FIVB

Monday, September 28, 2015

World Tour First FIVB World Tour gold for Switzerland's Heidrich/Zumkehr at Xiamen Open Xiamen, China, September 27, 2015 - Switzerland's Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr captured their first FIVB World Tour gold medal as a pair on Sunday after beating Argentinean dark horses Ana Gallay/Georgina Klug 2-0 (21-18, 21-17) in the final of the Xiamen Open. World Tour Milestone gold medal for USA’s Lucena/Dalhausser in Xiamen Open Xiamen, China, September 26, 2015 - USA’s Nicholas Lucena/Philip Dalhausser claimed their first gold on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour on Saturday after beating Markus Böckermann/Lars Flüggen from Germany 2-0 (21-16, 21-17) in the final of the Xiamen Open. Men's World Cup Brazilian men stay on top of FIVB World Ranking Lausanne, Switzerland, September 25, 2015 - Following the conclusion of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cup in Japan, the updated FIVB Men’s Senior World Ranking has been released, with Brazil, Russia and Poland still ranked as first, second and third, respectively, as per September 2015. Men's World Cup Nine berths still up for grabs as USA and Italy qualify for Rio Lausanne, Switzerland, September 24, 2015 - The joy shared by FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cup winners USA and runners-up Italy was hard to describe. The top two teams in the competition had secured the first two of eleven tickets to the Olympic Games in Rio, where they will join FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship runners-up and hosts Brazil, who qualify automatically as the event organisers.