Bulgaria gets closer to book a ticket to Italy

In the second competition day of the 3rd Round Tournament being currently staged in Varna, Bulgaria achieved another impressive victory on the road to Italy 2010. In a direct battle for the top of the table in Pool J, the Lions crushed the Czech Republic 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-14) and almost secured one of the two tickets available for the Worlds. Some uncertainty for the home team derives might derive from the set point ratio, but the Bulgarians are really close to complete their run towards the final round of the World Championship.


The Czechs lost outside hitter Peter Platenik due to an injury in the first set which may have affected their performance. The only set that featured some intrigue on the court was the second one. The Czechs managed to keep it balanced up to point nr. 20, after which some brilliant performances of Bulgarian spiker Todor Aleksiev tilted the score in Bulgaria’s way and then young talent Valentin Bratoev finished the set off with a fantastic ace. Similarly to yesterday’s two games, Bulgarian Matey Kaziyski and Czech David Konecny became the top scorers of the match, this time with 13 points each. The Bulgarian attack was more versatile than yesterday as Todor Aleksiev and Vladimir Nikolov contributed 12 and 10 points respectively to the victory.


“A small secret of our victory was that we made only 8 direct mistakes. Usually we make more” Bulgaria’s head coach Silvano Prandi said after the match. “Tomorrow we will try to play as today. It should be a live-or-die fight for each point. We need to keep this rhythm thinking of the future”. His Czech counterpart Zdenek Hanik added: “Bulgaria was better in each and every element of the game, especially in serving. It is important for us to start thinking about tomorrow's match against Portugal.”


The second match of the day was also a three-set affair, but it was a bit more tied-up as Portugal managed to take turns in leading the score in every single set. However, Holland prevailed on every occasion and won the match 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 26-24) to keep its chances for qualifying alive. The Dutch were certainly more determined to come out on top at the end of this match and succeeded as Rob Bontje finished the Portuguese off with a perfect ace at the match-point. Portuguese opposite Valdir Sequeira became the game’s top scorer with 19 points while Robert Horstink scored 16 for Holland.


For a second day in a row, CEV President André Meyer who is on an official visit to Bulgaria enjoyed the matches as a spectator in the “Dvoretsa na kulturata i sporta” hall in Varna. Today he was accompanied by the President of the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation, Mr. Dancho Lazarov, and Vice President Ivan Todorov, while yesterday Bulgaria’s Head of State Georgi Parvanov was also part of the VIP company to be seen on the stands.

Poland finishes home tournament in great fashion for the delight of the local fans

Slovakia and Poland successfully closed out the 3rd Round Tournament – Pool K beating Slovenia (3-2) and France (3-0) respectively this afternoon in Gdynia. The results had not too much weight as the tickets at stake for next year’s final round of the World Championship were already awarded after two days of competition. Now all four teams will start their final preparations for the upcoming European Championships in Turkey, which is set to start next September 3, 2009.


After two losses, Slovenia's coach Gregor Hribar made some changes in the line-up and his guys played really good in the first set. The Slovenians had a slim advantage until the score stayed at 18-16. Then Slovakia leveled and took over the lead (20-19). The team of Italian-born coach Emanuele Zanini silvered their first set point and won the partial 25-23. In the second set Slovakia took the lead just before the first technical time out (8-7). During the whole partial the gap stood at about two, three points, but the Slovenians fought hard for every ball. They managed to catch up with their rivals at 22-22 and playing with higher energy eventually took the set 25-23. The third set had a very similar scenario, but this time Slovakia didn't let the Slovenians to pull the victory out of their hands. The Slovaks showed some good blocking, made fewer mistakes in reception and in attack, what gave them the final 25-21. Slovenia responded with the same result in the fourth set and the fans in the “Gdynia” Hall saw the first tie-break of the tournament. Slovakia started the decisive partial by winning five points in a row and never looked back. The guys from Bratislava took the set 15-12 and the whole match 3-2.


