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2003 FIVB Volleyball 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 Japan, continental champions and vice-champions from Europe, Asia, NORCECA and South America, continental champion from Africa, and two wild-card teams nominated jointly by the FIVB and the Japan Volleyball Association. Teams played a single-round robin format (66 games overall), in two parallel groups (site A and site B). The women played in Tokyo, Kagoshima, Nagoya, Toyama, Sapporo, Sendai, and Osaka. Teams * — Host * — African Champions * — Asian Champions * — European Champions * — NORCECA Champions * — South American Champions * — Asian bronze medalists * — European Vice-champions * — NORCECA Vice-champions * — South American Vice-champions * — Wild-card * — Wild-card Squads Results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Małgorzata Glinka
Małgorzata () is a common Polish female given name derived through Latin ''Margarita'' from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs), meaning "pearl". It is equivalent to the English " Margaret". Its diminutive forms include Małgośka, Małgosia, Gosia, Gośka, Gosieńka, Gosiunia. Name days Individuals named Małgorzata celebrate their name day the day closest after their birthday. List of name days for the name Małgorzata: * January 12, 18 * February 22 * March 25 * April 10, 13 * May 27 * June 10 * July 13, 20 * August 27 * October 14, 17 * November 2, 16 * December 30 People and characters with the name Małgorzata * Goshka Macuga (born 1967), Polish-born artist * Gosia Andrzejewicz (born 1984), Polish singer * Gosia Baczyńska * Małgorzata Dąbrowska (born 1956), Polish historian * Małgorzata Dydek (1974-2011), Polish professional basketball player * Małgorzata Foremniak (born 1967), Polish actress * Małgorzata Gebel (born 1955), Polish actress * Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sendai Gymnasium
is an indoor sporting arena located in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 7,000. It hosted preliminary round games for the Basketball World Championship 2006, and is also the home arena of the Sendai 89ers of the Japan professional basketball B.League. In 1994 and 2004, it hosted the Asian Basketball Championship for Women. The gymnasium is also the site of international volleyball competitions, and in 2006 hosted the opening rounds of the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup international team badminton tournaments. Access Sendai Gymnasium is located near Tomizawa Station of the Sendai Subway The is a rapid transit system in Sendai, Japan. It is operated by the Sendai City Transportation Bureau. The subway consists of two lines, the north-south Namboku Line, which opened in July 1987, and the east-west Tozai Line, which opened in ... Nanboku Line. Gallery Image:2006-08-19 1442.jpg, Image:Arena of the Kameiarena sendai.jpg, Image:SendaiCityGymnasium.jpg, Im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhao Ruirui
Zhao Ruirui (; born 8 October 1981 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China) is a Chinese people, Chinese volleyball player who competed on the 2003 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup winning side and made an initial appearance with the 2004 gold medal winning side before refracturing her right leg. Following her retirement in 2009 from sports competition, she has become a successful sci-fi author and published several critically acclaimed novels. Her sci-fi novel (The Wing Man) won the Silver Award of the 4th Global Chinese Nebula Award in 2013. Career Zhao won the 2001 World Grand Champion Cup and the 2003 World Grand Prix 2003 gold medals. She also won the 2003 World Cup and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games 2004 gold medals and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games 2008 bronze medal. Awards Individuals * ''2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship#Awards, 2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship "Most Valuable Player"'' * ''2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship#Awards, 2003 Asian Women's Voll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhou Suhong
Zhou Suhong (; born 23 April 1979 in Changxing County, Changzing, Huzhou, Zhejiang) is a Chinese volleyball player, who was a member of the Chinese women's national team that won the gold medal at both the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup, World Cup and the 2004 Summer Olympics, Athens Olympic Games. She is an opposite hitter. She is married to former Chinese men's national volleyball team memberm Tang Miao. She wears uniform number 7. Her hobbies include music and reading and Zhou is currently studying at Zhejiang University. Career Zhou won the 2001 World Grand Champion Cup, the 2003 World Grand Prix, the 2003 World Cup and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games gold medal.Clubs * Chinese Volleyball League, Zhejiang New Century Tourism (1996–2009) * Guangdong ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Shan (volleyball)
Li Shan (; born 21 May 1980) is a Chinese volleyball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. References 1980 births Living people Chinese women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of China Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic medalists in volleyball Volleyball players from Tianjin Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Yanan
Liu Yanan (; born 29 September 1980 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a retired Chinese volleyball player. She currently plays club ball for Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ..., and has played for the national team during many of its recent successes. Awards National team * 2001 World Grand Champion Cup - Gold Medal * 2003 World Grand Prix - Gold Medal * 2003 World Cup - Gold Medal * 2004 Athens Olympic Games - Gold Medal External linksProfile at Liaoning Women's Volleyball Homepage 1980 births Living people Volleyball players from Dalian Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic volleyball players of China Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Hao (volleyball)
