Are you a high school athlete in the USA? Get into TAKKLE.com
June 9, 2008
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Have you heard about TAKKLE the Ultimate Site for High School Sports? It is a great site that gives high school athletes a chance to showcase themselves to sporting scouts or fans of high school sports in the USA.
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Thrilling win secures Japan a Beijing Olympic volleyball berth
June 7, 2008
Japan has defeated Argentina 3-2 in the sixth round of the qualifying tournament in Tokyo. The win means that Japan and Italy have secured the final two spots at the Beijing Olympic men’s volleyball tournament.
If Argentina had won the match they convincingly they might have been able to sneak past Italy in their final match of the tournament. As it turned out Japan took that out of the equation and now they are Beijing bound.
The match started with a thrilling first set with the Argentinian team winning 28-26. Japan crushed their opponents in the second set 25-13. The home team were looking good when they claimed the third set 25-17. Argentina was not giving up that easily and took the fourth set 25-17.
It all came down to the fifth set. Japan knew they had the Olympic spot if they could win the match. Thanks to Yamamoto Takahiro’s attacking play the home team secured the match with a thrilling 20-18 win. The match lasted just under two hours.
As we now look forward to the Olympic tournament in Beijing the final twelve teams are decided. The teams to play at the Olympics in the men’s volleyball tournament will be:
China, Brazil, Russia, Bulgaria, Egypt, Japan, Serbia, USA, Venezuela, Germany, Italy and Poland.
Italy and Japan in box seat for final two Olympic volleyball spots
June 7, 2008
Eight men’s volleyball teams are currently fighting it out for the final two berths in the Olympic volleyball tournament. The matches are being played in Tokyo, Japan.
The winner of the event and the best placed Asian team will be on their way to Beijing in August.
After five matches Italy is sitting at the top of the standings after going 5-0. Australia as the current Asian champions may have thought themselves a good chance to go to the Olympics as the Asia representative however it is not going to plan for the Aussies.
After a good opening to the tournament where the Australian team won their first two matches they have suffered three losses in a row. The first loss to the Italians may have been expected however the loss to South Korea came as a crushing blow for their hopes of making the Olympics. Yesterday Japan added another nail in the coffin after they defeated the Aussies 3-0.
Only two matches remain for each of the teams playing in a round robin format. Japan faces Argentina and then Algeria. I would expect Argentina to defeat Japan however Japan should clinch their Olympic berth with a win over Algeria on the final day.
Women’s Olympic volleyball teams decided in Tokyo
May 29, 2008
Eight teams gathered in Tokyo for a tournament from 17-25 May. The prize was an Olympic berth for four of the teams.
After all the teams played each other in the round robin format it was Poland, Serbia, Japan and Kazakhstan who booked their spot in the 12 team Olympic volleyball tournament.
Kazakhstan were the surprise team to qualify for the games in Beijing. Korea would have been the more fancied team to join Japan at the Olympics however the central Asian team made a late run to steal a spot. Going into the last two matches they were winless.
On the last day Korea, Thailand and Kazakhstan were a chance to grab the last spot which was awarded to the best Asian team to not finish in the top three spots. Korea missed their chance to seal the Olympic berth after a loss to the Dominican Republic 3-1. Kazakhstan defeated Thailand to end the tournament with a 2-5 record.
Who would go to Beijing as Asia’s qualifier came down to points. It was Kazakhstan who had the better points ratio and the ticket to Beijing.
The twelve teams to contest the women’s Olympic volleyball tournament are: China, Italy, Brazil, USA, Algeria, Kazakhstan, Russia, Cuba, Venezuela, Poland, Serbia and Japan.
Volleyball - Last chance for women’s Olympic qualification
May 6, 2008
Four women’s volleyball spots at the Beijing Olympics are up for grabs during the qualification tournament to be played 17-25 May in Tokyo. Eight teams will be fighting for the the last qualifying spots on offer.
At the tournament, hosts Japan are joined by Thailand, Korea, Kazakhstan (best-ranked teams at the Asian Continental Championship), Serbia, Poland (best world-ranked teams from CEV), Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (best world-ranked teams from NORCECA) in the Tokyo tournament.
The round-robin competition in the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium doubles up as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament and so the best three teams plus the best Asian team (even if any of the best three teams are Asian) will grab the final four tickets for the Beijing Olympic Games Women’s Volleyball Tournament.
Teams that have already booked their spot in Beijing are China as the host country, the top three teams at the 2007 World Cup, Italy, Brazil and the USA. Also going to Beijing is Cuba who qualify as the gold medalist from the NORCECA Olympic qualification tournament. Venuezela the gold medalist from the South American Olympic qualification tournament, Algeria the winners of the African Olympic qualification tournament and finally Russia the winners from the European Olympic qualification tournament.
