It’s Maundy Thursday and it is high time to reflect our Christian faith! Well, working on a BPO company requires me to do my reflections and doing my work all at the same time here at the heart of Makati City. Along with my spiritual assessment, I tried to also reflect on the current position of our country, the Philippines, on the World Rankings.
I compiled these data from the FIVB website. Let’s take a look on our standing and also of our neighboring countries here in South East Asia, the rest of the continent, and the rest of the world.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL SENIORS (as of January 5, 2008)
The Philippines Ranks number 74 along with 10 countries which includes Norway, England, and Austria, all garnering a total of 4.5 points. This is a very far cry from the number 1 country, which happens to be Brazil with 235 points. Let’s see how our Asian neighbors did this past year:
- Rank 6 China with 142.5 points
- Rank 8 Japan 120.25 points
- Rank 11 Korea 74.5 points
- Ranks 18 Thailand 33 points
- Rank 70 Vietnam 5 points
Of the top 10, 5 countries are from Europe, 2 from Asia and South America has 1, and North America has 2 (Cuba & USA). We actually dropped way down because the Philippine position of the previous year was at number 54! I personally viewed this as the result of our lacking of international exposures, including our failure to show up during the last SEA Games. But hey, women’s volleyball is doing good nowadays. Let’s just cross our fingers!!
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL SENIORS (as of January 5, 2008)
The male counterparts of our volleyballes landed on the 72th position together with 8 nations including Albania, Jordan and Ghana garnering a total of 5.3points. Brazil also topped the list acquiring 260points, which made their country a solid force o remember. We also dropped from the previous 64th place, I believed for the same reasons as the women’s division. Here are the other Asian countries on the list:
- Rank 12 Japan 67 points
- Rank 16 Korea 46 points
- Rank 21 China 37.5 points
- Rank 28 Thailand 20 points
- Rank 39 Indonesia 11.8 points
- Rank 104 Vietnam 2 points
No Asian country made it to the top 10, 6 countries from Europe took 6, South America has 3, and North America got 1.
For both seniors division, we can notice that that China, Japan and Korea, which are the traditional sports powers, are still the teams to beat in the whole continent. Meanwhile, Thailand is still the kings and queens of the net in the ASEAN region. Philippines lagging behind Vietnam in the women’s and Indonesia in the men’s division respectively.
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kelan pu bstart nG volleyball seA gAmes..and anu pung channel??
and uNg s sHAkeys b s nbn pdn??
galing naman ng entry content nito… pang volleyball analyst. just like ronnie nathanielz and ed tolentino as boxing analyst. quinito henzon and homer sayson as basketball analyst.. ang mga sumulat ng mga entries neto ay future v-ball analyst
according to newswatch sports news, sa rpn-cs daw ang v-league?!?! so what is it? channel 4 or channel 9? sana studio 23 na lang.
CHANNEL 9,that’s bad koz our 9 doesnt receive good here in our place,but good also coz the games wont be interrupted by Gloria’s press conferences..
HI! Hi! hi! is it true na sa RPN-CS and v-league?? when magstart?? waahh— klaro ba ang RPN-CS?? para kasing fake ang chanel nila, daming kiti-kiti– hehehehe
“Rank 16 Thailand 62 points”
So that’s why we should be open to allowing foreign guest players to play with our local players in tournaments such as the V-League!!! We can learn a lot from them and at the same time develop our local players. I think there’s really more to gain than to lose in this. Agree?
i surely do..
ngapala, my spikey t-shirt will be ready on wednesday, just in time for me to wear it on the nestea beach volley finals on thursday!!! so excited!!
season 5 shakeys v league womens volleyball
game live at san juan arena(come and see)
Sun 30 March 2008
1 p.m. Opening Ceremonies (Telecast date, March 31)
2 p.m Ateneo vs Lyceum (Telecast date, March 31)
4 p.m. San Sebastian vs St. Benilde (Telecast date, April 1)
Venue: San Juan Arena
Tues 01 April
2 p.m. Lyceum vs ADU (Telecast date, Wed April 2)
4 p.m. St. Benilde vs FEU (Telecast date, Thur April 3)
Venue: San Juan Arena
Friday 04 April
2 p.m. ADMU vs St. Benilde (Telecast date, Sat April 5)
4 p.m. SSC vs Lyceum (Telecast date, Sun April 6)
Venue: San Juan Arena
Sunday 06 April
12 nn. Lyceum vs FEU (Telecast date, Mon April 7)
2 p.m. ADU vs Ateneo (Telecast date, Tue April 8 )
Venue: San Juan Arena
Tuesday 08 April
2 p.m. San Sebastian vs Adamson (Telecast date, Wed April 9)
4 p.m. FEU vs Ateneo (Telecast date, Thursday April 10)
Venue: San Juan Arena
Friday 11 April
2 p.m. FEU vs San Sebastian (Telecast date, Saturday April 12)
4 p.m. Adamson vs St. Benilde (Telecast date, Sun April 13)
Venue: San Juan Arena
Sun 13 April
12 nn. Ateneo vs San Sebastian (Telecast date, Mon April 14)
2 p.m. Adamson vs FEU (Telecast date, Tues April 15)
Venue: San Juan Arena
Fri 18 April
2 p.m. St. Benilde vs Lyceum (Telecast date, Sat April 19)
Venue: San Juan Arena
**END OF FIRST ROUND ELIMINATIONS**
wen pla start ng season 5 2nd conference ng v league? Sna kasama na ust dun.
since shakeys v league started im a quit avid fan of them. I love the way they play. Wlang mayabang sa kanila at un spirit ng game tlgang naibbgay nila.. Kasama cguro sa training nla un pagiging humble. D 2lad ng ibang team.. Kaya nga sna bumalik ng cla para marami pa clang ma inspire na team. Go uste. Kung ang PBA ay may GINEBRA. ang VLEAGUE naman ay may UST.