2014 FIVB Women's Club World Championship
The 2014 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the 8th edition of the event. It was held in Zurich, Switzerland, from 7 to 11 May 2014. The Russian club Dinamo Kazan won the championship. Qualification Pools composition Squads Venue Pool standing procedure Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser In case of tie, the teams will be classified according to the following criteria: number of matches won, sets ratio and points ratio Preliminary round *All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Pool A Pool B Final round *All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards *Most Valuable Player : Ekaterina Gamova ( Dinamo Kazan) *Best Opposite Spiker : Ekaterina Gamova ( Dinamo Kazan) *Best Outside Hitters : Kenia Carcaces ( Voléro Zürich) : Suelle Oliveira ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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WVC Dynamo Kazan
Dinamo Kazan (''russian: Динамо-Казань'') is a Russian women's volleyball club based in Kazan. The club was founded in 2002 and plays in the super league, the top Russian league. Previous names * Kazanochka (2002–2008) * Dinamo Kazan (2008–2019) * Dinamo-Ak Bars (2020– History The club was founded in September 2002 as ''Kazanochka'' and made quick progress in the lower leagues, arriving at the Super league in the 2005–06 season. On its second season at the Super league, the club reached the top four and earned a spot at the 2007–08 CEV Women's Challenge Cup. The 2007–08 season was difficult for the club, who lost its main sponsor just before the start of the season. Faced with an uncertain future, the club just managed to fulfil its season competitions commitments with poor results, being relegated from the Super league and failing to qualify in the top 8 of the CEV Challenge Cup. With the club at the point of being dissolved, the Ministry of Internal Aff ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Rome Time, Warsaw Time or even Romance Standard Time (RST). The 15th meridian east is the central axis for UTC+01:00 in the world system of time zones. As of 2011, all member states of the European Union observe summer time (daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer. In Africa, UTC+01:00 is called West Africa Time (WAT), where it is used by several countries, year round. Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia also refer to it as ''Central European ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Irina Voronkova
Irina Andreyevna Voronkova (russian: Ирина Андреевна Воронкова; born 20 October 1995) is a Russian volleyball player. She is part of the Russia women's national volleyball team and was part of the national teams at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, the 2015 Montreux Volley Masters, the 2015 European Games in Baku, the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix in Thailand, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. and 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. At club level, she played for Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo Kazan and Zarechie Odintsovo before returning to Dinamo Kazan for a second spell in 2016. Personal life Voronkova was born into a family of volleyball players. Her father Andrei Voronkov is a retired player and former national coach, her mother Svetlana Anatolyevna and sister Anna also played for local clubs. Her father was playing for a club in Istanbul when she was born. Her first 11 years were spent in Turkey, she is fluent in Turkish. Awards Individua ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Regina Moroz
Regina Moroz (born ) is a Russian female volleyball player. She is a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team The Russia women's national volleyball team is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and participated in international volleyball competitions. They played from 1949 to 1991 as the Soviet Union and as the CIS in 1992. In response to the ... and played for Dinamo Kazan in 2014. She was part of the Russian national team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy. Clubs * Dinamo Kazan (2014) References 1987 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Universiade medalists in volleyball Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anna Melnikova (volleyball)
Anna Melnikova (born ) is a Russian female volleyball player. With her club Dinamo Kazan she competed at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship The 2014 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the 8th edition of the event. It was held in Zurich, Switzerland, from 7 to 11 May 2014. The Russian club Dinamo Kazan won the championship. Qualification Pools composition Squads Venue .... References External links profileat ''FIVB.org'' 1995 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Saratov State Agrarian University alumni 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Antonella Del Core
Antonella Del Core (born 5 November 1980 in Naples, Italy) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italy women's national volleyball team. She has competed in the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is tall. She won the Best Server award of the 2013–14 CEV Champions League and won the title with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan. Career Del Core won with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan the 2013–14 CEV Champions League held in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeating 3-0 the home owners Rabita Baku in the semifinals and 3-0 to the Turkish VakıfBank İstanbul in the final. She was awarded tournament Best Server. Del Core won the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship gold medal playing with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan that defeated 3-0 the Brazilian Molico Osasco in the championship match. She played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship. There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2-3 to Brazil the bronze medal match. Clubs * Assid Ester Nap ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ekaterina Ulanova
