Urpo Sivula

Urpo Sivula (born 15 March 1988) is a Finnish professional volleyball player.

Soon his talent began to be recognized and Sivula started to play in Virtain Veikot, where he won two Finland Junior Championships.

There he became friends with Mikko and Matti Oivanen, Simo-Pekka Olli and Konstantin Shumov.

Before Sivula played a game in the Finland league he got a call from the men's national team head coach, Mauro Berruto.

The whole summer Sivula played in the national team, and helped them earn a place in the European Championships.

In the European Championships 2007 Sivula and the Finland national team played amazing volleyball.

In the Finland league Sampo lost its final division game against Rovaniemen Santasport.

During the 2007–2008 season Sampo played in the Challenge Cup quarterfinal; there they had a narrow loss against Russian Superleague team Lokomotiv Ekaterinburg.

Sampo won again in the Finland cup-championship, but in the league they lost again to Rovaniemen Santasport in finals.

Finland's favourite volleyball site, hotsport.info, also chose Sivula as the best player in the league, and in the all-stars team.

Sivula receiving (2008)