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Trinity Western Spartans Men's Volleyball
The Trinity Western Spartans men's volleyball team is a university varsity volleyball program in Canada that represents Trinity Western University, competing in the Canada West Universities Athletics Association of U Sports. Based out of Langley, British Columbia, the Spartans play their home games at the Langley Events Centre, a multi-sport facility close to the main campus. Led by then head coach Ron Pike, the Spartans won their first ever National Championship in 2006, defeating the University of Alberta Golden Bears in the final by a score of 3–0. Since then, the Spartans have won five more championships, for a total of six, hoisting the Tantramar Trophy again in 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, and 2019. The Spartans were led by head coach Ben Josephson from 2007 to 2022 before he took over as the head coach for Canada's men's volleyball program. Adam Schriemer and Ben Ball are now the interim co-head coaches. In the Canada West conference, the Spartans have won the league title seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley Events Centre
The Langley Events Centre is a multipurpose facility in the Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The LEC debuted in April 2009, hosting the 2009 BC Gymnastics Championships. It boasts an arena bowl with a 5,276 capacity for sports, including 24 individual suites. The LEC also showcases a triple Gymnasium with a capacity of 2,200 spectators under its centre court configuration. The venue's second building houses the Field House, a dry floor arena, as well as a double gymnasium with a capacity of 1,000 spectators. Other highlights of the facility include a Banquet Hall with an 800-person capacity, an indoor walking track, meeting rooms, and the Willoughby Community Centre, while includes a fitness facility, outdoor playground and various grass and turf fields. The LEC is home to the Langley Gymnastics Foundation, a non-profit organization offering gymnastics programming for recreational and competitive athletes. History The Langley Events Centre, the largest sports and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Marshall (volleyball)
Steven James Douglas Marshall (born 23 November 1989) is a Canadian male volleyball player. He is a member of the Canada men's national volleyball team and German club Berlin Volleys. Steven was also a participant in the 2016 Summer Olympics, a gold medallist at the NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship in 2015, and a bronze medallist at the 2015 Pan American Games. Personal life Steven was born in Abbotsford, British Columbia to parents Robin and David Marshall. Growing up, Steven was a multi-sport athlete, and at the age of 15 he started playing competitive volleyball. Career Steven began his post-secondary volleyball career at Trinity Western University, playing with the Spartans men's volleyball team. He spent four years there, highlighted by winning the CIS national championship in 2012. Steven first joined the Senior men's national team in 2014, after joining the 'B' team in 2012. He was a member of the squad that finished a national best 7th place at the 2014 FIVB Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Jastrzębski Węgiel, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Jastrzębie-Zdrój in southern Poland, founded in 1961. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga. Two–time Polish Champion and one time Polish Cup winner. Since the beginning of its foundation, the club is closely linked to coal mining in the region. Honours Domestic * Polish Championship :Winners (2): 2003–04, 2020–21 * Polish Cup :Winners (1): 2009–10 * Polish SuperCup :Winners (2): 2021–22, 2022–23 International * CEV Champions League :Semifinalists (1): 2021–22 :Final Four (2): 2010–11, 2013–14 * FIVB Club World Championship :Silver (1): 2011 * CEV Challenge Cup :Silver (1): 2008–09 European record Club history The history of volleyball in Jastrzębie-Zdrój dates back to 1949 when a group of young boys from the local schools gathered by a sports executive Jan Maciejewski formed a club under the name ''LZS Jastrzębie''. In 1961 the club ceased to exist and in the sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VC Zenit-Kazan
VC Zenit-Kazan (russian: Зенит-Казань), until 2008 known as Dinamo Tattransgaz Kazan (russian: Динамо-Таттрансгаз), is a professional men's volleyball team based in Kazan, Russia. It plays in the Super League (10-time champion). The team won the 2007–08, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18 CEV Champions League titles, thus being the most-titled club in its new history. Achievements International competitions * CEV Champions League ::Winners (6): 2008, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 ::Runners-up (2): 2011, 2019 ::Third place (1): 2013 * FIVB Club World Championship ::Winners (1): 2017 ::Runners-up (2): 2015, 2016 ::Third place (3): 2009, 2011,2019 Domestic competitions * Russian Super League ::Winners (10): 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 ::Runners-up (2): 2019, 2020 ::Third place (5): 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2022 * Russian Cup ::Winners (10): 2004, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paykan Tehran VC
Paykan Tehran Volleyball Club ( fa, باشگاه والیبال پیکان تـهران, ''Bâshgâh-e Vâlibâl-e Peykân-e Tehrân'') is an Iranian professional volleyball team based in Tehran, Iran. The team is owned by Iran Khodro, an Iranian automobile manufacturer, and it competes in the Iranian Volleyball Super League. Paykan VC is the volleyball club of the multisport '' Paykan Sport Club''. History Establishment Paykan Tehran Volleyball Club was founded in 1967 in Tehran, Iran, as a part of Paykan Sports Club. They started playing matches in 1969 when they played a series of exhibition games against European opponents. Success They are the most successful volleyball club in Iran with 12 league titles. Paykan is also the most decorated club in Asian volleyball, as they have won the Asian Club Championships a record eight times. In 2010 Paykan placed third in the World Club Championships. Arena ''Sapco'' is the home arena for Paykan and hosts all competitive and offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship
The 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 7th edition of the event. It was held in Doha, Qatar from 8 to 14 October 2011. Qualification Pools composition Squads Venue Pool standing procedure # Match points # Number of matches won # Sets ratio # Points ratio # Result of the last match between the tied teams Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser Preliminary round *All times are Arabia Standard Time ( UTC+03:00). Pool A Pool B Final round *All times are Arabia Standard Time ( UTC+03:00). Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards *Most Valuable Player : Osmany Juantorena ( Trentino Diatec) *Best Scorer : Maxim Mikhaylov ( Zenit Kazan) *Best Spiker : Osmany Juantorena ( Trentino Diatec) *Best Blocker : Russell Holmes ( Jastrzębski Węgiel) *Best Server : Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qatar
Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. The Gulf of Bahrain, an inlet of the Persian Gulf, separates Qatar from nearby Bahrain. The capital is Doha, home to over 80% of the country's inhabitants, and the land area is mostly made up of flat, low-lying desert. Qatar has been ruled as a hereditary monarchy by the House of Thani since Mohammed bin Thani signed a treaty with the British in 1868 that recognised its separate status. Following Ottoman rule, Qatar became a British protectorate in 1916, and gained independence in 1971. The current emir is Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who holds nearly all executive and legislative authority under the Constituti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doha
Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the country's population. It is also Qatar's fastest growing city, with over 80% of the nation's population living in Doha or its surrounding suburbs. Doha was founded in the 1820s as an offshoot of Al Bidda. It was officially declared as the country's capital in 1971, when Qatar gained independence from being a British protectorate. As the commercial capital of Qatar and one of the emergent financial centers in the Middle East, Doha is considered a beta-level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Doha accommodates Education City, an area devoted to research and education, and Hamad Medical City, an administrative area of medical care. It also includes Doha Sports City, or Aspire Zone, an international sports destina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 FIVB Roster - TWU Spartans
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2012 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The 2012 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the first edition of the bi-annual men's volleyball tournament, played by five countries from September 25 – 30, 2012 at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. Competing nations Pool standing procedure Match won 3–0: 5 points for the winner, 0 point for the loser Match won 3–1: 4 points for the winner, 1 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 3 points for the winner, 2 points for the loser The first criterion is the number of matches won, second criterion is points gained by the team In case of tie, the teams were classified according to the following criteria: points ratio and sets ratio Competition format The competition format for the first Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup consists of two phases, the first is a Round-Robin round between all five competing nations. After the Round-Robin finishes, 3rd and 4th place nations according to ranking will play for the bronze and 1st and 2nd place na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship Squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship, held from October 8 to 14, 2011 in Doha, Qatar. Pool A Jastrzębski Węgiel *Head Coach: Lorenzo Bernardi Trinity Western Spartans *Head Coach: Ben Josephson Zenit Kazan *Head Coach: Vladimir Alenko Paykan Tehran *Head Coach: Peyman Akbari Peyman (; also transliterated as Paymon, Peiman, Paymaan or Payman, fa, پیمان) is a Persian and Kurdish name which is used as a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name Peyman * Peyman Faratin (born 1965 ... Pool B Trentino Diatec *Head Coach: Radostin Stoytchev Al-Ahly *Head Coach: Ibrahim Fakhr Mohamed SESI São Paulo *Head Coach: Giovane Gávio Al-Arabi *Head Coach: Adel Sennoun References External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship squads C C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaim Schalk
Chaim Schalk (born April 23, 1986) is a Canadian beach volleyball player. Schalk placed ninth at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Early life Chaim Schalk grew up in Red Deer, Canada. He has four competitive brothers. He grew up learning how to fight and work for everything (including food at the dinner table). Chaim started playing volleyball at age of 12. He and his brothers erected a makeshift net in their backyard. After picking up beach volleyball, he pestered his father to build a sand court where he and his high school friends could play. His father arranged for a truck to dump the sand but he and his friends had to level it out. Chaim credits the backyard beach court for taking him from just enjoying the game, to wanting to really pursue it! Transition to beach volleyball Up until 2009, Chaim’s primary focus was indoor volleyball. He was a setter and a Second-Team All-Canadian while playing for Trinity Western Spartans for two seasons from 2006 to 2008. He also won tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
