We have all the live streams, matches, teams and results for the 2014 FIVB Women's World Championships from Italy. Check out all of our coverage here.
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We speak with Canadians Christian Redmann and Maverick Hatch after their first pool play match at the 2014 FIVB Gstaad Grand Slam. Christian and Mav made it out of qualification with two wins, and recently took down the #2 seed Nicolai-Lupo of Italy.
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Serbia's Aleks Antanasijević is the focus of this Volleyball Source Profile. Find out about this young player's career and his contributions to international volleyball. Photo: Elena Zanutto
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Belgium opened with a pair of historic wins this weekend when they defeated Australia 3-0 and 3-1 in their World League debut.
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Photo: FIVB
Pool play has also concluded in London for the men's and women's indoor volleyball tournament. The top four teams from each pool move on to the quarter final level beginning tomorrow.
Live Streams
Live video streams can be found at the Kill on Two Olympic page.
Women's Quarter Finals
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Brazil | def. |  |
Russia | 3-2 (24-26, 25-22, 19-25, 25-22, 21-19) |
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Japan | def. |  |
China | 3-2 (28-26, 23-25, 25-23, 23-25, 18-16) |
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South Korea | def. |  |
Italy | 3-1 (18-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-18) |
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USA | def. |  |
Dominican Republic | 3-0 (25-14, 25-21, 25-22) |
Men's Quarter Finals
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Bulgaria | def. |  |
Germany | 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-14) |
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Russia | def. |  |
Poland | 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-21) |
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Brazil | def. |  |
Argentina | 3-0 (25-29, 25-17, 25-20) |
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Italy | def. | |
USA | 3-0 (28-26, 25-20, 25-20) |
Semi final action and more after the jump.
Indoor volleyball pool play action also began today at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In indoor Olympic volleyball the pool play section of the tournament divides the competing countries into two pools. Pool play for indoor runs form July 28th through August 6th.
Live Streams
Live video streams can be found at the Kill on Two Olympic page.
Women's Pool Play Results
Pool A
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Japan | def. |  |
Algeria | 3-0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-7) |
More Results after the jump.
Canadian players celebrate a point during the 2010 worlds (Photo: FIVB)
Team Canada is about to make their return to the FIVB World League after a five-year absence. The Canadians are in Pool B alongside Brazil, Poland, and Finland. This past weekend, both the Brazilian and Polish leagues have concluded, meaning our opponents will start their preparation for this year's World League Tournament. Brazil and Poland were the silver and bronze medallists (respectively) last year.
The Brazilian league (called Superliga) ended on Saturday. Brazil has been dominating indoor volleyball since 2001 remaining as number one on The FIVB World Rankings despite the Russian victory at 2011 World Cup, the latest major tournament. With the end of Superliga, coach Bernardo Rezende will call the players for World League and the Olympics (Brazil is the only country that hasn’t sent their roster to FIVB so far). In the final match, Cruzeiro won the title for the first time defeating Volei Futuro 3-1. Both teams are led by their setters. Cruzeiro’s is William Arjona, nicknamed “el mago” during the years he played in Argentina and chosen Superliga MVP. On Volei Futuro side, Ricardo Garcia, considered by many the best setter ever. Arjona won this time. You can check the match highlights. Some of these players may be seen on Rezende’s list.
The Polish league, called PlusLiga, is also over.
The 2011 Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships take place this week in Rome, Italy. There are three Canadian teams in the tournament, two women's and one men's. We have a total of six live streams going on from the tournament, so chances are if there is a match playing live, we've got it. The three Canadian teams in the tournament are:
Canadian Teams
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Lessard-Martin |
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Bansley-Maloney |
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Redmann-Saxton |
Full schedule and live streams after the jump.
Today the men's and women's finals take place in the FIVB Beijing Grand Slam. Photo: fivb.org
Today is the final day for the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Beijing Grand Slam event with both the men's and women's tournaments concluding today. Action begins in a couple hours with an all American semi final on the women's side of the tournament. Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor together in their first tournament back since May-Treanor's injury a few weeks ago. For live stream links, brackets and semi final match ups, check out the link below.
Women's Semi Finals
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Walsh-May-Treanor | us. | |
Ross-Kessy |
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Menegatti-Cicolari | vs. |  |
Holtwick-Semmler |
Men's Semi Finals
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Brink-Reckermann | vs. |  |
Prudel-Fijalek |
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Alison-Emanuel | vs. |  |
Bellaguarda-Heuscher |
Brackets and Live Stream links after the jump