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2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup
The 2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2008 AVC Cup for Men was the inaugural edition of the Asian Cup, played by top eight teams of the 2007 Asian Championship. The tournament was held at MCC Hall Convention Center, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 20 to 26 September 2008. Pools composition The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. Venue Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Final round Quarterfinals 5th–8th semifinals Semifinals 7th place 5th place 3rd place Final Final standing Team Roster Mojtaba Attar, Saeid Marouf, Javad Mohammadinejad, Arash Keshavarzi, Hamzeh Zarini, Mohammad Mohammadkazem, Alireza Nadi, Ahsanollah Shirkavand, Mansour Zadvan, Farhad Nazari Afshar, Mehdi Mahdavi, Mohammad Mousavi Head Coach: Hossein Maadani Awards *MVP: Hamzeh Zarini *Best scorer: Yasuyuki Shibakoya *Best spiker: Park Chul-woo *Best server: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakhon Ratchasima
Nakhon Ratchasima ( th, นครราชสีมา, ) is one of the four major cities of Isan, Thailand, known as the "big four of Isan". The city is commonly known as Korat (, ), a shortened form of its name. It is the governmental seat of the Nakhon Ratchasima province and Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima district. After Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Korat is the third largest city in Thailand. Korat is at the western edge of the Korat Plateau. Historically, it once marked the boundary between Lao and Siam territory. It is the gateway to the Lao-speaking northeast (Isan). Its location is . , the municipal area - as a small part of Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima - had a population of 126,391, while the Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima district, forming Korat's urban area, has a population of 450,000 (Estimate 2022). Toponymy Archaeological evidence suggests that in Sung Noen District 32 km west of present-day Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) there were two ancient towns called ''Sema'' (" Bai sema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansour Zadvan
Mansour ( ar, منصور, Manṣūr); also spelled Mounsor, Monsur (Bengali), Mansoor, Manser, Mansur, Mansyur (Indonesian) or Mensur (Turkish), is a male Arabic name that means "He who is victorious", from the Arabic root '' naṣr'' (نصر), meaning "victory." The first known bearer of the name was Al-Mansur, second Abbasid caliph and the founder of Baghdad. Other people called Mansour during the golden Age of Islam include: * Ismail al-Mansur, third ruler of the Fatimid dynasty ruled from 946 to 953. * Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic, writer, and teacher of Sufism * Almanzor, 10th-century ruler of al-Andalus * Mansur ibn Ilyas, Timurid physician * Mansur Khan (Moghul Khan), a khan of Moghulistan * Mansur Shah of Malacca, a sultan of Malacca * Mansur I of Samanid and Mansur II of Samanid, amirs of the Samanids * Mansur ad-Din of Adal, 15th-century sultan of Adal. Imams of Yemen * Al-Mansur Yahya (d. 976) * Al-Mansur Abdallah (1166-1217) * Al-Mansur al-Hasan (1199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In Volleyball
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the form , being an integer greater than 1. * the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime. * the base of the octal number system, which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one digit represents three bits. In modern computers, a byte is a grouping of eight bits, also called an octet. * a Fibonacci number, being plus . The next Fibonacci number is . 8 is the only positive Fibonacci number, aside from 1, that is a perfect cube. * the only nonzero perfect power that is one less than another perfect power, by Mihăilescu's Theorem. * the order of the smallest non-abelian group all of whose subgroups are normal. * the dimension of the octonions and is the highest possible dimension of a normed division algebra. * the first number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chien Wei-lun
Chien may refer to: *Chien (name) *Les Chiens, Canadian rock band * ''The Dogs'' (film) or , a 1979 French drama film *Jian (other), zh, links=no, w=chien *Padre Pedro Chien Municipality or Chien, a municipality in Venezuela *Qian (other), zh, links=no, w=ch'ien See also *Bayou de Chien, Kentucky, United States *Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, United States *Rivière aux Chiens (other), multiple rivers in Quebec, Canada *''La Chienne'', 1931 French film *''La Chienne'' (story), a short story by Georges de La Fouchardière that was later turned into several films * * * *Chine A chine () is a steep-sided coastal gorge where a river flows to the sea through, typically, soft eroding cliffs of sandstone or clays. The word is still in use in central Southern England—notably in East Devon, Dorset, Hampshire and the Is ..., a steep-sided coastal gorge where a river flows to the sea * Chine (other) * L'Autrichienne (other) {{dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeo Oh-hyun
Yeo Oh-hyun (Hangul: 여오현; born ) is a South Korean male volleyball player. He currently plays the libero position for the Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers. Career Clubs Yeo, a 5-foot-9 (1.75 m) libero, played outside hitter for Hongik University for two years before converting to libero in the 1998–99 collegiate season. In the 2000 Super League semi-pro draft, Yeo was selected seventh overall by Samsung Fire Volleyball Club. As the starting libero, Yeo helped the Samsung Fire Bluefangs win the national championship 11 times in the semi-pro Super League (2001−2004) and pro V-League (2005, 2008−2013). After the 2012–13 V-League season, Yeo signed a contract with the Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers as a free agent. In the 2016–17 season, Yeo won his eighth V-League championship, leading the Skywalkers to their third V-League title. National team In June 2001 Yeo was first selected for the South Korean senior national team to compete at the 2001 Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saranchit Charoensuk
