FIVB Men's Vollyball World Cup - Japan 2011

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and here is the standings:
http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/co...Livescore.asp#

1	RUS	Russia	18	7	6	1	4	2				1	18	5	3.600	553	461	1.200
2	POL	Poland	16	6	5	1	1	4		1			17	7	2.429	570	508	1.122
3	BRA	Brazil	15	6	5	1	3	1	1	1			17	6	2.833	530	443	1.196
4	IRI	Iran	12	7	5	2	1	1	3			2	15	13	1.154	585	599	0.977
5	CUB	Cuba	12	6	4	2	2	2			1	1	13	8	1.625	475	457	1.039
6	ITA	Italy	11	6	4	2	2	1	1		2		14	9	1.556	546	504	1.083
7	USA	USA	9	6	3	3	3				2	1	11	9	1.222	470	451	1.042
8	ARG	Argentina	9	7	3	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	12	15	0.800	581	576	1.009
9	JPN	Japan	5	6	1	5		1		2	2	1	9	16	0.563	538	548	0.982
10	SRB	Serbia	3	6	1	5			1	1	2	2	7	17	0.412	477	552	0.864
11	EGY	Egypt	3	7	1	6	1				2	4	5	18	0.278	446	558	0.799
12	CHN	China	1	6		6				1	1	4	3	18	0.167	385	499	0.772

Team manager KHOSHKHABAR Amir Head coach VELASCO Julio Assistant coach EBRAHIMI Reza Doctor AFROOZI Siyamak Therapist / trainer CICHELLO Juan Journalist TOLOUEKIAN Amir

No. Name Lastname Shirt Name Birthdate Height Weight Spike Block 1 Pourya FAYAZI DAMNABI P.FAYAZI 12/01/1993 195 85 330 310 3 Amir HOSSEINI A.HOSSEINI 23/07/1975 183 73 339 320 4 Seyed Mohammad MOUSAVI ERAGHI M. MOUSAVI 22/08/1987 203 86 348 328 7 Hamzeh ZARINI H. Zarini 18/10/1985 198 91 336 318 L 8 Farhad ZARIF AHANGARAN V. F.ZARIF 03/03/1983 165 60 290 271 C 9 Alireza NADI A. NADI 02/09/1980 200 90 334 320 10 Amir GHAFOUR A.GHAFOUR 06/06/1991 203 78 338 333 12 Farhad NAZARI AFSHAR F. NAZARI 22/05/1984 195 85 345 331 13 Mehdi MAHDAVI M.MAHDAVI 13/02/1984 185 82 335 330 15 Hesam BAKHSHESHI H. BAKHSHESHI 21/03/1984 200 91 341 323 16 Seyed Mehdi BAZARGARDE SHALKOHIMOJARAD M. BAZARGARD 16/03/1979 200 93 360 350 19 Arash KAMALVAND A. KAMALVAND 11/05/1989 201 91 320 315

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile The Iran men’s team has been enjoying a purple patch of form in recent years. After a strong 2009, Iran qualified for last year’s FIVB World Championship, were runners-up at the 2010 Asian Games and triumphed in a four-way tournament with Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland. On top of that, they became Asian champions and qualified for this year’s FIVB World Cup. The Iranians and their federation are under no illusions that they still have progress to make, but are confident of achieving great things under Julio Velasco, who formerly coached the Italian men’s team among others, and assistant coach Juan Manuel Cichello, who was coach of the successful Argentina youth team. Iran expect to continue to play fast volleyball with a variety of tactics under the two new coaches. In fact, Iran is aiming to achieve success across the board, from junior level to the senior team. Today’s Iran team is composed of both veterans and younger players. There are several promising players, such as Arash Kamalvand, Amir Ghafour, Amir Hosseini and Farhad Zarif. Participating in a number of different tournaments in recent years has helped the side acquire solid experience, helping the confidence ahead of the start of the Olympic Games qualifying process. Coach profile The legendary Julio Velasco started playing when he was 15 but became a coach soon after, winning four Argentina Championships (1979-1982) and four Italian Championships (1986-89) before leading the Italian national team to three gold medals at the European Championship. Velasco’s success with Italy (1989-1996) continued with gold in two FIVB World Championships, five FIVB World Leagues, a World Cup and a Grand Champions Cup. The Argentinean also coached the Italian women’s team (1997-1998), the Czech Republic (2001-2003) and Spain (2009-2010).

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[persepolisfan]

goodluck to IRAN!!! We will win it all!! I have a great feeling!!!

[Sharkie]

Insh'Allah Iran will show their might and carry their momentum from winning the AFC title to this tournament. It's about time that the men get the attention across the globe as a powerhouse.

[webmaster]

Game will start in 30 minutes for those interested.

[webmaster]

first set: Japan is leading 13 to 9

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Japan 16 Iran 11

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Jap 18 IR 13

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Japan wins first set 25-17

[Iranian-Patriot]

Any links to watch the game?


EDIT-

http://www.lshunter.tv/index.php?opt...pup&Itemid=327

[Nader25]

Iran 1 8
Japan 1 5

[webmaster]

Iran takes the 3rd set as well... 2-1 it was a very tough set 25-24

[Nader25]

yes 2.1 iran

[Nader25]

its really exciting

[Nader25]

[webmaster]

Good job Iran.. 3-1