“The motivation was the main problem today – said Zanini. - Nobody likes to play when you are already out of contention. The whole competition was good for us from some points of view, especially as test of our endurance before the upcoming European Championships. Now I know we're well prepared physically, but we still have to improve in many other aspects”.


Slovenia's captain Tine Urnaut looked exhausted at the press conference after the game. “It was a long match and as it was in our previous games in this tournament, we made definitely too many mistakes. We were down twice, but we didn't give up and leveled the score. We had a terrible start in the decisive set and we weren't able to catch up with the Slovaks”.
Both teams will meet again very soon. Slovenia and Slovakia have been drawn in the same pool of the European Championships in Turkey.

Poland and France will also play in the same group at the European Champs and will start their Turkish campaign fighting against each other. With tickets to Italy in the pockets, both coaches decided to use some reserve names in their line-ups. Fully crowded stands served as an additional player for Poland that easily won the opening set 25-17. The second set was much more even, at least in the beginning. Poland led by only one point (8-7) at the first technical time out. The home team doubled the gap just before the second break (16-14) and was clearly running. Some powerful serves of Bartosz Kurek let Poland take a five-point lead and eventually the hosts took the set 25-19. In the third and final period the Poles jumped out to a flying start and led 8-4 at the first technical time out. They increased the lead thanks to great blocking and effective counter attacks. None of the 5000 spectators had any doubts about who was going to win the game. They would surely have watched their pupils in action even for a little bit longer, but the Polish players had completely different plans. The home team finished the job winning quickly the set at 25-21.
“Today's match was rather an exhibition game. Both teams had qualified earlier so the stake wasn't high – Polish captain Pawel Zagumny said. - Nevertheless, I hope the fans aren't disappointed with what they saw”.
Both coaches spoke about the substitutes. While Daniel Castellani was happy with the performance of his back-up players, especially with Pawel Woicki, who was named MVP of the game, Philippe Blain's considerations were a little bit different. “This is not the exact level of my team. I hope this loss won't have any influence on my players before the European Championships. We play there the first game against Poland and I believe that match won't be similar to this one. I wanted to see some reserve players in action and I can say that not everyone played the way I expected them to do”.

Austrian, Brazilian & Norwegian Women Post Otera Open Quarter-final Wins

Teams from Austria, Brazil and Norway secured semi-final spots here Friday afternoon at the US$380,000 Otera Open with seven of the eight players in the “final four” being associated with past successes in this southern Norwegian resort city.

Highlighting the play Friday was three-straight elimination wins by Nila Ann Hakedal and Ingrid Torlen over teams from Italy, Germany and Australia as the ninth-seeded Norwegians rebounded from a setback Wednesday afternoon to advance to their second-straight Otera Open “final four”.

Hakedal and Torlen will also get a chance to redeem themselves against one of the players that helped defeat the Norwegians in the 2008 Otera Open title match as Maria Antonelli returns to the site of her first SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold medal with new partner Talita Antunes as the Brazilians advanced to Saturday’s second semi-final earlier Friday.

Saturday’s first semi-final will feature a rematch of an earlier confrontation in the third annual Otera Open as the eighth-seeded Schwaiger sisters (Doris and Stefanie) challenge top-seeded Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca of Brazil. On Thursday, the Schwaigers defeated the Brazilians 21-17 and 21-13 in 34 minutes. Like the Norwegians, Juliana and Larissa posted three elimination wins Friday over pairs from Germany, Austria and Brazil.

After defeating 11th-seeded Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli of Italy (21-11, 24-22, 42 minutes) and fourth-seeded Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig of Germany (21-16, 25-23, 49), Hakedal and Torlen advanced to their first SWATCH FIVB World Tour semi-final this year and sixth overall with a 21-16 and 21-13 win in 37 minutes over 20th-seeded Louise Bawden and Becchara Palmer of Australia.