Yang Hao (; born 21 March 1980 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a retired Chinese female volleyball player. She was a member of the Chinese team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Clubs * Liaoning (1994–2000) * Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ... (2000–2001) * Liaoning (2001–2008) * Pallavolo Sirio Perugia (2008–2009) * Guangdong Evergrande (2009–2010) Awards Individuals * '' 2001 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup "Most Valuable Player"'' * '' 2001 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup "Best Spiker"'' * '' 2001 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup "Best Server"'' * '' 2002 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2002 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Spiker"'' * '' 2002 FIVB World Grand Prix "Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (sports)
In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field. In either case, it is a position that indicates honor and respect from one's teammates – recognition as a leader by one's peers. In association football and cricket, a captain is also known as a skipper. Various sports have differing roles and responsibilities for team captains. Depending on the sport, team captains may be given the responsibility of interacting with game officials regarding application and interpretation of the rules. In many team sports, the captains represent their respective teams when the match official does the coin toss at the beginning of the game. The team captain, in some sports, is selected by the team coach, who may consider factors ranging from playing ability to leadership to serving as a good moral example to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feng Kun
Feng Kun (; born 28 December 1978 in Beijing) is a retired China women's national volleyball team setter and captain. She was awarded MVP and Best Setter award at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where China won the gold medal in volleyball. Career Feng started to play volleyball at the age of 12 and was selected for the Beijing volleyball team at 16. A year later she was selected for the national team. During this time the China team was at a low point after years of world dominance in the sport. However, the team began to rejuvenate and won the Asian Championship in 2001, came fourth in the World Championship in 2002, won the World Cup in 2003, and then went on to win at the Olympic Games in Athens, having defeated reigning champions Cuba and come from two sets down in the final to beat Russia. She won the 2008–09 CEV Cup playing with Asystel Novara and was awarded "Best Setter". After the end of the 2010/2011 season of the Chinese Volleyball League playing for Guang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
is an indoor sporting arena located in Namba, Osaka, Japan. It first opened in 1952 and the current building was constructed in 1987. It is the venue of a professional sumo tournament (honbasho) held in March every year. The capacity of the arena is 8,000 people. Its total revenue for the 2006 fiscal year was 260 million yen, of which sumo provided 80 million. In April 2008 the Japan Sumo Association made clear its surprise at plans by the prefectural government to demolish the gymnasium and sell the vacant lot. In March 2012, the arena was renamed after the naming rights were sold to sports apparel company BB Sports for the next three years. The name was changed back in April 2015, when BB Sports did not renew their deal. In June 2015, the Edion Corporation signed a three-year deal for the arena's naming rights, renaming it . It has hosted several professional wrestling shows, including Osaka Hurricane from 2005 to 2012, NJPW Dominion from 2009 to 2014, NJPW Power Struggl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadoma, Osaka
270px, Kadoma City Hall is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 119,069 in 63029 households and a population density of 9700 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Kadoma is located in the east-central part of Osaka Prefecture, adjacent to the Osaka metropolis, of which it is a satellite city. The city is approximately 4.9 kilometers east-west by 4.3 kilometers north-south, with the Furukawa River running through the center. Neighboring municipalities Osaka Prefecture *Osaka ( Tsurumi-ku) * Moriguchi * Daitō * Neyagawa Climate Kadoma has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kadoma is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1475 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namihaya Dome
is an indoor sporting arena located in Kadoma city in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan. Construction was completed in early 1996. The primary architect was Mamoru Kawaguchi, founder of the firm Kawaguchi & Engineers. The dome is composed largely of reinforced concrete and aluminum frames and covers an area of approximately 25,000 m2. Inside is a main competition arena plus a separate swimming pool, training room, multipurpose hall, conference rooms and Restaurant Namihaya. The main arena has 6,000 fixed seats with a possible capacity for 10,000 people. There is a large screen display and a large electrical score screen. Main Arena uses The purpose of the arena changes with the seasons. * In summer, the arena has a swimming pool, 50 m by 25.5 m, where the depth can be changed due to a movable floor. The diving pool, 25 m by 25 m, with three diving platforms and five springboards, also has a movable floor. * In winter, the arena has ice skating rinks. The main rink is 60 m by 30 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
