VolleyRuller96

Well I think French song would be better if it were... slower

How old is the Bulgarian kid? 14? What a voice

The last 3 songs are probably my favorites

Romanian song is sooo awesome

Cyprus joins my top 3

Spain

Wow, Italy my new favorite

Belarus and Armenia definitely better than the rest so far IMO

Okay, bonus points for Belarus as theysing in their national language

Lackluster song by Israel...

Slovakia & Slovenia

BOARD DISCUSSES OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION PROCESS FOR TOKYO 2020 Beach volleyball qualification processThe Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will include a total of 24 teams per gender. Qualification places are allocated to national federations and not teams, with each national federation allowed to have a maximum of two teams representing them per gender.As hosts, Japan are guaranteed one qualification berth per gender.The World Olympic Qualification tournament will provide two places to the Olympic Games, and the 16 teams participating in this tournament will be based on the World Tour ranking as of December 31, 2018. One place will be made available to the winning country of the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships. The 15 highest ranked teams on the Olympic Ranking List will each earn one quota place for their national federation to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, with the remaining five places will be given to the national federations that win the Continental Cup Finals. Volleyball and beach volleyball at the 2020 Olympic Games in TokyoTokyo sees the Olympic Games return there after they were first hosted in the Japanese capital in 1964. For volleyball there is special significance and emotion, as it was in Tokyo 1964 that the sport was first officially introduced to the Olympic Programme.The Games of the XXXII Olympiad will begin on Friday, July 24 with the opening ceremony and wrap up on Sunday, August 9 when the Olympic flame will be extinguished and the Olympic flag handed over to the organisers of the 2024 Games. Both the opening and the closing ceremonies will be held at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, which is undergoing an extensive facelift for the event.The men's and women's volleyball tournaments will be held at the to-be-built Ariake Arena, designed for 12,000 spectators, on area reclaimed from the sea. The Ariake area will also host cycling, gymnastics and tennis at Tokyo 2020.

FINALLY BOARD DISCUSSES OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION PROCESS FOR TOKYO 2020 Marrakesh, Morocco, May 4, 2017 – A proposed qualification process for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was discussed by members of the Board of Administration during their two day meeting in Marrakesh. The system of qualification put forward to board members is designed to enhance the universality of participating teams at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in four years’ time. Under the proposed system, world and international tournaments will provide countries with their first opportunities to secure their places at the Olympic Games, with Continental Championships and world rankings providing the remaining spots. The qualification process will be confirmed after approval and ratification by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Volleyball qualification process With host country Japan already guaranteed a place in Tokyo, the World Olympic Qualification tournament will provide three countries with their ticket to the Olympic Games. This tournament will comprise 12 teams including the 2018 World Champions, the tournament host country and the top two teams from each of the five confederations. A further three spots will be up for grabs at the International Olympic Qualification tournament, which will be composed the top 12 teams in FIVB World Ranking. The remaining five places will be filled by the winners of the Continental championships. FIVB Volleyball World Cup will still feature in the FIVB’s 2019 competition schedule although it will no longer provide a qualification spot for the Tokyo 2020 Games. Volleyball and beach volleyball at the 2020 Olympic Games in TokyoTokyo sees the Olympic Games return there after they were first hosted in the Japanese capital in 1964. For volleyball there is special significance and emotion, as it was in Tokyo 1964 that the sport was first officially introduced to the Olympic Programme.The Games of the XXXII Olympiad will begin on Friday, July 24 with the opening ceremony and wrap up on Sunday, August 9 when the Olympic flame will be extinguished and the Olympic flag handed over to the organisers of the 2024 Games. Both the opening and the closing ceremonies will be held at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, which is undergoing an extensive facelift for the event.The men's and women's volleyball tournaments will be held at the to-be-built Ariake Arena, designed for 12,000 spectators, on area reclaimed from the sea. The Ariake area will also host cycling, gymnastics and tennis at Tokyo 2020.