After losing to the Schwaigers Thursday, Juliana and Larissa rebounded with elimination victories Friday over sixth-seeded Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler of Germany (21-17, 21-18, 45), fifth-seeded Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli of Austria (21-14, 21-16, 37) and third-seeded Vanilda Leão/Renata Ribeiro of Brazil (21-18, 21-14, 39).

Juliana and Larissa will be playing in their second Otera Open “final four” after the Brazilians won the inaugural event in 2007. The pair missed the 2008 stop due to Juliana’s knee surgery that forced her to withdraw from the Beijing Olympics with Larissa. The Brazilians will be playing in their 57th SWATCH FIVB World Tour semi-final as Juliana and Larissa have won five gold medals this season to increase their career total together to 26.

The Schwaigers advanced to the Otera Open “final four” for the second-straight season as the Austrians finished third in 2008 for their first-ever SWATCH FIVB World Tour medal. The Schwaigers’ 21-15 and 21-13 quarter-final victory in 38 minutes over Bawden and Palmer avenged a 21-15 and 21-15 elimination quarter-final setback in 34 minutes to the Australians last week in Poland.

Antonelli and Talita, seeded second in the 32-team Otera Open Main Draw, scored a 21-19 and 24-22 win in the quarter-finals of the winner’s bracket over Leão and Renata in 38 minutes. Leão played in the 2008 Otera Open finale with Antonelli after Renata and Talita had placed fourth at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Playing together for the first-time this season, Talita and Antonelli will be playing in their eighth semi-final this season.

The 11th SWATCH FIVB World Tour event for both women and men in 2009 continues through the weekend. The women’s “final four” matches will be Saturday with the men’s semi-finals and medal matches scheduled for Sunday as the winning teams for each gender will split the $30,000 first-place prizes.

Featuring $7.2-million in prize money, the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour continues through the last week of October and first week of November with the men’s final event in China and the women’s last stop in Thailand. Following the Otera Open, two more double gender events remain in Europe with stops in Finland (Aland) and The Netherlands (The Hague). The women’s last European event is a mid-September stop in Barcelona.

Victorious start for Bulgaria and the Czech Republic in Varna

The organizing team of Bulgaria started off with a convincing victory over Portugal in the first match of the 3rd Round Tournament in Varna which serves as the final qualifier for the 2010 FIVB Men’s World Championship. The hosts sailed through in three straight sets (25-22, 25-16, 26-24) to take an early lead in the standings.
The first set was relatively even-sided, but after the first technical break Bulgaria took a small lead and did not let go until the end with fantastic attacks from star player Matey Kaziyski, but also with many serving errors. In the second set, Kaziyski started to get more support in attack from Vladimir Nikolov and Todor Aleksiev, as well as from the Bulgarian much-improved serving and blocking. Portugal’s very good defense was not enough to stay in contention and the set closed with a crushing 25-16. The visiting team trailed behind the Southern Europeans at both technical breaks in the third set, but was able to come back from three points down to tie at 22, 23 and 24 only to lose the following two rallies and, thus, the set and the match. Matey Kaziyski topped the best scorers’ chart with 18 points. Valdir Sequeira became Portugal’s most prolific player with 15 points. At the post-game press conference both head coach Juan Diaz and captain Joao Jose stated that it was the more experienced team that finally won the match. “It was difficult in the beginning - we were a little bit nervous. In the third set Portugal improved their play and it was difficult for us to attack, especially in side-out. We made several mistakes, but fortunately we won. For tomorrow I hope that our serve will work better, because without good serving it will be very difficult against stronger opponents,” Bulgaria’s head coach Silvano Prandi said. The Lions’ new captain Vladimir Nikolov was pleased to see that the months of heavy training under Prandi started to give some results and positive feedbacks.


