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2000 Volleyball America's Cup
The 2000 Volleyball America's Cup was the third edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by six countries from North-, Central- and South America. The tournament was held from August 11 to August 20, 2000, in São Bernardo, Brazil. Main Round *Friday 2000-08-11 *Saturday 2000-08-12 *Sunday 2000-08-13 *Monday 2000-08-14 *Tuesday 2000-08-15 *Wednesday 2000-08-16 *Thursday 2000-08-17 Final round Semi-finals *Saturday 2000-08-19 Finals *Sunday 2000-08-20 — Bronze Medal Match *Sunday 2000-08-20 — Gold Medal Match Final ranking Awards *Best spiker ** *Best receiver ** *Best blocker ** *Best digger ** *Best server ** *Best setter ** References Sports123 2009-07-25) {{Volleyball America's Cup [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America Cup Of Volleyball
The America's Cup was a continental cup in men's volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ... for North and South American nations organized by CSV and NORCECA with the first edition in 1998. It is no longer held since 2008. Results Medal table Details See also * American Championships ReferencesSports123 Recurring events disestablished in 2008 {{volleyball-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964. Beach volleyball was introduced to the program at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics. The adapted version of volleyball at the Summer Paralympic Games is sitting volleyball. Basic play The complete set of rules is extensive, but play essentially proceeds as follows: a player on one of the teams begins a 'rally' by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court. The receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court. The team may touch the ball up to three times to return the ball to the other side of the court, but individual players may not touch th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Bernardo Do Campo
São Bernardo do Campo () is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of São Paulo. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 810,729 (2022 census) in an area of . According to 2021 data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the municipality of São Bernardo do Campo has the 16th largest gross domestic product (GDP) among Brazilian cities. History The city was founded by João Ramalho in 1553 and was known as Vila de Santo André da Borda do Campo de Piratininga, soon transferred to another nearby place, safer from hostile tribes. It is, however, historically perceived as the first Brazilian settlement built away from the sea. The original settlement was then resettled as São Bernardo, became a parish in 1812 and became a municipality in 1890. In 1938, it became a part of the Santo André, Brazil, Santo André district only to be separated again in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population, seventh-largest by population, with over 212 million people. The country is a federation composed of 26 Federative units of Brazil, states and a Federal District (Brazil), Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. List of cities in Brazil by population, Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the most Portuguese-speaking countries, Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese language, Portuguese is an Portuguese-speaking world, official language. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazil, coastline of . Covering roughly half of South America's land area, it Borders of Brazil, borders all other countries and ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángel Dennis
Ángel Dennis (born 13 June 1977) is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player. Dennis played with the Cuba men's national volleyball team, Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he finished in seventh place. He was widely regarded as the most talented player on the Cuban men's team. He helped the Cuban team win the bronze medal at the 1998 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 1998 FIVB World Championship in Japan. Club volleyball Dennis played for IVECO Palermo from 1998 to 2000. After a period of inactivity, Dennis returned to play in 2003-2004 for Latina Volley, before moving to Lube Banca Marche Macerata the following year, after a short stint in Qatar. With Lube he won a top national division and an Italian Supercup in 2006, and two CEV Cups (2005–2006). In 2017, Dennis signed a contract with Sporting CP (volleyball), Sporting CP. 2001 Defection In 2001, Dennis was one of six players on the Cuban men's national volleyball tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Sullivan
Erik Thomas Sullivan (born August 9, 1972) is an American former volleyball player and two-time Olympian. He played for the United States men's national volleyball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. College At UCLA, Sullivan helped his team win two national titles, in 1993 and 1995, and was an All-American in 1992. In 1995, as a senior, he captained the team to a 31–1 record. In 2023, he was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. Coaching career Sullivan spent 14 years coaching under Jerritt Elliott at Texas after stints at Nebraska and Colorado. On January 6, 2025 Sullivan was named head coach for the United States women's national volleyball team The United States women's national volleyball team participates in international volleyball competitions and friendly games, and is governed by USA Volleyball. Their last head coach was three-time Olympic gold medalist and retired dominant be ... after serving various a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Chiarotti
Douglas Chiarotti (born 10 November 1970), known as Douglas, is a Brazilian former volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Douglas was born in Santo André, São Paulo Santo André (, ''Saint Andrew'') is a Brazilian municipality located in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. It is part of a group of municipalities known as the ABC Region. According to the most recent census in 2022, the population is esti ..., Brazil. In 1992, Douglas was part of the Brazilian team that won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played six matches. Eight years later, Douglas finished sixth with the Brazilian team in the 2000 Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches. References External links * * * Volleybox.net profile 1970 births Living people Brazilian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Brazil Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilmar Teixeira
Gilmar "Kid" Nascimento Teixeira (born 30 October 1970) is a Brazilian former volleyball player. He was part of the Brazil men's national volleyball team, and competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ..., Australia, finishing 6th. See also * Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics References External links * 1970 births Living people Brazilian men's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Brazil Sportspeople from Porto Alegre Volleyball players from Rio Grande do Sul Outside hitters Liberos Expatriate volleyball players in Belgium Expatriate volleyball players in Puerto Rico Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloy Ball
Lloy James Ball (born February 17, 1972) is an American former volleyball player, who was a member of American national team from 1993 to 2008. Ball is a four-time Olympian, and a gold medalist of Beijing 2008. He is also a gold medalist of the 2007 NORCECA Championship and 2008 World League, silver medalist of the 1995 Pan American Games, bronze medalist of the 1994 FIVB World Championship, and 2015 inductee to the International Volleyball Hall of Fame. High school Ball grew up in Woodburn, Indiana, where he attended Woodlan High School. Because Ball grew up in a state that did not sanction varsity competition in boys' volleyball, he only played competitively during the summer. He made his first breakthrough at age 15 by being selected for the 1987 Olympic Festival. Ball also played basketball. As a Junior, Ball’s team lost in the Sectional finals to a stellar Bishop Dwenger Saint’s Basketball team. It was a crushing loss for Ball and was a huge factor in driving him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball America's Cup
The America's Cup was a continental cup in men's volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ... for North and South American nations organized by CSV and NORCECA with the first edition in 1998. It is no longer held since 2008. Results Medal table Details See also * American Championships ReferencesSports123 Recurring events disestablished in 2008 {{volleyball-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
