Volleyball 2023 Discussion Thread

[Totallympics 69]

Edited December 19, 2022 by Sindo

[Jinzha 702]

New coach for the  women's team:

https://www.volleybalkrant.nl/nieuws/breaking--nieuwe-bondscoach-volleybaldames-bekend/

 

Felix Koslowksi, young German coach of SSC Palmsberg Schwerin. Looks like a good candidate from what I can see so far. Qualifying for Paris will be a very rough mission with the current group of players though.

[Federer91 2,903]

There was a "historical" result in the volleyball world this weekend.  Of course it's on a much lower level, but for anyone, who loves statistics would probably be interesting. 

 

In the top Bulgarian women's division, Maritza Plovdiv lost a match after 7 years and a 145 game winning streak. Out of those 145, 123 were won with 3:0, 19 with 3:1 and only 3 matches ended with a 3:2 win. This speaks enough about the strength of our women's league  

[Gianlu33 4,749]

Paola Egonu during Sanremo, where she was the co-host, hinted that she will return to play with the national team

[Monzanator 4,611]

Sir Safety Perugia which won all 22 games in the Italian Super League regular season (losing only 11 sets) crashes out in QF vs Allianz Milano 2-3 in best of five This means for the first time since 2017 the league final won't be played between Perugia and Cucine Lube Civitanova. Last time neither of these teams were in the final was 2015.

[Monzanator 4,611]

Stefano Lavarini announced a 30-name squad for Nations League and OG qualifying and Malwina Smarzek has been called up again. Let's see if our fans forgot about her not wanting to leave the Russian league last year

[hoversaBR 474]

Our national volleyball federation and its president have been suspended for 6 months after allowing volleyball player Wallace, who was suspended for offensive "jokes" against the president of Brazil, to play in the final of the Superliga, our national championship.

 

Among the consequences are the possible cut of sponsorship by Banco do Brasil, which could prevent Brazil from participating in competitions in 2023. 

 

https://ge.globo.com/volei/noticia/2023/05/02/conselho-de-etica-do-cob-aumenta-suspensao-de-wallace-para-5-anos-e-corta-verbas-da-cbv.ghtml

[Monzanator 4,611]

Zuzanna Górecka picked up a knee injury in the second game of the domestic league final and will be out several months

[Bartek 1]

https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/01/06/2023/qatar-to-host-regions-first-world-volleyball-challenger-cup

Edited June 12, 2023 by Sindo

[MHSN 3,661]

FIVB making revolutionary changes in its calendar, WCh qualifications and Olympic qualifications 

https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/volleyball-calendar-2025-2028-approved-by-the-fivb?id=100917

 

for 2028 Olympic 2026 Continental Champs will act as the Continental qualifiers. to me that's too early , 2 years before the Games?