In the second match of the day, the Czech Republic beat Holland 3-1 (23-25, 25-13, 25-23, 25-21). The Dutch team prevailed in the first set, despite some excellent digging demonstrated by the Czechs. Although Peter Blangé’s men were up in the score throughout the set, the ending was dramatic after the Central Europeans tied at 23. Some excellent attacking and especially blocking from Zdenek Hanik’s team made the second set completely one-sided and the Czechs walked over the Dutch with a stunning 25-13. Thanks to David Konecny’s superb attacking in the third set, his team managed to leave their opponents behind through most of the game. This time the Dutch kept the intrigue by tying at 23, but after a fierce ace by captain Ondrej Hudecek, it went the Czechs’ way this time. The fourth set was also kept in equilibrium until the very end when the Czechs persevered to seal this important victory. Czech spiker David Konecny was practically unstoppable for the Dutch block and contributed 25 points to the win, thus becoming the game’s top scorer. Peter Platenik added 19 for the Czechs and Robert Horstink accounted for 15 points on the Dutch side. “Today we played as a real team, we made fewer mistakes and fought harder,” Czech player Peter Platenik stated after the match. “The Dutch team is really good and we were afraid we might lose, but our mentality was very strong during the match” “We played o.k. in the first set; the second was very bad for us. Then the game actually started. The Czech Republic was more determined in the critical points in sets 3 and 4,” Dutch coach Blangé said. “We lost one match, but the tournament is still running and we know what we have to do”.

Serbia and Spain score important victories in their opening matches in Kragujevac

During the first competition day of the 3rd Round Qualifying Tournament to the 2010 FIVB Men’s World Championship, Spain managed to beat Estonia 3-1 (22-25, 25-21, 25-17, 25-14), after having faced some troubles in the first set, while Serbia easily outclassed Romania in three straight sets in front of 3200 spectators at the „Jezero“ Hall of Sports in Kragujevac.
The Spanish team successfully started their qualifying session beating Estonia even though they suffered a lot in the first set when they simply couldn’t find the right pace. In the second set things started to look better for Julio Velasco’s team that recovered very well from a shocking start into the match. Estonia managed to come close by the end of the set, but this part of the match was from the start in the hands of the Spaniards. In the third and fourth sets, the Spaniards were unstoppable and they ended this match fairly easily. After 106 minutes, the final result was a 3-1 for the reigning European Champions.


Miguel Angel Falasca, captain of the Spanish team, said: “This is a very tough tournament because it is very important to qualify for the World Championship. Nowadays, good volleyball is being played all over Europe. We started the match very nervously and the Estonian team played very well in the first set. Fortunately, we managed to come back, we started playing better, and from that moment on our rivals had a difficult time in trying to catch us. We are happy for this victory, but this is only the first step. I hope we’ll win tomorrow against Romania and qualify before the last day of the competition”.
Estonian captain Kert Tobal added: “The first set we played really well, and we had pretty good serve, so we made it very difficult to control the reception for the Spanish side. You know, if you serve well everything gets very easy. Unfortunately, after the first set we couldn’t maintain our good performance in serving, the Spanish side started playing better and we simply couldn’t adjust to the new circumstances on the field”.

It was only until the middle of the first set that the Romanian team could keep up with this year’s World League runner-ups in the second match slated for the opening day. In the first two sets, the hosts of Serbia imposed their game and easily finished the job leaving behind the Romanians at 17 and 15 points respectively. The visitors did manage to wake up in the third set and get a 4-point lead (8-4) at the first technical time-out. Serbia slowly picked up the points and by the second technical time-out it was 16-15 for the host team. However, the visiting team dug deep once again and got back to win the third set 25-22. In the fourth set, Serbia was too strong and right from the start the host team clearly showed the intention to wrap things up and end the match. After 76 minutes of play, the final result was 3-1 (25-17, 25-15. 22-25, 25-18) for the hosts.
Serbian captain Nikola Grbic: “We were very focused today, especially in the first two sets and we continued with good performances after the World League Final Six in Belgrade. However, in the third set we were a little bit more relaxed and they punished us right away. We lost 7 points in a row on a float serve of the Romanian setter and this should never happen, but we must work on that. We need time, obviously we are not 100% ready, but this is a very important victory for us and I hope we can repeat it tomorrow”.
Alexandru Bogdan Olteanu, Romanian captain, concluded: “This is a good start of a long journey for us. We are still a young and inexperienced team, and having that in mind this was a good match for us. I hope we improve our game even more and I know we will be better in the future”.
On the second day of the tournament, Romania will face Spain at 18.00h, while Serbia meets Estonia at 20.30h.

