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Yadier Sánchez
Yadier Sánchez Sierra (born January 8, 1987) is a volleyball player from Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ..., who plays in different positions. He twice won a bronze medal with the Men's National Team in 2007. Individual awards * '' 2007 Pan-American Cup "Best Spiker"'' * '' 2007 Pan-American Cup "Best Scorer"'' References FIVB Profile 1987 births Living people Cuban men's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) {{Cuba-volleyball-bio-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] |
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] |
2007 Volleyball America's Cup
The 2007 Volleyball America's Cup was the sixth edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by six countries from North, Central and South America. The tournament was held from August 15 to August 19, 2007 in Manaus, Brazil. Squads Main Round Group A *Wednesday August 15 *Thursday August 16 *Friday August 17 Group B *Wednesday August 15 *Thursday August 16 *Friday August 17 Final round Semi-finals *Saturday 2007-08-18 Finals *Saturday 2007-08-18 — Fifth Place Match *Sunday 2007-08-19 — Bronze Medal Match *Sunday 2007-08-19 — Gold Medal Match ---- Final ranking Awards *Most valuable player ** *Best spiker ** *Best server ** *Best blocker ** *Best scorer ** *Best digger ** *Best setter ** *Best receiver ** References Sports123 {{Volleyball America's Cup Volleyball America's Cup A A Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship
The NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of North America, Central America and the Caribbean, organized by the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation ( NORCECA). Since its introduction in 1969 the tournaments have occurred every two years. The competition has been dominated by Cuba and United States, who have won together 26 of the 28 editions of the tournament. Results summary Medals Summary Most valuable player by edition * 1969 – 1999 – Unknown *2001 – Ángel Dennis *2003 – Clay Stanley *2005 – Raidel Poey *2007 – Lloy Ball *2009 – Wilfredo León *2011 – Keibel Gutiérrez *2013 – Matt Anderson *2015 – Nicholas Hoag *2017 – Micah Christenson *2019 – Miguel Ángel López *2021 – Arturo Iglesias *2023 – Micah Christenson See also * NORCECA Women's Volleyball Championship * Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship * Boys' Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
The 2007 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the Men's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from September 16 to September 21, 2007 in the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, United States. Competing nations Squads Preliminary round Group A *Sunday September 16 *Monday September 17 *Tuesday September 18 Group B *Sunday September 16 *Monday September 17 *Tuesday September 18 Final round Quarter-finals *Wednesday 2007-09-19 Semi-finals *Thursday 2007-09-20 — 5th/8th place *Thursday 2007-09-20 — 1st/4th place Finals *Friday 2007-09-21 — Seventh Place Match *Friday 2007-09-21 — Fifth Place Match *Friday 2007-09-21 — Bronze Medal Match *Friday 2007-09-21 — Gold Medal Match Final ranking **''USA and Puerto Rico qualified for the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup'' Awards *Most valuable player ** Lloy Ball *Best scorer ** Héctor Soto *Best spiker ** Victo ... [...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] |
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital. Cuba is the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with about 10 million inhabitants. It is the largest country in the Caribbean by area. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited as early as the 4th millennium BC, with the Guanahatabey and Taino, Taíno peoples inhabiting the area at the time of Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba Men's National Volleyball Team
The Cuba men's national volleyball team () represents Cuba in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Federación Cubana De Voleibol. Cuba in the 1976 Summer Olympics won their first bronze medal. In FIVB competitions, the national team won one gold each at World Cup, World Grand Champions Cup, World League and Challenger Cup. Cuba also attained two silver and two bronze World Championship medals and have won the NORCECA Championship 15 times with a 6-peat record. Results Olympic Games *1972 – 10th place *1976 – Bronze medal *1980 – 7th place *1984 – Qualified but withdrew due 1984 boycott *1988 – Quafified but withdrew due 1988 boycott *1992 – 4th place *1996 – 6th place *2000 – 7th place *2004 – Didn't Qualify *2008 – Didn't Qualify *2012 – Didn't Qualify *2016 – 11th place *2020 – Didn't Qualify *2024 – Didn't Qualify World Championship *1956 – 19th place *1966 – 17th place *1970 – 13th place *1974 – 8th pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The 2007 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the second edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by seven teams from North American countries from June 1 to June 9, 2007 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The event served as a qualifier for the 2008 America's Cup in Brazil. The winner of each pool automatically advanced to the semi-finals and the teams placed in second and third met in crossed matches in the quarterfinals round. Mexico win the event. Competing nations Squads Preliminary round Group A *Sunday June 3 *Monday June 4 *Tuesday June 5 Group B *Sunday June 3 *Monday June 4 *Tuesday June 5 Final round Quarterfinals *Wednesday June 6, 2007 Classification *Thursday June 7, 2007 — Fifth Place Match *Thursday June 7, 2007 — Sixth Place Match Semi-finals *Thursday June 7, 2007 Finals *Friday June 8, 2007 — Bronze Medal Match *Friday June 8, 2007 — Gold Medal Match Final ranking **''Mexico, Puerto Rico and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader Mohammad Najibullah says that Afghanistan's 1978 Communist revolution is "not reversible," and that any opposition parties will have to align with Communist goals. * January 4 – ** 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people. ** Televangelist Oral Roberts announces to his viewers that unless they donate $8 million to his ministry by March 31, God will "call [him] home." * January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, is forced into retirement by political conservatives. * January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Cuban Men's Volleyball Players
Cuban or Cubans may refer to: Related to Cuba * of or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendant thereof * Cuban Americans, citizens of the United States who are of Cuban descent * Cuban Spanish, the dialect of Cuba * Culture of Cuba * Cuban cigar * Cuban cuisine ** Cuban sandwich People with the surname * Brian Cuban (born 1961), American lawyer and activist * Mark Cuban (born 1958), American entrepreneur See also * * Kuban (other) * List of Cubans * Demographics of Cuba * Cuban Boys, a British music act * Cuban eight, a type of aerobatic maneuver * Cuban Missile Crisis * Cubane Cubane is a synthetic hydrocarbon compound with the Chemical formula, formula . It consists of eight carbon atoms arranged at the corners of a Cube (geometry), cube, with one hydrogen atom attached to each carbon atom. A solid crystalline substanc ..., a synthetic hydr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