Ekaterina Ulanova (née Kabeshova) (russian: Екатерина Владимировна Кабешова; born August 5, 1986) is a Russian volleyball player. She competed for the Russia women's national volleyball team in the 2008 and the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also won the gold medal at the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship, playing with Dinamo Kazan. Personal and early life Ulanova is tall , born as Yekaterina Vladimirovna Kabeshova on August 5, 1986 in Ivanovo, Soviet Union. She married the CSKA Moscow football player Ivan Ulanov in 2011. Career In 2010, she joined Dinamo Kazan, winning with this team the Russian Superleague in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and two times the Russian Cup, in 2010 and 2012. Ulanova won with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan the 2013–14 CEV Champions League held in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeating 3-0 the home owners Rabita Baku in the semifinals and 3-0 to the Turkish VakıfBank İstanbul in the final. Ulanova won the 2014 FIVB Club World Champions ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Evgeniya Startseva
Yevgeniya Aleksandrovna Startseva (russian: Евге́ния Алекса́ндровна Ста́рцева; born 12 February 1989) is a volleyball player from Russia. She was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2010 World Championship. She represented Russia at the 2012 Olympics. Career Startseva won a 2014 FIVB Club World Championship gold medal playing with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan, who defeated the Brazilian team Molico Osasco 3-0 in the championship match. National team * 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix – Silver medal (with Russia) * 2010 FIVB World Championship – Gold medal (with Russia) * 2014 FIVB World Grand Prix – Bronze medal (with Russia) * 2015 European Championship – Gold medal (with Russia) * 2019 World Cup - Bronze medal (with Russia) Clubs * Avtodor-Metar (2004–2010) * Dinamo Krasnodar (2010-2012) * Dinamo Kazan (2012-2021) * Dynamo Moscow (2022-Present) Awards * Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Wom ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jordan Larson
Jordan Quinn Larson (born October 16, 1986) is an American volleyball player and a three-time Olympic medalist. Larson won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship, the Rimini Volleyball Nations League, and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, silver at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, and bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Her 2020 Olympics win allowed her to complete the trifecta of winning an Olympic bronze, silver, and gold medal. Career High school Larson was born in Fremont, Nebraska and played high school volleyball for Logan View High School in Hooper, Nebraska. She was named to the Super-State first team in her last three seasons. In 2003, she had 15.08 kills per game to set a Class C1 state record and led LVHS to the state finals. In 2004, as a senior, she set a C1 record with 501 kills, and Logan View made it to the Class C1 state semifinals. She was named Nebraska Gatorade High School Player of the Year. Larson played for the Nebraska Juniors ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Maria Popova (volleyball)
Maria Popova ( bg, Мария Попова; born 28 July 1984) is a Bulgarian-born, American-based essayist, book author, poet, and writer of literary and arts commentary and cultural criticism that has found wide appeal both for her writing and for the visual stylistics that accompany it. In 2006, she started the blog ''Brain Pickings'', an online publication that she has fought to maintain advertisement-free. The blog, renamed to ''The Marginalian'' upon its 15th birthday in 2021, features her writing on books, the arts, philosophy, culture, and other subjects. In addition to her writing and related speaking engagements, she has served as an MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow, as the editorial director at the higher education social network Lore, and has written for ''The New York Times'', ''The Atlantic'', ''Wired UK'', and other publications. Since 2010, she has resided in Brooklyn, New York. She is the creator of "The Universe in Verse", a large-scale annual celebration of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daria Rossamakhina
''Daria'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn. The series ran from March 3, 1997, to January 21, 2002, on MTV. It focuses on the title character, Daria Morgendorffer, an intelligent, cynical high school student, voiced by Tracy Grandstaff. It is a spin-off of Mike Judge's earlier animated series, ''Beavis and Butt-Head'', in which Daria appeared as a recurring character. Although Judge allowed the character to star in a spin-off, he had no involvement in the production of ''Daria'' himself, as he was busy working on ''King of the Hill''. In June 2019, MTV announced a ''Daria'' animated spin-off series, ''Jodie'' (originally ''Daria & Jodie''), with actress Tracee Ellis Ross voicing the titular character and serving as an executive producer. The network characterized the series as the first in multiple projected ''Daria'' animated spinoffs. In June 2020, Comedy Central announced it had picked up the spinoff series along with ''Be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Irina Malkova
Irina ( Cyrillic: Ирина) is a feminine given name of Ancient Greek origin, commonly borne by followers of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is derived from Eirene (Ancient Greek: Εἰρήνη), an ancient Greek goddess, personification of peace. It is mostly used in countries within the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Balkans. Diminutive forms in Slavic languages include Ira, Irinka, Irinushka, Irisha, Irka, Irochka, Irinochka. Origin Irina is connected with Irene of Macedonia who was the first woman recognized by the church as a great martyr. She was born pagan as Penelope and later baptized as Irene. Some sources refer to her being baptized by Saint Timothy, in which case she lived in the 1st–2nd century, while others date her death in the year 315. Opinions also differ about the location of her birthplace, the city of Magedon, placing it either in Persia or in Migdonia ( Macedonia). [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |