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2005 FIVB World Grand Prix
The FIVB World Grand Prix 2005 was the thirteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2005 edition was played by twelve countries from June 24 to July 18, 2005, with the final round held at the Sendai Gymnasium in Sendai, Japan. Hosts Japan and the top five ranked teams after the preliminary rounds qualified for the last round. The competition of the 2005 WGP lasted four weeks with a total number of 69 matches. During the first, second and third week: 18 matches per team were played with a total of 54 matches. Classification in the preliminary rounds was decided by the number of points gained by teams participating in the same group. The classification in the general ranking of the preliminary rounds of the 2005 WGP was decided by the total number of World Grand Prix Points (GPP) gained by the teams in the preliminary matches. Qualification Asia *The top four Asian teams according to the FI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Pequeno
Paula Renata Marques Pequeno, better known as Paula Pequeno (born January 22, 1982), is a two-time Olympic gold medal winning volleyball player from Brazil. She was born in Brasília, Distrito Federal. She plays for Vôlei Bauru. Career Pequeno was part of the National Team which won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. Pequeno played with Fenerbahçe in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar and helped her team to win the bronze medal after defeating Puerto Rico's Lancheras de Cataño 3-0. Clubs * ASBAC (1994–1997) * Leites Nestlé (1997–1998) * Dayvit (1998–1999) * Finasa Osasco (1999–2009) * Zarechie Odintsovo (2009–2010) * Vôlei Futuro (2010–2012) * Fenerbahçe Istanbul (2012–2013) * Brasília Vôlei (2013–2017) * Vôlei Bauru (2017–2018) * Osasco/Audax (2018–2019) Awards Individuals * '' 2000 U20 South American Championship – "Best Spiker"'' * '' 2005 FIVB World Grand Prix – "M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a population of about 680,000 and an area of , it is the most densely populated region in the world. Formerly a Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first leased to Portugal as a trading post by the Ming dynasty in 1557. Portugal paid an annual rent and administered the territory under Chinese sovereignty until 1887. Portugal later gained perpetual colonial rights in the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking. The colony remained under Portuguese rule until 1999, when it was transferred to China. Macau is a special administrative region of China, which maintains separate governing and economic systems from those of mainland China under the principle of " one country, two systems".. The unique blend of Portuguese and Chinese arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolina Albuquerque
Carolina Albuquerque (born 25 July 1977) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil. Career Albuquerque won the bronze medal in the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship after her team defeated the Swiss club Voléro Zürich 3-2 . Clubs * Grêmio Náutico União (1991–1993) * Pinheiros Pinheiros (, “pine trees”) is a district in the subprefecture of the same name in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Prior to development, the land which this borough occupies was dominated by the dense forest which contained a Brazilian subt ... (1995–2001) * Osasco (2001–2002) * Macaé Sports (2002–2004) * Osasco (2004–2006) * Macaé Sports (2006–2007) * Osasco (2007–2011) * UCAM Voley Murcia (2011–2012) * SESI-São Paulo (2012–2015) * Osasco (2016–2019) * P.A.O.K. (2019–2020) * Osasco (2020–2021) Awards Clubs * 2001/02 Brazilian Superliga - Runner up, with BCN/Osasco * 2004/05 Brazilian Superliga - Champion, with Finasa/Osasco * 2005/06 Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeska Menezes
Valeska dos Santos Menezes (born 23 April 1976 in Niteroi; nicknamed Valeskinha) is a volleyball player from Brazil. She represented her native country at the 1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, and 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She was named "Best Blocker" at the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup in Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ..., where the Brazilian national team claimed the silver medal. Awards Individuals * '' 2002 FIVB World Grand Prix – "Best Blocker"'' * '' 2003 FIVB World Cup – "Best Blocker"'' * ''2003–04 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Blocker"'' * ''2004–05 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Blocker"'' * '' 2005 South American Championship – "Most Valuable Player"'' * ''2005–06 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Blocker"'' Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katia Rodrigues
Katia Rodrigues (born ) is a Brazilian female volleyball player. She was part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team at the 2003 Pan American Games, and the 2005 FIVB World Grand Prix The FIVB World Grand Prix 2005 was the thirteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2005 edition was played by twelve countries from June 24 to July 18, 2 .... Clubs * Rexona Ades (2005) References External links Player infoCEV Player infoFIVB 1979 births Living people Brazilian women's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Middle blockers Sportspeople from Piracicaba Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate volleyball players Expatriate volleyball players in Spain Volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games {{Brazil-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Gattaz
Caroline de Oliveira Saad Gattaz, better known as Carol Gattaz (born July 27, 1981), is a volleyball player from Brazil. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, Women's tournament, winning a silver medal. Gattaz won the Volleyball World Grand Prix, World Grand Prix three times in a row. Early career Gattaz was born in São José do Rio Preto. Before playing volleyball, as a teenager, Gattaz played futsal, defending her city's club América Futebol Clube (SP), América-SP, where she played as a striker. Still in high school, she started playing volleyball. Career Gattaz, who plays as a middle blocker, started her career defending São Caetano/Blausiegel, São Caetano, then moved to Rexona-Ades in 2000. After leaving Rexona-Ades in 2001, she played for several clubs, before joining Finasa/Osasco in 2004, when she won the Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol, she left the club after the 2006–2007 season. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheilla Castro
Sheilla Castro de Paula Blassioli (born 1 July 1983 in Belo Horizonte) is a former volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and in the 2012 Summer Olympics. On both occasions the Brazilian national team won the gold medal. She also played the 2016 Summer Olympics, when Brazil placed fifth. She retired on April 9th 2022. Career She plays as opposite in the Brazilian national team, and in Molico/Osasco. She made her debut for the national team against Colombia. Castro was named "Most Valuable Player" at the 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix in Reggio Calabria, Italy, and at the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix in Tokyo, Japan, with Brazil winning the gold medal both times. At the 2011 Pan-American Cup, Castro was given the "Most Valuable Player" award, also winning the gold medal with her national team. Sheilla was part of the national team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. Playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raquel Silva
Raquel Peluci Xavier Camargo da Silva (born April 30, 1978, in Rio de Janeiro) is a volleyball player who competed for Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she won the bronze medal with the Women's National Team. Rodrigues also claimed the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and .... Individual awards * '' 1998 FIVB World Grand Prix – "Best Server"'' * ''2007–08 Korean V-League – "Best Server"'' References *UOL profile 1978 births Living people Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Brazil Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian women's volleyball players Olympic medalists in volleyball Medali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sendai
is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated cities. The city was founded in 1600 by the ''daimyō'' Date Masamune. It is nicknamed the ; there are Japanese zelkova trees lining many of the main thoroughfares such as and . In the summer, the Sendai Tanabata Festival, the largest Tanabata festival in Japan, is held. In winter, the trees are decorated with thousands of lights for the , lasting through most of December. On 11 March 2011, coastal areas of the city suffered catastrophic damage from a 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, magnitude 9.0 offshore earthquake,UK Foreign Office 9.0 assessment [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10.539 million as of 2020, 15.3 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam, later renamed Thailand, during the late-19th century, as the country faced pressures from the West. The city was at the centre of Thailand's political struggles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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