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1999 FIVB Men's World Cup
The 1999 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 18 November to 2 December 1999 in Japan. Twelve men's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The twelve competing teams played a single-round robin format, in two parallel pools (site A and site B). The men played in Tokyo, Kagoshima, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Yoyogi, and Komazawa. Qualification Results All times are Japan Standard Time ( UTC+09:00). First round Site A Venue: Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo Site B Venue: Kagoshima Arena, Kagoshima Second round Site A Location: Hiroshima Site B Venue: Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto Third round Site A Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka Site B Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya Fourth round Site A Venue: Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo Site B Venue: Komazawa Gymn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Yakovlev
Roman Nikolayevich Yakovlev (russian: Роман Николаевич Яковлев, born 13 August 1976) is a former volleyball player born in Ukraine, who played for Russia. He was a member of the Russia men's national volleyball team, Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Two years later he won the Volleyball World League (2002) with Russia. Individual awards * 1999 FIVB Men's World Cup#Awards, 1999 FIVB World Cup "Most Valuable Player" * 1999 FIVB Men's World Cup#Awards, 1999 FIVB World Cup "Best Spiker" * Serie A1 League MVP, 2000 Serie A1 League MVP References * * External links * * * 1976 births Living people Russian men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Sportspeople from Kharkiv Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics VC Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Men's South American Volleyball Championship
The 1999 Men's South American Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the event, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). The final round was hosted in Córdoba, Argentina from September 7 to September 11, 1999. Brazil and hosts Argentina were automatically qualified, Venezuela and Uruguay each won their preliminary round. Preliminary round robin *Thursday 1999-09-07 ---- *Friday 1999-09-08 ---- *Saturday 1999-09-09 ---- Final standings Finals *Sunday 1999-09-11 ---- Final ranking Individual awards References Results {{South America Volleyball Championship Men's South American Volleyball Championships S Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ... V 1999 in South American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruslan Olikhver
Ruslan Iosifovich Olikhver (russian: Руслан Иосифович Олихвер, born 11 April 1969) is a Russian former volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ... player of Latvian origin who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and for Russia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 1992, Olikhver was part of the Unified Team that finished seventh in the Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches. Four years later, he finished fourth with the Russian team in the Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Olympic tournament. He played five matches. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he was a member of the Russian team that won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksey Kazakov
Aleksey Valerevich Kazakov (russian: Алексей Валерьевич Казаков, born 18 May 1976) is a Russian volleyball player. He was born in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Kazakov was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates .... Four years earlier in Sydney he gained the silver medal. He is 2.17 metres tall, making him one of the tallest athletes in the world. References * * External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kazakov, Aleksey 1976 births Living people Russian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Russia Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Gaishi Hall
, formerly Nagoya Rainbow Hall, is an indoor sports arena located in Nagoya, Japan. From April 1, 2007, its name was changed to Nippon Gaishi Hall, to reflect the sponsorship of the NGK Insulators. The capacity of the arena is 10,000 people. The hall hosted some of the group games for the 2006 and 2010 editions of the official Women's Volleyball World Championship. It hosted ''Dream 16'', the mixed martial arts promotion in Japan on September 25, 2010. The card was headlined by a triple main event, as Shinya Aoki takes on Marcus Aurelio in a Lightweight non-title match, MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba met Jason "Mayhem" Miller and Tatsuya Mizuno vs. Gegard Mousasi vied in the Dream Light-Heavyweight Grand Prix Final. The card was broadcast live by HDNet at 2AM US Eastern time. Nippon Gaishi Arena Nippon Gaishi Arena is another facility, and it is used as a Swimming pool. It is used as an Ice rink An ice rink (or ice skating rink) is a frozen body of water and/or an artificial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium
, known as the for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor sporting arena located in Minato-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The arena opened on 1996. This arena was built in Yahataya Park in the Osaka Bay area. The arena is all underground and the roof is covered with planting. History * June 1993 - Start to construction.大阪市中央体育館 Het architecture * April 1996 - Finish to construction. Uses The arena hosted several matches for the Women's Volleyball World Championship for its |
Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium
is an indoor sports arena, located in Kumamoto, Japan. The arena holds 4,110 people. The hall hosted some of the group games for the 2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. It also hosted some of the group games for the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup The 2011 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 20 November to 4 December 2011 in Japan. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. The top three teams qualified f .... References External links * Basketball venues in Japan Indoor arenas in Japan Volleyball venues in Japan Sports venues in Kumamoto Prefecture Sports venues completed in 1982 1982 establishments in Japan Handball venues in Japan Buildings and structures in Kumamoto Kumamoto Volters {{japan-stadium-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kagoshima Arena
Kagoshima Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Kagoshima, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 and was opened in 1992. It hosted some matches for the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup The 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 1 to 15 November 2003 in Japan. Twelve women's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the 2004 Summer Olympics. Teams were made up as follows: hosts .... External links Kagoshima Arena Basketball venues in Japan Indoor arenas in Japan Sports venues in Kagoshima Prefecture Buildings and structures in Kagoshima Sports venues completed in 1992 1992 establishments in Japan {{coord, 31, 36, 05, N, 130, 32, 07.45, E, type:landmark_scale:2000, display=title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoyogi National Stadium
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, officially is an indoor arena located at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, which is famous for its suspension roof design. It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming and diving events in the 1964 Summer Olympics. A separate annex was used for the basketball competition at those same games. It will also host handball competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The design inspired Frei Otto's arena designs for the Olympic Stadium in Munich. The arena holds 13,291 people (9,079 stand seats, 4,124 arena seats and 88 "royal box" seats) and is now primarily used for ice hockey, futsal and basketball. The NHK World studios are adjacent to the arena along the edge of Yoyogi Park. Therefore, images of the arena are regularly featured at the end of NHK Newsline broadcasts. Events * The 1977 World Figure Skating Championships * The official 1971 Asian Basketball Championship for men * The official 1982 Asian Basketb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Standard Time
, or , is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+09:00). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During World War II, the time zone was often referred to as Tokyo Standard Time. Japan Standard Time is equivalent to Korean Standard Time, Pyongyang Time (North Korea), Eastern Indonesia Standard Time, East-Timorese Standard Time and Yakutsk Time (Russia). History Before the Meiji era (1868–1912), each local region had its own time zone in which noon was when the sun was exactly at its culmination. As modern transportation methods, such as trains, were adopted, this practice became a source of confusion. For example, there is a difference of about 5 degrees longitude between Tokyo and Osaka and because of this, a train that departed from Tokyo would arrive at Osaka 20 minutes behind the time in Tokyo. In 1886, Ordinance 51 was issued in response to this problem, which stated: Accordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.9 million, is the 12th-largest in the world by population. Cairo is associated with ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, the city first developed as Fustat, a settlement founded after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 640 next to an existing ancient Roman fortress, Babylon. Under the Fatimid dynasty a new city, ''al-Qāhirah'', was founded nearby in 969. It later superseded Fustat as the main urban centre during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (12th–16th centuries). Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Men's African Volleyball Championship
The 1999 Men's African Volleyball Championship was in Cairo, Egypt, with 6 teams participating in the continental championship. Teams * * * * * * Results Final Final ranking References Men Volleyball Africa Championship 1999 Cairo (EGY) {{African Volleyball Championship 1999 Men African championship, Men Men's African Volleyball Championship The African Men's Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of Africa, organized by the African Volleyball Confederation ( CAVB). The initial gap between championships was variable, but since 19 ... 1999 in Egyptian sport International volleyball competitions hosted by Egypt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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