Does anyone know the venue for the France v Brazil games? Know it is the weekend of 20-23rd June.
I went to the France v Italy World League Games at the Bercy Area (Paris) last year and saw two great games. I am looking to book up early to take advantage to cheap flights.
Any help much appreciated.
Does anyone know the venue for the France v Brazil games? Know it is the weekend of 20-23rd June.
The venue is not yet known.
But it will most probably be Bercy. It would be a shame if the game won't take place there, since this is the only Hall enabling to have a large audience.
http://www.usavolleyball.org/VolleyballNews/news.asp?id=2079
USA Volleyball Announces Host Cities for 2008 World League
ANAHEIM, Calif. (Feb. 19, 2008) – USA Volleyball has announced that the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill., the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis., and U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, Ill., will host the three U.S. stops for the 2008 FIVB World League, which will be the final Olympic warm-up for the U.S. Men’s Volleyball Team.
The United States finished third at the 2007 World League, an exciting elite men’s volleyball competition in which the world’s best teams are divided into four pools and play for six straight weekends from June 13 to July 20. Winners from each pool will go to the final round on July 23-27 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, along with the host country and a pick from among the second-place teams in pool play.
The total World League prize purse is more than $20 million, with the winning team collecting a prize of more than $1 million.
"The World League competition is a crucial part of our Olympic preparation. We look forward to playing these important matches in Green Bay, Bloomington, and Chicago,” U.S. Men’s Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon said. “We have a very tough pool and I expect all of these matches to be closely contested and the level of volleyball will be very high."
The U.S. Men, ranked No. 3 in the world, will play in Pool C along with Bulgaria (No. 4), Spain (No. 6) and Finland (No. 22). Team USA will open domestic World League play against Bulgaria on June 20-21 at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, a northwestern suburb of Chicago. Both matches will be at 7 p.m.
U.S. outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) made his debut with the U.S. Men’s Team at the 2007 World League tournament and got to play in front of hometown fans when the team played in the Chicago area.
“It will be great to play in World League again and try to improve on our third-place finish,” said Rooney, who played at Wheaton South High School. “I am looking forward to the support from the hometown fans from Chicago.”
On June 27-28, the U.S. Men will return to the Resch Center in Green Bay, where they played two World League matches against Japan in 2007, to play Finland. Both matches will be at 7 p.m.
On July 11-12, the United States will host Spain at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, in central Illinois. Both matches will be at 7 p.m. Ticket information will be available soon.
“We are thrilled to be returning to a famous sports city like Green Bay and a great venue like the Resch Center,” USA Volleyball CEO Doug Beal said. “Our partners there put on a first-class event in 2007.
“We are also excited to be bringing Olympic caliber volleyball to the Midwest both in the Chicago area and in Bloomington, which may be the last U.S. city to see the U.S. Men play before they head to Beijing.”
The United States and Bulgaria have both qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games. Spain, which is the reigning European champion, still has a chance to qualify at a tournament prior to World League.
The U.S. Men have a 20-10 record against Bulgaria and most recently beat the team at the 2007 FIVB World Cup. Team USA is 12-5 against Spain, but lost to the Spaniards at the 2007 World Cup. The United States is 6-0 against Finland.
The United States has played in 10 editions of the FIVB World League since 1990. Its best results have been third-place finishes in 1992 and 2007. Brazil is the five-time World League defending champion.
For the second year, the U.S. World League matches will be broadcast, via tape delay, on ESPNU.
The USA Volleyball World League web site is http://www.usavolleyball.org/national/08WL.asp
The FIVB World League web site is http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyb…etitions/WorldLeague/2008.
2008 FIVB World League Pools
Pool A
Brazil
France
Serbia
Venezuela
Pool B
Cuba
Italy
Korea
Russia
Pool C
USA
Bulgaria
Finland
Spain
Pool D
China
Egypt
Japan
Poland
U.S. Men’s World League Schedule
June 13-15: USA at Finland
June 20-21 (both matches at 7 p.m.): Bulgaria at USA – The Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates
June 27-28 (both matches at 7 p.m.): Finland at USA – The Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis.
July 4-6: USA at Spain
July 11-12 (both matches at 7 p.m.): Spain at USA – U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, Ill.
July 18-20: USA at Bulgaria
July 23-27: World League Final Round in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Thanks Armel.
Got this email today from the ffvb
The two matches France-Brasil will take place in Paris Bercy the 20th and 21st of June.
Reservations will soon be available on our website www.ffvb.org
Bonne journée à vous.
Martin Stoev said he has still right to change extended team of Bulgaria till 20 March.
So here is extended squad:
Setters: Andrey Zhekov, Nikolay Naydenov, Ivan Stanev.
