shortest A. Alizadeh 252cm 318cm 

Caps Most H. Zarini 190 First M. Marandi, A. Tashakori 40 

Team average 


103

POOL D 

IRAN 


1 

SH. MAHMOUDI 

Name: Shahram Mahmoudi 



Born in: - 

Hobby: Swimming - Lang.: Farsi - Favourites: Book: Sport, Food: Fast 

food, Movie: Fiction, Music: Traditional, Other sports: Football 

2 M. EBADIPOUR 

Name: Milad Ebadipour Ghara H. 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

3 S. FAEZI 

Name: Saman Faezi 




Born in: - 

4 S. MAROUF 

Name: Mir Saeid Marouflakrani 



Born in: Urmia 

5 

F. GHAEMI 

Name: Farhad Ghaemi 


Position: - Born in: Gonbadekavoos 

Club debut: Gonbad in 2004 - Intl. debut: World Youth Championships 

in 2006 - Lang.: Persian, English, Turkish - Favourites: Book: History, 

Food: Chektermah (Turkish), Movie: Action, Music: Pop, Other sports: 

Riding 

6 

SEYED 

Name: Seyed Mohammad Mousavi Eraghi 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Aligodarz 

Lang.: Farsi, English - Favourites: Book: Novels, Food: Kebab, Movie: 

Action, Music: Pop, Other sports: Football 

Lang.: Persian 

7 P. FAYAZI 

Name: Pourya Fayazi Damnabi 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

8 

F. ZARIF 

Name: Farhad Zarif Ahangaran V. 



Born in: Mashad 

Club debut: Sanam in 1998 - Intl. debut: in 2000 - Hobby: Swimming 

- Lang.: Persian, English - Favourites: Book: Sports, Food: Fast food, 

Movie: Fiction, Music: Traditional, Other sports: Football 

9 

A. GHOLAMI 

10 

A. GHAFOUR 

Name: Adel Gholami 

Name: Amir Ghafour 

Age: 28 

Height: 195 


Age: 23 

Height: 202 



Born in: Mahmoudabad 

Position: - 

Born in: - 

Club debut: Abfai Amol (Amol) in 2000 - Intl. debut: India in 2003 - 

Hobby: Travelling - Lang.: Farsi, English - Favourites: Movie: Ekhrajiha, 

Music: Pop, Other sports: Football 


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11 

R. DAVOODI 

12 

M. MIRZAJANPOUR 

Name: Rahman Davoodi 

Name: Mojtaba Mirzajanpour M. 




Born in: Malayer 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

IRI 

Club debut: Pakan (Tehran) in 2002 - Intl. debut: Azadi Sport Complex 

(Tehran) in 2004 - Lang.: Farsi, English - Favourites: Book: Romance 

novels, Food: Gheimeh, fesenjan, Movie: Action, Music: Pop, Other 

sports: Swimming 


13 M. MAHDAVI 

Name: Mehdi Mahdavi 




Born in: - 

14 

A. JADIDI 

Name: Alireza Jadidi 




Born in: Amol 

Club debut: Mazandaran - Hobby: Music - Lang.: Farsi, English 

- Favourites: Book: Novel, Food: Persian, Movie: Comedy, Music: 

Country, Other sports: Football 

15 A. TASHAKORI 

Name: Armin Tashakori 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

16 

A. ALIZADEH 

Name: Abdolreza Alizadeh Gh. 



Born in: Uroumieh 

Club debut: Pegah (Uroumieh) in 2002 - Intl. debut: Qatar in 2004 - 

Favourites: Book: Roman, Food: Chicken kebab, Movie: History, Music: 

Pop, Other sports: Football 

17 R. GHARA 

Name: Reza Ghara 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

18 

M. T. VADI 

Name: Mohammad Taher Vadi 



Born in: - 

Club debut: Etka (Tehran) in 2003 - Intl. debut: in 2007 - Lang.: 

Persian, English - Favourites: Book: Hafez, Food: Ghormeh Sabzi, 

spaghetti, Movie: Action, Music: RAP, Other sports: Swiming, Football 

19 M. MARANDI 

Name: Mahdi Marandi 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

20 

A. MOBASHERI 

Name: Alireza Mobasheri Demneh 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Faridan 

Hobby: PlayStation - Lang.: Persian - Favourites: Book: Romance, Food: 

Kebab, Movie: Action, Comedy, Music: Pop, Other sports: Basketball 

21 

H. ZARINI 

Name: Hamzeh Zarini 




Born in: Tehran 

Intl. debut: in 2005 - Hobby: Reading - Lang.: Persian, English - 

Favourites: Book: History, Food: Persian, Movie: Action, Music: Pop, 


22 A. NADI 

Name: Alireza Nadi 




Born in: Tehran 

Club debut: Homa - Lang.: Persian, English - Favourites: Book: Novels, 

Food: Persian, Movie: Comedy, Music: Country, Other sports: Football 


105

IRAN 


POOL D 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

1 10 11 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

- - - 

World League 

W L T 

12 14 26 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

4 6 10 

World Cup 

W L T 

6 13 19 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 19 

2006 21 

1998 19 

1970 21 

2014 4 

2013 9 

2013 4 

2009 5 

2011 9 

1991 11 

2013 1 

2011 1 

2009 2 

2007 5 

2005 6 

2003 3 

2001 5 

1999 5 

1997 6 

1995 4 

1993 5 

1991 7 

1989 8 

1987 10 

1979 6 

2 1 1 4 



ARG 1 1 2 25.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Osaka 3-2 15-25 25-21 24-26 25-16 15-12 

AUS 0 1 1 05.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 1-3 25-17 18-25 18-25 23-25 

BEL 

BRA 3 6 9 18.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final Round Florence 3-1 25-21 25-19 23-25 28-26 

BUL 0 1 1 21.11.06 WCH 2006 Group C Nagano 0-3 19-25 18-25 23-25 

CAN 

CHN 2 1 3 02.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 3-2 23-25 25-21 29-31 25-15 15-13 

CMR 

CUB 2 4 6 06.07.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round La Habana 3-1 22-25 25-20 25-18 25-22 

EGY 4 1 5 02.09.12 WL 2013 QUAL Qualifier Cairo 3-1 25-12 28-30 25-17 25-22 

FIN 

FRA 

GER 1 2 3 13.07.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Tehran 0-3 21-25 23-25 22-25 

ITA 4 7 11 20.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final 3-4 Florence 0-3 22-25 18-25 22-25 

KOR 3 1 4 01.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 3-0 25-17 25-18 25-16 

MEX 0 1 1 01.12.91 WC 1991 Consolation Round Tokyo 1-3 14-16 6-15 15-7 5-15 

POL 3 4 7 05.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Gdansk 0-3 23-25 20-25 17-25 

PUR 1 0 1 06.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 3-1 26-24 25-16 22-25 25-20 

RUS 0 5 5 16.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final Round Florence 2-3 25-18 18-25 21-25 37-35 8-15 

SRB 2 2 4 23.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Tehran 3-2 25-20 24-26 23-25 25-22 15-12 

TUN 0 1 1 29.11.91 WC 1991 Consolation Round Tokyo 1-3 9-15 15-7 14-16 7-15 

USA 1 3 4 19.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Semifinals Florence 0-3 18-25 22-25 16-25 



Championships, WC=World Cup, WL=World League, WOQT=World Olympic Qualification Tournament. QUAL=Qualifying. 

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IRI 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Seyed Mohammad Mousavi Eraghi 

Seyed Mohammad Mousavi Eraghi started playing 

volleyball at the age of eight in Dzeful, Iran. His father was 

a physical education teacher and introduced him to the 

sport. 

Mousavi Eraghi was named Best Blocker at the 2013 Asian 

Championship in Dubai, UAE, after helping Iran to win 

gold. This eclipsed his achievements from the 2009 Asian 

Championship, when he was also named Best Blocker but 

had to settle for a silver medal. His other individual awards 

include being named Best Blocker at three events – the 

2008 and 2012 Olympic Qualification Tournaments and the 

2010 Asian Games, where he finished with a silver medal. 

He has also won gold at the 2011 Asian Championship in 

Tehran, Iran, and played at the 2010 World Championship, 

2011 World Cup and in the 2013 and 2014 World League. 

He was named Best Setter at the 2014 World League as 

Iran finished fourth. 

He was named Best Blocker at the Asian Club Championship 

in 2013 and 2014. 

Mir Saeid Marouflakrani 

Mir Saeid Marouflakrani has a host of individual awards 

to his name. He was named Best Setter at the 2008 

Olympic Qualification Tournament and the 2012 Olympic 

Qualification Tournament, both held in Tokyo, Japan. He 

was also named Best Setter at the 2010 Asian Cup in 

Urmia, Iran, and 2013 Asian Championship in Dubai, UAE. 

At the latter he was also named Most Valuable Player as 

he helped Iran to victory. 

Marouflakrani was part of the Iran team that finished 

second at the 2009 Asian Championship in Manila, 

Philippines. He played for Iran at the 2010 Asian Games in 

Guangzhou, China, where they finished second. He played 

with the national team at the 2010 World Championship 

in Italy, as well as the 2013 Grand Champions Cup in 

Japan. He captained the team at the 2013 and 2014 World 

League. 


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ITALY 

POOL D 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

3 


3x 1 st LAST: 1998 4 th 2010 16 3 1 

4 

Italy enter the 2014 World Championship seeking a return 

to their glory days of the 1990s, when they took home 

three consecutive gold medals in the competition. Since 

those victories, in 1990, 1994 and 1998, it’s been a relative 

struggle for the squad, with a fourth-place finish in 2010 

following successive fifth places in 2006 and 2002. Before 

that dominance of the 1990s, the team had managed 

just one previous medal finish, when they took silver in 

1978. The Italians have competed in 15 of the 17 World 

Championships held, only missing out on the tournaments 

held in 1952 and 1960. 

Italy enter this edition bolstered by strong performances 

in recent international competitions. They beat Bulgaria 

to take the bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympic 

Games and also finished in third place in the 2013 and 

2014 World Leagues. 

In an impressive display of consistently high performance, Italy 

managed podium finishes in every competition they entered 

in 2013, winning gold in the Mediterranean Games, and 

silver in the European Championship and the World Grand 

Champions Cup. The World Grand Champions Cup campaign 

showed Italy can go toe-to-toe with the very best as they were 

the only team in the tournament to defeat a Russian squad 

considered by many to be the top side in the world. 

COACH 


Mauro Berruto (ITA) 


Languages: ENG, GRE, ITA 

Manager: Stefano Sciascia 

Coach: Mauro Berruto 

Assistant Coach: Andrea Brogioni 

Doctor: Piero Benelli 

Physiotherapist: Davide Lama 

Journalist: Marco Trozzi 


Coaching debut: 27.05.2011 v FRA 


Mauro Berruto has coached club teams in his native Italy and 

Greece and led the Finland men’s team from 2005 to 2010. 

He was named Finland’s Coach of the Year in 2007. Berruto 

was appointed head coach of the Italian men’s side in 2010 

and guided them to bronze medals at the London 2012 

Olympic Games and the 2013 and 2014 World Leagues. The 

team also won silver at both the 2011 and 2013 European 

Championships. He won a Greek league title in 2008 as 

coach of Panathinaikos. Berruto is a successful businessman 

who owns a Finnish-based production company. 

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ITA 

TEAM ROSTER 


1 Beretta Thomas Beretta 18.04.90 205 105 359 330 36 36 Sir Safety Umbria Volley 

2 Kovar Jiri Kovar 10.04.89 202 95 353 330 54 54 Volley Lube 

3 Parodi Simone Parodi 16.06.86 196 82 350 335 9 8 111 128 Volley Lube 

4 Vettori Luca Vettori 26.04.91 200 95 345 323 51 51 Modena Volley Punto Zero 

5 Corvetta Antonio Corvetta 28.09.77 188 82 326 242 4 4 Altotevere Città di Castello 

6 Maruotti Gabriele Maruotti 25.03.88 195 92 348 340 1 67 68 Sir Safety Umbria Volley 

7 Rossini Salvatore Rossini 13.07.86 185 82 312 301 49 49 Modena Volley Punto Zero 

8 Saitta Davide Saitta 23.06.87 182 92 320 300 13 13 Nuova Pallavolo Molfetta 

9 Zaytsev Ivan Zaytsev 02.10.88 202 92 355 348 9 8 113 130 Volley Lube 

10 Lanza Filippo Lanza 03.03.91 198 98 350 330 34 34 Trentino Volley 

11 Buti Simone Buti 19.09.83 206 100 346 328 1 71 72 Sir Safety Umbria Volley 

12 Randazzo Luigi Randazzo 30.04.94 198 97 352 255 14 14 Sir Safety Umbria Volley 

13 Travica Dragan Travica 28.08.86 200 94 335 320 9 8 158 175 Belogorie Belgorod (RUS) 

14 Piano Matteo Piano 24.10.90 208 102 352 325 46 46 Modena Volley Punto Zero 

C 15 Birarelli Emanuele Birarelli 08.02.81 202 95 340 316 7 16 148 171 Trentino Volley 

16 Baranowicz Michele Baranowicz 05.08.89 196 93 350 328 48 48 Volley Lube 

17 Giovi Andrea Giovi 19.08.83 183 80 310 290 8 65 73 Sir Safety Umbria Volley 

18 Sabbi Giulio Sabbi 10.08.89 201 92 352 325 56 56 Volley Lube 

19 Anzani Simone Anzani 24.02.92 204 100 350 330 6 6 Blu Volley Verona 

20 Colaci Massimo Colaci 21.02.85 180 75 324 308 4 4 Trentino Volley 


STATISTICS 

Age Oldest Corvetta 28.09.77 (36y11m) Youngest Randazzo 30.04.94 (20y4m) 26y11m 

Height Tallest Piano 208cm Shortest Colaci 180cm 197cm 

Spike Highest Beretta 359cm Shortest Giovi 310cm 341cm 

Block Highest Zaytsev 348cm Shortest Corvetta 242cm 315cm 

Caps Most Travica 175 Least Colaci, Corvetta 4 62 

Team average 


109

POOL D 

ITALY 


1 

BERETTA 

Name: Thomas Beretta 




Born in: Milano 

Club debut: Bellusco in 2005 - Intl. debut: in 2013 - Lang.: English - 

Favourites: Book: Schott’s Miscellany, Food: Fish, Movie: Blow, Music: 

Rock, Other sports: Ski 

2 

KOVAR 

Name: Jiri Kovar 




Born in: Zlin, Czech Rep. 

Club debut: Sisley (Treviso) in 2004 - Lang.: Italian, German, English, 

Czech 

3 

PARODI 

4 

VETTORI 

Name: Simone Parodi 

Name: Luca Vettori 

Age: 28 

Height: 196 


Age: 23 

Height: 200 



Born in: San Remo 


Born in: Parma 

Lang.: Italian 

Club debut: Parma Volley in 2005 - Intl. debut: World League (Lyon, 

France) in 2012 - Hobby: Reading, watching old movies - Lang.: Italian 

- Favourites: Book: H. Boll, Food: Lasagne, Movie: Into the wild, Music: 

Nick Drake 

5 

CORVETTA 

Name: Antonio Corvetta 




Born in: Ancona 

Club debut: CUS Ancona in 1991 - Hobby: Play bass guitar - Lang.: 

English, Spanish - Favourites: Food: Meat, Movie: Big wednesday, 

Music: Rock 

6 

MARUOTTI 

Name: Gabriele Maruotti 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Rome 

Hobby: Watching movies - Lang.: Italian, English - Favourites: Book: 

The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Food: Pasta, Movie: 

Gladiator, Other sports: Tennis 

7 

ROSSINI 

Name: Salvatore Rossini 



Born in: Formia 

Club debut: AS Sud Pontino (Formia) in 2002 - Hobby: Beach volleyball 

- Lang.: English, French - Favourites: Food: Fish, Movie: Thrillers, Music: 

All, Other sports: NBA Basketball 

9 

ZAYTSEV 

Name: Ivan Zaytsev 




Born in: Spoleto 

Club debut: Volley Perugia (Perugia) in 1995 - Intl. debut: in 2008 

- Hobby: Computer, food - Lang.: Italian - Favourites: Food: Italian, 

Ethnic, Music: Rock, Other sports: Tennis 

8 

Name: Davide Saitta 



10 

SAITTA 

LANZA 

Name: Filippo Lanza 




Born in: Catania 

Club debut: Milvus Volley (Catania) in 1997 - Hobby: Cinema, Ruzzle - 

Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Le lettere di Berlicche, Food: Pasta al 

pesto, Movie: Forrest Gump, Music: Pink Floyd, Rhianna, R.E.M, Other 

sports: Gymnastics 


Born in: Zevio 

Club debut: Trentino Volley (Trento) in 2006 - Hobby: Walking, 

reading, cycling, music events - Lang.: Italian, English - Favourites: 

Book: Spiritual, Food: Meat, Movie: Action movies, Music: Rock, Other 

sports: Rugby 

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11 

BUTI 

Name: Simone Buti 




Born in: Fucecchio 

Club debut: Folgore (San Miniato) in 1998 - Hobby: Playing guitar, 

studying, internet - Lang.: Italian, English - Favourites: Movie: Big 

Lebowski, Music: Blues, Rock, Other sports: Cycling, tennis, football 

12 

RANDAZZO 

Name: Luigi Randazzo 




Born in: - 

Club debut: Volley Club Catena (Catena) in 2007 - Lang.: English 

- Favourites: Book: Portrait of Dorian Gray, Food: Pasta, Movie: 

Gladiator, Music: U2, Other sports: Football, NBA Basketball 

ITA 

13 

TRAVICA 

Name: Dragan Travica 


Position: Setter Born in: Zagabria, Croatia 

Club debut: Jucker Padova (Padova) in 1999 - Hobby: Movies, listening 

to music, spending time with my friends - Lang.: Italian, English, 

Croatian - Favourites: Book: Il giorno più lungo (Fabio Volo), Food: 

Beef, Movie: Hitch, Music: R&B, Hip Hop 

15 

BIRARELLI 

Name: Emanuele Birarelli 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Senigallia 

Club debut: Pallavolo Falconara (Falconara) in 1996 - Hobby: Playing 

bass, reading comics - Lang.: Italian, English - Favourites: Book: 

Romance, Food: Pasta, fish, Movie: Psychological movies, Thrillers, 

Music: Rock, Other sports: Basketball, tennis 

17 

GIOVI 

Name: Andrea Giovi 




Born in: Perugia 

Club debut: CUS Perugia Volley (Perugia) in 1999 - Intl. debut: v Czech 

Republic (Monza) in 2011 - Hobby: Going to the mountains - Lang.: 

Italian, English - Favourites: Food: Italian, Movie: Thrillers, Music: All, 

Other sports: Tennis, basketball 

19 

ANZANI 

Name: Simone Anzani 




Born in: Como 

Club debut: Sisley Volley (Treviso) in 2007 - Hobby: Friends - Movies 

- Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: The Kite Runner, Food: Fiorentina, 

Movie: Gladiator, Other sports: Football, Basketball 

14 

PIANO 

Name: Matteo Piano 




Born in: Asti 

Club debut: Hasta Volley (Asti) in 2003 - Hobby: Cinema, travel, going 

out with friends - Lang.: English, French, German - Favourites: Book: 

Romances, Food: Ice cream, desserts, Movie: Commedy, Horror, action, 

Music: Pop, House, Italian, Other sports: Swimming, Tennis 

16 

BARANOWICZ 

Name: Michele Baranowicz 



Born in: Mondovì 

Club debut: Piemonte Volley (Cuneo) in 1998 - Hobby: Playing poker 

- Lang.: Italian, English, Polish - Favourites: Book: Fantasy, Food: Pizza, 

Movie: Thrillers, Music: Pop, Other sports: Football 

18 

SABBI 

Name: Giulio Sabbi 




Born in: Palestrina 

Club debut: G.S.P. (Zagarolo) in 1999 - Hobby: Cars, technologies - 

Lang.: Italian - Favourites: Food: Italian, Movie: Action movies, Music: 

All, Other sports: Football, basketball, tennis 

20 COLACI 

Name: Massimo Colaci 




Born in: - 

Club debut: Falchi (Ugento) in 1995 - Hobby: Fishing, playing poker 

- Lang.: Italian, English - Favourites: Book: The Da Vinci Code, Food: 

Lasagna, Movie: Gladiator, Music: Vasco Rossi, Other sports: Football, 

Formula 1, Moto GP 


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ITALY 

13 8 10 31 


POOL D 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

86 54 140 

2010 4 

2006 5 

2002 5 

1998 1 

1994 1 

1990 1 

1986 11 

1982 14 

1978 2 

1974 19 

1970 15 

1966 16 

1962 14 

1956 14 

1949 8 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

45 26 71 

2012 3 

2008 4 

2004 2 

2000 3 

1996 2 

1992 5 

1988 9 

1984 3 

1980 9 

1976 8 

World League 

W L T 

271 117 388 

2014 3 

2013 3 

2012 11 

2011 6 

2010 6 

2009 7 

2008 7 

2007 9 

2006 6 

2005 7 

2004 2 

2003 3 

2002 4 

2001 2 

2000 1 

1999 1 

1998 4 

1997 1 

1996 2 

1995 1 

1994 1 

1993 3 

1992 1 

1991 1 

1990 1 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

10 5 15 

2013 3 

2005 3 

1993 1 

World Cup 

W L T 

43 15 58 

2011 4 

2003 2 

1999 3 

1995 1 

1989 2 

1981 7 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

121 70 191 

2013 2 

2011 2 

2009 10 

2007 6 

2005 1 

2003 1 

2001 2 

1999 1 

1997 3 

1995 1 

1993 1 

1991 2 

1989 1 

1987 9 

1985 6 

1983 4 

1981 7 

1979 5 

1977 8 

1975 10 

1971 8 

1967 8 

1963 10 

1958 10 

1955 9 

1951 8 

1948 3 

3 1 4 2 3 5 8 3 4 15 1 2 3 1 2 1 4 6 4 2 12 



ARG 20 6 26 19.07.13 WL 2013 Finals Mar del Plata 3-1 25-20 23-25 25-17 25-22 

AUS 9 0 9 18.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final Round Florence 3-0 25-14 25-22 25-21 

BEL 13 3 16 10.09.11 ECH 2011 Prel. Round Innsbruck 3-1 22-25 25-18 29-27 25-15 

BRA 22 34 56 19.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Semifinals Florence 0-3 11-25 23-25 20-25 

BUL 25 19 44 21.07.13 WL 2013 Final 3-4 Mar del Plata 3-2 21-25 25-21 25-20 21-25 15-7 

CAN 14 0 14 23.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Okayama 3-0 25-22 25-19 25-20 

CHN 42 5 47 24.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Kumamoto 3-0 25-10 25-18 25-14 


CUB 33 16 49 16.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Firenze 3-0 25-23 25-18 25-19 


FIN 18 0 18 08.05.12 COQT 2012 Prel. Round Sofia 3-2 25-21 16-25 30-28 16-25 16-14 

FRA 36 26 62 29.06.12 WL 2012 Prel. Round Dallas 2-3 31-29 23-25 18-25 25-21 12-15 

GER 19 11 30 09.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Torino 3-2 22-25 19-25 25-17 26-24 15-6 

IRI 7 4 11 20.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final 3-4 Florence 3-0 25-22 25-18 25-22 

KOR 32 3 35 30.06.12 WL 2012 Prel. Round Dallas 3-2 25-16 20-25 25-21 27-29 15-12 

MEX 1 0 1 11.10.82 WCH 1982 Group Y Rosario 3-0 15-2 15-10 15-8 

POL 13 14 27 15.06.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Lodz 1-3 22-25 23-25 25-23 15-25 

PUR 2 0 2 02.10.10 WCH 2010 2nd Round Catania 3-1 25-22 25-16 18-25 25-21 

RUS 29 41 70 19.11.13 GCC 2013 Round Robin Kyoto 3-1 28-26 25-20 19-25 25-27 

SRB 24 30 54 07.07.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Novi Sad 1-3 26-28 25-17 23-25 19-25 

TUN 8 0 8 16.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Nagano 3-0 25-16 25-13 25-23 

USA 24 18 42 16.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final Round Florence 3-0 25-22 25-21 26-24 

VEN 10 0 10 14.08.08 OG 2008 Prel. Round Beijing 3-0 25-21 25-20 25-21 


GCC=Grand Champions Cup, OG=Olympic Games, WCH=World Championships, WC=World Cup, WL=World League. 

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ITA 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Ivan Zaytsev 

Ivan Zaytsev made his international debut for Italy in 2010 

against Belarus in Ankara, Turkey. In the same year he was 

part of the national team that finished fourth on home soil 

at the 2010 World Championship. After winning a silver 

medal at the 2011 European Championship, he won a 

bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. 

In 2013 he added individual awards and more medals to 

his resume. He was named in the World League Dream 

Team as the Best Outside Hitter after Italy finished third, 

and at the European Championship he was named Best 

Server as he helped Italy to finish second. He also won a 

bronze medal at the 2013 Grand Champions Cup. 

Emanuele Birarelli 

Emanuele Birarelli has been playing for the Italian 

national team since 2008 when he debuted in a friendly 

match against Spain in Modena, Italy. The middle blocker 

enjoyed a successful 2013, becoming captain of the 

Italian volleyball team in November after being named 

Best Middle Blocker at the 2013 Grand Champions Cup 

in Tokyo, Japan. He was also named in the 2013 World 

League Dream Team as Best Blocker for helping Italy to a 

third-place finish. 

Born in Soleto, Italy, Zaytsev’s family have a strong 

sporting heritage in the former Soviet Union. His mother 

Irina Pozdnyakova was a Soviet swimmer who won a silver 

medal in the 200m breastroke at the 1966 European 

Championship in Utrecht, the Netherlands. His father 

Viacheslav won a gold medal as part of the Soviet Union 

volleyball team at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. 

Birarelli began playing the sport at the age of 15 and he 

has twice represented his country at an Olympic Games, 

finishing fourth at the 2008 Games in Beijing, and winning 

a bronze medal with Italy in London in 2012. He played 

for the national teams that finished second at the 2011 

and 2013 European Championships, and sixth at the 2010 

World Championship in Italy. Due to a heart problem he 

did not play for two seasons between 2003 and 2005. 


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KOREA 

POOLB 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

19 


4 th 1978 17 th 2006 11 

Although the glory days of the late 1970s and early 

1980s may be behind them, Korea enter the 2014 World 

Championship targeting a top-10 finish. In the eight 

world championships it has previously competed in, Korea 

have finished in the top 10 on three occasions, with their 

best performance so far a fourth place in Italy in 1978, 

followed by eighth in 1982 and 1994. In their most recent 

appearance in the tournament, in 2006, Korea finished in 

17th place. 

Champions of Asia on four occasions – most recently in 

2003 – Korea have enjoyed more success closer to home. 

In the three most recent Asian Games they collected gold 

in 2002 and 2006 and finished with bronze in 2010. In 

Poland, the team will look to build on their second place 

finish at the 2013 Asian Championship, while overlooking 

a disappointing 15th place finish at the 2013 World League 

and a 19th in the 2014 edition. Their 2013 campaign was 

blighted by an injury to key player Moon Sung-Min. 

The team will be looking to use this World Championship 

as a jumping-off point towards qualifying for the Rio 

2016 Olympic Games. The nation’s last appearance at an 

Olympics was at Sydney 2000, when they finished ninth. 

COACH 


Manager: Kim Daewook 

Coach: Park Kiwon 

Assistant Coach: Im Dohun 

Doctor: Ha Sangchul 

Journalist: Kim Jongkeon 

Park Kiwon (KOR) 


Languages: KOR, ENG 


Coaching debut: 28.05.2011 v CUB 


Park Kiwon is a veteran of international volleyball. He 

played for Korea from 1972-78, competing at the 1972 

and 1976 Olympic Games. Park won a gold medal at the 

1978 Asian Games in Thailand and was a member of 

the Korean team that finished fourth at the 1978 World 

Championship in Italy. Highlights of his coaching include 

taking Iran’s men’s team to a silver medal at the 2002 

Asian Games and a bronze at the following year’s Asian 

Championship. In 2013 he led the Korean men’s team to a 

silver medal at the Asian Championship. 

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*including DPR Korea results

TEAM ROSTER 

KOR 


1 Song Myung-Geun Song Myunggeun 12.03.93 195 85 315 305 30 30 OK Saving Bank 

C 2 Han Sun-Soo Han Sunsoo 16.12.85 189 80 310 297 95 95 Korean Army 

3 Kim Gwang-Guk Kim Gwangguk 13.08.87 188 77 305 300 4 4 Woori Card 

4 Shin Yung-Suk Shin Yungsuk 04.10.86 198 90 335 325 104 104 Korean Army 

5 Kim Yo-Han Kim Yohan 16.08.85 200 95 335 326 5 128 133 LIG Insurance 

6 Lee Min-Gyu Lee Mingyu 03.12.92 194 78 305 295 26 26 OK Saving Bank 

7 Lee Sun-Kyu Lee Sunkyu 14.03.81 199 90 325 320 5 175 180 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance 

8 Park Sang-Ha Park Sangha 04.04.86 198 89 327 315 20 20 Korean Army 

9 Kwak Seung-Suk Kwak Seungsuk 23.03.88 190 81 325 320 17 17 Korean Airlines Co. 

10 Bu Yong-Chan Bu Yongchan 30.11.89 175 65 290 284 23 23 LIG Insurance 

11 Choi Min-Ho Choi Minho 28.04.88 198 86 330 312 10 10 Hyundai Capital 

12 Jeon Kwang-In Jeon Kwangin 18.09.91 194 82 310 300 65 65 Kepco 45 

13 Park Chul-Woo Park Chulwoo 25.07.85 198 88 332 319 91 91 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance 

14 Lee Kang-Joo Lee Kangjoo 30.06.83 185 75 305 290 76 76 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance 

15 Kim Jeong-Hwan Kim Jeonghwan 23.03.88 196 94 329 320 26 26 Woori Card 

16 Choi Hong-Suk Choi Hongsuk 26.06.88 195 80 328 320 47 47 Woori Card 

17 Seo Jae-Duck Seo Jaeduck 21.07.89 195 98 315 305 25 25 Kepco 45 

18 Ha Hyun-Yong Ha Hyunyong 09.05.82 198 88 330 322 101 101 LIG Insurance 

19 Jeong Minsu Jeong Minsu 05.10.91 178 75 270 250 1 1 Woori Card 

20 Song Hui-Chae Song Huichae 29.04.92 191 76 305 295 16 16 OK Saving Bank 


STATISTICS 

Age Oldest Lee Sunkyu 14.03.81 (33y5m) Youngest Song Myunggeun 12.03.93 (21y5m) 26y8m 

Height Tallest Kim Yohan 200cm Shortest Bu Yongchan 175cm 193cm 

Spike Highest Shin Yungsuk 335cm Shortest Jeong Minsu 270cm 316cm 

Block Highest Kim Yohan 326cm Shortest Jeong Minsu 250cm 306cm 

Caps Most Lee Sunkyu 180 Least Jeong Minsu 1 54 

Team average 


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POOLB 

KOREA 


1 

SONG MYUNGGEUN 

2 

HAN SUNSOO 

Name: Myung-geun Song 

Name: Sun-soo Han 

Age: 21 

Height: 195 


Age: 28 

Height: 189 



Born in: - 


Born in: - 

Hobby: Listening to Music - Lang.: Korean 

Lang.: Korean 

3 

KIM GWANGGUK 

4 

SHIN YUNGSUK 

Name: Gwang-guk Kim 

Name: Yung-suk Shin 

Age: 27 

Height: 188 


Age: 27 

Height: 198 



Born in: - 


Born in: Kyunggido 

Lang.: Korean 

Club debut: Songjeon Elementary School (Seoul) in 1997 - Intl. debut: 

Asia Pacfpic Cup (Japan) in 2005 - Lang.: Korean 

5 

KIM YOHAN 

6 

LEE MINGYU 

Name: Yo-han Kim 

Name: Min-gyu Lee 

Age: 29 

Height: 200 


Age: 21 

Height: 194 



Born in: Kwangju 


Born in: - 

Club debut: Kumho Elementary School (Gwangju) in 1996 - Intl. debut: 

2006 Asia Challenge Cup (Korea) in 2006 - Lang.: Korean 

Lang.: Korean 

7 

LEE SUNKYU 

8 

PARK SANGHA 

Name: Sun-kyu Lee 

Name: Sang-ha Park 

Age: 33 

Height: 199 


Age: 28 

Height: 198 



Born in: Kyunggi 


Born in: - 

Club debut: Daesin Middle School (Kyunggido) in 1997 - Intl. debut: 

2003 Asia Men’s Championship (China) in 2003 - Lang.: Korean 

Lang.: Korean 

9 

KWAK SEUNGSUK 

10 

BU YONGCHAN 

Name: Seung-suk Kwak 

Name: Yong-chan Bu 

Age: 26 

Height: 190 


Age: 24 

Height: 175 



Born in: Busan 


Born in: - 

Lang.: Korean 

Lang.: Korean 

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11 

CHOI MINHO 

12 

JEON KWANGIN 

Name: Min-ho Choi 

Name: Kwang-in Jeon 




Born in: Gyeongbuk 




Born in: Hadong 

KOR 

Lang.: Korean 

Lang.: Korean 

13 

PARK CHULWOO 

14 

LEE KANGJOO 

Name: Chul-woo Park 

Name: Kang-joo Lee 

Age: 29 

Height: 198 


Age: 31 

Height: 185 



Born in: Kyungbuk 


Born in: - 

Club debut: Kyungbuk High School (Kyungbuk) in 1998 - Intl. debut: 

2005 Asia Challenge Cup (China, Chinese Taiwan) in 2005 - Lang.: 

Korean 

Lang.: Korean 

15 

KIM JEONGHWAN 

16 

CHOI HONGSUK 

Name: Jeong-hwan Kim 

Name: Hong-suk Choi 

Age: 26 

Height: 196 


Age: 26 

Height: 195 



Born in: - 

Position: - 

Born in: - 

Lang.: Korean 

Lang.: Korean 

17 

SEO JAEDUCK 

18 

HA HYUNYONG 

Name: Jae-duck Seo 

Name: Hyun-yong Ha 

Age: 25 

Height: 195 


Age: 32 

Height: 198 



Born in: - 


Born in: - 

Lang.: Korean 

Lang.: Korean 

19 

JEONG MINSU 

Name: Minsu Jeong 

Age: 22 

Height: 178 



Born in: Seoul 

Lang.: Korean 

20 

SONG HUICHAE 

Name: Hui-chae Song 

Age: 22 

Height: 191 


Position: - 

Born in: - 


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KOREA 


POOLB 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

29 39 68 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

16 35 51 

World League 

W L T 

48 158 206 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

2 8 10 

World Cup 

W L T 

26 48 74 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2006 17 

1998 13 

1994 8 

1990 14 

1982 8 

1978 4 

1974 13 

1970 *9 

1962 *13 

1956 18 

2000 9 

1996 9 

1992 9 

1988 11 

1984 5 

1976 6 

1972 7 

1964 10 

2014 19 

2013 15 

2012 14 

2011 13 

2010 16 

2009 14 

2008 13 

2007 9 

2006 10 

1998 9 

1997 11 

1995 6 

1994 9 

1993 10 

1992 8 

1991 9 

2001 4 

1993 6 

2007 11 

2003 6 

1999 7 

1995 8 

1991 4 

1989 7 

1985 7 

1977 7 

2013 2 

2011 3 

2009 3 

2007 3 

2005 3 

2003 1 

2001 1 

1999 3 

1997 5 

1995 3 

1993 1 

1991 2 

1989 1 

1987 3 

1983 3 

1979 2 

1975 2 

4 4 8 16 



ARG 6 8 14 05.07.09 WL 2009 Prel. Round Buenos Aires 0-3 29-31 20-25 23-25 

AUS 1 3 4 09.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 1-3 22-25 17-25 25-23 20-25 

BEL 1 0 1 10.09.56 WCH 1956 Consolation Round 11 Paris 3-2 13-15 11-15 15-3 15-8 15-4 

BRA 5 27 32 04.07.10 WL 2010 Prel. Round Gwangju 1-3 18-25 23-25 25-23 15-25 

BUL 2 19 21 27.06.10 WL 2010 Prel. Round Varna 1-3 29-31 21-25 25-22 23-25 

CAN 7 7 14 15.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Mississauga 0-3 23-25 20-25 20-25 

CHN 10 9 19 07.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 3-2 25-21 22-25 25-20 14-25 15-13 

CMR 2 0 2 23.10.90 WCH 1990 Classification Round Curitiba 3-0 15-10 15-2 15-7 

CUB 1 42 43 19.06.11 WL 2011 Prel. Round Gwangju 0-3 23-25 13-25 18-25 


FIN 4 7 11 09.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Suwon 2-3 25-23 18-25 24-26 25-15 14-16 

FRA 8 11 19 01.07.12 WL 2012 Prel. Round Dallas 0-3 19-25 15-25 17-25 

GER 4 3 7 11.06.94 WL 1994 Group C Germany 1-3 8-15 12-15 15-5 12-15 

IRI 1 3 4 01.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 0-3 17-25 18-25 16-25 

ITA 3 32 35 30.06.12 WL 2012 Prel. Round Dallas 2-3 16-25 25-20 21-25 29-27 12-15 

MEX 2 0 2 24.09.78 WCH 1978 Group H Rome 3-0 15-8 15-7 15-7 

POL 2 1 3 26.09.78 WCH 1978 Group H Rome 3-1 15-7 11-15 16-14 15-10 

PUR 3 0 3 10.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 3-2 15-25 25-18 19-25 25-16 15-12 

RUS 5 27 32 19.07.08 WL 2008 Prel. Round Khanty-Mansiysk 3-2 20-25 17-25 25-19 25-23 15-13 

SRB 1 9 10 02.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 1-3 23-25 22-25 25-17 12-25 

TUN 9 1 10 23.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Hiroshima 3-2 25-17 23-25 21-25 25-22 15-9 

USA 6 17 23 29.06.12 WL 2012 Prel. Round Dallas 0-3 30-32 24-26 22-25 



Championships, WC=World Cup, WL=World League, WOQT=World Olympic Qualification Tournament. *DPR Korea. 

