2015 MEDIA GUIDE contents 36 Medical

38 Volleyball Records

4 FIVB Main Contacts 64 Beach Volleyball Records

6 The FIVB 92 FIVB History

8 Media 98 Volleyball History

12 Online Acreditation System 104 FIVB Structure

16 FIVB Volleyball Events 2015 114 Federation Contacts

18 FIVB Beach Volleyball EVENTS 2015 132 Referee Signals

20 FIVB Volleyball Properties 134 Key Rules

26 FIVB Beach Volleyball Properties

32 Development

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MAIN CONTACTS

Finance Director Mr Yves Eymann President’s Office Director [email protected] Mrs Daniela Pirri Joly President [email protected] Sponsorship Sales Director Mr Mario Medeiros Fédération Internationale Dr. Ary S. Graça Filho Volleyball Events Director [email protected] de Volleyball (FIVB) Ms Gabrielle van Zwieten — SECRETARY GENERAL [email protected] Technology & Innovation Director Mr Andy Burdin Château Les Tourelles MR FERNANDO LIMA Beach Volleyball Events Director [email protected] Ch. Edouard-Sandoz 2– 4 Mr Angelo Squeo 1006 Lausanne General Director [email protected] Information Technology Director Mr Fabio Azevedo Mr Alberto Rigamonti Switzerland Communications Director [email protected] Mr Richard Baker Phone: + 41 21 345 35 35 [email protected] Technical & Development DEPARTMENT Fax: +41 21 345 35 45 [email protected] TV and Marketing Director Email: [email protected] Mr Guido Betti Medical Department Website: www.fivb.org [email protected] [email protected]

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THE FIVB

As the global guiding organisation for volleyball, the VOLLEYBALL - ONE SPORT, FIVB upholds the highest standards to ensure the legacy TWO DISCIPLINES and excellence of the sport is experienced and enjoyed Volleyball is one of the biggest international sports, and around the world. the FIVB is the largest international sports federation in the world. The FIVB is the global governing body responsible for all forms of volleyball, with currently 220 affiliated national Volleyball has witnessed unprecedented growth over the federations and five continental confederations. past few years. With the success of world competitions such as the FIVB Volleyball World Championships, Olympic Games, FIVB Volleyball World League, FIVB The FIVB’s key role is to provide leadership to Volleyball World Grand Prix, FIVB Beach Volleyball over six million registered players worldwide. World Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships and FIVB Beach Volleyball World Continental Cup, the level of participation internationally continues to grow exponentially. Vision To bring the spectacle of volleyball to the world.

Mission To ensure excellence in all aspects of the sport by setting and preserving world class standards that will maintain and grow volleyball as one of the world’s premier sports and entertainment properties. To continue as part of the Olympic movement, in contributing to the success of the Olympic Games.

Values The FIVB’s core values of Excellence, Teamwork, lntegrity and Fairness underpin the sport and the working culture of the organisation. The FIVB’s sporting events are its lifeblood and are the channels in which the FIVB speaks to the world. As a federation, the FIVB’s goal is to uphold the legacy of its competitions and provide a clear platform for managing international events.

The evolved FIVB identity takes the organisation into the future. The arc symbolises the unified world of volleyball and beach volleyball and the FIVB’s role to establish, maintain and grow the sport to its maximum potential.

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MEDIA

The FIVB website Our website www.fivb.org is a consistent resource for the media containing, among other information: The FIVB offers several resources for • FIVB and competition news from around the world ; members of the media to stay up- • Photo galleries and slideshows for each FIVB tournament ; to-date with the latest news about • Match text commentaries, player profiles, statistics; the organisation and its related • Personal insights into the world of volleyball and beach competitions. volleyball from former stars and legends who provide regular blogs.

The website’s dedicated media section contains all the latest press materials and related publications for download.

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For information on the go The FIVB Volleyball App is now available to download via the Apple App Store for all iPhone and iPad users. Just search for “FIVB Volleyball”. The FIVB App allows you to stay up-to-date • Media Guides Social Media with news and information at your fingertips. Available for key tournaments, while highlights and In addition, stay connected to the latest volleyball news results from throughout the year both on and off the and join the conversation though the FIVB’s various FIVB Publications court are collated in the FIVB Year Book. communication channels. • World Volley News (weekly electronic newsletter) • FIVB Year Book Provides a weekly round-up of the organisation’s news. An annual publication, the FIVB Year Book focuses not • VolleyWorld (every two months) only on the tournaments from the previous year but also A more in ­depth view of the sporting action can be found in the crucial work the FIVB does in terms of development the pages of VolleyWorld, the FIVB’s flagship publication. and governance. Go >> Go >> Go >> Go >> Go >>

10 11 FIVB / MEDIA / VB EVENTS / BVB EVENTS / VB PropERTIES / BVB PropERTIES / dEVELOPMENT / MEDICAL / RECORDS / HISTORY / STRUCTURE / INFO Online Accreditation Following approval System from the national federation, the FIVB will accept the journalist into the FIVB Media Club and the applicant will receive confirmation by email.

In order to streamline access to information and FIVB Media Club Once approved as a member of the FIVB Media coordination with media professionals at volleyball Registration Club, the journalist will receive a login and password and beach volleyball events around the world, the The online accreditation system requires that media to maintain their online details and to request FIVB Communications Department launched an online professionals around the world first register to become accreditation for FIVB events. media accreditation platform at the end of 2011. a member of the FIVB Media Club. This system has become an essential tool for event Unsuccessful applicants organisers and members of the press to coordinate Once the applicant has registered their details online will also be notified by email.T he applicant can contact coverage and reporting of the sport in all media. and submits the form to the FIVB, the individual will their national federation directly for more information. receive an email confirming receipt of their information. Please note This information is then sent to the applicant’s national that the FIVB does not provide updates of applications federation for verification. in process.

It is important to note that registering through the online portal does not guarantee the granting of accreditation but is the first step in the verification process.

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1. Users must enter their personal information, function and name of their professional organisation. Please FIVB MEDIA CLUB REGISTRATION PROCESS note that the content in bold and a portrait photo are New applicants who do not yet have an account can sign up using the form at: mandatory. Requesting accreditation http://www.fivb.org/en/media/accreditation.asp Accepted members of the FIVB Media Club can enter the 2. Further information and contact details for the media online system with the login and password provided to organisation can then be added. them. Journalists can monitor current and past requests at any time by logging into their account on the system. Please follow the steps 1-5 as shown. 3. 3. Contact details for the journalist or media professional can also be added if necessary. If verified and approved by their national federation, media professionals can begin to request accreditation . If applicants are members of a national press association 1. 4 for FIVB volleyball and beach volleyball events. or the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), their details can be added here.

5. Finally, users can indicate for which events they would like to receive accreditation. Please note that these 4. accreditation requests will be considered only after the journalist has been formally accepted into the FIVB Media Club.

Please do not register more than once for FIVB 2. 5. Media Club access as this will slow down the processing time for your application.

A user reference guide is available with full details on how to use the system at: http://www.fivb.org/EN/Media/accreditation.asp

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MAY 5-10 16 MAY - 19 JUL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Women´s Club WC (SUI) World League > >

16 MAY - 19 JUL JUN > > World League > > 26 JUN - 2 AUG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 World 28 Grand 29 Prix 30 31 > >

3-5 10-12 14-19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 JUL > > WL Final G3 (SVK) WL Final G2 (BUL) WL Final G1 (TBC) 10-12 22-26 WGP Final G3 (AUS) WGP Final G1 (USA) > > 3-12 Women’s U20 (Limassol & Kato Polemidia, CYP)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 22 26 AUG - 276 SEP 28 29 30 31 AUG Women’s World Cup (JPN) > > 31 JUL - 2 AUG 7-16 > > Final G2 (POL) Girls’ U18 (Lima, PER) 12-19 Women’s U23 (Ankara, TUR) 14-23 24-31 Boys’ U19 (Resistencia - Corrientes , ARG) Men’s U23 (Dubai, UAE)

sep 22 AUG - 6 SEP 8-23 > > Women’s World Cup (JPN) Men’s World Cup (JPN)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1311-20 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Men’s U21 (Tijuana & Mexicali, MEX)

oct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2827 OCT 29 - 1 NOV 30 31 Men’s Club WC (TBC) > >

WORLD CUP WORLD LEAGUE WORLD GRAND PRIX CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AGE-GROUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

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M = Men | W = Women | TBD = To be determined

APR 21-26 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Fuzhou 23 (CHN)24 25 26 27 28 29 30

MAY 12-17 20-24 26-31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12Lucerne 13 (SUI) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Prague 21 W 22 (CZE) 23 24 25 26 27 Moscow 28 29 (RUS) 30 31

2-7 9-14 16-21 JUN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2628 JUN -29 5 JUL 30 31 Porec (CRO) Stavanger (NOR) St. Petersburg (USA) 2015 WCHs (NED) > >

7-12 21-26 JUL 1 26 2 JUN 3- 5 JUL 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 > > 2015 WCHs (NED) Gstaad (SUI) Yokohama (JPN)

AUG 11-16 18-23 25-30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Istanbul 12 (TUR)13 14 15 16 17 18 19 L ong 20 Beach 21 (USA) 22 23 24 25 26 Olsztyn 27 (POL)28 29 30 31

1-6 8-13 22-27 29 SEP - 4 OCT SEP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 WT 30Finals 31 WT Events (TBD) Sochi (RUS) Xiamen (CHN) Fort Lauderdale (USA)> >

29 SEP - 4 OCT 6-11 OCT 1 WT2 Finals 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 > > Fort Lauderdale (USA) Puerto Vallarta (MEX)

NOV 9-13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Doha 11M (QAT) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

DEC 8-13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Mangaung 10 11 (RSA) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

FIVB WORLD TOUR OPEN FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS FIVB WORLD TOUR GRAND SLAM FIVB SWATCH BEACH VOLLEYBALL MAJOR SERIES FIVB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Volleyball properties FIVB Volleyball World Cup The road to the Olympic Games commences with the FIVB Volleyball confederations, represents an increase of 90 teams from World Cup, the quadrennial round robin event that World Championships the previous best of 214 teams from 119 federations for showcases the very best 12 men’s and 12 women’s the 2010 World Championships (compared with 102 in national teams in the world. 2006, 72 in 2002 and 63 in 1998). As the original FIVB tournament, the Men’s Japan and television partner Fuji TV host an event that and Women’s World Championships are The FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship Poland grips the nation and produces incredible television ratings. staged every four years and are the most 2014 saw the host country seal their second championship prestigious in international volleyball. title with their win against Brazil in the Final. Germany completed the podium after defeating European rivals The FIVB Volleyball World Cup 2015 for France in the bronze medal match to take their first women will take place from August 22 to The first FIVB Volleyball World Championships were podium place as a unified country at the tournament. September 6 while the men’s edition will be organised in 1949 for men and 1952 for women and held from September 8 to 23. have remained the biggest event in volleyball, alongside The USA clinched their first ever gold medal win in the the Olympic Games. A record number of 279 teams tournament with a victory over China in the Final of participated in the qualification process for the 2014 the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship Italy Traditionally, the top three teams in the men’s and FIVB Volleyball World Championships. This total, coming 2014 while Brazil held off hosts Italy for bronze. women’s competitions at the World Cup had earned from 166 national federations across the five FIVB berths in the Olympic Games volleyball tournaments. The next FIVB Volleyball World Championships will take However, the 2015 edition will offer that reward to the place in 2018 with the host countries yet to be decided. top two sides only.

Poland hosted the first World Cup in 1965 for men only before Uruguay hosted the first World Cup for women in 1973. Following the first two editions for men and the first edition for women, Japan gave new life to the Men’s and Women’s World Cups by staging the third and second editions respectively in 1977 before going on to host every edition since. Italy’s women successfully defended their title in 2011, with USA clinching silver and China following with the bronze. Russia picked up their second gold in a row in the men’s event with Poland finishing second and Brazil third.T he 2018 Women’s World Championship will be held in Japan.

