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VolleyCountry Gift – Free E-book Q&A
DOWNLOAD FREE E-BOOK Christmas is already here! Are you excited? We suppose that you’ve decorated the Christmas tree and you are going to spend the holidays with your beloved people. Here, on VolleyCountry, we are also a volleyball family and we are very happy that...
Eight clubs in Russia in a bankruptcy storm?
Most teams in the Russian Super League are in dire financial straits, Bulgarian media reported today as per information of a newspaper called "24 hours". The championship, which was until now named as the best financially secured, is on the verge of a...
The Different Faces of Volleyball – PART 1
Volleyball is regarded as the sixth most popular sport in the world with more than 900 million people from all over the globe either playing or watching it. This popularity can inevitably lead to the creation of separate forms of the game with different rules,...
Dobriana Rabadzhieva: Let the magic of Christmas Eve enter your home
Christmas is already here! Are you excited? Because we definitely are! This is why we continue with our Christmas interviews! You already had the chance to read the Christmas answers of Elitsa Vasileva and Robertlandy Simon, but as promised –we are not stopping here!...
Poland to host the finals in FIVB World League 2015?
The Polish Volleyball Federation asked to organize the F6 in FIVB World League 2015. The news come days after the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation announced refusal of hosting the final stage of the most commercial tournament in the upcoming year. ...
Dominican Republic Reign Supreme in Cordoba
Coach Jose Alvarez described the final as a match of World League intensity and lauded the hard work from his side in the seven months leading up to the Central America and Caribbean Games. After suffering a series of setbacks, including not qualifying for the...
Le Cannet does not waste time nor energy
The 8th leg of the French league opened up with the game between SF Paris St. Cloud against last position, Hainaut. Odds were obviously running in favor of capital team and the final result did not fail to consent so: 3-1 (25-22, 21-25, 25-17, 25-13), not giving...
Perfect season ending for Nummerdor-Varenhorst
The last few months of 2014 have been very auspicious for the veteran Reinder Nummerdor and the tall blocker Christiaan Varenhorst. The Dutchmen won their second World Tour gold in only their third tournament together and thus close the season in perfect style. Having...
Corruption Knocks on FIVB Doors
The FIVB president Ary Graca is in the eye of a storm. The reason? There are some claims of irregularities about misappropriation of 11.3 million dollars when he was Head of Brazil’s Volleyball Federation. According to a report by the country’s anti-corruption agency,...
WL: Bulgarian Lion devoured Polish White Eagle
Bulgaria beat Poland twice this weekend getting Final 6 promotion. After a straight victory on Friday, Bulgaria, led by outstanding Tsvetan Sokolov and unstoppable Todor Aleksiev, claimed tie-break despite Poland was already losing 0-2. The second game of the day in...
WL: Germany victorious at the end
Germany end World League group stage just behind the giants of Italy and Russia. In the last game, Black Eagles returned the favor to Iran for a Friday defeat that deprived them of the hopes of qualifying for the final tournament. Denys Kaliberda turned out to be key...
WL: Iran got Final 6 dreams out of German’s head. Russia advanced!
Iran beat and overtake Germany in the World League Pool B standings. As a result, Germany lost a chance to appear in Mar Del Plata for the Finals at the expense of Russia. Iran - Germany 3 – 0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-20) Iran: Marouf 5, Davoodi 8,...
History made – Indian eves-volley ball
“All good things come to those who wait” is a wonderful line mouthed by Robert De Niro in the blockbuster movie Ronin. Volleyball has been in the news for all the wrong reasons a couple of years ago, courtesy, goons who threw Arunima Sinha a former national level...
‘’Weekly prophet” – transfer news episode 6 (part 2)
Where Giba is going to spent the last season of his amazing career and where Ricardo Garcia will try to lose his opponents block and his excess fat? Which team is going to dominate in France in spite of being a brand new team in Pro A League? To find out glance...
“Weekly prophet” – transfer news episode 6 (part 1)
This is “Weekly prophet”. If you thought that Matteo Martino will not be able to find a new employer after his tomfooleries in Poland, you were not right. If you want to find out which team desire to ‘steal’ Tsvetan Sokolov from Trentino Volley, you need to analyze...
The dominant youth Russian generation
Russia won also the second major volleyball event in 2013 for boys under the age of 20. Sbornaya outclassed a surprisngly well-prepared Chinese squad on Sunday evening in Tijuana, Mexico, to grab the World U19 title less than three months after they conquered the...
WL: Final 6 without Russia? It is possible!
Germany overcame Russia after exciting five sets match in Frankfurt and may deprive “Sborna’’ Finals participation. As Russia has already finished its competition in Pool B and Germany still has two games remaining against Iran next weekend, so if only Vital Heynen’s...
Wind of change in Bulgarian volleyball or not?
Sports (and volleyball in particular) are strong weapons against injustices in the world. We all would agree that it is wonderful when we are talking about the good parts of the game -about the FIVB World League or about big volleyball stars. But truth is that...
Golden Dutchmen shine brightly in Stare Jablonki
One of the tallest and youngest beach volleyball teams in the world were the pleasant surprise of the ninth World Championship, held in the small, but vivid Polish village Stare Jablonki. There were a lot of question marks at the beginning of the week and it would be...
Canada booked a ticket to Mar del Plata!
Thanks to the last win with Japan, Canada secured it's place in the finals of the World League 2013. Although the hosts didn't have any chance to get to the finals, they fought with the great dose of sacrifice and willingness to victory. The struggle between...
Cuneo has a new player – Antonin Rouzier
A few days ago we informed about the departure of the French opposite from Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle. Rouzier found a new place quickly and moved to Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo. Let's remind that Antonin Rouzier was a part of Zaksa for two years. His last weeks in PlusLiga...
WL, pool A – Horror show in Spodek hall
Tonight crazy Polish fans had an opportunity to go through every emotional state - after five sets and almost 3 hours, Poland beat USA team. Poland opened this game with confidence and they took a lead for the first TTO (8:4). After that, Bartek Kurek was...
Rodrigo Quiroga: France is in a great level
Argentina lost to Poland last Weekend, and will face France in Salta in the last two matches before Final 6 held in Mar del Plata. Argentinean wing spiker Rodrigo Quiroga analyzed the losses against the polish and gave its impressions of their next rival. ...