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KOR 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Jeon Kwang-In 

Jeon Kwang-In started playing volleyball as a child when 

his uncle encouraged him to try the sport. He made his 

international debut for Korea in the 2011 World League 

against Cuba, in Suwon, Korea. 

Jeon will make his World Championship debut in Poland, 

but the left-handed hitter is a veteran of two Asian 

Championships and four World Leagues. At the former he 

won a bronze medal in 2011 and a silver in 2013, and in 

the latter he has a best finish of 13th in 2011. 

At club level he has won several individual awards, 

including being named the 2013/14 V-League Rookie of 

the Year and the 2013 Most Valuable Player by the Korea 

Volleyball Association. In 2014 he suffered knee and back 

injuries, but has the ambition to win a gold medal at this 

year’s Asian Games in Incheon, Korea. 

Jeon studied Sports Science at Sungkyunkwan University 

in Seoul, Korea, and his idol is Korean volleyball player Yeo 

Oh-Hyun. 

Han Sun-Soo 

Han Sun-Soo has been playing volleyball since he was in 

grade four, when his coach encouraged him to join a new 

team that was forming at his primary school. Han finished 

second with Korea at the 2013 Asian Championship 

in Dubai, UAE, and third at the 2010 Asian Games in 

Guangzhou, China. He was named Best Setter at the 2009 

Asian Championship in Manila, Philippines, a tournament 

Korea finished in third position. Han has played in several 

World League campaigns with Korea, including the 2014 

tournament. He was named 2010/11 V-League Best Setter. 

Han started full-time national service in November 2013. 

In March 2014, the Ministry of Defence accepted a formal 

request from the Korean Olympic Committee and the 

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to allow Han to 

play at the 2014 World Championship and the 2014 Asian 

Games. 


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MEXICO 

POOL C 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

22 


10 th 1974 13 th 2010 5 

Mexico could be on the verge of establishing a new era in 

men’s volleyball with their qualification in the 2014 World 

Championship. This tournament will mark the nation’s 

fifth entry in the event, last qualifying four years ago and 

finishing in 13th place. 

Before the 2010 tournament, it had been 28 years since 

the nation last competed in the World Championship, 

qualifying three times in succession in 1974, 1978 and 

1982. Mexico’s highest finish came in their debut in 1974 

when it finished in 10th place on home soil. 

Mexico’s greatest achievements so far have been a silver 

(1955) and two bronze (1959, 1975) medals in the Pan 

American Games, and three silvers (1969, 1975, 1977) and 

two bronze (1971, 1979) at the NORCECA Championship. 

But the nation heads to Poland with confidence, having 

qualified for their first World League competition this 

year where they finished third in Pool F in Group 3 and 

25th overall and sixth at the Pan Am Cup in August. They 

finished fifth at the 2013 NORCECA Championships and 

fourth at the 2011 Pan American Games. 

COACH 

Sergio Hernandez (MEX) 

Birthdate: - 

Language: SPA 


Coaching debut: 08.08.2013 v TRI 


During a decade of involvement in the national set-up, 

Sergio Hernandez has coached Mexico’s junior men’s and 

senior women’s teams as well as the senior men’s side. He 

won a silver medal as head coach of the men’s team at 

the 2013 Pan American Cup. Earlier that year Hernandez 

helped coach the junior men’s team in their campaign at 

the Under-19 World Championship in Mexico. Hernandez 

will be looking to improve on Mexico’s 13th-place finish at 

the 2010 World Championship. He won a silver medal at 

the 2013 Pan American Cup in Mexico City, Mexico. 


Manager: Alfredo Ramirez Flores 

Coach: Sergio Hernandez 

Assistant Coach: Ivan Contreras 

Doctor: Kethzel Garcia Padron 

Physiotherapist: Daniela Vera Nava 

Journalist: Anakaren Avila Ceniceros 

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TEAM ROSTER 

MEX 


1 Vargas Daniel Vargas 01.09.86 199 85 340 330 1 1 Unam 

2 Valdes Loredo Jesus Valdemar Valdes 05.10.90 188 88 336 311 1 1 2 Tigres 

3 Macias Vargas Marco Antonio Vargas 12.02.85 193 86 344 330 3 3 A.J. Fonte do Bastardo 

4 Meyer Gustavo Meyer 03.10.79 193 84 340 330 5 20 25 Unam 

L 5 Rangel Jesus Rangel 20.09.80 193 82 337 330 1 40 41 Halcones 

L 6 Mendoza Perdomo José Roberto Mendoza 31.05.93 170 71 290 265 2 2 Imss 

7 Quiñones Jorge Quiñones 13.11.81 186 80 330 325 5 27 32 Guanajuato 

8 Herrera Edgar Herrera 22.01.88 194 75 330 320 1 8 9 Cocoteros 

C 9 Guerra Carlos Guerra 03.08.81 196 95 339 330 5 30 35 Chenois Geneve Volleyball (SUI) 

10 Rangel Pedro Rangel 16.09.88 194 78 340 324 Moerse 

11 Barajas Jorge Barajas 07.05.91 187 80 320 317 2 7 9 Tigres 

12 Martinez Jose Martinez 23.01.93 200 107 332 306 Imss 

13 Cordova Samuel Cordova 13.03.89 200 89 353 335 1 17 18 Cocoteros 

14 Aguilera Tomas Aguilera 15.11.88 202 95 350 340 1 15 16 Chihuahua 

15 Petris Martin Petris 23.07.90 195 80 337 322 4 4 Halcones 

16 Perales Jesus Alberto Perales 22.12.93 200 86 328 304 6 6 Halcones 

17 Orellana Nestor Orellana 07.01.92 190 84 332 327 1 1 Tigres 

18 Acosta Guerson Acosta 19.07.92 197 92 342 336 2 2 Tigres 

19 Guerrero Ismael Guerrero 15.03.88 204 85 348 336 1 4 5 Uas 

20 Duarte Julian Duarte 19.06.94 200 79 321 302 Sonora 


STATISTICS 

Age Oldest Meyer 03.10.79 (34y10m) Youngest Duarte 19.06.94 (20y2m) 26y1m 

Height Tallest Guerrero 204cm Shortest Mendoza 170cm 194cm 

Spike Highest Cordova 353cm Shortest Mendoza 290cm 334cm 

Block Highest Aguilera 340cm Shortest Mendoza 265cm 321cm 

Caps Most Rangel 41 First Duarte, Martinez, Rangel 11 

Team average 


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POOL C 

MEXICO 


1 VARGAS 

Name: Daniel Vargas 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

2 

VALDES 

Name: Jesus Valdemar Valdes Loredo 


Position: - 

Born in: Colima 

Club debut: Sinaloa (Guasave, Sinaloa) in 2004 - Intl. debut: 

Tournament Qualification (Long Beach, California, USA) in 2012 - 

Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Food: Tacos, Music: America Sierra, Other 

sports: Cristiano Ronaldo 

3 VARGAS 

Name: Marco Antonio Macias Vargas 


Position: - 

Born in: Mexico City 

Lang.: English, Spanish 

4 

MEYER 

Name: Gustavo Meyer 




Born in: Mexico City 

Club debut: Concordia Volleyball Näfels - Intl. debut: NORCECA - 

Lang.: Spanish, English, German 

5 

RANGEL 

Name: Jesus Rangel 




Born in: Monclova 

Club debut: Coahuila (Monclova) in 1994 - Intl. debut: NORCECA 

Championship (Mexico) - Hobby: Watch TV - Lang.: Spanish, English 

- Favourites: Book: Pilares de la Tierra, Food: Asado, Movie: Seven 

Pounds, Music: Ricardo Arjona, Other sports: Michael Jordan 

6 MENDOZA 

Name: José Roberto Mendoza Perdomo 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

7 QUIÑONES 

Name: Jorge Quiñones 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

8 

HERRERA 

Name: Edgar Herrera 


Position: - Born in: CD. Juarez Chihuahua 

Club debut: CD. Juarez Chihuahua in 2000 - Intl. debut: NORCECA 

(Mexico) in 2004 - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Food: Mexican food, 

Movie: Various, Music: Various 

9 GUERRA 

Name: Carlos Guerra 


Position: - 


Born in: Tampico 

10 

RANGEL 

Name: Pedro Rangel 




Born in: Monclova 

Club debut: Coahuila (Monclova) - Intl. debut: World Championship 

(Monterrey) - Hobby: Listen music - Favourites: Food: Pizza, Movie: 

Amar te Duele, Music: Sin Bandera 

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11 

BARAJAS 

12 

MARTINEZ 

Name: Jorge Barajas 

Name: Jose Martinez 




Born in: Armeria 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

MEX 

Club debut: Armeria (Colima) in 2000 - Intl. debut: World 

Championship U19 (Tijuana) in 2007 - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: 

Book: Breaking Dawn, Food: Tacos, Movie: Warrior, Music: Arrolladora 

Banda Limon, Other sports: Football 

13 

CORDOVA 

Name: Samuel Cordova 




Born in: - 

Club debut: Sonora in 2009 - Intl. debut: NORCECA U21 (El Salvador) 

in 2009 - Hobby: Cinema - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Book: The 

Bible, Food: Carne Asada, Movie: Transformers, Music: Mana, Coldplay, 

Other sports: Basketball / Kobe Bryant 

14 

AGUILERA 

Name: Tomas Aguilera 




Born in: Chihuahua 

Club debut: Chihuahua - Intl. debut: NORCECA (Mexico) - Hobby: 

Listen music - Lang.: Spanish, English - Favourites: Book: El Secreto, 

Food: Pizza, Movie: Ironman, Music: Wysin y Yandel, Other sports: 

Jordan 

15 PETRIS 

Name: Martin Petris 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

16 PERALES 

Name: Jesus Alberto Perales 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

17 

ORELLANA 

Name: Nestor Orellana 




Born in: Guadalajara 

Intl. debut: Sel. Jalisco (Guadalajara) in 2001 - Hobby: Books, movies, 

TV series - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Book: Hundred Years of 

Solitude, Food: Italian, Movie: A Beautiful Mind, Music: Coldplay, 

Michael Jackson, Other sports: Tennis, football, track and field 

18 

ACOSTA 

Name: Guerson Acosta 




Born in: Tampico 

Club debut: Tamaulipas (Tampico) in 2007 - Intl. debut: Panamerican 

Cup U21 (Panama) in 2011 - Hobby: Movie Teather - Lang.: Spanish 

- Favourites: Food: Pizza, Movie: Transformers, Music: Banda, Other 


19 

GUERRERO 

Name: Ismael Guerrero 




Born in: Sinaloa 

Club debut: UAS (Sinaloa) in 2009 - Intl. debut: Panamerican CUP 

(Puerto Rico) in 2011 - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Food: Mexican, 

Music: Banda 

20 DUARTE 

Name: Julian Duarte 


Position: - 


Born in: - 


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MEXICO 


POOL C 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

14 20 34 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

0 9 9 

World League 

W L T 

2 4 6 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

- - - 

World Cup 

W L T 

5 8 13 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 13 

1982 18 

1978 12 

1974 10 

1968 10 

2014 25 

1991 10 

1977 9 

2013 5 

2011 5 

2009 5 

2007 7 

2005 6 

2003 4 

2001 6 

1999 4 

1997 4 

1995 5 

1993 5 

1991 4 

1989 5 

1987 5 

1983 4 

1981 4 

1979 3 

1977 2 

1975 2 

1973 5 

1971 3 

1969 2 

3 2 5 



ARG 0 2 2 26.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Reggio Calabria 1-3 12-25 19-25 25-17 15-25 

AUS 1 0 1 07.10.82 WCH 1982 Group Y Buenos Aires 3-0 15-6 15-9 15-4 

BEL 2 1 3 23.10.74 WCH 1974 Finals 7-12 Toluca de Lerdo 3-2 15-2 6-15 15-10 11-15 16-14 

BRA 1 1 2 24.10.74 WCH 1974 Finals 7-12 Toluca de Lerdo 3-0 - 

BUL 0 3 3 30.09.78 WCH 1978 Qualification Match Rome 2-3 15-12 8-15 15-13 12-15 12-15 

CAN 1 2 3 29.08.11 NORCH 2011 Prel. Round Mayaguez 1-3 21-25 25-23 25-27 22-25 

CHN 

CMR 

CUB 0 6 6 13.06.14 WL 2014 - 3rd Group Prel. Round Tunis 0-3 23-25 16-25 20-25 

EGY 1 0 1 24.11.77 WC 1977 Round 9-12 Tokyo 3-0 15-3 20-18 15-4 

FIN 2 1 3 10.10.82 WCH 1982 Group Y Rosario 3-2 16-14 8-15 17-15 11-15 17-15 

FRA 0 1 1 08.10.82 WCH 1982 Group Y Buenos Aires 2-3 15-11 8-15 15-10 12-15 11-15 

GER 0 3 3 30.11.91 WC 1991 Consolation Round Tokyo 0-3 9-15 4-15 10-15 

IRI 1 0 1 01.12.91 WC 1991 Consolation Round Tokyo 3-1 16-14 15-6 7-15 15-5 

ITA 0 1 1 11.10.82 WCH 1982 Group Y Rosario 0-3 2-15 10-15 8-15 

KOR 0 2 2 24.09.78 WCH 1978 Group H Rome 0-3 8-15 7-15 7-15 

POL 0 3 3 22.09.78 WCH 1978 Group B Bergamo 0-3 13-15 7-15 4-15 

PUR 0 3 3 10.05.12 COQT 2012 Quarterfinals Long Beach, CA 1-3 21-25 23-25 25-20 19-25 

RUS 0 3 3 24.11.91 WC 1991 Group A Osaka 0-3 7-15 5-15 11-15 

SRB 0 1 1 02.10.10 WCH 2010 2nd Round Milan 0-3 23-25 18-25 19-25 

TUN 3 2 5 15.06.14 WL 2014 - 3rd Group Prel. Round Tunis 2-3 23-25 23-25 25-21 25-21 13-15 

USA 1 4 5 09.05.12 COQT 2012 Prel. Round Long Beach, CA 0-3 23-25 19-25 14-25 

VEN 2 0 2 27.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Reggio Calabria 3-0 25-22 25-20 25-20 



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MEX 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Pedro Rangel 

Pedro Rangel was a key part of Mexico’s qualification for 

Poland 2014 as he was the Most Valuable Player at the 

2014 NORCECA Qualification Tournament, where Mexico 

secured their place at this World Championship. 

His star performance was a repeat of four years ago when 

he was named Best Setter when helping Mexico qualify 

for the 2010 World Championship, and he was part of the 

team that finished 13th at that Championship in Italy. 

He has also played in two Pan American Games – finishing 

eighth in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and fourth in 

2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico. He was also part of the 

Mexico team that finished fifth at the 2013 NORCECA 

Championship in Langley, BC, Canada. 

His sister Andrea and brother Jesus have played volleyball 

in Mexico. In 2010, Pedro and Jesus played one season 

together for Palma in Spain. Born in Monclova, Mexico, he 

studied at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon in 

Mexico. 

Carlos Guerra 

Born in Tampico, Mexico, Carlos Guerra started playing 

volleyball when he was a teenager. He speaks English 

and Spanish, and studied Business Administration at 

Pennsylvania State University in the United States. 

Following his graduation, the outside hitter moved to 

Europe in 1998 to play volleyball. Since then, he has had 

two stints playing in Switzerland and has represented 

teams in Greece, Spain and Puerto Rico. The right-hander 

won the 2012 Swiss League Cup with Chenois Geneve 

Volleyball. 

As part of the Mexico team, he finished equal-13th at 

the 2010 World Championship in Italy, and was also a 

member of the national team that finished fourth at the 

2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. A year 

later he played in the 2012 NORCECA Continental Olympic 

Qualification Tournament in Long Beach, CA, United States. 


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POLAND 

POOL A 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

5 


1 st 1974 13 th 2010 16 1 1 

2 

Host nation Poland have competed in all but two World 

Championships since the inaugural 1949 event. The Poles 

missed out in 1990 and 1994. They have won two medals 

in the competition – a gold in 1974 and a silver in 2006. 

COACH 

Stéphane Antiga (FRA) 


Languages: ENG, GER, POL 

While Poland did not collect a bounty of medals between 

1949 and 1986, the nation also never fell below the top 

10 in the standings in that time. Last time out, in Italy four 

years ago, Poland finished in 13th place. 

With the benefit of passionate home support, the Poles 

enter this year’s tournament with high hopes after some 

promising, albeit variable, results in recent seasons. Poland 

won the 2012 World League but failed to qualify for the 

Finals in 2013. 

In 2014 they were denied a place in the Finals on set ratio, 

finishing fourth in Pool A of Group 1 and seventh overall. 

In another major tournaments Poland took silver at the 

2011 World Cup, but then finished fifth at the London 

2012 Olympic Games and ninth at the 2013 European 

Championship. 


Coaching debut: 16.05.2014 v LAT 


Stéphane Antiga played in his native France and later in 

Italy, Spain and Poland. He won league titles in France, 

Spain and Poland. Antiga played 306 matches for the 

French national side between 1998 and 2010 and also 

captained the squad. He won a bronze medal at the 2002 

World Championship. He signed for PGE Skra Belchatow 

in 2007. He left the club in 2011 but returned in 2013. 

He retired from playing after helping PGE Skra to win the 

Polish Championship in 2014. In October 2013, he signed 

a three-year contract as coach of Poland’s men’s team. 


Manager: Hubert Tomaszewski 

Coach: Stéphane Antiga 

Assistant Coach: Philippe Blain 

Doctor: Jan Sokal 

Physiotherapist: Pawel Brandt 

Journalist: Tomasz Swedrowski 

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POL 

TEAM ROSTER 

STATISTICS 


1 Nowakowski Piotr Nowakowski 18.12.87 205 90 355 340 6 6 138 150 Asseco Resovia 

C 2 Winiarski Michal Winiarski 28.09.83 200 82 345 332 17 12 182 211 Fakiel Novy Urengoy (RUS) 

3 Konarski Dawid Konarski 31.08.89 198 93 353 320 7 7 Asseco Resovia 

4 Wisniewski Lukasz Wisniewski 03.02.89 198 96 345 323 49 49 ZAKSA 

5 Zagumny Pawel Zagumny 18.10.77 200 88 336 317 20 12 373 405 ZAKSA 

6 Kurek Bartosz Kurek 29.08.88 205 87 352 326 6 6 175 187 Lube Banca Marche (ITA) 

7 Klos Karol Klos 08.08.89 201 87 357 326 17 17 PGE Skra 

8 Wrona Andrzej Wrona 27.12.88 205 95 350 265 11 11 PGE Skra 

9 Bociek Grzegorz Bociek 06.06.91 206 103 363 337 9 9 ZAKSA 

10 Wlazly Mariusz Wlazly 04.08.83 194 80 360 329 17 6 106 129 PGE Skra 

11 Drzyzga Fabian Drzyzga 03.01.90 196 90 325 304 8 27 35 Asseco Resovia 

12 Woicki Pawel Woicki 29.06.83 183 80 330 305 7 86 93 Transfer Bydgoszcz 

13 Kubiak Michal Kubiak 23.02.88 191 80 328 312 6 86 92 Jastrzebski Wegiel 

14 Ruciak Michal Ruciak 22.08.83 189 75 336 305 6 6 142 154 ZAKSA 

15 Zygadlo Lukasz Zygadlo 02.08.79 200 89 337 325 10 6 221 237 Zienit Kazan (RUS) 

16 Ignaczak Krzysztof Ignaczak 15.05.78 188 86 330 315 9 18 286 313 Asseco Resovia 

17 Zatorski Pawel Zatorski 21.06.90 184 73 328 304 8 14 22 PGE Skra 

18 Mozdzonek Marcin Mozdzonek 09.02.85 211 93 358 338 6 13 162 181 ZAKSA 

19 Wojtaszek Damian Wojtaszek 07.09.88 180 76 330 301 5 5 Jastrzebski Wegiel 

20 Mika Mateusz Mika 21.01.91 206 86 352 320 8 51 59 Montpellier UC (FRA) 

21 Buszek Rafal Buszek 28.04.87 194 81 345 327 Indykpol AZS 

22 Perlowski Lukasz Perlowski 03.04.84 203 88 355 335 7 7 Asseco Resovia 


Age Oldest Zagumny 18.10.77 (36y10m) Youngest Bociek 06.06.91 (23y2m) 28y3m 

Height Tallest Mozdzonek 211cm Shortest Wojtaszek 180cm 197cm 

Spike Highest Bociek 363cm Shortest Drzyzga 325cm 344cm 

Block Highest Nowakowski 340cm Shortest Wrona 265cm 318cm 

Caps Most Zagumny 405 First Buszek 108 

Team average 


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POOL A 

POLAND 


1 

NOWAKOWSKI 

Name: Piotr Nowakowski 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Zyrardow 

Club debut: LKS Wrzos (Miedzyborow) in 2002 - Intl. debut: H. 

Wagner Memorial 2008 (Olsztyn) in 2008 - Hobby: Internet - Lang.: 

Polish, English, Russian - Favourites: Food: Pasta with chicken, Movie: 

Comedies, Music: Radio 

3 

KONARSKI 

Name: Dawid Konarski 




Born in: Swiecie 

Club debut: BKS ”Chemik” (Bydgoszcz) in 2005 - Favourites: Book: 

Harry Potter, Food: Fast Food, Movie: Forest Gump, Music: House Music 

2 

4 

WINIARSKI 

Name: Michal Winiarski 


Position: Universal Born in: Bydgoszcz 

Club debut: Chemik (Bydgoszcz) in 1995 - Intl. debut: in 2004 - Lang.: 

Polish - Favourites: Book: Agatha Christie, Food: Meat, Movie: Thrillers, 


WISNIEWSKI 

Name: Lukasz Wisniewski 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Wlodawa 

Club debut: UKS Serbinów Biala Podlaska in 2004 - Intl. debut: 

EEVZA (Latvia) in 2006 - Hobby: Football, basketball - Lang.: Polish - 

Favourites: Book: Angels and demons, Food: Italian, Movie: Quo Vadis 

5 

ZAGUMNY 

Name: Pawel Zagumny 



Born in: Jaslo 

Club debut: MDK (Warszawa) in 1997 - Intl. debut: Junior World 

Championship (Bahrain) in 1998 - Lang.: Polish, Italian - Favourites: 

Book: Forsyth, Food: Hungarian, Movie: All with Robert de Niro, Music: 

Soul, Other sports: Basketball 

6 

KUREK 

Name: Bartosz Kurek 




Born in: Walbrzych 

Club debut: AZS PWSZ (Nysa) in 1999 - Intl. debut: Poland in 2004 - 

Hobby: Sports - Lang.: Polish, English - Favourites: Book: Harry Potter, 

Food: Pizza 

7 

KLOS 

Name: Karol Klos 




Born in: Warszawa 

Club debut: KS Metro Warszawa (Warsaw) in 2005 - Intl. debut: 

EEVZAl (Latvia) in 2006 - Lang.: Polish, English - Favourites: Food: 

Pizza, Movie: 8 Mile, Other sports: Football 

8 WRONA 

Name: Andrzej Wrona 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

9 BOCIEK 

Name: Grzegorz Bociek 




Born in: - 

10 

WLAZLY 

Name: Mariusz Wlazly 




Born in: Wielun 

Club debut: WKS (Wielun) in 1996 - Intl. debut: European 

Championships in 2004 - Hobby: Sports - Lang.: English - Favourites: 

Book: Science Fiction, Food: McDonalds and KFC, Movie: The Matrix, 

Testosterone, Music: Pop, rock, hip hop, Other sports: Football, tennis 

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11 

DRZYZGA 

Name: Fabian Drzyzga 




Born in: Bordeaux 

Club debut: AZS Olsztyn (Olsztyn) in 2002 - Intl. debut: EEVZA (Latvia) 

in 2006 - Hobby: Listening to music, watching NBA - Lang.: Polish - 

Favourites: Book: Quo Vadis, Food: Seafood, Movie: Honey 

12 

WOICKI 

Name: Pawel Woicki 


Position: Setter Born in: Tomaszow Mazowiecki 

Club debut: Lechia (Tomaszow Maz) in 1995 - Intl. debut: European 

Championship 2005 (Rome, Italy) in 2002 - Hobby: Computer, music - 

Lang.: Polish, German - Favourites: Book: Adventure, Food: Spaghetti, 

Movie: Polish comedies, Music: Jazz, Other sports: Football 

POL 

13 

KUBIAK 

Name: Michal Kubiak 


Position: - 


Born in: Walcz 

Club debut: UKS Liliput (Walcz) in 1996 - Intl. debut: Poland in 2005 - 

Lang.: Polish - Favourites: Book: Lord of the Rings, Food: Pizza, Movie: 

Matrix 

14 

RUCIAK 

Name: Michal Ruciak 




Born in: Swinoujscie 

Club debut: Maraton (Swinoujscie) in 2002 - Intl. debut: in 2004 - 

Hobby: Car racing - Lang.: Polish - Favourites: Book: Camouflage - 

Colin Forbes, Movie: Lord of the Rings, Music: Pop 

15 

ZYGADLO 

Name: Lukasz Zygadlo 




Born in: Sulechow 

Club debut: Orion (Sulechow) in 1990 - Intl. debut: World League 

2000 (Spokane) in 2000 - Hobby: Listening to music, diving, surfing 

- Lang.: Polish, English, Russian - Favourites: Food: Italian, Japanese, 

Music: Depeche Mode, Other sports: Diving 

17 

ZATORSKI 

Name: Pawel Zatorski 




Born in: Lódz 

Club debut: Skra Belchatów (Belchatów) in 2000 - Intl. debut: EEVZA 

(Latvia) in 2006 - Hobby: Internet - Lang.: Polish, English - Favourites: 

Book: Da Vinci Code, Food: Italian, Movie: Testament of Materese 

16 

IGNACZAK 

Name: Krzysztof Ignaczak 



Born in: Walbrzych 

Club debut: KS Chelmiec (Walbrzych) in 1997 - Intl. debut: World 

League in 2000 - Hobby: Sports - Lang.: Polish - Favourites: Food: 

Pizza, Movie: movies with Sandra Bullock, Other sports: Basketball 

18 

MOZDZONEK 

Name: Marcin Mozdzonek 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Olsztyn 

Club debut: AZS (Olsztyn) in 1999 - Intl. debut: Junior European 

Championship (Zagreb, Croatia) in 2003 - Hobby: Sports - Lang.: 

Polish, English, Russian - Favourites: Movie: Spiderman, Music: Doda, 

Other sports: Water Polo 

19 WOJTASZEK 

Name: Damian Wojtaszek 


Position: - 

Club debut: AZS Politechnika in 2008 


Born in: - 

20 

MIKA 

Name: Mateusz Mika 




Born in: Kobiernice 

Club debut: Hejnal Kety (Kety) in 2002 - Intl. debut: EEVZA (Latvia) 

in 2006 - Hobby: Reading books - Lang.: Polish, English - Favourites: 

Book: Green Mile, Food: Pizza, Movie: American Beauty, Music: Jazz, 

Rock 

21 

BUSZEK 

Name: Rafal Buszek 




Born in: Debica 

Club debut: Blekitni (Ropczyce) in 2000 - Intl. debut: WL 2009 (Various 

cities) in 2009 - Lang.: Polish 

22 PERLOWSKI 

Name: Lukasz Perlowski 




Born in: - 

Club debut: Resovia (Rzeszow) - Intl. debut: in 2006 - Lang.: Polish, 

English 


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POLAND 

3 3 1 7 


POOL A 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

82 46 128 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

27 23 50 

World League 

W L T 

128 98 226 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

2 3 5 

World Cup 

W L T 

27 12 39 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 13 

2006 2 

2002 9 

1998 17 

1986 9 

1982 6 

1978 8 

1974 1 

1970 5 

1966 6 

1962 6 

1960 4 

1956 4 

1952 7 

1949 5 

2012 5 

2008 5 

2004 5 

1996 11 

1980 4 

1976 1 

1972 9 

1968 5 

2014 7 

2013 11 

2012 1 

2011 3 

2010 10 

2009 11 

2008 5 

2007 4 

2006 7 

2005 4 

2004 7 

2003 9 

2002 5 

2001 7 

2000 8 

1999 8 

1998 10 

2009 4 

2011 2 

1981 4 

1977 4 

1969 8 

1965 2 

2013 9 

2011 3 

2009 1 

2007 11 

2005 5 

2003 5 

2001 5 

1995 6 

1993 7 

1991 7 

1989 7 

1985 4 

1983 2 

1981 2 

1979 2 

1977 2 

1975 2 

1971 6 

1967 3 

1963 6 

1958 6 

1955 6 

1950 6 

1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 5 2 8 



ARG 22 5 27 30.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Gdansk 3-1 18-25 25-21 26-24 25-17 

AUS 4 1 5 06.08.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 1-3 21-25 22-25 25-18 22-25 

BEL 4 1 5 07.09.07 ECH 2007 Group B Moscow 1-3 22-25 25-23 14-25 24-26 

BRA 15 35 50 22.06.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Bydgoszcz 0-3 21-25 16-25 17-25 

BUL 20 27 47 13.07.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Varna 2-3 25-20 25-23 21-25 21-25 17-19 

CAN 9 0 9 16.06.12 WL 2012 Prel. Round Tampere 3-0 26-24 25-22 25-23 

CHN 15 2 17 27.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Fukuoka 3-1 17-25 25-20 25-21 25-19 

CMR 

CUB 9 11 20 06.07.12 WL 2012 Finals Sofia 3-0 25-23 25-20 25-23 

EGY 9 1 10 29.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Fukuoka 3-0 25-21 26-24 25-21 


FRA 18 8 26 23.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Toulouse 2-3 21-25 25-23 20-25 25-21 13-15 

GER 16 10 26 10.09.11 ECH 2011 Prel. Round Prague 3-1 25-19 25-21 22-25 25-22 

IRI 4 3 7 05.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Gdansk 3-0 25-23 25-20 25-17 

ITA 14 13 27 15.06.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Lodz 3-1 25-22 25-23 23-25 25-15 

KOR 1 2 3 26.09.78 WCH 1978 Group H Rome 1-3 7-15 15-11 14-16 10-15 

MEX 3 0 3 22.09.78 WCH 1978 Group B Bergamo 3-0 15-13 15-7 15-4 

PUR 5 0 5 25.06.11 WL 2011 Prel. Round Plock 3-0 25-19 25-22 25-20 

RUS 15 47 62 08.08.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 0-3 17-25 23-25 21-25 

SRB 23 13 36 21.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Nagoya 3-1 21-25 25-18 25-19 30-28 

TUN 5 0 5 25.11.06 WCH 2006 Group E Sendai 3-0 25-22 25-18 25-23 

USA 16 10 26 07.07.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Wroclaw 3-1 25-23 17-25 25-21 25-23 

VEN 13 2 15 04.07.09 WL 2009 Prel. Round Wroclaw 3-1 27-29 25-14 25-21 25-22 

W=Won, L=Lost, T=Total matches played. Competitions: ECH=European Championship, OG=Olympic Games, WCH=World Championships, 

WC=World Cup, WL=World League. 

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POL 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Mariusz Wlazly 

Mariusz Wlazly was recalled to the Poland team in 2014, 

after not featuring since 2010. Despite this absence, he 

remains a vastly experienced player as he was part of 

Poland’s team at the previous two World Championships, 

and won a silver with the team at the 2006 edition in Japan. 

He has also played at several other tournaments including 

the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the 2007 and 2008 

World Leagues, and the 2005 European Championship. 

His early career was hampered by injuries, including painful 

cramp. He injured his knee prior to qualification matches 

for the 2008 Olympic Games, and then injured his left 

thumb just before the Games. He then broke the same 

thumb while competing in Beijing. 

Wlazly started playing volleyball in 1995 in Wielun, Poland, 

after being inspired to try the sport after watching the 

national team play on television. He was the Best Scorer 

and Best Server in the Polish Plusliga for the 2013/14 

season, and has been named Player of the Season by Polish 

newspaper Sport Review on five occasions. 

Michal Winiarski 

Michal Winiarski began playing volleyball in primary 

school because his body shape was suited to it. He made 

his international debut for Poland at the 2004 Olympic 

Qualification Tournament in Germany. He made his 

Olympic debut at the 2008 Games, where Poland finished 

equal-fifth and Winiarski was named Best Receiver. He was 

part of the Poland team that finished fifth at the 2012 

Olympic Games in London. 