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FIVB Volleyball FIVB Volleyball FIVB Volleyball Grand Champions Cup World League World Grand Prix Volleyball’s flagship annual event for men, started by The World Grand Prix featured eight teams in its debut the FIVB in 1990, is a spectacular showcase for the season in 1993 and from 1995 to 2002, while 12 teams The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions crème de la crème of men’s volleyball. were in action in 1994 and from 2003 to 2010. Sixteen Cup is played every four years in the year teams took part in the 2011 and 2012 editions with this following the summer Olympic Games and For the first time in 2014, the FIVB Volleyball World increasing to 20 in 2013 and finally a ground-breaking preceding the World Championships. League featured 28 teams. As a result of the expansion, 28 teams in 2014. three Finals were held. The Group 3 final featured teams from Pool F and G with a Final Four held in Bursa, The 2014 edition of the FIVB Volleyball World Grand The tournament, first held in 1993, has been hosted Turkey. Cuba eventually came out on top following a Prix ended with three Finals – Tokyo (Japan), Koszalin by Japan each time and features six teams in both the win over the hosts while China completed the podium (Poland) and Samokov (Bulgaria) – serving as a climax Men’s and Women’s competition. by beating Slovakia. Teams from Pools C, D and E made to the competition for the teams in Groups 1, 2 and 3 up the Group 2 Finals, with hosts Australia defeating respectively. The Preliminary Round saw the 12 highest- In 2013 the teams comprised the hosts, the four 2013 France 3-2. Australia’s win meant they could join teams seeded teams in Pools A to I (Group 1), followed by Continental Champions from continents whose teams from Pools A and B in Florence, Italy for the grand finale. Pools J to O (Group 2) and Pools P to S (Group 3). reached the highest ranking in the preceding Olympic Games and a wild card team, jointly selected by the FIVB, The Finals in Italy saw USA take their second gold medal, Bulgaria topped Group 3 to earn promotion for the 2015 the Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) and the Nippon adding to their 2008 title, after beating Brazil in the tournament, while Belgium edged the Netherlands in television Network Corporation (NTV). This sixth edition deciding match. Italy completed the podium with bronze five sets to top Group 2 and earn their ticket to the Finals of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Grand Champions after they defeated Iran, the firstA sian team to finish in Tokyo. There it was Brazil who picked up their 10th Cup was held in the cities of Nagoya and Tokyo in Japan among the top four in the history of the tournament. crown. They led Japan, who sealed their first ever medal and was followed by the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World in the tournament with silver while Russia completed Grand Champions Cup in the cities of Kyoto and Tokyo. the podium, adding a 12th medal to their tally. The 2015 World League is expected to be the In the men’s competition Brazil beat out the competition biggest and best yet with the 26th edition in the round robin tournament for the gold medal, of the tournament – scheduled to take place The 23rd edition of the tournament will be ahead of silver and bronze medallists, Russia and Italy. from May 16 to July 19 – expanding to include held from July 3 to August 2, 2015, with the Brazil then went onto win the top spot in the women’s a record 32 teams. Group 1 Finals set to take place from July 22 competition, making them the first women’s team ever to to 26 in Omaha, USA. triumph twice in the World Grand Champions Cup, while Hosts USA will be joined by the five best ranked teams USA finished in second place and hosts Japan in third. The tournament will follow the same group format as from the Preliminary Round. The winner of Group 2 will last year with the Group 3 final taking place from July move up to Group 1 in 2016, but will not qualify for 3 to 5 in Slovakia, the Group 2 final taking place from the 2015 World Grand Prix Finals. The Group 3 final July 10 to 12 in Bulgaria, ending with the Group 1 Finals will take place in Australia from July 10 to 12 while the from July 14 to 19. Group 2 final will take place from July 31 toA ugust 2.

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FIVB Volleyball club The 2010 edition marked the return of the double World Championships gender event after 18 years and, for the first time, The annual FIVB Men’s and Women’s Club World featured alternate men’s and women’s matches in the Championships, which returned to the international same venue on the same day. volleyball calendar in 2009 and 2010 after featuring in 1992 and 1994 respectively, showcases the best clubs In the men’s tournament, Italy’s Trentino won four from each continent. successive titles in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 before Brazil’s Sada Cruzeiro broke their hold on the tournament in 2013. Then in 2014, Belogorie Belgorad became the first ever Russian winners of the tournament beating in Argentina hosts the Boys’ U19 World Championship Qatar’s Al-Rayyan to gold. Argentina’s UPCN held off from August 24 to 31. Dubai in the United Arab host club Sada Cruzeiro to clinch bronze. Emirates will host the Men’s U23 World Championship from August 24 to 31 before the Men’s U21 World Russian women’s club Dinamo Kazan clinched the 2014 Championship closes the year in Tijuana, Mexico from edition of the women’s competition, as they defeated FIVB Volleyball Age group September 11 to 20. Molico Osasco of Brazil in the Final. SESI-SP added World Championships another Brazilian side to the podium after they beat The firstU nder 20 and 21 World Championships were hosts Volero Zurich to take the bronze medal. held in 1977 followed by the Under 18 and 19 World The FIVB Age Group World Championships Championships which were inaugurated in 1989. A new are held every two years, with a total of competition – the FIVB Under 23 World Championships In 2015, the FIVB Women’s Volleyball Club six age group championships to be held in Open – joined them in 2013. World Championships will take place in 2015. This year 12 teams will participate Zurich, Switzerland from May 5 to 10, with in the U23 World Championships, while 16 At the age group World Championships in 2013, Russia Brazil hosting the men’s competition later in teams will take part in the U20 and U21 beat Brazil to claim their ninth gold medal at the Men’s the year from October 27 to November 3. Championships, and 20 teams in the U18 and Under 21 World Championship while China overcame U19 tournaments. Japan to claim their second Women’s Under 20 World Championship title. Russia defeated China to clinch the Boys’ Under 19 World Championship crown and The Women’s U20 World Championship will be held China defeated the USA to take the gold medal at the in Limmasol – Kato Polemidia in Cyprus from July 3 to Girls’ Under 18 World Championship. China also won 12. The Girls’ U18 World Championship will then take the inaugural Women’s U23 World Championship Open place in Lima, Peru from August 7 to 16. Ankara, Turkey that was held in Mexicali and Tijuana in Mexico, while will welcome the Women’s U23 World Championship Brazil took the title in the men’s competition much to from August 12 to 19 before Resistencia – Correintes the delight of the home crowd in Uberlandia.

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The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 2015 calendar Beach volleyball has a prolific calendar extends from late April to mid-December. which includes a Major Series, Grand Slam and Open events, World Championships, the The pre-Olympic 2015 season includes five FIVB Grand World Tour Finals and World Continental Cup Slams, a new FIVB Swatch Beach Volleyball Major Series, as well as other regional events. a special FIVB Swatch Beach Volleyball World Tour season Final in the United States and six FIVB Opens.

FIVB Beach Volleyball The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 2015 also World Tour launches the Olympic qualification process with all The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour was first organ- FIVB World Tour events (except the World Tour Finals) ised in 1989 with just three participating countries in 2015 up until June 13, 2016 counting towards the (Brazil, Japan and Italy) and is now in its 26th season Olympic Ranking in order to determine the 15 vacancies with approximately 50 participating countries and more for each gender, which will take part in the Rio 2016 beach volleyball properties than 1,500 active registered Olympic Games. athletes. Five Grand Slams, which offer $800,000 in prize money each, will also take place on the road to the From June 26 to July 5, all eyes will be on the Dutch cities World Tour Finals. A new innovative and dynamic FIVB of The Hague, Apeldoorn, Amsterdam and Rotterdam, Swatch Beach Volleyball Major Series including three FIVB Beach Volleyball which will host the FIVB Beach Volleyball World tournaments offering $800,000 each in prize money World Championships Championships The Netherlands 2015. The competition will complete the schedule. Six Opens offering $75,000 Staged every two years, the FIVB Beach Volleyball World will feature a total of 96 teams - 48 per gender - with the in prize money, per gender, also feature in the build-up Championships 2015 will feature the brightest stars qualification process completed through the FIVB Na- to the World Tour Finals. from the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, with 48 tional Federation Entry Ranking and Continental Tours. teams in each gender taking part. The 2013 FIVB Beach The FIVB Swatch Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals, Volleyball World Championships took place in Stare which will feature the top eight teams per gender based Jablonki, Poland from July 1 to 7. Alexander Brouwer The Hague, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and on a cumulative ranking of points from Grand Slams, and Robert Meeuwsen made history when they became Apeldoorn will welcome the world’s top Majors and Opens, will be followed by a further three the first Dutch pair to win gold in the men’s competition players from June 26 to July 5 with the Open events, which will be the first events on the 2015- while China’s Chen Xue and Zhang Xi lived up to their semifinals and finals taking place on a 16 Beach Volleyball Calendar. billing as the tournament favourites when they topped floating court inT he Hague. the podium in the women’s competition.

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FIVB Beach Volleyball Age Group World Championships

The U23 tournament was the first to be held, with The U21 World Championships were then held in George Souto Maior Wanderley took the men’s prize Polish duo Maciej Kosiak and Maciej Rudol clinching Larnaka, Cyprus. Poland’s Michal Bryl and Kacper and Eduarda Santos Lisboa and Andressa Cavalcanti the men’s title and Australia’s Nicole Laird and Mariafe Kujawiak finished on top of the podium in the men’s Ramalho clinching the women’s. Artacho taking the women’s gold in Myslowice. edition with Canada’s Sophie Bukovec and Tia Miric Held every two years, the FIVB Beach Volleyball Age claiming the crown in the women’s edition. Group World Championships provide an amazing The U17 World Championships were then held in The next FIVB Beach Volleyball Age Group opportunity for athletes to test themselves against the Acapulco, Mexico with Swiss pair Florian Breer and Yves The U19 World Championship was the final age group World Championships will take place in 2016. best in the world in their own age group. In 2014 four Haussener sealing the boys’ gold medal and Morgan tournament of the year with Brazil making a clean sweep age group World Championships were held. Martin and Kathryn Plummer of USA taking the girls’ title. of the gold medals as Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci and

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FIVB Beach Volleyball World Continental Cup and World Cup the continental level (subzonal, zonal, final).T he five Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego claimed men’s gold winners of the Beach Volleyball World Continental and the title of the Beach Volleyball World Continental The ground breaking Beach Volleyball World Cup – one from each Continent – qualified for the Cup champions, while compatriots Maria Antonelli and Continental Cup and the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Games. The 2012 Beach Volleyball World Cup Talita Da Rocha Antunes took the women’s title. World Cup provides a new opportunity for Final Olympic Qualification tournament took place in countries to qualify for the Olympic Games. Moscow, Russia and offered two additional Olympic The new Beach Volleyball World Continental Cup cycle berths for countries which had not qualified through has already begun as countries begin to plan their path either the FIVB World Tour or the Beach Volleyball to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The first phase of the In addition to the 16 vacancies offered on the FIVB World Continental Cup. This first World Continental CEV, CSV and AVC Beach Volleyball World Continental World Tour. The first edition of the Beach Volleyball Cup cycle ended with the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Cup have now drawn to a close, with the NORCEA and World Continental Cup was launched in 2010, building Cup Final, which took place in Campinas, Brazil held CAVB editions finishing in early 2015. up to the London 2012 Olympic Games. A country from May 29 to June 2, 2013. Much to the delight of versus country Olympic qualifying event, it was staged the home crowd Brazil took gold in both the men’s and from June 25, 2010 to July 1, 2012 and disputed at women’s competition. Other Events The FIVB is also responsible for developing and managing events such as Challenger, Satellite (whenever under the jurisdiction of the FIVB), Exhibitions and Country versus Country.

These events have boomed in recent years and are the perfect platform for creating the next generation of sporting stars and personalities.

Challenger and Satellite events are part of a successful FIVB and Confederations development programme which aims to provide countries with the opportunity to promote an international event within a limited budget.

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DEVELOPMENT

Cooperation through Developing the sport collaboration at the grassroots level The FIVB Volleyball Cooperation Programme (VCP) has The Volley All Festival and Cool Volley programmes been the essence of development since 1989. As the ensures the ” ball keeps flying “ through thousands of pillar of development programmes in federations, the children worldwide. Every year, national federations VCP courses are run worldwide and are in place to organise mass volley events, providing a fun, enjoyable educate and teach young players, teachers, coaches and and competitive environment for young players. referees the fundamentals of the sport. The courses target the less developed federations and qualified instructors assist with the development of the game. In 2014, over 576,000 participants took part In 2014 over 1,700 people attended VCP courses in 57 in Volley All Festivals and Cool Volley events countries with the total number of events rising to 1,201 across 61 countries on every continent. since the initiative was first introduced. Last year also saw total participants since VCPs began pass the 30,000 mark. As a result, federations continued to benefit directly from the programme.

Education and re-education are fundamental aspects of the development programmes carried out more generally by the FIVB. This makes the FIVB truly unique among International Sports Federations in terms of its delivery of educational programmes, which serve the less developed countries while delivering specific high performance programmes to others.

Ensuring the growth, evolution and advancement of volleyball has always been a central aim of the FIVB. The Development Programme has continued to work hard to achieve these ambitions with much success.

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Advancing the skills Promoting the game of practitioners more generally Online technical material for coaches and instructors The key role of the FIVB Development Centres is to FIVB Development Centres are present in: Bahrain, provide practitioners with the most up-to-date resources. monitor and further the progress of volleyball on all India, Indonesia and Thailand (AVC region) ; Azerbaijan, continents. Denmark, England, Italy and Luxembourg (CEV region) ; Senegal, Sudan and Tunisia (CAVB region) ; Argentina and Venezuela (CSV region) ; Barbados and Dominican There are now 16 FIVB Development Centres Republic (NORCECA region). around the world.