Saranchit Charoensuk ( th, สราญจิตต์ เจริญสุข, born July 20, 1987) is a member of the Thailand men's national volleyball team. Clubs * Suan Dusit (2012–2013) * Sisaket–Suan Dusit (2013–2014) * Chonburi E-Tech Air Force (2014–2015) * Air Force (2016–2017) * Nakhon Ratchasima (2017–present) Awards Individuals * '' 2008 AVC Cup "Best Setter"'' * '' 2017–18 Thailand League "Best Setter"'' * '' 2018–19 Thailand League "Best Setter"'' Clubs * 2012–13 Thailand League - Runner-up, with Suandusit * 2014–15 Thailand League - Runner-up, with Chonburi E-Tech Air Force * 2015 Thai–Denmark Super League - Champion, with Chonburi E-Tech Air Force * 2016–17 Thailand League - Champion, with Air Force * 2017 Thai–Denmark Super League - Runner-up, with Air Force * 2017–18 Thailand League - Champion, with Nakhon Ratchasima Nakhon Ratchasima ( th, นครราชสีมา, ) is one of the four major cities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cui Jianjun
Cui Jianjun (born 1985-08-01 in Kaifeng, Henan) is a male Chinese volleyball player. He was part of the silver medal winning team at the 2006 Asian Games. He competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 .... ReferencesProfile 1985 births Living people Olympic volleyball players for China People from Kaifeng Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players from Henan Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2010 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2014 Asian Games Chinese men's volleyball players Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-volleyba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Chul-woo (volleyball)
Park Chul-woo (Hangul: 박철우; born in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do) is a South Korean male volleyball player. On club level he currently plays for the Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm. Career Club career Park began his professional career out of high school in 2004 after signing a contract with the Hyundai Capital Skywalkers. An unrestricted free agent in the 2010 offseason, Park was signed by the Samsung Fire Bluefangs on May 31. International career Park first garnered attention at the 2003 World Junior Volleyball Championship, where he led his team to the semifinals of the tournament as the starting opposite spiker. Next year he won the gold medal at the 2004 Asian Junior Volleyball Championship as part of the South Korean junior national team. In 2005 Park got called up to the junior national team again for the 2005 World Junior Volleyball Championship, where his team finished in sixth place. Park first joined the South Korean senior national team in 2006 and took part in the 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuyuki Shibakoya
Yasuyuki is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yasuyuki can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *靖幸, "peaceful, happiness" *靖行, "peaceful, to go" *靖之, "peaceful, of" *康幸, "healthy, happiness" *康行, "healthy, to go" *康之, "healthy, of" *安幸, "tranquil, happiness" *安行, "tranquil, to go" *保幸, "preserve, happiness" *保行, "preserve, to go" *保之, "preserve, of" *泰幸, "peaceful, happiness" *泰行, "peaceful, to go" *八洲幸, "8, continent, happiness" *易幸, "divination, happiness" *安由紀, "tranquil, reason, chronicle" The name can also be written in hiragana やすゆき or katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived f ... ヤスユキ. Notable people with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hossein Maadani
Hossein Maadani ( fa, حسین معدنی, 7 May 1971 – 1 August 2014) was an Iranian volleyball player and coach. He was assistant coach and head coach of Iran men's national volleyball team The Iran Men's National Volleyball Team is the official national men's volleyball team of Iran. It is governed by the Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (I.R.I.V.F.) and takes part in internatio ... from 2007 to 2014. Individual *Best setter: 2002 Asian Club Championship Notes References نهم تیرماه، سالروز پرواز مرد بیهمتای والیبال ایران و آذربایجان زنده یاد «حسین معدنی» 1971 births Sportspeople from Ardabil Iranian men's volleyball players 2014 deaths Volleyball players at the 1994 Asian Games Iranian volleyball coaches Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Iran 21st-century Iranian people {{Iran-volleyball-bio-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Mousavi (volleyball)
Seyed Mohammad Mousavi Eraghi ( fa, سید محمد موسوی عراقی, born 22 August 1987 in Dezful) is an Iranian volleyball player, who plays as a middle blocker for the Iran men's national volleyball team. Name His family is originally from Arak and because in the past the city's name was " Eragh-e Ajam" (meaning Persian Iraq, or non-Arab Iraq) his family name is followed by "Eraghi" (Iraqi). Career National team Mousavi was invited to national team in 2008. He was named Best Blocker at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament, where Iran ended up on sixth place and missed qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. He was named twice the Best Blocker in Asian Championship. He made a brilliant performance in 2013 World League and was named Best Middle Blocker in 2015 World Cup. Clubs He started his career in volleyball club Louleh Sazi Ahvaz. He played for Petrochimi Bandar Imam, Paykan Tehran, Giti Pasand Isfahan, Kalleh Mazandaran, Matin Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehdi Mahdavi
Mehdi Mahdavi ( fa, مهدی مهدوی, born 13 February 1984) is an Iranian volleyball player, who former played as a setter for the Iran national team of the year 2007–2016. worldofvolley.com After competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics he announced his retirement from the national team aiming to give more chances to younger players. Mahdavi is married and has a daughter and a son. Honours National team * |
