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Banharn Silapa-Archa, Thailand's 21st Prime Minister, pose with FIVB's officials and local organisers in the closing ceremony |
Banharn Silapa-Archa, Thailand's 21st Prime Minister, pose with FIVB's officials and local organisers in the closing ceremony |
Banharn Silapa-Archa, Thailand's 21st Prime Minister, pose with FIVB's officials and local organisers in the closing ceremony |
Banharn Silapa-Archa, Thailand's 21st Prime Minister, gives a speech during the closing ceremony |
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Control Committee chairman Mr Katsumi Wakao delivers a speech during the closing ceremony |
Banharn Silapa-Archa, Thailand's 21st Prime Minister, and AVC's President Mr Wei Jizhong jointly press the button to bring the curtain down in the closing ceremony |
Iran raise their hands high during the award presentation for the third place |
Iran team on the third-place podium |
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Brazil team on the victory podium |
Brazil team on the victory podium |
Brazil celebrate their victory |
Brazilian players throw their head coach into the air with great joy after winning the world title |
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Brazil celebrate their victory over India in the final showdown |
Banharn Silapa-Archa, Thailand's 21st Prime Minister, presides over the closing ceremony |
Indian staff coaches |
Brazil shake hands with India before the start of the final showdown |
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A large crowd of local spectators in the final showdown at the Silapa-Archa Gymnasium |
Iran in action with Czech Republic in the 3rd-place play-off |
Thailand shake hands with Russia before the start of the 5th-place play-off |
Control Committee members on duty on the final day |
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Staff coaches of Thailand give their players some tips |
Staff coaches of Thailand give their players some tips |
Thailand ready for the fierce attack from Russia in the 5th-place play-off |
Thai team sitting on the bench, trying to read Russian tactics |
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Russia are tall and towering against the smaller Thai players |
Russian players get back to the arena |
Australian team during the time-out |
Thailand struggle to make the save |
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Time out for Thailand |
The tall defense of Russia |
Brazilian staff coaches give their players some tips |
India in action with Iran |
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Indian fans at the venue |
India shake hands with Iran |
India shake hands with Iran |
Indian fans at the venue |
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Iran ready for the match against India |
Thailand and Czech Republic shake hands before the start of the match |
Control Committee members on their duty |
Puerto Rico stand for their national anthem |
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Thailand's staff coaches |
Thai players stand for their national anthem |
Puerto Rico team |
Brazil celebrate after scoring points |
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Brazil regroup for fightback against Czech Republic |
Brazil in action with Czech Republic |
Substitutions of Brazil |
Brazilian staff coaches give their players some tips |
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Brazilian staff coaches give their players some tips |
Brazilian Lucena da Silva Everaldo injures his right ankle duing a match against Czech Republic |
Staff coaches of Czech Republic give their players some tips |
Staff coaches of Czech Republic give their players some tips |
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Staff coaches of Czech Republic give their players some tips |
Substitutions of Czech Republic |
Brazil in action with Czech Republic |
Staff coaches give their players some tips |
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Czech Republic's players celebrate after scoring points |
Czech Republic in action with Brazil |
Czech Republic team |
Aerobic dancing show between matches |
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Aerobic dancing show between matches |
Staff coaches of Australia give their players some tips |
Australian team during the time-out |
Australian team during the time-out |
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Australia during the interval |
Russia in action with Australia |
Russia in action with Australia |
Russian substitutions |
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Control Committee members are on duty in the semi-finals |
Australia were beaten by Russia in straight sets |
Team talk for Russia |
Brazil celebrate |
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Russia look on at a Brazilian spike |
Russia celebrate against Brazil |
Australia in action with Puerto Rico in the 7th-place play-off |
The closely-contested match between Russia and Brazil |
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The closely-contested match between Russia and Brazil |
Thailand's captain Ratchapoom Saengthong is flat-footed by a spike from Iran |
Thailand's cheering fans |
Thai players stand to pay respect to their national anthem |
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Iran stand to pay respect to their national anthem |
Aerobic dancing show by students during the break between matches |
Aerobic dancing show by students during the break between matches |
The thrilling match between Australia and Czech Republic |
