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2013 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
The 2013 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the tournament, played from 23 to 28 September 2013 at The Langley Events Centre in Langley, Canada. The event served as qualifier for the 2013 FIVB Men's World Grand Champions Cup. Pools composition Squads Pool standing procedure # Number of matches won # Match points # Points ratio # Sets ratio # Result of the last match between the tied teams Match won 3–0: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–1: 4 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser Match won 3–2: 3 match points for the winner, 2 match points for the loser Preliminary round *All times are Pacific Daylight Time ( UTC−07:00). Pool A Pool B Pool C Final round *All times are Pacific Daylight Time ( UTC−07:00). 7th–9th places 9th place match 7th place match Championship Quarterfinals Semifinals 5th place match 3rd place match Final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Anderson (volleyball)
Matthew John Anderson (born April 18, 1987) is an American professional volleyball player. He is part of the US national team, a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and the 2018 World Championship, 2014 World League and 2015 World Cup winner. He is a multiple winner of the CEV Champions League with the Russian club Zenit Kazan. At the professional club level, he plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg. Personal life Matthew Anderson was born in Buffalo, New York to Michael and Nancy Anderson on April 18, 1987. His father died in January 2010. He is the youngest of five children, having three older sisters named Jennifer, Joelle, and Amy and one older brother named Joshua. He has many tattoos dedicated to family members including his late father, wife, and son. Matthew graduated from West Seneca West Senior High School in 2005. He attended Penn State for college. On August 29, 2020, he married Jacquelyn Marie Gillum. Jackie gave birth to their son “Jamie” Michael Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micah Christenson
Micah Makanamaikalani Christenson (born May 8, 1993) is an American professional volleyball player. He is part of the US national team, and is a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and the 2018 World Championship, the 2014 World League and the 2015 World Cup winner. At the professional club level, he plays for Zenit Kazan. Personal life Christenson was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Robert and Charlene Christenson. His parents both attended the University of Hawaii at Hilo, where his father, Robert, played basketball and his mother, Charlene, won three volleyball national championships and was named a two-time All-American. His sister, Joanna, played volleyball at Southern Utah University. Christenson began playing club volleyball in 2005 with Asics Quicksilver; he also played basketball and was two time Gatorade Player of the year in Hawai'i. Christenson is married to Brooke Christenson. They have two sons together. Christenson is a Christian. Career Christenson w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Volleyball Competitions Hosted By Canada
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2013 In Volleyball
The following were the events of Volleyball for the year 2013 throughout the world. Beach volleyball *April 23 – December 15: 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Open Series ** April 23 – 28 at Fuzhou *** Men's winners: Sean Rosenthal and Philip Dalhausser *** Women's winners: Xue Chen and Zhang Xi (beach volleyball), Zhang Xi ** July 23 – 28 at Anapa *** Men's winners: Konstantin Semenov and Yaroslav Koshkarev *** Women's winners: Evgenia Ukolova and Ekaterina Khomyakova ** October 29 – November 3 at Phuket (city), Phuket (women's teams only) *** Winners: Xue Chen and Xia Xinyi ** December 11 – 15 at Durban ***Men's winners: Jānis Šmēdiņš and Aleksandrs Samoilovs ***Women's winners: Xue Chen and Xia Xinyi *April 30 – October 27: FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour ** April 30 – May 5 at Shanghai ***Men's winners: Jake Gibb, Jacob Gibb and Casey Patterson ***Women's winners: Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima ** May 22 – 26 at Corrientes ***Men's winners: Jānis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Vargas (volleyball)
Daniel Vargas (born 1 September 1986) is a Mexican male volleyball player, a member of Mexico men's national volleyball team, where he played at the Olympic Games 2016 Rio, and at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland. Before joining the national team, Daniel played for Pumas UNAM, while doing his masters and undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Career During the summer of 2016, Vargas along with Mexico men's national volleyball team, ended their 48-year absence in the Olympic Games, when they secured the final place at stake for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games through the World Olympic Qualification Tournament, which took place in their home turf in Mexico City. Clubs * Pumas UNAM Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., commonly referred to as UNAM, is a professional football club based in Ciudad Universitaria of Mexico City, Mexico. The club competes in the Liga MX, the top division in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Ferguson
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the greatest of English poets. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives ''Don Juan'' and ''Childe Harold's Pilgrimage''; many of his shorter lyrics in ''Hebrew Melodies'' also became popular. Byron was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, later traveling extensively across Europe to places such as Italy, where he lived for seven years in Venice, Ravenna, and Pisa after he was forced to flee England due to lynching threats. During his stay in Italy, he frequently visited his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Later in life Byron joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire and died leading a campaign during that war, for which Greeks revere him as a folk hero. He died in 1824 at the age of 36 from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Priddy
