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2007 Women’s World Championship
Final Day
Gold medal for Italy.
Italy, Brazil and U.S.A. qualified for Beijing Olympic Games
 Tokyo,
16th November 2007 – The FIVB Women’s World Cup gold medal goes
to Italy. For the first time ever, the Women’s team of “Azzurre”
entered the World Cup podium and went straight through the
highest step. Italy, Brazil and U.S.A, thanks to their gold,
silver and bronze medals, got the first three berths for the
Olympic Games. They will be, together with host country China,
among the 12 teams that will compete from 9th to 23rd of August
2008 in Beijing. “The Women’s World Cup 2007 had a tremendous
impact on the media” says the FIVB President, Dr. Rubén Acosta.
“The host broadcaster Fuji Television for many matches had a
market share exceeding 20%. The 66 matches were seen by more
than 200,000 spectators in the venues here in Japan. And the
gold medal winner Italy is a team which gives a strong example
of our sport’s image: they show fair play, they are
record-breakers with just two sets lost in this World Cup, and
they are also outstanding athletes like the MVP Gioli, who came
back on the court after becoming a mother”.
Italy and U.S.A. qualified for
Beijing Olympic Games, Kenya lost the tenth match
 Tokyo,
15th November 2007 – With an outstanding match, the first one
ever played by Taismary Aguero against her former team Cuba,
Italy got enough points in the FIVB Women’s World Cup 2007 to be
the first team to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games. Then
U.S.A. achieved the same goal in the next match played in Nagoya
by beating Japan 3-0 on Thursday. The third and last Olympic
slot will be determined as three key matches will decide the
podium and the third berth for Beijing.
Kenya lost their tenth match in the competition in straight sets
against Dominican Republic.
Brazil produced an outstanding performance to demolish Serbia
3-0 in the first match of the day at Nippon Gaishi Hall on
Thursday. Clearly motivated by their heavy loss to Italy the
previous day, the South American champions sent shell-shocked
Serbia spinning to a straight-sets defeat, 25-13, 25-14, 25-21.
With the win, 2006 World Championship silver medallists Brazil
improved their World Cup record to 8-2. The Serbs, who won
bronze at the 2006 World Championships in Osaka, dropped to 7-3.
Serbia's last match is against four-time World Cup winners and
reigning NORCECA champions Cuba on Friday afternoon. Brazil will
play Asian champions Japan in the last match of the competition
on Friday evening. The Head Coach Zoran Terzic said: “I do not
know really what happened today. I must look at this game one
more time, or two or three, to see what happened. Maybe we
played very bad but I think today Brazil played very, very good,
especially in defence; of course in the other elements, but
especially in defence. I think our attack is not so bad, but
today it was like a cat playing with a mouse.”
Dominican Republic earn second
victory over Kenya
 Nagoya,
Japan, November 15, 2007 - The Dominican Republic picked up
their second win of the World Cup with a steady 25-19, 25-16,
25-18 victory over Kenya at Komaki Park Arena on Thursday. By
the tenth match and only one match ahead against Korea on
Friday, the African champions are seeking a victory.
Bethania De La Cruz led the Dominicans with 20 points and was
well supported by teammates Sidarka Nunez (15 points) and Cosiri
Rodriguez (13). Kenya's leading scorer was as usual Dorcas
Ndasaba with 11 points.
Kenya came into the game on the back of a close game against
Thailand, when they came close to achieving their first win.
Despite the five-set loss, they were happy to have won two sets
and a happy Kenya usually performs well. Ndasaba improved her
points total to 93 in that game.
The Dominican Republic were still searching for their second
victory -- they've only beaten Thailand -- but also for enough
consistency to dominate other teams. They have the big guns --
De La Cruz is the tournament's fourth-highest scorer -- but they
need to fire on a regular basis to make an impression.
Eve, from the school to
Volleyball World Cup
The Italian masterpiece
against Brazil, Serbs stop U.S.A, Kenya win 2 sets
At 37 I can’t retire volleyball now:
Ndasaba
Kenya lost to Thailand in Tiebreak
Fofao, Volleyball
Maestro without a conductor baton
The road rollers Italy and
U.S.A. look at Beijing, Brazil near and Kenya look for a set
Volleyball is all my life:
Ruiz
Italy and USA at the top,
Kenya at the bottom of the standings
Italy cruise past Kenya
Italy crushes Poland and still
leads with U.S.A, Kenya lost to Serbs
Super Serbs sink
African queens
Paula, float like a
butterfly and sting like a bee
Head Coaches facing the 3rd
Round
Poland overcomes Kenya in
three sets
Brazil, Italy and
U.S.A. stay on top, Kenya lost the fourth match
Haneef- Park “Fly” in the
World Cup Sky
U.S. cruise past the improving
Kenya
“The basic rule of progress is
change”. The FIVB President, Dr. Rubén Acosta, meets the press
in Tokyo announcing some revolutions in the FIVB
Italy, Brazil, Serbia and USA
lead the standings. Kenya at the bottom without a set
Complaining
improper reception, Kenya loses to Peru
USA Defeated Cuba and second
victory for the Samba of Brazil
Kenya
lost against the Samba Dancers in Straight sets
The big contenders
achieved first victory
Kenya
lost their first match against Cuba
12 teams compete for three
Olympic berths
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