In 2009 he was out for a month due to two herniated 

discs, an injury that dated back to the Beijing 2008 Olympic 

Games. He had rehab on the injury during the 2008/09 

season, but eventually required surgery. This was followed by 

shoulder and knee problems, and the combination of injuries 

caused him to miss Poland’s victorious 2009 European 

Championship campaign. Winiarski was part of the Poland 

team that won the 2012 World League, and had previously 

been named Best Receiver in the 2007 World League. 


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PUERTO RICO 

POOL D 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

21 


12 th 2006 13 th 2010 4 

The 24th and final qualifier for Poland 2014 – clinching 

their place in July after beating Dominican Republic in 

the NORCECA playoff – Puerto Rico are making a third 

successive appearance at the World Championships. 

COACH 

David Aleman (USA) 


Languages: ENG, SPA 

They finished 12th in 2006 and 13th four years ago in Italy. 

It is their fourth appearance overall, having also qualified 

in 1974 when they finished in 23rd place. A finish in the 

top half of the rankings would be considered a success for 

a country that has only recently begun to appear regularly 

on the world stage. 

Since their return to the World Championship in 2006 the 

Puerto Ricans have qualified for one World Cup (2007) and 

made their first World League appearance (2011). 

In the most recent NORCECA Championship they finished 

fourth, and in the 2014 World League they finished bottom 

of Pool G of Group 3 and 27th overall in only their second 

appearance at the event. 

The nation’s high in major international play came in 2007, 

when they took silver at both the NORCECA Championship 

and Pan American Cup. 


Coaching debut: 19.08.2013 v BRA 


David Aleman was appointed head coach of the Puerto Rico 

men’s team in January 2013 having previously carried out 

the role for the national women’s team. The men’s team’s 

greatest successes of recent seasons came in 2010 when they 

captured gold at the Central American and Caribbean Games 

and took bronze at the Pan American Cup. Aleman has tasted 

glory as a head coach at club level in Puerto Rico. He guided 

the Arecibo Captains men’s team to the league title in 2013. 

On the world stage, he coached the island’s women’s team to 

12th place at the 2002 World Championship. 


Manager: Nelson Perez Cruz 

Coach: David Aleman 

Assistant Coach: Ramon Lawrence 

Doctor: Dr. Jose F. Garcia Troncoso 

Physiotherapist: Wilfredo Nazario 

Journalist: Humberto Pagan Moreno 

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PUR 

STATISTICS 


1 Rivera Jose Rivera 02.07.77 192 85 325 320 11 29 40 Carolina 

2 Goas Edgardo Goas 27.01.89 197 95 345 330 36 36 Arecibo 

3 Figueroa Juan Figueroa 06.03.86 189 88 335 325 7 50 57 Guaynabo 

4 Del Valle Dennis Del Valle 27.01.89 175 58 300 290 8 39 47 Guaynabo 

5 Muñiz Roberto Muñiz 11.06.80 196 92 333 326 11 42 53 Arecibo 

6 Perez Angel Perez 20.05.82 190 86 325 318 16 43 59 Guaynabo 

7 Vazquez Juan Vazquez 23.01.91 188 82 298 292 National Team 

8 Núñez Josue Núñez 07.05.85 196 74 306 299 6 6 Guaynabo 

9 Mulero Jose Miguel Mulero 25.10.91 170 63 298 284 16 16 Mayaguez 

10 Cruz Ezequiel Cruz 15.07.86 193 88 320 310 9 9 Guaynabo 

11 Torres Maurice Torres 06.07.91 68 192 305 299 National Team 

12 Soto Hector Soto 20.06.78 197 85 340 332 13 62 75 Guaynabo 

13 Sanchez Sequiel Sanchez 24.03.90 182 83 290 275 11 11 Guaynabo 

14 Roman Mannix Roman 17.01.83 190 85 295 288 11 11 Guaynabo 

15 Guzman Pablo Guzman 02.06.87 188 67 292 288 Guaynabo 

16 Rivera Jackson Rivera 19.08.87 186 66 360 350 Guaynabo 

17 Sierra Pedrito Sierra 21.07.89 196 89 305 298 16 16 Fajardo 

18 Rivera Omar Rivera 13.06.89 190 88 290 286 11 11 National Team 

19 Ortiz Jean Carlos Ortiz 23.02.88 193 77 288 281 Guaynabo 

20 Morales Fernando Morales 04.02.82 186 68 325 318 11 43 54 Guaynabo 

21 Menendez David Menendez 22.02.88 189 87 315 308 5 5 Corozal 

22 Berrios Gregory Berrios 24.01.79 182 83 305 299 16 53 69 Arecibo 


Age Oldest Rivera 02.07.77 (37y1m) Youngest Mulero 25.10.91 (22y10m) 28y6m 

Height Tallest Goas 197cm Shortest Torres 68cm 183cm 

Spike Highest Rivera 360cm Shortest Ortiz 288cm 313cm 

Block Highest Rivera 350cm Shortest Sanchez 275cm 305cm 

Caps Most Soto 75 First Five players 26 

Team average 


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PUERTO RICO 


1 

RIVERA 

Name: Jose Rivera 




Born in: Chicago, USA 

Intl. debut: Pan American Games (Santo Domingo, Dominican 

Republic) in 2003 - Hobby: Watching TV, reading - Lang.: English, 

Spanish - Favourites: Book: Paulo Coehlo, Food: Pasta, Music: Rock, 


3 

FIGUEROA 

Name: Juan Figueroa 





Intl. debut: NORCECA Junior Championships (Santo Domingo, 

Dominican Republic) in 2002 - Lang.: English, Spanish - Favourites: 

Food: Rice and Beans & Chicken, Music: Reggaeton, Other sports: 

Basketball 

5 

MUÑIZ 

Name: Roberto Muñiz 




Born in: Yauco 

Club debut: Yauco in 1996 - Intl. debut: NORCECA Junior 

Championships (Dominican Rep.) in 1998 - Hobby: Beach, tennis, pool 

- Lang.: Spanish, English - Favourites: Food: Rice, Beans, Steak, Onions, 

Movie: Saw, Other sports: Michael Jordan, Andre Agassi 

2 

4 

DEL VALLE 

Name: Dennis Del Valle 




Born in: Santurce 

Club debut: Avoli (Toa Baja) in 1997 - Intl. debut: NORCECA U21 Champ. 

(Monterrey, Mexico) in 2006 - Hobby: Go to the Movie - Lang.: Spanish, 

English - Favourites: Book: The Hocket, Food: Rice, Pasta, Movie: White Chicks, 

Glory Road, Music: Sin Bandera, Zion, Other sports: Ping Pong, Softball 

6 

GOAS 

Name: Edgardo Goas 



PEREZ 

Name: Angel Perez 





Club debut: Borinquen in 2001 - Intl. debut: NORCECA Junior 

Championship (Monterrey, Mexico) in 2006 - Hobby: Play volleyball 

- Lang.: Spanish, English - Favourites: Food: Rice, Beans, Barbecued 

steak, Movie: Savages, Other sports: Kobe Bryant 



Intl. debut: World Championship Qualification (Caguas) in 2005 - 

Hobby: Going to the beach, movies, reading - Favourites: Book: Paulo 

Coehlo, Food: Pasta, Movie: Anything, Music: Anything 

7 

VAZQUEZ 

8 

NÚÑEZ 

Name: Juan Vazquez 

Name: Josue Núñez 

Age: 23 

Height: 188 


Age: 29 

Height: 196 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

Position: - 

Born in: - 

9 

MULERO 

Name: Jose Miguel Mulero 


Position: - 

Born in: Caguas 

Club debut: Criollas de Caguas (Caguas) in 2000 - Intl. debut: High 

Performance USA (Fort Lauderdale, USA) in 2005 - Hobby: Beach, 

friends - Favourites: Book: Felices Días Tío Sergio, Food: Chicken salad 

and rice 

10 

CRUZ 

Name: Ezequiel Cruz 




Born in: Puerto Rico 

Hobby: Beach, movies, sleeping - Lang.: Spanish, English - Favourites: 

Book: Angels and Demons, Food: Barbecued steak, Movie: Rambo, 

Music: Calle 13, Other sports: Baseball 

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11 

TORRES 

12 

SOTO 

Name: Maurice Torres 

Name: Hector Soto 


Position: - 


Born in: - 





PUR 

Club debut: Arroyo in 1994 - Intl. debut: Junior World Championships 

(Malaysia) in 1995 - Hobby: Watching movies, playing golf - Lang.: 

Spanish, English, Italian - Favourites: Book: Angels and Demons, Food: 

Lasagne, Movie: Forrest Gump, Other sports: Golf, basketball 

13 

SANCHEZ 

Name: Sequiel Sanchez 




Born in: Mayaguez 

Club debut: Torrimar (Guaynabo) in 2004 - Intl. debut: NORCECA U19 Champ. 

(Bayaguana, Dominican Rep.) in 2006 - Hobby: Go the beach - Lang.: Spanish, 

English - Favourites: Book: 100 Years of Solitude, Food: Chicken, Rice, Beans, 

Movie: Harry Potter, Music: Gilberto Santarosa, Other sports: Basketball 

14 ROMAN 

Name: Mannix Roman 



Lang.: English, Spanish 


Born in: San Sebastian 

15 

GUZMAN 

16 

RIVERA 

Name: Pablo Guzman 

Name: Jackson Rivera 

Age: 27 

Height: 188 


Age: 27 

Height: 186 


Position: - 



Born in: Aguadilla 

Lang.: Spanish, English 


17 SIERRA 

Name: Pedrito Sierra 


Position: - 

19 ORTIZ 

Name: Jean Carlos Ortiz 





Born in: - 



18 

RIVERA 

Name: Omar Rivera 




Born in: Bayamon 

Club debut: Naranjito (Naranjito) in 2003 - Intl. debut: NORCECA U21 

Championship (Monterrey, Mexico) in 2006 - Hobby: Listen music - 

Lang.: Spanish, English - Favourites: Book: War of the Worlds, Movie: 

Lord of the Rings, Music: All, Other sports: Basketball 

20 

MORALES 

Name: Fernando Morales 


Position: Setter Born in: Puerto Rico 

Club debut: San Juan in 1996 - Intl. debut: NORCECA Continental 

Championships (Bridgetown, Barbados) in 2001 - Hobby: Going to the 

beach, reading - Lang.: Spanish, English - Favourites: Book: Angels and 

Demons, Food: Lasagne, Movie: Anger Management 

21 

MENENDEZ 

Name: David Menendez 




Born in: - 

Hobby: Movies and going to the beach - Favourites: Book: The Da Vinci 

Code, Food: Puerto Rican food, Movie: Angels and Demons, Music: 

Mana, Other sports: Basketball 

22 BERRIOS 

Name: Gregory Berrios 





Club debut: San Juan in 1998 - Intl. debut: Central American & 

Caribbean Games (El Salvador) in 2002 - Hobby: Watch TV, listen to 

music, go to the movies - Lang.: Spanish, English - Favourites: Book: 

Paulo Coelho, Movie: All, Music: All 


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POOL D 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

6 21 27 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

- - - 

World League 

W L T 

2 16 18 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

- - - 

World Cup 

W L T 

5 6 11 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 13 

2006 12 

1974 23 

2014 27 

2011 16 

2007 6 2013 4 

2011 4 

2009 3 

2007 2 

2005 5 

2003 5 

2001 5 

1999 5 

1997 5 

1995 4 

1993 4 

1991 5 

1989 4 

1987 6 

1985 6 

1983 5 

1981 5 

1977 4 

1973 4 

1971 4 

1969 6 

1 1 2 



ARG 1 1 2 25.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Fukuoka 2-3 25-19 25-22 16-25 21-25 13-15 


BEL 

BRA 0 5 5 19.06.11 WL 2011 Prel. Round São Paulo 0-3 10-25 20-25 20-25 

BUL 0 1 1 20.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Matsumoto 1-3 25-19 18-25 25-27 17-25 

CAN 1 8 9 11.05.12 COQT 2012 Semifinals Long Beach, CA 2-3 25-22 23-25 25-19 23-25 11-15 

CHN 3 4 7 15.06.14 WL 2014 - 3rd Group Prel. Round Kosice 0-3 28-30 18-25 20-25 

CMR 1 0 1 26.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Modena 3-0 25-22 25-23 25-19 

CUB 0 2 2 12.05.12 COQT 2012 Classif. Long Beach, CA 0-3 20-25 21-25 15-25 

EGY 1 1 2 18.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Matsumoto 3-0 25-17 25-19 25-17 

FIN 

FRA 0 1 1 18.10.74 WCH 1974 Group M Monterrey 0-3 13-15 11-15 5-15 

GER 0 2 2 30.09.10 WCH 2010 2nd Round Catania 0-3 22-25 22-25 18-25 

IRI 0 1 1 06.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 1-3 24-26 16-25 25-22 20-25 

ITA 0 2 2 02.10.10 WCH 2010 2nd Round Catania 1-3 22-25 16-25 25-18 21-25 

KOR 0 3 3 10.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 2-3 25-15 18-25 25-19 16-25 12-15 

MEX 3 0 3 10.05.12 COQT 2012 Quarterfinals Long Beach, CA 3-1 25-21 25-23 20-25 25-19 

POL 0 5 5 25.06.11 WL 2011 Prel. Round Plock 0-3 19-25 22-25 20-25 

RUS 0 3 3 27.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Modena 2-3 25-21 14-25 21-25 25-23 11-15 


TUN 1 1 2 30.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Tokyo 3-0 25-17 25-17 25-23 

USA 1 5 6 02.09.11 NORCH 2011 Semifinals Mayaguez 0-3 14-25 16-25 24-26 



WCH=World Championships, WC=World Cup, WL=World League, WOQT=World Olympic Qualification Tournament. 

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PUR 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Maurice Torres 

Maurice Torres was named Most Valuable Player at the 

2014 NORCECA Play-off Tournament, where Puerto Rico 

qualified for Poland 2014. Previously the right-handed 

opposite hitter had top-scored for Puerto Rico in all six 

of their World League group games, and led them in stuff 

blocks and service. 

His form was clear for all to see after he finished the Pan 

American Cup where Puerto Rico, finished fourth, as joint 

top scorer. 

Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Torres originally entered the 

United States national programme in 2007, and competed 

for them at junior level. 

In 2014 he switched to compete for Puerto Rico as he 

considers it home, and also due to his family’s sporting 

history representing the territory – both his father and 

mother have represented Puerto Rico in the Deaflympics. 

His sister plays volleyball in the US college system. 

Hector Soto 

Hector Soto has been a member of the Puerto Rico national 

team since 1997. He was the top scorer at the 2006 

World Championship in Japan and played at the 2010 

World Championship in Italy. Soto was part of the silver 

medal-winning Puerto Rico team for the 2007 NORCECA 

Championship in Anaheim, CA, United States, as well as 

the 2009 NORCECA Championship in Bayamon, Puerto 

Rico, where they finished third. He was the Best Scorer at 

the 2007 World Cup in Japan. 

Soto won several awards while playing college volleyball 

at the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne in 

Indiana, United States, including being named in the All- 

Conference First Team four times. In 2013 he switched 

to play beach volleyball as he wanted a new challenge, 

but returned to indoor volleyball in 2014. Soto captained 

Puerto Rico in the 2014 World League. 


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RUSSIA 

POOL C 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

2 


6x 1 st LAST: 1982 5 th 2010 18 6 3 3 

12 

138 

The reigning Olympic champions head into the World 

Championship ranked world number two. And while the 

participation of Russia in the World Championship – five 

appearances (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010) and one 

medal (silver in 2002) – may not look overly impressive, 

the history of men’s volleyball in the region is remarkable. 

When the nation was part of the Soviet Union, the team 

won six world championships, took silver in two and bronze 

in three. Only once did the USSR finish outside the medal 

places, ending in sixth in 1970. Since the dissolution of 

the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Russia have remained 

strong, never finishing outside the top seven. Four years 

ago the nation took fifth place. 

Since then, though, Andrey Voronkov’s team have shown 

why they are currently among the top seeds. Russia have 

beaten Brazil – the reigning world champion – three times 

in international events in the past two years, including in 

the gold-medal match at the 2012 Olympic Games. 

Either side of that triumph, Russia won the World League and 

World Cup in 2011, and two years later regained the World 

League and added a first ever European Championship to 

their roll of honour. They will be looking to bounce back from 

a disappointing fifth place finish at the 2014 World League 

where they lost to Iran and Brazil in the Finals. 

COACH 


Andrey Voronkov (RUS) 


Language: RUS 

Manager: Igor Artamonov 

Coach: Andrey Voronkov 

Assistant Coach: Sergio Busato 

Doctor: Gurgen Arutyunov 

Physiotherapist: Pavel Grevtsov 

Journalist: Vladimir Mozhaytsev 


Coaching debut: 07.06.2013 v IRI 


Andrey Voronkov won the 1993 Russia Cup as a player 

and the following year took a silver medal at the European 

Volleyball Confederation Cup. After moving to NETAS 

Istanbul in Turkey, he won national titles in 1996, 1997 

and 1998 and the Turkish Cup in 1997, 1998 and 1999. He 

appeared in 26 international matches for Russia, winning 

a silver medal at the 1998 World League. As a coach with 

Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, he won the Russia Cup in 2010 

and 2011 and the CEV Champions League in 2013. He 

guided Russia to the 2013 European Championship title. 

*including USSR results

TEAM ROSTER 

RUS 


1 Butko Alexander Butko 18.03.86 198 97 339 327 8 44 52 Lokomotiv 

C 2 Makarov Sergey Makarov 28.03.80 196 97 337 329 9 84 93 Kuzbass 

3 Apalikov Nikolay Apalikov 26.08.82 203 103 353 344 8 88 96 ZENIT Kazan 

4 Khtey Taras Khtey 22.05.82 205 109 351 339 15 15 123 153 Belogorie 

5 Grankin Sergey Grankin 21.01.85 195 96 351 320 18 15 178 211 Dinamo 

6 Berezhko Yury Berezhko 27.01.84 196 93 346 338 11 15 107 133 Dinamo 

7 Pavlov Nikolay Pavlov 22.05.82 196 93 342 321 38 38 Gubernia 

8 Biriukov Denis Biryukov 08.12.88 202 93 352 324 9 72 81 Dinamo 

9 Spiridonov Alexey Spiridonov 26.06.88 196 96 347 328 47 47 ZENIT Kazan 

10 Savin Sergey Savin 07.10.88 201 92 343 325 14 14 Gubernia 

11 Ashchev Andrey Ashchev 10.05.83 202 105 350 338 26 26 ZENIT Kazan 

12 Smoliar Artem Smoliar 04.02.85 209 97 362 343 6 6 Gazprom-Yugra 

13 Muserskiy Dmitriy Muserskiy 29.10.88 218 104 375 347 8 8 86 102 Belogorie 

14 Volvich Artem Volvich 22.01.90 208 96 350 330 22 22 Lokomotiv 

15 Ilinykh Dmitriy Ilinykh 31.01.87 201 92 338 330 8 74 82 Belogorie 

16 Kruglov Pavel Kruglov 17.09.85 205 98 351 342 120 120 Dinamo 

17 Bragin Roman Bragin 17.04.87 187 82 320 305 Belogorie 

18 Moroz Pavel Moroz 26.02.87 205 105 352 343 3 3 Lokomotiv 

19 Antipkin Sergey Antipkin 28.03.86 197 92 335 323 2 2 Gazprom-Yugra 

20 Ermakov Artem Ermakov 16.03.82 188 80 323 313 59 59 Dinamo 

21 Golubev Valentin Golubev 03.05.92 190 70 310 305 9 9 Lokomotiv 

22 Zemchenok Denis Zemchenok 11.08.87 203 93 350 333 14 14 Dinamo Krasnodar 


STATISTICS 

Age Oldest Makarov 28.03.80 (34y5m) Youngest Golubev 03.05.92 (22y3m) 28y7m 

Height Tallest Muserskiy 218cm Shortest Bragin 187cm 200cm 

Spike Highest Muserskiy 375cm Shortest Golubev 310cm 344cm 

Block Highest Muserskiy 347cm Shortest Bragin 305cm 329cm 

Caps Most Grankin 211 First Bragin 62 

Team average 


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POOL C 

RUSSIA 


1 

BUTKO 

Name: Alexander Butko 


Position: Setter Born in: Hrodna, Belarus 

Club debut: Kommunalnik (Hrodna, Belarus) in 2000 - Intl. debut: 

World League (Cuba) in 2009 - Hobby: Cars - Lang.: Russian - 

Favourites: Book: Adventure, Food: Belarussian, Movie: Comedy, 

Music: Electronic, Other sports: Ice hockey, football 

3 

APALIKOV 

Name: Nikolay Apalikov 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Russia 

Club debut: Izumrud (Ekaterinburg) - Hobby: Cars - Lang.: Russian 

- Favourites: Food: Russian, Movie: Action, Other sports: Basketball 

2 

4 

MAKAROV 

Name: Sergey Makarov 



KHTEY 

Name: Taras Khtey 




Born in: Moscow 

Club debut: MGFSO (Moscow) - Intl. debut: Italy in 2005 - Hobby: 

Fishing, cars - Lang.: Russian - Favourites: Book: Yesenin, Food: 

Cheese, Movie: Historical, Music: House, Other sports: Ice hockey 


Born in: Ukraine 

Club debut: MGTU (Moscow) in 1992 - Intl. debut: in 2001 - Hobby: 

Collecting coins - Lang.: Russian - Favourites: Book: Comedies, Food: 

Fish, fruit, Movie: Horror, Music: Light, Other sports: Football 

5 

GRANKIN 

Name: Sergey Grankin 



Born in: Kislovodsk 

Club debut: Neftyanik (Yaroslavl) in 2003 - Intl. debut: World League in 

2006 - Hobby: Computers - Lang.: Russian - Favourites: Book: Fantasy, 

Food: Russian, Movie: Drama, Music: Pop, Other sports: Football 

7 

PAVLOV 

Name: Nikolay Pavlov 




Born in: Poltava 

Club debut: Yurakademia (Ukraine) in 2004 - Intl. debut: World league 

(Kaliningrad, Russia) in 2013 - Hobby: Computer - Favourites: Food: 

Ukrainian, Movie: Action, Music: Pop, Other sports: Football 

6 

Name: Yury Berezhko 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Komsomolsk-on-Amur 

Club debut: Neftianik Yar. (Russia) in 2003 - Intl. debut: World League 

in 2006 - Hobby: Music - Lang.: Russian - Favourites: Book: Modern 

classics, Food: Sushi, Russian, Movie: Historical, Music: Club, Other 


8 

BEREZHKO 

BIRYUKOV 

Name: Denis Biriukov 




Born in: Volgograd 

Club debut: Lokomotiv-Belogorie (Russia) in 2005 - Intl. debut: 

Universiade (Belgrade, Serbia) in 2009 - Hobby: Internet - Lang.: 

Russian - Favourites: Food: Italian, Movie: Comedy, Music: Pop, Other 

sports: Table tennis 

9 

SPIRIDONOV 

Name: Alexey Spiridonov 



Born in: - 

Club debut: Iskra (Russia) in 2003 - Hobby: Car racing - Favourites: 

Food: Russian, Other sports: Football, ice hockey 

10 SAVIN 

Name: Sergey Savin 


Position: - 


Born in: Uralsk 

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11 

ASHCHEV 

12 

SMOLIAR 

Name: Andrey Ashchev 

Name: Artem Smoliar 




Born in: Budenovsk 




Born in: - 

RUS 

Club debut: MGTU (Russia) in 2001 - Favourites: Movie: Action, Music: 

Various 

13 

MUSERSKIY 

14 

VOLVICH 

Name: Dmitriy Muserskiy 

Name: Artem Volvich 

Age: 25 

Height: 218 


Age: 24 

Height: 208 



Born in: Makeevka 


Born in: - 

Club debut: Lokomotiv-Belogorie (Russia) in 2005 - Intl. debut: 

World League (Russia) in 2010 - Hobby: Cooking - Lang.: Russian - 

Favourites: Food: Russian, Movie: Melodrama, Music: Rock, Aria, Other 


15 

ILINYKH 

Name: Dmitriy Ilinykh 




Born in: Russia 

Club debut: Belogorie (Russia) in 2005 - Intl. debut: Universiade 

(Belgrade, Serbia) in 2009 - Hobby: Sleeping - Lang.: Russian - 

Favourites: Food: Meat, Movie: Thriller, Music: Dance, Other sports: 

Football 

16 

KRUGLOV 

Name: Pavel Kruglov 





Club debut: Luch (Moscow) in 2000 - Intl. debut: European 

Championship (Russia) in 2007 - Hobby: Fishing - Lang.: Russian, 

English - Favourites: Book: Detective, Food: Russian, Movie: Action, 

Music: Electronic, Other sports: Basketball 

17 BRAGIN 

Name: Roman Bragin 




Born in: - 

18 

MOROZ 

Name: Pavel Moroz 


Position: Opposite spiker Born in: Chervonograd 

Club debut: MGTU (Russia) - Hobby: Cars - Lang.: Russian - Favourites: 

Food: Caesar Salad, Movie: Soviet movies, Music: Vopli Vidoplasova 

19 ANTIPKIN 

Name: Sergey Antipkin 



Club debut: Dinamo MGFSO (Russia) in 2002 



20 

ERMAKOV 

Name: Artem Ermakov 




Born in: Russia 

Club debut: Samotlor (Nizhnevartovsk, Russia) in 1992 - Intl. debut: 

in 2002 - Hobby: Video - Lang.: Russian - Favourites: Book: Detective, 

Food: Spagetti, Movie: Western, Music: Any, Other sports: Boxing, NHL 

21 GOLUBEV 

Name: Valentin Golubev 



Born in: - 

Intl. debut: Grand Champions Cup (Japan) in 2013 

22 ZEMCHENOK 

Name: Denis Zemchenok 



Born in: - 

Lang.: Russian - Favourites: Food: Duck, Music: Trance, rnb 


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19 14 15 48 


POOL C 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

132 30 162 

2010 5 

2006 7 

2002 2 

1998 5 

1994 7 

1990 *3 

1986 *2 

1982 *1 

1978 *1 

1974 *2 

1970 *6 

1966 *3 

1962 *1 

1960 *1 

1956 *3 

1952 *1 

1949 *1 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

68 23 91 

2012 1 

2008 3 

2004 3 

2000 2 

1996 4 

1992 **7 

1988 *2 

1980 *1 

1976 *2 

1972 *3 

1968 *1 

1964 *1 

World League 

W L T 

261 113 374 

2014 5 

2013 1 

2012 8 

2011 1 

2010 2 

2009 3 

2008 3 

2007 2 

2006 3 

2003 7 

2002 1 

2001 3 

2000 2 

1999 4 

1998 2 

1997 3 

1996 3 

1995 4 

1994 6 

1993 2 

1992 **6 

1991 *3 

1990 *4 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

4 1 5 

2013 2 

World Cup 

W L T 

69 14 83 

2011 1 

2007 2 

1999 1 

1991 *1 

1989 *3 

1985 *2 

1981 *1 

1977 *1 

1969 *3 

1965 *1 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

164 33 197 

2013 1 

2011 4 

2009 4 

2007 2 

2005 2 

2003 3 

2001 3 

1999 2 

1997 5 

1995 5 

1993 3 

1991 *1 

1989 *4 

1987 *1 

1985 *1 

1983 *1 

1981 *1 

1979 *1 

1977 *1 

1975 *1 

1971 *1 

1967 *1 

1963 *3 

1958 *3 

1955 *4 

1951 *1 

1950 *1 

6 3 3 12 4 3 3 10 3 5 7 15 1 1 6 2 2 10 13 3 5 21 



ARG 11 1 12 28.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Hamamatsu 3-0 25-23 25-22 25-19 

AUS 8 0 8 26.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Modena 3-1 25-17 25-12 24-26 25-20 

BEL 8 0 8 08.08.09 WCH QUAL - Europe 2010 3rd Round Tampere 3-0 25-18 25-22 25-16 

BRA 33 28 61 17.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final Round Florence 1-3 24-26 25-22 23-25 22-25 

BUL 51 10 61 06.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Sofia 3-0 25-14 25-17 25-15 

CAN 3 1 4 18.07.13 WL 2013 Finals Mar del Plata 2-3 25-20 25-21 23-25 21-25 11-15 


CMR 2 0 2 25.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Modena 3-0 25-11 25-20 25-22 


EGY 14 0 14 25.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Kumamoto 3-1 25-18 25-17 23-25 25-9 

FIN 10 1 11 03.07.10 WL 2010 Prel. Round Tampere 1-3 18-25 25-18 23-25 19-25 

FRA 25 6 31 12.09.09 ECH 2009 Semifinals Izmir 2-3 18-25 22-25 27-25 25-15 15-17 

GER 33 7 40 06.07.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Frankfurt 2-3 21-25 21-25 25-18 25-23 16-18 

IRI 5 0 5 16.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final Round Florence 3-2 18-25 25-18 25-21 35-37 15-8 

ITA 41 29 70 19.11.13 GCC 2013 Round Robin Kyoto 1-3 26-28 20-25 25-19 27-25 

KOR 27 5 32 19.07.08 WL 2008 Prel. Round Khanty-Mansiysk 2-3 25-20 25-17 19-25 23-25 13-15 

MEX 3 0 3 24.11.91 WC 1991 Group A Osaka 3-0 15-7 15-5 15-11 

POL 47 15 62 08.08.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 3-0 25-17 25-23 25-21 

PUR 3 0 3 27.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Modena 3-2 21-25 25-14 25-21 23-25 15-11 

SRB 40 16 56 21.06.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Surgut 3-0 25-19 27-25 25-20 


USA 33 16 49 28.06.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Kaliningrad 3-0 25-21 25-19 25-21 

VEN 10 0 10 14.06.03 WL 2003 Group A Moscow 3-1 25-14 22-25 25-13 25-21 

W=Won, L=Lost, T=Total matches played. Competitions: ECH=European Championship, GCC=Grand Champions Cup, OG=Olympic Games, 

WCH=World Championships, WC=World Cup, WL=World League. QUAL=Qualifying. *URS, **EUN. 

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RUS 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Dmitriy Muserskiy 

Dmitriy Muserskiy was the star of the Russia team that won 

a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The 

middle blocker top-scored for his team in the final as they 

came from two sets behind to beat Brazil 3-2. 

His other triumphs include victory in the 2010, 2011 and 

2013 World Leagues, the 2011 World Cup and the 2013 

European Championship. He was also named Best Blocker 

in the 2010 World League. 

Muserskiy made his international debut for Russia against 

the United States in a World League match in 2010, in 

Yekaterinburg, Russia. He had been called up to the 

squad in 2009 but was unable to make his debut because 

of a knee injury. He continued to be hindered by injuries 

throughout his career. In 2011 he missed two months of 

action due to foot surgery, and a hip injury forced him to 

miss the start of the 2013 World League. 

He started playing the sport at the age of eight and in 

2012 he received the title of Honoured Master of Sport 

in Russia. 

Sergey Makarov 

Sergey Makarov started playing volleyball in 1991 and 

he initially enjoyed going to volleyball training because 

when it was finished, they would have a game of football. 

He made his debut for Russia against Estonia in 2005 in 

Tallinn, Estonia. He finished second with Russia at the 2005 

European Championship. He played with the national team 

at the 2006 World Championship in Japan and the 2010 

World Championship in Italy. He has been a part of Russia’s 

World League campaign many times, including winning the 

2013 World League competition. Other victories include 

winning the 2013 European Championship and the 2011 

World Cup in Japan. 

The setter was selected for the Super League All-Star 

match in Russia in 2005 and 2014. In 2013, he received 

the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Russia. 

He had knee surgery in 2011, with the injury forcing him to 

miss several tournaments. 


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SERBIA 

POOL A 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

6 


2 nd 1998 3 rd 2010 9 1 1 

2 

Despite competing as an independent nation since only 

2006, Serbia can already consider themselves among the 

world’s leading teams. 

In the intervening eight years, the Serbians have qualified 

for two summer Olympic Games – Beijing 2008 (fifth) and 

London 2012 (ninth) – won the European Championship 

in 2011 and picked up two silver medals (2008, 2009) and 

one bronze (2010) in the World League. In the one previous 

World Championship in which they have competed, in 

2010, Serbia claimed the bronze medal. 

Under the banner of Yugoslavia they also claimed a 

European Championship title in 2001 and won the gold 

medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. 

Added to their record as part of Serbia and Montenegro – 

fourth in the 2006 world championship – and Yugoslavia 

(silver medallists in 1998, fourth in 2002), Serbia have an 

impressive track record at this tournament. 

At Poland 2014 they will be aiming to fare better than they 

did in the 2014 World League, where they finished third in 

a tough Pool B of Group 1 and sixth overall. 

COACH 

Igor Kolakovic (MNE) 


Languages: ENG, RUS, ITA 


Coaching debut: 17.11.2006 v RUS 


Igor Kolakovic played for 18 years as a setter for Partizan 

Belgrade, winning Yugoslavia’s national championship twice. 

He had success at domestic and international levels. He guided 

Serbia to a gold medal at the 2011 European Championship 

and bronze at the 2013 European Championship. He also led 

the Serbians to silver at the 2009 World League. At club level, 

he won the national championship in Serbia and Montenegro 

in 2002, 2004 and 2006 with Buducnost Podgoricka and 

followed that by claiming the Montenegrin title in 2007 and 

2008. He also won titles in Slovenia in 2011 and 2012. 


Manager: Laslo Lukac 

Coach: Igor Kolakovic 

Assistant Coach: Strahinja Kozic 

Doctor: Ljuban Martinovic 

Physiotherapist: Vladimir Nikolic 

Journalist: Igor Jaglicic 

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*including Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro results

TEAM ROSTER 

STATISTICS 

SRB 


1 Kovacevic Nikola Kovacevic N. 14.02.83 193 78 350 340 8 8 166 182 Calzedonia Verona (ITA) 

2 Kovacevic Uros Kovacevic U. 06.05.93 197 90 340 310 5 77 82 Casa Modena (ITA) 

3 Ivovic Marko Ivovic 22.12.90 192 89 350 330 32 32 Paris Volley UC (FRA) 

4 Petric Nemanja Petric 28.07.87 202 86 333 320 43 43 Sir Safety Perugia (ITA) 

5 Petkovic Vlado Petkovic V. 06.01.83 198 97 325 318 8 11 164 183 Shahrdari Urmia SC (IRN) 

6 Stoilovic Filip Stoilovic 11.10.92 196 84 324 315 17 17 Crvena Zvezda Beograd 

C 7 Stankovic Dragan Stankovic 18.10.85 205 80 343 333 8 5 167 180 Lube Banka Macerata (ITA) 

8 Katic Milan Katic 22.10.93 201 90 345 325 Vojvodina NS Seme 

9 Jovovic Nikola Jovovic 13.02.92 197 75 335 315 87 87 VfB Frierichshafen (GER) 

10 Nikic Milos Nikic 31.03.86 194 79 350 330 19 11 156 186 Gubernia Nizhniy Novgorod (RUS) 

11 Mitic Mihajlo Mitic 17.09.90 201 90 335 320 56 56 Sir Safety Perugia (ITA) 

12 Radic Dejan Radic 06.11.84 200 95 360 340 4 4 Vojvodina NS Seme 

13 Petkovic Dusan Petkovic D. 27.01.92 202 86 328 310 36 36 Crvena Zvezda Beograd 

14 Atanasijevic Aleksandar Atanasijevic 04.09.91 200 92 350 329 5 81 86 Sir Safety Perugia (ITA) 

15 Starovic Sasa Starovic 19.10.88 207 89 335 321 8 11 136 155 Andreoli Latina (ITA) 

16 Brdjovic Aleksa Brdjovic 29.07.93 201 73 327 312 8 40 48 KPS Skra Belchatow SA (POL) 

L 17 Majstorovic Neven Majstorovic 17.03.89 192 83 335 315 10 10 Partizan Vizura Beograd 

18 Podrascanin Marko Podrascanin 29.08.87 204 92 343 326 19 11 156 186 Lube Banka Macerata (ITA) 

L 19 Rosic Nikola Rosic 05.08.84 192 85 328 315 7 5 113 125 Energy Investments Lugano (SUI) 

20 Lisinac Srecko Lisinac 17.05.92 205 79 345 335 54 54 SCC Berlin (GER) 

21 Krsmanovic Petar Krsmanovic 01.06.90 206 98 354 335 Djerdap Kladovo 

22 Okolic Aleksandar Okolic 26.06.93 204 81 330 315 Crvena Zvezda Beograd 


Age Oldest Petkovic V. 06.01.83 (31y7m) Youngest Katic 22.10.93 (20y10m) 25y2m 

Height Tallest Starovic 207cm Shortest Ivovic 192cm 200cm 

Spike Highest Radic 360cm Shortest Stoilovic 324cm 339cm 

Block Highest Kovacevic N. 340cm Shortest Kovacevic U. 310cm 323cm 

Caps Most Nikic 186 First Katic, Krsmanovic, Okolic 80 

Team average 


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POOL A 

SERBIA 


1 

KOVACEVIC N. 

