Sunday 23 July 2017
Philippine NT tune-up game with Okayama Seagulls [Pictures]
22 July 2017, ZIP Arena Okayama
Public practice + volleyball clinic for kids + tune up game
Pictures by #岡山シーガルズ
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| First up: public practice from 9am to 12nn |
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| Afterwards, both teams conducted a volleyball clinic for kids |
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| Photo-op with kids! |
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| Aki Maruyama (20), Moe Sasaki (7), Koyuki Okusu (22) |
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| Alyssa Valdez (09) tries to block Mai Yamaguchi (02) |
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| Alyssa Valdez spikes through 2 Okayama blockers |
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| Syuka Kaneda (18) Mika Reyes (03) Aiza Maizo-Pontillas (08) |
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| Rhea Dimaculangan (11) exchanges jerseys with Omasu (25) |
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| Jerseys exchanged and signed! |
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| Philippine NT + Okayama Seagulls |
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| Jaja Santiago gives out autographs for Japanese fans |
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| Francis Vicente and Mika Reyes interviewed by local Okayama news |
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| Of course, after training, lafang! |
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| DLSU teammates, now NT teammates! |
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| Apparently, melon was a favorite! |
Tuesday 18 July 2017
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| Alyssa Valdez (3rd from left) and Mika Reyes (4th from left) meet with Okayama Mayor and Okayama Seagulls members Mai Yamaguchi (2nd from right) and Aki Maruyama (rightmost) | credit image to @marcreyesINQ |
🇵🇭 Philippine NT to hold open practice w/ Okayama Seagulls
Report source: http://okayama.v-seagulls.co.jp/topic/?p=4240
The Philippine National Volleyball Team have arrived in Okayama, Japan and have started their rigorous training in anticipation of two international tournaments in next month.
The Asian Senior Championships will be held here in Manila from 9-17 August, while volleyball in SEA Games will be held in Malaysia from 19-31 August.
The national team will be training with club team Okayama Seagulls for one week. The Volleyball NT is looking to improve their floor defense and transition game in this training camp. Okayama Seagulls is a Japanese club team currently under the V.Challenge league. Prominent players of Okayama Seagulls include Haruka Miyashita (Japanese NT setter) and Mai Yamaguchi (London Bronze medalist).
There will be an open practice and 5-set tune-up game on July 22 (Saturday) between the Philippine NT and Okayama Seagulls that will be open to the public (free admission). To those who would like to attend (support our NT!), details are as follows:
Date: 22 July 2017
Time: (GMT+9 JPN time) 9am-12nn practice, 3pm start of tune-up game (gates will open 8:30am)
#LabanPilipinas 🇵🇭
Friday 14 July 2017
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| source: okayama.v-seagulls.co.jp |
Report source: http://okayama.v-seagulls.co.jp/topic/?p=4232
🇵🇭 Philippine NT to train with 🇯🇵 Japanese club team
The Philippine National Volleyball Team will be undergoing training camp in Okayama, Japan with club team Okayama Seagulls in preparation for the Asian Senior Championships and South East Asian (SEA) Games this August 2017.
The Asian Senior Championships will be held here in Manila from 9-17 August, while volleyball in SEA Games will be held in Malaysia from 19-31 August.
The week-long training will commence on July 17 (Monday) and will end on July 25 (Tuesday). They will be training in the gymnasium of Okayama University of Science High School (map for reference).
The Volleyball NT is looking to improve their floor defense, discipline and transition game in this training camp. Okayama Seagulls is a Japanese club team currently under the V.Challenge league. Prominent players of Okayama Seagulls include Haruka Miyashita (Japanese NT setter) and Mai Yamaguchi (London Olympics Bronze medalist).
Sunday 9 July 2017
And another World League season has come to an end: France won their 2nd FIVB World League title today at Curitiba, Brazil. This achievement is a big boost for #TeamYavbou after their dismal performance in Rio 2016. This is a hefty accomplishment, however, given their long history of being in Group 2 - they managed to get two World League titles in just two years after being promoted to Group 1 in 2015.
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| image from FIVB.com |
The lineup that France mostly used this final leg is a pretty new team (only Ngapeth, Toniutti, Grebennikov and Le Roux are the holdovers, although Le Goff is still in the lineup), which shows how much upside the team has. Kevin Tillie, who’s one of their best defenders, isn’t in the lineup. Clevenot proved to be a revelation as the young outside hitter started in the final match (without starting in any of the games in the final leg). He was instrumental in France’s climb to the final leg since he was also used in the eliminations (over Lyneel).
Brazil had everything to win the title - the players and even the crowd behind them. It was really a toss coin in the last set. To be fair, their lineup isn’t what we’re used to seeing. Wallace and Lucarelli brought their best ‘til the end - it’s just that their middle blockers are lacking firepower.
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| image from FIVB.com |
Canada and USA’s fight for the Bronze Medal was also a really good match. Who would have thought Canada will be in the final leg? Their coach Stephane Antiga brought them here after beefing up the Poland squad a few years back. This resulted to Canada winning their first ever World League medal.Despite the loss, USA still has something to be proud of. No Aarron Russell, David Smith, Matt Anderson, and Max Holt? They only had Micah Christenson, Erik Shoji and Taylor Sander with a mix of young guns in their current World League lineup. That’s what you get if you have a very good volleyball system - they can still manage to put up a contender team even without the whole first six! Let’s all wait for Benjamin Patch, he is such a good opposite hitter at 18 years old.
Lastly, Italy’s performance has relegated them to Group 2, what is up with that? They didn’t have Zaytsev and Juantorena and they only won 1 game. Simone Giannelli, even with his setting skills couldn’t lift this team up without good chemistry. They were really struggling even with the supposed “easy” opponents.
To review the final standing and awardees:
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France
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7
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Belgium
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2
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Brazil
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8
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Poland
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3
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Canada
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9
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Bulgaria
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4
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USA
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10
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Argentina
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5
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Serbia
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11
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Iran
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6
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Russia
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12
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Italy
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MVP:
Earvin N'Gapeth (FRA)
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Best MBs:
Graham Vigrass (CAN)
Kévin Le Roux (FRA)
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Best Setter:
Benjamin Toniutti (FRA)
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Best OP:
Wallace de Souza (BRA)
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Best OHs:
Ricardo Lucarelli Souza (BRA)
Earvin N'Gapeth (FRA)
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Best L:
Blair Bann (CAN)
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Saturday 8 July 2017
Friday 7 July 2017
Reset!
We have now started another Olympic cycle in Volleyball!
The
annual FIVB World Grand Prix is back!
Dominican
Republic has returned to Group 1 as they topped last year’s WGP Group 2 while Germany
has been relegated from Group 1 to Group 2. Korea
has returned to participate in the tournament, although they are relegated to
Group 2 this year (they were in Group 1 the last time they participated in 2014).
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