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Farhad Zarif
Farhad Zarif ( fa, فرهاد ظریف; born 3 March 1983, Mashhad) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays for Paykan Tehran and he's a previous player of Iran national team. Zarif was invited to national team in 2006. Honours National team *Asian Championship **Gold medal (2): 2011, 2013 * Asian Games **Gold medal (1): 2014 *Asian Junior Championship **Gold medal (1): 2002 * Asian Youth Championship **Gold medal (1): 2001 * World Youth Championship **Silver medal (1): 2001 Club *Asian Championship **Gold medal (2): 2016, 2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ... (Sarmayeh Bank) Individual awards *Best Digger: 2001 Asian Youth Championship *Best Receiver: 2001 World Youth Championship *Best Receiver: 2002 Asian Junior Championship *Best Receiver: 2003 ...
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Mashhad
Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province and has a population of 3,001,184 (2016 census), which includes the areas of Mashhad Taman and Torqabeh. The city has been governed by different ethnic groups over the course of its history. Mashhad was once a major oasis along the ancient Silk Road connecting with Merv to the east. It enjoyed relative prosperity in the Mongol period. The city is named after the shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth Shia Imam, who was buried in a village in Khorasan Province, Khorasan which afterward gained the name, meaning the "place of Martyr, martyrdom". Every year, millions of pilgrims visit the Imam Reza shrine. The Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid is also buried within the same shrine. Mashhad is also known colloq ...
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Boys Youth Volleyball World Championship
The FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, called the FIVB Volleyball Boys' Youth World Championship between 2007 and 2011, is the world championship of volleyball for male players under the age of 19 organized by ''Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' ( FIVB). The first edition was staged in 1989 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and tournaments have been played every two years since then. The most recent tournament was hosted by Iran in the city of Tehran and won by Poland. Brazil is the most successful nation in the tournament's history, with six titles and one runner-up. Russia is the second most successful with three titles and four runners-up. A corresponding tournament for female players is the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship. Results summary Medals summary Appearance ;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – Did not enter / Did not qualify / Withdrew * – Hosts *Q – Qualified for forthcoming to ...
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FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's and women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was created in 1993 after radical changes made on the biggest tournaments organised by the FIVB. The main goal was not to have a single year without two high-profile world-level volleyball competitions, alongside the pre-existing men's and women's world championship, men's and women's world cup and the volleyball tournament at the Olympic Games which are all quadrennial and the annual men's and women's Nations League. The World Grand Champions Cup is therefore played quadrennially the year after the Olympic Games and is always hosted by the Japan Volleyball Association. It does not give any points for the World Ranking. Brazil has been the most successful team in the men's tournament, having won five of the seven editions. Brazil has also finished runn ...
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Satoshi Ide
is a generally masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings *哲, "intelligent, philosophy, clear" *悟, " bodhi, enlightenment, apprehension" *敏, "quick, sharp" *智, "knowledge, wisdom" *聡, "intelligent, clever, bright" *慧, "bright, intelligent" *訓, "teach, instruct" *諭, "teach, to lead" People with the name *, Japanese politician *, Japanese surgeon and astronaut *, Japanese politician *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese journalist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist *, Japanese jazz guitarist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese origami master * Satoshi Kanazawa (born 1962), American-British evolutionary psychologist *, Japanese scientist *, Japanese linguist *, Illustrator *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese baseball player *, film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese computer scientist *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese journalist and ...
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Sérgio Santos (volleyball)
Sérgio Dutra dos Santos, known as Serginho or Escadinha (born 15 October 1975) is a former Brazilian volleyball player. As a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team, he won gold medals at the 2004 and 2016 Olympics and silver medals at the 2008 and 2012 editions. Additionally, he's a two-time World Champion (2006, 2010) and a multimedalist of the World League, South American Championship, World Cup and the Grand Champions Cup. In 2009 he became the first libero to be named Most Valuable Player in the history of the FIVB World League. Career He is widely regarded as one of the best liberos of all time and is unquestionably the best libero of the 2000s, with more awards than any other libero. Known for his outstanding service reception and digging capabilities, teams often attempt to avoid Sergio when serving. Beyond his defensive abilities, he is also capable of running the offense as a 'second setter' if the setter is forced to make the first contact. This is in ...