Name: Nikola Kovacevic 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Kraljevo 

Club debut: Ribnica (Kraljevo) in 1993 - Intl. debut: Junior Balkan 

Championship (Ploiesti, Romania) in 2001 - Hobby: Movies - Lang.: 

English, Italian, Greek - Favourites: Book: The Godfather, Food: Meat, 

Movie: Gladiator, Music: Blues, Other sports: Tennis, golf 

2 

KOVACEVIC U. 

Name: Uros Kovacevic 




Born in: Kraljevo 

Club debut: Ribnica (Kraljevo) - Intl. debut: Youth Balkan Championship 

(Kazanlak, Bulgaria) in 2008 - Hobby: Movies - Lang.: Serbian, English 

- Favourites: Book: Harry Potter, Food: Lasagne, Movie: Troy, Music: 

Hotel California, Other sports: Tennis, athletics 

3 

IVOVIC 

4 

PETRIC 

Name: Marko Ivovic 

Name: Nemanja Petric 

Age: 23 

Height: 192 


Age: 27 

Height: 202 



Born in: Belgrade 


Born in: Prijepolje 


5 

PETKOVIC V. 

6 

STOILOVIC 

Name: Vlado Petkovic 

Name: Filip Stoilovic 

Age: 31 

Height: 198 


Age: 21 

Height: 196 




Position: - 

Born in: - 

Club debut: Ribnica (Kraljevo) in 1994 - Intl. debut: Qualification for 

European Junior Champ. (Slovenia) in 2002 - Hobby: Table tennis, collecting 

DVDs - Lang.: Serbian, English - Favourites: Book: Men are from Mars and 

Women are from Venus, Food: Moussaka, Movie: Lord of the Rings. Saw, 

Music: Iron Maiden, Metallica, Guns’n’Roses..., Other sports: Table Tennis 

7 

STANKOVIC 

8 

KATIC 

Name: Dragan Stankovic 

Name: Milan Katic 

Age: 28 

Height: 205 


Age: 20 

Height: 201 



Born in: Zajecar 


Born in: - 

Club debut: Timok (Zajecar) in 2000 - Intl. debut: Junior Balkan 

Championship (Belgrade) in 2003 - Lang.: Serbian, English - 

Favourites: Book: The Last Legion, Food: Pizza, pancakes, Movie: The 

Count of Monte Cristo, Music: House, Other sports: Basketball 

Lang.: Serbian 

9 

JOVOVIC 

Name: Nikola Jovovic 




Born in: Novi Sad 

Club debut: Vojvodina (Novi Sad) - Intl. debut: Youth Balkan Champ. 

(Kazanlak, Bulgaria) in 2008 - Hobby: Fishing - Lang.: Serbian, English - 

Favourites: Book: The Stranger, Food: Sarma, Movie: When I Grow Up, I’ll 

Be a Kangaroo (Serbian movie), Music: Memories, Other sports: Football 

10 

NIKIC 

Name: Milos Nikic 




Born in: Cetinje 

Club debut: Budvanska Rivijera Budva (Budva) in 1997 - Intl. debut: Youth 

Balkan Champ. (Vrsac) in 2001 - Hobby: Internet, fishing - Lang.: Serbian, 

English, Italian - Favourites: Book: Gorski Vijenac, Food: Mexican, Movie: 

Pride and prejudice, Music: Trumplet folk, pop, Other sports: Basketball 

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11 

MITIC 

Name: Mihajlo Mitic 





Club debut: VGSK (Veliko Gradiste) - Intl. debut: Youth Balkan 

Championship (Nausa, Greece) in 2006 - Hobby: Swimming, sailing - 

Lang.: Serbian, English, Russian - Favourites: Book: The Calvary and the 

Rise, Food: Beef steak, Movie: Remember the Titans, Music: RnB, Other 

sports: Swimming, water polo, basketball 

12 

RADIC 

Name: Dejan Radic 




Born in: Bijeljina 

Club debut: OK Drina (Zvornik, Serbia and Montenegro) in 1999 - Intl. 

debut: Mediterranean Games (Ameria, Spain) in 2005 - Lang.: Serbian, 

English - Favourites: Book: Ivo Andric: Na Drini cuprija, Food: Beans, 

Movie: Gladiator, Other sports: Football 

SRB 

13 PETKOVIC D. 

Name: Dusan Petkovic 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

14 

ATANASIJEVIC 

Name: Aleksandar Atanasijevic 


Position: Opposite spiker Born in: Belgrade 

Club debut: Partizan (Belgrade) - Intl. debut: Youth Balkan 

Championship (Turkey) in 2006 - Hobby: Cars - Lang.: Serbian, English 

- Favourites: Book: Harry Potter, Food: Meat, Serbian, Movie: Avatar, 

Music: Serbian, Other sports: Basketball, football, handball 

15 

STAROVIC 

Name: Sasa Starovic 




Born in: Trebinje 

Club debut: OK Gacko (Gacko) in 2002 - Intl. debut: European 

Championships (2006) in 2006 - Hobby: Movies - Lang.: English - 

Favourites: Book: Ivo Andric: Na Drini Cuprija, Food: Macaroni, Movie: 

Avatar, Music: Everything, Other sports: Tennis, basketball 

16 BRDJOVIC 

Name: Aleksa Brdjovic 




Born in: - 

17 MAJSTOROVIC 

Name: Neven Majstorovic 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

18 

PODRASCANIN 

Name: Marko Podrascanin 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Novi Sad 

Club debut: Vojvodina Novolin Novi Sad in 2000 - Intl. debut: Balkan 

Games (Belgrade) in 2004 - Hobby: Internet - Lang.: Serbian, English, 

Italian - Favourites: Book: History of Egypt and Greece, Food: Pizza, sarma, 

Movie: Troy, Maratonci trce pocasni krug, Music: Pop music, Other sports: 

Football, basketball, karate 

19 

ROSIC 

Name: Nikola Rosic 





Club debut: OK Partizan (Belgrade) in 1995 - Intl. debut: Youth Balkan 

Championship (Ploiesti, Romania) in 2001 - Hobby: Cars - Lang.: 

Serbian, English, Germany - Favourites: Book: Tell me your dreams, 

Food: Fish, Movie: Zoolander, Music: House, Other sports: Formula 1 

20 LISINAC 

Name: Srecko Lisinac 


Position: - 

Lang.: Serbian, English 



21 

KRSMANOVIC 

22 

OKOLIC 

Name: Petar Krsmanovic 

Name: Aleksandar Okolic 

Age: 24 

Height: 206 


Age: 21 

Height: 204 


Position: - 

Born in: Cacak 

Position: - 

Born in: - 


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SERBIA 

1 5 7 13 


POOL A 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

50 35 85 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

21 18 39 

World League 

W L T 

151 95 246 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

3 2 5 

World Cup 

W L T 

18 10 28 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 3 

2006 **4 

2002 *4 

1998 *2 

1970 *10 

1966 *8 

1962 *8 

1956 *10 

2012 9 

2008 5 

2004 **5 

2000 *1 

1996 *3 

1980 *6 

2014 6 

2013 8 

2012 9 

2011 9 

2010 3 

2009 2 

2008 2 

2007 9 

2006 **5 

2005 **2 

2004 **3 

2003 **2 

2002 *3 

2001 *4 

2000 *4 

1998 *6 

1997 *7 

2001 *3 

2011 8 

2003 **3 

1965 *8 

2013 3 

2011 1 

2009 5 

2007 3 

2005 **3 

2003 **4 

2001 *1 

1999 *3 

1997 *2 

1995 *3 

1991 *6 

1989 *8 

1987 *8 

1985 *11 

1981 *10 

1979 *3 

1977 *7 

1975 *3 

1971 *11 

1967 *7 

1963 *7 

1958 *7 

1955 *5 

1951 *5 

1 1 2 1 1 2 4 3 7 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 10 


148 


ARG 16 7 23 20.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Nagoya 0-3 20-25 13-25 18-25 


BEL 2 3 5 03.10.87 ECH 1987 Final 7-8 Genk 0-3 2-15 13-15 13-15 

BRA 7 23 30 04.08.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 2-3 25-22 15-25 25-20 22-25 9-15 

BUL 11 22 33 29.06.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Nis 3-0 25-23 25-21 25-14 

CAN 5 2 7 26.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Trieste 1-3 20-25 22-25 25-17 23-25 

CHN 18 2 20 05.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 3-0 25-15 25-13 25-21 

CMR 


EGY 8 0 8 02.12.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Tokyo 3-1 25-20 19-25 25-22 28-26 

FIN 6 3 9 18.06.11 WL 2011 Prel. Round Tampere 2-3 23-25 23-25 25-22 25-20 11-15 

FRA 27 15 42 15.09.11 ECH 2011 Quarterfinals Vienna 3-1 32-30 25-20 23-25 26-24 

GER 10 7 17 30.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Beograd 3-2 23-25 25-19 25-22 21-25 15-12 

IRI 2 2 4 23.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Tehran 2-3 20-25 26-24 25-23 22-25 12-15 

ITA 30 24 54 07.07.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Novi Sad 3-1 28-26 17-25 25-23 25-19 

KOR 9 1 10 02.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 3-1 25-23 25-22 17-25 25-12 

MEX 1 0 1 02.10.10 WCH 2010 2nd Round Milan 3-0 25-23 25-18 25-19 

POL 13 23 36 21.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Nagoya 1-3 25-21 18-25 19-25 28-30 


RUS 16 40 56 21.06.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Surgut 0-3 19-25 25-27 20-25 

TUN 5 0 5 31.07.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 3-1 25-15 25-21 20-25 25-18 

USA 12 8 20 06.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Beograd 1-3 21-25 25-20 25-27 20-25 




*Yugoslavia, **Serbia & Montenegro.



August 30 20:15 POL Poland 





SRB 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Aleksandar Atanasijevic 

Aleksandar Atanasijevic has been playing volleyball since he 

fell in love with the sport at the age of nine, after watching 

the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney on television. Making 

his first appearance in a senior international competition 

in 2010, he enjoyed instant success that year as he 

won a bronze as part of the Serbia teams at the World 

Championship and World League. His success continued 

into 2011 as Serbia claimed the European Championship 

title, and he was part of the team that won a bronze medal 

at the 2011 World Junior Championship in Brazil. He then 

went on to play at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and 

win a bronze medal at the 2013 European Championship. 

In 2013 he was named the Best Male Volleyball Player in 

Serbia and in the 2013/14 season he won the Gazzeta 

Trophy, which is presented to the best player in Italy’s 

Serie A1. He was also Top Scorer at the 2013 European 

Championship and 2012 World Club Championship, where 

he won bronze. 

Born in Belgrade, Serbia, Atanasijevic studied Law at the 

Union University in Belgrade. 

Dragan Stankovic 

Dragan Stankovic started playing volleyball at the age of 

15. He first became interested in the sport after watching 

Yugoslavia win a volleyball gold medal at the 2000 

Olympic Games in Sydney. He has been part of the Serbia 

national team since 2005 and made his international 

debut the same year. The middle blocker played in the 

teams that finished third at the 2005 and 2007 European 

Championships, and fifth at the 2009 edition. He was 

part of the Serbia team that won the 2011 European 

Championship. 

Stankovic made his Olympic debut at the 2012 Games in 

London, and he played at the 2010 World Championship 

in Italy, where Serbia finished third. He has been part of 

numerous World League campaigns, including secondplace 

finishes in 2005 and 2009, and a third-place finish 

in 2010. 


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TUNISIA 

POOL B 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

14 


15 th 2006 19 th 2010 8 

Tunisia have yet to finish higher at a World Championship 

than the 15th place they managed in 2006, and success in 

2014 will be measured by whether or not they surpass that 

result. However, just qualifying consistently for the event – 

Poland 2014 will be their ninth World Championship and 

their fourth in succession – is an achievement in itself for 

the eight-time African champions. 

COACH 

Fethi Mkaouer (TUN) 


Languages: ARA, FRE, ENG, ROU 


Coaching debut: 06.07.2010 v IRI* 


The 2002 World Championship was the first for the nation 

in 20 years. Tunisia remains a nation quietly on the rise in 

volleyball, participating in the World League for the first 

time in 2014, when they finished 27th. In 2013 the Tunisia 

squad finished second at both the African Championship 

– their third silver medal in five attempts – and the 

Mediterranean Games. The nation also qualified for the 

London 2012 Olympic Games where they finished in 11th 

place. 

Their history as a volleyball nation is only pre-dated in 

Africa by Egypt. Both teams are founding members of 

African volleyball, and Tunisia competed in the 1958 

European Championship as there was no African 

continental competition at the time. 

Fethi Mkaouar is back for a second time as head coach of 

Tunisia’s men’s team. His first stint was from 1994 to 1996 

and he guided them to 11th place at the 1996 Olympic 

Games. He returned to the helm in 2010 and two years later 

steered the team to victory in the gold medal match at the 

2012 Arab Championship in Bahrain and an 11th-place finish 

at the 2012 Olympic Games. Under his leadership Tunisia 

won a bronze medal at the 2011 African Championship and 

took silver in the tournament two years later on home turf. 

Mkaouar previously coached Bahrain’s men’s team. 


Manager: Mounir Ben Slimane 

Coach: Fethi Mkaouar 

Assistant Coach: Riadh Hedhili 

Doctor: Karim Grandi 

Physiotherapist: Hamdi Ben Rais 

Journalist: Abdelkhalek Saadaoui 

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*Had previously been in charge of Tunisia from 1994-1996

TEAM ROSTER 

TUN 


1 Hmissi Saddem Hmissi S. 16.02.91 186 75 312 285 1 3 4 ES Tunis 

2 Kadhi Ahmed Kadhi A. 19.04.89 199 99 345 318 3 25 28 ES Sahel 

3 M'Rabet Marouane Mrabet M. 05.06.85 186 82 315 296 10 10 20 ES Sahel 

4 Garci Marouen Garci M. 21.03.88 197 87 317 308 2 3 5 ES Sahel 

5 Sellami Samir Sellami S. 13.07.77 195 93 320 308 1 1 25 27 CSS Faxien 

6 Ben Othmen Miladi Mohamed Ali B. Othmen M. 12.05.91 188 73 315 289 2 5 7 CO Kélibia 

7 Karamosli Elyes Karamosli E. 22.08.89 198 99 345 320 1 2 3 ES Tunis 

8 Ben Slimen Mohamed Ben Slimen M. 29.11.81 187 73 325 315 ES Tunis 

9 Garfi Elyes Garfi E. 08.06.93 202 90 350 340 2 2 4 ES Tunis 

10 Nagga Hamza Nagga H. 29.05.90 191 84 326 311 10 15 25 ES Sahel 

11 Moalla Ismail Moalla I. 30.01.90 195 84 324 308 15 30 45 CSS Faxien 

12 Taouerghi Anouer Taouerghi A. 17.08.83 178 74 302 292 15 35 50 CSS Faxien 

14 Chekir Malek Chekir M. 15.01.93 190 82 325 315 2 2 4 ES Tunis 

15 Kaabi Hichem Kaabi H. 13.09.86 194 84 360 345 3 4 7 ES Tunis 

16 Ben Slimene Khaled Ben Slimene K. 14.12.94 193 78 290 285 2 2 4 CO Kélibia 

17 Ben Abdallah Mohamed Arbi Ben Abdallah M. 03.01.91 196 94 320 290 1 3 4 CSS Faxien 

18 Ayech Mohamed Ayech M. 31.03.91 198 86 324 310 2 3 5 ES Sahel 

19 Messaoud Bahri Messaoud B. 21.06.91 185 80 320 290 7 14 21 ES Sahel 

20 Agrebi Omar Agrebi O. 26.08.92 205 82 325 310 2 2 CSS Faxien 

21 Miladi Nabil Miladi N. 28.02.88 196 73 355 340 1 1 ES Tunis 


STATISTICS 

Age Oldest Sellami S. 13.07.77 (37y1m) Youngest Ben Slimene K. 14.12.94 (19y8m) 25y7m 

Height Tallest Agrebi O. 205cm Shortest Taouerghi A. 178cm 193cm 

Spike Highest Kaabi H. 360cm Shortest Ben Slimene K. 290cm 326cm 

Block Highest Kaabi H. 345cm Shortest Hmissi S. 285cm 309cm 

Caps Most Taouerghi A. 50 First Ben Slimen M. 13 

Team average 


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POOL B 

TUNISIA 


1 HMISSI S. 

Name: Saddem Hmissi 


Position: - 

Lang.: Arabic, French 


Born in: - 

2 

KADHI A. 

Name: Ahmed Kadhi 




Born in: Kelibia 

Club debut: Cokelibia (Kelibia) in 1999 - Hobby: Sport, music - Lang.: 

French 

3 MRABET M. 

Name: Marouane M’Rabet 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

4 

GARCI M. 

Name: Marouen Garci 




Born in: Ben Arous 

Club debut: Boumhel Basatine Sport (Tunis) in 1999 - Hobby: Sport 

- Lang.: French 

5 

SELLAMI S. 

Name: Samir Sellami 




Born in: Sfax 

Club debut: C.S.Sfax (C.S.Sfax) in 1986 - Intl. debut: in 1995 - Hobby: 

Swiming - Lang.: Arabic - Favourites: Book: Sciences, Food: fish, Movie: 

Action, Music: Slow, Other sports: Football 

Hobby: Sport 

6 B. OTHMEN M. 

Name: Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi 


Position: Universal Born in: Menzel Temime 

7 KARAMOSLI E. 

Name: Elyes Karamosli 



Born in: Tunis 

Club debut: Cshlif (Tunis) in 2000 - Hobby: Sport - Lang.: French 

8 BEN SLIMEN M. 

Name: Mohamed Ben Slimen 


Position: - 


Hobby: Sport - Lang.: French, English 

9 

GARFI E. 

10 

NAGGA H. 

Name: Elyes Garfi 

Name: Hamza Nagga 

Age: 21 

Height: 202 


Age: 24 

Height: 191 


Position: - 

Born in: - 

Position: - 



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11 MOALLA I. 

Name: Ismail Moalla 



Born in: Sfax 

Club debut: CSSfaxien (Sfax) in 2003 - Hobby: Sport - Lang.: French 

12 

TAOUERGHI A. 

Name: Anouer Taouerghi 



Born in: Sfax 

Club debut: Ustsfax (Sfax) in 1996 - Hobby: Sport - Lang.: French, 

English 

TUN 

14 CHEKIR M. 

Name: Malek Chekir 


Position: - 



Born in: - 

15 

KAABI H. 

Name: Hichem Kaabi 





Club debut: Boumhel Basatine Sport (Tunis) in 1998 - Hobby: Sport 

- Lang.: French 

16 BEN SLIMENE K. 

Name: Khaled Ben Slimene 


Position: - 

Born in: - 


17 BEN ABDALLAH M. 

Name: Mohamed Arbi Ben Abdallah 


Position: - 

Born in: - 


18 AYECH M. 

Name: Mohamed Ayech 



Hobby: Sport - Lang.: Arabic, French 


Born in: Sfax 

19 MESSAOUD B. 

Name: Bahri Messaoud 


Position: Universal Born in: Menzel Temime 

Hobby: Sport - Lang.: Arabic, French 

20 AGREBI O. 

Name: Omar Agrebi 


Position: - 



Born in: - 

21 MILADI N. 

Name: Nabil Miladi 




Born in: El Haouaria 

Club debut: Ashaouaria (Haouaria) in 1999 - Hobby: Sport - Lang.: 

French 


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TUNISIA 


POOL B 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

12 46 58 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

1 32 33 

World League 

W L T 

1 5 6 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

- - - 

World Cup 

W L T 

7 58 65 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 19 

2006 15 

2002 19 

1982 21 

1978 24 

1974 18 

1970 22 

2012 11 

2004 11 

1996 11 

1988 12 

1984 9 

1972 12 

2014 27 

2007 12 

2003 11 

1999 12 

1995 12 

1991 8 

1981 8 

1969 11 

2013 2 

2011 3 

2009 5 

2007 2 

2005 2 

2003 1 

1999 1 

1997 1 

1995 1 

1993 2 

1991 3 

1987 1 

1983 2 

1979 1 

1976 2 

1976 *7 

1971 1 

1967 1 

1958 16 

8 6 2 16 



ARG 0 8 8 19.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Saitama 1-3 19-25 21-25 25-23 23-25 

AUS 2 1 3 22.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Hiroshima 1-3 22-25 37-35 24-26 22-25 

BEL 0 1 1 24.09.78 WCH 1978 Group I Venice 0-3 14-16 3-15 10-15 

BRA 0 9 9 29.07.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 0-3 17-25 21-25 18-25 

BUL 0 3 3 27.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Okayama 1-3 24-26 25-22 15-25 17-25 

CAN 1 5 6 21.11.06 WCH 2006 Group D Sendai 2-3 15-25 29-27 25-21 21-25 13-15 

CHN 0 6 6 30.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Tokyo 1-3 17-25 26-24 25-27 29-31 

CMR 1 1 2 21.01.12 COQT 2012 Round Robin Yaoundé 3-1 21-25 25-20 25-23 25-21 

CUB 0 8 8 14.06.14 WL 2014 - 3rd Group Prel. Round Tunis 0-3 21-25 20-25 23-25 

EGY 3 7 10 17.01.12 COQT 2012 Round Robin Yaoundé 3-1 25-23 16-25 29-27 25-23 

FIN 1 2 3 11.10.82 WCH 1982 Group Y Rosario 0-3 3-15 9-15 13-15 

FRA 0 9 9 23.08.04 OG 2004 Group A Athens 1-3 23-25 25-18 19-25 19-25 


IRI 1 0 1 29.11.91 WC 1991 Consolation Round Tokyo 3-1 15-9 7-15 16-14 15-7 

ITA 0 8 8 16.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Nagano 0-3 16-25 13-25 23-25 

KOR 1 9 10 23.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Hiroshima 2-3 17-25 25-23 25-21 22-25 9-15 

MEX 2 3 5 15.06.14 WL 2014 - 3rd Group Prel. Round Tunis 3-2 25-23 25-23 21-25 21-25 15-13 

POL 0 5 5 25.11.06 WCH 2006 Group E Sendai 0-3 22-25 18-25 23-25 

PUR 1 1 2 30.11.07 WC 2007 Regular Tokyo 0-3 17-25 17-25 23-25 

RUS 0 12 12 02.08.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 0-3 21-25 15-25 23-25 

SRB 0 5 5 31.07.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 1-3 15-25 21-25 25-20 18-25 

USA 1 10 11 06.08.12 OG 2012 Prel. Round London 0-3 15-25 19-25 19-25 

VEN 2 2 4 20.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Hamamatsu 0-3 23-25 21-25 22-25 


Championships, WC=World Cup, WL=World League. *TUN Team B. 

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TUN 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Elyes Karamosli 

In 2009 Elyes Karamosli played at the World Junior 

Championship in Pune, India, and senior African 

Championship in Tetouan, Morocco. At the former he 

finished 14th and at the latter he finished fifth, a result 

that would be improved upon two years later at the 2013 

African Championship, where he was part of the Tunisia 

team that won a silver medal. 

He competed in his first World Championship in 2010 in 

Italy. The outside hitter was a member of the Tunisia team 

that finished equal-19th. Two years later he was named 

in the squad for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, 

finishing equal-11th. 

Most recently, he was named Most Valuable Player and 

Best Receiver at the 2014 African Club Championship in 

Sousse, Tunisia. 

His older brother Hosni was a member of the Tunisia 

volleyball team that competed at the 2004 Olympic Games 

in Athens, Greece. 

Samir Sellami 

Samir Sellami played with Tunisia at the 2004 Olympic 

Games in Athens, where they finished the tournament in 

equal-11th position. He was part of the national team 

that finished in equal-19th place at the 2002 World 

Championship in Argentina, and he played for Tunisia 

at the 2006 World Championship in Japan, where they 

finished equal-15th. The setter finished second with the 

national team at the 2005 African Championship in Cairo, 

Egypt and second again at the 2013 African Championship 

in Sousse, Tunisia. He played with Tunisia at the 2007 All 

Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, where the team finished in 

second place. Sellami played with the national team during 

the 2014 World League competition and was captain of 

the Tunisia team for that tournament. 

Born in Qulaybiyah, Tunisia, Sellami’s hobbies include 

swimming and football. 


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USA 

POOL D 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

4 


1 st 1986 6 th 2010 15 1 1 

2 

Having defeated the world number one Brazil 3-1 in the 

final of the 2014 World League in July, the United States 

go into the World Championship on a high. They will be 

hopeful of a re-run of their glorious 1986 campaign, when 

they won the gold medal in France. That success was the 

first of two podium finishes for the United States in the 

World Championships and was followed by a bronze 

medal in 1994. Four years ago, in Italy, they finished sixth. 

Of the 14 times the United States have qualified for this 

competition, they have finished in the top 10 on eight 

occasions. 

Three-time Olympic champions – in 1984, 1988 and 2008 

– in the London 2012 Olympic Games the United States 

took fifth place after losing to Italy in the quarterfinals. 

Having taken second place in the 2012 World League, and 

winning the NORCECA Championship in 2013 for the first 

time in six years, their 2014 World League triumph means 

they will be among the favourites in Poland. 

They have been a dominant force in North American 

volleyball since the 1980s, only failing to finish in the top 

two of the NORCECA Championship once in the previous 

17 editions, dating back to 1981. 

COACH 


John Speraw (USA) 


Language: ENG 


Coaching debut: 07.06.2013 v ARG 


John Speraw was an assistant coach of the United States 

men’s team from 2007-08 and helped them to a silver 

medal at the 2008 Olympic Games. He previously had stints 

as an assistant coach of the USA boy’s youth national team 

in 1998, 2001 and 2007, and performed a similar role with 

the national squad at the 1999 World University Games. He 

took over as head coach of the men’s team during the 2013 

World League when incumbent Alan Knipe had to leave 

due to a family emergency. A year later he led the USA team 

to gold in the World League, beating Brazil in the final. 

Manager: Andrea Becker 

Coach: John Speraw 

Assistant Coach: Matthew Fuerbringer 

Doctors: David Dyck, Christopher Lee 

Physiotherapist: Aaron Brock 

Journalist: Bonnie Jean (BJ) Evans 

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TEAM ROSTER 

USA 


1 Anderson Matthew Anderson 18.04.87 202 100 360 332 7 6 112 125 Zenit Kazan (RUS) 

C 2 Rooney Sean Rooney 13.11.82 206 100 354 336 8 14 138 160 Woori Card Hansae 

3 Sander Taylor Sander 17.03.92 196 80 345 320 10 10 BYU 

4 Lee David Lee 08.03.82 203 105 350 325 8 14 196 218 Shanghai Volleyball Club (CHN) 

5 Ammerman Ryan Ammerman 30.12.85 205 90 340 330 10 10 National Team 

6 Lotman Paul Lotman 03.11.85 200 102 336 312 9 6 106 121 Asseco Resovia SA (POL) 

7 Shoji Kawika K. Shoji 11.11.87 190 79 331 315 25 25 SCC Berlin (GER) 

8 Lawson Bradley Lawson 02.08.89 201 89 345 328 9 12 21 Chemie Volley 

9 Troy Murphy Troy 31.05.89 202 99 360 350 44 44 St. Nazaire V.B. Atlantique (FRA) 

10 Ciarelli Antonio Ciarelli 13.04.90 183 95 335 304 22 22 National Team 

11 Christenson Micah Christenson 08.05.93 198 88 349 340 12 24 36 Univ. of Southern California 

12 Holmes Russell Holmes 01.07.82 205 95 352 335 9 6 79 94 Istanbul BBSK (TUR) 

13 Tavana Vaafuti Tavana 25.09.87 200 110 360 340 9 9 Toulouse O.A.C.-T.U.C. (FRA) 

14 Menzel Jeffrey Menzel 31.10.88 199 92 365 360 19 19 L0334 Maaseik (BEL) 

15 Clark Carson Clark 20.01.89 205 93 365 360 9 35 44 Lucznicka Bydgoszcz SA (POL) 

16 Mckibbin Riley Mckibbin 09.09.88 190 85 338 325 PAOK Thessaloniki 

17 Holt Maxwell Holt 12.03.87 205 90 351 333 9 64 73 Dinamo Moscow (RUS) 

18 Muagututia Garrett Muagututia 26.02.88 205 92 359 345 23 23 Konak Belediye Spor (TUR) 

19 Reft Alfredo Reft 15.12.82 178 83 319 309 38 38 National Team 

20 Smith David Smith 15.05.85 201 86 348 314 6 62 68 Tours Volleyball (FRA) 

21 Vogel Nicholas Vogel 05.02.90 205 90 328 310 UCLA 

22 Shoji Erik E. Shoji 24.08.89 184 83 330 321 29 29 VT Hypo Tirol (AUT) 


STATISTICS 

Age Oldest Lee 08.03.82 (32y5m) Youngest Christenson 08.05.93 (21y3m) 27y 

Height Tallest Rooney 206cm Shortest Reft 178cm 198cm 

Spike Highest Menzel 365cm Shortest Reft 319cm 346cm 

Block Highest Menzel 360cm Shortest Ciarelli 304cm 329cm 

Caps Most Lee 218 First Mckibbin, Vogel 54 

Team average 


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POOL D 

USA 


1 

ANDERSON 

Name: Matthew Anderson 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: New York 

Lang.: English - Favourites: Food: Buffalo wings, Movie: Top Gun, 

Music: Oasis 

2 

ROONEY 

Name: Sean Rooney 




Born in: Illinois 

Lang.: English - Favourites: Music: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack Johnson 

and Grateful Dead 

3 SANDER 

Name: Taylor Sander 




Born in: - 

4 

LEE 

Name: David Lee 




Born in: California 

Hobby: Model trains and aeroplanes, stamps - Lang.: English - 

Favourites: Book: Haunted Mesa, Food: Filet mignon, lobster, Movie: 

Zoolander, Music: King Tubby, Other sports: Basketball 

5 AMMERMAN 

Name: Ryan Ammerman 




Born in: Alaska 

6 

LOTMAN 

Name: Paul Lotman 





Club debut: Nova in 1999 - Hobby: Beach volleyball, movies, 

basketball, ping pong - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Angels and 

Demons, Food: Chipotle, Movie: Wedding Crashers, Music: Hip-hop, 

House, Other sports: Basketball 

7 

K. SHOJI 

8 

LAWSON 

Name: Kawika Shoji 

Name: Bradley Lawson 

Age: 26 

Height: 190 


Age: 25 

Height: 201 



Born in: Hawaii 

Position: - 



9 

TROY 

10 

CIARELLI 

Name: Murphy Troy 

Name: Antonio Ciarelli 

Age: 25 

Height: 202 


Age: 24 

Height: 183 



Born in: Missouri 




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11 CHRISTENSON 

Name: Micah Christenson 



Born in: - 

12 HOLMES 

Name: Russell Holmes 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: California 

Hobby: Beach volleyball, surfing, snowboarding - Lang.: English 

USA 

13 TAVANA 

Name: Vaafuti Tavana 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Auckland, NZL 

14 MENZEL 

Name: Jeffrey Menzel 





15 

CLARK 

Name: Carson Clark 





Club debut: Southern California VC in 2003 - Intl. debut: NORCECA 

Youth Continental Championships (Dominican Republic) in 2006 - 

Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: Into the Wild, Food: Sushi, Music: 

Kid Cudi, Other sports: Laird Hamilton 

16 MCKIBBIN 

Name: Riley Mckibbin 


Position: - 



17 

HOLT 

Name: Maxwell Holt 




Born in: Ohio 

Intl. debut: NORCECA Junior Continental Championship (Monterrey, 

Mexico) in 2006 - Lang.: English - Favourites: Music: Ben Harper, Other 

sports: Chad Johnson 

18 MUAGUTUTIA 

Name: Garrett Muagututia 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: California 

19 

REFT 

Name: Alfredo Reft 





Lang.: English - Favourites: Food: Mexican, Movie: Remember the 

Titans 

20 

SMITH 

Name: David Smith 





Hobby: Sports, music - Lang.: English - Favourites: Book: The Bible, 

Food: Italian, Movie: Italian Job, Music: Rock, Other sports: Beach 

volleyball, basketball 

21 

VOGEL 

22 

E. SHOJI 

Name: Nicholas Vogel 

Name: Erik Shoji 

Age: 24 

Height: 205 


Age: 25 

Height: 184 


Position: - 







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USA 

7 2 5 14 


POOL D 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

77 52 129 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

42 29 71 

World League 

W L T 

129 117 246 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

7 8 15 

World Cup 

W L T 

57 25 82 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 6 

2006 10 

2002 9 

1998 9 

1994 3 

1990 13 

1986 1 

1982 13 

1978 19 

1974 14 

1970 18 

1966 11 

1960 7 

1956 6 

2012 5 

2008 1 

2004 4 

2000 11 

1996 9 

1992 3 

1988 1 

1984 1 

1968 7 

1964 9 

2014 1 

2013 12 

2012 2 

2011 7 

2010 8 

2009 6 

2008 1 

2007 3 

2006 10 

2001 9 

2000 6 

1995 10 

1994 12 

1993 9 

1992 3 

1991 6 

1990 7 

2013 5 

2005 2 

1993 5 

2011 6 

2007 4 

2003 4 

1999 4 

1995 4 

1991 3 

1989 4 

1985 1 

1977 10 

2013 1 

2011 2 

2009 2 

2007 1 

2005 1 

2003 1 

2001 2 

1999 1 

1997 2 

1995 2 

1993 2 

1991 2 

1989 3 

1987 2 

1985 1 

1983 1 

1981 2 

1979 5 

1977 5 

1975 3 

1973 1 

1971 2 

1969 3 

1 1 2 3 1 4 2 1 2 5 1 1 1 1 2 8 10 3 21 



ARG 14 3 17 08.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Wichita, KS 3-1 22-25 27-25 25-19 25-16 

AUS 3 0 3 17.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final Round Florence 3-1 22-25 25-18 25-23 25-19 

BEL 2 2 4 30.09.78 WCH 1978 Qualification Match Venice 1-3 12-15 10-15 15-12 10-15 

BRA 25 41 66 20.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final 1-2 Florence 3-1 31-29 21-25 25-20 25-23 

BUL 9 14 23 21.06.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Hoffman Estates 2-3 24-26 17-25 25-14 25-13 12-15 

CAN 11 1 12 12.05.12 COQT 2012 Classif. Long Beach, CA 3-0 28-26 25-18 25-20 


CMR 3 0 3 01.10.10 WCH 2010 2nd Round Ancona 3-2 23-25 25-14 25-27 25-20 15-7 

CUB 15 7 22 07.07.12 WL 2012 Semifinal Sofia 3-0 25-23 25-22 25-23 

EGY 14 0 14 24.11.11 WC 2011 Round Robin Kumamoto 3-0 25-19 25-20 25-20 

FIN 8 2 10 26.06.10 WL 2010 Prel. Round Hoffman Estates, IL 3-1 25-21 18-25 25-19 25-23 

FRA 17 9 26 15.06.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Tulsa OK 3-2 22-25 25-22 24-26 30-28 15-9 


IRI 3 1 4 19.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Semifinals Florence 3-0 25-18 25-22 25-16 

ITA 18 24 42 16.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Final Round Florence 0-3 22-25 21-25 24-26 

KOR 17 6 23 29.06.12 WL 2012 Prel. Round Dallas 3-0 32-30 26-24 25-22 

MEX 4 1 5 09.05.12 COQT 2012 Prel. Round Long Beach, CA 3-0 25-23 25-19 25-14 

POL 10 16 26 07.07.13 WL 2013 Prel. Round Wroclaw 1-3 23-25 25-17 21-25 23-25 

PUR 5 1 6 02.09.11 NORCH 2011 Semifinals Mayaguez 3-0 25-14 25-16 26-24 

RUS 16 33 49 28.06.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Kaliningrad 0-3 21-25 19-25 21-25 

SRB 8 12 20 06.07.14 WL 2014 - 1st Group Prel. Round Beograd 3-1 25-21 20-25 27-25 25-20 


VEN 10 1 11 26.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Reggio Calabria 3-0 25-19 25-23 25-19 



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USA 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Taylor Sander 

Taylor Sander was a part of the US national team that 

finished second in the 2012 World League competition. He 

was a key figure in the US team that won gold at the 2014 

World League, and was named Most Valuable Player and 

Best Outside Hitter at the competition. 

