05-DEZ-2011
RUSSIA, POLAND AND BRAZIL
ARE IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Russia, Poland and Brazil are already in the next Olympic Games.
After a marathon of matches involving 12 teams, Russia, number 2 in the world ranking and winner of the World League, sealed yesterday their sixth victory in World Cup (4 as the Soviet Union) with a win by 3-2 against Poland.
Brazil, which after the victory (3-2) against Poland needed only to beat Japan to secure third place and final access to the Olympic Games, won by the maximum margin and "forced" Italy to compete in the European Qualification Tournament to be held from the 8th to the 13th of May of 2012 in Bulgaria.

Individual prizes for Top Players
Most Valuable Player: Maxim Mikhaylov (Russia)
Best scorer: Fernando Ramos Hernandez (Cuba)
Attack: Abdelhay Ahmed (Egypt)
Block: Mozdzonek Marcin (Poland)
Service: Cristian Savani (Italy)
Setter: Luciano De Cecco (Argentina)
Reception: Sergio Dutra (Brazil)
Libero: Ren Qi (China)

Final Standings:
1 - Russia
2 - Poland
3 - Brazil
4 - Italy
5 - Cuba
6 - United States
7 - Argentina
8 - Serbia
9 - Iran
10 - Japan
11 - China
12 - Egypt