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As the FIVB is committed to the protection of its athletes’ health, it has established several programmes, The FIVB’s Medical and Anti-Doping pro- ranging from injury prevention to heat stress. The FIVB gramme focuses on prevention through has focused primarily on the prevention of injuries and education, ways to keep the sport of vol- illness, the reduction of long-term disability through leyball clean and the protection of athletes proper diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, and and referees’ health. ways of maintaining volleyball as a drug-free sport. FIVB studies continue to be published in renowned sport medicine journals. The health of our referees is The FIVB’s Anti-Doping programme seeks to preserve also important therefore a Referee Health Management the spirit of volleyball and beach volleyball while Programme is also conducted throughout the year. maintaining the ideals of ethics, respect, fair play and honesty as well as the athletes’ health. The FIVB also wants to share and communicate its knowledge and updates about Anti-Doping and Medical The FIVB developed an online Anti-Doping Education news. As a result, a Twitter account (@FIVBMedical) was programme – ’FIVB Play Clean’ – to educate volleyball, launched in 2014. beach volleyball athletes, medical officials and coaches on their rights and responsibilities. The programme also provides guidance on healthy lifestyle attitudes in order to deter athletes from doping. The course exists in several languages and so far more than 18,000 users For more information, please have completed the programme. visit the medical section at http://www.fivb.org/EN/Medical/index.asp Moreover, outreach programmes have been implemented on competitions to gain the awareness of players for anti-doping and to give the opportunity to players to talk and exchange with people specialised in anti-doping.

As doping is fundamentally contrary to the spirit of sport, one of the FIVB’s goals is to keep the playing field clean and level. To this end, the FIVB conducts regular and random anti-doping tests and has an extensive testing programme in place, both during and out-of- competition with blood and urine tests.

Back to table of contents 36 37 FIVB / MEDIA / VB EVENTS / BVB EVENTS / VB PropERTIES / BVB PropERTIES / dEVELOPMENT / MEDICAL / RECORDS / HISTORY / STRUCTURE / INFO Volleyball Nb of Medal Countries part. Rank. total Podium records 1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 1st 2nd 3rd Denmark 1 – – – – – 22 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Dominican Rep. 1 – – – – – – – 22 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Egypt 8 – – – – – – – 17 23 – 14 – – 19 19 21 13 21 – – – – FIVB Men's World Championship Finland 7 – 11 – – 18 19 20 – 17 17 – – – – – – – 9 – – – – France 15 6 6 7 9 – 18 17 16 15 16 6 8 – – 3 6 11 4 1 – – 1 Honours Germany 4 9 – – 9 8 3 1 – – 1 Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd Germany (GDR) 7 – – 12 – 11 4 1 4 9 12 – – 1 1 – – Germany (FRG) 2 – – 23 – – 20 – – – – – – – – – – 2014 Katowice (POL) POL BRA GER Greece 5 – – – – – – – – – – 13 – 6 13 7 17 – – – – – – 2010 Rome (ITA) BRA CUB SRB Guinea 1 – – – – – – 24 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2006 Tokyo (JPN) BRA POL BUL Hungary 8 7 5 8 6 7 10 11 – 14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2002 Buenos Aires (ARG) BRA RUS FRA India 2 – 8 21 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1998 Tokyo (JPN) ITA YUG CUB Iran 5 – – – – – – 21 – – – – – – 19 – 21 19 6 – – – – 1994 Athens (GRE) ITA NED USA Iraq – – – – – – – – – 20 – – – – – – – – – – – 1990 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) ITA CUB URS 1 – 1986 Paris (FRA) USA URS BUL Israel 4 – 10 16 – 15 – 19 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1982 Buenos Aires (ARG) URS BRA ARG Italy 16 8 – 14 – 14 16 15 19 2 14 11 1 1 1 5 5 4 13 4 3 1 – 1978 Rome (ITA) URS ITA CUB Japan 14 – – – 8 5 5 3 3 11 4 10 11 9 13 9 8 13 – 2 – – 2 1974 Mexico City (MEX) POL URS JPN Kazakhstan 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 19 21 – – – – – – 1970 Sofia (BUL) GDR BUL JPN Korea 9 – – 18 – – – – 13 4 8 – 14 8 13 – 17 – 17 – – – – 1966 Prague (TCH) TCH ROM URS Korea (DPR) 2 – – – – 13 – 9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1962 Moscow (URS) URS TCH ROM Lebanon 1 – 9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1960 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) URS TCH ROM Luxemburg 1 – – 24 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1956 Paris (FRA) TCH ROM URS Libya 1 – – – – – – – – – 24 – – – – – – – – – – – – 1952 Moscow (URS) URS TCH BUL Mexico 5 – – – – – – – 10 12 18 – – – – – – 13 17 – – – – 1949 Prague (TCH) URS TCH BUL Mongolia 3 – – – – 17 21 16 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Netherlands 11 10 – 13 – 12 12 14 12 16 – – 7 2 6 9 – – – 1 – 1 – RANKINGS Panama 1 – – – – – – – 24 – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Nb of Medal Paraguay 1 – – – 12 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Countries part. Rank. total Podium Peru 1 – – – 14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 1st 2nd 3rd Poland 16 4 7 4 4 6 6 5 1 8 6 9 – – 17 9 2 13 1 3 2 1 – Albania 1 – – – – 16 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Portugal 2 – – 15 – – – – – – – – – – – 8 – – – – – – – Algeria 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – 13 19 – – – – – – – – Puerto Rico 4 – – – – – – – 23 – – – – – – – 12 13 21 – – – – Argentina 11 – – – 11 – – – – 22 3 7 6 13 11 6 13 9 11 1 – – 1 Romania 10 5 4 2 3 3 2 7 6 13 15 – – – – – – – – 4 – 2 2 Australia 6 – – – – – – – – – 22 – – – 17 19 21 19 15 – – – – Russia 6 7 5 2 7 5 5 1 – 1 – Austria 2 – – 20 – 19 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Serbia & Mont. 1 4 – – – – Belgium 7 9 – 17 – – 14 8 11 18 – – – – – – – – 17 – – – – Serbia 2 3 9 1 – – 1 Brazil 16 – – 11 5 10 13 12 9 6 2 4 4 5 4 1 1 1 2 5 3 2 – Spain 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8 13 – 12 – – – – – Bulgaria 17 3 3 5 – 4 7 2 7 10 5 3 5 9 7 13 3 7 13 5 – 1 4 Sweden 2 – – – – – – – – – – – 10 13 – – – – – – – – – Cameroon 3 – – – – – – – – – – – 15 – – – – 13 21 – – – – Thailand 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 19 – – – – – – – – Canada 10 – – – – – – – 20 20 11 – 12 9 12 17 11 19 7 – – – – Tunisia 8 – – – – – – 22 18 24 21 – – – – 19 15 19 21 – – – – Chile 1 – – – – – – – – – 23 – – – – – – – – – – – – Turkey 3 – – 22 – – 15 – – – – – – – 19 – – – – – – – – China 13 – – 9 – 9 9 – 15 7 7 12 – 13 13 13 17 19 15 – – – – Ukraine 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10 – – – – – – – – Chinese Taipei 1 – – – – – – – – – – 15 – – – – – – – – – – – Uruguay 1 – – – 13 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Croatia 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 19 – – – – – – – USA 15 – – 6 7 – 11 18 14 19 13 1 13 3 9 9 10 6 7 2 1 – 1 Cuba 14 – – 19 – – 17 13 8 3 10 5 2 4 3 19 15 2 11 4 – 2 2 USSR 12 1 1 3 1 1 3 6 2 1 1 2 3 11 6 2 3 Czechoslovakia 12 2 2 1 2 2 1 4 5 5 9 8 9 6 2 4 Venezuela 11 – – – 10 – – 23 21 21 19 16 16 – – 17 17 19 21 – – – – Czech Republic 4 – 19 13 13 10 – – – – – Yugoslavia 6 – – 10 – 8 8 10 – – – – – – 2 4 1 – 1 –

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1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 1st 2nd 3rd

Algeria 1 – – – – – – – 12 – – – – – 1 – – 1 Men’s Olympic Argentina 6 – – – – – 6 3 – 8 4 5 – 5 – – – Tournaments Australia 3 – – – – – – – – – 8 11 – 9 – – – Belgium 1 – 8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Brazil 13 7 9 8 7 5 2 4 1 5 6 1 2 2 5 2 3 – Honours Bulgaria 8 5 6 4 – 2 – 6 – 7 – – 5 4 1 – 1 – Canada 3 – – – 9 – 4 – 10 – – – – – – – – Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd China 2 – – – – – 8 – – – – – 5 – – – –

2012 London (GBR) RUS BRA ITA CIS 1 7 – – – – 2008 Beijing (CHN) USA BRA RUS Cuba 6 – – 10 3 7 – – 4 6 7 – – – 1 – – 1 2004 Athens (GRE) BRA ITA RUS Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 6 5 8 – – – – 2 – 1 1 Egypt 3 – – – – – 10 – – – 11 – 11 – – – – 2000 Sydney (AUS) YUG RUS ITA France 3 – – – – – – 8 11 – – 9 – – – – –

1996 Atlanta (USA) NED ITA YUG Germany 2 – – – – 9 5 – – –

1992 Barcelona (ESP) BRA NED USA Germany (GDR) 2 – 4 2 – – – – – 1 – 1 – 1988 Seoul (KOR) USA URS ARG Germany (FRG) 1 – – 11 – – – – – – – – Greece 1 – – – – – – – – – – 5 – – – – – 1984 Los Angeles (USA) USA BRA ITA Great Britain 1 11 – – – 1980 Moscow (URS) URS BUL ROM Hungary 1 6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

1976 Montreal (CAN) POL URS CUB Italy 10 – – – 8 9 3 9 5 2 3 2 4 3 5 – 2 3 1972 Munich (BRD) JPN DDR URS Japan 8 3 2 1 4 – 7 10 6 – – – 11 – 3 1 1 1 1968 Mexico (MEX) URS JPN TCH Korea 8 10 – 7 6 – 5 11 9 9 9 – – – – – – Lybia 1 – – – – 10 – – – – – – – – – – – 1964 Tokyo (JPN) URS TCH JPN Mexico 1 – 10 – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Netherlands 6 8 – – – – – 5 2 1 5 9 – – 2 1 1 –

Poland 8 – 5 9 1 4 – – – 11 – 5 5 5 1 1 – –

Romania 3 4 – 5 – 3 – – – – – – – – 1 – – 1

Russia 5 4 2 3 3 1 4 1 1 2

Serbia 2 5 9 – – –

Serbia & Mont. 1 5 – – – –

Spain 2 – – – – – – – 8 – 9 – – – – – –

Sweden 1 – – – – – – 7 – – – – – – – – –

Tunisia 6 – – 12 – – 9 12 – 11 – 11 – 11 – – –

USA 10 9 7 – – – 1 1 3 9 11 4 1 5 4 3 – 1

USSR 6 1 1 3 2 1 – 2 – 6 3 2 1

Venezuela 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 9 – – – –

Yugoslavia 3 – – – – 6 – – Excl. 3 1 2 1 – 1

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Nb of Medal Countries part. Rank. total Podium FIVB World League 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 1st 2nd 3rd Argentina 16 – – – – – 7 8 9 6 8 13 9 – – 10 7 13 – 5 5 4 10 6 13 – – – –

Australia 2 – – – – – – – – 10 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9 – – – –

Belgium 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 11 – – – – Honours Brazil 25 3 5 5 3 2 5 5 5 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 6 2 2 18 9 5 4 Bulgaria 17 – – – 4 5 8 6 7 – – – – 5 4 5 4 5 7 10 7 5 4 4 7 – – – – Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd Canada 8 – 10 7 – – – – – 8 11 – – – – – – 13 – – – – 12 5 13 – – – –

2014 Florence (ITA) USA BRA ITA China 15 8 – 9 11 11 6 10 – – – – 9 – 10 – 13 9 7 13 15 – – – 23 – – – – 2013 Mar del Plata (ARG) RUS BRA ITA Cuba 24 – 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 2 8 5 13 13 7 3 7 7 10 4 4 8 3 13 21 9 1 5 3 2012 Sofia (BUL) POL USA CUB Czech Rep. 2 – – – – – – – – – 4 – – – – – – – – – – 16 – – – – Egypt 4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13 13 13 – 14 – – – – – – – – 2011 Gdansk (POL) RUS BRA POL EUN 1 6 – – – – 2010 Cordoba (ARG) BRA RUS SER Finland 10 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10 7 10 8 13 10 13 16 16 – – – –

2009 Belgrade (SER) BRA SER RUS France 19 5 8 11 – – – – – 7 7 5 7 10 5 10 2 6 10 9 12 12 7 10 10 1 – 1 –

2008 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) USA SER RUS Germany 11 12 10 – – – – – – 13 9 10 – – – – – – 9 11 5 7 16 – – – – 2007 Katowice (POL) BRA RUS USA Greece 10 – – – 7 9 11 – 12 – – 9 9 7 5 7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2006 Moscow (RUS) BRA FRA RUS Iran 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9 4 – – – – Italy 25 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 4 3 2 7 6 9 7 7 6 6 11 3 3 15 8 3 4 2005 Belgrade (SER) BRA SCG CUB Japan 21 6 7 10 8 8 9 12 – – – 9 13 13 10 10 13 13 6 15 – 15 15 18 19 – – – – 2004 Rome (ITA) BRA ITA SCG Korea 16 – 9 8 9 6 – 11 11 – – – – – – – 10 9 13 14 16 13 14 15 19 – – – –