«Πρώτη» του Ηρακλή

Με πολλά νέα πρόσωπα στις τάξεις του άρχισε την Τετάρτη (12/8) την προετοιμασία για την καινούρια σεζόν ο Ηρακλής. Ο Χάρι Μπρόκινγκ, στον οποίο ανατέθηκε το πρόσταγμα από τον πάγκο και όσοι από τους παίκτες του «Γηραιού» είναι διαθέσιμοι επί του παρόντος, συναντήθηκαν στο Κατσάνειο, καταθέτοντας την επιθυμία τους να πράξουν το μέγιστο δυνατό για συνεχίσει να βαδίζει η ομάδα με επιτυχία στις υποχρεώσεις της.

Πριν δώσει, δε, τις πρώτες αγωνιστικές οδηγίες του ο Ολλανδός τεχνικός μίλησε στους αθλητές του ζητώντας χαρακτηριστικά «σεβασμό, εμπιστοσύνη και να είστε υπερήφανοι για την ομάδα στην οποία αγωνίζεστε».

Παρόντες στο ραντεβού ήταν Κράβαρικ, Μπάρανεκ, Μπαμαλιούτας, Χαριτωνίδης, Γκόρτσιανουκ, Χαραλαμπίδης, Κολτσιάκης, Παλέντζας, Γεωργιάδης, Νικήτας Εφραιμίδης, Σωτηρίου. Απουσίασαν οι διεθνείς Προύσαλης, Κανέλλος, Γκασπαρίνι, Κραλ, ενώ τις προσεχείς ημέρες στη Θεσσαλονίκη αναμένεται να αφιχθεί ο Κάλα.

ΒΟΛΕΪ: Ξεκίνησε η προετοιμασία του ΠΑΟΚ

Στα δύσκολα μπήκε από σήμερα ο ΠΑΟΚ. Ο Γιάννης Μέλκας υποδέχτηκε αρχικά τους παίκτες του στο κλειστό γήπεδο της Πυλαίας και στη συνέχεια μετέβησαν όλοι στον Αγιο Παύλο Χαλκιδικής για ασκήσεις στην άμμο. Παρόντες στο πρώτο ραντεβού ήταν οι Μποζίδης, Πλίκας, Παντακίδης, Αλμαλής, Ντίνας, Χατζηλιάδης, Ωρολογάς. Απουσίασαν ο Αμερικανός, Θίοντορ Μπρούνερ, καθώς καθυστερεί η έκδοση της βίζα του, αλλά και οι Πέκα Ογινσάβου, Μάτι Χειτάνεν που έχουν υποχρεώσεις με την εθνική Φινλανδίας. Την ερχόμενη εβδομάδα, δε, αναμένεται να ενταχθεί στο πρόγραμμα ο Χρήστος Δημητρακόπουλος, στον οποίο παρασχέθηκε επιπλέον άδεια για να ξεκουραστεί, καθώς ολοκλήρωσε πριν από μερικές μέρες τους αγώνες του στο μπιτς βόλει. «Ξεκινάμε τη δουλειά με όρεξη. Είμαστε μια νέα ομάδα, καθώς μόλις τέσσερις παίκτες διατηρήθηκαν από την περασμένη περίοδο. Είναι νωρίς να μιλήσουμε για στόχους. Με το ρόστερ που φτιάξαμε πιστεύω ότι θα κάνουμε κάτι καλύτερο σε σχέση με όσα πετύχαμε την περυσινή χρονιά», επισήμανε ο τεχνικός του «Δικεφάλου».

