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2008 FIVB Volleyball World League
The 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 19th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 13 June to 27 July 2008. The Final Round was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pools composition Intercontinental round *The Final Round hosts Brazil, the winners of each pool and a wild card chosen by the FIVB will qualify for the Final Round. If Brazil are ranked first in Pool A, the team ranked second of Pool A will qualify for the Final Round. Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Final round *Venue: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *All times are Brasília Time ( UTC−03:00). Pool play Pool E Pool F Final four Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards *Most Valuable Player : Lloy Ball *Best Scorer : Ivan Miljković *Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riley Salmon
Riley Salmon (born July 2, 1976, in Amarillo, Texas) is a volleyball player from the United States. He graduated from Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas, and played two years of varsity volleyball at Pierce College from 1994-96 before joining the men's national team in May 2001 as an outside hitter. He competed at the 2004 Olympics and the 2008 Olympics. At the 2008 Olympics, he helped Team USA win the gold medal. In July 2009, it was announced that Salmon faced a four-month suspension by the FIVB for violating anti-doping policy rules. Salmon was taking Avapro, a medication approved by the FIVB for hypertension, however the drug's replacement Avalide contained a banned substance, hydrochlorothiazide. The FIVB stated that it was not intentional doping. The suspension period began on May 27, 2009. In September 2009, it was announced that Salmon would play for Vivo/Minas, a big Brazilian team from Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais. He will play beside two Brazilian playe ... [...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] |
Marko Podraščanin
Marko Podraščanin ( sr, Марко Подрашчанин) (born 29 August 1987) is a Serbian volleyball player, member of the Serbia men's national volleyball team and Italian club Itas Trentino, participant of the Olympic Games ( Beijing 2008 and London 2012), bronze medallist at the 2010 World Championship, 2011 European Champion, 2019 European Champion, gold medallist at the 2016 World League. Personal life On May 25, 2014 married to Milena. On May 5, 2015 his wife gave birth to their daughter, Mila. Career National team On July 19, 2015, Podraščanin was part of the Serbian national team that made it to the final of the World League. Serbia finished silver medallists after losing 0-3 to France in the final. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dante Amaral
Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral (born 30 September 1980) is a former Brazilian professional volleyball player, who is best known as Dante. Measuring and , he played in the position of outside hitter. He was born in Itumbiara. Biography Early years Career Dante began his professional career in 1999 with the club Tres Corações. After another two years at Brazilian clubs Suzano São Paulo and Minas Belo Horizonte, in 2002 he got transferred to Italy, playing with Pallavolo Modena, where he won the CEV Cup. In 2005 he joined Greek team Panathinaikos. He won the Greek championship in 2006 and the Greek cup and supercup in 2007. Dante was also a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team since 1999. Among the titles he has won with Brazil is the Olympic gold medal in 2004 and the World Championship in 2002 and 2006. In both the 2004 Olympic Games and 2006 World Championship he was nominated as the best spiker, while he was the best blocker in 2005 World League. Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Miljković
Ivan Miljković ( sr-cyrl, Иван Миљковић ; born 13 September 1979) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team in 1998–2012, 2000 Summer Olympics, Olympic Champion 2000, Men's European Volleyball Championship, European Champion (2001 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2001, 2011 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2011), medalist of FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, World Championship, FIVB World Grand Champions Cup, World Grand Champions Cup, FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup, World Cup and FIVB Volleyball World League, World League. After his active playing career Ivan reminded engaged in sport in different positions (governance, marketing, campaigns, management). After sport career resumed with education in economy and finance in order to get more insights about PE, VC and RE investments and M&A transactions. Ivan has a strong interest in technologies such as blockchain, smart contracts, NFTs and Metaverse. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh McCutcheon
Hugh Donald McCutcheon (born 13 October 1969), a native of Christchurch, New Zealand, is a former volleyball coach. He previously coached the US men's and women's national volleyball team, and was the head coach for the University of Minnesota's women's volleyball team from 2012–2022. Starting in January 2023, McCutcheon is the assistant athletics director/sport development coach at Minnesota, after announcing his resignation from the volleyball team at the conclusion of the 2022 season. McCutcheon was a New Zealand national team volleyball player. He played on the New Zealand junior and senior national teams from 1988 to 1990 before coming to the United States and lettered in volleyball and field hockey at Shirley Boys' High School. He was also a member of New Zealand’s national team in 1996 and represented his country on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 1997. College McCutcheon played for Brigham Young University from 1991 to 1993 after transferring from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Touzinsky