2003 Madrid (ESP) BRA SCG ITA Mexico 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 25 – – – –

2002 Belo Horizonte (BRA) RUS BRA YUG Poland 17 – – – – – – – 10 8 8 7 5 9 7 4 7 4 5 11 10 3 1 11 7 2 1 – 1 2001 Katowice (POL) BRA ITA RUS Portugal 11 – – – – – – – – 10 – 13 13 13 10 5 13 – – – – 14 16 17 13 – – – – 2000 Rotterdam (NLD) ITA RUS BRA Puerto Rico 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16 – – 27 – – – – Russia 23 6 6 4 3 3 2 4 2 3 1 7 – – 3 2 3 3 2 1 8 1 5 14 3 5 6 1999 Mar del Plata (ARG) ITA CUB BRA Serbia 17 9 2 2 3 9 9 8 6 3 – 2 1 1998 Milan (ITA) CUB RUS NLD Serbia & Mont. 4 2 3 2 5 3 – 2 1

1997 Moscow (RUS) ITA CUB RUS Slovakia 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 24 – – – –

1996 Rotterdam (NLD) NLD ITA RUS Spain 12 – – – – 7 10 9 8 5 11 9 5 5 7 – – – 13 – – – – – 25 – – – – 1995 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) ITA BRA CUB The Netherl. 18 2 4 4 5 12 1 4 3 10 5 7 7 10 – – – – – 12 11 – – 14 12 3 1 1 1 1994 Milan (ITA) ITA CUB BRA Tunisia 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 27 – – – – Turkey 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 22 – – – – 1993 São Paulo (BRA) BRA RUS ITA USA 17 7 6 3 12 10 – – – – 6 9 – – – – 10 3 1 6 8 7 2 12 1 5 2 1 2 1992 Genova (ITA) ITA CUB USA USSR 2 4 3 1 – – 1

1991 Milan (ITA) ITA CUB RUS Venezuela 6 – – – – – – – – – – 13 13 13 – 7 – – 13 16 – – – – – – – – –

1990 Osaka (JPN) ITA NLD BRA Yugoslavia 5 – – – – – – 7 5 – 4 4 3 4 1 – – 1

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FIVB Men’s Grand Champions Cup RANKINGS Nb of Medal Honours Countries part. Rank. total Podium Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd 1965 1969 1977 1981 1985 1989 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 1st 2nd 3rd Algeria 1 – – – – – – 9 – – – – – – – – – 2013 Japan BRA RUS CUB 2009 Japan BRA CUB JPN Argentina 5 – – – – 5 – – 7 9 – 7 7 – – – – 2005 Japan BRA USA ITA Australia 1 – – – – – – – – – – 8 – – – – –

2001 Japan CUB BRA YUG Brazil 11 – 6 8 3 4 5 6 3 5 1 1 3 5 2 – 3 1997 Japan BRA NED CUB Bulgaria 4 9 4 6 – – – – – – – 3 – 1 – – 1 1993 Japan ITA BRA CUB Cameroon 1 – – – – – 8 – – – – – – – – – – RANKINGS Canada 4 – – 12 – – – – 10 8 7 – – – – – – Chile 1 – – – – – – 12 – – – – – – – – – Nb of Medal Countries part. Rank. total Podium China 6 – – 5 5 – – – 9 11 10 – 11 – – – – 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 1st 2nd 3rd Cuba 8 – 9 3 2 – 1 2 6 2 – – 5 5 1 3 1 Argentina 1 – – 6 – – – -- – – – Australia 1 – 6 – – – – -- – – – Czechoslovakia 3 3 5 – – 3 – – – – – – – 1 – – 1 Brazil 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 6 4 2 – Egypt 6 – – 11 – 8 – – 11 – 12 10 12 – – – – China 2 – 4 – 6 – – -- – – – Cuba 5 3 3 1 – 2 – 4 1 1 2 France 2 11 – – – – – – – – 5 – – – – – – Egypt 3 – – – 5 6 6 -- – – – Germany 1 7 – – – – – – – – – Iran 2 – – – – 5 4 -- – – – Italy 3 1 – – 3 – 3 3 1 – 2 Germany (GDR) 2 5 1 – – – – 1 1 – – Japan 6 4 5 5 4 3 6 1 – – 1 Germany (GDR) Jr. 1 – 12 – – – – – – – – Korea 2 6 – 4 – – – -- – – – Germany (FRG) 1 – 10 – – – – – – – – Netherlands 1 – 2 – – – – 1 – 1 – Poland 2 – – – – 4 4 -- – – – Hungary 1 7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Russia 1 – – – – – 2 1 – 1 – Iran 2 – – – – – – 11 – – – – 9 – – – – United States 3 5 – – 2 – 5 1 – 1 – Yugoslavia 1 – – 3 – – – 1 – – 1 Italy 6 – – – 7 – 2 – 1 3 2 – 4 4 1 2 1 Japan 12 4 2 2 6 6 6 4 5 10 9 9 10 2 – 2 –

Korea 8 – – 7 – 7 7 5 8 7 6 11 – – – – – FIVB Men’s World Cup Mexico 2 – – 9 – – – 10 – – – – – – – – – Netherlands 2 10 – – – – – – 2 – – – – 1 – 1 –

Honours Poland 5 2 8 4 4 – – – – – – – 2 2 – 2 –

Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd Puerto Rico 1 – – – – – – – – – – 6 – – – – – 2011 Tokyo (JPN) RUS POL BRA Romania 2 6 7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2007 Tokyo (JPN) BRA RUS BUL Russia 3 – – – – – – – – 1 – 2 1 3 2 1 –

2003 Tokyo (JPN) BRA ITA SCG Serbia & Mont. 1 3 – – – – – – 1999 Tokyo (JPN) RUS CUB ITA Serbia 1 – 8 1 – – 1 1995 Tokyo (JPN) ITA NED BRA 1991 Tokyo (JPN) URS CUB USA Spain 2 – – – – – – – – 6 – 5 – – – – – 1989 Tokyo (JPN) CUB ITA URS Tunisia 7 – 11 – 8 – – 8 12 12 11 12 – – – – – 1985 Tokyo (JPN) USA URS TCH United States 9 – – 10 – 1 4 3 4 4 4 4 6 2 1 – 1 1981 Tokyo (JPN) URS CUB BRA USSR 7 1 3 1 1 2 3 1 7 4 1 2 1977 Tokyo (JPN) URS JPN CUB 1969 East Berlin (GDR) GDR JPN URS Venezuela 1 – – – – – – – – – 8 – – – – – – 1965 Warsaw (POL) URS POL CZE Yugoslavia 1 8 – – – – – – – – – – – –

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Nb of FIVB Men’s U21 World Championship Countries part. Rank.

1977 1981 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 Honours Egypt 9 – 15 16 13 – 12 – – – – – 9 – 10 13 15 14 st nd rd Year Organiser 1 2 3 Estonia 2 – – – – 13 – – – – – – 17 2013 Ankara & Izmir (TUR) RUS BRA ITA Finland 1 – – – – – – – 4 – – – – – – – – – 2011 Rio de Janeiro & Campo Grande (BRA) RUS ARG SRB France 5 – – 9 – – – – – – 2 7 – – – 10 – 4 2009 Pune (IND) BRA CUB ARG Germany 5 13 13 – – – – 8 9 – – 10 – 2007 Casablanca (MAR) BRA RUS IRI Germany (FRG) 2 – 8 – 4 – 2005 Vizakhapatnam (IND) RUS BRA CUB Greece 6 – – – 11 6 – – 5 5 – 13 – – – 16 – – 2003 Tehran (IRI) POL BRA BUL Haiti 1 16 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2001 Wroclaw (POL) BRA RUS VEN India 7 – 11 – – – – – 9 – – – 9 9 4 8 8 1999 Ubon Ratchatani (THA) RUS FRA BRA Indonesia 1 – – – – 15 – – – – – – – – – – – – 1997 Manama (BRN) POL BRA RUS Iran 9 – – – – – – 5 – 9 8 – 6 5 3 7 6 5 1995 Johor Bahru (MAS) RUS BRA ITA Italy 11 – – 2 – 9 2 2 3 6 6 4 13 – 4 – – 3 1993 Rosario (ARG) BRA ITA TCH Japan 11 6 9 10 10 2 5 5 – – – 9 – – 11 – 12 10 1991 Cairo (EGY) BUL ITA URS Korea 12 5 3 4 1 11 6 5 9 – 7 6 4 6 – – – 1989 Athens (GRE) URS JPN BRA Latvia 1 – – – 8 – – – – – – – – 1987 Bahrain (BRN) KOR CUB URS Malaysia 1 – – – – – – – 13 – – – – – – – – – 1985 Milan (ITA) URS ITA CUB Mexico 6 4 12 14 – – – 13 – 13 – – – – – – – 16 1981 Colorado Springs (USA) URS BRA KOR Morocco 4 – – – – – – – – – 13 – – 11 12 – – 18 1977 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) URS CHN BRA Netherlands 3 – – 8 – – – – 6 – – – – 4 – – – Nigeria 1 – – – – – – – – 13 – – – – – – – – Paraguay 1 14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – RANKINGS Peru 2 15 – – 16 – – – – – – – – – – – – – Poland 7 – – – – 7 – – 8 1 9 9 1 – – 9 – – Countries Nb of Rank. part. Puerto Rico 4 – – – – 14 – – 13 9 – – – – – – 16 – 1977 1981 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 Russia 11 5 1 3 1 2 5 1 2 5 1 1

Algeria 3 – – – 14 12 – – 13 – – – – – – – – – Rwanda 1 20 Argentina 12 9 5 11 7 10 11 4 – – – 8 – – 5 3 2 – Saudi Arabia 5 13 16 13 15 – – – – – – 9 – – – – – – Bahrain 3 – – – 8 16 – – – 9 – – – – – – – – Serbia 2 – – 3 9 Belarus 1 – – – – – – – – – 15 – – Serbia & Montenegro 2 7 – Belgium 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6 9 – Slovakia 2 – – – 9 9 – – – – – Brazil 17 3 2 6 6 3 4 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 5 2 Slovenia 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9 – – – Bulgaria 8 – – 5 5 4 1 5 – – – – 3 – 6 – 13 – Spain 6 12 10 – – 13 – 13 7 – – – – – – – 7 – Canada 8 10 14 – 12 – – – – – 5 – 9 – – 12 11 12 Thailand 1 – – – – – – – – – 9 – – – – – – – Chile 2 – 13 12 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Tunisia 11 – – 15 – – 13 5 – 13 9 13 13 11 – 14 14 13 China 12 2 4 7 9 8 9 – 9 9 – 13 13 – – 11 – 15 Turkey 1 6 Chinese Taipei 4 – – – – – 13 13 – 13 13 – – – – – – – Ukraine 2 – – – – 9 13 – – – – – –

Colombia 1 8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – USA 7 7 7 – – – – – – – – – – 8 7 8 4 11 Cuba 11 – 6 3 2 5 8 5 disq. – – 5 – 3 8 2 – – USSR 6 1 1 1 3 1 3 Czechoslovakia 2 – – – – – 7 3 Venezuela 9 11 – – – – 13 5 9 4 4 3 13 – – – – 19 Dominican Rep. 1 – – – – – – – – – 13 – – – – – – – Yugoslavia 3 – – – – – 10 – – 7 – – 3

46 47 FIVB / MEDIA / VB EVENTS / BVB EVENTS / VB PropERTIES / BVB PropERTIES / dEVELOPMENT / MEDICAL / RECORDS / HISTORY / STRUCTURE / INFO VOLLEYBALL RECORDS Nb of Countries part. Rank.

