Volleyball in Algeria

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Algeria beaten by Argentina

June 3, 2008 -- Iran's national volleyball team has defeated Thailand in its third match in the 2008 Beijing Olympics qualification tournament in Tokyo.

Iranian players fought back from one set down to beat Thailand 3-1 (19-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-14).

Iran had lost its first and second matches to Algeria and Japan respectively. The Iranian squad will now face Argentina in its fourth match on Wednesday.

In other matches, Argentina beat Algeria 3-0 (25-18, 26-24, 25-22) and Italy thrashed Australia in three straight sets (25-17, 25-9, 25-16).

The winner of the tournament and the best-placed Asian team will qualify for the Olympics.

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Tournoi de qualification (3e journée)
Les Argentins atomisent les Verts (3-0)

Mercredi 4 juin 2008 -- La sélection algérienne de volley-ball hommes s'est inclinée face à son homologue d'Argentine sur le score de 3 sets à 0 (25-18, 26-24, 25-22) hier à Tokyo, lors de la 3e journée du tournoi qualificatif pour les Jeux olympiques 2008 de Pékin. Outre l'Algérie, le tournoi regroupe les sélections nationales d’Australie, de Thaïlande, de Corée du Sud, d’Argentine, d’Iran, d’Italie et du Japon (pays organisateur). A l'issue de la 3e journée, les Algériens occupent la seconde place au classement en compagnie du Japon, de l'Australie et de l'Argentine avec 5 points. La première place est occupée par l'Italie (6 points). Lors de la 4e journée prévue aujourd’hui, la sélection algérienne affronte l'Italie, vice-championne du monde.

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Volley: preolimpico
Italia 3 -Algeria 0

TOKYO, mercoledì 4 giugno 2008 -- Ancora Italia al torneo preolimpico di volley che si sta svolgendo in Giappone. Gli azzurri di Anastasi hanno sconfitto 3-0 l'Algeria in un'ora, con questi parziali: 25-15, 25-21. 25-20, conquistando il quarto successo su quattro incontri. Top scorer Gavotto con 16 punti, ancora una volta determinante Cisolla con 14 punti.

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Algeria loses to Italy in Olympic volleyball qualifier

June 6, 2008 -- Algeria lost 3-0 to Italy's undefeated team on Wednesday (June 4th) at the Olympic qualifying volleyball tournament in Tokyo. Following a day of rest, Algeria faces Korea on Friday, Australia on Saturday and Japan on Sunday. Italy currently leads the standings with four victories and eight points, ahead of Argentina and Japan with three victories, one loss and seven points each, and Algeria and Australia, with two victories, two losses and six points each.

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Australia beats Algeria 3-1 in Olympic Men's Volleyball qualification tournament

June 7, 2008 (BEIJING) -- Australia was able to overcome mistakes and weary legs to defeat Algeria 25-22, 25-19, 18-25, 25-20 on the sixth day of the Olympic Men's Volleyball qualification tournament, which is being held in Tokyo, Japan.

The Asian champions are now 3-3 in the tournament; this was the fourth loss in a row for the Algerians, dropping their tournament record to 2-4.

"I think at times both teams were a little error-prone. Our guys were a little physically tired after last night," said Australian head coach Russell Borgeaud, referring to last night's defeat by Japan.

"Credit to Algeria," he added, as reported by Fivb.org, "they had some outstanding players and made us work very hard for the victory."

Australian captain Ben Hardy conceded that it wasn't his team's best game, but the victory kept alive their hopes for a spot in the Beijing Olympics. "[I'm] happy to get another win in the tournament and keep us in the race in theory for a ticket for Beijing," he said. "The purpose was to recover from yesterday's game against Japan, and this gives us a chance still."

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Tournoi de qualification :
L'Algérie termine en septième position

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Volley-ball - Nationale 1 A :
Neuvième titre pour le MCA

Dimanche 13 juillet 2008 -- Le MCA a ajouté à son riche palmarès un neuvième titre et ce, à l'issue du troisième et dernier tournoi play-off qui a pris fin ce vendredi, alors que le WO Rouiba et le CR Aïn M'lila doivent refaire leurs classes en division inférieure. Auteurs d'un sans faute, avec trois victoires en trois matches joués, les mouloudéens, qui sont montés sur la plus haute marche du podium, sauvent ainsi leur saison. Les contours du sacre se dessinèrent d'ailleurs sitôt la victoire acquise face à son plus dangereux concurrent, le POC Chlef, battu sur le score sans appel de trois sets à zéro. La suite ne fut qu'une simple formalité pour les Algérois qui prirent le dessus respectivement face à l'USMB et le MBB.