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2013 FIVB Men's World Grand Champions Cup
The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan from 19 to 24 November 2013. Qualification Competition formula The competition formula of the 2013 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was a single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the five remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained. Squads Venues Pool standing procedure # Match points # Number of matches won # Sets ratio # Points ratio # Result of the last match between the tied teams Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser Results *All times are Japan Standard Time ( UTC+09:00). Kyoto round Tokyo round Final standing Awards *Most Valuable Player : Dmitriy Muserskiy *Best Setter : Bruno Rezende *Best Outside S ...
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Volleyball At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Qualification
The qualification for the Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2012 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 13 August 2011 to 10 June 2012. Qualification summary * The Asian Qualifier was combined with the 1st World Qualifier. The first place team of the tournament qualified as the 1st World Qualifier winners, while the best Asian team except the 1st World Qualifier winners qualified as the Asian Qualifier winners. Means of qualification Host country Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, FIVB reserved a vacancy for the Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2012 Summer Olympics host country to participate in the tournament. * 2011 World Cup *Venues: *Dates: 20 November – 4 December 2011 *The top three teams qualified for the Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2012 Summer Olympics. Continental qualification tournaments Africa *Venue: Palais des Sports de Warda, Yaoundé, Cameroon ...
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2009 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
The 2009 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 10th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Pools composition The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2008 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship. ''* Withdrew Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Quarterfinals * ''The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the Quarterfinals.'' Pool E Pool F Pool G Pool H Classification 9th–12th Semifinals 11th place 9th place Classification 5th–8th Semifinals 7th place 5th place Final round Semifinals 3rd place Final Final standing Awards *MVP: Hicham Guemmadi (Al-Nasr) *Best Scorer: Farhad Nazari Afshar (Paykan) *Best Server: Igor Omrčen ( ...
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2007 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
The 2007 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 8th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Manama, bahrain. Paykan of Iran won the tournament after beating Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A .... Pools composition The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2006 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship. Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Classification 9th–12th Semifinals 11th place 9th place Classification 5th–8th Semifinals 7th place 5th place Final round Semifinals 3rd place Final Final standing Awards *MVP: Mohammad Soleimani (Paykan) *Best scorer: Peyman Akbari (Paykan) *Best server: Mohammad ...
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2006 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
The 2006 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship was the 7th staging of the Asian Volleyball Confederation, AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Hanoi, Vietnam. Paykan Tehran VC, Paykan of Iran won the tournament after beating Rahat CSKA of Kazakhstan. Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Classification 9th–10th Classification 5th–8th Semifinals 7th place 5th place Final round Semifinals 3rd place Final Final standing Awards *MVP: Mohammad Soleimani (volleyball), Mohammad Soleimani (Paykan) *Best scorer: Daisaku Nishino (Sakai) *Best server: Mohammad Mohammadkazem (Paykan) *Best spiker: Fang Yingchao (Shanghai) *Best blocker: Mohammad Mansouri (volleyball), Mohammad Mansouri (Paykan) *Best libero: Farhad Zarif (Paykan) *Best setter: He Jiong (volleyball), He Jiong (Shanghai) *Best digger: Srophum Supachai (Army) ReferencesAsian Volleyball Confedera ...
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2003 FIVB Men's Junior World Championship
The 2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the 12th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship. It was held in Tehran, Iran from August 23 to 31, 2003. Qualification First round *All times are Iran Daylight Time ( UTC+04:30) Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Second round Play off - elimination group Play off - seeding group Final round *All times are Iran Daylight Time Iran Standard Time (IRST) or Iran Time (IT) is the time zone used in Iran. Iran uses a UTC offset UTC+03:30. IRST is defined by the 52.5 degrees east meridian, the same meridian which defines the Iranian calendar and is the official meridian of I ... ( UTC+04:30) 5th–8th semifinals 7th place 5th place Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd place Final Final standing References External links 2003 FIVB 12th MEN’S U21 World Championshipfivb.org {{FIVB Volleyball Junior World Championship F ...
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2017 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
The 2017 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 18th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Ninh Bình and Nam Định, Vietnam from 28 June to 6 July 2017. Pools composition Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2016 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2016 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn in Bangkok, Thailand on 27 February 2017. But, United Arab Emirates later withdrew. Final standing of the 2016 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 7th. Venues * Ninh Bình Gymnasium, Ninh Bình, Vietnam – Preliminary round, Pool E, F, Quarterfinals and Final four * Nam Định Gymnasium, Nam Định, Vietnam – Preliminary round, Pool E, G, 5th-8th places and 9th–12th places Pool standing procedure # Number of matches won # Match points # Sets ratio # P ...
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