 2008-07-27
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 27.07.2008.
For the first time ever in the FIVB World League history, the USA jumped on the highest step of the podium. The Americans are the sixth team in the 19 years of World League to win the competition, after the Italian and Brazilian domination. Serbia conquered the silver medal after losing the final 3-1. Russia gained the bronze, thanks to their 3-1 victory against Brazil. The host country of the Final Round didn’t manage to access the podium, after 7 gold medals, two silver and 4 bronze. The FIVB's flagship annual Men's competition closed this year assigning more than USD 20 million in Prize Money.
Showing a mixture of strength and ability, the Olympic Champions of 1984 and 1988 overcame the team from Serbia in a very tough match by 3-1 (26-24, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22). Serbian opposite Ivan Miljkovic was the top scorer of the final match with 28 points. The wing-spiker William Priddy, from the USA, scored 21 points. The Americans often led the game: beside their well known block and defense system, which they literally invented in the 80ies, they performed great in spiking, especially with Priddy and Stanley.
Russia defeated Brazil by 3-1 (25-23, 25-19, 23-25, 25-19) in the bronze medal match.
Best Players:
MVP (most valuable player): Lloy Ball (USA)
Best Scorer: Ivan Miljkovic (Serbia)
Best Spiker: Dante (Brazil)
Best Blocker: Marko Podrascanin (Serbia)
Best Server: Giba (Brazil)
Best Setter: Lloy Ball (USA)
Best Libero: Richard Lambourne (USA)
World League 2008 Final standings:
1. USA
2. Serbia
3. Russia
4. Brazil
5. Poland
6. Japan
7. Bulgaria, China, Italy
10. Cuba, Finland, France
13. Egypt, Korea, Spain, Venezuela
World League Honours:
1990 Italy
1991 Italy
1992 Italy
1993 Brazil
1994 Italy
1995 Italy
1996 Netherlands
1997 Italy
1998 Cuba
1999 Italy
2000 Italy
2001 Brazil
2002 Russia
2003 Brazil
2004 Brazil
2005 Brazil
2006 Brazil
2007 Brazil
2008 USA
source: fivb.org
Author: acatip
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