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2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship Squads
This a list of the all participating squads at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, held in several cities in Japan from 17 November to 3 December 2006. Squads Argentina Australia Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Cuba Czech Republic Egypt France Germany Greece Iran Italy Japan Kazakhstan Poland Puerto Rico Russia Serbia and Montenegro South Korea Tunisia United States Venezuela References External linksOfficial website {{FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship S FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
The 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was held in Japan from 17 November to 3 December 2006. Like the previous edition, 24 teams participated in the tournament. Brazil won the Tournament (retaining their championship title), defeating Poland 3:0 in the final match. Bulgaria placed 3rd, defeating Serbia and Montenegro 3:1 in the 3rd place match. The Polish team dedicated this achievement to the deceased Polish volleyball player Arkadiusz Gołaś. The team honored him at the award ceremony, when they wore T-shirts with the number 16 and the words "Golas". Host Finals hosts Japan. The tournament was held in six Japan cities. Qualification Pools composition First round Teams were seeded in the first three positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 7 September 2005. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other availa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Yudin
Igor Yudin (born 17 June 1987) is an Australian volleyball player with Russian origins, a member of Australia men's national volleyball team in 2004–2012, a participant of the 2012 Olympic Games, 2007 Asian Champion. Personal life Yudin was born in Yekaterinburg, Russia. He moved to Australia with his family, when he was 14. He has a mother called Tatiana, a stepfather called Russel, and a sister called Victoria who live in Australia. His wife, daughter, and son live Poland. Yudin has had a Russian citizenship since 2013. Igor attended Eltham High School. Career He was the Australian volleyball captain at the 2012 Olympic Games. In 2013, He has had a Russian citizenship and stopped playing for the Australian national team. In 2016, Yudin started playing for Russia. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Nascimento
André Luiz da Silva Nascimento (born 4 March 1979) is a former Brazilian volleyball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was born in São João de Meriti São João de Meriti (, ) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Its historical name is São João do Rio Meriti. Its population was 472,906 inhabitants in 2020. It's located in the region of Baixada Fluminense, having 34.996& .... Awards Individuals * '' 2002 FIVB World Championship "Best Spiker"'' * '' 2005 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup "Most Valuable Player"'' * '' 2005 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2006 World League "Best Server"'' References External links * 1979 births Living people Brazilian men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Volleyball players at the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murilo Endres
Murilo Endres (born May 3, 1981) is a Brazilian volleyball player, member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club SESI São Paulo. He is a double silver medalist of the Olympic Games from Beijing 2008 and London 2012, World Champion ( 2006, 2010), silver medalist of the World Championship 2014, multimedalist of the World League, South American Championship, World Cup and the Grand Champions Cup. Career Club Endres in 2006 up to 2009 season play in Italian League Modena Club. He played as wing spiker for Sesi São Paulo for the 2010/2011 season, in Brazil. National team With the Brazil national team he won seven World Leagues (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010), one World Cup (2007) and two World Championships (2006, 2010). He was named the MVP of 2010 World Championship and 2010 World League. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal both times. Murilo won the silver medal and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giba
Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho, known as Giba (born 23 December 1976), is a Brazilian former professional volleyball player who played as an outside hitter. For much of the 2000s, he was widely regarded as one of the best volleyball players in the world. During his professional career he played in Brazil, Italy, Russia, Argentina and briefly in the United Arab Emirates. He is mostly remembered for his successes with the national team. With the Brazilian National Team he won a total of 8 South American Championships, 3 America's Cups, 8 World League titles, 3 World Grand Champions Cups, three World Championships (2002, 2006, 2010), a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and two silver medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, where he was the team's captain. During summer 2014, Giba retired from professional volleyball at the age of 37. Club career Giba debuted in his country for clubs such as Curitibano, Cocamar, Chapecó, São Caetano, Nipomed, Olympikus and Minas. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Heller (volleyball)
