EIGHT WOMEN’S TEAMS READY TO QUALIFY FOR 2006 FIVB GRAND PRIX

FIVB World Grand Prix 2006 - European Qualification

Luxembourg, July 22, 2005. Poland, Turkey, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Bulgaria, Rumania and Azerbaijan are the eight teams who will compete for the three places in the FIVB World Grand Prix 2006 during next week’s European Qualification Tournament in Quba (AZE). Italy are directly qualified for the 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix hosting the Final Round. 

The teams participating in the 2005 European Qualification Tournament are the organiser and the best seven ranked teams from the 2003 European Championships Final Round (excluding sixth ranked Italy who are directly qualified as the organiser of the FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round from 24th to 26th June 2006 in Reggio Calabria). Another three European teams stand the chance to join the Italians in the Final Round when meeting one another in a Single Round Robin system in the Azerbaijan city of Quba from 26th to 31st July 2005.

The European Qualification Tournament for the 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix will be transmitted by ‘Eurosport International’ and the recently launched ‘Eurosport 2’ channel. Please find the detailed TV schedule at the bottom of this page or on the CEV website at www.cev.lu.

For results and further information on the European Qualification Tournament for the 2006 FIVB Grand Prix please click here. Further information on the 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix can be found at www.fivb.org.



Match Schedule (local time)

Preliminary Pool I: Poland, Netherlands, Russia, Rumania

Tuesday, 26 July 2005	14.00	RUS - POL
	20.30	NED - ROM
Wednesday, 27 July 2005	16.00	NED - RUS
	20.30	ROM - POL
Thursday, 28 July 2005	16.00	RUS - ROM
	20.30	POL - NED

 

Preliminary Pool II: Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan

Tuesday, 26 July 2005	16.00	GER - TUR
	18.30	AZE - BUL
Wednesday, 27 July 2005	14.00	BUL - TUR
	18.30	AZE - GER
Thursday, 28 July 2005	14.00	GER - BUL
	18.30	TUR - AZE

 

Final Four

Saturday, 30 July 2005	18.00	Semifinal 1
	20.30	Semifinal 2
Sunday, 31 July 2005	18.00	Classification match 3-4
	20.30	Final

TV Schedule

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Enjoy & Be There:

26-31 July 2005: FIVB Grand Prix Qualification, Quba, Azerbaijan.
28-31 July 2005: Under 20 European Beach Volleyball Championships 2005, Tel Aviv, Israel.
04-07 August 2005: Under 23 European Beach Volleyball Championships 2005, Myslowice, Poland.
06-09 August 2005: Nestea European Championship Tour - Swiss Open, Lucerne, Switzerland.
11-14 August 2005: Under 18 European Beach Volleyball Championships, Illichivsk, Ukraine.
25-28 August 2005: Nestea European Championship Tour Final, Moscow, Russia.
02-11 September 2005: Men’s Senior European Championships 2005, Rome (ITA) and Belgrade (SCG).
16-25 September 2005: Women’s Senior European Championships 2005, Pula and Zagreb, Croatia.