In 2014 he was named the American Volleyball Coaches 

Association [AVCA] Player of the Year and named to the 

AVCA First Team. He was named Mountain Pacific Sports 

Federation [MPSF] Player of the Year and was named MPSF 

Tournament MVP both in 2013 and 2014. In the same 

years, Sander was also named Volleyball Magazine Player 

of the Year. 

Sander started playing volleyball in 1999 with Mavericks 

Volleyball Club in California, United States. He comes from 

a family of volleyball players and used to watch his sister’s 

volleyball tournaments when he was a child. 

Nicknamed The Sandman, the outside hitter was born in 

Fountain Valley, CA, USA, and his hobbies include golf, 

dancing and action sports. 

Sean Rooney 

Sean Rooney started playing volleyball for fun and he says 

it “snowballed” from there. He made his international 

debut for the United States in 2007 and finished third 

in the World League that year. Rooney played with the 

national team that won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic 

Games in Beijing, and was part of the team that failed to 

defend their title at the 2012 Games in London, where they 

finished equal fifth. He was appointed captain of the US 

team for their victorious 2013 NORCECA Championship 

campaign and led the team at the 2014 World League. 

One of his ambitions is to win another Olympic gold 

medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Rooney struggled with a 

shoulder injury for much of 2011 and underwent shoulder 

surgery in September 2012. In 2009 he was named USA 

Volleyball’s Male Indoor Player of the Year and was named 

Most Valuable Player in the Korean V-League in both 2005 

and 2006. 


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VENEZUELA 

POOL A 

FIVB 

WORLD 

RANKING 

35 


10 th 1960 19 th 2010 11 

Only the fact that they have to compete against Brazil, and 

recently Argentina, has prevented Venezuela from winning 

multiple South American Championships. As it is, they have 

had to be content with nine silver medals and 12 bronze in 

an event in which they have never finished outside the top 

four. As a mark of their consistency, Venezuela have now 

qualified on 11 occasions for the World Championship, 

although their highest finish of 10th came in their debut 

attempt in 1960. They will be aiming for at least the top 15 

this time around, an improvement of the 19th place they 

managed four years ago. 

Venezuela’s hopes of competing at Poland 2014 were 

nearly prematurely dashed by travel troubles. A problem 

with a flight resulted in them missing out on the 2013 

South American Championship – a competition where they 

had finished third in 2011 – where the top two finishers 

qualify. The third qualifying spot from South America was 

determined through a playoff tournament, which the 

Venezuelans won. 

Having finished ninth at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, 

Venezuela have struggled in recent years. Their most recent 

World League appearance came in 2009, and they placed 

eighth at the 2011 Pan American Games and fifth at the 

Pan American Cup in August. 

COACH 


Manager: Nelson Dellimore 

Coach: Vincenzo Nacci 

Assistant Coach: Ivan Nieto 

Doctor: Antonio Camara 

Physiotherapist: Benni Sosa 

Journalist: Jose Mena 

Vincenzo Nacci (ITA) 


Language: ITA 


Coaching debut: 30.04.2014 


Vincenzo Nacci was appointed head coach of the Venezuela 

men’s team in 2014, and described his appointment as “a 

new adventure” and “an honour”. The 49-year-old had 

previously started his coaching career as an assistant and 

youth coach at several Italian teams, and landed his first 

head coach role with Serie A2 side Volley Corigliano for 

the 2008/09 season. He led Volley Corigliano to promotion 

from Serie B1 in the 2010/11 season. As a player Nacci 

played on the Italian domestic scene, including one year 

for Virtus Potenza during the 1988/89 season. 

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VEN 

TEAM ROSTER 


L 1 Briceno Regulo Alberto Briceno 13.02.89 175 85 332 327 1 14 15 Aragua 

2 Arias Guzman Luis Antonio Arias 17.01.89 196 87 339 333 1 10 11 Asquimo Dos Hermanas 

3 Gonzalez Fernando Fernando 30.06.89 194 84 333 328 10 10 Chubut Voley 

L 4 Mata Héctor Mata 27.01.93 179 77 310 304 12 12 Anzoategui 

5 Rodriguez Emerson Rodriguez 02.02.93 202 90 338 333 6 6 Distrito Capital 

6 Paez Carlos Paez 09.11.91 192 82 342 337 8 8 Carabobo 

7 Rojas Stangel Hnery Jose Rojas 05.11.92 - - - - 

8 Salerno Hector Hector 18.06.91 196 76 358 351 4 4 Aragua 

9 Carrasco José Chema 20.05.89 195 89 345 347 15 15 Yaracuy 

C 10 Pinerua Kervin Pinerua 22.02.91 191 85 339 334 1 12 13 Miranda 

11 Gomez Canas Ernardo Andres Harry 30.07.82 195 90 355 350 8 39 47 Toyoda Gosei 

12 Contreras Jhoser Contreras 04.04.91 191 84 340 334 14 14 Zulia 

13 Chourio Pirela Jesus Danian Jesus 02.01.91 201 88 345 340 8 8 Zulia 

14 Montoya Martine Maximo Antonio Maximo 26.06.89 198 86 347 343 1 14 15 Apure 

15 Soteldo Francisco Soteldo 23.03.86 200 86 347 341 2 2 4 Lara 

16 Verdi José Verdi 06.02.90 196 84 350 344 Anzoategui 

17 Escobar Daniel Daniel 10.07.90 202 90 350 345 25 25 Miranda 

18 Cedeno Marquez Fredy Ramon Fredy 10.09.81 205 97 358 335 4 1 28 33 Unicaja Almeria 


STATISTICS 

Age Oldest Fredy 10.09.81 (32y11m) Youngest Rodriguez 02.02.93 (21y6m) 25y 

Height Tallest Fredy 205cm Shortest Briceno 175cm - 

Spike Highest Hector 358cm Shortest Mata 310cm - 

Block Highest Hector 351cm Shortest Mata 304cm - 

Caps Most Harry 47 First Verdi - 

Team average 


163

POOL A 

VENEZUELA 


1 

BRICENO 

Name: Regulo Alberto Briceno 


Position: - 

Born in: Turmero Aragua 

Club debut: Aragua (Maracay) in 2008 - Intl. debut: South American 

Championships (Brazil) in 2008 - Hobby: PlayStation - Lang.: Spanish - 

Favourites: Book: Fiction, Food: Pabellon, Movie: Action, Music: Pitbul, 


3 

FERNANDO 

Name: Fernando Gonzalez 


Position: Opposite spiker Born in: Portuguesa 

Club debut: Barinas in 1995 - Intl. debut: Juegos del Alba (Caracas) in 

2006 - Lang.: Spanish 

2 

4 

ARIAS 

Name: Luis Antonio Arias Guzman 


Position: Opposite spiker Born in: El Tigre 

Club debut: Anzoategui (Barcelona, Venezuela) in 2006 - Intl. debut: 

South American Championships (Brasilia, Brazil) in 2006 - Hobby: 

Collecting stamps - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Book: Lanzas 

Colorada, Food: Pizza, Movie: Perfume, Music: Los Niches 

MATA 

Name: Héctor Mata 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

Club debut: Anzoategui (Barcelona) in 1998 - Intl. debut: Continental 

CSV in 2007 

5 

RODRIGUEZ 

Name: Emerson Rodriguez 


Position: Wing spiker Born in: Caracas 

Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: Book: Dona Barbara, Food: Pasta, Movie: 

Harry Potter, Music: Shakira, Other sports: Rafael Nadal 

6 

PAEZ 

Name: Carlos Paez 


Position: - 


Born in: Bejuma 

Club debut: Carabobo (Valencia, Venezuela) in 2006 - Intl. debut: 

South American Championships (Manaus, Brazil) in 2008 - Lang.: 

Spanish - Favourites: Book: Othello, Food: Pizza, Movie: Harry Potter, 

Music: Britney Spears, Other sports: Marc McWire 

7 

ROJAS 

8 

HECTOR 

Name: Hnery Jose Rojas Stangel 

Name: Hector Salerno 

Age: 21 

Height: - 


Age: 23 

Height: 196 


Position: - 

Born in: Caracas 

Position: - 

Born in: Maracay 



9 CHEMA 

Name: José Carrasco 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

10 

PINERUA 

Name: Kervin Pinerua 




Born in: Los Teques 

Club debut: Miranda (Los Teques) in 2007 - Intl. debut: South American 

Championships (Manaus, Brazil) in 2008 - Hobby: Ecology - Lang.: Spanish 

- Favourites: Book: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Food: Reina Pepiada, 

Movie: Lord of the Rings, Music: Mecano, Other sports: Rafael Nadal 

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11 

HARRY 

12 

CONTRERAS 

Name: Ernardo Andres Gomez Canas 

Name: Jhoser Contreras 




Born in: Bolivar 


Position: - 


Born in: Maracaibo 

VEN 

Club debut: Bolivar in 1994 - Intl. debut: South American Champ (São 

Paulo, Brazil) in 1995 - Hobby: Music - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: 

Book: Culture, Food: Tolas, Movie: Action, Music: Vallenatos, Other 


13 

JESUS 

Name: Jesus Danian Chourio Pirela 


Position: - 

Born in: Maracaibo 

Club debut: Zulia (Bobures) in 2007 - Intl. debut: South American 

Championships (Manaus, Brazil) in 2008 - Lang.: Spanish - Favourites: 

Book: No more diets, Food: Mandoca, Movie: Perfume, Music: Lady 

Gaga, Other sports: Ronaldo 

15 

SOTELDO 

Name: Francisco Soteldo 



Born in: Lara 

Club debut: Lara (Barquisimeto) in 1999 - Intl. debut: South American 

Championship (Minas Gerais, Brazil) in 2002 - Lang.: Spanish 


14 MAXIMO 

Name: Maximo Antonio Montoya Martine 


Position: - Born in: San Fernando de Apure 

16 VERDI 

Name: José Verdi 


Position: - Born in: Aragua de Barcelona 

17 DANIEL 

Name: Daniel Escobar 


Position: - 


Born in: - 

18 

FREDY 

Name: Fredy Ramon Cedeno Marquez 


Position: Middle blocker Born in: Caracas 

Club debut: Aragua (Maracay) in 1999 - Intl. debut: South American 

Championships (Salta, Argentina) in 2000 - Hobby: Cinema, Internet - Lang.: 

Spanish, English, Finnish - Favourites: Book: Angels and Demonds, Food: 

Venezuelan, Italian, Spanish, Movie: Latin Music, Other sports: Basketball 


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VENEZUELA 


POOL A 

World 

Championships 

W L T 

17 56 73 

Olympic Games 

W L T 

1 4 5 

World League 

W L T 

14 58 72 

Grand 

Champions Cup 

W L T 

- - - 

World Cup 

W L T 

4 7 11 

Continental 

Championships 

W L T 

n/a 

2010 19 

2006 17 

2002 17 

1990 16 

1986 16 

1982 19 

1978 21 

1974 21 

1970 23 

1960 10 

2008 9 

2009 16 

2008 13 

2005 7 

2003 13 

2002 13 

2001 13 

2003 8 

2013 5 

2011 3 

2009 3 

2007 3 

2005 3 

2003 2 

2001 3 

1999 3 

1997 2 

1995 3 

1993 4 

1991 3 

1989 3 

1987 3 

1985 2 

1983 4 

1981 4 

1979 2 

1977 2 

1975 2 

1973 3 

1969 2 

1967 2 

1964 2 

1962 3 

9 12 21 



ARG 2 3 5 13.05.12 COQT 2012 Round Robin Almirante Brown 0-3 19-25 19-25 25-27 


BEL 

BRA 0 16 16 24.09.11 SAMCH 2011 Round Robin Cuiabá 0-3 14-25 15-25 25-27 

BUL 0 2 2 18.08.08 OG 2008 Prel. Round Beijing 1-3 25-23 19-25 16-25 22-25 

CAN 0 3 3 29.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Tokyo 1-3 21-25 25-23 20-25 21-25 

CHN 2 6 8 09.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 1-3 18-25 26-28 25-19 21-25 

CMR 0 1 1 24.10.90 WCH 1990 Classification Round Curitiba 0-3 4-15 7-15 13-15 

CUB 0 2 2 02.10.82 WCH 1982 Group D Buenos Aires 0-3 5-15 3-15 4-15 



FRA 0 9 9 05.07.08 WL 2008 Prel. Round Toulouse 1-3 20-25 25-20 20-25 22-25 

GER 0 1 1 13.10.74 WCH 1974 Group B Guadalajara 0-3 2-15 3-15 7-15 

IRI 1 1 2 07.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 0-3 16-25 16-25 20-25 

ITA 0 10 10 14.08.08 OG 2008 Prel. Round Beijing 0-3 21-25 20-25 21-25 

KOR 0 3 3 06.06.12 WOQT+COQT 2012 Round Robin Tokyo 0-3 25-27 22-25 15-25 

MEX 0 2 2 27.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Reggio Calabria 0-3 22-25 20-25 20-25 

POL 2 13 15 04.07.09 WL 2009 Prel. Round Wroclaw 1-3 29-27 14-25 21-25 22-25 


RUS 0 10 10 14.06.03 WL 2003 Group A Moscow 1-3 14-25 25-22 13-25 21-25 


TUN 2 2 4 20.11.03 WC 2003 Regular Hamamatsu 3-0 25-23 25-21 25-22 

USA 1 10 11 26.09.10 WCH 2010 1st Round Reggio Calabria 0-3 19-25 23-25 19-25 

W=Won, L=Lost, T=Total matches played. Competitions: COQT=Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament, OG=Olympic Games, SAMCH=South 

American Championship, WCH=World Championships, WC=World Cup, WL=World League, WOQT=World Olympic Qualification Tournament. 

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VEN 

STAR PLAYER 

TEAM CAPTAIN 

Hector Jesus Mata 

Despite being just 21 years old, Hector Jesus Mata already 

has three years of international volleyball experience 

behind him. In 2011 he played in the Pan American Games, 

where Venezuela finished eighth and the 18-year-old Mata 

was named Best Libero. In the same year he won a bronze 

medal at the South American Championship. He is the 

second-youngest member of the Venezuela team in Poland 

2014, as teammate Emerson Rodriguez was born six days 

later than Mata. 

After his breakthrough 2011 season, he played at the 2012 

World Olympic Qualification Tournament, before switching 

back to age group competition at the 2013 World Junior 

Championship in Brazil. Venezuela finished sixth in Brazil, 

where Mata had the fourth-best reception efficiency amongst 

liberos, and the seventh most digs in the tournament. 

He has played club volleyball with Deportivo Anzoategui 

in Venezuela’s National Volleyball League, and was named 

Best Libero for the 2013/14 season. In 2010 and 2011 he 

was named Athlete of the Year for the city of Guanipa in 

Venezuela. 

Kervin Pinerua 

Kervin Pinerua was part of the Venezuela team that 

finished equal-19th at the 2010 World Championship in 

Italy. He also played with Venezuela at the 2012 Olympic 

Qualification Tournament in Tokyo, Japan. At continental 

level, he played with the Venezuela team at the 2011 

South American Championship, where they finished third. 

He also played with the national team at the 2011 Pan 

American Games, where they finished eighth. He won a 

silver medal at the 2013 Bolivarian Games. The outside 

hitter won several individual awards at junior continental 

competitions, including being named Most Valuable Player 

at the 2011 Junior Pan American Cup in Panama, and Best 

Spiker at the 2010 South American Junior Championship 

in Chile. 

Pinerua started playing volleyball because his mother, who 

played volleyball when she was younger, encouraged him 

to try the sport as an alternative to baseball and athletics. 


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FACTS AND FIGURES 

PLAYER STATS TOP 20 

Rank Tallest Shortest Oldest Youngest 

1 

Muserskiy (RUS) 

218cm 

F. Zarif (IRI) 

165cm 

S. Ag (CMR) 

40y5m 

Caraballo (CUB) 

17y10m 

2 

Gustavo (BRA) 

214cm 

Mulero (PUR) 

170cm 

Lewis (CAN) 

38y4m 

Chapman (CUB) 

17y10m 

3 

Kody (CMR) 

213cm 

Mendoza (MEX) 

170cm 

Rivera (PUR) 

37y1m 

Ricardo (CUB) 

17y10m 

4 

Vissotto (BRA) 

212cm 

Garrocq (ARG) 

170cm 

Sellami S. (TUN) 

37y1m 

Rendon (CUB) 

18y2m 

5 

Renan (BRA) 

212cm 

M. Marandi (IRI) 

172cm 

Depestele (BEL) 

36y11m 

Van De Velde (BEL) 

18y8m 

6 

Edgar (AUS) 

212cm 

Ren Q. (CHN) 

174cm 

Corvetta (ITA) 

36y11m 

Stuer (BEL) 

18y9m 

7 

Böhme (GER) 

211cm 

Del Valle (PUR) 

175cm 

Nikolov V. (BUL) 

36y10m 

Perry (AUS) 

18y9m 

8 

Mozdzonek (POL) 

211cm 

Briceno (VEN) 

175cm 

Zagumny (POL) 

36y10m 

Jimeno (CUB) 

18y9m 

9 

M. Adel (EGY) 

211cm 

Bu Yongchan (KOR) 

175cm 

Tolvanen (FIN) 

36y9m 

Douglas (BRA) 

19y0m 

10 

Abd Elhalim (EGY) 

210cm 

Kong F. W. (CHN) 

176cm 

Brinkman (CAN) 

36y7m 

Kaislasalo (FIN) 

19y0m 

11 

Andrei (GER) 

210cm 

Taouerghi A (TUN) 

178cm 

Moussa (CMR) 

36y6m 

Uriarte (CUB) 

19y2m 

12 

Van De Velde (BEL) 

210cm 

Gutierrez (CUB) 

178cm 

Ignaczak (POL) 

36y3m 

Mutka (FIN) 

19y5m 

13 

Lucas (BRA) 

209cm 

Jeong Minsu (KOR) 

178cm 

Soto (PUR) 

36y2m 

Abrahan (CUB) 

19y6m 

14 

Le Roux (FRA) 

209cm 

Reft (USA) 

178cm 

Esko (FIN) 

35y11m 

Walker (AUS) 

19y6m 

15 

Smoliar (RUS) 

209cm 

Mata (VEN) 

179cm 

Berrios (PUR) 

35y7m 

Georgiev (BUL) 

19y6m 

16 

Geng X. (CHN) 

208cm 

Perry (AUS) 

180cm 

Ndaki N.P.G.A (CMR) 

35y3m 

Romero (CUB) 

19y7m 

17 

Piano (ITA) 

208cm 

Rivera (CUB) 

180cm 

Raphael (BRA) 

35y2m 

Depovere (BEL) 

19y7m 

18 

Volvich (RUS) 

208cm 

Wojtaszek (POL) 

180cm 

Zygadlo (POL) 

35y0m 

Ben Slimene K. (TUN) 

19y8m 

19 

Schmitt (CAN) 

208cm 

Colaci (ITA) 

180cm 

Meyer (MEX) 

34y10m 

Penchev R. (BUL) 

19y8m 

20 

Todorov (BUL) 

208cm 

Closter (ARG) 

180cm 

Garrocq (ARG) 

34y9m 

Krastins (FIN) 

19y11m 

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ALL STAR PLAYERS 

2010 MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ALL STAR TEAM 

Most Valuable Player Murilo Endres Brazil 

Top Scorer Iban Perez Spain 

Best Server Clayton Stanley USA 

Best Spiker Maxim Mikhaylov Russia 

Best Blocker Robertlandy Simon Cuba 

Best Setter Nikola Grbic Serbia 

Best Libero Ferdinand Tille Germany 

2010 MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOP PERFORMANCES 

Highest Scorers By Day 

Day 1 (1st Rd) – 28 points by Antonin Rouzier (FRA) in France’s 3-2 win over the Czech Republic in Turin 

Day 2 (1st Rd) – 27 points by Maxim Mikhaylov (RUS) in Russia’s 3-1 win over Australia in Modena 

Day 3 (1st Rd) – 28 points by Fernando Hernandez (CUB) in Cuba’s 3-2 win over Brazil in Verona 

Day 4 (2nd Rd) – 24 points by Gyrgy Grozer (GER) in Germany’s 3-0 win over Puerto Rico in Catania 

Day 5 (2nd Rd) – 30 points by Iban Perez (ESP) in Spain’s 3-2 win over Russia in Catania 

Day 6 (2nd Rd) – 23 points by Ahmed Abdelhay (EGY) in Egypt’s win against Spain in Catania 

Day 7 (3rd Rd) – 25 points by Murilo (BRA) in Brazil’s win over the Czech Republic in Rome 

Day 8 (3rd Rd) – 26 points by Ivan Miljkovic (SRB) in Serbia’s win over Russia in Florence 

Day 9 (3rd Rd) – 28 points by Vladimir Nikolov (BUL) in Cuba’s win over Bulgaria in Florence 

Day 10 (Semifinals) – 26 points by Iban Perez (ESP) in Argentina’s win over Spain in Florence 

Day 11 (Semifinals/Finals) – 30 points by Ivan Miljkovic (SRB) in Cuba’s win over Serbia in Rome 

Day 12 (Finals) – 22 points by Ivan Miljkovic (SRB) in Serbia’s win over Italy in Rome 

Highest Set Score 

34-32 – EGY v JPN in Pool A, CUB v BRA in Pool B. Both matches played on September 27. 

Highest Scoring Matches 

233 – BUL v CUB in 3rd Round, 2-3 (25-22, 23-25, 28-26, 28-30, 11-15) played on October 6 in Florence 

231 – FRA v BUL in 1st Round, 3-2 (25-22, 23-25, 25-17, 28-30, 19-17) played on September 26 in Turin 

230 – CUB v BRA in 1st Round, 3-2 (34-32, 18-25, 23-25, 25-21, 15-12) played on September 27 in Verona 

228 – JPN v EGY in 1st Round, 3-2 (32-34. 23-25, 25-19, 25-17, 15-13) played on September 27 in Milan 

226 – SRB v CUB in Semifinal (1-4), 3-2 (25-22, 17-25, 29-31, 25-22, 14-16) played on October 9 in Rome 

Tournament Top Scorers 

173 – Iban Perez (ESP) 

168 – Vladimir Nikolov (BUL) 

168 – Ivan Miljkovic (SRB) 

162 – Maxim Mikhaylov (RUS) 

157 – Facundo Conte (ARG) 

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QUALIFICATION PROCESS 

AFRICA (CAVB) - THREE VACANCIES 

Dates (Country) 

Qualified Team 

African World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool U) February 6-10, 2014 (Kenya) Egypt 

African World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool T) February 13-17, 2014 (Cameroon) Cameroon 

African World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool V) March 3-7, 2014 (Tunisia) Tunisia 

ASIA (AVC) - FOUR VACANCIES 



Asian World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool D) September 5-8, 2013 (Japan) Korea 

Asian World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool A) September 6-8, 2013 (Australia) Australia 

Asian World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool B) September 11-13, 2013 (Iran) Iran 

Asian World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool C) September 20-22, 2013 (China) China 

EUROPE (CEV) - EIGHT VACANCIES 

Hosts 



Poland 

2013 Men’s Volleyball European Championship (winner) September 20-29, 2013 (Denmark & Poland) Russia 

2013 Men’s Volleyball European Championship (runner-up) September 20-29, 2013 (Denmark & Poland) Italy 

European World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool I) January 3-5, 2014 (Opava, Czech Republic) Bulgaria 

European World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool J) January 3-5, 2014 (Nis, Serbia) Serbia 

European World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool K) January 3-5, 2014 (Ludwigsberg, Germany) Germany 

European World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool L) January 3-5, 2014 (Paris, France) Belgium 

European World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool M) January 3-5, 2014 (Poprad, Slovakia) 

European World Championship Qualification 3rd round 

(second best placed team overall) 

January 3-5, 2014 (Paris, France) 

Finland 

France 

NORCECA - FIVE VACANCIES 



NORCECA World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool P) May 21-24, 2014 (Cuba) Cuba 

NORCECA World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool O) May 15-18, 2014 (USA) USA 

NORCECA World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool Q) May 16-19, 2014 (Canada) Canada 

NORCECA World Championship Qualification 3rd round (winner Pool R) May 22-25, 2014 (Puerto Rico) Mexico 

FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship Poland 2014 

NORCECA playoff (winner) 

July 17-20, 2014 (Mexico or Puerto Rico) 

Puerto Rico 

SOUTH AMERICA (CSV) - THREE VACANCIES 



South American Continental Championship (winner) August 6-10, 2013 (Peru) Brazil 

South American Continental Championship (runner-up) August 6-10, 2013 (Peru) Argentina 

South America Qualification Tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Men’s 

World Championship Poland 2014 (winner) 

September 13-15, 2013 (Colombia) 

Venezuela 


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AFRICA (CAVB) CONTINENTAL QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT 

SUB ZONAL PHASE 

POOL A, ALGERIA / JULY 29-AUGUST 1, 2013 

RESULTS 

FINAL STANDINGS 

Date Match Score 1 2 3 4 5 Rk Code Country Pts W L 

29.07.13 TUN MAR 3-1 25-16 18-25 25-22 33-31 1 TUN Tunisia 8 3 0 

30.07.13 ALG LBA 3-0 25-20 25-19 25-16 2 ALG Algeria 6 2 1 

30.07.13 LBA TUN 0-3 30-32 18-25 24-26 3 MAR Morocco 4 1 2 

31.07.13 MAR ALG 2-3 20-25 25-20 22-25 25-21 11-15 4 LBA Libya 0 0 3 

31.07.13 LBA MAR 0-3 22-25 22-25 23-25 

01.08.13 ALG TUN 2-3 27-29 25-21 25-20 23-25 12-15 

POOL B, CAPE VERDE / JULY 4-6, 2013 

RESULTS 



04.07.13 SLE CPV 0-3 11-25 12-25 20-25 1 CPV Cape Verde 5 2 0 

05.07.13 SEN SLE 3-0 25-16 25-14 25-14 2 SEN Senegal 4 1 1 

06.07.13 CPV SEN 3-2 25-20 18-25 20-25 25-22 17-15 3 SLE Sierra Leone 0 0 2 

POOL D, BURKINA FASO / JULY 24-26, 2013 

RESULTS 



24.07.13 GHA BUR 2-3 15-25 25-17 20-25 25-19 14-16 1 GHA Ghana 4 1 1 

25.07.13 CIV GHA 0-3 22-25 18-25 21-25 2 BUR Burkina Faso 3 1 1 

26.07.13 BUR CIV 2-3 21-25 25-23 20-25 25-23 11-15 3 CIV Cote d’Ivoire 2 1 1 

POOL E, NIGERIA / JULY 23-25, 2013 

RESULTS 



23.07.13 NIG TOG 3-0 25-18 25-21 25-20 1 NGR Nigeria 5 2 0 

24.07.13 NIG NGR 2-3 20-25 25-21 19-25 25-21 12-15 2 NIG Niger 4 1 1 

25.07.13 TOG NGR 0-3 18-25 21-25 15-25 3 TOG Togo 0 0 2 

POOL F, CHAD / JULY 4-6, 2013 

RESULTS 



04.07.13 CMR GAB 3-0 25-12 25-16 25-21 1 CMR Cameroon 9 3 0 

04.07.13 CGO CHA 3-1 26-24 18-25 25-21 25-13 2 CGO Congo Brazzaville 6 2 1 

05.07.13 GAB CGO 1-3 18-25 22-25 25-19 20-25 3 CHA Chad 2 1 2 

05.07.13 CHA CMR 0-3 23-25 22-25 19-25 4 GAB Gabon 1 0 3 

06.07.13 CMR CGO 3-0 25-20 25-17 25-19 

06.07.13 CHA GAB 3-2 25-19 23-25 25-21 20-25 15-13 

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POOL H, UGANDA / JULY 25-27, 2013 

RESULTS 



25.07.13 KEN TAN 3-0 25-13 25-21 25-15 1 KEN Kenya 9 3 9 

25.07.13 BDI UGA 1-3 25-23 19-25 11-25 29-31 2 UGA Uganda 6 2 1 

26.07.13 TAN BDI 0-3 13-25 20-25 17-25 3 BDI Burundi 3 1 2 

26.07.13 UGA KEN 0-3 16-25 22-25 16-25 4 TAN Tanzania 0 0 3 

27.07.13 KEN BDI 3-0 25-14 25-15 25-17 

27.07.13 UGA TAN 3-1 25-20 25-16 21-25 25-15 

POOL I, RWANDA / JULY 25-26, 2013 

RESULTS 



25.07.13 EGY RWA 3-0 25-23 28-26 31-29 1 EGY Egypt 6 2 0 

26.07.13 RWA EGY 1-3 25-21 21-25 23-25 18-25 2 RWA Rwanda 0 0 2 

POOL J, MOZAMBIQUE / JULY 3-6, 2013 

RESULTS 



03.07.13 BOT SWZ 3-0 25-16 25-18 25-14 1 BOT Botswana 9 3 0 

03.07.13 LES MOZ 1-3 14-25 17-25 25-19 16-25 2 MOZ Mozambique 6 2 1 

04.07.13 SWZ MOZ 0-3 17-25 18-25 17-25 3 LES Lesotho 3 1 2 

04.07.13 BOT LES 3-0 25-21 25-16 25-16 4 SWZ Swaziland 0 0 3 

06.07.13 LES SWZ 3-1 18-25 25-18 25-20 25-18 

06.07.13 MOZ BOT 1-3 19-25 15-25 31-29 14-25 

POOL K, MALAWI / JULY 23-25, 2013 

RESULTS 



23.07.13 MAW ZIM 1-3 11-25 13-25 25-23 25-27 1 ZAM Zambia 8 3 0 

23.07.13 NAM ZAM 0-3 16-25 21-25 19-25 2 ZIM Zimbabwe 7 2 1 

24.07.13 ZIM ZAM 2-3 25-18 19-25 20-25 25-23 13-15 3 NAM Namibia 3 1 2 

24.07.13 MAW NAM 0-3 15-25 13-25 21-25 4 MAW Malawi 0 0 3 

25.07.13 NAM ZIM 1-3 25-14 14-25 11-25 26-28 

25.07.13 ZAM MAW 3-0 25-12 25-19 25-20 

POOL L, SEYCHELLES / JULY 26-28, 2013 

RESULTS 



26.07.13 MRI SEY 0-3 22-25 13-25 19-25 1 SEY Seychelles 6 2 0 

28.07.13 SEY MRI 3-0 25-20 25-18 25-19 2 MRI Mauritius 0 0 2 


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ZONAL PHASE 

POOL M (ZONE 1), RADES, TUNISIA / NOVEMBER 20-22, 2013 

RESULTS 



20.11.13 MAR TUN 2-3 25-21 14-25 16-25 25-20 8-15 1 TUN Tunisia 5 2 0 

21.11.13 ALG MAR 3-0 25-20 25-23 25-16 2 ALG Algeria 3 1 1 

22.11.13 TUN ALG 3-1 25-15 25-22 21-25 27-25 3 MAR Morocco 1 0 2 

POOL O (ZONE 3), NIAMEY, NIGER / OCTOBER 24-26, 2013 

RESULTS 



24.10.13 BUR GHA 0-3 15-25 21-25 10-25 1 NGR Nigeria 9 3 0 

24.10.13 NGR NIG 3-0 25-22 25-21 25-22 2 NIG Niger 5 2 1 

25.10.13 GHA NGR 1-3 19-25 25-21 27-29 17-25 3 GHA Ghana 4 1 2 

25.10.13 NIG BUR 3-1 27-25 16-25 25-11 25-11 4 BUR Burkina Faso 0 0 3 

26.10.13 BUR NGR 0-3 26-28 20-25 11-25 

26.10.13 GHA NIG 2-3 22-25 25-17 14-25 25-14 9-15 

POOL P (ZONE 4), BRAZZAVILLE, CONGO BRAZZAVILLE / NOVEMBER 7-9, 2013 

RESULTS 



07.11.13 CMR GAB 3-1 25-13 25-23 23-25 25-15 1 CMR Cameroon 8 3 0 

07.11.13 CHA CGO 0-3 18-25 12-25 21-25 2 CGO Congo Brazzaville 7 2 1 

08.11.13 CMR CHA 3-0 25-19 25-10 25-17 3 GAB Gabon 2 1 2 

08.11.13 GAB CGO 0-3 23-25 14-25 11-25 4 CHA Chad 1 0 3 

09.11.13 CHA GAB 2-3 25-21 25-22 26-28 22-25 12-15 

09.11.13 CGO CMR 2-3 26-24 11-25 20-25 25-18 8-15 

POOL Q (ZONE 5), KIGALI, RWANDA / NOVEMBER 26-30, 2013 

RESULTS 



26.11.13 EGY KEN 3-2 23-25 25-20 25-17 19-25 15-13 1 EGY Egypt 11 4 0 

26.11.13 BDI RWA 0-3 23-25 17-25 13-25 2 RWA Rwanda 8 3 1 

27.11.13 UGA BDI 3-0 25-21 25-19 25-17 3 KEN Kenya 8 2 2 

27.11.13 RWA EGY 1-3 33-31 23-25 14-25 16-25 4 UGA Uganda 3 1 3 

28.11.13 EGY UGA 3-0 25-15 25-22 25-16 5 BDI Burundi 0 0 4 

28.11.13 KEN RWA 2-3 18-25 20-25 25-21 25-22 13-15 

29.11.13 UGA KEN 0-3 23-25 23-25 18-25 

29.11.13 BDI EGY 0-3 16-25 14-25 17-25 

30.11.13 KEN BDI 3-0 25-23 31-29 25-20 

30.11.13 RWA UGA 3-0 25-18 25-23 25-19 

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POOL R (ZONE 6), MOLEPOLOLE, BOTSWANA / OCTOBER 8-12, 2013 

