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FUTURE EVENTS - 2008

(NOTE: Events scheduled for future dates are subject to changes)

 

June 26-July 5  USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships, Dallas, Texas

 

July 2-9              USA Junior Olympic Boys' Volleyball Championships, Sandy, Utah

 

July 9-13 FIVB World Grand Prix (Women Indoor), Week 4 - FINALS , Yokohama, Japan

 

                   1st: Brazil , 2nd: Cuba  , 3rd: Italy   , 4th: USA , 5th: China , 6th: Japan

 

July 11-13   AVP Pro Beach Volleyball  Men & Women - Chicago, Illinois

                 FINALS ON NBC TV    Sat 7/12/08  2:30 PM EDT  Men's FINAL

                                                          Sun 7/13/08  1:30 PM EDT  Women's FINALS

 

July 14-20 FIVB Pro Beach Men & Women - Marseille, France

 

July 18-20   AVP Pro Beach Volleyball  Men & Women - Brooklyn, New York

 

July 20 End of the Olympic Beach Qualification period

 

July 21-27 FIVB Pro Beach Men & Women- Gstaad, Switzerland

 

July 23-27 FIVB World League (Men Indoor) FINAL Round - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

                    1st: USA , 2nd: Serbia , 3rd: Russia , 4th: Brazil , 5th: Poland , 6th: Japan

 

July 26   Olympic Games Beach Volleyball Drawing of Lots - Gstaad, Switzerland

 

July 25-27   AVP Pro Beach Volleyball  Men & Women - Long Beach, California

 

July 28 - August 3   FIVB Pro Beach Men & Women - Klagenfurt, Austria

 

August 1-3   AVP Pro Beach Volleyball  Men & Women - San Diego, California

 

 

August 6-24  2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing, People's Republic of China (Games of the XXIV Olympics)

CURRENT BEIJING TIME:        EASTERN TIME:                  PACIFIC TIME:
   

USA Volleyball Teams - Combined Olympic Schedule - Beach and Indoor, Men & Women

                      Click here for one-page printable version   

Date/Time

Gender

Pool

Teams

9-Aug-08

Saturday

 

 

 

18:00

Women

PE

Branagh-Youngs USA [5]

Kadijk R.-Mooren NED [20]

2-0 (21-19, 27-25)

0:50

21:00

Men

PB

Rogers-Dalhausser USA [2]

Samoilovs-Plavins LAT [23]

0-2 (19-21, 18-21)

0:49

22:00

Women

Indoor

PA

JPN-USA

1-3

20-25

25-20

19-25

21-25

 

85-95

1:45

11'500

10-Aug-08

Sunday

 

 

 

9:00

Women

PB

Walsh-May-Treanor USA [2]

Teru Saiki-Kusuhara JPN [23]

2-0 (21-12, 21-15)

0:33

12:35

Men

Indoor

PA

USA-VEN

3-2

25-18

25-18

22-25

21-25

15-10

108-96

2:17

11'000

21:00

Men

PF

Gibb-Rosenthal USA [7]

Boersma E.-Ronnes NED [18]

2-0 (21-16, 21-15)

0:37

11-Aug-08

Monday

 

 

 

12:35

Women

Indoor

PA

USA-CUB

0-3

15-25

24-26

17-25

 

 

56-76

1:15

12'000

18:00

Women

PE

Branagh-Youngs USA [5]

Pohl-Rau GER [8]

2-0 (21-17, 21-16)

0:46

22:00

Men

PB

Rogers-Dalhausser USA [2]

Heyer-Heuscher SUI [11]

2-0 (21-15, 21-10)

0:41

12-Aug-08

Tuesday

 

 

 

9:00

Women

PB

Walsh-May-Treanor USA [2]

Fernandez Grasset-Larrea Peraza CUB [14]

2-0 (21-15, 21-16)

0:35

12:30

Men

Indoor

PA

USA-ITA

3-1

24-26

25-22

25-15

25-21

 