1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 FIVB Boys’ U19 World Championship Iran 9 4 - - - 9 - 2 3 5 1 2 10 4 Italy 6 - - - 2 1 - 13 9 3 - 8 - - Honours Japan 8 7 6 2 3 3 9 - - - - 14 - 17 Korea 9 5 3 3 - 9 6 6 - 9 - - 14 10 st nd rd Year Organiser 1 2 3 Mexico 5 - - - - - 13 13 - 13 12 - - 14 2013 Tijuana & Mexicali (MEX) RUS CHN POL Morocco 1 ------13 - - - - - 2011 Buenos Aires & Bahia Blanca (ARG) SRB ESP CUB Netherlands 1 ------9 - - - - - 2009 Jesolo & Bassano (ITA) SRB IRI ARG Poland 9 - - 9 - 4 3 5 13 7 5 11 - 3 2007 Tijuana (MEX) IRI CHN FRA Portugal 2 - 9 4 ------2005 Algiers & Oron (ALG) RUS BRA ITA Puerto Rico 7 5 - 6 4 - - - 7 - 11 15 15 - 2003 Suphanburi (THA) BRA IND IRI Qatar 1 11 ------2001 Cairo (EGY) BRA IRI RUS Russia 9 6 - 1 3 5 1 9 4 13 1 1999 Riyadh (KSA) RUS VEN POL Rwanda 1 20 1997 Tehran (IRI) ITA GRE JPN Saudi Arabia 1 - - - - - 4 ------1995 San Juan (PUR) BRA ITA JPN Serbia 2 - 1 1 - 1993 Istanbul (TUR) BRA JPN KOR Slovakia 5 - 13 13 13 13 8 - - - - 1991 Porto (POR) BRA URS KOR Spain 3 - - - 9 ------5 2 - 1989 Dubai (UAE) BRA URS BUL Sudan 1 ------13 ------Thailand 1 ------6 - - - - - Tunisia 9 - - - 11 9 9 8 - 13 14 6 16 18 RANKINGS Turkey 2 - - 9 ------15 Nb of Ukraine 1 - - - - 5 ------Countries part. Rank. United Arab Emirates 1 11 ------1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 USA 5 - - - 7 - - - - - 15 10 11 16 Algeria 5 - 12 - - - 13 - - 13 - 16 - 19 USSR 2 2 2 - Argentina 8 7 5 - - - - 9 - 4 4 3 5 6 Venezuela 4 - - - - 13 2 9 13 - - - - - Australia 1 ------8 - - - - - Bahrain 1 - 11 ------Belarus 1 - 9 ------Belgium 2 ------6 - - 9 Brazil 13 1 1 1 1 5 7 1 1 2 7 9 9 5 Youth Olympic Games - Men Bulgaria 4 3 8 ------9 - - 6 - Canada 1 ------13 - - - - Honours Chile 1 13 Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd China 5 - - - - - 9 - 9 - 2 - 8 2 Chinese Taipei 3 - - - 5 13 - 9 ------2010 Singapore (SIN) CUB ARG RUS Costa Rica 1 - - 9 ------Croatia 1 - 8 ------RANKINGS Cuba 6 - 10 - 9 9 - - - - 13 - 3 7 Czechoslovakia 2 9 4 - Countries Nb of part. Rank. Czech Republic 4 - 6 8 9 4 - - - - - 2010 Dominican Republic 2 - - - - 8 13 ------Argentina 1 2 Egypt 9 - - 8 - 13 - 4 9 9 16 13 12 12 D.R.Congo 1 6 Finland 2 - - 7 ------11 Cuba 1 France 11 9 7 - 11 7 9 7 - 6 3 12 4 8 1 Iran 1 Germany 1 ------10 - - - 5 Greece 3 - - 5 - 2 ------7 - Russia 1 3 India 4 ------2 9 8 7 - - Serbia 1 4

48 49 FIVB / MEDIA / VB EVENTS / BVB EVENTS / VB PropERTIES / BVB PropERTIES / dEVELOPMENT / MEDICAL / RECORDS / HISTORY / STRUCTURE / INFO VOLLEYBALL RECORDS Nb of Medal Countries part. Rank. total Podium

1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 1st 2nd 3rd Croatia 2 6 – – 17 13 – – – – FIVB Women’s World Championship Cuba 11 – – – – – 8 7 1 5 2 4 1 1 5 7 12 21 4 3 1 – Czechoslovakia 8 3 4 3 6 – 5 17 12 – 11 – 2 – – 2 Honours Czech Rep. 3 9 – 17 – 15 – – – – – Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd Dominican Rep. 6 – – – – – – 21 19 – – – – 11 13 17 17 5 – – – – Egypt 3 – – – – – – – – – – 16 – – 21 21 – – – – – – 2014 Rome (ITA) USA CHN BRA Finland 1 – – – – – – – 21 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2010 Tokyo (JPN) RUS BRA JPN France 3 7 12 – – – – 20 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2006 Osaka (JPN) RUS BRA SCG Germany (East) 7 – 7 – 7 – 10 4 8 – 4 12 – – – – 2002 Berlin (GER) ITA USA RUS Germany (West) 8 – 16 10 13 – – 19 18 14 13 13 – – – – 1998 Tokyo (JPN) CUB CHN RUS Germany 5 5 13 11 11 7 9 – – – – 1994 São Paulo (BRA) CUB BRA RUS Greece 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 11 – – – – – – – 1990 Beijing (CHN) URS CHN USA Hungary 6 6 – – 11 – 4 6 13 10 – – – – – – – – – – – – 1986 Praha (TCH) CHN CUB PER India 1 8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1982 Lima (PER) CHN PER USA Indonesia 1 – – – – – – – – 21 – – – – – – – – – – – – 1978 Leningrad (URS) CUB JPN URS Israel 1 – 14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1974 Guadalajara (MEX) JPN URS KOR Italy 9 – – – – – – – 20 15 9 10 13 5 1 4 5 4 1 1 – – 1970 Varna (BUL) URS JPN KOR Japan 14 – – 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 7 8 7 8 13 6 3 7 7 3 3 1 1967 Tokyo (JPN) JPN USA KOR Kazakhstan 2 – – – 17 21 15 – – – – 1962 Moscow (URS) JPN URS POL Kenya 5 – – – – – – – – – – – 13 13 21 21 21 – – – – – Korea 11 – – – – 3 – 3 4 7 8 5 4 9 6 13 13 – 2 – – 2 1960 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) URS JPN TCH Korea (DPR) 4 – 8 – 10 – 3 – – – 14 – – – – – – – 1 – – 1 1956 Paris (FRA) URS ROM POL Luxemburg 1 – 17 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1952 Moscow (URS) URS POL TCH Mexico 6 – – – – – 12 10 15 13 – – – – 21 21 – 21 – – – – Mongolia 1 – – – – – 16 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Netherlands 12 – 10 – 12 – 15 16 17 16 – 9 9 7 9 8 11 13 – – – – RANKINGS Nigeria 1 – – – – – – – – 23 – – – – – – – – – – – – Paraguay 1 – – – – – – – – 19 – – – – – – – – – – – – Countries Nb of Rank. Medal Podium part. total Peru 12 – – 7 – 4 14 8 10 2 3 6 13 9 – 17 15 – 2 – 1 1 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 1st 2nd 3rd Philippines 1 – – – – – – 18 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Algeria – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 21 – – – – – Poland 10 2 3 4 3 – 9 9 11 – – – – – 13 15 9 – 3 – 1 2 Argentina – – – 8 – – – – – 18 – 15 – – 17 – – 17 – – – – Puerto Rico 5 – – – – – – 22 – 17 – – – – 11 15 17 17 – – – – Australia – – – – – – – – – 12 – – – – 21 – – – – – – – Romania 7 5 2 – 5 – 7 5 – – – – 13 – 13 – – – 1 – 1 – Austria – – 15 – 14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Russia 5 3 3 3 1 1 5 5 2 – 3 Azerbaijan – 9 – – 13 – 15 – – – – Serbia 1 8 7 – – – – Bahamas – – – – – – – 23 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Serbia & Mont. 1 3 1 – – 1 Belgium – – 13 – – – – – 22 – – – – – – – – 11 – – – – Spain – – – – – – – – 20 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 Brazil 4 – 11 5 8 – 13 15 7 8 5 7 2 4 7 2 2 3 4 – – 1 Thailand – – – – – – – – – – – – 13 17 – 13 17 – – – – Bulgaria – 4 5 – 4 – 6 13 9 9 12 – – 11 8 – – 11 – – – – Tunisia – – – – – – – 23 – 16 – – – – – – 21 – – – – Cameroon – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 21 – 21 – – – – Turkey – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10 6 9 – – – – Canada – – – – – – – 11 14 11 15 14 – – 17 – 21 17 – – – – Ukraine 9 – – – – – – – – – Chile – – – – – – – – – 22 – – – – – – – – – – – – Uruguay – – 9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – China 12 – 6 – 9 – – 14 6 1 1 2 8 2 4 5 10 2 5 2 3 – USA – 9 6 – 2 11 12 5 3 10 3 6 13 2 9 4 1 5 1 2 2 Chinese Taipei 2 – – – – – – – – – – 11 – – – 12 – – – – – – USSR 1 1 1 2 – 1 2 3 6 6 1 8 5 2 1 Costa Rica 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 17 17 – – – – – Yugoslavia – – – – – – – 16 – – – – – – – – – –

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RANKINGS

Nb of Medal Countries part. Rank. total Podium

1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 1st 2nd 3rd Women’s Olympic Algeria 2 – – – – – – – – – – – 11 11 – – – – Tournaments Australia 1 – – – – – – – – – 9 – – – – Brazil 9 – – – – 7 7 6 4 3 3 4 1 1 4 2 – 2

Bulgaria 1 – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 1 – – 1 Honours Canada 3 – – – 8 – 8 – – 9 – – – – – – – China 8 – – – – – 1 3 7 2 5 1 3 5 5 2 1 2 Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd C.I.S. 1 2 1 – 1 –

2012 London (GBR) BRA USA JPN Croatia 1 – – – – – – – – – 7 – – – – – – – 2008 Beijing (CHN) BRA USA CHN Cuba 8 – – 6 5 5 – – 1 1 1 3 4 – 4 3 – 1 2004 Athens (GRE) CHN RUS CUB Czechoslovakia 2 – 6 7 – – – – – – – – – – Dominican Rep. 2 – – – – – – – – – – 11 – 5 – – – – 2000 Sydney (AUS) CUB RUS BRA Germany 3 – 8 6 9 – – – – – –

1996 Atlanta (USA) CUB CHN BRA Germany (GDR) 3 – – – 6 2 – 5 1 – 1 –

1992 Barcelona (ESP) CUB CIS USA Germany (FRG) 2 – – 8 – – 6 – – – – – 1988 Seoul (KOR) URS PER CHN Greece 1 – – – – – – – – – – 9 – – – – – – Great Britain 1 9 – – – – 1984 Los Angeles (USA) CHN USA JPN Hungary 3 – – 5 4 4 – – – – – – – – – – – – 1980 Moscow (URS) URS DDR BUL Italy 4 – – – – – – – – – 9 5 5 5 – – – –

1976 Montreal (CAN) JPN URS KOR Japan 11 1 2 2 1 – 3 4 5 9 – 5 5 3 6 2 2 2 1972 Munich (GER) URS JPN PRK Kazakhstan 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 9 – – – – – 1968 Mexico (MEX) URS JPN POL Kenya 2 – – – – – – – – – 11 11 – – – – – – Korea 10 6 5 4 3 – 5 8 – 6 8 5 – 4 1 – – 1 1964 Tokyo (JPN) JPN URS POL Korea (DPR) 1 – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – 1

Mexico 1 – 7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Netherlands 2 – – – – – – – 6 5 – – – – – – – –

Peru 7 – 4 – 7 6 4 2 – 11 11 – – – 1 – 1 –

Poland 3 3 3 – – – – – – – – – 9 – 2 – – 2

Romania 2 4 – – – 8 – – – – – – – – – – – –

Russia 5 4 2 2 5 5 2 – 2 –

Serbia 2 5 11 – – – –

Spain 1 – – – – – – – 8 – – – – – – – – –

Turkey 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – 9 – – – –

Ukraine 1 11 – – – – – – – –

USA 10 5 8 – – – 2 7 3 7 4 5 2 2 4 – 3 1

USSR 6 2 1 1 2 1 – 1 6 4 2 –

Venezuela 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 11 – – – – –

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FIVB World Grand Prix

Honours RANKINGS

st nd rd Nb of Medal Year Organiser 1 2 3 Countries part. Rank. total Podium

2014 Tokyo (JPN) BRA JPN RUS 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 1st 2nd 3rd 2013 Sapporo (JPN) BRA CHN SRB Algeria 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20 28 -- – -- -- Argentina 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 14 15 16 17 – – – – 2012 Ningbo (CHN) USA BRA TUR Australia 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 27 – – – – 2011 Macau (CHN) USA BRA SRB Azerbaijan 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10 – – – – – – – – – – – –

2010 Ningbo (CHN) USA BRA ITA Belgium 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13 – – – –

2009 Tokyo (JPN) BRA RUS GER Brazil 19 4 1 2 1 – 1 2 3 5 4 7 1 1 1 5 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 16 10 5 1 2008 Yokohama (JPN) BRA CUB ITA Bulgaria 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 21 – – – – 2007 Ningbo (CHN) NED CHN ITA Canada 1 – – – – – – – – – – 11 – – – – – – – – – – 19 – – – – China 19 2 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 2 2 1 5 3 5 2 5 5 4 8 5 2 5 9 1 5 3 2006 Reggio Calabria (ITA) BRA RUS ITA Chinese Taipei 4 – 12 – – – – – – – – – – – – 12 – – 12 – 12 – – – – – – 2005 Sendai (JPN) BRA ITA CHN Croatia 23 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 23 – – – –

2004 Reggio Calabria (ITA) BRA ITA USA Cuba 17 1 2 3 2 2 3 5 1 4 7 11 4 4 4 7 2 – – 11 6 19 20 8 2 4 2

2003 Andria (ITA) CHN RUS USA Czech Republic 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 22 – – – – 2002 Hong Kong (CHN) RUS CHN GER Dominican Rep. 8 – – – – – – – – – – – 12 11 8 11 9 11 8 12 12 10 12 – – – – 2001 Macau (CHN) USA CHN RUS Germany 12 8 10 8 – – – – – 8 3 7 6 10 – – 8 3 9 13 7 11 10 2 – – 2 Italy 13 – 8 – – 6 5 4 7 – – 5 2 2 3 3 3 – 3 7 10 5 9 6 – 2 4 2000 Manila (PHI) CUB RUS BRA Japan 19 6 4 7 8 4 7 7 8 6 5 9 9 5 6 9 6 6 5 5 9 4 2 1 – 1 – 1999 Yu Xi (CHN) RUS BRA CHN Kazakhstan 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10 12 – – 15 – 17 24 – – – –

