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MATCH SCHEDULE<br />
Venue Date Local time Versus<br />
August 31 20:15 CMR Cameroon<br />
September 2 20:15 POL Poland<br />
September 4 16:30 SRB Serbia<br />
September 6 13:00 ARG Argentina<br />
September 7 13:00 VEN Venezuela<br />
AUS<br />
STAR PLAYER<br />
TEAM CAPTAIN<br />
Thomas Edgar<br />
Tom Edgar began playing volleyball at the age of eight,<br />
and made his international debut for Australia in 2008. He<br />
had surgery on a broken finger in 2009, the same year he<br />
was part of the national team that finished seventh at the<br />
Asian Championship. He went to compete at another two<br />
editions of the continental championship, finishing fourth<br />
in 2011 and fifth in 2013. On the world stage he finished<br />
19th at the 2010 World Championship, ninth at the 2012<br />
Olympic Games and ninth at the 2014 World League.<br />
Aiden Zingel<br />
Aiden Zingel started playing volleyball at the age of 14<br />
at Kiama High School in New South Wales, Australia. His<br />
sports teacher sent him for a trial with the New South<br />
Wales U15 volleyball team, and within 12 months of he<br />
was in the Australian Institute of the Sport programme.<br />
Nicknamed Boxy, the opposite hitter says his sporting idol<br />
is Serbian volleyball player Ivan Miljkovic. The sport runs<br />
in his family as his second cousin is Daniel Rohan, who<br />
was selected for the Australia team for the 2000 Olympic<br />
Games in Sydney. Edgar’s ambition is to return to the<br />
Olympic stage and compete at the 2016 Olympic Games<br />
in Rio de Janeiro.<br />
He made his international debut for Australia against<br />
Slovakia in 2009 and represented his country at the 2009<br />
Asian Championship in Manila, Philippines, finishing<br />
seventh. He was a member of the team that finished fourth<br />
at the 2011 Asian Championship in Tehran, Iran, and<br />
represented his country at the 2013 Asian Championship<br />
in Dubai, UAE, where they finished fifth.<br />
At club level he has played for teams in Australia, Sweden,<br />
Poland, Italy and South Korea. Away from the sport he<br />
studied Business at the University of Southern Queensland.<br />
He played with Australia at the 2012 Olympic Games in<br />
London, and at the 2010 World Championship in Italy.<br />
Zingel won the 2011 Australian Player of the Year award<br />
and was named captain of the Australia team in 2013.<br />
FIVB VOLLEYBALL MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POLAND 2014 MEDIA GUIDE<br />
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