BRAZILIAN NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL TEAM FOR FIVB WORLD LEAGUE 2017 SETTERS Bruno Rezende Raphael Vieira de Oliveira Murilo Radke RECEIVERS Ricardo Lucarelli Lucas Loh Mauricio Borges Almeida da Silva Luiz Felipe Fonteles Douglas Souza da Silva Jose Maria Rodriguez MIDDLE BLOCKERS Isac Santos Lucas Saatkamp Eder Carbonera Mauricio Souza Otavio Henrique ATTACKERS Wallace De Souza Evandro Guerra Renan Buiatti Rafael Rodriguez Araujo LIBEROS Mario da Silva Pedreira Junior Tiago Brendle Thales Hoss HEAD COACH: Renan Dal Zotto

This week's International Friendly Matches Results and Schedule 09.05 Montenegro 2-3 Iran ( 28-26 ; 21-25 ; 26-24 ; 16-25 ; 10-15 ) 10.05 Montenegro 0-3 Iran ( 14-25 ; 17-25 ; 22-25 ) 11.05 Ukraine 3-1 Belarus ( 23-25 ; 25-22 ; 25-16 ; 25-16 ) 11.05 Portugal 1-3 Estonia ( 22-25 ; 18-25 ; 25-20 ; 23-25 ) 11.05 Azerbeijan 3-0 Pakistan ( 25-22 ; 25-18 ; 25-21 ) 12.05 Qatar 1-3 Algeria ( 35-37 ; 25-14 ; 17-25 ; 21-25 ) 12.05 Iran 3-0 Saudi Arabia ( 25-18 ; 25-23 ; 25-18 ) 12.05 Latvia 1-3 Belarus ( 25-23 ; 12-25 ; 19-25 ; 18-25 ) 12.05 Denmark 3 -2 Sweden (25-27 ; 25-14 ; 25-20 ;15-25 ; 15-11) 12.05 Netherlands 3-0 Czech Republic ( 25-17 ; 25-15 ; 25-19 ) 12.05 Portugal 0-3 Estonia ( 20-25 ; 20-25 ; 19-25 ) 13.05 Netherlands 3-2 Czech Republic ( 23-25 ; 25-21 ; 22-25 ; 25-20 ; 15-12 ) 13.05 France 3-1 Belgium ( 25-15 ; 25-19 ; 22-25 ; 25-19 ) 13.05 Ukraine 3-0 Latvia ( 27-25 ; 25-21 ; 25-19 ) 14.05 Slovenia 3-2 Iran ( 25-18 ; 22-25 ; 21-25 ; 25-13 ; 15-12 )

Murilo Endres tested positive for doping (furosemid)

Swedish men claim two straight wins over Hungary en route to World Champs qualifier Örebro, Sweden, May 8, 2017. The Swedish men’s national team is currently preparing for the upcoming qualification round to the 2018 FIVB Volleyball World Championship. On Friday evening, the Swedes took on Hungary in a friendly match, which the hosts eventually claimed by 3-0 in front of an ecstatic home crowd. Team captain Erik Sundberg received the award for the Most Valuable Player of the match after putting up an impressive performance, blocking down his opponents and unleashing some devastating spikes. “I am pleased with our performance. This is something we can build on. I am especially happy that we were able to put up such a show at home in front of our fans and the coming generations of Swedish Volleyball players,” Sweden head coach Johan Isacsson said after the match. The friendly, which represented the opening ceremony of the so-called Mikasa Challenge, Sweden’s largest Volleyball youth tournament, gathered a crowd of about 1,800, thereby creating a fantastic atmosphere in the fully packed Idrottshuset arena in Örebro. The two national teams challenged each other again Sunday late afternoon in Linköping, and this resulted in another 3-0 victory for the Swedes. Since last weekend, the Swedish team has been in a training camp, working on the team spirit, going through tactics and studying the upcoming opponents. Coach Isacsson is satisfied with what the team has shown since his players have come together: “I believe in this team. We have a lot of interesting players with great potential and character.”

We have a tough group... the girls should beat Colombia or maybe Thailand, but I don't see them winning over Italy or Serbia.

Latvia not qualifying left me stunned TBH. They were definitely amongst my favourites. Anyway, I probably won't be watching semifinal II in order to not lose completely interest in final, but I hope the quality will be much higher.

POOOLAND IN FINAL

Sweden also qualified

Moldova qualified

Our commentator seems to rather love her

So my top 5 of this SF Cyprus Sweden Iceland Latvia Poland

Latvia sounds good, but what's withbthe choreography