Ξεκίνησε ο Γυμναστικός

Την πρώτη του προπόνηση πραγματοποίησε ο Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Λαμίας, στο Χαλκιοπούλειο σήμερα το απόγευμα. Το παρόν έδωσαν οι Χριστόφορος Χριστοφορίδης, Γιώργος Σφενδυλάκης, Θεοδόσης Παπαδημητρίου, Αλέξης Πανουργιάς, Ντίνος Ανάγνου, Ντίνος Καρβούνης, Παναγιώτης Γρούσπας και Νίκος Γριβογιάννης. Σε λίγες μέρες αναμένεται να ενσωματωθούν στην ομάδα οι υπόλοιποι παίκτες της που απουσίαζαν για διαφόρους λόγους. Ο Παναγιώτης Πελεκούδας και ο Θάνος Μαρούλης (έρχονται 17 Αυγούστου) έχουν ολιγοήμερη άδεια λόγω των υποχρεώσεων που είχαν στο Παγκόσμιο Εφήβων και στο Πανελλήνιο πρωτάθλημα beach volley αντίστοιχα. Ο Δημήτρης Ριζόπουλος προετοιμάζεται με την εθνική ομάδα για το πανευρωπαϊκό. Οι ξένοι παίκτες θα ενσωματωθούν μετά τις 24 Αυγούστου.

ΔIEΘNEIΣ ΚΑΝΟΝΙΣΜΟΙ ΠΕΤΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΣΗΣ (BOΛEΪ)

ΔIEΘNEIΣ ΚΑΝΟΝΙΣΜΟΙ ΠΕΤΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΣΗΣ (BOΛEΪ)
OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL RULES

KEΦAΛAIO EKTO

ΣYMΠEPIΦOPA ΣYMMETEXONTΩN

20. AΠAITHΣEIΣ ΣYMΠEPIΦOPAΣ

20.1 AΘΛHTIKH ΣYMΠEPIΦOPA

20.1.1 Oι συµµετέχοντες θα πρέπει να γνωρίζουν τους “Eπίσηµους Kανονισµούς Bόλεϊ” και να τους

ακολουθούν.

20.1.2 Oι συµµετέχοντες θα πρέπει να δέχονται τις αποφάσεις των διαιτητών µε αθλητική συµπεριφορά χωρίς να διαφωνούν µε αυτές.

Σε περίπτωση αµφιβολίας, επεξήγηση µπορεί να ζητηθεί µόνο µέσω του αρχηγού του αγώνα.

20.1.3 Oι συµµετέχοντες πρέπει να απέχουν από ενέργειες ή συµπεριφορές που αποσκοπούν στην επιρροή των αποφάσεων των διαιτητών ή στην κάλυψη των σφαλµάτων που γίνονται από την οµάδα τους.

20.2 TIMIO ΠAIXNIΔI

20.2.1 Oι συµµετέχοντες πρέπει να συµπεριφέρονται κόσµια και µε σεβασµό προς το πνεύµα του TIMIOY ΠAIXNIΔIOY, όχι µόνο προς τους διαιτητές, αλλά και προς άλλους επίσηµους, αντίπαλους, συµπαίκτες και θεατές.

20.2.2 H επικοινωνία µεταξύ των µελών µίας οµάδας κατά τη διάρκεια του αγώνα επιτρέπεται (Kανόνας 5.2.3.4).

21. KAKH ΣYMΠEPIΦOPA KAI ΠOINEΣ

21.1 KAKH ΣYMΠEPIΦOPA ΜΙΚΡΟΤΕΡΟΥ ΒΑΘΜΟΥ

Κακή συµπεριφορά µικρότερου βαθµού δεν αποτελεί αντικείµενο ποινών. Είναι καθήκον του Α διαιτητή να αποτρέψει τις οµάδες να πλησιάσουν την κλίµακα ποινών δίνοντας µία προφορική ή µε κίνηση του χεριού παρατήρηση στην οµάδα µέσω του αρχηγού της.

