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FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
The FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship is the world championship of volleyball for female players under the age of 19 organized by ''FĂ©dĂ©ration Internationale de Volleyball'' ( FIVB). It was held in U18 age group until 2021. The first edition was staged in 1989 in Curitiba, Brazil and tournaments have been played every two years since then. The most recent tournament was hosted by Croatia and Hungary and won by United States. On 22 March 2022, the FIVB Board of Administration decided to change the age category of the tournament by moving it from U18 to U19 in order to equate it with the Boys' U19 World Championship. China is the most successful nation in the tournament's history, with four titles and one runner-up. Brazil is the second most successful with three titles and four runners-up. A corresponding tournament for male players is the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. Results summary Medals summary Appearance ;Legend * â Champions * â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and the overthrow of the communist dictatorship in Romania in December; the movement ended in December 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Revolutions against communist governments in Eastern Europe mainly succeeded, but the year also saw the suppression by the Chinese government of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing. It was the year of the first 1989 Brazilian presidential election, Brazilian direct presidential election in 29 years, since the end of the Military dictatorship in Brazil, military government in 1985 that ruled the country for more than twenty years, and marked the redemocratization process's final poin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government no longer providing public funding, marking the beginning of the Information Age. America Online and Prodigy offered access to the World Wide Web system for the first time this year, releasing browsers that made it easily accessible to the general public. Events January * January 1 ** The World Trade Organization (WTO) is established to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). ** Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union. * January 9 â Valeri Polyakov completes 366 days in space while aboard then ''Mir'' space station, breaking a duration record. * January 10â 15 â The World Youth Day 1995 festival is held in Manila, Philippines, culminating in 5 million people gathering for John Paul II's concluding ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
The 2007 FIVB Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship was held in Tijuana / Mexicali, Mexico from 31 July to 11 August 2009. 16 teams participated in the tournament. Qualification process Pools composition First round ''All times are Mexico Standard Time ( UTCâ06:00).'' Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Second round Pool E (1stâ8th) Pool F (1stâ8th) Pool G (9thâ16th) Pool H (9thâ16th) Final round 13thâ16th bracket 15th Placement Match 13th Placement Match 9thâ12th bracket 11th Placement Match 9th Placement Match 5thâ8th bracket 7th Placement Match 5th Placement Match Championship bracket Semifinals Bronze Medal match Final Final standing Individual awards *Most valuable player ** *Best scorer ** *Best spiker ** *Best blocker ** *Best server ** *Best digger ** *Best setter ** *Best receiver ** References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macau
Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by population density, densely populated region in the world. Formerly a Portuguese Empire, Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first leased to Portugal by the Ming dynasty as a trading post in 1557. Portugal paid an annual rent and administered the territory under Chinese sovereignty until 1887, when Portugal gained perpetual colonial rights with the signing of the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking. The colony remained under Portuguese rule until the 1999 handover to China. Macau is a Special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of China, which maintains separate governing and economic systems from those of mainland China under the principle of "one country, two systems".. The unique blend of Port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
The Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship, 2005 FIVB Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship was held in Macau from 23 to 31 July 2005. 16 teams participated in the tournament, and was won by Brazil. Qualification process * ''*'' Austria replaced Germany. Pools composition First round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Second round Play off â elimination group Play off â seeding group Final round Quarterfinals 5thâ8th semifinals Semifinals 7th place 5th place 3rd place Final Final standing Individual awards *Most valuable player ** *Best scorer ** *Best spiker ** *Best blocker ** *Best server ** *Best digger ** *Best setter ** *Best receiver ** References {{DEFAULTSORT:2005 Fivb Girls Youth World Championship 2005 in women's volleyball, World Championship 2005 in Macau sport FIVB Girls' U18 Volleyball World Championship Macau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PiĆa