1998 Hong Kong (CHN) BRA RUS CUB Kenya 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 25 – – – –

1997 Kobe (JPN) RUS CUB KOR Korea 16 5 5 5 6 3 6 6 5 7 – 6 11 9 9 – – 12 – 9 14 – 8 1 – – 1 1996 Shanghai (CHN) BRA CUB RUS Mexico 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 26 – – – – 1995 Shanghai (CHN) USA BRA CUB Netherlands 9 – 9 – 7 7 – 8 – – – 4 – 6 1 – 4 7 – – 12 14 1 1 – – Peru 1 – 11 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16 – – 18 – – – – 1994 Shanghai (CHN) BRA CUB CHN Poland 8 – – – – – – – – – – – 8 7 12 6 10 7 6 10 8 15 16 – – – – 1993 Hong Kong (HKG) CUB CHN RUS Puerto Rico 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10 11 – 13 18 15 – – – –

Russia 15 3 7 6 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 7 – 2 4 – 2 – 4 – 7 3 12 3 5 4

Serbia 2 – – – – 3 11 3 7 2 – – 2

Thailand 9 – – – – – – – – – 8 9 10 12 11 – 11 8 10 6 4 13 13 – – –

Turkey 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7 – – – 3 8 8 1 – – 1

USA 18 7 6 1 5 8 8 – 6 1 6 3 3 8 7 8 4 9 1 1 1 6 6 7 5 – 2

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FIVB Women’s Grand CHAMPIONS CUP

Honours RANKINGS

st nd rd Nb of Medal Year Organiser 1 2 3 Countries part. Rank. total Podium

2013 Japan BRA USA JPN 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 1st 2nd 3rd 2009 Japan ITA BRA DOM 2005 Japan BRA USA CHN Algeria 1 – – – – – – – – – – 11 – – – – 2001 Japan CHN RUS JPN Argentina 4 8 – – – – – – 11 11 – 10 – – – – 1997 Japan RUS CUB BRA Brazil 9 – 8 6 – 8 2 3 2 2 5 – 3 1 1993 Japan CUB CHN RUS 9 4 Bulgaria 1 – – 7 – – – – – – – – – – – –

RANKINGS Canada 4 7 – – – 8 10 9 – – – – – – – – Nb of Medal Countries part. Rank. total Podium China 9 – 4 1 1 3 2 3 5 1 – 3 7 3 1 3

st nd rd 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 1 2 3 Croatia 2 – – – – – – 4 8 – – – – – – – Brazil 4 – 3 4 1 2 1 4 2 1 1 Cuba 10 5 2 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 4 – 6 4 2 – China 4 2 4 1 3 – – 3 1 1 1 Cuba 2 1 2 – – – – 2 1 1 – Dominican Rep. 3 – – – – – – – – 10 9 8 – – – –

Dominican Rep. 1 – – – – 3 6 1 – – 1 Egypt 2 – – – – – – 12 – 12 – – – – – – Italy 1 – – – – 1 – 1 1 – – Germany (GDR) 1 – – – – 6 – – – – – – – Japan 5 4 5 3 5 4 3 2 – – 2 Korea 4 – 6 6 6 5 – – – – – Germany 2 – – – – – 9 – – – – 6 – – – – Peru 1 6 – – – – – – – – – Hungary 1 – 6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – Poland 1 – – – 4 – – – – – – Italy 4 – – – – – – – 7 4 1 1 2 2 – – Russia 3 3 1 2 2 – 4 3 1 1 1 Thailand 1 – – – – 6 5 – – – – Japan 11 2 1 2 4 4 7 6 6 5 7 4 3 1 2 – United States 3 5 – 5 2 – 2 2 – 2 – Kenya 4 – – – – – 12 11 – – 12 12 – – – –

Korea 11 3 3 5 7 7 6 5 4 9 8 9 2 – – 2 FIVB Women’s World Cup Netherlands 1 – – – – – – 8 – – – – – – – – Peru 8 4 5 – 5 5 5 10 10 – 11 – – – – – Honours Poland 2 – – – – – – – – 8 6 – – – – – Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd Russia 1 – 2 – – – 1 – 1 – 2011 Tokyo (JPN) ITA USA CHN Serbia 2 5 7 – – – – 2007 Nagoya (JPN) ITA BRA USA 2003 Osaka (JPN) CHN BRA USA Spain 1 – – – – – 11 – – – – – – – – – 1999 Osaka (JPN) CUB RUS BRA Thailand 1 – – – – – – – – – 10 – – – – – 1995 Osaka (JPN) CUB BRA CHN Tunisia 2 – – – 8 – – – 12 – – – – – – – 1991 Osaka (JPN) CUB CHN URS 1989 Nagoya (JPN) CUB URS CHN Turkey 1 – – – – – – – – 7 – – – – – – 1985 Tokyo (JPN) CHN CUB URS Uruguay 1 10 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1981 Osaka (JPN) CHN JPN URS USSR 6 1 8 3 3 2 3 – – – 5 1 1 3 1977 Tokyo (JPN) JPN CUB KOR 1973 Montevideo (URU) URS JPN KOR USA 9 6 7 4 – – 4 7 9 3 3 2 3 – 1 2

56 57 FIVB / MEDIA / VB EVENTS / BVB EVENTS / VB PropERTIES / BVB PropERTIES / dEVELOPMENT / MEDICAL / RECORDS / HISTORY / STRUCTURE / INFO VOLLEYBALL RECORDS

FIVB Women’s Club World Championship FIVB Women’s U20 World Championship

Honours Honours Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd

2014 Zurich (SUI) Dinamo Kazan (RUS) Molico/Osasco (BRA) SESI-SP (BRA) 2013 Brno (CZE) CHN JPN BRA Guangdong 2011 Lima & Trujillo (PER) ITA BRA CHN 2013 Zurich (SUI) VakifBank Istanbul (TUR) Unilever Volei (BRA) Evergrande (CHN) Fenerbahçe SK 2009 Tijuana & Mexicali (MEX) GER DOM BRA 2012 Doha (QAT) Sollys Nestle (BRA) Rabita Baku (AZE) Istanbul (TUR) 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima (THA) BRA CHN JPN VakifBank Ttelekom Sollys Nestle 2011 Doha (QAT) Rabita Baku (AZE) Istanbul (TUR) Osasco (BRA) 2005 Ankara & Istanbul (TUR) BRA SCG CHN 2010 Doha (QAT) Fenerbahce (TUR) Sollys Osasco (BRA) Bergamo (ITA) 2003 Suphanburi (THA) BRA CHN POL 1994 Sao Paulo (BRA) Leite Moca Sao Paulo (BRA) Parmalat Matera (ITA) BCN Guarujà (BRA) 2001 Santo Domingo (DOM) BRA KOR CHN Il Messaggero Uralochka 1992 Jesi (ITA) Ravenna (ITA) Acqua di Fiori Minas (BRA) Ekaterinenburg (RUS) 1999 Saskatoon (CAN) RUS BRA KOR Sadia Esporte Club 1997 Gdansk (POL) RUS ITA CHN 1991 Sao Paulo (BRA) Sao Paulo (BRA) Colgate Sao Caetano (BRA) Mladost Zagreb (YUG) 1995 Bangkok (THA) CHN BRA RUS 1993 Brasília (BRA) CUB UKR KOR 1991 Brno (TCH) URS BRA JPN FIVB Women’s U23 World Championship 1989 Lima (PER) BRA CUB JPN Honours 1987 Seoul (KOR) BRA KOR CHN Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd 1985 Milan (ITA) CUB JPN CHN 2013 Tijuana & Mexicali (MEX) CHN DOM JPN 1981 Mexico City (MEX) KOR PER JPN 1977 São Paulo (BRA) KOR CHN JPN RANKINGS Nb of Medal Countries part. Rank. total Podium

2013 1st 2nd 3rd Argentina 1 10 – – – – Brazil 1 7 – – – – China 1 1 1 1 – – Cuba 1 9 – – 1 – Dominican Republic 1 2 1 – – – Germany 1 8 – – – – Italy 1 6 – – – – Japan 1 3 1 – – 1

Kenya 1 12 – – – – Mexico 1 11 – – – – Turkey 1 5 – – – – USA 1 4 – – – –

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RANKINGS / FIVB Women’s U20 World Championship

Nb of Nb of Countries part. Rank. Countries part. Rank.

1977 1981 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 1977 1981 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013

Algeria 4 – – – – – – 13 – – – 9 13 – – – – 16 Japan 14 3 3 2 4 3 3 5 4 4 6 – – 5 3 – 11 2

Argentina 9 11 8 – 11 10 11 5 – 13 13 7 – – – – – – Kenya 2 – – – – – – – – 13 – – – – – 16 – –

Australia 2 – 12 12 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Korea 13 1 1 5 2 6 5 3 7 9 3 2 9 – – – 14 –

Austria 1 – – 13 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Latvia 1 13 – – – – – – – – – –

Belarus 1 – – – – – – 7 – – – – – Mauritius 1 – – – – – – – – 13 – – – – – – – –

Belgium 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8 – Mexico 8 6 4 11 – 16 – 13 – – 9 – – – – 8 – 15

Bolivia 2 12 – – – – – 13 – – – – – – – – – – Netherlands 3 – – – – – – – 5 – – – 4 – – 6 – –

Brazil 17 4 6 4 1 1 2 5 2 9 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 New Zealand 1 – – 15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Bulgaria 5 – – 9 7 – 10 – – – – – – – – 4 – 9 Nigeria 2 – – – – – – – – – 13 – – – – – – 20

Canada 5 7 10 – 8 11 – – – – 9 – – – – – – – Paraguay 1 13 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

China 17 2 5 3 3 5 4 5 1 3 4 3 2 3 2 10 3 1 Peru 10 10 2 8 6 4 12 4 9 – – – – – – – 6 12

Chinese Taipei 9 – – – 9 8 9 5 13 – – 6 13 – 5 – 10 Poland 8 – – – – – 13 – 9 5 5 13 3 – – 13 9 –

Colombia 2 – – – – 12 – – – – – – – – – – – 13 Puerto Rico 7 – 14 – 13 15 – – – – – – 13 8 9 – – 19

Costa Rica 2 8 15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Romania 2 – – – – – 13 – 13 – – – – – – – – –

Croatia 3 – – – – – 5 – 9 10 – – – Russia 7 – 3 1 1 – 8 7 – – 10 6

Cuba 11 – 7 1 – 2 13 1 9 8 – 13 13 – – 9 12 – Serbia 2 – – 13 7

Czechoslovakia 2 – – 10 – – 6 – Serbia & Mont. 2 – 2

Czech Republic 5 – 6 7 9 – – – 11 – 11 Spain 3 14 13 – – 14 – – – – – – – – – – – –

Dominican Rep. 8 – – – – – – – 9 9 – 9 – 9 11 2 5 8 Slovakia 1 – – – – – – – – 7 –

Egypt 4 – – – – – – – – – – – – 11 12 – 15 14 Thailand 5 – – – – – – – 13 – – – 9 – 8 14 – 18

Finland 1 – – 14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Tunisia 2 – – – – – – – 13 – – – – – – – 16 –

France 1 – – – 12 – – – – – – – – – – – – – Turkey 6 – – – – – – – – – 13 8 9 6 – 7 – 5

Germany 8 8 5 8 7 – 9 5 – 7 1 – – Ukraine 4 2 – 13 – – 6 – 6 – – –

Greece 1 – – – 10 – – – – – – – – – – – – – USA 8 5 – – – – – – – – 8 13 – 11 4 12 4 17

Hungary 1 – – – – – – 5 – – – – – – – – – – USSR 6 9 9 6 5 9 1

India 1 – 11 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Venezuela 6 – – – – 13 13 – – – 13 13 9 – – 15 – –