RESULTS 



08.10.13 LES ZIM 2-3 25-10 13-25 25-18 23-25 10-15 1 BOT Botswana 15 5 0 

08.10.13 MOZ BOT 0-3 17-25 16-25 18-25 2 ZAM Zambia 8 3 2 

08.10.13 NAM ZAM 0-3 21-25 18-25 16-25 3 ZIM Zimbabwe 8 3 2 

09.10.13 ZIM NAM 3-0 25-19 25-18 25-15 4 LES Lesotho 8 2 3 

09.10.13 BOT LES 3-0 25-18 25-17 25-19 5 MOZ Mozambique 3 1 4 

09.10.13 ZAM MOZ 3-2 27-25 17-25 19-25 25-18 15-11 6 NAM Namibia 3 1 4 

10.10.13 ZIM ZAM 0-3 18-25 21-25 23-25 

10.10.13 BOT NAM 3-0 25-18 25-19 25-18 

10.10.13 LES MOZ 2-3 20-25 25-20 25-22 20-25 13-15 

11.10.13 MOZ ZIM 1-3 18-25 24-26 27-25 20-25 

11.10.13 NAM LES 0-3 10-25 22-25 18-25 

11.10.13 ZAM BOT 0-3 12-25 10-25 23-25 

12.10.13 LES ZAM 3-0 25-20 25-19 25-19 

12.10.13 MOZ NAM 1-3 22-25 18-25 25-21 21-25 

12.10.13 BOT ZIM 3-1 21-25 25-14 25-16 25-19 

POOL S (ZONE 7), VACOAS, MAURITIUS / OCTOBER 6, 2013 

RESULTS 



06.10.13 MRI SEY 2-3 19-25 31-29 25-19 22-25 11-15 1 SEY Seychelles 2 1 0 

2 MRI Mauritius 1 0 1 


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FINAL ROUND 

POOL T, YAOUNDÉ, CAMEROON / FEBRUARY 13-17, 2014 

RESULTS 



13.02.14 RWA ALG 0-3 23-25 12-25 19-25 q 1 CMR Cameroon 9 3 1 

13.02.14 NGR CMR 1-3 11-25 25-22 18-25 19-25 2 ALG Algeria 9 3 1 

14.02.14 GAB NGR 1-3 25-22 20-25 11-25 16-25 3 RWA Rwanda 9 3 1 

14.02.14 CMR RWA 1-3 20-25 20-25 25-22 17-25 4 NGR Nigeria 3 1 3 

15.02.14 RWA GAB 3-1 25-15 25-19 24-26 25-17 5 GAB Gabon 0 0 4 

15.02.14 ALG CMR 0-3 26-28 21-25 15-25 

16.02.14 GAB ALG 0-3 21-25 21-25 10-25 

16.02.14 NGR RWA 1-3 23-25 16-25 25-21 17-25 

17.02.14 ALG NGR 3-1 25-17 25-14 21-25 25-15 

17.02.14 CMR GAB 3-0 25-11 25-14 25-17 

POOL U, NAIROBI, KENYA / FEBRUARY 6-10, 2014 

RESULTS 



06.02.14 KEN CPV 3-0 25-14 25-17 25-15 q 1 EGY Egypt 12 4 0 

06.02.14 ZAM BOT 0-3 19-25 12-25 11-25 2 KEN Kenya 8 3 1 

07.02.14 CPV ZAM 3-1 25-21 31-29 27-29 25-21 3 BOT Botswana 7 2 2 

07.02.14 EGY KEN 3-1 25-21 25-22 20-25 25-20 4 CPV Cape Verde 3 1 3 

08.02.14 ZAM EGY 0-3 13-25 15-25 15-25 5 ZAM Zambia 0 0 4 

08.02.14 BOT CPV 3-1 25-22 23-25 25-17 25-21 

09.02.14 EGY BOT 3-0 25-16 25-19 25-9 

09.02.14 KEN ZAM 3-0 25-15 25-15 25-17 

10.02.14 BOT KEN 2-3 28-26 15-25 26-24 25-27 17-19 

10.02.14 CPV EGY 0-3 14-25 14-25 16-25 

POOL V, TUNIS, TUNISIA / MARCH 3-7, 2014 

RESULTS 



03.03.14 SEN SEY 1-3 16-25 25-18 22-25 19-25 q 1 TUN Tunisia 12 4 0 

03.03.14 NIG TUN 0-3 16-25 13-25 12-25 2 CGO Congo Brazavlle 8 3 1 

04.03.14 CGO NIG 3-2 25-17 35-37 14-25 25-17 15-12 3 SEY Seychelles 6 2 2 

04.03.14 TUN SEN 3-0 25-16 25-7 25-17 4 NIG Niger 4 1 3 

05.03.14 SEN CGO 0-3 16-25 16-25 16-25 5 SEN Senegal 0 0 4 

05.03.14 SEY TUN 0-3 19-25 10-25 16-25 

06.03.14 CGO SEY 3-0 25-21 25-23 25-16 

06.03.14 NIG SEN 3-1 25-19 25-12 21-25 25-14 

07.03.14 SEY NIG 3-0 28-26 25-19 26-24 

07.03.14 TUN CGO 3-0 25-11 25-17 25-17 

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POOL A, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA / SEPTEMBER 6-8, 2013 

RESULTS 



06.09.13 AUS KUW 3-0 25-12 25-16 25-18 q 1 AUS Australia 9 3 0 

06.09.13 THA KAZ 0-3 17-25 15-25 22-25 2 KAZ Kazakhstan 6 2 1 

07.09.13 THA KUW 3-1 25-27 25-14 25-18 25-14 3 THA Thailand 3 1 2 

07.09.13 AUS KAZ 3-1 17-25 25-23 25-20 25-17 4 KUW Kuwait 0 0 3 

08.09.13 KAZ KUW 3-0 25-13 25-18 25-20 

08.09.13 AUS THA 3-0 25-23 25-13 25-23 

POOL B, TEHRAN, IRAN / SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2013 

RESULTS 



11.09.13 INA BRN 0-3 16-25 20-25 21-25 q 1 IRI Iran 9 3 0 

11.09.13 IRI PAK 3-0 25-15 25-19 25-13 2 BRN Bahrain 6 2 1 

12.09.13 PAK BRN 0-3 22-25 23-25 22-25 3 INA Indonesia 3 1 2 

12.09.13 IRI INA 3-0 25-12 25-20 25-11 4 PAK Pakistan 0 0 3 

13.09.13 PAK INA 0-3 15-25 23-25 19-25 

13.09.13 IRI BRN 3-0 25-16 25-17 25-14 

POOL C, CHENZHOU, CHINA / SEPTEMBER 20-22, 2013 

RESULTS 



20.09.13 IND KSA 3-0 25-20 25-21 25-19 q 1 CHN China 9 3 0 

20.09.13 TPE CHN 0-3 20-25 12-25 21-25 2 IND India 6 2 1 

21.09.13 IND TPE 3-1 25-19 21-25 25-18 26-24 3 TPE Chinese Taipei 2 1 2 

21.09.13 CHN KSA 3-0 28-26 25-20 27-25 4 KSA Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1 0 3 

22.09.13 KSA TPE 2-3 25-23 25-22 17-25 20-25 11-15 

22.09.13 CHN IND 3-0 25-17 25-18 25-17 

POOL D, KOMAKI, JAPAN / SEPTEMBER 5-8, 2013 

RESULTS 



05.09.13 JPN QAT 3-0 25-18 25-22 25-18 q 1 KOR Korea 9 3 0 

06.09.13 KOR NZL 3-0 25-16 25-9 25-11 2 JPN Japan 6 2 1 

07.09.13 QAT KOR 0-3 19-25 2-25 24-26 3 QAT Qatar 3 1 2 

07.09.13 JPN NZL 3-0 25-14 25-20 25-10 4 NZL New Zealand 0 0 3 

08.09.13 NZL QAT 0-3 22-25 22-25 21-25 

08.09.13 JPN KOR 0-3 20-25 20-25 13-25 


177


EUROPE (CEV) CONTINENTAL QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT 

FIRST ROUND 

POOL A, ZAGREB, CROATIA / MAY 24-26, 2013 

RESULTS 



24.05.13 AZE CRO 1-3 16-25 25-23 19-25 17-25 1 CRO Croatia 9 3 0 

24.05.13 NED BIH 3-0 25-14 25-23 25-14 2 NED The Netherlands 6 2 1 

25.05.13 CRO BIH 3-0 25-12 25-19 25-16 3 AZE Azerbaijan 3 1 2 

25.05.13 NED AZE 3-0 25-18 25-17 25-14 4 BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 3 

26.05.13 BIH AZE 1-3 25-27 25-15 18-25 23-25 

26.05.13 CRO NED 3-0 25-23 28-26 25-20 

POOL B, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA / MAY 24-26, 2013 

RESULTS 



24.05.13 ISR SLO 1-3 21-25 16-25 25-20 22-25 1 SLO Slovenia 9 3 0 

24.05.13 MDA HUN 3-1 25-18 25-22 28-30 25-18 2 MDA Moldova 4 1 2 

25.05.13 SLO HUN 3-0 25-20 25-20 25-17 3 ISR Israel 3 1 2 

25.05.13 ISR MDA 3-1 22-25 25-21 25-19 25-18 4 HUN Hungary 2 1 2 

26.05.13 SLO MDA 3-0 25-18 25-22 25-15 

26.05.13 HUN ISR 3-2 25-17 26-28 23-25 25-19 15-12 

POOL C, RAKVERE, ESTONIA / MAY 24-26, 2013 

RESULTS 



24.05.13 DEN LAT 0-3 20-25 24-26 23-25 1 EST Estonia 7 2 1 

24.05.13 BLR EST 1-3 23-25 25-20 17-25 21-25 2 BLR Belarus 6 2 1 

25.05.13 LAT BLR 0-3 24-26 24-26 16-25 3 LAT Latvia 5 2 1 

25.05.13 EST DEN 3-0 25-15 25-21 25-23 4 DEN Denmark 0 0 3 

26.05.13 BLR DEN 3-0 25-19 25-18 25-22 

26.05.13 LAT EST 3-2 25-18 16-25 25-19 20-25 15-10 

POOL D, KORTRIJK, BELGIUM / MAY 23-26, 2013 

RESULTS 



23.05.13 ROU NIR 3-0 25-12 25-15 25-12 1 BEL Belgium 9 3 0 

23.05.13 AUT BEL 1-3 13-25 25-19 14-25 19-25 2 ROU Romania 6 2 1 

24.05.13 AUT ROU 0-3 23-25 19-25 27-29 3 AUT Austria 3 1 2 

25.05.13 NIR AUT 0-3 18-25 11-25 11-25 4 NIR Northern Ireland 0 0 3 

25.05.13 BEL ROU 3-1 25-18 22-25 25-15 25-21 

26.05.13 NIR BEL 0-3 14-25 12-25 14-25 

178

POOL E, HALMSTAD, SWEDEN / MAY 24-26, 2013 

RESULTS 



24.05.13 NOR GRE 2-3 16-25 25-21 25-21 21-25 9-15 1 GRE Greece 8 3 0 

24.05.13 SWE ISL 3-0 25-16 25-18 25-15 2 SWE Sweden 5 2 1 

25.05.13 GRE ISL 3-0 25-8 25-13 25-12 3 NOR Norway 5 1 2 

25.05.13 SWE NOR 3-2 25-17 23-25 25-21 28-30 15-9 4 ISL Iceland 0 0 3 

26.05.13 ISL NOR 0-3 13-25 16-25 14-25 

26.05.13 GRE SWE 3-0 25-21 25-21 25-22 

POOL F, SKOPJE, MACEDONIA / MAY 24-26, 2013 

RESULTS 



24.05.13 MNE UKR 1-3 20-25 25-27 25-23 20-25 1 MKD Former YR of Macedonia 9 3 0 

24.05.13 MKD ALB 3-0 25-19 25-15 25-19 2 UKR Ukraine 6 2 1 

25.05.13 UKR ALB 3-0 25-16 25-12 25-16 3 MNE Montenegro 3 1 2 

25.05.13 MNE MKD 0-3 25-27 20-25 20-25 4 ALB Albania 0 0 3 

26.05.13 ALB MNE 1-3 16-25 25-23 16-25 14-25 

26.05.13 MKD UKR 3-0 29-27 25-23 25-14 

POOL G, LIMASSOL, CYPRUS / JUNE 6-8, 2013 

RESULTS 



06.06.13 SCO LUX 3-0 25-18 25-18 25-21 1 CYP Cyprus 9 3 0 

06.06.13 SMR CYP 1-3 25-23 10-25 10-25 12-25 2 SCO Scotland 6 2 1 

07.06.13 LUX SMR 3-0 25-12 25-17 25-16 3 LUX Luxembourg 3 1 2 

07.06.13 CYP SCO 3-0 28-26 25-22 25-19 4 SMR San Marino 0 0 3 

08.06.13 SMR SCO 0-3 17-25 22-25 22-25 

08.06.13 LUX CYP 0-3 18-25 17-25 23-25 


179


SECOND ROUND 

POOL H, ALMERE, THE NETHERLANDS / OCTOBER 2-6, 2013 

RESULTS 



02.10.13 SWE ROU 3-0 28-26 25-14 25-23 1 UKR Ukraine 12 4 1 

02.10.13 UKR BLR 0-3 27-29 19-25 19-25 2 NED The Netherlands 12 4 1 

02.10.13 NED ISR 3-0 25-23 25-20 25-21 3 BLR Belarus 10 4 1 

03.10.13 SWE UKR 0-3 24-26 15-25 22-25 4 ROU Romania 4 1 4 

03.10.13 ROU ISR 3-1 24-26 25-18 29-27 25-20 5 SWE Sweden 4 1 4 

03.10.13 BLR NED 1-3 24-26 23-25 26-24 20-25 6 ISR Israel 3 1 4 

04.10.13 UKR ROU 3-1 27-25 25-23 18-25 25-14 

04.10.13 ISR BLR 1-3 17-25 25-22 18-25 22-25 

04.10.13 NED SWE 3-0 36-34 25-16 25-21 

05.10.13 ROU BLR 2-3 25-23 21-25 16-25 25-21 13-15 

05.10.13 SWE ISR 0-3 15-25 14-25 24-26 

05.10.13 UKR NED 3-0 25-23 25-23 25-21 

06.10.13 BLR SWE 3-2 18-25 16-25 25-14 27-25 15-12 

06.10.13 NED ROU 3-0 25-18 25-23 25-16 

06.10.13 ISR UKR 0-3 26-28 11-25 14-25 

THIRD ROUND 

POOL I, OPAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC / JANUARY 3-5, 2014 

RESULTS 



03.01.14 CYP BUL 0-3 18-25 19-25 5-25 q 1 BUL Bulgaria 7 2 1 

03.01.14 CZE NED 0-3 14-25 19-25 33-35 2 NED The Netherlands 6 2 1 

04.01.14 BUL NED 3-0 25-19 27-25 25-14 3 CZE Czech Republic 5 2 1 

04.01.14 CYP CZE 0-3 18-25 21-25 16-25 4 CYP Cyprus 0 0 3 

05.01.14 NED CYP 3-0 25-21 25-15 25-23 

05.01.14 CZE BUL 3-2 22-25 25-18 25-22 18-25 15-12 

POOL J, NIS, SERBIA / JANUARY 3-5, 2014 

RESULTS 



03.01.14 SLO POR 3-1 20-25 25-19 25-21 25-21 q 1 SRB Serbia 9 3 0 

03.01.14 SRB MKD 3-0 25-22 25-22 25-23 2 SLO Slovenia 6 2 1 

04.01.14 POR MKD 3-0 25-14 33-31 25-21 3 POR Portugal 3 1 2 

04.01.14 SLO SRB 0-3 20-25 19-25 24-26 4 MKD Former YR of Macedonia 0 0 3 

05.01.14 MKD SLO 0-3 24-26 20-25 23-25 

05.01.14 SRB POR 3-1 22-25 25-11 25-19 25-21 

180

POOL K, LUDWIGSBURG, GERMANY / JANUARY 3-5, 2014 

RESULTS 



03.01.14 GER CRO 3-0 25-20 25-13 25-21 q 1 GER Germany 9 3 0 

03.01.14 EST TUR 0-3 19-25 15-25 24-26 2 TUR Turkey 5 2 1 

04.01.14 GER EST 3-0 25-18 25-18 25-17 3 EST Estonia 3 1 2 

04.01.14 CRO TUR 2-3 21-25 25-19 27-25 28-30 13-15 4 CRO Croatia 1 0 3 

05.01.14 EST CRO 3-1 25-21 23-25 25-17 25-18 

05.01.14 TUR GER 0-3 17-25 19-25 19-25 

POOL L, PARIS, FRANCE / JANUARY 3-5, 2014 

RESULTS 



03.01.14 BLR FRA 1-3 18-25 25-23 22-25 22-25 q 1 BEL Belgium 8 3 0 

03.01.14 ESP BEL 0-3 20-25 19-25 21-25 q 2 FRA France 7 2 1 

04.01.14 FRA ESP 3-0 25-16 25-17 25-18 3 ESP Spain 3 1 2 

04.01.14 BEL BLR 3-1 21-25 25-22 25-19 25-20 4 BLR Belarus 0 0 3 

05.01.14 ESP BLR 3-1 25-22 18-25 25-19 25-22 

05.01.14 FRA BEL 2-3 22-25 25-20 17-25 25-23 11-15 

POOL M, POPRAD, SLOVAKIA / JANUARY 3-5, 2014 

RESULTS 



03.01.14 GRE SVK 0-3 16-25 21-25 21-25 q 1 FIN Finland 8 3 0 

03.01.14 FIN UKR 3-1 23-25 25-20 25-22 25-22 2 UKR Ukraine 5 2 1 

04.01.14 SVK UKR 0-3 20-25 23-25 20-25 3 SVK Slovakia 4 1 2 

04.01.14 GRE FIN 1-3 21-25 23-25 25-19 31-33 4 GRE Greece 1 0 3 

05.01.14 UKR GRE 3-2 18-25 25-22 23-25 25-23 15-8 

05.01.14 SVK FIN 2-3 26-24 19-25 19-25 25-14 10-15 

Automatically qualified 

q Poland Hosts 

q Russia 1st from European Championship 

q Italy 2nd from European Championship 


181


NORCECA CONTINENTAL QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT 

FIRST ROUND 

POOL A, WILLEMSTED, CURACAO / DECEMBER 1-2, 2012 

RESULTS 



01.12.12 JAM BAH 0-3 15-25 14-25 26-28 1 BAH Bahamas 18 4 0 

01.12.12 CUR MQE 3-2 25-18 25-20 23-25 20-25 15-13 2 CUR Curacao 10 2 2 

01.12.12 JAM MQE 3-1 19-25 25-16 25-20 25-16 3 MQE Martinique 8 1 3 

01.12.12 CUR BAH 1-3 27-25 18-25 26-28 17-25 4 JAM Jamaica 4 1 3 

02.12.12 BAH MQE 3-0 25-16 27-25 25-16 

02.12.12 CUR JAM 3-0 25-15 25-22 25-20 

02.12.12 JAM MQE 0-3 18-25 20-25 18-25 

02.12.12 BAH CUR 3-1 22-25 25-20 25-21 25-21 

POOL B, GROS ISLET, ST LUCIA / APRIL 27-29, 2012 

RESULTS 



27.04.12 GRN VIN 1-3 25-23 22-25 19-25 12-25 1 LCA St Lucia 25 5 0 

27.04.12 LCA EUX 3-0 25-9 25-6 25-9 2 VIN St Vincent 13 3 2 

27.04.12 GRN EUX 3-0 25-21 25-13 25-15 3 GRN Grenada 11 2 3 

27.04.12 LCA VIN 3-0 25-9 25-22 25-12 4 EUX St Eustatius 0 0 5 

28.04.12 VIN EUX 3-0 25-17 25-10 25-18 

28.04.12 LCA GRN 3-0 25-22 25-10 25-19 

28.04.12 VIN GRN 3-1 27-25 20-25 25-22 25-18 

28.04.12 LCA EUX 3-0 25-4 25-8 25-13 

29.04.12 GRN EUX 3-0 25-21 25-14 25-23 

29.04.12 VIN LCA 0-3 16-25 18-25 13-25 

POOL C, SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / NOVEMBER 3-4, 2012 

RESULTS 



03.11.12 DOM GPE 3-0 25-12 25-14 25-10 1 DOM Dominican Republic 20 4 0 

03.11.12 ISV HAI 0-3 23-25 17-25 13-25 2 HAI Haiti 9 2 2 

03.11.12 ISV GPE 2-3 25-19 17-25 32-34 25-20 11-15 3 GPE Guadeloupe 9 2 2 

03.11.12 DOM HAI 3-0 25-15 25-17 25-15 4 ISV US Virgin Islands 2 0 4 

04.11.12 HAI GPE 3-1 25-15 20-25 25-18 25-15 

04.11.12 DOM ISV 3-0 25-9 25-12 25-10 

04.11.12 GPE ISV 3-0 25-23 25-10 25-20 

04.11.12 DOM HAI 3-0 25-14 25-16 25-21 

182

POOL D, MARIGOT, FRENCH ST MARTIN / AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 2, 2012 

RESULTS 



31.08.12 FSM BER 3-0 25-23 25-23 27-25 1 ANT Antigua 17 4 0 

31.08.12 SXM ANT 0-3 21-25 26-28 15-25 2 FSM French St Martin 13 3 1 

31.08.12 SXM AGU 1-3 25-18 23-25 17-25 21-25 3 AGU Anguilla 9 1 3 

31.08.12 FSM ANT 1-3 16-25 25-21 17-25 16-25 4 SXM Dutch St Martin 8 1 3 

01.09.12 AGU ANT 2-3 16-25 25-14 25-20 13-25 10-15 5 BER Bermuda 4 1 3 

01.09.12 SXM BER 3-1 25-18 28-26 21-25 25-21 

01.09.12 BER ANT 0-3 11-25 11-25 14-25 

01.09.12 FSM AGU 3-1 25-23 25-22 23-25 25-19 

02.09.12 BER AGU 3-2 16-25 16-25 28-26 26-24 15-10 

02.09.12 FSM SXM 3-2 25-16 20-25 25-17 21-25 15-12 

POOL E, GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS / OCTOBER 6-7, 2012 

RESULTS 



06.10.12 CAY SUR 0-3 16-25 23-25 13-25 1 SUR Suriname 12 3 1 

06.10.12 ARU BAR 0-3 10-25 18-25 14-25 2 BAR Barbados 16 3 1 

06.10.12 SUR BAR 1-3 21-25 25-21 22-25 19-25 3 ARU Aruba 8 2 2 

06.10.12 CAY ARU 2-3 17-25 25-17 25-23 18-25 10-15 4 CAY Cayman Islands 4 0 4 

07.10.12 SUR ARU 3-2 25-19 25-22 22-25 20-25 15-9 

07.10.12 CAY BAR 0-3 17-25 14-25 20-25 

07.10.12 ARU CAY 3-2 21-25 25-20 11-25 25-16 15-13 

07.10.12 SUR BAR 3-2 25-22 18-25 15-25 25-20 15-12 

POOL F, TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS / JUNE 7-8, 2012 

RESULTS 



07.06.12 DMA SKN 3-2 25-13 19-25 20-25 25-20 17-15 1 DMA Dominica 16 4 0 

07.06.12 BVI MTS 3-0 25-14 25-4 25-14 2 SKN St Kitts & Nevis 14 2 2 

07.06.12 DMA MTS 3-0 25-7 25-4 25-14 3 BVI British Virgin Islands 10 2 2 

07.06.12 BVI SKN 0-3 11-25 18-25 11-25 4 MTS Montserrat 0 0 4 

08.06.12 SKN MTS 3-0 25-18 25-10 25-15 

08.06.12 BVI DMA 0-3 16-25 12-25 20-25 

08.06.12 BVI MTS 3-0 25-12 25-10 25-21 

08.06.12 DMA SKN 3-2 25-22 19-25 20-25 25-23 15-13 


183


POOL G, SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR / MAY 18-20, 2012 

RESULTS 



18.05.12 PAN HON 0-3 26-28 21-25 20-25 1 HON Honduras 13 3 0 

18.05.12 ESA TCI 3-0 25-11 25-8 25-12 2 PAN Panama 9 2 1 

19.05.12 PAN TCI 3-0 25-8 25-6 25-15 3 ESA El Salvador 8 1 2 

19.05.12 ESA HON 2-3 25-21 33-31 18-25 14-25 9-15 4 TCI Turks & Caicos 0 0 3 

20.05.12 HON TCI 3-0 25-10 25-14 25-17 

20.05.12 ESA PAN 1-3 20-25 25-23 18-25 20-25 

POOL H, SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA / JULY 27-29, 2012 

RESULTS 



27.07.12 GUA NCA 3-0 25-19 25-15 25-18 1 GUA Guatemala 13 3 0 

27.07.12 CRC BZE 3-0 25-14 25-18 25-19 2 CRC Costa Rica 12 2 1 

28.07.12 GUA BZE 3-0 25-16 25-10 25-7 3 NCA Nicaragua 5 1 2 

28.07.12 CRC NCA 3-0 25-17 25-21 25-16 4 BZE Belize 0 0 3 

29.07.12 BZE NCA 0-3 15-25 11-25 14-25 

29.07.12 CRC GUA 2-3 25-22 20-25 20-25 25-18 13-15 

SECOND ROUND 

POOL I, MARIGOT, FRENCH ST MARTIN / AUGUST 10-11, 2013 

RESULTS 



10.08.13 BAR NCA 3-0 25-13 25-15 25-23 1 BAR Barbados 14 3 1 

10.08.13 BAH FSM 3-0 25-16 25-16 25-22 2 BAH Bahamas 14 3 1 

10.08.13 BAR BAH 0-3 23-25 21-25 22-25 3 NCA Nicaragua 12 2 2 

10.08.13 FSM NCA 0-3 23-25 15-25 14-25 4 FSM French St Martin 0 0 4 

11.08.13 BAH NCA 3-2 19-25 25-20 25-19 19-25 15-6 

11.08.13 FSM BAR 0-3 22-25 18-25 20-25 

11.08.13 NCA FSM 3-0 25-21 25-17 25-21 

11.08.13 BAH BAR 1-3 15-25 25-22 17-25 23-25 

POOL J, GROS ISLET, ST LUCIA / APRIL 27-28, 2013 

RESULTS 



27.04.13 LCA HAI 3-1 26-28 25-16 25-20 25-18 1 LCA St Lucia 14 3 1 

27.04.13 ESA SKN 3-1 25-27 25-18 25-17 25-15 2 HAI Haiti 11 2 2 

27.04.13 HAI SKN 3-0 25-22 25-13 25-11 3 ESA El Salvador 14 2 2 

27.04.13 LCA ESA 1-3 23-25 25-19 22-25 24-26 4 SKN St Kitts & Nevis 1 0 4 

28.04.13 ESA HAI 1-3 25-20 18-25 18-25 22-25 

28.04.13 LCA SKN 3-0 25-21 25-23 25-18 

28.04.13 ESA SKN 3-0 25-16 25-22 25-21 

28.04.13 HAI LCA 1-3 25-27 13-25 25-17 20-25 

184

POOL K, ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS / JULY 27-28, 2013 

RESULTS 



27.07.13 DOM VIN 3-0 25-13 25-9 25-14 1 DOM Dominican Republic 20 4 0 

27.07.13 BVI PAN 0-3 18-25 14-25 14-25 2 PAN Panama 10 2 2 

27.07.13 DOM PAN 3-0 25-18 25-14 25-22 3 VIN St Vincent 8 2 2 

27.07.13 BVI VIN 1-3 18-25 25-22 12-25 22-25 4 BVI British Virgin Islands 2 0 0 

28.07.13 VIN PAN 0-3 18-25 17-25 12-25 

28.07.13 BVI DOM 0-3 12-25 12-25 11-25 

28.07.13 VIN BVI 3-1 17-25 25-23 25-19 25-17 

28.07.13 DOM PAN 3-0 25-10 25-6 25-14 

POOL L, ORANJESTAD, ARUBA / MAY 18-19, 2013 

RESULTS 



18.05.13 CUR CRC 1-3 19-25 29-27 17-25 26-28 1 CRC Costa Rica 17 4 0 

18.05.13 ARU ANT 3-1 17-25 25-20 25-21 25-21 2 ARU Aruba 8 2 2 

18.05.13 ANT CRC 1-3 28-26 17-25 18-25 20-25 3 CUR Curacao 13 2 2 

18.05.13 ARU CUR 3-2 20-25 25-15 23-25 27-25 15-13 4 ANT Antigua 2 0 4 

19.05.13 ANT CUR 0-3 11-25 17-25 19-25 

19.05.13 ARU CRC 0-3 15-25 12-25 19-25 

19.05.13 CUR ANT 3-0 25-22 25-17 25-19 

19.05.13 CRC ARU 3-1 25-22 25-22 19-25 25-15 

POOL M, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME / JUNE 15-16, 2013 

RESULTS 



15.06.13 SUR AGU 3-0 25-11 25-11 25-13 1 GUA Guatemala 14 3 1 

15.06.13 MQE GUA 3-0 25-20 31-29 25-22 2 SUR Suriname 11 2 2 

15.06.13 GUA AGU 3-0 25-10 25-15 25-18 3 MQE Martinique 15 3 1 

15.06.13 SUR MQE 3-0 25-17 25-19 25-21 4 AGU Anguilla 0 0 4 

16.06.13 AGU MQE 0-3 11-25 17-25 16-25 

16.06.13 SUR GUA 0-3 17-25 18-25 23-25 

16.06.13 MQE AGU 3-0 25-18 25-12 25-16 

16.06.13 SUR GUA 1-3 22-25 23-25 26-24 21-25 

POOL N, POINTE-A-PITRE, GUADELOUPE / JUNE 15-16, 2013 

RESULTS 



15.06.13 GPE GRN 3-0 25-18 25-16 25-17 1 HON Honduras 17 3 1 

15.06.13 DMA HON 0-3 17-25 21-25 22-25 2 GPE Guadeloupe 13 3 1 

15.06.13 HON GRN 3-0 25-11 25-11 25-8 3 DMA Dominica 9 2 2 

15.06.13 GPE DMA 3-0 25-15 25-12 25-22 4 GRN Grenada 1 0 4 

16.06.13 GRN DMA 1-3 25-16 17-25 22-25 19-25 

16.06.13 GPE HON 3-2 14-25 20-25 25-22 25-18 15-12 

16.06.13 DMA GRN 3-0 25-14 25-21 25-19 

16.06.13 GPE HON 0-3 21-25 14-25 11-25 


185


THIRD ROUND 

POOL O, COLORADO SPRINGS, UNITED STATES / MAY 15-18, 2014 

RESULTS 



15.05.14 GUA HAI 3-0 25-17 25-20 25-8 q 1 USA United States 20 4 0 

15.05.14 USA LCA 3-0 25-13 25-9 25-9 2 GUA Guatemala 10 2 2 

16.05.14 HAI LCA 3-1 12-25 25-23 25-19 30-28 3 LCA St Lucia 4 1 3 

16.05.14 USA GUA 3-0 25-12 25-14 25-16 4 HAI Haiti 6 1 3 

17.05.14 LCA GUA 0-3 18-25 18-25 19-25 

17.05.14 USA HAI 3-0 25-7 25-10 25-15 

18.05.14 HAI LCA 2-3 25-15 23-25 25-18 21-25 12-15 

18.05.14 USA GUA 3-0 25-18 25-22 25-15 

POOL P, HAVANA, CUBA / MAY 21-24, 2014 

RESULTS 



21.05.14 DOM SUR 3-0 25-15 25-19 25-21 q 1 CUB Cuba 18 4 0 

21.05.14 CUB BAR 3-0 25-18 25-19 25-14 2 DOM Dominican Republic 12 2 2 

22.05.14 BAR DOM 0-3 13-25 16-25 21-25 3 BAR Barbados 8 2 2 

22.05.14 CUB SUR 3-0 25-13 25-9 25-11 4 SUR Suriname 2 0 4 

23.05.14 SUR BAR 0-3 22-25 18-25 16-25 

23.05.14 CUB DOM 3-1 25-14 20-25 25-17 25-14 

24.05.14 BAR SUR 3-2 31-29 23-25 25-14 24-26 16-14 

24.05.14 CUB DOM 3-1 25-14 26-28 25-18 25-12 

POOL Q, MISSISSAUGA, CANADA / MAY 16-19, 2014 

RESULTS 



16.05.14 TRI CRC 2-3 25-17 23-25 20-25 25-18 13-15 q 1 CAN Canada 20 4 0 

16.05.14 CAN PAN 3-0 25-17 25-12 25-18 2 CRC Costa Rica 7 2 2 

17.05.14 CRC PAN 3-1 25-21 25-20 23-25 25-23 3 TRI Trinidad & Tobago 7 1 3 

17.05.14 CAN TRI 3-0 25-13 25-11 25-21 4 PAN Panama 6 1 3 

18.05.14 PAN TRI 3-1 26-28 25-23 25-20 25-19 

18.05.14 CAN CRC 3-0 25-14 25-16 25-12 

19.05.14 PAN TRI 1-3 19-25 28-26 20-25 19-25 

19.05.14 CAN CRC 3-0 25-14 25-15 25-16 

POOL R, PONCE, PUERTO RICO / MAY 22-25, 2014 

RESULTS 



22.05.14 MEX BAH 3-1 22-25 25-15 25-13 25-21 q 1 MEX Mexico 14 3 1 

22.05.14 PUR HON 3-0 25-22 25-11 25-14 2 PUR Puerto Rico 15 3 1 

23.05.14 BAH HON 3-0 25-22 25-19 25-22 3 BAH Bahamas 11 2 2 

23.05.14 PUR MEX 3-0 25-13 25-20 25-19 4 HON Honduras 0 0 4 

24.05.14 HON MEX 0-3 15-25 15-25 18-25 

24.05.14 PUR BAH 3-0 25-19 25-17 25-14 

25.05.14 BAH HON 3-0 25-15 25-19 25-23 

25.05.14 PUR MEX 0-3 23-25 21-25 23-25 

186

PLAYOFF, CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO / JULY 17-20, 2014 

RESULTS 



17.07.14 GUA DOM 0-3 27-29 13-25 18-25 q 1 PUR Puerto Rico 18 4 0 

17.07.14 PUR CRC 3-0 25-16 25-19 25-14 2 DOM Dominican Republic 11 2 2 

18.07.14 DOM CRC 3-1 25-23 25-22 20-25 25-22 3 GUA Guatemala 5 3 1 

18.07.14 PUR GUA 3-0 25-17 25-13 25-9 4 CRC Costa Rica 6 3 1 

19.07.14 CRC GUA 3-0 25-23 25-20 25-23 

19.07.14 PUR DOM 3-2 20-25 25-14 21-25 25-15 15-13 

20.07.14 CRC GUA 0-3 23-25 23-25 22-25 

20.07.14 PUR DOM 3-0 25-19 25-23 25-17 

SOUTH AMERICA (CSV) CONTINENTAL QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT 

SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2013, CABO FRIO (RIO DE JANEIRO), BRAZIL / AUGUST 6-10, 2013 

RESULTS 



06.08.13 ARG CHI 3-0 25-20 25-12 25-23 q 1 BRA Brazil 11 4 0 

06.08.13 BRA PAR 3-0 25-7 25-9 25-5 q 2 ARG Argentina 10 3 1 

07.08.13 CHI PAR 3-1 22-25 25-16 25-20 25-21 3 COL Colombia 5 2 2 

07.08.13 BRA COL 3-0 25-15 25-18 25-12 4 CHI Chile 4 1 3 

08.08.13 COL CHI 3-2 18-25 25-17 23-25 25-22 18-16 5 PAR Paraguay 0 0 4 

08.08.13 ARG PAR 3-0 25-13 25-10 25-15 

09.08.13 ARG COL 3-0 25-17 25-9 25-17 

09.08.13 BRA CHI 3-0 25-19 25-19 25-17 

10.08.13 COL PAR 3-0 25-23 25-13 25-15 

10.08.13 BRA ARG 3-2 19-25 25-20 25-19 24-26 15-10 

2014 MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT, 

MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA / SEPTEMBER 13-15, 2013 

RESULTS 



13.09.13 VEN CHI 3-0 25-23 25-15 25-23 q 1 VEN Venezuela 8 3 0 

13.09.13 COL PAR 3-0 25-17 25-20 25-13 2 COL Colombia 7 2 1 

14.09.13 VEN PAR 3-0 25-16 25-15 25-20 3 CHI Chile 3 1 2 

14.09.13 COL CHI 3-1 20-25 25-23 25-23 25-22 4 PAR Paraguay 0 0 3 

15.09.13 PAR CHI 0-3 18-25 18-25 24-26 

15.09.13 COL VEN 2-3 27-29 26-24 17-25 25-19 15-17 


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THE TROPHY 

The FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship Poland 2014 trophy was designed specifically for the 

event and was unveiled at the Drawing of Lots ceremony held at the Palace of Culture and Science in 

Warsaw in January 2014. 