99-84

2:02

12'500

22:00

Men

PF

Brink-Dieckmann Ch. GER [6]

Gibb-Rosenthal USA [7]

0-2 (15-21, 13-21)

0:38

13-Aug-08

Wednesday

 

 

 

9:00

Men

PB

Rogers-Dalhausser USA [2] Conde-Baracetti ARG [14] 2-0 (21-12, 21-13) 0:38

12:00

Women

Indoor

PA

VEN-USA 1-3 17-25 25-20 14-25 18-25   74-95 1:45 3'400

22:00

Women

 PE

Branagh-Youngs USA [5] Esteves Ribalta-M. Crespo CUB [17] 2-1 (21-19, 13-21, 15-12) 0:56

14-Aug-08

Thursday

 

 

 

9:00

Women

PB

Walsh-May-Treanor USA [2] Nila-Ingrid NOR [11] 2-0 (21-12, 21-15) 0:35

19:00

Men

PF

Gibb-Rosenthal USA [7] Asahi-Shiratori JPN [19] 2-1 (21-15, 19-21, 18-16) 0:55

22:00

Men

Indoor

PA

BUL-USA 1-3 29-27 21-25 14-25 24-26   88-103 1:57 5'700
BEACH - Round of 16

15-Aug-08

Friday

Women

Beach

Round of 16

 
46 15-Aug 09:00 Van Breedam-Mouha BEL [13] Walsh-May-Treanor USA [2] 0-2 (22-24, 10-21) 0:37
41 15-Aug 10:00 Branagh-Youngs USA [5] Fernandez Grasset-Larrea Peraza CUB [14] 2-0 (21-15, 21-13) 0:37

20:00

Women

Indoor

PA

USA-CHN 3-2 23-25 25-22 23-25 25-20 15-11 111-103 2:16 13'000

16-Aug-08

Saturday

Men

Beach

Round of 16

 
40 16-Aug 09:00 Laciga M.-Schnider SUI [20] Rogers-Dalhausser USA [2] 1-2 (16-21, 23-21, 13-15) 1:02
44 16-Aug 20:00 Herrera-Mesa ESP [12] Gibb-Rosenthal USA [7] 0-2 (24-26, 17-21) 0:53

10:00

Men

Indoor

PA

USA-CHN 3-0 25-22 25-12 25-18     75-52 1:16 3'650
BEACH - Round of 8

17-Aug-08

Sunday

Women

Beach

 

Quarterfinals, 8 teams
50 17-Aug 10:00 Ana Paula-Larissa BRA [3] Walsh-May-Treanor USA [2] 0-2 (18-21, 15-21) 0:39
49 17-Aug 21:00 Barnett-Cook AUS [10] Talita-Renata BRA [6] 0-2 (22-24, 14-21) 0:46
48 17-Aug 20:00 Branagh-Youngs USA [5] Xue-Zhang Xi CHN [4] 0-2 (17-21, 13-21) 0:40
47 17-Aug 11:00 Tian Jia-Wang CHN [1] Schwaiger-Schwaiger AUT [18] 2-0 (21-12, 21-12) 0:38

 

Nicole Branagh-Elaine Youngs USA [5] finish tied for 5th place.

12:30

Women

Indoor

PA

27 17-Aug POL-USA 2-3 25-18 21-25 25-19 19-25 13-15 103-102 2:13 11'000

18-Aug-08

Monday

Men

Beach

 

Quarterfinals, 8 teams
50 18-Aug 20:00 Marcio Araujo-Fabio Luiz BRA [4] Gosch-Horst AUT [24] 2-0 (22-20, 21-17) 0:54
49 18-Aug 21:00 Ricardo-Emanuel BRA [3] Gibb-Rosenthal USA [7] 2-0 (21-18, 21-16) 0:48
48 18-Aug 11:00 Nummerdor-Schuil NED [5] Geor-Gia GEO [15] 0-2 (19-21, 19-21) 0:51
47 18-Aug 10:00 Klemperer-Koreng GER [8] Rogers-Dalhausser USA [2] 0-2 (13-21, 23-25) 0:52

 

Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal USA [7] finish tied for 5th place.