Italy 12 – – 7 – 7 7 5 6 2 9 4 – 4 5 – 1 4 Yugoslavia 2 – – – – – – – – 9 9 –

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1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 FIVB Girls’ U18 World Championship Korea 9 4 1 3 5 4 3 9 - 5 9 - - - Latvia 1 - - 11 ------Honours Macau 1 ------13 - - - - Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd Mauritius 2 - - - - 13 13 ------Mexico 6 - - 9 11 - - - - - 13 9 12 18 2013 Nakhon Ratchasima CHN USA BRA Netherlands 2 - - - - 9 9 ------2011 Ankara (TUR) TUR CHN SRB New Zealand 1 11 ------2009 Nakhon Ratchasima (THA) BRA SRB BEL Nigeria 1 - - - - 13 ------2007 Tijuana (MEX) CHN TUR RUS Peru 5 7 - 4 ------14 6 - 4 2005 Macau (CHN) BRA RUS ITA Poland 7 - 9 - - 7 4 3 8 - - - 4 7 2003 Pila (POL) CHN ITA BRA Portugal 2 - 11 - - - 9 ------2001 Pula (CRO) CHN BRA POL Puerto Rico 6 - 10 - - - - 13 - 13 15 - 15 14 1999 Madeira (POR) JPN BRA KOR Romania 2 - 8 9 ------1997 Chiangmai (THA) BRA RUS ITA Russia 8 1 2 2 9 6 7 2 3 - - - Serbia 4 2 3 6 1995 Orléans (FRA) JPN RUS ITA 4 Serbia & Mont. 1 9 - 1993 Bratislava (SVK) RUS JPN KOR Slovakia 4 7 9 - - - - - 14 10 - 1991 Lisbon (POR) KOR BRA URS Slovenia 1 13 1989 Curitiba (BRA) URS BRA JPN Spain 1 ------9 ------Thailand 5 - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 13 16 Tunisia 4 ------13 16 16 - 19 RANKINGS Turkey 6 - - 6 - - 13 - - 2 4 1 9 Nb of Ukraine 3 - - 9 6 - - - 9 - - - - Countries part. USA 8 9 - - - - 6 - 4 4 10 12 9 2 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 Uruguay 1 7 ------Algeria 3 - 12 ------16 20 USSR 2 1 3 Argentina 8 9 7 - - 9 13 9 - 8 - - 8 17 Venezuela 1 ------9 - - - - - Austria 1 ------13 - - - - Belgium 2 ------6 3 - - Belarus 3 - - - - - 13 13 9 - - - - Brazil 13 2 2 5 4 1 2 2 3 1 5 1 6 3 Youth Olympic Games - Women Bulgaria 2 5 6 ------Canada 1 11 ------Honours China 9 - - - 6 - 5 1 1 7 1 13 2 1 Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd Chinese Taipei 5 - - - - - 13 7 9 9 - - - 11 Croatia 4 - - - - 8 9 5 6 - - - - 2010 Singapore (SIN) BEL USA PER Cuba 4 5 - 7 8 8 ------Czech Republic 4 - 9 9 13 9 - - - - - Czechoslovakia 2 - 5 8 RANKINGS Dominican Republic 5 - - - - 13 - 8 - - 8 11 - 8 Countries Nb of part. Rank. Egypt 6 - - 9 - - - - 13 9 - 15 14 15 2010 France 2 - - 9 9 ------Belgium 1 1 Germany 3 ------11 10 5 - Egypt 1 Greece 1 12 5 Japan 1 Italy 10 - - - 3 3 7 4 2 3 12 8 11 10 4 Hungary 1 ------13 - - - - - Peru 1 3 Japan 11 3 4 2 1 13 1 5 - - 7 5 7 5 Singapore 1 6 Kenya 2 ------13 13 - - - - - USA 1 2

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MEN 1 Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins LAT 12 5,770 Dates Site Gold medals team Tournament type Country 2 Phil Dalhausser / Sean Rosenthal USA 10 5,440 3 Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt BRA 11 5,330 April 22-26 Fuzhou, China Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai Open ITA 4 Mariusz Prudel / Grzegorz Fijalek POL 10 4,600 April 29-May 3 Shanghai, China Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai Grand Slam ITA 5 Tri Bounre / John Hyden USA 11 4,280 May 6-10 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins Open LAT 6 Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai ITA 9 4,140 May 28-June 1 Anapa, Russia Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Solovejs Open LAT 7 Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera ESP 11 4,040 June 11-15 Moscow, Russia Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov Grand Slam RUS 8 Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson USA 10 3,760 June 18-22 Berlin, Germany Tri Bourne / John Hyden Grand Slam USA 9 Emanuel Rego / Pedro Salgado BRA 9 3,740 June 25-29 Stavanger, Norway Phil Dalhausser / Sean Rosenthal Grand Slam USA 10 Jonathan Ermann / Kay Matysik GER 8 3,520 July 9-13 Gstaad, Switzerland Phil Dalhausser / Sean Rosenthal Grand Slam USA 11 Jon Stiekema / Christian Varenhorst NED 9 3,400 July 15-20 The Hague, Netherlands Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel Grand Slam POL 12 Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk CAN 11 3,360 13 Konstantin Semenov / Viacheslav Krasilnikov RUS 9 3,270 July 22-27 Long Beach, United States Phil Dalhausser / Sean Rosenthal Grand Slam USA 14 Philip Gavathuler / Mirco Gerson SUI 11 3,160 July 30-August 3 Klagenfurt, Austria Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt Grand Slam BRA 15 Ryan Doherty / Nick Lucena USA 9 3,120 August 20-24 Stare Jablonki, Poland Alvaro Filho / Pedro Salgado Grand Slam BRA 16 Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz POL 9 3,080 September 23-28 São Paulo, Brazil Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst Grand Slam NED 17 Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos BRA 8 3,020 October 7-11 Xiamen, China Youssef Krou / Edouard Rowlandson Open FRE 18 Vitor Felipe / Evandro Goncalves BRA 10 2,860 October 29-November 2 Paraná, Argentina Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter Open CAN 19 Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen NED 9 2,800 November 4-8 Doha, Qatar Tim Holler / Jonas Schroder Open GER 20 Alexander Walkenhorst / Stefan Windscheif GER 8 2,760 December 9-14 Mangaung, South Africa Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst Open NED earnings Women Rank Team Country Money Dates Site Gold medals team Tournament type Country 1 Phil Dalhausser / Sean Rosenthal USA $318'000 2 Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt BRA $241'000 April 23-27 Fuzhou, China April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings Open USA 3 Mariusz Prudel / Grzegorz Fijalek POL $240'000 April 30-May 4 Shanghai, China Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst Grand Slam GER 4 Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins LAT $233'500 May 7-11 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Agatha Bednarczuk / Barbara Seixas Open BRA 5 Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai ITA $187'000 May 21-25 Prague, Czech Republic Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova Open CZE 6 Tri Bourne / John Hyden USA $167'800 May 27-31 Anapa, Russia Victoria Bieneck / Julia Grossner Open GER 7 Emanuel Rego / Pedro Salgado BRA $146'375 June 11-15 Moscow, Russia April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings Grand Slam USA 8 Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik GER $137'000 June 17-22 Berlin, Germany Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova Grand Slam CZE 9 Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson USA $135'000 June 24-28 Stavanger, Norway April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings Grand Slam USA 10 Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera ESP $135'000 11 Ryan Doherty / Nick Lucena USA $133'000 July 8-13 Gstaad, Switzerland Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler Grand Slam GER 12 Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov RUS $123'200 July 15-20 The Hague, Netherlands Fernanda Alves / Taiana Lima Grand Slam BRA 13 Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos BRA $113'375 July 22-27 Long Beach, United States April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings Grand Slam USA 14 Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst GER $111'000 July 29-August 2 Klagenfurt, Austria Talita Antunes / Larissa Franca Grand Slam BRA 15 Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz POL $101'000 August 19-23 Stare Jablonki, Poland Talita Antunes / Larissa Franca Grand Slam BRA 16 Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk CAN $100'000 September 23-28 São Paulo, Brazil Talita Antunes / Larissa Franca Grand Slam BRA 17 Alexander Walkenhorst / Stefan Windscheif GER $98'000 October 8-12 Xiamen, China Maria Antonelli / Juliana Felisberta Open BRA 18 Philip Gabathuler / Mirco Gerson SUI $93'400 October 28-November 1 Paraná, Argentina Talita Antunes / Larissa Franca Open BRA 19 Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen NED $93'000 December 9-14 Mangaung, South Africa Martina Bonnerova / Barbora Hermannova Open CZE 20 Vitor Felipe / Evandro Goncalves BRA $90'000

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All-Time FIVB Beach Volleyball Men’s World Tour Award Winners Best hitter Best server Year Name Country Year Name Country 2014 Janis Smedins LAT 2014 Phil Dalhausser USA 2013 Janis Smedins LAT 2013 None Selected 2012 Alison Cerutti BRA 2012 Eric Koreng GER 2011 Alison Cerutti BRA 2011 Eric Koreng GER 2010 Phil Dalhausser USA 2010 Igor Kolodinsky RUS 2009 Phil Dalhausser USA 2009 Igor Kolodinsky RUS Most outstanding player Best offensive player 2008 Phil Dalhausser USA 2008 Igor Kolodinsky RUS 2007 Phil Dalhausser USA 2007 Igor Kolodinsky RUS Year Name Country Year Name Country 2006 Emanuel Rego BRA 2006 Iver Horrem / Conrad Leinemann NOR/CAN 2014 Phil Dalhausser USA 2014 Paulo Nicolai ITA 2013 Phil Dalhausser USA 2013 Janis Smedins LAT 2012 Sean Rosenthal USA 2012 Phil Dalhausser USA 2011 Emanuel Rego BRA 2011 Alison Cerutti BRA 2010 Phil Dalhausser USA 2010 Phil Dalhausser USA 2009 Harley Marques / Richard Schuil BRA/NED 2009 Phil Dalhausser USA Most inspirational player Rookie of the year 2008 Harley Marques BRA 2008 Phil Dalhausser USA 2007 Ricardo Santos BRA 2007 Ricardo Santos BRA Year Name Country Year Name Country 2006 Emanuel Rego BRA 2006 Ricardo Santos BRA 2014 Jake Gibb USA 2014 Tri Bourne USA 2013 Jake Gibb USA 2013 Alvaro Filho BRA 2012 Emanuel Rego BRA 2012 Christiaan Varenhorst NLD 2011 Emanuel Rego BRA 2011 Sebastian Chevallier SUI Best blocker Best setter 2010 Linyin Xu CHN 2010 Karl Jaani EST Year Name Country Year Name Country 2009 Harley Marques BRA 2009 Ruslans Sorokins LAT 2014 Phil Dalhausser USA 2014 Phil Dalhausser USA 2008 Todd Rogers USA 2008 Adrian Gavira ESP 2013 Pedro Salgado BRA 2013 Janis Smedins LAT 2007 Franco Neto BRA 2007 Igor Kolodinsky RUS 2012 Phil Dalhausser USA 2012 Phil Dalhausser USA 2006 Franco Neto BRA 2006 Sean Rosenthal USA 2011 Alison Cerutti BRA 2011 Phil Dalhausser USA 2010 Phil Dalhausser USA 2010 Phil Dalhausser USA 2009 Jonas Reckermann GER 2009 Phil Dalhausser USA 2008 Phil Dalhausser USA 2008 Marcio Araujo BRA 2007 Phil Dalhausser USA 2007 Marcio Araujo BRA Sportsman of the year Team of the year 2006 Phil Dalhausser USA 2006 Marcio Araujo / Todd Rogers BRA/USA Year Name Country Year Name Country 2014 Emanuel Rego BRA 2014 Janis Smedins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs LAT Best defensive player Most improved player 2013 Janis Smedins LAT 2013 Janis Smedins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs LAT 2012 Emanuel Rego BRA 2012 Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal USA Year Name Country Year Name Country 2011 Emanuel Rego BRA 2011 Emanuel Rego / Alison Cerutti BRA 2014 Bruno Oscar Schmidt BRA 2014 Ryan Doherty USA 2010 Emanuel Rego BRA 2010 Todd Rogers / Phil Dalhausser USA 2013 Bruno Oscar Schmidt BRA 2013 Alvaro Filho BRA 2009 Rivo Vesik EST 2009 Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann GER 2012 Martins Plavins LAT 2012 Paolo Nicolai ITA 2008 Phil Dalhausser USA 2008 Harley Marques / Pedro Salgado BRA 2011 Reinder Nummerdor NED 2011 Mariusz Prudel POL 2007 Franco Neto BRA 2007 Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos BRA 2010 Todd Rogers USA 2010 Bruno Oscar Schmidt BRA 2006 Franco Neto BRA 2006 Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos BRA 2009 Reinder Nummerdor NED 2009 Alison Cerutti BRA 2008 Todd Rogers USA 2008 Andy Ces FRA 2007 Todd Rogers USA 2007 Dmitri Barsouk / Linyin Xu RUS/CHN 2006 Martin Conde / Todd Rogers ARG/USA 2006 Phil Dalhausser USA

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Season Rankings

Rank Team Country Nb. part. Points

All-Time FIVB Beach Volleyball 1 Maria Antonelli / Juliana Felisberta BRA 14 6,740 Men’s World Tour CHAMPIONS 2 Agatha Bednarczuk / Barbara Seixas BRA 12 5,660 3 April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 10 5,420 4 Fan Wang / Yuan Yue CHN 13 4,950 5 Madelein Meppelink / Marleen Van Iersel NED 11 4,640 6 Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler GER 11 4,610 7 Karla Borger / Britta Buthe GER 11 4,580 8 Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova CZE 9 4,420 Points Champions 9 Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez ESP 9 4,360 10 Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth ITA 12 4,140 Season Team Country Season Team Country 11 Ana Gallay / Georgina Klug ARG 14 3,920 12 Talita Antunes / Larissa Franca BRA 6 3,620 1989-90 Sinjin Smith / Randy Stoklos ITA 2002 Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde ARG 13 Carolina Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado BRA 10 3,400 1990-91 Sinjin Smith / Randy Stoklos ITA 2003 Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos BRA 14 Evgenia Ukolova / Maria Prokopeva RUS 13 3,220 15 Natalia Dubovcova / Dominika Nestarcova SVK 9 3,000 1991-92 Sinjin Smith / Randy Stoklos LAT 2004 Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos BRA 16 Heather Bansley / Sarah Pavan CAN 10 2,980 1992-93 Sinjin Smith / Randy Stoklos LAT 2005 EmanuelRego / Ricardo Santos BRA 17 Jamie Lynn Broder / Kristina Valjas CAN 13 2,980 18 Barbora Hermannova / Martina Bonnerova CZE 15 2,980 1993-94 Franco Neto / Roberto Lopes RUS 2006 Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos BRA 19 Tanja Hüberli / Tanja Goricanec SUI 12 2,940 1994-95 Jan Kvalheim / Bjorn Maaseide USA 2007 Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos BRA 20 Louise Bawden / Taliqua Clancy AUS 9 2,840