STORY OF THE TROPHY 

The conceptual design for the trophy was provided 

by Marco Heer of Achtung!, a creative agency known 

internationally for their work in brand development. Having 

worked closely with the FIVB for a number of years, the 

company was responsible for designing the FIVB Volleyball 

Men’s World Championship Poland 2014 logo on which 

the design of the trophy was based. 

The FIVB then mandated two young product designers 

from Switzerland, Thilo Alex Brunner and Jörg Mettler, to 

create the new World Championship trophy. 

With its unique contemporary design, the trophy has set 

itself apart from other awards in international sporting 

competitions. 

Eichenberger LTD and their mastermind, Juan Franco, were 

responsible for its production. The company specialises 

in complex metal works for the Swiss watchmaking and 

jewellery industry. 

The coming together of an open minded sports federation, 

two contemporary product designers and skilled production 

specialists have made it possible to create something 

truly extraordinary for the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World 

Championship Poland 2014. 

SPECIFICATIONS 

The trophy was constructed using 12 individual pieces, 

representing each member of a volleyball team. The pieces 

are brought together in a seamless cylindrical design, 

symbolising the coming together of the 12 players using 

the rotation system on the court. 

The base of the trophy is coated in nickel, a simple and 

common element representing the resiliance of the team in 

the starting phase of the Championship. 

The trophy’s gradual move from nickel to gold, from its 

base to its crown, exemplifies the winning team growing 

in confidence as they work through the stages of the 

Championship. The trophy’s gold plated crown represents 

their final achievement of a World Championship title. 

The trophy has a matt finish surface with polished edges. 

With brass as its basic material, the men’s trophy weighs 

close to nine kilos. 

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DESIGN 

12 INDIVIDUAL PIECES 

COME TOGETHER TO 

CREATE THE SHAPE 

OF A BALL ON THE 

INSIDE OF THE 

TROPHY STRUCTURE 

HEIGHT 

42.88 CM 

WEIGHT 

9 KG 

PRODUCTION 

120 HOURS OF 

MILLING 

24 HOURS OF HAND 

POLISHING, 

MICRO BLASTING 

AND MOUNTING 

60 HOURS TO 

PROGRAMME 3D 

FILES FOR MILLING 

DESIGN 

OVERALL SHAPE 

REFLECTS THE SPEED 

AND ELEGANCE OF 

VOLLEYBALL AS WELL 

AS THE VOLLEYBALL 

VALUES OF PURITY, 

PERFORMANCE, 

POWER, PRECISION 

AND TEAMWORK 

TROPHY 

CONSTRUCTED FROM 

INDIVIDUAL PIECES 

ASSEMBLED TOGETHER 

SEAMLESSLY, 

REPRESENTING THE 12 

PLAYERS USING THE 

ROTATION SYSTEM ON 

THE COURT 

COLOUR 

MOVES FROM A NICKEL 

TO GOLD COLOUR 

REPRESENTING THE 

WINNING TEAM’S 

GRADUAL RISE TO 

THE WORLD 

CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE 

TROPHY BASE 

HOLDS THE NAMES OF 

PREVIOUS WORLD 

CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE 

HOLDERS 

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REFEREES 

WALEED ABEDELSAMED (EGY) 


Height: 180cm 

Nomination: 2000 

Occupation: - 

ROLANDO HUGO CHOLAKIAN (ARG) 


Height: 170cm 


Occupation: University Teacher 

PAUL ALBRIGHT (USA) 


Height: 188cm 


Occupation: - 

PIOTR DUDEK (POL) 


Height: 180cm 


Occupation: Teacher 

ABDULLAH AL ENEZI (KUW) 


Height: 186cm 


Occupation: Mechanical Engineer 

TARAS ILKIW (CAN) 


Height: 192cm 


Occupation: - 

JAAFAR EBRAHIM ALI (BRN) 


Height: 175cm 


Occupation: - 

CHARLES KAMDOUM (CMR) 


Height: 

177cm 


Occupation: Sports and Physcal Education Teacher 

and Physiotherapist 

RALF BARNSTORF (GER) 


Height: 181cm 


Occupation: - 

MILAN LABASTA (CZE) 


Height: 188cm 


Occupation: University Teacher 

TAOUFIK BOUDAYA (TUN) 


Height: 178cm 


Occupation: Chief Technical Officer 

FRANS LODERUS (NED) 


Height: 195cm 


Occupation: Logistic Manager 

PAWEL BURKIEWICZ (POL) 


Height: 

178cm 


Occupation: Private equity fund, financial eng., 

IT and business projects management 

LUIS GERARDO MACIAS (MEX) 


Height: 176cm 


Occupation: Physical Education Teacher 

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WOJCIECH MAROSZEK (POL) 


Height: 188cm 


Occupation: Economist 

PAULO TURCI (BRA) 


Height: 188cm 


Occupation: Managing Director 

JURAJ MOKRY (SVK) 


Height: 

190cm 


Occupation: Medical Doctor, 

University Teacher 

SHIN MURANAKA (JPN) 


Height: 

180cm 


Occupation: Teacher 

AHTI PEKKA VILHELM HUNTANISKA (FIN) 


Height: 197cm 


Occupation: Project Manager, MSc Techn 

WALTER HUGO VERA MECHAN (PER) 


Height: 168cm 



YURI R. RAMIREZ ORTIZ (DOM) 


Height: 180cm 


Occupation: Marketing Business Admin 

PHILIPPE VEREECKE (FRA) 


Height: 172cm 


Occupation: IT Specialist 

SIMONE SANTI (ITA) 


Height: 200cm 


Occupation: Journalist 

LUO WENSHENG (CHN) 


Height: 187cm 


Occupation: - 

NASR SHAABAN (EGY) 


Height: 182cm 


Occupation: Director 

ANDREY ZENOVICH (RUS) 


Height: 189cm 


Occupation: Sport Manager 

MOHAMED SHAHMIRI (IRI) 


Height: 180cm 




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REFEREE’S SIGNALS 

Technical indications 

Authorisation to serve 

Team to serve 

Substitution 

End of set 

(or match) 

Change of courts 

Time-out 

Judgment on the ball by the first referee 

Ball “in” 

Ball “out” 

Ball touched 

Judgment on the ball by the line judges (flag signals) 

Ball “in” 

Ball “out” 

Ball touched Judgment impossible Ball touched an 

outside object 

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Ball handling 

Ball not tossed 

or released at 

the service hit 

Delay in service Catch 

Double contact Four hits 

Penetration into the opponent’s court 

Ball crossing the lower space, or 

The server touches the court (end line), or 

The player steps outside his/her court at the moment of the service hit 

Double fault and replay 

Players’ faults 

Blocking fault 

or screening 

Positional or 

rotational fault 

Net touched 

by player 

Reaching beyond 

the net 

Attack hit fault 

Sanctions 

Misconduct 

warning 

Misconduct 

penalty 

Expulsion 

Disqualification 

Delay warning/ 

Delay penalty 


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KEY RULES OF THE GAME 

Rally Point System 

With the Rally Point System – first featured at the 1998 

World Championships – the team winning a rally scores 

a point regardless of which team is serving. When a team 

wins a rally, it gains a point and the right to serve. The 

last tournament played with the “sideout” system was the 

1997 Grand Champions Cup. 

Match format 

Matches are decided over the best of five sets, to 25 points 

for sets one to four and to 15 points for set five, with all 

sets requiring a two point advantage (unlimited). This new 

scoring system was introduced after the 1998 FIVB World 

Congress held in Tokyo. 

Libero player 

The libero is a specialist defensive player, dressed in a 

different colour, who can replace any player in a back row 

position. The libero is not allowed to serve, block or attack, 

and can set only from the back row. 

“Let service in play” 

If, when serving, the ball touches the net and continues to 

the opposite side, the play continues. 

Touching the net 

Touching the net with the body is not a fault except when 

playing the ball or interfering with the play. 

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Time outs 

Each team is entitled to a maximum of two time outs and 

all time outs last for 30 seconds. For FIVB world and official 

competitions, during sets one to four, two additional 

60-second technical time outs are applied automatically 

when the leading team reaches the eighth and 16th points. 

In the deciding fifth set there are no technical time outs, 

with only two time outs of 30 seconds duration allowed to 

be requested by each team. 

Intervals between sets 

All intervals between sets are for three minutes. The interval 

between the second and third set can be extended up to 

10 minutes at the request of the organiser. 

Coach movements 

The coach may, as well as other team members, give 

instructions to players on the court while sitting on the 

bench. The coach may also give these instructions by 

standing or walking within the free zone of his or her 

team’s bench up to the warm up area, provided that he or 

she does not disturb or delay the match. 

Screening 

The players of the serving team must not prevent their 

opponents through individual or collective screening from 

seeing the server or the flight path of the ball. 

The full Rules of the Game text for volleyball can be found 

on the official FIVB website (www.fivb.org). 


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Two of a kind 

Explore the different set-ups of beach volleyball 

and volleyball. It‘s not only the sand… 

Beach volleyball 

2 players per team 

no substitutes 

coaching not allowed 

The courts – two worlds 


4 x 

Volleyball 

40 cm of sand = 

100 tons (4 trucks) per court 

Synthetic or wooden playing 

surface on cushioned floor system 

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The balls – not quite the same 

Both balls are made 

of a synthetic leather 

case with a rubber-like 

bladder inside. 

Circumference 

Weight 

Inside pressure 

Weight [g] 


66 – 68 cm 

Weight [g] 

Volleyball 

65 – 67 cm 

260 – 280 g 

0.175 – 0.225 kg² 0.300 – 0.325 kg 2 

Graphic: josekdesign.com 

Volleyball 

Up to 12 players (6 on court, 

6 substitutes incl. up to two 

liberos) 

3 technical staff 

2 medical staff 

Both disciplines 

Height of net 2,43 m 2,24 m 

2 referees 

2 line judges (up to 4) 

2 scorers 

Side area min. 5m 

(from field of play to the players’ bench) 


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An overview of volleyball 

Save the ball from touching your court and return it forcing 

a fault by your opponent – all with three hits maximum. 

Scoring system 

A match win = 3 sets 

25 points are available per set 

(15 in 5 th set) 

Minimum lead of 2 points needed 

Maximum of 2 time outs 

allowed per set 

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Height of net: 

2,43 m 2,24 m 

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5 

4 

6 

1 

2 

Rotation 

Whenever a team has gained the right to serve, 

its players rotate one position clock-wise. 

As soon as the ball is in play, all players can 

freely choose their positions on the court. 

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Ball 

The ball is made of a leather 

or vulcanised synthetic case 

with a rubber-like bladder 

inside. 

Circumference 

Weight 

Inside pressure 

65 – 67 cm 

260 – 280 g 

0.300 – 0.325 kg 2 

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Set-up 

Up to 12 players per team 

(6 on court, 6 substitutes 

incl. up to 2 liberos) 

- 3 technical staff 

(coach/assistant coach/trainer) 

- 2 medical staff 

(doctor/physiotherapist) 

Officials 

- 2 referees 

- 4 line judges 

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Front row 

The area where blocks and the majority 

of attacking spikes take place. 

Source: FIVB 


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It's all about positional play 

Volleyball is a physically challenging, strategic team 

sport that suits both specialist players and all-rounders. 

Rotation 

Whenever a team has gained the right to serve, its players 

rotate one position clock-wise. As soon as the ball is in play, all 

players can freely choose their positions on the court. A team 

usually starts a set with a specialist player in each position. 

The libero (6) 

Defensive specialist for receiving 

a serve or attack. 

He/she can replace any back 

row player and can only play 

in the back row positions. He/she cannot 

serve and wears a different colour shirt 

to his/her team. 

Source: FIVB 

The setter (1) 

The playmaker of the team. 

He/she coordinates the offence 

and sets the ball to the attacker. 

The setter is usually responsible 

for the second touch. 

The back row 

Defence zone. A 

back row player may 

attempt an attack 

only if he/she 

jumps from behind 

the attack line. 

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The opposite (4) 

Positioned diagonally opposite 

the setter, the opposite is the 

team’s main attacking player, 

seen as a regular contributor of 

points, especially at key moments 

of a match. 

The middle blocker (3) 

A blocking specialist in the middle 

of the front row, the middle blocker 

can also be used on attack, usually 

at the middle of the net either to 

execute a quick attack or lure the 

opposition defence. The middle blocker is 

usually replaced by the libero when rotating 

to the back row. 

The front row 

The attack zone where the 

attacking play is most often 

executed. It is also the zone 

where the block is performed 

when a team is defending. 

The wing spiker (2/5) 

Also known as a receiver/attacker. 

He/she can receive the opponent’s 

serve but is also an attacking 

force principally at the sides of 

the net, either from the front zone (2) or the 

back zone (5). There are two on the court in 

each team. 



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The setter is the playmaker 

of the team 

Technique is essential: a good setter handles the 

ball with accuracy and is agile on his/her feet. 

Hands are raised above 

the setter's forehead. 

The setter's hands 

cup around the ball. 

Weight [g] 

The setter's 

thumbs are 

positioned near 

the bottom of 

the ball. 



Source: FIVB 

The role of the setter 

A successful spike is preceded by an accurate set. A good 

setter is precise, fast, flexible, creative and intelligent. 

A high quality 'set' will help an attacker hit the ball into 

the opposing team's court grounding it to win a point. 

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Weight [g] 

Tape is sometimes used to 

protect joints from injury. 

Common faults made 

by a setter 

The ball is caught and thrown 

rather than set. 

The setter's hands don't touch 

the ball simultaneously, which 

is known as a 'double touch'. 

The setter only uses his/her fingers to 

touch the ball, never his/her palms. 

The setting action 

Preparing the set. 

Action. 


The setter moves towards the ball, stops, 

squares his/her body with knees slightly bent 

and raises his/her hands above their forehead. 

The setter's fingers come into contact with 

the ball and his/her arms extend quickly to 

the ball. 


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The libero is a key defender 

The libero is a skilled defensive player who is fast and 

is usually first to the ball. 

The libero helps keep the rally alive 

The libero’s main responsibilities are to receive 

service and defend opposition attacks in a controlled 

manner in order to enable subsequent attacking 

options for his/her own team. 


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“Dive”: enables a player to get low to 

the ground to pull off a great dig or save. 

The libero has a special set of rules 

Source: FIVB 

Libero 

Front row 

The libero can replace any back 

row player but only when the ball 

is out of play. 

The libero may only perform as a 

back row player, therefore cannot 

serve, block or hit the ball when it 

is higher than the top of the net. 

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The libero is responsible for a 

much greater part of the 

court than his/her teammates. 

“Bump”: a controlled 

pass between players. 

“Shoulder roll”: a last resort in 

defence in order to dig the ball, more 

common in the women’s game. 

Obviously different 

The libero wears a different colour shirt in 

order to stand out. Though performing as a 

leader, the libero cannot be team captain. 


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VOLLEYBALL HISTORY 

• = FIVB 

• = Volleyball 

• = Beach volleyball 

1895 

• Volleyball is born at the YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts, 

by William G. Morgan, a New Yorker born in 1870. 

1918 

• Introduction of six-a-side volleyball. 

1922 

• The three hits per side rule is adopted. 

• The first known volleyball and basketball association is 

created in Czechoslovakia. 

1928 

• The American Volleyball Association is created. The first 

USA National Volleyball Championships are played at 

the Brooklyn Central YMCA. 

1929 

• Men’s volleyball is adopted at the second Central 

American and Caribbean Games in Havana, Cuba. 

William Morgan (far left, back row) with the 1895 Holyoke YMCA 

team in Massachusetts, USA 

1896 

• Another American, Alfred T. Halstead, proposes 

“volleyball” as a more appropriate name for the sport 

instead of the original “Mintonette.” 

1898 

• Canada adopts volleyball for its recreational programmes. 

1908 

• Franklin H. Brown introduces volleyball in Japan. 

1910 

• Elwood S. Brown introduces volleyball in the Philippines 

and Dr J. Howard Croker introduces volleyball in China. 

1913 

• Volleyball is adopted at the first Far Eastern Games in 

Manila, Philippines. 

1915 

• Beach volleyball, a descendant of volleyball, begins life 

on the beaches of Waikiki beach in Hawaii, USA. 

1930 

• The first two-man beach volleyball game is played in 

Santa Monica, California. 

1933 

• Women’s volleyball is played at the Central American 

and Caribbean Games in San Salvador. 

1934 

• The first volleyball international committee is created 

under the Field Handball Federation. 

1946 

• Poland, France, Czechoslovakia, USA, USSR and Romania 

set up the first Autonomous Volleyball Commission. 

1947 

• The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is 

founded by 14 National Federations in Paris and elects 

Paul Libaud as its first President. The founders are USA, 

France, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Egypt, Italy, Netherlands, 

Belgium, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, Brazil, Uruguay and 

Yugoslavia. 

1948 

• First Men’s European Championship is held in Rome, 

Italy. 

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1949 

• The International Olympic Committee adopts volleyball 

as a non Olympic sport. 

• First Men’s World Championship in Prague. 

1964 

• First Olympic volleyball competitions for men and 

women are held in Tokyo. 

• Adoption of the new blocking rule (hands over the net, 

block multiple contacts allowed). 

1965 

• The first Men’s World Cup is held in Warsaw, Poland. 

1973 

• The first Women’s World Cup is held in Uruguay. 

The first Volleyball Men’s World Championship in Prague, 

Czechoslovakia. Russia claimed the inaugural title. 

• First Women’s European Championship in Prague. 

• Introduction of the three player attack and the 

penetration of the back court setter. 

1951 

• Hands can pass over the net under certain conditions 

(block). 

1952 

• First Women’s World Championship held in Moscow. 

1955 

• Volleyball enters the programme of the second Pan 

American Games in Mexico City. 

1956 

• Men’s and Women’s World Championships are held 

together for the first time in Paris with 24 men’s and 17 

women’s teams. 

1957 

• IOC Session in Sofia recognizes volleyball as an Olympic 

sport and the FIVB as the sole worldwide volleyball 

governing body in all its disciplines on September 24. 

1974 

• Men’s and Women’s World Championships are 

broadcast on live TV from Mexico to Japan and many 

other countries for the first time. 

1975 

• Africa Women’s Championships start in Dakar, Senegal. 

1976 

• Olympic Games are played in Montreal for the first time 

with the three-ball system and three hits after the block 

are permitted. 

• Width of the net is reduced to nine metres. 

1977 

• First Junior (Under-21) Men’s and Women’s World 

Championships are held in Brazil. 

1980 

• First FIVB Rules of the Game are adopted in French and 

Spanish at Moscow Congress. 

1985 

• The first major Volleyball World Plan is approved to bring 

volleyball into the professional sports arena. 

• The first World Gala is held in Beijing and Shanghai with 

China Women’s Olympic champions facing the All Star 

World team. 

1961 

• IOC Sessions and Japan OCOG in Athens add volleyball 

to the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. 


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• = FIVB 

• = Volleyball 

• = Beach volleyball 

1989 

• The first Club World Championship for men takes place 

in Parma, Italy while the Boys’ and Girls’ Youth World 

Championships makes their debut in the United Arab 

Emirates and Brazil respectively. 

• The Beach Volleyball FIVB World Series for men is 

launched. 

1990 

• First Men’s World League with eight countries and $1 

million in prize money. 

1991 

• The first women’s Club World Championship is held in 

São Paulo, Brazil. 

• The first Women’s World Grand Prix with eight countries 

and $1 million in prize money is held in eight Asian cities. 

• IOC Session in Monte Carlo includes beach volleyball in 

the 1996 Olympic Games programme as a full medal 

discipline for women (16 pairs) and men (24 pairs). 

1994 

• The ball can touch any part of the body including the 

feet. The service zone is extended to the full outline. 

1995 

• Volleyball celebrates its 100th birthday. 

1996 

• Beach volleyball makes its debut in the Atlanta Olympic 

Games. 

1997 

• The first Beach Volleyball World Championships in its 

current (double gender) format are held in Los Angeles, 

USA with total prize money of $600,000 for both 

genders. 

• The eighth edition of the World League increases its 

prize money to $8 million. 

1998 

• The Rally Point System and libero are officially accepted 

and played at the World Championships in Tokyo, 

following the 26th FIVB World Congress. 

A solid block in the first Volleyball Men’s World League in 1990. 

The finals were held in Osaka, Japan. 

1992 

• Beach Volleyball FIVB World Series is recreated as a 

World Tour for both men and women to determine the 

world champions (men and women). Events are held in 

Japan, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Italy and Australia. 

1993 

• First Grand Champions Cup for men and women is held 

in Japan. 

2000 

• The Rally Point System is extended to beach volleyball. 

The rule allowing play to continue when a serve hits the 

net and continues to the opposition court is adopted. 

• Karch Kiraly of the USA, Lorenzo Bernardi of Italy and 

three-time Olympic champion Regla Torres of Cuba are 

celebrated as best players of the century. 

2001 

• The Beach Volleyball Junior World Championships make 

their debut in Le Lavandou, France. 

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2002 

• The FIVB World Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina 

introduces height limit competitions (185cm for men, 

175cm for women). 

• The Beach Volleyball Youth World Championships are 

held for the first time in Xylokastro, Greece. 

2009 

• The FIVB Men’s Club World Championship returns to the 

international volleyball calendar after last featuring in 

1992. 

2010 

• Volleyball is a huge success at the inaugural Youth 

Olympic Games in Singapore. 

• The FIVB Women’s Club World Championship also 

makes its return to the calendar for the first time since 

1994 following the successful reincarnation of the men’s 

event a year earlier. 

• The Continental Cup makes its debut as a new qualifying 

event for beach volleyball at the London 2012 Olympic 

Games with record breaking levels of participation. 

Polish duo Piotr Kantor and Bartosz Losiak made history when 

they won the inaugural FIVB U23 Beach Volleyball World 

Championship 

2011 

• Following extensive trialling a new point allocation 

system was confirmed by the FIVB Board of 

Administration for all competitions where matches 

which are won 3-0 or 3-1 will see the winners come 

away with three points and the losers zero, and those 

won 3-2 mean the winners come away with two points 

and the losers one. In the event of a tie in the group, 

the teams will be separated on set ratio as opposed to 

points ratio as in the past. Additionally, in the case of a 

tie in the number of points, sides are divided by number 

of wins, then set ratio (as opposed to points ratio in the 

past), then points ratio. 

2012 

• The FIVB amends its regulations for uniform choices for 

female beach volleyball players, giving athletes three 

extra choices. Players can wear shorts of a maximum 

length of 3cm above the knee with sleeved or sleeveless 

tops or a full body suit. This is to respect the customs 

and/or religious beliefs of countries. Previously there 

were two uniform choices for female players, a onepiece 

bathing suit or a bikini with a maximum side width 

of 7cm. A full body suit could also be used under the 

bikini in cold weather. 

2013 

• The FIVB includes a new championship to the agegroup 

tournaments – the Under 23 Volleyball and Beach 

Volleyball Championships – in order to reduce the gap 

between age-group and senior level volleyball. It is also 

the first year that the Video Challenge System is used, in 

the World League and World Grand Prix finals. 

• The Beach Volleyball World Cup final brings to a close 

the incredibly successful first Continental Cup cycle, 

featuring the Continental champions and countries who 

qualified to teams for the Olympic Games. 

• In a new and enhanced World Tour, Grand Slams are 

clearly established as the core events while the number 

of Open events is expanded for the year, giving teams 

more opportunities to participate. 

• 21 points per set rule is tested at the U23 Men’s World 

Championship. 


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A brief history of volleyball 

In 1895 William G. Morgan from the USA invented the game, 

originally known as “Mintonette,” which has developed into one of 

the most all round athletic, entertaining and challenging team sports. 

Olympic Games 

For the first time volleyball is 

officially included in the programme 

for the 1964 Summer 

Olympic Games. 

Hands over net 

The player’s hands are 

allowed to pass over 

the net during 

blocking action. 

Blocks & net width 

A block doesn’t count as a hit 

anymore. After the block there are 

still three hits permitted. 

The width of the net is 

reduced to nine metres. 

Source: FIVB 

Touch & service 

The ball can touch any 

part of the body 

including the feet. 

The service zone is 

extended to anywhere 

behind the end line. 

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Three hits 

A new rule limits 

the regular ball 

contacts to three 

hits per side. 

Six-a-side 

The set-up changes 

to six-a-side. 

Formerly each team 

was made up of five 

players. 

Scoring, libero & more 

The newly introduced Rally Point 

System and the libero player 

increase the appeal and suspense of the 

whole game. Further innovations include 

coloured balls and the allowance of 

interactive coaches. 


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FIVB VOLLEYBALL PROPERTIES 

Every year the FIVB puts on top class events 

showcasing the best in both men’s and women’s 

volleyball and beach volleyball around the world. 

FIVB Volleyball World Championships 

As the original FIVB tournament, the Men’s and Women’s 

World Championships are staged every four years and are 

the most prestigious in international volleyball. The first 

World Championships were organised in 1949 for men and 

1952 for women and have remained the biggest event in 

volleyball, alongside the Olympic Games. A record number 

of 295 teams registered to enter the qualification process 

for the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Championships. This 

total, coming from 162 national federations across the five 

FIVB confederations, represents an increase of 81 teams 

from the previous best of 214 teams from 119 federations 

for the 2010 World Championships (compared with 102 

in 2006, 72 in 2002 and 63 in 1998). The world’s best 

24 teams in each gender will compete in the finals. Brazil 

sealed their third straight Men’s World Championship title 

in Italy in 2010 after beating Cuba in the final. Serbia 

completed the podium after beating the home side in 

the bronze medal match. The 2010 Women’s World 

Championship took place in Japan with Russia clinching 

their seventh gold medal with victory over Brazil in the 

gold medal match, while Japan won their first medal 

in the competition since 1978 as they beat the USA to 

bronze. The 2014 Men’s World Championship will take 

place in Poland from August 30 to September 21 while 

the women’s edition is set to be hosted by Italy from 

September 23 to October 12. 

FIVB Volleyball World Cup 

The road to the Olympic Games commences with the World 

Cup, the quadrennial round-robin event that showcases the 

very best 12 men’s and 12 women’s national teams in the 

world. Japan and television partner Fuji TV host an event 

that grips the nation and produces incredible television 

ratings. Traditionally, the top three teams in the men’s and 

women’s competitions at the World Cup had earned berths 

in the Olympic Games volleyball tournaments, however the 

2015 edition will offer that reward to the top two sides 

only. Poland hosted the first World Cup in 1965 for men 

only before Uruguay hosted the first World Cup for women 

in 1973. Following the first two editions for men and the 

first edition for women, Japan gave new life to the men’s 

and women’s World Cups by staging the third and second 

editions respectively in 1977 before going on to host every 

edition since. Italy’s women successfully defended their title 

in 2011, with the USA clinching silver and China following 

with the bronze. Russia picked up their second gold in a 

row in the men’s event with Poland finishing second and 

Brazil third. 

FIVB Volleyball Grand Champions Cup 

Hosts Japan, the continental champions from four or five 

confederations based on results and a wild card come 

together for this quadrennial round-robin competition for 

men and women. The hosts and television partner NTV 

produce a stunning volleyball spectacle to determine the 

champion of champions. The last edition of the tournament 

was in 2013 with the women’s event taking place in 

Nagoya and Tokyo and the men’s in Kyoto and Tokyo. Brazil 

came away with the men’s title for the fourth consecutive 

time as well as the women’s gold medal. 

FIVB Volleyball World League 

Volleyball’s flagship annual event, started by the FIVB in 

1990, is a spectacular showcase for the crème de la crème 

of men’s volleyball. For the first time, the 2014 edition of 

the FIVB Volleyball World League featured 28 teams – 10 

more than in 2013 – split into seven pools of four. USA 

took their second gold medal at the Finals in Florence, Italy 

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adding to their 2008 title after beating Brazil in the gold 

medal match. Italy completed the podium with a bronze 

medal after they defeated Iran, the first Asian team to 

finish among the top four in the history of the tournament. 

four consecutive victories (2009-2012) in the tournament. 

Russia made a clean sweep of the gold medals in the men’s 

and women’s edition of the tournament in 2014. Belogorie 

Belgorod took the title for the first time event in the men’s 

competition, which took place in Belo Horizonte, Brazil 

from May 5 to 10 while Dinamo Kazan took the top prize in 

the women’s competition held in Zurich from May 7 to 11. 

FIVB Volleyball Age Group World 

Championships 

FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix 

The annual international volleyball competition 

involving the world’s best female players will feature an 

unprecedented 28 teams in 2014. The World Grand Prix 

featured eight teams in its debut season in 1993 and 

from 1995 to 2002, while 12 teams were in action in 

1994 and from 2003 to 2010. Sixteen teams took part 

in the 2011 and 2012 editions, with an increase to 18 in 

the 2013 edition. The 2013 World Grand Prix saw Brazil 

break China’s almost perfect record of wins to take the 

gold medal, while Serbia rounded off the medal wins with 

bronze. 

FIVB Volleyball Club World Championships 

The annual FIVB men’s and women’s Club World 

Championships, which returned to the international 

volleyball calendar in 2009 and 2010 after featuring in 

1992 and 1994 respectively, showcases the best club from 

each continent. The 2010 edition marked the return of the 

double gender event after 18 years and, for the first time, 

featured alternate men’s and women’s matches in the 

same venue on the same day. Brazil’s Sada Cruzeiro took 

the title in 2013 and Italian club Trentino have secured 

The FIVB Age Group World Championships are held every 

two years with all four in action in 2013 with a new 

competition joining them – the FIVB Under 23 World 

Championships Open. Five countries, spanning four 

continents, welcomed the world’s top teams in 2013. 

The Girls’ Under 18 World Championship was held in 

Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, the Boys’ Under 19 World 

Championship in Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico, the 

Women’s Under 20 World Championship in Brno, Czech 

Republic and the Men’s Under 21 World Championship 

in Ankara and Izmir, Turkey. The cities of Mexicali and 

Tijuana in Mexico hosted the Women’s Under 23 World 

Championship Open while the Men’s Under 23 edition was 

staged in Uberlandia, Brazil. The first Under 20 and 21 World 

Championships were held in 1977 followed by the Under 

18 and 19 World Championships, which were inaugurated 

in 1989. In the age-group World Championships in 2013, 

Russia beat Brazil to claim their ninth gold medal at the 

Men’s Under 21 World Championship while China beat 

Japan to claim their second Women’s Under 20 World 

Championship title. Russia beat China to clinch the Boys’ 

Under 19 World Championship crown and China defeated 

the USA to take the gold medal at the Girls’ Under 18 

World Championship. China won the inaugural Women’s 

U23 World Championship Open that was held in Mexicali 

and Tijuana in Mexico, while Brazil took the title in the 

men’s competition, much to the delight of the home crowd 

in Uberlandia. 


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FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL PROPERTIES 

Beach volleyball has an equally prolific annual 

calendar with its World Tour action. Complementing 

the yearly Grand Slam and Open competitions 

are the World Championships and age-group 

tournaments held every two years as well as the 

World Cup. 

FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, first organised 

in 1989 with just three participating countries (Brazil, 

Japan and Italy), is now in its 25th season. The World 

Tour is an annual series of international beach volleyball 

tournaments for men and women, comprising the Grand 

Slam competitions sanctioned and promoted by the FIVB 

and its organisers as well Open events, which aim to 

provide players with more opportunity to participate at the 

international level. 

FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 

Staged every two years, the FIVB Beach Volleyball World 

Championships feature the brightest stars of the FIVB 

Beach Volleyball World Tour, with 48 teams in each 

gender taking part. The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World 

Championships took place in Stare Jablonki, Poland from 

July 1 to 7. Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen 

made history when they became the first Dutch pair to 

win gold in the men’s competition while China’s Chen Xue 

and Zhang Xi lived up to their billing as the tournament 

favourites when they topped the podium in the women’s 

competition. 

A record $9.6m in prize money, 10 Grand Slams and nine 

Open tournaments are the highlights of the 2014 beach 

volleyball calendar. 

For the first time in FIVB history, two of the Grand Slams 

(The Hague and Long Beach) had a prize pot of $1m, while 

the other eight will feature a total purse of $800,000 – 

nearly double the prize money of $440,000 on offer for 

Grand Slams in 2013. 

