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Kenia Carcaces
Kenia Carcaces Opón (born 22 January 1986, in Holguín), also known as Kenia Carcaces, is a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth with the Cuban team in the Olympic tournament. She won the 2007 Pan American Games gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Career At the 2007 Cuban ''Liga Nacional'', Carcaces was selected ''Best digger''. Playing ''Ciudad de La Habana'', she won the Cuban National League Championship for the 2010 season and also being selected ''Best spiker''. At the 2010 Montreux Volley Masters, Carcaces finished in third place, and she was selected ''Best scorer'' and ''Most Valuable Player''. Carcaces won the silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. Carcaces played at the 2013 Club World Championship with Voléro Zürich and she was selected Best Outside Hitter. Her team lost the bronze medal to Guangdong Evergrande. Carcaces won the Best Outside Spiker among the Best Team of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holguín
Holguín () is a municipality and city in Cuba, and the capital of Province of Holguín. After Havana, Santiago de Cuba, and Camagüey, it is the fourth largest city in Cuba. History Before Columbus, the Taino people settled in huts made from royal palm in the Holguin area later urbanized by the Spanish; their artifacts are shown at the local Holguin La Periquera museum. The settlement was founded in 1523 on land donated by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar to Captain Francisco García Holguín, a Spanish military officer. Holguin added his maternal surname to the name of the town, giving it the name San Isidoro de Holguín. Prior to 1976, Holguín was located in the province of Oriente. Before Pope Francis's visit to the United States, in September 2015, he visited Cuba, and one of his stops was at the Diocese of Holguín to, among other things, commemorate the location where Christopher Columbus landed. Geography The municipality is divided into ''repartos'' or barrios. The ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events, one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Summer Olympics. This was the first time China had hosted the Olympic Games, and the third time the Summer Olympic Games had been held in East Asia, following the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. These were also the second Summer Olympic Games to be held in a communist state, the first being the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union (with venues in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Estonia). Beijing was awarded the 2008 Games over four competitors on 13 July 2001, having won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after two rounds o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hisamitsu Springs
is a women's volleyball team based in Kobe city, Hyogo and Tosu city, Saga, Japan. It plays in V.League 1. The club was founded in 1948. In July 2020 the team announced an official name change from "Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Springs" to "Hisamitsu Springs" and unveiled a new team mascot and logo. On August 7, 2020 Hisamitsu Springs concluded " a cooperation agreement with Tosu City to further revitalize the region and economy through the volleyball business, and we will proceed with concrete efforts". Hisamitsu Springs won the ''V.Premier League'' final for the seventh time on April 13, 2018, beating Toray Arrows. The owner of the team is Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical. Honours ; Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premiere League :Champions (9): 2001-2002, 2006–2007, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2021-2022 :Runners-up (6): 2000-2001, 2005–2006, 2008–2009, 2011-2012, 2014-2015, 2016-2017 ;Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship :Champions (3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship
The 2015 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship was the seventh official edition of the women's volleyball tournament, played by eight teams from 4 – 8 February 2015 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Brazilian club Rexona Ades claimed their second title defeating another Brazilian club, Molico/Osasco 3-1 in the final match. Competing clubs Teams were seeded in two pools of four according to how the representatives of their countries finished in the 2014 edition. Preliminary round *All times are Brasília Time ( UTC−03:00). First round Pool A Pool B Final round Bracket Final standing All-Star team *Most valuable player ** Kenia Carcaces ( Molico/Osasco) *Best Opposite ** Marianne Steinbrecher ( Molico/Osasco) *Best Outside Hitters ** Gabriela Guimarães ( Rexona Ades) ** Angela Leyva ( Universidad San Martín) *Best setter ** Dani Lins ( Molico/Osasco) *Best Middle Blockers ** Ana Carolina da Silva ( Rexona Ades) ** Milagros Hern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serviço Social Da Indústria-SP (women's Volleyball)