Middle Blockers: Evgeny Ivanov, Hristo Tzvetanov, Krasimir Gaydarski, Nikolay, Nikolov, Liubomir Hristov, Teodor Bogdanov
Outside-hitters: Matey Kazyiski, Metody Ananiev, Kostadin Stoykov, Todor Alexiev, Vladislav Alexandrov, Plamen Konstantinov, Miroslav Gradinarov, Tzvetan Sokolov.
Opposites: Boyan Yordanov, Danail Milushev, Vladimir Nikolov.
And there is one thing yet he said - he will include Kostadin Gadjanov in national squad, who is from Pirin Balkanstroy and is 21 years old. He is big talent, although he had played volleyball only 3 years.
Yeah, I've also read this. About Gadjanov.... I don't know, I personally don't think he's ready for the National Team, but if Stoev thinks it's good.. let it be. It's only an extended list anyway. Teodor Bogdanov and Lubomir Hristov also don't play very good in Levski Siconco and Pirin Balkanstroi.. but we'll see. About Aleksandorv and Gradinarov I totally agree that they should be in the list. 
Redhawkvb, Great post! 
WL 2008 wll be a GREAT Tournament!
Lists of 22 players on World League 2008
Poland 
Italy 
siatka.org
It's good to see Bartman on the list. He seems to be interesting player and one of the best in Turkish league (although it is not especially good league).
Finland
Setters
Mikko Esko, Padova, Italy
Simo-Pekka Olli, Padova, Italy
Joni Markkula, Vammalan Lentopallo
Kalle Määttä, Santasport
Middle Blockers
Konstantin Shumov, Taranto, Italy
Matti Oivanen, Pielaveden Sampo
Jukka Lehtonen, Santasport
Tuukka Anttila, Moerser SC, Germany
Henri Tuomi, Santasport
Anssi Vesanen, Tampereen Isku-Volley
Wing-spikers/Receivers
Olli Kunnari, AS Cannes, France
Urpo Sivula, Pielaveden Sampo
Antti Siltala, Noliko Maaseik, Belgium
Toni Kankaanpää, Tartu Pere Leib, Estonia
Tuomas Tihinen, Tampereen Isku-Volley
Jimmy Hernandez, Mutalan Riento
Henri Rajala, Raision Loimu
Opposites
Mikko Oivanen, Bozkurt Belediesi, Turkey
Olli-Pekka Ojansivu, Pielaveden Sampo
Matti Hietanen, Mantova, Italy
Liberos
Jarmo Kaaretkoski, Santasport
Pasi Hyvärinen, Muuramen Lentopallo
Russia
Setters
Sergey Grankin (Dinamo M)
Lesik Konstantin (Lokomotiv-Belogor'e, Belgorod)
Samsonychev Oleg (Iskra, Odincovo)
Khamuttskikh Vadim (Fakel, Novyj Urengoj)
Opposites
Kruglov Pavel (Dynamo M)
Mihajlov Maksim (Jaroslavich)
Poltavskiy Semen (Dynamo M)
Cheremisin Aleksej (Dinamo-JAntar', Kaliningrad)
Middle blockers
Volkov Aleksandr (Dinamo M)
Egorchev Andrej (Dinamo-TTG, Kazan')
Kazakov Aleksej (Ural, Ufa)
Kuleshov Aleksej (Iskra)
Ostapenko* Aleksej (Dinamo M)
Receivers
Abramov Pavel (Iskra)
Berezhko Yuriy (Dinamo M)
Korneev Aleksandr (Dinamo M)
Kosarev Aleksandr (Dinamo-TTG)
Krasikov Dmitrij (Lokomotiv-Belogor'e)
Tetjuhin Sergej (Dinamo-TTG)
Libero
Verbov Aleksej (Iskra)
Janutov Aleksandr (Gazprom-JUgra, Surgutskij r-n)
Sokolov Aleksandr (JAroslavich, JAroslavl')
volleyservice.ru
2008 KOREA MENS NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL TEAM 22 ROSTER
(2008 World League)
SETTER (4):
Kwon Young-Min 1980 190cm
Choi Tae-Woong 1976 185cm
Song Byung-Il 1983 196cm
You Kwang-Woo 1985 185cm
OPPOSITE (3):
Park Chul-Woo 1985 198cm
Joo Sang-Yong 1982 197cm
Moon Sung-Min 1986 198cm
OUTSIDE HITTER (7):
Song In-Seok 1978 197cm
Lee Kyung-Soo 1979 197cm
Suk Jin-Wook 1976 186cm
Chang Kwang-Kyun 1981 190cm
Shin Young-Soo 1982 197cm
Kim Yo-Han 1985 198cm
Park Jun-Bum 1988 200cm
MIDDLE BLOCKER (6):
Yun Bong-Woo 1982 200cm
Ha Hyun-Yong 1982 198cm
Lee Sun-Kyu 1981 200cm
Ha Kyoung-Min 1982 201cm
Ko Hee-Jin 1980 198cm
Shin Yung-Suk 1986 198cm
LIBERO (2):
Yeo Oh-Hyun 1978 176cm
Choi Bu-Sik 1978 180cm
This is my World League logo
I made it for my volleyball web site
do you like it
It's great. 
