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Volleyball At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament NORCECA Qualification
The NORCECA qualification tournament for the 2012 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 29 April – 5 May 2012. Venue * High Performance Sports Center of Baja California, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Preliminary round *All times are Pacific Time Zone The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−08:00 ... ( UTC−07:00). Pool A Pool B Final round Championship bracket 5th–8th places bracket Quarterfinals 5th–8th places 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 :* *Best libero :* External linksOfficial website of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NORCECA
The North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) is the international governing body for the sports of volleyball in Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean. NORCECA is the continental confederation that represents its 35 member associations at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) level. It also has six associate members: Bonaire, Saba, Saint Martin, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The confederation is responsible for, among other things, the staging of Olympic and World Championship zone qualification tournaments, as well as continental championships for both men and women in indoor volleyball and beach volleyball. In 2022, NORCECA celebrated its fifty-fourth (54th) anniversary. Origins and expansion During the 1966 Caribbean and Central American Games held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the idea of the NORCECA concept was born. At that time it was known as the Caribbean and Central American Zone. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoana Palacios
Yoana Palacio Mahmudova born 6 October 1990) is a Cuban-born Azerbaijani female volleyball player. She was part of the Cuba women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB World Championship in Japan. She won the silver medal in the 2011 Pan American Games being selected Best Spiker and Most Valuable Player and twice won the bronze medal in the NORCECA Continental Championship, in 2009 and 2011. She won three time the Cuban National League with the team from Ciudad Havana, Capitalinas from 2009 to 2011 and the Azerbaijani League with Rabita Baku in the 2014/15 season. Career 2008–2009 Palacio won the bronze medal in the 2008 Cuban National Games when her team, Centrales, won 3–0 to Venezuela. She led the Cuban Junior national team to the 2008 NORCECA Continental Championship bronze medal. Palacio won the 2009 Cuban National League championship playing with the club Capitalinas, winning the final series 3–0 to Serranas. Before the Continental Championship, her national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball Qualification For The 2012 Summer Olympics
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 the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 In Volleyball
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural number, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Castillo
Brenda Castillo (born June 5, 1992, in San Cristóbal) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic and plays as a libero. She was a member of the Dominican Republic national team that won fifth place in the 2012 Summer Olympics, while she was named the tournament's Best Libero. She played in the 2014 World Championship reaching also the fifth place and ranking 17th in the 2010 World Championship and the 2011 FIVB World Cup where her national team ranked eight and the 2015 FIVB World Cup, winning the Best Libero individual award and ranking in seventh place. She won the silver medal at the 2009 U20 World Championship, 2013 U23 World Championship and Bronze in the 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup and the 2015 Pan American Games. She won the gold medal of the 2009 NORCECA Championship, 2010 Final Four and the 2010 and 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games. Castillo also won the 2008, 2010, 2014 and 2016 Pan American Cup championship. In club compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilmarie Mojica
Vilmarie Mojica (born August 13, 1985, in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico) is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who captained the Women's National Team at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. There the team ended up in eighth and last place, having received a wild card for the event after Peru and Kenya withdrew. Career She participated at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany. Mojica was named ''Best Setter'' at the 2007 NORCECA Championship, where her team finished in fifth place in final rankings. She participated at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship was the sixteenth edition of the competition. Like the previous tournament, the 2010 edition also was held from 29 October to 14 November 2010 in Japan, though the range of venues and locations was modifi .... Awards Individuals * 2007 NORCECA Championship "Best Setter" * 2009 Pan-American Cup "Best Setter" * 2009 NORCECA Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itzel Gaytan