Serviço Social da Indústria-SP Volei Feminino (SESI-SP) is a Brazilian women's volleyball club founded on 2011 based in São Paulo, Brazil and plays in the Brazilian Superliga. History Created by SESI-SP President Paulo Skaf in 2011 as one of the newest teams in Brazil. Their achievements include two championships in São Paulo Cup. They won the 14th edition of the South American Volleyball Club Championship women's edition in February 2014 to qualify for the 8th edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship which was held in Zurich, Switzerland on May 7 to 11, 2014. Team roster 2016–2017 team Head coach: Giuliano Ribas Technical and managerial staff Honors * FIVB Club World Championship ::Third Place (1): 2014 *Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship ::Champions (1): 2014 * Superliga ::Runner-Up (1): 2014 ::Fourth (1): 2013 ::Fifth (1): 2012 *São Paulo Volleyball Cup ::Champion (1): 2012 See also * Serviço Social da Indústria-SP (me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
The 2014 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the 8th edition of the event. It was held in Zurich, Switzerland, from 7 to 11 May 2014. The Russian club Dinamo Kazan won the championship. Qualification Pools composition Squads Venue Pool standing 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, sets ratio and points ratio Preliminary round *All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Pool A Pool B Final round *All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards *Most Valuable Player : Ekaterina Gamova ( Dinamo Kazan) *Best Opposite Spiker : Ekaterina Gamova ( Dinamo Kazan) *Best Outside Hitters : Kenia Carcaces ( Voléro Zürich) : Suelle Oliveira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangdong Evergrande Women's Volleyball Club
Guangdong Evergrande V.C. is a Chinese professional women's volleyball club, currently based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, founded in 2009 and sponsored by Evergrande Group. They are the winners of the bronze medal at the 2013 FIVB Women's Club World Championship and won one champion title of Chinese Volleyball League. History Guangdong Evergrande Women's Volleyball Club (廣東恆大女子排球俱樂部 (traditional Chinese character, traditional) / 广东恒大女子排球俱乐部 (simplified Chinese character, simplified))is a professional women's volleyball club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong and play in the Chinese Volleyball League, 361° Chinese Women's Volleyball League. The club was founded on April 24, 2009 and became the first professional volleyball club in People's Republic of China, China. With 12 straight win, they won the Chinese Volleyball League, Chinese Women's Volleyball League Group B in 2009–2010 season and qualified to the Group A. In the 2010–2011 seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 FIVB Women's Club World Championship
The 2013 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the 7th edition of the event. It was held in Zurich, Switzerland, from 9 to 13 October 2013. Vakıfbank Istanbul won the title and Jovana Brakočević was named Most Valuable Player. Qualification Pools composition Squads Venue Pool standing 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, sets ratio and points ratio Preliminary round *All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Pool A Pool B Final round *All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Bracket Semifinals 3rd place Final Final standing Awards *Most valuable player *: Jovana Brakočević ( Vakıfbank Istanbul) *Best opposite spiker *: Sarah Pavan ( Unilever Vôlei) *Best Outside Hitters *: Kenia Carca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadalajara
Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Mexico, while the Guadalajara metropolitan area has a population of 5,268,642 people, making it the Metropolitan areas of Mexico#List of metropolitan areas in Mexico by population, third-largest metropolitan area in the country and the List of metropolitan areas in the Americas, twentieth largest metropolitan area in the Americas Guadalajara has the second-highest population density in Mexico, with over 10,361 people per square kilometer. Within Mexico, Guadalajara is a center of business, arts and culture, technology and tourism; as well as the economic center of the Bajío region. It usually ranks among the 100 most productive and globally competitive cities in the world. It is home to numerous landmarks, including Guadalajara Cathedral, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Montreux Volley Masters
The 2010 Montreux Volley Masters was held in Montreux, Switzerland between 8–13 June 2010. 8 teams participated in this tournament. Participating teams Group stage Group A Table Results Group B Table Results Classification round 5th–8th place 5th–6th place Final round Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standings Awards Winners: * MVP: Kenia Carcaces * Best Scorer: Kenia Carcaces * Best Spiker: Tatiana Kosheleva * Best Blocker: Berenika Okuniewska * Best Setter: Wei Qiuyue * Best Server: Chen Liyi * Best Receiver: Hui Ruoqi * Best Libero: Nicole Davis References External links Official Page of 2010 Montreux Volley Masters {{Montreux Volley Masters Montreux Volley Masters Montreux Volley Masters Montreux Volley Masters The Montreux Volley Masters (founded as the Coupe des Nations, later changed to BCV Volley Cup between 1990 and 1996 and to its current name in 1998) is an international invitational tournament for na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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