Volleyball…Beijing 2008

Check out some YouTube vids of the Japanese womens team at the World Cup.

Vs Peru

Vs Korea

Vs Italy

Vs Serbia

Click here to see a small news report and some footage of the game form Russia Vs Korea.

Check this article out from USA Volleyball.

Gabe Gardner helped the U.S. Men’s National Team come back from a first-set scare as Team USA defeated Tunisia, 22-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-17 on Sunday before 3,000 spectators at the FIVB World Cup in Okayama, Japan.The victory improves the United States’ World Cup record to 4-2. Tunisia, ranked 15th in the world, falls to 1-5. The U.S. Men, ranked fifth, will play No. 19 Korea (1-4) on Monday at 1:05 p.m. local time (8 p.m. Sunday, PST).

The top three World Cup finishers will qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

Check out the latest post by Andrea Zorzi, giving you th update on the current status of the Italian Mens Team. Looks like a tough road ahead for them to get to Beijing.

Todays Results

31      ARG-PUR          3-2
34     TUN-USA         1-3
32     ESP-RUS         0-3
35     BUL-KOR         3-0
33     JPN-EGY         3-2
36     BRA-AUS         3-0
Russia is stil the only undefeated team.

Here is the FIVB press release from todays matches.

Here are the coaches comments going into round three from FIVB

Here is a video a fan has made of Logan Tom at the World Cup.

So we are nearly halfway through the Mens World Cup. My opinion there are five teams left in the running for the top three spots. Russia, Bulgaria, USA, Brazil and Puerto Rico. Russia is the only undefeated team left, but Brazil looks like their little hiccup at the beginning of the tournament and are crushing everyone in their wake. You don’t want to make them angry. The Brazil, Russia match is something to look forward to, will the lack of Ricardo effect them in this match??

 Full release at FIVB.

I have recently had a comment from a fellow sports blogger about the Olympic Qualification process. I replied, (sorry my setting is on anonymous!) and went to check out his site. There are occasional post’s about Volleyball on there, and this post in particular has some good information on the history of Volleyball at the Olympics and some info about Qualification. Check it out.