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    Yanagida captains Japanese men’s national team in Olympic year

    Tokyo, Japan, February 25, 2020 – With just 150 days to go until the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 we look at hosts Japan’s men’s volleyball team for the year ahead. The Japanese Volleyball Association and its men’s national team head coach Yuichi Nakagaichi announced a 27-player roster for the “Ryujin (Dragon King) Nippon” for the […] More

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    Lube Civitanova in dreamland with Coppa Italia victory

    Lube Civitanova in dreamland with Coppa Italia victory   Civitanova players and staff celebrate their Coppa Italia win   Bologna, Italy, February 24, 2020 – Lube Civitanova’s Bruno Rezende led the plaudits after Lube Civitanova added the Coppa Italia title to the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Club Championship with victory over Sir Safety Perugia […] More

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    FIVB Beach Volleyball event in Iran postponed

    FIVB Beach Volleyball event in Iran postponed     Lausanne, Switzerland, February 24, 2020 – Following the request of the Volleyball Federation of Iran and the relevant authorities there, a joint decision has been made to postpone the FIVB Beach Volleyball 3-star event scheduled for 3-7 March in Bandar Abbas, Iran, due to the ongoing […] More

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    Crazy one-handed sets!

    Crazy one-handed sets!     Lausanne, Switzerland, February 24, 2020 – What a set! Enjoy watching the most epic one-handed sets of 2019 and highlights from a thrilling year of volleyball including the second edition of the FIVB Volleyball Nations League, Olympic qualification tournaments and the FIVB Volleyball World Cup.Watch more great highlight videos on […] More

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    Nishida guides JTEKT to Japan Men’s V1 Final

    Tokyo, Japan, February 24, 2020 – The Japanese Men’s V1 League started their stepladder playoffs over the February 22-24 weekend with three matches. Were there some upsets or did the higher seeded teams win their matches? Let’s find out. In the Game 1 of the V.Final Stage stepladder playoffs, the 5th placed Sakai Blazers faced […] More

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    Colaci has new deal, but no new trophy

    Colaci has new deal, but no new trophy   Massimo Colaci has signed with Perugia for two more seasons   Perugia, Italy, February 24, 2020 – Massimo Colaci was denied a happy ending to the week in which he extended his deal with Safety Perugia VC when they lost the Italian Cup final to Lube […] More

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    Semeniuk rising in Poland's PlusLiga

    Lausanne, Switzerland, February 24, 2020 – Poland’s Kamil Semeniuk has been having a great season this year, capped this weekend by his performance that helped keep Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle close on the heels of table leaders Verva Warsaw in the PluLiga. With the help of Semeniuk, ZAKSA thundered past Asseco Resovia Rzeszow 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-19) […] More