André Heller (born 17 December 1975 in Novo Hamburgo) is a former volleyball player from Brazil. A three-time Olympian (2000, 2004 and 2008), he played as a middle-blocker. He won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2003 FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. After the 2013–2014 season, he retired from professional volleyball at the age of 38. Honours * 1998 FIVB World League — 5th place * 1998 World Championship — 4th place * 1999 FIVB World League — 3rd place * 2000 FIVB World League — 3rd place * 2000 Olympic Games — 6th place * 2001 FIVB World League — 1st place * 2001 World Grand Champions Cup — 2nd place * 2002 FIVB World League — 2nd place * 2003 FIVB World League — 1st place * 2003 FIVB World Cup — 1st place * 2003 Pan American Games — 3rd place * 2005 FIVB World League The 2005 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 16th edition of the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelinho Elgarten
Marcelo Elgarten (born 9 November 1974), commonly known as Marcelinho is a former Brazilian volleyball player. He won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Elgarten was born in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ..., and is Jewish. Individual awards * '' 2007 Pan-American Games "Best Setter"'' * ''Men's World Cup 2007; Rated 3rd best setter. See also * List of notable Jewish volleyball players References External links Men's best setters 2007 1974 births Living people Brazilian men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Brazilian Jews Brazilian people of German descent Olympic med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Borgeaud
Russell may refer to: People * Russell (given name) * Russell (surname) * Lady Russell (other) * Lord Russell (other) Places Australia * Russell, Australian Capital Territory * Russell Island, Queensland (other) ** Russell Island (Moreton Bay) **Russell Island (Frankland Islands) *Russell Falls, Tasmania *A former name of Westerway, Tasmania Canada *Russell, Ontario, a township in Ontario * Russell, Ontario (community), a town in the township mentioned above. *Russell, Manitoba * Russell Island (Nunavut) New Zealand * Russell, New Zealand, formerly Kororareka * Okiato or Old Russell, the first capital of New Zealand Solomon Islands * Russell Islands United States * Russell, Arkansas *Russell City, California, formerly Russell *Russell, Colorado *Russell, Georgia * Russell, Illinois * Russell, Iowa * Russell, Kansas * Russell, Kentucky, in Greenup County * Russell, Louisville, Kentucky * Russell, Massachusetts, a New England town ** Russell (CDP), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Alderman
Brett Norman Wells Alderman (born ) is a former Australian male 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. He was part of the Australia men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He played with TSV Unterhaching in 2004. Clubs * TSV Unterhaching (2004) See also * Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics References 1977 births Living people Australian men's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Australia Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Australia-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Carroll (volleyball)
Paul Carroll (born 16 May 1986) is an Australian former volleyball player. Carroll is a 207 cm right side/opposite who has been a key member of the Australian National Men's Team (the Volleyroos) since his debut in 2005 at the age of 19. In 2008, he was named Australian Male Volleyballer of the Year. Carroll was a three-time All-American first-team selection at Pepperdine University Pepperdine University () is a private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California. Pepperdine's main campus consists of 830 acres (340 ha) overlooking the Pacific Ocean and th ... and was named the National Player of the Year by the AVCA and Volleyball Magazine in 2009. He finished third all-time at Pepperdine in kills (2,101), service aces (154) and points (2,454.0). Carroll set Pepperdine records in the rally-scoring era for both kills in a season (661 in 2009) and kills in a single match (37 three times). He twice led t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Panagopka
Nigel ( ) is an English masculine given name. The English ''Nigel'' is commonly found in records dating from the Middle Ages; however, it was not used much before being revived by 19th-century antiquarians. For instance, Walter Scott published '' The Fortunes of Nigel'' in 1822, and Arthur Conan Doyle published ''Sir Nigel'' in 1905–06. As a name given for boys in England and Wales, it peaked in popularity from the 1950s to the 1970s (see below). ''Nigel'' has never been as common in other countries as it is in Britain, but was among the 1,000 most common names for boys born in the United States from 1971 to 2010. Numbers peaked in 1994 when 447 were recorded (it was the 478th most common boys' name that year). The peak popularity at 0.02% of boys' names in 1994 compares to a peak popularity in England and Wales of about 1.2% in 1963, 60 times higher. Etymology The name is derived from the church Latin '. This Latin word would at first sight seem to derive from the classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip DeSalvo
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularized the name include kings of Macedonia and one of the apostles of early Christianity. ''Philip'' has many alternative spellings. One derivation often used as a surname is Phillips. It was also found during ancient Greek times with two Ps as Philippides and Philippos. It has many diminutive (or even hypocoristic) forms including Phil, Philly, Lip, Pip, Pep or Peps. There are also feminine forms such as Philippine and Philippa. Antiquity Kings of Macedon * Philip I of Macedon * Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great * Philip III of Macedon, half-brother of Alexander the Great * Philip IV of Macedon * Philip V of Macedon New Testament * Philip the Apostle * Philip the Evangelist Others * Philippus of Croton (c. 6th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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