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Russia Ends U.S. Men's World League Campaign

The U.S. Men’s National Team ended its 2009 World League campaign on Thursday with a 0-3 (22-25, 22-25, 23-25) loss to Russia at Beogradska Arena in Belgrade, Serbia. Read More

U.S. Men Succumb to Serbia at World League

The U.S. Men's Volleyball Team could not overcome hard-hitting Serbia on Wednesday and fell 0-3 (20-25, 23-25, 22-25) in their first 2009 FIVB World League final round match in Belgrade, Serbia. Read More

U.S. Men in Serbia for World League Final Round

The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team will begin its quest for a third straight FIVB World League medal on Wednesday when it takes on host Serbia (11 a.m. PT) in its first Final Round pool play match at Beogradska Arena in Belgrade. Read More

FIVB Announces Pools for World League Final Round

The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team will compete in Pool E with Russia and Serbia in the final round of FIVB World League, July 22-26 in Belgrade, Serbia. Read More

U.S. Women's Beach Teams Finish in Moscow

The USA Volleyball women’s beach teams are finished at the 2009 Moscow Women’s Grand Slam, part of the SWATCH FIVB World Tour in Moscow, Russia. Read More

U.S. Men Finish Pool Play in Wichita

U.S. Head Coach Alan Knipe knows that his team must win at least one match against Netherlands in FIVB World League play this weekend in Wichita, Kan., to secure first place in Pool A and advance to the final round in Belgrade, Serbia. Read More

U.S. Men to Face Improved Italian Team

The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team finds itself in a must-win situation this weekend when it plays Italy at the 2009 FIVB World League matches at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Read More

U.S. Men Come Back with Win Against China

The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team rebounded from Saturday’s five-set loss and defeated China on Sunday, 3-1 (25-18, 20-25, 25-21, 25-12) in an FIVB World League match in Nanjing, China. Read More

Resurgent Chinese Defeat U.S. Men in World League

The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team could not hold off a resurgent Chinese team that defeated Team USA 3-2 (25-19, 27-29, 18-25, 26-24, 15-12) on Saturday in an FIVB World League match in Nanjing, China. Read More

U.S. Men Return to China for World League

The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team makes its first trip to China since the 2008 Olympic Games this weekend for two FIVB World League matches. Read More

U.S. Men Move on to Italy for World League

The U.S. Men’s National Team arrived Tuesday in Italy where it will play two World League matches on June 19 in Florence and June 21 in Catania. Read More

USAV Announces Preliminary World League Roster

USA Volleyball has announced the 22-person preliminary roster that it has submitted for the 2009 FIVB World League men’s tournament. Read More

USA Volleyball Announces U.S. World League Cities

Volleyball fans will be able to watch the U.S. Men’s Volleyball Team – 2008 Olympic and World League champion – play world-class opponents this summer. Read More

FIVB Announces Pools for 2009 World League

The FIVB World League Council announced Tuesday that the 2008 World League and Olympic champion U.S. Men’s Volleyball Team will be joined by China, Italy and Netherlands in Pool A of the 2009 World League. Read More

U.S. Men Have Little Time to Reflect on Victory

As has become the pattern during the summer of 2008, there wasn’t much time for the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team to reflect on their accomplishment before looking forward to the next challenge. Read More

ESPNU to Show World League Final Round

On Aug. 7, ESPNU will televise (tape delayed) the final three matches from the FIVB World League, featuring the U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team’s journey to its first FIVB World League title. Read More

U.S. Men Will Head to Beijing as World League Champions

The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team won its first FIVB World League title on Sunday by taking as 3-1 (26-24, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22) victory over Serbia in the gold medal match before a crowd of 5,700 at Maracanazinho Gymnasium in Rio de Janeiro. Read More

U.S. Men Sweep Brazil; Will Play Serbia for World League Gold

The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team assured itself its best FIVB World League finish ever when it swept host Brazil, 25-23, 25-22, 27-25, the No. 1 team in the world, before 11,615 fans on Saturday at Maracanazinho Gymnasium in Rio de Janeiro. Read More

U.S. Men to Face Brazil in World League Semis

The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team will face host Brazil at 9:15 a.m. PDT on Saturday in the semifinals of the FIVB World League Final Round in Rio de Janeiro. Read More

U.S. Men Pull Off World League Win Over Poland

The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team held off match-point and pulled out a five-set victory (25-18, 23-25, 27-25, 18-25, 16-14) over Poland in the FIVB World League Final Round on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro. Read More

Serbia Stuns U.S. Men in World League Final Round

The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team could not find an answer for Serbia's Ivan Milijkovic, who had 16 points on 16 kills as Serbia surpassed the U.S. Men, 25-23, 25-19, 25-17. Read More

U.S. Men Rested and Ready for World League Final Round

The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team goes into Wednesday’s FIVB World League Final-Round match (9:15 a.m. PDT) against Poland in Rio de Janeiro with more on its mind than money. Read More