Η παρατήρηση δεν αποτελεί ποινή και δεν έχει άµεσες επιπτώσεις. Δεν πρέπει να αναγράφεται στο φύλλο αγώνα.

21.2 ΚΑΚΗ ΣΥΜΠΕΡΙΦΟΡΑ ΕΠΙΦΕΡΕΙ ΠΟΙΝΕΣ

Η κακή συµπεριφορά από κάποιο µέλος, προς τους επίσηµους αντιπάλους, συµπαίκτες ή θεατές διαβαθµίζεται σε 3 (τρεις) κατηγορίες ανάλογα µε τη σοβαρότητα του παραπτώµατος

21.2.1 Aναιδής συµπεριφορά: ενέργεια αντίθετη προς τους καλούς τρόπους ή τις ηθικές αρχές, έκφραση περιφρόνησης.

21.2.2 Προσβλητική συµπεριφορά: δυσφηµιστικές ή υβριστικές λέξεις ή χειρονοµίες

21.2.3 Eπίθεση: φυσική επίθεση ή πρόθεση επίθεσης.

21.3 KΛIMAKA TIMΩPIΩN

Σύµφωνα µε την απόφαση του πρώτου διαιτητή και ανάλογα µε τη σοβαρότητα του παραπτώµατος, οι ποινές που επιβάλλονται ή αναγράφονται στο φύλλο αγώνα είναι:

21.3.1 Tιµωρία για κακή συµπεριφορά ή αναιδής συµπεριφορά για πρώτη φορά στον αγώνα από οποιοδήποτε µέλος της οµάδας τιµωρείται µε την απώλεια της φάσης (κανόνας 6.1.2).

21.2.3 Προσωρινός Aποκλεισµός

21.3.2.1 Tο µέλος της οµάδας που τιµωρείται µε προσωρινό δεν επιτρέπεται να αγωνιστεί για την υπόλοιπη διάρκεια του σετ και θα πρέπει να παραµείνει καθισµένο στον χώρο των ποινών πίσω από τον πάγκο της οµάδας (κανόνας 1.4.5, 5.3.2 και διάγρ. 1) χωρίς καµία άλλη συνέπεια.

Ο προπονητής που αποκλείεται προσωρινά χάνει το δικαίωµα του / της να παρεµβαίνει για το σετ αυτό και πρέπει να παραµείνει καθισµένος στον χώρο των ποινών πίσω από τον πάγκο της οµάδας (κανόνας 1.4.5 και διάγρ. 1)

21.3.2.2 Η επιθετική συµπεριφορά από µέλος µιας οµάδας τιµωρείται µε προσωρινό αποκλεισµό χωρίς καµία άλλη συνέπεια.

21.3.2.3 O δεύτερος προσωρινός αποκλεισµός για αναιδή συµπεριφορά του ίδιου µέλους της οµάδας κατά τη διάρκεια του ίδιου αγώνα τιµωρείται µε προσωρινό αποκλεισµό χωρίς καµία άλλη συνέπεια.

21.3.3 Oριστικός αποκλεισµός

21.3.3.1 Το µέλος της οµάδας που τιµωρείται µε οριστικό αποκλεισµό πρέπει να εγκαταλείψει τον χώρο ελέγχου διεξαγωγής του αγώνα για όλη την υπόλοιπη διάρκειά του χωρίς καµία άλλη συνέπεια.

21.3.3.2 Η επιθετική συµπεριφορά ή επίθεση για πρώτη φορά τιµωρείται µε οριστικό αποκλεισµό χωρίς καµία άλλη συνέπεια.

21.3.3.3 Η επιθετική συµπεριφορά ή επίθεση για δεύτερη φορά στον ίδιο αγώνα από κάποιο µέλος της ίδιας οµάδας τιµωρείται µε οριστικό αποκλεισµό χωρίς καµία άλλη συνέπεια.

