Due to scheduling conflicts with 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, China, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and South Korea alongside the host team Qatar qualified directly to the quarterfinal stage.
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Round 1: Top 3 teams (Brazil, Peru and Argentina according to FIVB Ranking) will play against the 4 remaining teams.
A two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), he was honoured Best Setter at the 2001 Volleyball America's Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Cuba finished in second place.
Andrés Manzanillo (born August 1, 1977) is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
His father is a former national volleyball team player.
The series was strictly created as a tribute to the gold medal the Japanese women's volleyball team earned in the 1976 Olympics.
She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2003 European Championship in Ankara.
Carlos Teixeira (born March 11, 1976) is a volleyball player from Portugal, who plays as a libero for the Men's National Team.
She was a member of the Dutch National Women's Team that won the gold medal at the FIVB World Grand Prix 2007 in Ningbo, PR China.
She was named Best Blocker at the FIVB World Grand Prix 2007 in Ningbo, PR China, where the Polish National Team finished in sixth place.
Fabrice Bry (born April 2, 1972 in Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours, Seine-et-Marne) is a retired volleyball player from France, who earned a total number of 85 caps for the Men's National Team.
With the help of superstar player Lang Ping, China won the following two editions, in 1981 and 1985.
Francisco Alberto Abreu López, (born April 26, 1982) is a male volleyball and beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who participated with his national team at the 2007 America's Cup wearing the #10 jersey.
And he was a member of South Korean Gumi LIG Insurance Greaters in V-League 2007 ~ 2008 season.A resident of Málaga he was a member of the Men's National Team that won the 2007 European title in Moscow, Russia.
Gustavo Valderrama (born July 31, 1977 in Zulia State) is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
She represented the German Women's National Team in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.
The squad posted wins over the 2004 Olympic gold and silver medalists during the year (Brazil and Italy, respectively), registered the highest winning percentage of any men’s national team since 1988 (.818) and recorded the most wins by a men’s team since 2000 (27).
Hugo Gaspar (born September 2, 1982) is a volleyball player from Portugal, who plays for the Men's National Team.
Gündoğan's cousin Naz Aydemir is a volleyball player for Vakıfbank and the Turkish women's national team.
Izabela Bełcik (born 29 November 1980 in Malbork) is a Polish volleyball player, and a member of the women's national team.
She played for the United States national team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
She played for San Diego's Crawford High School, San Diego State, and the United States national team.
Laurent Chambertin (born September 29, 1966 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or) is a retired volleyball player from France, who earned a total number of 336 caps for the Men's National Team.
Flier was named Most Valuable Player at the 2007 FIVB World Grand Prix in Ningbo, PR China, where the Dutch national team won the gold medal.
Nicole Vorpahl (born March 8, 1994 in Chile) is a Chilean volleyball player who plays as libero for the Chile national team.
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Nicole was asked to be the Libero of the Chile national team after Hugo Jauregui, Argentinean coach and former coach of the Argentinean national team, took over.
Melli is the son of the former professional volleyball player Julie Vollertsen, who won the silver medal with the Team USA women's national volleyball team at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games.
Nuris Arias Doñé (born May 20, 1973 in San Cristobal) is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the gold medal with the women's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in her home town Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The Federation received recognition and was affiliated to the Pakistan Olympic Association and the International Volleyball Federation the same year.
Gravina played 284 times for Italian national volleyball team, for which he made his debut in 1990 at Belo Horizonte against Brazil.
Phạm Thị Yến (born October 20, 1985) is a member of the Vietnam women's national volleyball team.
He played for the United States national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
There she finished in fifth place with the USA National Team.
Robert Prygiel (born 14 April 1976 in Radom) - Polish volleyball player, who played for Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and has played over 136 matches for Polish national team.
There finished sixth with the national squad after a 3-0 loss in the fifth place playoff against South Korea.
In October 2013, it was announced that Antiga had been appointed as the new Head Coach of the Poland men's national volleyball team in a three year contract, replacing Andrea Anastasi.
The team's biggest success came in 1989, when Sweden won the silver medal at the 1989 European Championship in Örebro and Stockholm, from September 23 to October 1.
He captained the India national team at the 1966 Asian Games.
Thomas ("Tom") Sorensen (born April 6, 1971 in Racine, Wisconsin) is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Hoa scored 31 points in this thrilling game in which Korea were beaten by 3-2.
In 2008, Vip became general sponsor of Serbian national volleyball team.
India and Thailand, the next top two teams started the competition from the preliminary round.
Wolfgang Kuck (born October 12, 1967 in Wülfrath, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a volleyball player from Germany, who played for the Men's National Team in the 1990s and the early 2000s.
He was a member of the Men's National Team that claimed the silver at the 2003 Pan American Games after losing to Venezuela in the final.