LONDON: Following the news
from this past September regarding Canada’s
re-inclusion in World League, Volleyball
Canada is now pleased to announce the locations
for each of the three Canadian stops during
Canada’s participation in the 2007
FIVB World League volleyball season.
The senior men will play Finland to kick
off the 2007 campaign at the John Labatt
Centre in London, Ontario, home of 15-year
Canuck veteran and international superstar
Paul Duerden. After a three-week stint through
Korea, Finland and Brazil respectively,
the men’s national team will return
to Canada to face 2004 Olympic gold medallist
Brazil at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga,
Ontario. Brazil has been crowned World League
champions the last four consecutive years,
and five of the last six. Team Canada will
then head home to Winnipeg and face off
against Korea at the MTS Centre to complete
pool play.
Canada’s schedule for the 2007 World
League competition is as follows:
Week #1 vs. Finland
- May 25 & 26 - John Labatt Centre
Week #2 vs. Korea - June 1 – 3 - Korea
Week #3 vs. Finland - June 8 – 10
- Finland
Week #4 vs. Brazil - June 15 – 17
- Brazil
Week #5 vs. Brazil - June 22 & 23 -
Hershey Centre, Mississauga, ON
Week #6 vs. Korea - June 29 & 30 - MTS
Centre, Winnipeg, MB
The 2007 FIVB World League Finals are scheduled
for Italy the week following the end of
the preliminary round.
The preliminary round of the 2007 edition
of World League will see twelfth ranked
Canada compete in Pool A alongside Brazil
(1st), Korea (11th) and Finland (35th).
The other pools are the following:
Pool B - France (6th), USA (5th), Italy
(2nd), Japan (10th)
Pool C - Russia (3rd), Cuba (16th), Egypt
(15th), Serbia (4th)
Pool D - Bulgaria (18th), Argentina (7th),
China (14th), Poland (8th
Established in 1990 the annual FIVB World
League was created with one goal in mind
- to bring the world's top men's teams together
to create a globe-trotting circuit with
attractive prizes, while bringing the best
of volleyball to every continent. In 2006,
20-million dollars in prize money was distributed
among 16 participating teams from 5 continents.
In the preliminary round, teams are organized
in pools. Each team plays a total of four
matches against all other teams in its pool,
two at home, two as visitors. Each pair
of matches is played over a weekend. Additional
event information is available at www.volleyball.ca
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