Peru has won the Volleyball Women Olympic Qualification Tournament of CSV (South American Volleyball Confederation) played at home this week (Lima) in front of a 7,500 supporting crowd and qualifies for Sydney 2000. Beating their both opponents, Argentina and Venezuela, allows the Peruvian to take part in their 7th Olympic Games. The other already qualified women’s teams are Australia (host), Cuba, Russia, Brazil (World Cup ’99 top 3 teams). Complete results of the CSV Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament: 4 Jan: ARG-VEN 3-0 (25-10 25-19 25-12) 5 Jan. PER-VEN 3-0 (25-13 25-23 25-19) 6 Jan. PER-ARG 3-2 (22-25 21-25 25-17 25-19 15-7) The South American Men’s tournament starts today in Sao Paolo, Brazil, where the host country will compete with Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela in a single round-robin competition seeking for the ticket to Sydney at stake. In NorCeCa (North America/Central America/Caribbean), both Olympic qualification events are in progress: Women in Lakeland Florida (USA) where Canada and USA, with still one preliminary day to play, have already guaranteed a spot in Saturday’s championship and Olympic qualification match at the expenses of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Complete results: 5 Jan. USA-DOM 3-2 (25-20, 23-25, 22-25 26-24 15-11) 5 Jan. CAN-PUR 3-0 (35-33 25-8 25-21) 6 Jan. USA-PUR 3-0 (25-16 25-14 25-16) 6 Jan. CAN-DOM 3-2 (24-26 25-20 23-25 25-19 15-12). Men in Winnipeg where the host team Canada, USA, Mexico and Puerto Rico are competing in a 3-day round-robin leading to the qualification final match on Saturday. With 2 wins in 2 matches, Canada is in good position. Complete results: 5 Jan. MEX-PUR 1-3 (23-25 20-25 25-22 23-25) 5 Jan. CAN-USA 3-0 (25-21 28-26 25-17) 6 Jan. USA-PUR 3-0 (25-18 25-18 25-13) 6 Jan. CAN-MEX 3-1 (20-25 25-16 25-23 25-17). In Europe, both events – in Katowice (Poland) for men and Bremen (Germany) for women – had a rest day yesterday. The competitions resume today, with the final decisions scheduled on Sunday. The African OG qualification events will be played in Cairo for Men (Jan. 25-30) and in Kenya for women (Jan. 15-20). The Asian men’s qualification was played end of December and qualified South Korea, whereas for the women, the decision will come in June at the end of the combined Asian-World qualification event in Tokyo. Information and updates on the Olympic qualification events are available on the FIVB website: http://www.fivb.org/Olympics/2000-Sydney. _____________________________________________________________________ FIVB – FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE VOLLEYBALL Communication Department – Contact: Carlos Sanchez Av. de la Gare 12, 1001 Lausanne – Switzerland Tel.: +41.21.345.3535 – Fax. +41.21.345.3545 E-mail: communication@fivb.ch – Website: http://www.fivb.org