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2018 Montreux Volley Masters
The 2018 Montreux Volley Masters is the 33rd edition of the women's volleyball competition set in Montreux, Switzerland. Participating teams Squads Group stage The first 2 teams of each group qualify for the final round. *''All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).'' Group A Group B Classification round Final round Semifinal 3rd place Final Final standings Awards *Most Valuable Player : Paola Egonu *Team MVPs : Gabriela Guimarães : Lin Li (volleyball), Lin Li : Stéphanie Fotso Mogoung, Fotso Mogoung : Lucia Bosetti : Agnieszka Kąkolewska : Nataliya Obmochaeva, Nataliya Goncharova : Thays Deprati : Cansu Özbay References {{Montreux Volley Masters Montreux Volley Masters, 2018 2018 in women's volleyball, Montreux Volley Masters 2018 in Swiss sport, Montreux Volley Masters September 2018 sports events in Switzerland, Montreux Volley Masters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Egonu
Paola Ogechi Egonu (; born 18 December 1998) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italian volleyball club Vero Volley Milano and is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team. Early life Egonu was born in Cittadella, Italy, to Nigerian parents. She has two siblings, Angela and Andrea, and a cousin, Terry Enweonwu, who also plays volleyball. She received Italian citizenship at age fourteen. She was awarded the prize for Woman of the Year 2019 by ''D - la Repubblica delle donne'', a weekly magazine of ''La Repubblica''. Career National team Egonu began playing for the Italian national team in 2015. That year, she led Italy's junior teams to gold at the U18 World Championship, where she was named MVP of the tournament, and bronze at the U20 World Championship. At age 17, she participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she placed ninth overall with her team. In 2018, Egonu helped her team win silver at the 2018 World Championship in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreux Volley Masters
The Montreux Volley Masters (founded as the Coupe des Nations, later changed to BCV Volley Cup between 1990 and 1996 and to its final name in 1998) was an international invitational tournament for national teams in women's volleyball hosted by the Swiss Volley. Held annually in Montreux, Switzerland since 1984, it was the tournament that opened the international season for national teams. It ceased to exist after 34 editions in 2020. The main objective of this competition was to work as a preparation for more important and prestigious volleyball tournaments organized by the ''Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' ( FIVB), such as the World Grand Prix, the World Championship, the World Cup and the Olympic Games. Many national teams used the tournament as a way of giving experience and international baggage to young players and, as a result, countries were often represented by their underage national teams. Results Medal summary MVP by edition *1984-2006 – Unknown * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreux
Montreux (, ; ; ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, Swiss municipality and List of towns in Switzerland, town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Swiss Alps, Alps. It belongs to the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut (district), Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, having a population of approximately 26,500, with about 85,000 in the Vevey-Montreux agglomeration as of 2019. Located in the centre of a region named the Vaud or Swiss Riviera (), Montreux has been an important tourist destination since the 19th century due to its mild climate. The region includes numerous Belle Époque palaces and hotels near the shores of Lake Geneva. Montreux railway station is a stop on the Simplon Railway and is a mountain railway hub. History The earliest settlement was a Late Bronze Age village at Baugy. Montreux lies on the north east shore of Lake Geneva at the fork in the Ancient Rome, Roman road from Italy over the Simplon Pass, where the roads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Swiss Alps, Alps and the Jura Mountains, Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's Demographics of Switzerland, 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts List of cities in Switzerland, its largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, and Lausanne. Switzerland is a federal republic composed of Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. It has four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh language, Romansh. Although most Swiss are German-speaking, national identity is fairly cohesive, being rooted in a common historical background, shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia. Names Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST), Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT), and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet). Period of observation Since 1996, European Summer Time has been observed between 01:00 UTC (02:00 CET and 03:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March, and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Round
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion(s). Some match-ups may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in North American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progresses to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Guimarães