21.3.3.4 Η αναιδής σσυµπεριφορά για τρίτη φορά στη διάρκεια του ίδιου αγώνα από τον ίδιον αθλητή τιµωρείται µε οριστικό αποκλεισµό χωρίς καµία άλλη συνέπεια.

21.4 EΦAPMOΓH TΩN TIMΩPIΩN

21.4.1 Ολες οι ποινές κακής συµπεριφοράς είναι προσωρινές ποινές, παραµένουν σε ισχύ για όλο τον αγώνα και αναγράφονται στο φύλλο αγώνα.

21.4.2 H επανάληψη κακής συµπεριφοράς από το ίδιο µέλος µίας οµάδας στο ίδιο σετ ή αγώνα τιµωρείται προοδευτικά όπως παρουσιάζεται στην κλίµακα τιµωριών (Kανόνας 21.3 & διάγρ. 9). Το µέλος της οµάδας δέχεται µια µεγαλύτερη ποινή για κάθε διαδοχικό παράπτωµα.

Προσωρινός ή οριστικός αποκλεισµός λόγω επιθετικής συµπεριφοράς ή επίθεσης δεν απαιτεί προηγούµενη τιµωρία.

21.5 KAKH ΣYMΠEPIΦOPA ΠPIN KAI METAΞY TΩN ΣET

Oποιαδήποτε κακή συµπεριφορά που συµβαίνει πριν ή µεταξύ των σετ, τιµωρείται βάσει του Kανόνα 21.3 και οι τιµωρίες εφαρµόζονται στο επόµενο σετ.

21.6 ΚΑΡΤΕΣ ΠΟΙΝΩΝ

Παρατήρηση: προφορική ή µε κίνηση του χεριού, χωρίς κάρτα

Ποινή: κίτρινη κάρτα

Προσωρινός αποκλεισµός: κόκκινη κάρτα

Οριστικός αποκλεισµός: κίτρινη και κόκκινη κάρτα (ενωµένες)

Russia and Germany to Italy 2010

Russia and Germany are the first European teams to book their tickets for the Final Round of the 2010 FIVB Men's World Championships in Italy.

Russia defeated the hosts of Finland 3-0 and Germany beat Belgium with the same figures in Tampere Ice Hockey Arena for the last matches of Pool I. Russia finished first in the standings after having successfully walked through all their matches.

Home team of Finland still had some hopes to qualify for the World Championships, but Russia destroyed these hopes in a very determined way. The defending European silver medalists finished quickly the match in straight sets 25-23, 25-17, 25-22.
"I am so disappointed that it is difficult to find words. The situation was difficult for us. We had to believe in our chances to qualify, but it did not pay off on the court. We didn't deserve the place in the World Championships. There were two better teams in this tournament", says Finnish captain Tuomas Sammelvuo. Finnish coach Mauro Berruto was also very disappointed with the end of this tournament and blamed himself for the bad results of the Finnish team. "When a team is playing under its own level then it is the coach's responsibility. Everything was perfect before the tournament, but we did not play well enough", says Berruto. "When you play against one of the best teams in the world you must give 120 percent or they will kill you", Berruto added about the match against Russia.
Russian coach Daniele Bagnoli took a couple of new players on the court against Finland, but that did not change their great game that much. "They played in a very good way. Serves were exceptionally good today. I am very happy that we got to our target in this tournament", says Bagnoli.

Germans took their second win in the tournament very easily over Belgium in three sets (25-17, 25-19, 25-21). "We really concentrated on this match. We played four times against Belgium in the European League and we lost twice. We knew that Belgium works a lot and we knew that we had to play well to win this match. We are very happy with our own performance in this tournament", says German head coach Raul Lozano. Captain Robert Kromm was also very satisfied. "I am very happy with our performance in this match. We had good attacks and aggressive blocks and defense. Belgium is not an easy opponent so we started very aggressively. Schöps was very good in this tournament and it helped us a lot".

from FIVB