U.S. Men Fall in Four to Bulgaria at World League

The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team fought the good fight but again came up short against Bulgaria on Saturday, and lost a two-hour, four-set match (20-25, 25-20, 20-25, 33-35) in an FIVB World League match in Varna, Bulgaria. Read More

Bulgaria Beats Young U.S. Men in Five Sets

Missing four of its starters, the U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team put up a battle before losing to Bulgaria, 2-3 (22-25, 26-24, 16-25, 25-23, 10-15) in an FIVB World League match on Friday in Varna, Bulgaria. Read More

U.S. Men, Bulgaria Will Meet Again in Beijing

This weekend's FIVB World League matches between Bulgaria and the United States are anything but meaningless. Read More

Finland Helps U.S. Men Win Trip to Rio

With help from Finland, the U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team ensured it will win its pool and advance to the FIVB World League final round. Read More

U.S. Men Sweep Spain for Eighth World League Win

The U.S. Men’s National Team held off a scrappy team from Spain to win its eighth 2008 FIVB World League pool play match, 25-19, 25-23, 27-25, on Friday before 4,610 fans at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum. Read More

U.S. Men Control Their World League Destiny

Heading into the second-to-last weekend of pool play in the FIVB World League, the U.S. Men's National Team finds itself right where it wants to be - in charge of its own fate. Read More

U.S. Men Defeat Spain, Gain Ground on Bulgaria

The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team defeated Spain quickly and decisively, 25-19, 25-19, 25-23 in a 2008 FIVB World League match on Sunday in Madrid and gave itself some breathing room in Pool C. Read More

U.S. Men Hold off Spain's Comeback for World League Win

A match that looked to be an easy victory for the U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team turned out to have some surprise fireworks before the United States could finally claim a 25-23, 25-22, 29-31, 20-25, 18-16 victory. Read More

U.S. Men Making World League Stop in Spain

The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team will spend its July 4th weekend in Madrid for the first of four-straight FIVB World League matches against Spain. Read More

Bulgaria Strikes Back

The second FIVB World League match between the No. 3 U.S. Men's National Team and No. 4 Bulgaria lived up to its billing as it came down to a fifth set, which Bulgaria won. Read More

U.S. Men Make Quick Work of Bulgaria

The U.S. Men's National Team was firing on all cylinders on Friday while Bulgaria never quite got started as the United States defeated Bulgaria 25-23, 25-16, 25-16 on Friday. Read More

U.S. Men Expecting a World League Battle with Bulgaria

The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team, ranked No. 3 in the world, plays its first domestic matches of the 2008 World League this Friday and Saturday when it will face No. 4 Bulgaria at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Read More

U.S. Men Shut Out Finland for Second World League Victory

The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team had an easy time of it on Saturday as it defeated Finland 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-16) in just over an hour in an FIVB World League match played in Espoo, Finland. Read More

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Rob Browning with the U.S. Men at World League

Going with tradition, Team USA saved the biggest and best fireworks for
the end of the night, holding on to win a tightly contested match won in
5 sets.

Some highlights…

-At 20-19 in the first set, Phil Eatherton came in for Riley Salmon as a
blocking sub.… Read More

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Rob Browning with the U.S. Men at World League

Our hotel in Spain is adequate, but quite dated. It is located next to a big train and metro station. It's kind of an eclectic area with miniature golf and skating rink besides all the typical stores and eateries you would find at a major train station. One other special feature is a… Read More

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Rob Browning with the U.S. Men at World League

2008 World League

Madrid, Spain

July 6, 2008

Impressive start (and finish) for USA today. A remarkable trait of this team, which is a testament to the gym culture they have established, and of USA teams historically going back at least to the gold-medal teams of the… Read More

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Gabe Gardner Blog - The Windy City

We were fortunate enough to have a few days at our home base (Anaheim, CA) after returning from Finland.

Well, I guess this depends on your definition of fortunate. Most of the guys on our team play professionally outside the USA for 6-7 months of the year. That also means live… Read More

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Gabe Gardner Blog - Thanks Packerland

We arrived in Green Bay, WI for our 5^th and 6^th matches of World League. Both matches were against Finland, a team we played previously in Finland a few weeks prior. We certainly entered the weekend looking to continue winning, and giving ourselves a chance to qualify from… Read More

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Contemplating a World League Loss

I have been in Belgrade, Serbia since Sunday as part of the FIVB control committee getting ready for the World League Finals. This will be the 2nd time Serbia has hosted the finals (2005), same city and same very nice arena; a large (22,000 capacity) relatively new facility that has all the… Read More

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Control Committee is Out of Control

I'm going to try to put things in perspective within the "sometimes thought of glamorous world of FIVB International VB events."

Some of you may notice that the time of this note is about 1:15 am Belgrade time – a bit later by the time I finish. You also may know that the USA-RUS… Read More

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