Volleyball…Beijing 2008

Aussie player Luke Campbell gives his thoughts at the end of the world cup.

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As I did at the end of the Women World Cup today, just before leaving Japan, I’ll give an evaluation about the teams that participated at the 2007 Men’s World Cup.

Below you can see the final standings and, on the right, my personal judgment on the teams’ performances.

+ means that they played BETTER than I expected

= means that they played EXACTLY as I expected

- means that they played WORSE than I expected

Here is a little video snippet of the Russian team coming home form the World Cup. They weren’t happy with their end result.

Individual Award winner from World Cup, more FIVB

NDIVIDUAL AWARDS

The FIVB President, Dr. Rubén Acosta, awards the MVP Giba

The final standings of the 2007 World Cup

Brazil, Russia and Bulgaira have qualified for the Beijing Olympics.

Aussie Luke Campbell has a blog post on the Puerto Rico match.

Brazil are the first mens team to secure their spot to Beijing…read full FIVB report here.

Brazilian captain Giba spikes against Alexey Kuleshov and Vadim Khamuttskikh

Brazil Vs Bulgaria

Russia Vs Bulgaria

Full Results CEV

Tournament 1 

Finland beat Belgium in 3

Poland beat Hungary in 4

 Tournament 2

Germany beat Sweden in 3

Czech Republic beat France in 3

Tournament 3

Italy beat Greece in 3

Netherlands beat Croatia in 3