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AUS Men head to Japan for FIVB World Cup

November 14, 2007 at 12:45 pm · Filed under australian men, australian volleyball teams, fivb, volleyball

On Wednesday, 14 November 2007, the Australian Men’s Volleyball Team (VTAM – Volleyball Team Australia Men) will embark on another first for Australian Volleyball as it travels to Japan for the 2007 FIVB World Cup, 18 Nov – 2 Dec. This follows on from their success in Indonesia in September at the 14th Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship where the team was crowned champions.

The touring side will consist 11 of the 12 athletes from the team that successfully won the Asian Championship with Ben Hardy leading the team once again as captain.

Athletes:

  • Brett Alderman (QLD)
  • Luke Campbell (VIC)
  • Paul Carroll (NSW)
  • Jarryd Christensen (QLD)
  • Phillip DeSalvo (VIC)
  • Andrew Earl (SA)
  • David Ferguson (WA)
  • Andrew Grant (QLD)
  • Ben Hardy (C) (ACT)
  • Nathan Roberts (SA)
  • Matthew Young (QLD)
  • Igor Yudin (VIC)

Staff:
Head Coach – Russell Borgeaud
Assistant Coach – Andrew Strugnell
Trainer/Performance Analyst – Daniel Ilott
Performance Analyst – Stephen Benson
Doctor – Dr Charles Howse
Physiotherapist – Fiona Gutschlag

The World Cup tournament will see the 12 qualified teams (5 continental champions, 4 best vice-continental champions as per world rankings at 15 January 2007, Japan – host, and Bulgaria and Korea as wildcards) compete in the round robin tournament played across Japan with the top three teams gaining direct entry to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Qualified Teams

JPN JAPAN Host Country
ESP SPAIN Europe Champion
USA U.S.A. Norceca Champion
BRA BRAZIL South-America Champion
AUS AUSTRALIA Asia Champion
EGY EGYPT Africa Champion
RUS RUSSIA Europe vice-champion
PUR PUERTO RICO Norceca vice-champion
ARG ARGENTINA South-America vice-champion
TUN TUNISIA Africa vice-champion
BUL BULGARIA Wild Card
KOR KOREA Wild Card

AUS Match Schedule (GMT +9hrs, 2hrs behind Australia AESDT)

18 Nov – AUS v KOR (1305)
19 Nov – AUS v RUS (1235)
20 Nov – AUS v JPN (1800)
22 Nov – AUS v TUN (1505)
23 Nov – AUS v ARG (1505)
25 Nov – AUS v BRA (1805)
26 Nov – AUS v BUL (1535)
27 Nov – AUS v USA (1305)
30 Nov – AUS v ESP (1805)
1 Dec – AUS v PUR (1805)
2 Dec – AUS v EGY (1735)

For more information about the tournament and to get the latest results, live scores and standings go to www.fivb.org or www.vbworldcup.jp/en.

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