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Morenas Del Caribe
The Cuba women's national volleyball team was the first team to break the USSR's and Japan's domination in the world women's volleyball by winning the 1978 World Women's Volleyball Championship. Cuba women's national volleyball team dominated the world in the last decade of the 20th century (1991–2000), winning eight times in row as FIVB World Champions in straight (6th World Cup in 1991, Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992, 12th World Championship in 1994, 7th World Cup in 1995, Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, 13th World Championship in 1998, 8th World Cup in 1999, Sydney Olympic Games in 2000). The team's nickname was '' Las Espectaculares Morenas del Caribe'' ("The Spectacular Caribbean Girls" in English). Results Olympic Games * 1964 – did not participate * 1968 – did not participate * 1972 – 6th place * 1976 – 6th place * 1980 – 6th place * 1984 – did not participate * 1988 – did not participate * 1992 – Gold Medal * 1996 – Gold Medal * 2000 – Gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital. Cuba is the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with about 10 million inhabitants. It is the largest country in the Caribbean by area. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited as early as the 4th millennium BC, with the Guanahatabey and Taino, Taíno peoples inhabiting the area at the time of Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. These were the fourth Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics to be hosted by the United States, making it the first country to have three different cities host the Summer Olympics. It also marked the 100th anniversary of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the inaugural edition of the modern Olympic Games. These were also the first Summer Olympics to be held in a different year than the Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics since the same time practice commenced in 1924, as part of a new International Olympic Committee, IOC practice implemented in 1994 to hold the Summer and Winter Games in alternating, even-numbered years. The 1996 Games were the first of the two consecutive Summer Olympics to be held in a predomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup
The Second Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup women's volleyball was held in Japan at 14 to 23 November 1997. Teams Squads Competition formula The competition formula of the 1997 Women's World Grand Champions Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained. Venues *Osaka-jō Hall (Osaka) *Hiroshima Green Arena (Hiroshima) *Yoyogi National Gymnasium (Tokyo) Results Osaka round Hiroshima round Tokyo round Final standing Team Roster Yelena Vasilevskaya, Natalya Morozova, Yelena Batukhtina, Yelena Godina, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Olga Chukanova, Tatyana Gracheva, Elizaveta Tishchenko, Anastasiya Belikova, Natalya Safronova, Anna Artamonova, Irina Tebenikhina Head Coach: Nikolay Karpol Awards *MVP: Yevgeniya Artamonova *Best scorer: Yevgeniya Artamonova *Best spiker: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup
The first World Grand Champions Cup women's volleyball was held in Japan from 16 to 21 November 1993. Teams Squads Competition formula The competition formula of the 1993 Women's World Grand Champions Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained. Venues *Yoyogi National Gymnasium (Tokyo) *Osaka-jō Hall (Osaka is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...) Results Tokyo round Osaka round Final standing Individual awards *MVP: Regla Bell *Best scorer: Yevgeniya Artamonova *Best spiker: Regla Bell *Best blocker: Asako Tajimi *Best server: Yevgeniya Artamonova *Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup was an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's and women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was created in 1993 after radical changes made on the biggest tournaments organised by the FIVB. The main goal was not to have a single year without two high-profile world-level volleyball competitions, alongside the pre-existing men's and women's world championship, men's and women's world cup and the volleyball tournament at the Olympic Games which are all quadrennial and the annual men's and women's Nations League. The World Grand Champions Cup was therefore played quadrennially the year after the Olympic Games and is always hosted by the Japan Volleyball Association. It did not give any points for the World Ranking. Brazil has been the most successful team in the men's tournament, having won five of the seven editions. Brazil has also finished run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 FIVB Women's World Cup
The 1985 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 10 to 20 November 1985 in four cities in Japan such as Sapporo, Iwamizawa, Fukuoka, and Tokyo. Qualification Results Location: Sapporo Location: Iwamizawa Location: Sapporo Location: Fukuoka Location: Tokyo Final standing Awards * Most valuable player *: Lang Ping * Best attacker *: Mireya Luis * Best blocker *: Gabriela Pérez del Solar * Best setter *: Yang Xilan * Best server *: Sanae Mitsuo * Best receiver *: Ichiko Sato is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the auto ... * Best Coach *: Deng Ruozeng * Spirit of fight *: Josefina Capote External links Results {{DEFAULTSORT:1985 Fivb Women's World Cup 1985 Women Women's World Cup V V November 1985 sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 FIVB Women's World Cup
The 1977 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 8 to 15 November 1977 in Japan. Teams Results First round Pool A Pool B Final round 5th–8th places Final places Location: Osaka Final standing Awards * Most valuable player *: Takako Shirai * Best attacker *: Mercedes Pomares * Best blocker *: Cao Huiying * Best setter *: Noriko Matsuda * Best server *: Yumi Egami * Best defender *: Jo Hea-jung * Best Coach *: Shigeo Yamada is a Japanese diplomat. He has been serving as Japanese Ambassador to the United States since 2023. Early life and education Yamada was born in Tokyo on July 17, 1964. While studying law at Keio University, he passed the foreign service exam and ... * Spirit of fight *: Cao Huiying External links Results {{DEFAULTSORT:1977 Fivb Women's World Cup 1977 Women's Women's World Cup V November 1977 sports events in Asia Women's volleyball in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. Initially the tournament was played in the year following the Olympic Games, but since 1991 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, 1991 the World Cup has been awarded in the year preceding the Olympic Games. The current champion is China women's national volleyball team, China, which won its fifth title at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, 2019 tournament. The historical format of the competition involves 12 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation Japan women's national volleyball team, Japan, competing in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks. The World Cup (with exception of the 2019 edition) acts as the first qualification event for the following year's Volleyball at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Games wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 FIVB Women's World Championship
The 1986 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, FIVB Women's World Championship was the tenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 2 to 13 September 1986 in Czechoslovakia. Teams ;Group A * * * * ;Group B * * * * ;Group C * * * * ;Group D * * * * Squads Results First round Pool A Location: Žilina Pool B Location: Plzeň Pool C Location: Brno Pool D Location: Olomouc Second round The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the second round. 1st–12th pools =Pool E= Location: Ostrava =Pool F= Location: Prague 13th–16th places Location: Plzeň Final round 9th–12th places =9th–12th semifinals= =11th place match= =9th place match= 5th–8th places =5th–8th semifinals= =7th place mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
The FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was variable, but since 1970 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, 1970 they have been awarded every four years. The tournament will be held biennially starting in 2025. The current champions are the Serbia women's national volleyball team, Serbia, which won their second title at the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, 2022 tournament in Netherlands and Poland. The current format of the competition involves a qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase, which is often called the ''World Championship Finals''. 24 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete in the tournament phase for the title at venues withi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball At The 2004 Summer Olympics
image:VolleyballAt2004SummerOlympics-1.jpg, Indoor Volleyball at Peace and Friendship Stadium. Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of volleyball, indoor volleyball held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium and beach volleyball held at the Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre, in the southern portion of the Roth Pavilion; both were located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex. Medal table Medal summary References External linksVolleyball [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes compete, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team officials from 201 countries, with 301 medal events in 28 different Olympic sports, sports. The 2004 Games marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance, and also marked the first time Athens hosted the Games since their first modern incarnation in 1896 Summer Olympics, 1896 as well as the return of the Olympic games to its birthplace. Athens became the fourth city to host the Summer Olympic Games on two occasions (together with Paris, London and Los Angeles). A new medal obverse was introduced at these Games, replacing the design by Giuseppe Cassioli that had been used since 1928 Summer Olympics, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
