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Missing Stars @ The World League

Bummer!

The 2011 World League kicks off tomorrow and sadly some of the world’s best players are missing the prestigious tourney due to injuries, personal reason, conflict and retirement.

It’d be a little weird to watch the matches without these stars knowing that we’re so used to seeing them playing for them respective teams.

Name: Kevin Hansen

Country: USA

Position: Setter

Reason/s: The 2008 Olympic gold medalist had an appendectomy last week and will hopefully miss just the first round of the tournament. Hansen was Team USA’s  starting setter at last year’s edition and also at the 2010 World Championship.

Side Dish: Kevin will become a first-time dad this summer.

(image: USA Volleyball)


Name: Sung Min Moon

Country: Korea

Position: Opposite/ Outside Hitter

Reason/s: Moon is recovering from a minor surgery on his right foot.

(image: FIVB)

Name: Stephane Antiga

Country: France

Position: Outside Hitter

Reason/s: After winning the Polish League with Skra Belchatow this season, Antiga decided that it’s about time to rest his laurels and give the new generation the chance to play.

(image: FIVB)


Name: Rayder Hierrezuelo

Country: Cuba

Position: Setter

Name: Robertlandy Simon

Country: Cuba

Position: Middle Blocker

Reason/s: According to reports, Hierrezuelo, Simon and Leal  were sent to jail after police discovered their plan to defect during their World League matches in Europe.

Side Dish: Read our special report on this case by clicking THIS.

(images: FIVB)


Name: Ivan Miljkovic

Country: Serbia

Position: Opposite Hitter

Reason/s: After more than a decade of representing Serbia, Ivan announced his retirement after the 2010 World Champs.

Side Dish: Just last week, we received a report that Ivan trained with the team and might even rejoin Serbia at the 2011 European Champs. We hope this is true!

(image: FIVB)


Name: Simone Parodi

Country: Italy

Position: Outside Hitter

Reason/s: Serious knee injury during the Italian League: Dislocation of the patella, the capsule of the lesion and a lesion of the third grade at the internal collateral ligament of the knee.

(image: marchenotizie.net)

Name: Andrae Björn

Country: Germany

Position: Outside Hitter

Reason/s: Inflammation of patellar tendon in both knees. His recovery period is unknown but Andrae plans to compete at the 2011 European Championship.

(image: volleyball-verband.de)


Name: Gyorgy Grozer

Country: Germany

Position: Opposite Hitter

Reason/s: Gyorgy is suffering from “Raynaud syndrome“.

(image: FIVB)


Name: Nuno Pinheiro

Country: Portugal

Position: Setter

Reason/s: Conflict with the coach.

(image: FIVB)


Name: Endres Murilo

Country: Brazil

Position: Outside Hitter

Reason/s: Due to personal reasons, Murilo was given Coach Rezende’s permission to skip the first round of the World League to be with his wife, Jaqueline.

(image: globoesporte.com)


Name: Teodor Salparov

Country: Bulgaria

Position: Libero

Reason/s: During the Bulgarian club season, Teodor tore a ligament in his knee and recovery might take a few months.

(image: FIVB)


Name: Earvin Ngapeth

Country: France

Position: Outside Hitter

Reason/s: Major drama with Coach Blaine! Therefore, the French Volley Federation suspended for a year.

(image: ffvolley.org)

We are sad that we won’t be seeing a lot of stars at the World League but we remain optimistic and excited to see them again playing for their respective National Teams.

Other stars skipping the World League due to various reasons are Riley Salmon, Valerio Vermiglio, Pawel Zagumny, Nikola Grbic, Oliver Keiffer, & Sebastian Swiderski

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