Ixchel or Ix Chel is the 16th-century name of the aged jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine in ancient Maya culture. She corresponds to Toci, an Aztec earth goddess inhabiting the sweatbath. She is related to another Aztec goddess invoked at birth, ''viz.'' Cihuacoatl (or Ilamatecuhtli). In Taube's revised Schellhas-Zimmermann classification of codical deities, Ixchel corresponds to the Goddess O. Identification In the 1500s, Diego de Landa called Ixchel “the Goddess of making children”. He also mentioned her as the goddess of medicine, as shown by the following. In the month of Zip, the feast Ihcil Ixchel was celebrated by the physicians and shamans (''hechiceros''), and divination stones as well as medicine bundles containing little idols of "the Goddess of medicine whom they called Ixchel" were brought forward. In the Ritual of the Bacabs, Ixchel is once called "grandmother". In their combination, the goddess's two principal domains (birthing and healing) sug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanelis Santos
Yanelis Santos Allegne (born 30 March 1986, in Ciego de Ávila) is a volleyball player from Cuba who played for the Cuban women's national team as a setter and opposite. Santos was named "Best Server" at the 2007 FIVB World Cup and the 2008 Summer Olympics. Career National team Santos started playing volleyball as a twelve year old in 1998, then joined the Cuban national team in 2001. Santos played with her national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Even though they had previously defeated the US 3-0, this time they lost 0-3, falling to their nerves and own mistakes. They lost the bronze medal match to China, 1-3. Santos was named the tournament's "Best Server". Santos led the Cuban national team to the silver medal during the 2011 Montreux Volley Masters. She won with her national team the silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. She also won the bronze medal and the Best Spiker award at the 2011 NORCECA Championship. In the 2012 Pan-Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annerys Vargas
Annerys Victoria Vargas Valdez (born August 7, 1981) is a retired female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic who won four consecutive gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games. Career 2003 Vargas won gold medal with the women's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in her home town Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She was selected as the Best Server and Best Blocker. Later that year, she won the bronze medal at the 2003 NORCECA Championship, and was selected as the Best Blocker. 2004 Vargas played as a middle blocker and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for her native country, which finished in 11th place. Playing with the Dominican club Los Cachorros, Vargas finished the 2004 season of the Superior Tournament as the First Runner-Up, after losing to Mirador in the final series. 2005 Vargas joined the Puerto Rican professional team Vaqueras de Bayamón from the LVSF for the 2005 season. She was selected among the "Offensive Team". 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Pavan
Sarah Lindsey Pavan (born August 16, 1986) is a Canadian former beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player. She was part of the Canada women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan. With Melissa Humana-Paredes, she won the women's gold medal at the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships. College indoor volleyball career Pavan played college volleyball at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she led her team to win the 2006 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament, in which she was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Her collegiate accolades are numerous, and include winning the Honda Sports Award for volleyball (2007), the Honda-Broderick Cup (2006–07), the AVCA National Player of the Year (2006), and three times the Big 12 Conference Player of the Year (2005–07). She also won several academic awards, including twice winning ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American of the Year (2007–08) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's tournament in Volleyball at the Summer Olympics, volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was the 13th edition of the event in an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, FIVB, in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee, IOC. It was held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre from 28 July to 11 August 2012. Qualification Pools composition Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Rankings, ranking as of 15 January 2012. Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. After a robin-round, the four highest-placed teams in each group advanced to a knock-out round to decide the medals. Rosters Preliminary round Teams played a Round-robin tournament, round-robin schedule within the pool and those with the top four point totals advanced to a knockout round. Teams were awarded three points for a 3–0 or 3–1 win, tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethania De La Cruz
Bethania de la Cruz de Peña (born May 13, 1987) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, currently playing for the Omaha Supernovas of the Pro Volleyball Federation. She is best known for winning the gold medal with the Dominican women's national team at the 2009 NORCECA Championship and the 2010 Pan-American Cup. Career 2006 De la Cruz won the Most Valuable Player award when she helped her Dominican professional club Mirador to win the Championship. Playing with her ''Junior National Team'' at the 2006 U-20 NORCECA Women's Junior Continental Championship, she won the ''Most valuable player'' and ''Best scorer'' awards. Her team won the silver medal. She became the MVP of the ''2006 TV Azteca's Women Stars Volleyball Cup'', played in Monterrey, Mexico won by the team with a perfect record in 5 matches. Previously, she won the bronze medal in beach volleyball at the ''2006 National Championship'', playing with Karla Echenique. After that season she became "Domi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