FIVB Beach Volleyball age-group World 

Championships 

The FIVB Beach Volleyball age-group World Championships 

provide an amazing opportunity for athletes to test 

themselves against the best in the world in their own age 

group. Along with the U19 and U21 World Championships, 

the FIVB Beach Volleyball Commission announced the 

introduction of the FIVB Beach Volleyball U23 World 

Championships for 2013. 

For 2014, the FIVB administration announced that a fourth 

age-group World Championship will be held for the U17 

age group in Acapulco, Mexico from July 15 to 20. This year 

the FIVB Beach Volleyball U23 World Championships will 

return to Myslowice, Poland from June 10 to15, while the 

two long-standing U21 and U19 World Championships will 

be held in cities that have hosted other age group events 

in the past. The 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World 

Championships will be held in Larnaka, Cyprus, with the 

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event set to take place from July 22 to 27. With this agegroup 

World Championship held every year since 2001, 

this will be the 14th annual U21 World Championships. 

The 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships 

will take place in Porto, Portugal from July 29 to August 3. 

First held in 2002, this year will be the 13th annual U19 

World Championships. 

Volleyball World Cup final, which took place in Campinas, 

Brazil from May 29 to June 2, 2013. Much to the delight 

of the home crowd Brazil took gold in both the men’s and 

women’s competitions. Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego 

claimed men’s gold and the title of the Continental Cup 

champions, while compatriots Maria Antonelli and Talita Da 

Rocha Antunes took the women’s title. The next Continental 

Cup cycle will run from 2014 to 2016. 

Other events 

Continental Cup and FIVB Beach Volleyball 

World Cup 

The ground-breaking Beach Volleyball Continental Cup 

and the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Cup provided a new 

opportunity for countries to qualify for the Olympic Games, 

in addition to the 16 vacancies offered on the FIVB World 

Tour. The first edition of the Beach Volleyball Continental 

Cup was launched in 2010, building up to the London 

2012 Olympic Games. A country versus country Olympic 

qualifying event, it was staged from June 25, 2010 to July 

1, 2012 and contested at the continental level (subzonal, 

zonal, final). The five winners of the Beach Volleyball 

Continental Cup – one from each continent – qualified 

for the Olympic Games. The 2012 Beach Volleyball World 

Cup Final Olympic Qualification tournament took place in 

Moscow, Russia and offered two additional Olympic berths 

for countries which had not qualified through either the 

FIVB World Tour or the Beach Volleyball Continental Cup. 

The Continental Cup cycle ended with the FIVB Beach 

The FIVB is also responsible for developing and managing 

events such as Challenger, Satellite (whenever under the 

jurisdiction of the FIVB), Exhibitions and Country versus 

Country. These events have boomed in recent years and 

are the perfect platform for creating the next generation 

of sports stars and personalities. Challenger and Satellite 

events are part of a successful FIVB and confederations 

development programme, which aims to provide countries 

with the opportunity to promote an international event 

within a limited budget. 


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FIVB TOURNAMENT RECORDS/HISTORY 

OLYMPIC GAMES 

HONOURS 

Year Organiser 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 

2012 London (GBR) RUS BRA ITA 

2008 Beijing (CHN) USA BRA RUS 

2004 Athens (GRE) BRA ITA RUS 

2000 Sydney (AUS) YUG RUS ITA 

1996 Atlanta (USA) NED ITA YUG 

1992 Barcelona (ESP) BRA NED USA 

1988 Seoul (KOR) USA URS ARG 


1984 Los Angeles (USA) USA BRA ITA 

1980 Moscow (URS) URS BUL ROU 

1976 Montreal (CAN) POL URS CUB 

1972 Munich (BRD) JPN FRG URS 

1968 Mexico (MEX) URS JPN TCH 

1964 Tokyo (JPN) URS TCH JPN 

RANKINGS 

Nb 

Results 

Medal Podium 

Country part. 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 Total 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 

Algeria 1 - - - - - - - 12 - - - - - - - - - 

Argentina 6 - - - - - 6 3 - 8 4 5 - 5 1 - - 1 

Australia 3 - - - - - - - - - 8 11 - 9 - - - - 

Belgium 1 - 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Brazil 13 7 9 8 7 5 2 4 1 5 6 1 2 2 5 2 3 - 

Bulgaria 8 5 6 4 - 2 - 6 - 7 - - 5 4 1 - 1 - 

Canada 3 - - - 9 - 4 - 10 - - - - - - - - 

China 2 - - - - - 8 - - - - - 5 - - - - - 

Cuba 6 - - 10 3 7 - - 4 6 7 - - - 1 - - 1 

Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 6 5 8 - - - 2 - 1 1 

Egypt 3 - - - - - 10 - - - 11 - 11 - - - - - 

EUN 1 7 - - - - 

France 3 - - - - - - 8 11 - - 9 - - - - - - 

Germany 2 - - - - 9 5 - - - - 

Germany (GDR) 2 - 4 2 - - - - 1 - 1 - 

Germany (FRG) 1 - - 11 - - - - - - - - 

Great Britain 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 - - - - 

Greece 1 - - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - - - 

Hungary 1 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Italy 10 - - - 8 9 3 9 5 2 3 2 4 3 5 - 2 3 

Japan 8 3 2 1 4 - 7 10 6 - - - 11 - 3 1 1 1 

Korea 8 10 - 7 6 - 5 11 9 9 9 - - - - - - - 

Libya 1 - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Mexico 1 - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

The Netherlands 6 8 - - - - - 5 2 1 5 9 - - 2 1 1 - 

Poland 8 - 5 9 1 4 - - - 11 - 5 5 5 1 1 - - 

Romania 3 4 - 5 - 3 - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 

Russia 5 4 2 3 3 1 4 1 1 2 

Serbia 2 5 9 - - - - 

Serbia & Montenegro 1 5 - - - - 

Spain 2 - - - - - - - 8 - 9 - - - - - - - 

Sweden 1 - - - - - - 7 - - - - - - - - - - 

Tunisia 6 - - 12 - - 9 12 - 11 - 11 - 11 - - - - 

USA 10 9 7 - - - 1 1 3 9 11 4 1 5 4 3 - 1 

USSR 6 1 1 3 2 1 - 2 6 3 2 1 

Venezuela 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 9 - - - - - 

Yugoslavia 3 - - - - 6 - - Excl. 3 1 2 1 - 1 

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WORLD LEAGUE 

HONOURS 


2014 Various cities USA BRA ITA 

2013 Mar del Plata (ARG) RUS BRA ITA 

2012 Sofia (BUL) POL USA CUB 

2011 Gdansk (POL) RUS BRA POL 

2010 Cordoba (ARG) BRA RUS SRB 

2009 Belgrade (SRB) BRA SRB RUS 

2008 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) USA SRB RUS 

2007 Katowice (POL) BRA RUS USA 

2006 Moscow (RUS) BRA FRA RUS 

2005 Belgrade (SCG) BRA SCG CUB 

2004 Rome (ITA) BRA ITA SCG 

2003 Madrid (ESP) BRA YUG ITA 

2002 Belo Horizonte (BRA) RUS BRA YUG 


2001 Katowice (POL) BRA ITA RUS 

2000 Rotterdam (NED) ITA RUS BRA 

1999 Mar Del Plata (ARG) ITA CUB BRA 

1998 Milan (ITA) CUB RUS NED 

1997 Moscow (RUS) ITA CUB RUS 

1996 Rotterdam (NED) NED ITA RUS 

1995 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) ITA BRA CUB 

1994 Milan (ITA) ITA CUB BRA 

1993 São Paulo (BRA) BRA RUS ITA 

1992 Genova (ITA) ITA CUB USA 

1991 Milan (ITA) ITA CUB RUS 

1990 Osaka (JPN) ITA NED BRA 

RANKINGS 

Nb 

Results 

Medal Podium 

Country part. ‘90 ‘91 ‘92 ‘93 ‘94 ‘95 ‘96 ‘97 ‘98 ‘99 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 Total 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 

Argentina 16 - - - - - - 7 7 9 6 8 13 9 - - 10 7 13 - 5 5 4 10 6 13 - - - - 

Australia 2 - - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 - - - - 

Belgium 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 - - - - 

Brazil 25 3 5 5 1 3 2 5 5 5 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 6 2 2 18 9 5 4 

Bulgaria 17 - - - - 4 5 8 6 5 - - - - 5 4 5 4 5 7 10 7 5 4 4 7 - - - - 

Canada 8 - 10 7 - - - - - - 8 11 - - - - - - 13 - - - - 12 5 13 - - - - 

China 15 8 - 9 7 11 11 6 10 - - - - 9 - 10 - 13 9 7 13 15 - - - 23 - - - - 

Cuba 24 - 2 2 4 2 3 4 2 1 2 7 5 13 13 7 3 7 7 10 4 4 8 3 13 21 9 1 5 3 

Czech Republic 2 - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - 16 - - - - 

Egypt 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 13 13 - 14 - - - - - - - - 

EUN 1 6 - - - - 

Finland 10 - - - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 7 10 8 13 10 13 16 16 - - - - 

France 19 5 8 11 - - - - - - 7 7 5 7 10 5 10 2 6 10 9 12 12 7 10 10 1 - 1 - 

Germany 11 - - 12 8 10 - - - - - - 13 9 10 - - - - - - 9 11 5 7 16 - - - - 

Greece 10 - - - 11 7 9 11 - 12 - - 9 9 7 5 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Iran 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 4 - - - - 

Italy 25 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 4 3 2 7 6 9 7 7 6 6 11 3 3 15 8 3 4 

Japan 21 6 7 10 6 8 8 9 12 - - - 9 13 13 10 10 13 13 6 15 - 15 15 18 19 - - - - 

Korea 16 - 9 8 10 9 6 - 11 9 - - - - - - - 10 9 13 14 16 13 14 15 19 - - - - 

Mexico 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 - - - - 

The Netherlands 18 2 4 4 5 5 12 1 4 3 10 5 7 7 10 - - - - - 12 11 - - 14 12 3 1 1 1 

Poland 17 - - - - - - - - 10 8 7 7 5 9 7 4 7 4 5 11 10 3 1 11 7 2 1 - 1 

Portugal 11 - - - - - - - - - 10 - 13 13 13 10 5 13 - - - - 14 16 17 13 - - - - 

Puerto Rico 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 - - - - 

Russia 20 2 6 4 3 3 2 4 2 3 1 7 - - 3 2 3 3 2 1 8 1 5 14 3 5 6 

Serbia 8 9 2 2 3 9 9 8 6 3 - 2 1 

Serbia & Mont. 4 2 3 2 5 3 - 2 1 

Slovakia 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 24 - - - - 

Spain 12 - - - - - 7 10 9 5 5 11 9 5 5 7 - - - 13 - - - - - 25 - - - - 

Tunisia 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 - - - - 

Turkey 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 - - - - 

USA 17 7 6 3 9 12 10 - - - - 6 9 - - - - 10 3 1 6 8 7 2 12 1 5 2 1 2 

USSR 2 4 3 1 - - 1 

Venezuela 6 - - - - - - - - - - - 13 13 13 - 7 - - 13 16 - - - - - - - - - 

Yugoslavia 5 - - - - - - - 7 5 - 4 4 3 1 - - 1 


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FIVB TOURNAMENT RECORDS/HISTORY 

GRAND CHAMPIONS CUP 

HONOURS 


2013 Japan BRA RUS ITA 

2009 Japan BRA CUB JPN 

2005 Japan BRA USA ITA 


2001 Japan CUB BRA YUG 

1997 Japan BRA NED CUB 

1993 Japan ITA BRA CUB 

RANKINGS 

Nb 

Results 

Medal Podium 

Country part. 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 Total 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 

Argentina 1 - - 6 - - - - - - - 

Australia 1 - 6 - - - - - - - - 

Brazil 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 6 4 2 - 

China 2 - 4 - 6 - - - - - - 

Cuba 4 3 3 1 - 2 - 4 1 1 2 

Egypt 2 - - - 5 6 - - - - - 

Iran 2 - - - - 5 4 - - - - 

Italy 3 1 - - 3 - 3 3 1 - 2 

Japan 6 4 5 5 4 3 6 1 - - 1 

Korea 2 6 - 4 - - - - - - - 

The Netherlands 1 - 2 - - - - 1 - 1 - 

Poland 1 - - - - 4 - - - - - 

Russia 1 - - - - - 2 1 - 1 - 

USA 3 5 - - 2 - 5 1 - 1 - 

Yugoslavia 1 - - 3 1 - - 1 

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WORLD CUP 

HONOURS 


2011 Various cities (JPN) RUS POL BRA 

2007 Various cities (JPN) BRA RUS BUL 

2003 Various cities (JPN) BRA ITA SCG 

1999 Various cities (JPN) RUS CUB ITA 

1995 Tokyo (JPN) ITA NED BRA 

1991 Tokyo (JPN) URS CUB USA 


1989 Tokyo (JPN) CUB ITA URS 

1985 Tokyo (JPN) USA URS TCH 

1981 Tokyo (JPN) URS CUB BRA 

1977 Tokyo (JPN) URS JPN CUB 

1969 East Berlin (GDR) GDR JPN URS 

1965 Warsaw (POL) URS POL TCH 

RANKINGS 

Nb 

Results 

Medal Podium 

Country part. 1965 1969 1977 1981 1985 1989 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 Total 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 

Algeria 1 - - - - - - 9 - - - - - - - - - 

Argentina 5 - - - - 5 - - 7 9 - 7 7 - - - - 

Australia 1 - - - - - - - - - - 8 - - - - - 

Brazil 11 - 6 8 3 4 5 6 3 5 1 1 3 5 2 - 3 

Bulgaria 4 9 4 6 - - - - - - - 3 - 1 - - 1 

Cameroon 1 - - - - - 8 - - - - - - - - - - 

Canada 4 - - 12 - - - - 10 8 7 - - - - - - 

Chile 1 - - - - - - 12 - - - - - - - - - 

China 6 - - 5 5 - - - 9 11 10 - 11 - - - - 

Cuba 8 - 9 3 2 - 1 2 6 2 - - 5 5 1 3 1 

Czechoslovakia 3 3 5 - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 

Egypt 6 - - 11 - 8 - - 11 - 12 10 12 - - - - 

France 2 11 - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - - - 

Germany 1 7 - - - - - - - - - 

Germany (GDR) 2 5 1 - - - - 1 1 - - 

Germany (GDR) Jr. 1 - 12 - - - - - - - - 

Germany (FRG) 1 - 10 - - - - - - - - 

Hungary 1 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Iran 2 - - - - - - 11 - - - - 9 - - - - 

Italy 6 - - - 7 - 2 - 1 3 2 - 4 4 1 2 1 

Japan 12 4 2 2 6 6 6 4 5 10 9 9 10 2 - 2 - 

Korea 8 - - 7 - 7 7 5 8 7 6 11 - - - - - 

Mexico 2 - - 9 - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - 

The Netherlands 2 10 - - - - - - 2 - - - - 1 - 1 - 

Poland 5 2 8 4 4 - - - - - - - 2 2 - 2 - 

Puerto Rico 1 - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - - 

Romania 2 6 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Russia 3 - 1 - 2 1 3 2 1 - 

Serbia 1 - 8 - - - - 

Serbia & Montenegro 1 3 1 - - 1 

Spain 2 - - - - - - - - 6 - 5 - - - - - 

Tunisia 7 - 11 - 8 - - 8 12 12 11 12 - - - - - 

USA 9 - - 10 - 1 4 3 4 4 4 4 6 2 1 - 1 

USSR 7 1 3 1 1 2 3 1 7 4 1 2 

Venezuela 1 - - - - - - - - - 8 - - - - - - 

Yugoslavia 1 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 


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OVERALL HONOURS 

RUSSIA 

POLAND 

(USSR) 

BRAZIL 

19 14 15 48 

BULGARIA 

3 3 1 7 

ITALY 

20 11 7 38 

ROMANIA* 

2 5 7 

CUBA 

13 8 10 31 

GERMANY 

2 3 5 

USA 

3 11 9 23 

(GDR) 

FRANCE 

2 1 3 

SERBIA 

(Serbia and 

Montenegro, Yugoslavia) 

CZECH REPUBLIC* 

7 2 5 14 

1 5 7 13 

ARGENTINA 

1 1 2 

2 2 

(Czechoslovakia) 

THE NETHERLANDS* 

2 5 3 10 

JAPAN* 

2 5 1 8 

1 3 4 8 

* Teams not participating in FIVB Men’s World Championship Poland 2014 

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HEAD-TO-HEAD 

FIVB VOLLEYBALL MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS 

ARG AUS BEL BRA BUL CAN CHN CMR CUB EGY FIN 

W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L 

ARG v 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 

AUS v 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 

BEL v 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 

BRA v 2 0 1 0 3 0 7 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 5 7 2 0 3 0 

BUL v 2 1 0 0 3 0 5 7 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 4 1 0 2 0 

CAN v 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 

CHN v 0 3 1 0 2 1 4 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 

CMR v 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

CUB v 4 0 1 0 1 1 7 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 

EGY v 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 

FIN v 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 

FRA v 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 6 2 7 2 0 3 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 

GER* v 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 5 3 3 2 2 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 0 1 1 

IRI v 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 

ITA v 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 7 4 4 4 0 5 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 2 0 

KOR* v 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 

MEX v 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 

POL v 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 4 1 9 3 0 5 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 4 0 

PUR v 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 

RUS* v 4 1 2 0 2 0 7 2 11 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 

SRB* v 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 5 1 1 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 

TUN v 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 

USA v 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 2 1 2 4 1 4 1 2 0 5 0 3 0 1 1 

VEN v 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 

*GER contains results of GDR and FRG. KOR contains results of DPR Korea. RUS contains results of EUN and USR. 

SRB contains results of YUG and SCG. 

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FRA GER IRI ITA KOR MEX POL PUR RUS SRB TUN USA VEN 

W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L 

2 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 4 0 2 2 0 1 5 1 2 

0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 

0 1 0 3 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 

6 1 5 0 0 0 7 3 3 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 2 7 3 1 2 0 2 5 2 0 

7 2 3 3 1 0 4 4 2 1 2 0 9 1 0 0 2 11 5 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 

0 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 0 

3 3 3 0 0 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 4 1 4 2 0 1 4 1 0 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 

2 1 3 4 1 0 3 5 5 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 5 1 3 2 0 0 5 2 0 

0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 

0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 

1 2 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 8 2 0 5 0 2 6 4 0 

2 1 0 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 2 0 1 4 1 3 1 0 2 3 1 0 

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 

3 3 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 4 1 0 4 2 4 0 

2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 

0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 

3 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 8 5 0 1 0 4 1 3 0 

0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 

8 1 4 1 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 8 4 2 0 4 3 5 0 8 1 2 0 

0 2 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 3 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 

0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 2 2 1 

6 2 3 2 1 0 2 4 2 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 8 1 2 2 1 8 1 

0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 8 


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2014 

BEACH VOLLEYBALL 

CALENDAR 

WORLD TOUR GRAND SLAMS 

APRIL 29 - MAY 4: 

JUNE 11-15: 

JUNE 17-22: 

JUNE 24-29: 

JULY 8-13: 

JULY 15-20: 

JULY 22-27: 

JULY 29 - AUGUST 3: 

AUGUST 19-24: 

SEPTEMBER 23-28: 

SHANGHAI, CHINA 

MOSCOW, RUSSIA 

BERLIN, GERMANY 

STAVANGER, NORWAY 

GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND 

THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS 

LONG BEACH, USA 

KLAGENFURT, AUSTRIA 

STARE JABLONKI, POLAND 

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL 

2014 

VOLLEYBALL 

CALENDAR 

MEN’S CLUB 

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 

MAY 5-10: 

BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL 

WOMEN’S CLUB 


MAY 7 - 11: 

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND 

WORLD TOUR OPENS 

APRIL 22-27: FUZHOU, CHINA 

MAY 6-11: PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO 

MAY 21-25: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC 

MAY 27 - JUNE 1: ANAPA, RUSSIA 

OCTOBER 7-12: XIAMEN, CHINA 

OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 2: PARANA, ARGENTINA 

NOVEMBER 4-8: DOHA, QATAR 

NOVEMBER 25-30: CHENNAI, INDIA 

DECEMBER 9-14: DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA 

U23 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 

JUNE 10-15: MYSLOWICE, POLAND 


JULY 15-20: ACAPULCO, MEXICO 


JULY 23-27: LARNACA, CYPRUS 

M 

W 

W 

WORLD LEAGUE 

MAY 23 - JULY 6: INTERCONTINENTAL ROUND 

JUNE 28-29: FINAL ROUND (3 RD GROUP) 

JULY 11-12: WORLD LEAGUE FINAL ROUND (2 ND GROUP) 

JULY 16-20: FINAL ROUND (1 ST GROUP) 

WORLD GRAND PRIX 


AUGUST 15-16: 

AUGUST 16-17: 

AUGUST 20-24: 

MEN’S 


AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 21: 

PRELIMINARY ROUND 

FINAL ROUND (2 ND GROUP) 

FINAL GROUP (3 RD GROUP) 

FINAL ROUND (1 ST GROUP) 

POLAND 



PORTO, PORTUGAL 

YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES 

AUGUST 17-27: NANJING, CHINA 

* = To be confirmed 

W = Women M = Men (All other events are double-gender) 

Note: Events and dates are subject to change. Please refer to the FIVB website 

for updates: www.fivb.org 

WOMEN’S 


SEPTEMBER 23 - OCTOBER 12: 

ITALY 

Note: Events and dates are subject to change. 

Please refer to the FIVB website for updates: www.fivb.org 

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FIVB MEN’S WORLD RANKING 

(as per July 21, 2014) 

Rk Teams Points +/- Rk. 

Jan. 

2014 

World League 

2014 

Continental Olympic Games 

Championship 2012 

2013 

World Cup 

2011 

World 

Championship 

2010 

Diff. Rk. Tot. Rk. Tot. Rk. Tot. Rk. Tot. Rk. Tot. 

q 1 Brazil 345 0 2 45 1 30 2 90 3 80 1 

q 2 Russia 330 0 5 38 1 30 1 100 1 100 5 

q 3 Italy 288 0 3 42 2 26 3 80 4 70 4 

q 4 USA 226 0 1 50 1 30 5 50 6 40 6 

q 5 Poland 200 0 7 32 9 3 5 50 2 90 13 

q 6 Serbia 192 3 6 35 3 22 9 30 8 25 3 

q 7 Cuba 175 0 21 10 3 22 wq1 3 5 50 2 

q 8 Bulgaria 170 -2 7 32 4 18 4 70 0 7 

q 9 Argentina 166 -2 13 20 2 26 5 50 7 30 9 

q 10 Germany 123 0 16 18 6 10 5 50 8 

q 11 Iran 98 1 4 40 1 30 cq1 3 9 5 19 

q 12 Australia 92 2 9 28 5 14 9 30 19 

q 13 France 76 3 10 26 5 14 wq1 3 11 

q 14 Tunisia 70 -1 27 4 2 26 11 20 19 

q 15 Canada 69 -4 13 20 2 26 cq1 3 19 

16 Japan 66 1 19 16 4 18 cq2 2 10 5 13 

q 17 Egypt 63 -2 1 30 cq1 3 12 5 13 

18 Czech Republic 58 4 16 18 16 2 wq2 2 10 

q 19 China 56 -1 23 7 3 22 cq3 2 11 5 19 

q 19 Korea 56 2 19 16 2 26 cq4 1 AS-H3 

q 21 Puerto Rico 49 -1 27 4 4 18 cq3 2 13 

q 22 Cameroon 45 -3 4 18 cq2 2 13 

q 22 Mexico 45 0 25 5 5 14 cq4 1 13 

q 24 Belgium 42 13 11 24 7 5 EU-I4 

25 The Netherlands 40 6 12 22 10 3 EU-J3 

q 26 Finland 39 4 16 18 8 5 cq6 1 EU-I3 

27 Spain 37 -2 25 5 Eur-q2 1 cq4 1 12 

28 Portugal 34 10 13 20 Eur-q2 1 EU-J4 

29 Colombia 33 -5 3 22 cq2 2 SA-A2 

30 Morocco 31 -4 3 22 AF-C3 

31 Algeria 26 -4 5 14 cq3 2 AF-D2 

31 Chile 26 -4 4 18 cq3 2 SA-A3 

33 Dominican Rep. 25 -4 6 10 cq5 1 NO-PO3 

33 Slovakia 25 3 24 6 11 3 cq5 1 EU-K3 

q 35 Venezuela 23 -4 cq1 3 19 

35 Paraguay 23 -4 5 14 SA-B2 

37 India 20 -3 7 5 wq3 2 AS-G3 

37 Thailand 20 -3 6 10 AS-G4 

37 Turkey 20 8 22 8 14 2 EU-F3 

40 Slovenia 16 -2 13 2 cq7 1 EU-K4 

40 Romania 16 -2 Eur-2 1 EU-L3 

52 Bahamas 15 -11 7 5 NO-H3 

43 Estonia 14 -1 Eur-q2 1 EU-L4 

43 Panama 14 -1 NO-PO4 

45 Kazakhstan 13 -1 10 3 AS-H4 

46 Chinese Taipei 12 -1 9 3 AS-F2 

46 Belarus 12 -1 15 2 EU-E3 

46 Guatemala 12 -1 9 3 NO-F4 


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FIVB MEN’S WORLD RANKING 

(as per July 21, 2014) 


Jan. 

2014 

World League 

2014 



2013 

World Cup 

2011 

World 

Championship 

2010 


49 Saint Lucia 11 0 8 5 NO-D5 

49 Qatar 11 0 11 3 AS-E3 

49 Denmark 11 0 12 3 EU-G5 

52 Pakistan 10 0 wq3 2 AS-D3 

52 South Africa 10 0 AF-E2 

52 Barbados 10 0 NO-G3 

52 Greece 10 0 Eur-q3 1 EU-G4 

52 Ukraine 10 0 Eur-q2 1 EU-H4 

52 Latvia 10 0 Eur-q3 1 EU-F4 

52 Croatia 10 0 Eur-q3 1 EU-E4 

52 Nigeria 10 0 AF-C2 

52 United Arab Emirates 10 0 14 2 AS-F3 

52 Libya 10 0 6 10 

62 Trinidad & Tobago 9 0 cq6 1 NO-C3 

62 Costa Rica 9 0 cq7 1 NO-E3 

62 Indonesia 9 0 AS-E2 

62 Suriname 9 0 NO-H4 

62 American V. Islands 9 0 NO-G4 

62 Montenegro 9 0 Eur-q2 1 EU-H5 

62 Mauritius 9 0 AF-E3 

62 Kenya 9 0 AF-D3 

70 Botswana 8 0 AF-C4 

70 Austria 8 0 Eur-q2 1 EU-C2 

70 Jamaica 8 0 NO-D3 

70 Mozambique 8 0 AF-D4 

70 Zimbabwe 8 0 AF-E4 

70 Albania 8 0 Eur-q1 1 EU-D2 

70 Oman 8 0 19 1 AS-D4 

77 El Salvador 7 0 NO-E4 

77 Israel 7 0 Eur-q2 1 EU-A2 

77 Sweden 7 0 Eur-q2 1 EU-B2 

77 Neth. Antilles 7 0 NO-C4 

77 Tonga 7 0 AS-F4 

77 New Zealand 7 0 AS-A2 

77 Bangladesh 7 0 AS-E4 

77 Haiti 7 0 NO-D4 

85 Uruguay 6 0 SA-B3 

85 Honduras 6 0 NO-E6 

85 Nicaragua 6 0 NO-E5 

85 Antigua & Barbuda 6 0 NO-C6 

85 Moldova 6 0 EU-D3 

85 Bosnia Herzegovina 6 0 EU-C3 

85 Hungary 6 0 Eur-q2 1 EU-C4 

85 Maldives 6 0 AS-B3 

85 Cayman Islands 6 0 NO-D6 

85 Aruba 6 0 NO-C5 

85 Samoa Islands 6 0 AS-A3 

96 Saint Kitts 5 0 NO-B2 

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Jan. 

2014 

World League 

2014 



2013 

World Cup 

2011 

World 

Championship 

2010 


96 Dominica 5 0 NO-A2 

96 Anguilla 5 0 NO-A3 

96 St Vincent & Gren. 5 0 NO-A3 

96 Grenada 5 0 NO-A5 

96 Belize 5 0 NO-E7 

96 Azerbaijan 5 0 EU-D4 

96 Norway 5 0 EU-B3 

96 British V. Islands 5 0 NO-B4 

96 Macau 5 0 AS-B4 

96 Ecuador 5 0 SA-B4 

96 Bolivia 5 0 SA-A4 

96 Malawi 5 0 AF-B4 

96 Fiji Islands 5 0 AS-A4 

96 Bermuda 5 0 NO-A4 

96 Montserrat 5 0 NO-B5 

96 Lebanon 5 0 8 5 

113 Bahrain 3 0 12 3 

114 Sri Lanka 2 0 15 2 

114 Uzbekistan 2 0 16 2 

114 Iraq 2 0 13 2 

117 Afghanistan 1 0 20 1 

117 Ghana 1 0 cq4 1 

117 Luxembourg 1 0 Eur-q1 1 

117 FYR Macedonia 1 0 Eur-q2 1 

117 Myanmar 1 0 18 1 

117 Cyprus 1 0 Eur-q1 1 

117 Saudi Arabia 1 0 21 1 

117 Kuwait 1 0 17 1 

117 Switzerland 1 0 Eur-q1 1 

117 Andorra 1 0 Eur-q1 1 

127 Rep. of the Congo 0 0 

127 Turkmenistan 0 0 

127 Curaçao 0 0 

127 Georgia 0 0 

127 Gabon 0 0 

127 Rwanda 0 0 

127 Peru 0 0 

127 Vietnam 0 0 

127 Philippines 0 0 

127 Hong Kong 0 0 

127 England 0 0 

127 Sudan 0 0 

127 Jordan 0 0 

127 Scotland 0 0 

127 Uganda 0 0 

127 Eritrea 0 0 

127 Northern Ireland 0 0 


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WE PLAY IT CLEAN ! 

The FIVB’s medical and anti-doping programme focuses on education, ways to keep the sport of volleyball 

clean and the protection of athletes’ and referees’ health. 

The FIVB developed an online anti-doping programme – 

“FIVB Play Clean” – to educate volleyball athletes, beach 

volleyball athletes and medical officials on their rights and 

responsibilities. The programme also provides guidance on 

healthy lifestyle attitudes in order to deter athletes from 

doping. The course exists in several languages and so far 

more than 7,000 users have completed the programme. 

The FIVB’s anti-doping programme seeks to preserve the 

spirit of volleyball and beach volleyball while maintaining 

the ideals of ethics, fair play and honesty as well as the 

athletes’ health. As doping is fundamentally contrary to the 

spirit of sport, one of the FIVB’s goals is to keep the playing 

field clean and level. To this end, the FIVB conducts regular 

and random anti-doping tests and has an extensive testing 

programme in place, both during and out of competition. 

As the FIVB is committed to the protection of its athletes’ 

health, it has established several programmes, ranging 

from injury prevention to heat stress. The FIVB has 

focused primarily on the prevention of injuries and illness, 

the reduction of long-term impairment through proper 

diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, and ways of 

maintaining volleyball as a drug-free sport. FIVB studies 

have been published in renowned sport medicine journals. 

For more information, please visit the medical section on 

www.fivb.org. 

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FIVB OFFICIALS 

FIVB VOLLEYBALL MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POLAND 2014 CONTROL COMMITTEE 

Control Committee President Mr. Aleksandar Boricic SRB 

Event Director Mr. Mushtaque Mohamed TRI 

Mr. Mauricio Levy 

BRA 

Mr. Philipp Berben 

BEL 

Venue Sub Committee Members 

Mr. Mohamed Ben Slimane 

TUN 

Mr. Yoshiaru Nishiwaki 

JAP 

Mr. Lubor Halanda 

SVK 

Mr. Shanrit Wongprasert 

THA 

Referee Delegate Mr. Sergey Titov RUS 

Mr. Sandy Steel 

SCO 

Referee Sub Committee Members 

Mr. Willy Paredes 

ARG 

Mr. Songsak Chareonpong 

THA 

Medical Delegate Mr. Bruno Borges BRA 

Mr. Bernhard Nau 

NAU 

Medical Sub Committee Members 

Mr. Hossam Bahgat 

EGY 

Mr. Manfred Holzgraefe 

GER 

VIS Delegate Mr. Francis Druenne FRA 

Mr. Diego Soler 

ARG 

VIS Sub Commitee Members 

Mr. Tomasz Kuropka 

POL 

Mr. Jerzi Glebovski 

POL 

Press Delegate Mr. Roosevelt Comarazamy DOM 

Mrs. Ana Tomas 

PHI 

Press Sub Committee Members 

Mr. Tarek Al-Adwar 

EGY 

Mr. Sergio Lopez 

ARG 

Mr. Mauro de Sanctis 

ITA 

Photographers 

Mr. Nenad Negovanovic 

SRB 

Mr. Piotr Sumara 

POL 

Mr. Wieslaw Koziel 

POL 


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MEDIA 

MEDIA ACCREDITATION 

The FIVB online accreditation system allows journalists and 

media professionals around the world to register to become 

a member of the FIVB Media Club, which offers special 

media incentives and optional communication preferences 

in addition to being able to request accreditation for FIVB 

volleyball and beach volleyball events. 

Once registered, journalists will receive a log in and 

password to maintain their online details as well as to 

apply for accreditation for FIVB tournaments. For more 

details visit http://www.fivb.org/en/media. 

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SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE FIVB MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 

It is now easier than ever to keep on top of all the tournament news through the FIVB’s online and social media channels. 

FIVB.org 

The official FIVB website provides detailed 

coverage of the competition of the FIVB Men’s 

World Championship through live scoring, 

live streaming, photo slideshows and detailed 

match information. 

Twitter 

Join the FIVB Twitter channel for up-to-theminute 

information on each match during the 

FIVB Men’s World Championship. Tweets will be 

brought to you by the FIVB editorial team, the 

national federation press officers and athletes. 

Facebook 

Feel the excitement of the tournament through 

the FIVB Facebook page, which connects 

volleyball fans from around the world, and 

helps to enhance the spectator experience. 

YouTube 

Check out the FIVB YouTube video channel for 

exclusive interviews with volleyball stars and 

other behind-the-scenes footage of the FIVB 

Men’s World Championship. 

Links 

Official FIVB website : www.fivb.org 

Twitter : @FIVBMensWCH 

Facebook : FB.com/fivb.internationalvolleyballfederation 

YouTube : www.youtube.com/videofivb 

Instagram : http://instagram.com/fivbvolleyball 


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FIVB PRESS CONTACTS 

FIVB Communications Department 

Château Les Tourelles 

Edouard-Sandoz 2-4 

1006 Lausanne 

Switzerland 

Email: press@fivb.org 

Phone: +41 21 345 35 35 

Fax: +41 21 345 35 45 

Social Media and the FIVB Men’s World Championship 

For more information, please see page 231. 

Media Channels Links 

Official FIVB website : www.fivb.org 

Twitter : @FIVBMensWCH 

Facebook : FB.com/fivb.internationalvolleyballfederation 

YouTube : www.youtube.com/videofivb 

RSS Feed : www.fivb.org/vis/rss/press.aspx 

Instagram : http://instagram.com/fivbvolleyball 

To receive the FIVB’s weekly electronic newsletter, send your email address to press@fivb.org. 

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