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The thrilling match between Australia and Czech Republic |
A spike from Australia sends Czech Republic's libero Jiri Bence to the floor |
Czech Republic start serving in their quarter-final campaign with Australia |
Substitutes of Thailand |
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Thailand's cheering fans |
Thailand's cheering fans |
Great atmosphere in Thailand |
Chinese staff coaches give their boys some tips |
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Control committees on duty at the competition venue |
Staff coaches of Iran stand for Iranian national anthem |
Iranians stand for their national anthem |
Puerto Ricans block a spike from Egypt |
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Control committees on duty at the competition venue |
Chinese players walk out from the venue with their heads low in dispair |
Thailand celebrate after their win over China |
India scores against Australia |
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The thrilling match between Australia and India |
Staff coaches give Indian players some tips |
Staff coaches give Aussies some tips |
Australian players are ready to block a spike from India |
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Players from The Netherlands are upset with their loss to Czech Republic |
Players of The Netherlands cover their face, disappointed with the loss to Czech Republic |
Czech Republic's players celebrate after their win over The Netherlands |
Czech Republic players celebrate after their victory over The Netherlands |
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Staff coaches give Czech Republic player some tips |
Staff coaches give team players from The Netherlands some tips |
Brazilian players try to block a spike from Italy |
Italian staff coaches give their players some tips |
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Brazil take on Italy in the elimination play-off |
Brazilians cool down during the technical time-out |
Brazil take on Italy in the elimination play-off |
Russians train before the start of the actual competition |
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Control Committee on duty at the competition venue |
Chinese team in preparation for the match against Thailand |
Chinese team prepare for Thailand |
Chinese team in preparation for the match against Thailand |
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A match announcer at the competition venue |
Control Committee on duty at the competition venue |
Thailand's cheering fans |
Australia train before the actual competition |
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Local TV televise the Championship live |
Referee gives the linesmen some advice |
Thai students perform as Australia's cheering fans |
Thailand's cheering fans |
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Thailand's cheering fans |
Thailand's cheering fans |
Cheering fans of Thai team at the Silapa-Archa Gymnasium during the elimination play-off between Thailand and China |
Thai team players pose with staff coaches |
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Thailand's Ratchapoom Saengthong and Vitoon Ulis try to block a spike from Chinese Wang Lei |
Puerto Rican Guillermo Diaz spikes as Egyptians Khaled Zaky Abo Elela, left, and Ahmed Sameh Abd Elfattah, right, try to block. |
Puerto Rican Ivan Perez spikes past Venezuelan Franklin Garcia's block |
Thailand's Wanchai Tabwises tries to spike past Australian blocks |
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Australians Nigel Panagopka, right, and captain Zane Christensen try to block a spike from Thailand's Wanchai Tabwises. |
A Brazilian tries to spike past Poland's blocks |
A Poland's player spikes past Brazilian blocks |
A spike from Brazil makes the Polish players flat-footed |
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Poland's staff coaches give some tips to their players |
Poland regroup for an attack against Brazil |
Italy produce a deceptive drop during a match against Iran |
Italian staff coaches give their players some tips |
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The Netherlands' staff coaches give some tips to their players |
Morocco's players try to retrieve the ball from a spike return from The Netherlands |
The Netherlanders are delight after scoring a vital point |
Morocco's players block a spike from The Netherlands |
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Brazil warm up before the start of the match against India |
During the match between India and Brazil |
Staff coaches give some tips to Brazilian players |
Brazilians before the start of the match against India |
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India walk out of the court with great pride after beating Brazil in the first set |
Iran regrouped during the technical time-out |
The Netherlanders try to block a spike from Iran |
Substitutions of Poland during the match between Poland and Czech Republic |
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Polish players watch their teammates play during the match against Czech Republic |
Puerto Rican Ivan Perez attacks fiercely at the net |
Puerto Rican Juan Figueroa spikes past Thai defence |
Morocco and Iran shake hands during the start of the competition at the Chaopha Gymnasium |
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Participating teams including The Netherlands, Morocco and Poland line up during the grand opening ceremony at the Silapa-Archa Gymnasium |
Banharn Silapa-Archa, ThailandĘs 21st Prime Minister, presents souvenirs to representatives from all participating teams |