Gabriela Braga Guimarães (; born 19 May 1994), also known by her nickname Gabi, is a Brazilian professional indoor volleyball player. She plays as an outside hitter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in Tokyo and a bronze medal in Paris. Career Guimarães practiced swimming, tennis, and football in Belo Horizonte, before starting volleyball at the age of 14. She joined the volleyball team at Colégio Pitágoras to be close to her friends, and since the school had a partnership with the Minas Tênis Clube, she tried to join their team. However, she was rejected for being considered too short. She then moved to Mackenzie Esporte Clube, where her aunt had previously won a volleyball championship. Coach Delicélio Rodrigues gave her an opportunity. In her first year at Mackenzie, Guimarães was selected for the Minas Gerais youth state team, which finished ninth in the Brazilian Championship of State Teams held in Fortaleza, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Li (volleyball)
Lin Li (; born 15 July 1992) is a Chinese volleyball player. She was part of the China women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At club level, she has played for Fujian Xi Meng Bao. Lin won the 2016 World Grand Prix The 2016 World Grand Prix (officially the 2016 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix) was a professional Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 13 March 2016 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the seve ... Best Libero award. In October 2022, Lin Li announced her retirement. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Li 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Fuzhou Chinese women's volleyball players Olympic gold medalists for China in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Volleyball players from Fujian Liberos Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games volleyball players for China Medalists at the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphanie Fotso Mogoung
Stéphanie Fotso Mogoung (born 25 September 1987) is a Cameroonian volleyball player. She is a member of the Cameroon women's national volleyball team and played for VBC Chamalières in 2014. She was part of the Cameroonian national team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy and at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America .... Clubs * VBC Chamalières (2014) References External links *http://www.rfi.fr/sports/20150915-jeux-africains-2015-douze-mois-travaux-stephanie-fotso-volley-ball-cameroun-chamalie *http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Stephanie+Fotso+Mogoung/Volleyball+Olympics+Day+3/h4e0fVQV4FC 1987 births Living people Cameroonian women's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucia Bosetti
Lucia Bosetti (born 9 July 1989, Tradate) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italy women's national volleyball team. She has competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ..., and 2019 Montreux Volley Masters. Family She is the daughter of Giuseppe Bosetti, former coach of Italy's volleyball female national team, and Franca Bardelli, who played 93 times for the latter; her sister Caterina also played for Italy's national team. She is tall. Awards Club * 2009–10 CEV Champions League - Champion, with Volley Bergamo * 2010–11 Italian League - Champion, with Volley Bergamo * 2013 Italian Supercup - Champions, with River Volley * 2012-13 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Champions, with River Volley * 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Kąkolewska
Agnieszka Korneluk, née Kąkolewska (born 17 October 1994) is a Polish volleyball player of Fenerbahçe. She is playing as a middle blocker and part of the Poland women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship, and 2019 Montreux Volley Masters. On club level she played for SMS PZPS Sosnowiec. Awards Club * Grot Budowlani Łódź (2017–2018) ** Polish Cup (1): 2017-2018 ** Polish Super Cup (1): 2017-2018 * KPS Chemik Police (2020–2024) ** Polish Championship (3): 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2023-24 ** Polish Cup (2): 2020-2021, 2022-2023 ** Polish Super Cup (1): 2023-2024 * KS Developres Rzeszów (2024–2025) ** Polish Championship (1): 2024-25 ** Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ... (1) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nataliya Obmochaeva
Nataliya Olegovna Goncharova (, born 1 June 1989), from 2012 to 2016 Obmochaeva, is a Russian volleyball player. She played for the Ukraine women's national volleyball team until 2010 when she became part of the Russia women's national volleyball team. Career She played with the Ukrainian team at the 2005 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship, the 2006 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship, the 2007 Junior World Championship, the qualification for the Women's European Volleyball Championship (in 2007 and 2009), and the qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics With Russia, she was part of the teams which played the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), the European Championships (in 2011, 2013, 2015), the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship (in 2010, 2014, 2018), the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan, and the Olympic Games of London 2012, Rio 2016. and Tokyo 2020. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