PiĆa (; ) is a city in northwestern Poland and the capital of PiĆa County, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Its population was 71,846, making it the city in the voivodeship after PoznaĆ and Kalisz and the largest city in the northern part of Greater Poland. Founded in the 14th century, PiĆa was a royal city of Poland, whose prosperity came from crafts and trade. The city is located on the Gwda river and is famous for its green areas, parks and dense forests nearby. It is an important road and railway hub, located at the intersection of two main lines: PoznaĆâSzczecin and BydgoszczâKrzyĆŒ Wielkopolski. PiĆa is the center of light industry, culture and education in northern Greater Poland, and is particularly known for motorcycle speedway racing. City name ''PiĆa'' is a Polish language, Polish word meaning "saw". This was a typical name denoting a village of Lumberjack, woodcutters belonging to a local noble. The German name ''SchneidemĂŒhl'' means "sawmill" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
The Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship, 2003 FIVB Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship was held in PiĆa/Wloclawek, Poland from 9 to 17 August 2003. 16 teams participated in the tournament. Qualification process * ''*'' Chinese Taipei replaced North Korea. * ''**'' Czech Republic replaced Germany. Pools composition First round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Second round Play off â elimination group Play off â seeding group Final round Quarterfinals 5thâ8th semifinals Semifinals 7th place 5th place 3rd place Final Final standing Individual awards *Most valuable player ** *Best scorer ** *Best spiker ** *Best blocker ** *Best digger ** *Best setter ** *Best receiver ** References {{DEFAULTSORT:2003 Fivb Girls Youth World Championship 2003 in women's volleyball, World Championship 2003 in Polish sport FIVB Girls' U18 Volleyball World Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rijeka
Rijeka (; Fiume ([ËfjuËme]) in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and in 2021 had a population of 107,964 inhabitants. Historically, because of its strategic position and Port of Rijeka, its excellent deep-water port, the city was fiercely contested, especially between the Holy Roman Empire, Venice, Italy and Yugoslavia, changing rulers and demographics many times over centuries. According to the Demographics of Croatia, 2011 census data, 85% of its citizens are Croats, along with small numbers of Serbs of Croatia, Serbs, Bosniaks of Croatia, Bosniaks and Italians of Croatia, Italians. Rijeka is the main city and county seat of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The city's economy largely depends on shipbuilding (shipyards "3. Maj" and "Viktor Lenac Shipyard") and maritime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pula
Pula, also known as Pola, is the largest city in Istria County, west Croatia, and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, seventh-largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the Istria, Istrian peninsula in western Croatia, with a population of 52,220 in 2021. It is known for its multitude of ancient Roman Empire, Roman buildings, the most famous of which is the Pula Arena, one of the best preserved Roman amphitheaters. The city has a long tradition of wine making, fishing, shipbuilding, and tourism. It was the administrative centre of Istria from ancient Rome, ancient Roman times until superseded by Pazin in 1991. History Pre-history Evidence of the presence of ''Homo erectus'' one million years ago has been found in the cave of Ć andalja near Pula. Pottery from the Neolithic period (6000â2000 BC), indicating Colonization, human settlement, has been found around Pula. In the Bronze Age (1800â1000 BC), a new type of settlement appeared in Istria, called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
The 2001 FIVB Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship was held in Pula and Rijeka, Croatia from 22 to 30 September 2001. Qualification process First round Source: Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Second round Play off â elimination group Play off â seeding group Final round Quarterfinals 5thâ8th semifinals Semifinals 7th place 5th place 3rd place Final Final standing Individual awards * Best scorer ** * Best attacker ** * Best blocker ** * Best server ** * Best digger ** * Best setter ** * Best receiver ** References {{DEFAULTSORT:2001 Fivb Girls Youth World Championship World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ... 2001 in Croatian sport Internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funchal
Funchal () officially Funchal City (), is the capital, largest city and a Municipality (Portugal), municipality in Portugal's Madeira, Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795, making it the sixth largest city in Portugal. Because of its high cultural and historical value, Funchal is one of Portugal's main tourist attractions; it is also popular as a destination for New Year's Eve, and it is the leading Portuguese port on cruise liner dockings. Etymology The first settlers named their settlement Funchal after the abundant wild fennel that grew there. The name is formed from the Portuguese language, Portuguese word for fennel, ''funcho,'' and the suffix ''-al'', to denote "a plantation of fennel": History The settlement of Funchal began between 1420 and 1425. The island was divided into two Captaincy, captaincies''.'' The zones that would become the urbanized core of Funchal were founded by João Gonçalves Zarco who se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA. * January 25 – The 6.2 Colombia earthquake hits western Colombia, killing at least 1,900 people. February * February 7 – Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King Hussein. * February 11 – Pluto moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than Neptune. It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979, and will become again in 2231. * February 12 – U.S. President Bill Clinton is acquitted in impeachment proceedings in the United States Senate. * February 16 ** In Uzbekistan, an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov takes place at government headquarters. ** Across Europe, Kurdish protestors take over embassies and hold hostages after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
