Poland hosts 2007 SWATCH FIVB U-19 World Championships

The sixth SWATCH FIVB World Championships for players under the age of 19 will be held from 11-15 July in Myslowice, Poland. Located in the Upper Silesia region of Poland, Myslowice was a crossroads in the era of the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires.  Myslowice has a population of around 75,000, is home to various international companies and has excellent international transport connections by road, rail and air. At the 2006 event in Bermuda, Australia's Alice Rohkamper and Becchara Palmer took the country's first medal in the competition as the only non-European duo to reach the final four for the whole event (men's and women's competitions).

PAST WOMEN’S SWATCH-FIVB U-18/19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS “FINAL FOURS”

Bermuda, Horseshoe Bay (September 5-9, 2006)

1.  Becchara Palmer/Alice Rohkamper, Australia

2.  Marleen Van Iersel/Danielle Remmers, Netherlands

3.  Britta Büthe/Svenja Engelhardt, Germany

4.  Tanja Goricanec/Taryn Sciarini, Switzerland

Gold - Palmer/Rohkamper def. Van Iersel/Remmers, 17-21, 21-19, 15-11.

Bronze - Büthe/Engelhardt def. Goricanec/Sciarini, 21-12, 21-17 (38)

France, Saint Quay Portrieux (August 3-7, 2005)

1. Barbra Figueiredo/Carolina Aragao, Brazil

2. Katarzyna Urban/Joanna Wiatr, Poland

3. Florentina Büttner/Julia Sude, Germany

4. Veronika Opravilova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic

Gold - Figueiredo/Aragao def. Urban/Wiatr, 21-14, 15-21, 15-10 (52 minutes)

Bronze Medal Match - Büttner/Sude def. Opravilova/Slukova, 21-18, 21-17 (39)

Italy, Termoli (September 8-12, 2004)

1. Katarzyna Urban/Joanna Wiatr, Poland

2. Barbara Figueiredo/Carolina Solberg Salgado, Brazil

3. Florentina Büttner/Julia Sude, Germany

4. Marleen Van Iersel/Margo Wiltens, Netherlands

Gold - Urban/Wiatr def. Figueiredo/Solberg Salgado, 17-21, 21-17, 15-13 (53)

Bronze - Büttner/Sude def. Van Iersel/Wiltens, 21-19, 21-10 (34).

Thailand, Pattaya (August 27-31, 2003)

1. Jana Kohler/Laura Ludwig, Germany

2. Barbara Figueiredo/Carolina Solberg Salgado, Brazil

3. Frederike Fischer/Sandra Piasecki, Germany

4. Diana Estrada/Martha Revuelta, Mexico

Gold - Kohler/Ludwig def. Figueiredo/Salgado, 21-11, 30-32, 15-7 (62)

Bronze - Fischer/Piasecki def. Estrada/Martha Revuelta, 21-19, 17-21, 15-7 (36)

Greece, Xylokastro (August 28-September 1, 2002)

1. Sanne Keizer/Arjanne Stevens, Netherlands

2. Claudia Lehmann/Friederike Romberg, Germany

4. Ruth Flemig/Ilka Semmler, Germany

4. Isabel Grael/Carolina Solberg Salgado, Brazil

Gold - Keizer/Stevens def. Lehmann/Romberg, 24-22, 21-14 (44)

Bronze - Flemig/Semmler def. Grael/Solberg Salgado, 21-14, 21-16 (38)