Scott Joseph Touzinsky (born April 22, 1982) is an American volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the U.S. national team 2007–2018. With the national team, Touzinsky played in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won a gold medal. Personal life Touzinsky was born in St. Louis to Charles and Anne Touzinsky, who are of Polish origin. He attended St. John Vianney High School in Kirkwood, Missouri, where he graduated in 2000. In 2006, Touzinsky married Angelique Vogel, a promotional spokesmodel. College career Touzinsky attended Long Beach State and finished his career as the single-season ace leader. In 2004, his senior season, he was an AVCA First Team All-American and became the all-time ace leader for Long Beach State. In January 2004, he became just the third player in NCAA Division I-II to score 40 or more kills in an all rally-scoring match when he posted 40 versus BYU. He led the 49'ers to the 2004 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship match, where they finished as run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Gardner
Gabriel "Gabe" Bryan Gardner (born March 18, 1976, in San Diego, California) is an American professional volleyball player. He is a two-time Olympian, having played at the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics with the U.S. national team. Gardner graduated from San Clemente High School, where he went on to the University of Southern California, playing for the USC Trojans volleyball team in 1996–97. He then transferred to Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ..., where due to NCAA transfer rules he sat out the 1998 season before playing for the Cardinal in 1999. Gardner also played water polo as a goalie in addition to being an accomplished volleyball player at the high school level. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Hansen (volleyball)
Kevin Christopher Hansen (born March 19, 1982) is an American volleyball player. He made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics with the U.S. national team. Personal life Hansen was born and raised in Newport Beach, California. He attended high school at Corona del Mar and was named the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Most Valuable Player in 2000 and led the volleyball team to the CIF Division I Championship the same season. Hansen is a type I diabetic, first diagnosed when he was 10 years old, and must inject himself with insulin at least four times a day.Mattson, Jim.USA Olympic star battles diabetes" HOI News (retrieved on August 23, 2008). College Hansen continued on to Stanford University from 2000-2005 (as he redshirted his freshman year), and majored in economics. He finished his career third on Stanford's list of career leaders with 5,036 assists, thus becoming just the third player in Stanford men's volleyball history to eclipse 5,000 care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Stanley
Clayton Iona "Clay" Stanley (born January 20, 1978) is an American volleyball player, a member of United States men's national volleyball team, a participant of the Olympic Games (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012), Olympic Champion 2008, NORCECA Champion 2005, multimedalist of the World League. In October 2021, he will be inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame, along with Logan Tom and Todd Rogers. Personal life Stanley was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Jon Stanley and Sandra Haine. He has three brothers (Reese Haine, Wil Stanley and Jon Stanley), and two sisters (Taeya Stanley and Natasha Haine). His parents and grandfather Tom Haine were volleyball players. His mother and grandfather represented Canada, father Jon represented United States. Stanley's father played on 1968 Olympic Games and is a member of the Volleyball Hall of Fame. Stanley's step-grandfather, Tom Haine, was also on the 1968 men's Olympic volleyball team. His mother, Sand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Hoff
Thomas John "Tom" Hoff (born June 9, 1973) is a retired American volleyball player. He was a middle blocker and has been with the U.S. national team from 1996 until 2009. He is a three-time Olympian in volleyball Olympics: 2000, 2004 and 2008. Playing with Iraklis Thessaloniki V.C. he won the silver medal at the 2004–05 CEV Champions League and at the 2005–06 CEV Champions League, and was awarded "Best Spiker". Personal life Hoff was born in Chicago to Margaret and Richard Hoff. He has an older brother Rich and an older sister Jennifer. He is married to Sandy Mora and has five daughters. Hoff attended Maine South High School in Park Ridge, Illinois, where he graduated in 1991. In addition to indoor volleyball, Hoff also played on the Bud Light Pro Beach Volleyball tour. Education Hoff earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. Ohio State Hoff spent his first two years at Ohio State University, where he was a two-year starter for the Buckeyes. As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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