22:00

Men

Indoor

PA

JPN-USA 0-3 18-25 12-25 21-25     51-75 1:17 5'800
BEACH - Round of 4

INDOOR - Round of 8

19-Aug-08

Tuesday

Women

Beach

 

Semi-finals, 4 teams

 
Semi-finals
52 19-Aug 09:00 Talita-Renata BRA [6] Walsh-May-Treanor USA [2] 0-2 (12-21, 14-21) 0:38
51 19-Aug 10:00 Tian Jia-Wang CHN [1] Xue-Zhang Xi CHN [4] 2-1 (22-24, 29-27, 15-8) 1:11

 

 

Women

Indoor

 

Quarterfinals, 8 teams (Top four teams in each pool)

 
31 19-Aug CUB-SRB 3-0 26-24 25-19 26-24     77-67 1:20 12'500
32 19-Aug USA-ITA 3-2 20-25 25-21 19-25 25-18 15-6 104-95 2:01 10'000
33 19-Aug CHN-RUS 3-0 25-22 27-25 25-19     77-66 1:30 13'000
34 19-Aug JPN-BRA 0-3 12-25 20-25 16-25     48-75 1:13 12'500

 

20-Aug-08

Wednesday

Men

Beach

 

Semi-finals, 4 teams

 
Semi-finals
52 20-Aug 10:00 Ricardo-Emanuel BRA [3] Marcio Araujo-Fabio Luiz BRA [4] 0-2 (20-22, 18-21) 0:52
51 20-Aug 09:00 Rogers-Dalhausser USA [2] Geor-Gia GEO [15] 2-0 (21-11, 21-13) 0:41

 

 

Men

Indoor

 

Quarterfinals, 8 teams (Top four teams in each pool)

 
31 20-Aug USA-SRB 3-2 20-25 25-23 21-25 25-18 15-12 106-103 2:14 7'500
32 20-Aug BUL-RUS 1-3 25-20 16-25 22-25 21-25   84-95 1:47 11'500
33 20-Aug ITA-POL 3-2 25-19 25-22 18-25 26-28 17-15 111-109 2:19 8'000
34 20-Aug CHN-BRA 0-3 17-25 15-25 16-25     48-75 1:13 13'000

 

21-Aug-08

Thursday

Women

Beach

 

Bronze Medal Match
Final 3rd Place
53 21-Aug 9:00 Xue-Zhang Xi CHN [4] Talita-Renata BRA [6]

 

Gold Medal Match  

Final 1st Place

54

21-Aug

11:00

Tian Jia-Wang CHN [1]

Walsh-May-Treanor USA [2]

("LIVE" on NBC TV - WEDNESDAY 11:00PM EDT, 8:00PM PDT - Check your local listings)

 

 

Women

Indoor

 

Semifinals, 4 teams

 
35 CUB-USA 21-Aug 12:30 Beijing Capital Indoor Stadium
36 CHN-BRA 21-Aug 20:00 Beijing Capital Indoor Stadium

 

22-Aug-08

Friday

Men

Beach

 

Bronze Medal Match

Final 3rd Place

53

22-Aug

9:00

Geor-Gia GEO [15]

Ricardo-Emanuel BRA [3]

 

 

Gold Medal Match  

Final 1st Place

54

22-Aug

11:00

Rogers-Dalhausser USA [2]

Marcio Araujo-Fabio Luiz BRA [4]

("LIVE" on NBC TV - THURSDAY 11:00PM EDT, 8:00PM PDT - Check your local listings)

 

 

Men

Indoor

 

Semifinals, 4 teams

 
35 USA-RUS