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Foluke Gunderson
Foluke Atinuke Gunderson (née Akinradewo; born October 5, 1987) is an indoor volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Japanese club Hisamitsu Springs. Born in Canada, she represents the United States women's national volleyball team, United States internationally. Gunderson won gold with the national team at the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix, 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 2014 World Championship, the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, Rimini Volleyball Nations League, and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, silver at the Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2012 London Summer Olympics, and bronze at the Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Her 2020 Olympics win allowed her to complete the trifecta of winning an Olympic bronze, silver, and gold medal. High school and personal life Gunderson was born in London, Ontario, to Ayoola and Comfort Akinradewo. Her siblings are Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabita Baku
Telekom Baku (formerly named Rabita Baku) was an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club. Telekom was an eight-time champion of Azerbaijani Superleague and the winner of the 2011 FIVB Club World Championship. History The Rabita Bank was founded in 2001 as Rabitachi Baku, and then took Rabita Baku in 2004. Club participated for the first time in an official competition in the European CEV Cup 2007–08, but was eliminated immediately by OK Hit Nova Gorica. In the season 2008–09, reaches the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup and was eliminated from the Club Voleibol Albacete and wins for the first time the championship in the final against Azerrail. The season 2009-10 campaign starts with a good buy: the team wins the championship again and get the third place in the CEV Cup, losing in the semifinals against Futura Volley Busto Arsizio, but winning the final for bronze against VC Uralochka-NTMK Yekaterinburg. In the season 2010 - 11, club participated for the first time in the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Team Rosters
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the women's indoor volleyball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Pool A Argentina The following is the Argentine roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Head coach: Guillermo Orduna Brazil The following is the Brazilian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Head coach: José Roberto Guimarães Cameroon The following was the Cameroonian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Head coach: Jean-René Akono Japan The following is the Japanese roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Head coach: Masayoshi Manabe Russia The following is the Russian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Head coach: Yuri Marichev South Korea The following is the South Korean roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 FIVB World Grand Prix
The 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix was a women's volleyball tournament to be played by 12 countries from 6–29 August 2010. The finals were held at the Beilun Gymnasium in Ningbo, China. The United States claimed their 3rd title and Foluke Akinradewo won the ''Most Valuable Player'' award. * Standing and tie-breaking 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, points ratio and sets ratio Competing nations The following national teams qualified: Teams * Calendar Preliminary rounds Ranking The host China and top five teams in the preliminary round advanced to the Final round. First round Group A Group B Group C Second round Group D Group E Group F Third round Group G Group H Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIVB World Grand Prix
The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was an annual women's volleyball competition created in 1993. The men's version of the competition was called World League. This event should not be confused with the other international volleyball competitions, the World Championship, the World Cup and the World Grand Champions Cup. From 2018, the World Grand Prix was replaced by the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League and Challenger Cup. History Origins World Grand Prix was created in 1993 as part of the FIVB's marketing strategy to promote the sport of volleyball by establishing annual international competitions. It was modelled after the World League, a successful event for men that had been introduced three years before. The Grand Prix made women's volleyball very popular in East Asia. As of 2004, the competition was maintained mainly with the support of Asian investors. The early competitions and the finals were usually held in East Asia, because the volleyball market in Eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup Squads
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the Women's World Champions Cup 2017 in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan. The following is the Brazilian roster in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup. Head coach: José Roberto Guimarães The following is the Chinese roster in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup. Head coach: An Jiajie The following is the Japanese roster in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup. Head coach: Kumi Nakada The following is the Korean roster in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup. Head coach: Hong Sung-jin The following is the Russian roster in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup. Head coach: Vladimir Kuzyutkin The following is the American roster in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup. Head coach: Karch Kiraly Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly () (born November 3, 1960) is an American vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup
The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup was the 7th staging of the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup, a quadrennial international women's volleyball tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The tournament was held in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan from 5 to 10 September 2017. 6 national teams from 4 confederations competed in the tournament. China claimed their second title at the tournament with an unbeaten record. Brazil claimed the silver after a face-off in the final round with United States who finished third. Zhu Ting from China was elected the MVP. Qualification The FIVB announced the best four ranked continents in the 2016 Olympic Games were eligible to participate in the tournament. Asia, Europe, North America, and South America confederations were eligible to send representatives. The representatives were determined by their continental ranking at the Olympic tournament. The four teams will join the host tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 runne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup Squads
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan. The following is the Algerian roster in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Head coach: Henni Abdelhalim The following is the Argentine roster in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Head coach: Guillermo Orduna The following is the Chinese roster in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Head coach: Lang Ping The following is the Cuban roster in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Head coach: Juan Carlos Gala The following is the Dominican roster in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Head coach: Marcos Kwiek The following is the Japanese roster in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Head coach: Masayoshi Manabe The following is the Kenyan roster in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Head coach: David Lung'aho The following is the Peruvian roster in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 FIVB Women's World Cup
The 2015 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from August 22 to September 6 in Japan. The tournament was a qualification process for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The top two ranked teams, China and Serbia, qualified for the Olympics, and joined Brazil as they had already secured a berth as the host country. Information The FIVB Volleyball World Cup began with signing a contract between Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) and Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) for hosting the tournament on 31 January 2013. In this event, Fuji TV had the right to broadcast the tournament. Moreover, the FIVB released the qualification process of the tournament: # Host country # 2014 World champions # 2 teams per Continental confederation considered by World ranking, Continental ranking, or Continental championship But, on 10 March 2015, the FIVB announced a change of the continental events following each continental confederation's agreement. # AVC used the World ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup Squads
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan. The following is the Algeria roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Argentina roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Brazil roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the China roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Dominican Republic roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Germany roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Italy roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Japan roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Kenya roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Serbia roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the South Korea roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the United States roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. See also * 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup squa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 FIVB Women's World Cup
The 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup was played from 4 to 18 November 2011 in Japan. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The top three teams qualified for the Olympics, and joined Great Britain as they had already secured a berth as the host country. Qualification 12 teams participated in the World Cup: * The host nation's team. * The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2011. * Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2011 (according to the FIVB World Ranking as of January 15, 2011). * Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2011. FIVB World Ranking for second-place teams (as of January 15, 2011) Squads Venues Format The competition system of the 2011 World Cup for Women is the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. Initially the tournament was played in the year following the Olympic Games, but since 1991 the World Cup has been awarded in the year preceding the Olympic Games. The current champion is China, which won its fifth title at the 2019 tournament. The current format of the competition involves 12 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation Japan, competing in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks. The World Cup (with exception of the 2019 edition) acts as the first qualification event for the following year's Olympic Games with the top two teams qualifying. The 13 World Cup tournaments have been won by five different national teams. China have won five times. The other World Cup winners are Cuba, with four titles; Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
