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Saori Sakoda
Saori Sakoda (迫田さおり ''Sakoda Saori'', born December 18, 1987) was a Japanese volleyball player who played for Toray Arrows. She also played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team. Clubs * Kagoshima-nishi High School * Toray Arrows (2006-17) Individual * 2008 Asian Club Championship "Best Scorer" * 2010 V.League (Japan): Best 6, Best Server * 2010 Kurowashiki Tournament Best6 * 2013 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup - Best Outside Hitter * 2013-14 V.Premier League - Best6, Best Scorer Team *2007 Domestic Sports Festival (Volleyball) - Champion, with Toray Arrows *2007-2008 Empress's Cup - Champion, with Toray Arrows *2007-2008 V.Premier League - Champion, with Toray Arrows *2008 Domestic Sports Festival - Runner-Up, with Toray Arrows * 2008 Asian Club Championship - Bronze Medal with Toray Arrows *2008-2009 V.Premier League - Champion, with Toray Arrows *2009 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship - Champion, with Toray Arrows *2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kagoshima
, abbreviated to , is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Located at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu, Kagoshima is the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the "Naples of the Eastern world" for its bay location (Aira Caldera), hot climate, and emblematic stratovolcano, Sakurajima. The city was officially founded on April 1, 1889. It merged with Taniyama City on April 29, 1967 and with Yoshida Town, Sakurajima Town, Kiire Town, Matsumoto Town and Kōriyama Town on November 1, 2004. Etymology The name "Kagoshima" (鹿児島) literally means "deer child island" or "young-deer island". In the Kagoshima dialect, local names for the city include “かごっま (Kagomma)”, “かごんま (Kagonma)”, “かごいま (Kagoima)” and “かごひま (Kagohima)”. While the kanji for Kagoshima ( 鹿 児 島) literally mean "deer child island", or "island of the fawn" for certain, the source etymology is not clear and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
The 2008 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 9th staging of the Asian Volleyball Confederation, AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Vinh Yen Gymnasium, Vĩnh Yên, Vĩnh Phúc Province, Vietnam. Pools composition The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship. Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Final round Championship Quarterfinals 5th–8th semifinals Semifinals 7th place 5th place 3rd place Final Final standing Awards *MVP: Li Shan (volleyball), Li Shan (Tianjin) *Best Scorer: Saori Sakoda (Toray) *Best Server: Yu Jing (volleyball), Yu Jing (Tianjin) *Best Spiker: Huo Jing (Tianjin) *Best Blocker: Alessys Safronova (Zhetyssu) *Best Libero: Kanari Hamaguchi (Toray) *Best Setter: Nootsara Tomkom (Sang Som) *Miss Volleyball: Phạm Thị Yến (Sport Center 1) ReferencesAsian Volleyball Confederation Asian Wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1987 Births
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Volleyball At The 2016 Summer Olympics
The volleyball tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was played between 6 and 21 August. 24 volleyball teams and 48 beach volleyball teams, total 386 athletes, participated in the tournament. The indoor volleyball competition took place at Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Maracanã, and the beach volleyball tournament was held at Copacabana Beach, in the temporary Copacabana Stadium. Competition schedule Events Four sets of medals were awarded in the following events: * Indoor volleyball – men (12 teams, 144 athletes) * Indoor volleyball – women (12 teams, 144 athletes) * Beach volleyball – men (24 teams, 48 athletes) * Beach volleyball – women (24 teams, 48 athletes) Qualification Each National Olympic Committee was allowed to enter one men's and one women's qualified team in the volleyball tournaments and two men's and two women's qualified teams in the beach volleyball. Men's volleyball Women's volleyball Men's beach volleyball W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup
The 2013 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan from November 12 to 17, 2013. Brazil won their second title and Brazilian Fabiana Claudino was selected the Most Valuable Player. Teams Competition formula The competition formula of the 2013 Women'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. Venues Results Nagoya round *Venue: Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya, Japan Tokyo round *Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ..., Japan Final standing Awards *Most Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball At The 2012 Summer Olympics
The volleyball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were played between 28 July and 12 August. The indoor volleyball competition took place at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, in west London, and the beach volleyball tournament was held at Horse Guards Parade Horse Guards Parade is a large parade ground off Whitehall in central London (at grid reference ). It is the site of the annual ceremonies of Trooping the Colour, which commemorates the monarch's official birthday, and the Beating Retreat. H ... in central London. Events Four sets of medals were awarded in the following events: * Indoor volleyball – men (12 teams) * Indoor volleyball – women (12 teams) * Beach volleyball – men (24 teams) * Beach volleyball – women (24 teams) Qualifying criteria Each National Olympic Committee was allowed to enter one men's and one women's qualified team in the volleyball tournaments and two men's and two women's qualified teams in the beach volleyball. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Montreux Volley Masters
The 2011 Montreux Volley Masters was held in Montreux, Switzerland between 7–12 June 2011. Eight teams participated in this tournament. Participating teams Group stage Group A Table Results Group B Table Results Classification round 5th–8th place 5th place match Final round Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standings Awards * MVP: Hitomi Nakamichi * Best Scorer: Christiane Fürst * Best Spiker: Yukiko Ebata * Best Blocker: Christiane Fürst * Best Setter: Elena Keldibekova * Best Server: Nana Iwasaka * Best Receiver: Janneke van Tienen * Best Libero: Janneke van Tienen References External links Official Page of 2011 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorm Silver Cup
Gorm may refer to: Computing * Gorm (computing), a rapid application development tool * GORM, the "fantastic ORM library" for the Go programming language * Grails Object-Relational Mapping, see People * Gorm the Old (died 958), Danish king * Gorm Jensen (1886–1968), Danish Olympic gymnast * Prince Gorm of Denmark (1919–1991), grandson of King Frederik VIII * Gorm Henrik Rasmussen (born 1955), Danish poet * Gorm Kjernli (born 1981), Norwegian politician Other uses * Danish ironclad ''Gorm'', a monitor built for the Royal Danish Navy in the 1860s * Gorm Gulthyn, a god in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' * House of Gorm, a Danish ruling family * Sail Gorm, a mountain range in Sutherland, Scotland * Island of Gorm, a fictional place from the children's toy 'Gormiti' * , the Irish and Scottish Gaelic word for "blue"; see * ''Gorm'', a range of storage furniture sold by Swedish outlet IKEA IKEA (; ) is a Dutch multinational conglomerate based in the Netherlands that designs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor's Cup And Empress's Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship
, is a Japanese volleyball competition that was established in 2007. It is organized by the Japan Volleyball Association. The word ''Tennō'' (天皇) means the Emperor of Japan, and the term ''Kōgō'' (皇后) is the Empress of Japan. The Tennō Kōgō Commemorative Cup is given to the champion of the tournament. The Commemorative Cup was given to the winner of the Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship until 2006. Champions MVP by edition From 2021 edition, MVP award was created. Prize money for MVP award is JP¥100,000. Prize money * The winner: JP¥10,000,000 * Runner-up: JP¥4,000,000. Capcom Award As Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ... signed 3 year partnership contract with JVA, Capcom Award was set up for the winner. Another ten mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