U.S. World League Fans Encouraged to Make Some Noise 
Fans of golf and tennis know that there are certain protocols that they are expected to follow at matches.
Fans are not supposed to make noise during the serves in tennis or during the backswing in golf. Officials at these sports are even required to try to hush the crowd.
USA Volleyball would like U.S. fans to stop being polite and start being loud at the 2008 FIVB World League matches, which will be played in Hoffman Estates, Ill. (June 13-14), Green Bay, Wis. (June 20-21) and Bloomington, Ill. (July 11-12).
You don’t even have to be quiet during the serve.
Blow your horns; ring your cowbells; cheer until you lose your voice. Volleyball matches at this level are meant to be fun and loud events.
Don’t worry, the players can handle it.
“Playing an international volleyball match in Poland or Brazil is much different than playing one in the U.S.,” said U.S. middle blocker Ryan Millar (Palmdale, Calif.). “It almost seems like American fans are a little more respectful when cheering. By respectful, I mean that it seems that they are more reluctant in being loud and rambunctious, because they would rather be considered polite and not interrupt play.”
In other countries, fans are not nearly so polite and arenas are not nearly so quiet.
U.S. outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), who is playing for a Russian club team in Siberia this winter, says the fans in his town inspire him to play better.
“The arena where we play holds 2,500 to 3,000 people and it’s always full,” Priddy said. “It was about three or four months before I noticed that it really picks me up. You almost start playing to the crowd.”
In Poland, Brazil and other countries, crowds dress entirely in the country’s colors, wave signs and banners and play drums and horns during a match.
USA Volleyball wants to create the same atmosphere at this summer’s matches against Bulgaria (June 13-14), Finland (June 20-21) and Spain (July 11-12). It is encouraging fans to wear red, white and/or blue and to bring banners and noisemakers.
Most of all, it is encouraging fans to take advantage of their last chance to see the U.S. Men’s Team play in the United States before heading to the Olympic Games in Beijing.
“Fifteen-thousand-plus fans to watch a volleyball match in the U.S. is something I only dream about while playing on the National Team,” Millar said. “With that many people, it would be incredibly hard to stay quiet.”
usavolleyball.org
French Team for the 2008 Wolrd League:
Setter:
PUJOL Pierre
LE MARREC Loïc
BAZIN Yannick
Opposite:
ROUZIER Antonin
MARECHAL Nicolas (could play as wing spiker too)
MOREAU Marien
Middle Blocker:
HARDY-DESSOURCES Gérald
VADELEUX Romain
TOLAR Jean-Stéphane
SOL Jean-Philippe
GENDREY Gary
Wing Spiker:
ANTIGA Stéphane
SAMICA Guillaume
GEILER Loïc
TUIA Samuel (could play as opposite too)
SLAVEV Bojidar
RAGONDET Emmanuel
Libero:
EXIGA Jean-François
ROWLANDSON Edouard
No Henno, no Granvorka, no Kieffer. Very young team. I'm not expecting it to play better than Serbia and Brazil . 
Lists of 22 players on World League 2008
Poland
List of 19 players is without Robert Prygiel, Wojciech Żaliński and Wojciech Jurkiewicz.
Bulgarian team for the WL 2008
Setter:
Andrey Zhekov (EA Patron, Greece)
Ivan Stanev (LukOil Neftohimik, Bulgaria)
Ivan Zarev (CSKA, Bulgaria)
Opposite:
Vladimir Nikolov (Itas Diatec Trentino, Italy)
Boyan Yordanov (Olympiacos, Greece)
Danail Milushev (Tours, France)
Tsvetan Sokolov (Marek Union Ivkoni, Bulgaria)
Middle blocker:
Evgeni Ivanov (Jastrzebski Wegiel, Poland)
Hristo Tsvetanov (Budvanska Riviera, Montenegro)
Krasimir Gaydarski (Olympiacos, Greece)
Nikolay Nikolov (LukOil Neftohimik, Bulgaria)
Teodor Bogdanov (Levski Siconco, Bulgaria)
Wing spiker:
Matey Kaziyski (Itas Diatec Trentino, Italy)
Plamen Konstantinov (Iraklis, Greece)
Todor Aleksiev (Levski Siconco, Bulgaria)
Metodi Ananiev (Levski Siconco, Bulgaria)
Kostadin Stoykov (Nova, Russia)
Martin Penev (LukOil Neftohimik, Bulgaria)
Libero:
Teodor Salparov (CSKA, Bulgaria)
Stoev announced today that Kolev and Nenchev from CSKA - the new champion also will be in the squad.