William Reid Priddy (born October 1, 1977), known as Reid Priddy, is an American volleyball player on the United States men's national volleyball team and Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova. He has also played on the AVP tour from 2000 to 2006. As of 2009, Priddy has resumed playing on the AVP Tour. High school and personal life Priddy was born in Richmond, Virginia, to Ken and Sharon Priddy. He started playing volleyball after his family moved from Richmond to Florida, where he tried it in a summer-school P.E. class. Priddy graduated from Mountain Pointe High School in Phoenix, Arizona, in May 1996. He participated in the first year of Varsity Volleyball in the State of Arizona in 1994. Priddy played the Setter position for the Pride and helped lead the team as a Junior to the school's first State Championship in 1995. Priddy has been married to Lindsay Pierce since March 10, 2007. College Priddy graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in communication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Speraw
John Speraw (born October 18, 1971) is an American volleyball coach. He is the head coach of the men's volleyball team at United States national team and UCLA. He was the former coach of UC Irvine volleyball program where he led the team to three national titles in six years. Speraw graduated from UCLA in 1995 with a B.S. degree in micro-biology and molecular genetics. Player Speraw played on the UCLA Bruins men's volleyball team. He was a middle blocker and helped the Bruins win two NCAA National Championships. He was a member of the California Epsilon chapter of Phi Kappa Psi while at UCLA. Coaching As the UC Irvine head coach, he guided the Anteaters to three national titles in six years, the latest in 2012, defeating Southern California 3-0 (25-22, 34-32, 26-24). Speraw also led the Anteaters to the Final Four in 2006. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Speraw was an assistant coach to the USA team which won the Gold Medal. Prior to becoming the coach at UC Irvine, he was an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blair Bann
Blair Cameron Bann (born 26 February 1988) is a Canadian male volleyball player. He is a member of the Canada men's national volleyball team and German club Düren, a participant in the 2016 Summer Olympics, and a gold and silver medalist at the NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship in 2015 and 2013. Personal life Blair was born in Edmonton, Alberta to parents Robert and Gisele Bann. He started playing volleyball at the age of 14 for his school team, Ecole J.H. Picard, while playing for local club NAVC Gold during his high school years. Career Club After playing for the UBC Thunderbirds for 5 years, Blair signed with German club Düren in 2011. He has spent the majority of his career there, apart from a one-year stint at Nantes Rezé MV in the 2013–14 season. National team Blair first joined the national team in 2009. He has helped the team win gold and silver at the NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship in 2015 and 2013, and was a member of the squad that finished 5th at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Del Valle
Dennis Jose Del Valle Villalobos (born 27 January 1989) is a Puerto Rican male volleyball player. He was part of the Puerto Rico men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland. He played for Mets de Guaynabo. Personal life Del Valle came out as gay in May 2020 “in hopes that it will inspire other queer athletes to do the same”. Clubs * Mets de Guaynabo (2014) References External links Dennis Del Valleat the International Volleyball Federation International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ... * Dennis Jose del Valle Villalobosat WorldofVolley 1989 births Living people Puerto Rican men's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Gay sportsmen Puerto Rican LGBT sportspeople Puerto Rican gay men L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudy Verhoeff
Rudy Verhoeff (born 24 June 1989) is a Canadian male volleyball player. He is a member of the Canada men's national volleyball team The Canada men's national volleyball team represents Canada in international volleyball competitions. They are overseen by Volleyball Canada, the governing body for volleyball in Canada. The team placed fourth place at the 1984 Olympic Games in L ... and Switzerland, Swiss club TV Amriswil Volleyball, Volley Amriswil, a participant in the 2016 Summer Olympics, a gold and silver medalist at the NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship in 2015 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship, 2015 and 2013 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship, 2013, and a bronze medalist at the Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament, 2015 Pan American Games. Personal life Rudy Verhoeff was born in Calgary, Alberta to Paul and Cobi Verhoeff. He has three older siblings; Lance, Anya, and Lies, and he began playing volleyball at the age of 14. He is married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
The NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of North America, Central America and the Caribbean, organized by the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation ( NORCECA). Since its introduction in 1969 the tournaments have been awarded every two years. The competition has been dominated by Cuba and United States, which won together 25 of the 27 editions of the tournament. History Medals Summary MVP by edition *1969 – 1999 – Unknown * 2001 – Ángel Dennis * 2003 – Clay Stanley * 2005 – Raidel Poey * 2007 – Lloy Ball * 2009 – Wilfredo León * 2011 – Keibel Gutiérrez *2013 – Matt Anderson * 2015 – Nicholas Hoag *2017 – Micah Christenson *2019 – Miguel Ángel López *2021 – Arturo Iglesias See also * NORCECA Women's Volleyball Championship *Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship * Boys' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship *Volleyball at the Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
