We are five games into the season and still with no wins. Not as big a disaster as it sounds, we have played some pretty good teams. This week we are up against Annas team Muenster. They also haven’t won a match, so its pretty desperate times for both sides. Heres a few pics and a bit of commentary on each match so far. VCO Berlin They are a Junior Academy Team. They have won a few games already, some massive surprises. Plus we lost an outside to an ACL this game, wasn’t the best ... Read Full Story

OK…it’s been a very long preseason but it looks like it is finally over. We have our first real season game this weekend against Berlin. We’ve had a massive schedule and played a lot of games. On Sunday we played a cup match against Stuttgart at home, we lost in four. We played a pretty inconsistent match, there were some highlights, but generally it was pretty nervous and shaky in front of our home crowd. Hopefully all that is out of the way for this weekends game, it is a ... Read Full Story

The Chinese volleyball team are being put through their paces in preparation for the Olympic Volleyball tournament. Although not the favourites for the Olympic Volleyball tournament they are aiming for top 8. More at FIVB Beijing, China, August 4, 2008 - The Chinese Men’s team appeared at their first open training session Monday afternoon at the newly-renovated Capital Indoor Stadium. The lineup of captain Shen Qiong, spikers Cui Jianjun, Yuan Zhi, Yu Dawei, setter Jiao Shuai and liber... Read Full Story

I am back in Germany in the sunshine after a very long weekend. I am going to try and give a picture commentary….writing is too difficult as I still can’t move my arms. We had AVL finals last weekend. We started off with a danger game against QLD. We won in 4 and played some of the best volleyball we had in a while. someone needs to teach me how to defend the line apparently… This bought us to the next round, we had to beat SA to get through to the final. They shocked us b... Read Full Story

Check out this post from Andrea Zorzi where he chats about how the Brazilians are still dominating in the lead up to the Olympic Volleyball Competition. There is nothign new in sight as the World League continues and Brazil continues to dominate the mens competition. Are Brazil the favourite leading intot eh Olympic Volleyball Competition? They surely have to be. Serbia also had a win over USA, Zorzi analyses the match and talks about how it was a mini game between the outside hitters….... Read Full Story

Brazil and Serbia had wins in the World League final as everybody starts thinking about the Olympic Volleyball competition coming up, this is a good indication on how teams are travelling up until now, as they prepare for the Olympic Volleyball tournament. Full article FIVB Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 23, 2008 – Two 3-0 matches opened the Final Round of the 2008 FIVB World League in Rio. Brazil beat Russia, while Serbia had not faced many problems against USA. Winner of the last five editio... Read Full Story

  There is a lot going on at the end of this week. We head off for finals for AVL on Friday morning and kick off with a big game against Queensland on Friday night. This is a must win game to progress into the final. Thats all we are thinking about to start. Its going to be a tough weekend and we have to pull out a lot of good volleyball to get to the final, and repeat what we did last year. I hope everyone back in Victoria has their fingers crossed for us, we are going to need the support. I... Read Full Story

Olympic Volleyball is heating up! Here is the latest from the World League, which tells us a lot about the Olympic Volleyball competition coming up….only a few weeks left. Full article at FIVB Lausanne, July 16, 2008 – The sixth and final weekend of Intercontinental Round action in the 2008 FIVB World League approaches with two berths still to be decided for the Final Round in Rio de Janeiro. Host Brazil, Pool B winner Russia, Pool C winner USA and FIVB wild card Japan are all confirmed... Read Full Story

It is all gearing up for the Olympic Volleyball year. The Grand prix is well and truly underway. It is shaping up to be a ripper Olympic Volleyball year. Read full article at FIVB Yokohama, Japan, July 11, 2008 - World No. 1 Brazil and Cuba both clinched their third straight wins on Friday to lead the title race at the 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix Finals, while hosts Japan pulled off an amazing upset by sweeping World Cup winners Italy 3-0, leaving reigning Olympic champions China as the only w... Read Full Story

The draw is out for the mens and womens Olympic Volleyball tournament. Check out the pools below and check out this article from the FIVB for the full schedule. Women’s Tournament Pool A: 1. China, 2. Cuba, 3. USA, 4. Japan, 5. Poland, 6. Venezuela Pool B: 1. Brazil 2. Italy, 3. Russia, 4. Serbia, 5. Kazakhstan, 6. Algeria Men’s Tournament Pool A: 1. China, 2. USA, 3. Bulgaria, 4. Italy, 5. Japan, 6. Venezuela Pool B: 1. Brazil, 2. Russia, 3. Poland, 4. Serbia, 5. Egypt, 6. Germ... Read Full Story