POSTED: Monday September 10th 2007
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World Cup: Japan, Australia and Brazil in the entry list

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FIVB World Cup 2007: Japan, Australia and Brazil in the entry list Lausanne, 10th September 2007 – After Japan, in the entry list as host

country, two teams are already qualified for the FIVB Volleyball World Cup 2007. Australia has won for the first time the Asian Continental Championship played in Jakarta (Indonesia): Russel Borgeaud’s team on Sunday ended with a gold medal the round robin played among 17 teams. Japan finished with a silver medal, while Korea won the bronze. The favourite Brazil conquered on the same day their 26^th South American’s title, out of a total of 26 participations. In the Final match they beat Argentina 3-0, but for Jon Uriarte’s team it’s a heavy silver medal. The five Continental Champions will enter the World Cup, together with Japan and two FIVB wild cards, chosen together with the organizers for JVA. The last 4 places to compose the 12 participant teams will be the best Continental Vice Champions as for January 2007 world ranking. Argentina can already count on a ticket to Japan, thanks to its 9^th place in that ranking. Korea in the Asian Continental Championship was 3^rd behind Japan and so considered as a Vice Champion, but the Korean team has to wait until the end of all Continental Championships, because they were not listed in the top positions in January. World ranking as per January 2007 Men: http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyba

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Women: http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyba

ll/Rankings/Rank_women_2007_01.asp The FIVB Volleyball World Cup 2007 is the first step in the Olympic Qualification process towards Beijing: the best 3 Men’s and 3 Women’s teams will join the Chinese teams, already qualified for the 2008 Olympics as host country. 12 Men’s and 12 Women’s teams will arrive in Japan to compete. The Women’s event is going to start on November 2nd, until November 16th when the last match is scheduled in Nagoya. The Men’s tournament will begin on November 18th to December 2nd, with the last games in Tokyo. - END -

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