1995-96 Franco Neto / Roberto Lopes, USA 2008 Harley Marques / Pedro Salgado BRA earnings

1996 ZeMarco de Melo / Emanuel Rego USA 2009 Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann GER Rank Team Country Money

1997 ZeMarco de Melo / Emanuel Rego POL 2010 Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers USA 1 April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings USA $282'000 1998 Para Ferreira / Guilherme Marquez USA 2011 Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego BRA 2 Maria Antonelli / Juliana Felisberta BRA $261'375 3 Agatha Bednarczuk / Barbara Seixas BRA $233'000 1999 Emanuel Rego / Jose Loiola BRA 2012 Jake Gibb / Sean Rosentha USA 4 Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler GER $214'000 2000 ZeMarco de Melo / Ricardo Santos BRA 2013 Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins LAT 5 Talita Antunes / Larissa Franca BRA $210'000 6 Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova CZE $191'000 2001 Emanuel Rego / Tande Ramos NED 2014 Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins LAT 7 Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez BRA $184'000 8 Madelein Meppelink / Marleen Van Iersel NED $180'000 9 Karla Borger / Britta Buthe GER $178'375 10 Fan Wang / Yuan Yue CHN $167'175 11 Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth ITA $146'375 12 Fernanda Alves / Taiana Lima BRA $134'000 13 Natalia Dubovcova / Dominika Nestarcova SLO $124'000 14 Laura Ludwig / Julia Sude GER $112'000 15 Carolina Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado BRA $101'500 16 Ana Gallay / Georgina Klug ARG $97'500 17 Louise Bawden / Taliqua Clancy AUS $96'000 18 Joana Heidrich / Nadine Zumkehr SUI $92'000 19 Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat USA $92'000 20 Talita Antunes / Taina Lima BRA $90'750

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All time FIVB Beach Volleyball Women’s World Tour Award Winners Best hitter Best server Year Name Country Year Name Country 2014 Talita Antunes BRA 2014 Karla Borger, Germany GER 2013 Talita Antunes BRA 2013 None Selected 2012 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2012 April Ross, United States USA 2011 April Ross USA 2011 April Ross, United States USA 2010 Larissa França BRA 2010 Marleen Van Iersel NLD 2009 April Ross USA 2009 Maria Clara Salgado BRA Most outstanding player Best offensive player 2008 Larissa França BRA 2008 Maria Clara Salgado BRA 2007 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2007 Ana Paula Connelly BRA Year Name Country Year Name Country 2006 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2006 Ana Paula Connelly BRA 2014 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2014 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2005 Ana Paula Connelly BRA 2013 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2013 Talita Antunes BRA 2004 Ana Paula Connelly BRA 2012 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2012 Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 2003 Ana Paula Connelly BRA 2011 Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 2011 Laura Ludwig GER 2010 Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 2010 Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 2009 Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 2009 April Ross USA 2008 Xi Zhang / Misty May-Treanor CHN/USA 2008 Misty May-Treanor USA 2007 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2007 Kerri Walsh Jennings / Misty May-Treanor USA Most inspirational player Rookie of the year 2006 Larissa França BRA 2006 Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA Year Name Country Year Name Country 2014 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2014 Melissa Humana-Parades CAN 2013 Laura Ludwig GER 2013 Kira Walkenhorst GER Best blocker Best setter 2012 Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings USA/USA 2012 Barbara Seixas BRA 2011 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2011 Britta Büthe GER Year Name Country Year Name Country 2010 Denise Johns GBR 2010 Marketa Slukova / Kristyna Kolocova CZE/CZE 2014 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2014 Larissa França BRA 2009 Shelda Bede BRA 2009 Angie Akers / Louise Bawden USA/AUS 2013 Talita Antunes BRA 2013 Ilka Semmler GER 2008 Shelda Bede BRA 2008 Bibiana Candelas MEX 2012 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2012 Larissa França BRA 2007 Shelda Bede BRA 2007 April Ross USA 2011 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2011 Larissa França BRA 2006 Shelda Bede BRA 2006 Chen Xue CHN 2010 Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 2010 Larissa França BRA 2009 Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 2009 Larissa França BRA 2008 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2008 Larissa França / Vasso Karadassiou BRA/GRE 2007 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2007 Larissa França BRA 2006 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2006 Larissa França BRA Sportsperson(s) of the year Team of the year Year Name Country Year Name Country 2014 Juliana Felisberta Silva BRA 2014 Juliana Felisberta Silva / Maria Antonelli BRA Best defensive player Most improved player 2013 Taiana Lima BRA 2013 Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima BRA 2012 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2012 Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA Year Name Country Year Name Country 2011 Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 2011 Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 2014 Larissa França BRA 2014 Tanja Huberli CHE 2010 Misty May-Treanor USA 2010 Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 2013 Laura Ludwig GER 2013 Kira Walkenhorst GER 2009 Shelda Bede BRA 2009 Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 2012 Larissa França BRA 2012 Sophie van Gestel NED 2008 Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings USA/USA 2008 Ana Paula Connelly / Shelda Bede BRA 2011 Misty May-Treanor USA 2011 Marta Menegatti ITA 2007 Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings USA/USA 2007 Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 2010 Xi Zhang CHN 2010 Taiana Lima BRA 2006 Kerri Walsh Jennings USA 2006 Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 2009 Larissa França BRA 2009 Marleen van lersel NED 2008 Misty May-Treanor USA 2008 Nicole Branagh USA 2007 Misty May-Treanor USA 2007 Tamsin Barnett / Laura Ludwig AUS/GER 2006 Shelda Bede BRA 2006 Leila Barros BRA

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All-Time FIVB Beach Volleyball STAVANGER, Norway — June 26-July 5, 2009 – 48 teams, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket

Women’s World Tour Champions Gold Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, GER (3) def. Alison Cerutti / Harley Marques, BRA (1) 2-0 (21-16, 21-19) Bronze Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, USA (2) def. David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, GER (6) 2-0 (21-16, 21-19) Semifinals Alison / Harley def. Klemperer / Koreng 2-0 (21-18, 21-14) Points Champions Semifinals Brink / Reckermann def. Dalhausser / Rogers 2-1 (21-17, 16-21, 15-10) Season Team Country Season Team Country GSTAAD, Switzerland — July 24-29, 2007 – 48 teams, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket 2014 Juliana Felisberta Silva / Maria Antonelli BRA 2002 Misty May / Kerri Walsh Jennings USA

2013 Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima BRA 2001 Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar BRA Gold Dalhausser / Rogers, USA (4) def. Dmitri Barsouk / Igor Kolodinsky, RUS (6) 2-0 (21-16, 21-14) 2012 Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 2000 Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar BRA Bronze Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack,AUS (16) def. Emanuel / Ricardo, BRA (1) 2-0 (21-17, 21-19) Semifinals Barsouk / Kolodinsky def. Schacht / Slack 2-0 (21-13, 21-19) 2011 Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 1999 Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar BRA Semifinals Dalhausser / Rogers def. Emanuel / Ricardo 2-1 (21-16, 13-21, 19-17) 2010 Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 1998 Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar BRA 2009 Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 1997 Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar BRA BERLIN, Germany — June 22-26, 2005 – 48-team, double-elimination bracket 2008 Shelda Bede / Ana Paula Connelly BRA 1996 Sandra Pires / Jackie Silva BRA Gold Marcio Araujo / Fabio Magalhaes, BRA (2) def. Sascha Heyer / Paul Laciga, SUI (8) 2-0 (22-20, 21-12) 2007 Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 1995-96 Sandra Pires / Jackie Silva BRA Bronze Brink / Kjell Schneider, GER (13) def. Marvin Polte / Thorsten Schoen, GER (43) 2-1 (16-21, 21-17, 15-10) 2006 Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 1994-95 Monica Rodrigues / Adriana Samuel BRA Semifinals Heyer / P. Laciga def. Brink / Schneider 2-1 (21-16, 19-21, 15-13) Semifinals Marcio Araujo / Fabio def. Polte / Schoen 2-0 (21-18, 21-14) 2005 Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva BRA 1993-94 Karolyn Kirby / Liz Masakayan USA 2004 Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar BRA 1992-93 Karolyn Kirby / Nancy Reno RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — October 14-19, 2003 – 48 teams, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket 2003 Ana Paula Connelly / Sandra Pires BRA Gold Emanuel / Ricardo, BRA (1) def. Dax Holdren / Stein Metzger, USA (15) 2-0 (21-18, 21-15) Bronze Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, BRA (2) won by forfeit over Joao Brenha / Luis Maia, POR (13) Semifinals Emanuel / Ricardo won by forfeit over Brenha / Maia Semifinals Holdren / Metzger def. Marcio Araujo / Benjamin 2-0 (21-19, 21-14)

FIVB Men’s World Championship KLAGENFURT, Austria — August 1-5, 2001 – 48 teams, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket

Final Four Gold Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, ARG (4) def. Jose Loiola / Ricardo, BRA (10) 2-1 (25-23, 12-21, 20-18) Bronze Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, NOR (6) def. Rob Heidger / Chip McCaw, USA (18) 2-0 (21-16, 21-14) Semifinals Baracetti / Conde def. Heidger / McCaw 2-0 (21-16, 21-16) Semifinals Loiola / Ricardo def. Hoidalen / Kjemperud 2-1 (29-31, 21-19, 15-12) MAZURY, Poland — July 1-7, 2013 - 48 teams, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket

Play for Teams Results MARSEILLE, France — July 20-25, 1999 – Qualifier, 32-team double elimination bracket Gold Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, NED (13) def. Ricardo Santos / Alvaro Filho, BRA (10) 2-0 (21-18, 21-16) Bronze Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, GER (8) def. Emanuel Rego / Alison Cerutti, BRA (2) 2-0 (21-17, 21-19) Gold Emanuel / Loiola, BRA (2) def. Martin Laciga / P. Laciga, SUI (6) 15-8 Semifinals Ricardo / Alvaro def. Emanuel / Alison 2-0 (21-14, 22-20) Bronze Para Ferreira / Guilherme Marques, BRA (3) def. Javier Bosma / Fabio Diez, ESP (8) 15-7 Semifinals Brouwer / Meeuwsen def. Erdmann / Matysik 2-0 (21-13, 21-17) Semifinals Emanuel / Loiola def. Bosma / Diez 15-11 Semifinals M. Laciga / P. Laciga def. Para / Guilherme 15-11

ROME, Italy — June 13-19, 2011 – 48 teams, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket LOS ANGELES, United States — September 10-13, 1997 – Qualifier, 32-team single-elimination bracket

Gold Emanuel Rego / Alison Cerutti, BRA (2) def. Marcio Araujo / Ricardo Santos, BRA (3) 2-0 (21-16, 21-15) Gold Para / Guilherme, BRA (9) def. Canyon Ceman / Mike Whitmarsh, USA (3) 2-1 (5-12, 12-8, 12-10) Bronze Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, GER (4) def. Martin Plavins / Janis Smedins, LAT (15) 2-1 (22-20, 18-21, 15-11) Bronze Not contested Semifinals Emanuel / Alison def. Brink / Reckermann 2-0 (21-15, 21-15) Semifinals Guilherme / Para def. Paulao Moreira / Paulo Emilio Silva, BRA (4, Q1) 2-1 (10-12, 12-9, 15-13) Semifinals Marcio Araujo / Ricardo def. Plavins / Smedins J. 2-1 (21-17, 15-21,15-10) Semifinals Ceman / Whitmarsh def. Dain Blanton / Kent Steffes, USA (2) 2-0 (12-5, 12-8)

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Gold Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, BRA (1) def. Tatiana Minello / Sandra Pires, BRA (3) 2-0 (21-16, 21-18) Bronze Eva Celbova / Sona Dosoudilova, CZE (12) def. Barbra Fontana / Elaine Youngs, USA (2) 2-0 (21-17, 21-19) FIVB Women’s World Championship Semifinals Shelda / Adriana def. Celbova / Dosoudilova 2-0 (21-15, 21-16) Semifinals Minello / Sandra def. Fontana / Youngs 2-1 (21,19, 13-21, 15-13)

Final Four MARSEILLE, France — July 19-24, 1999 – Qualifier, 32 teams, double-elimination bracket

Gold Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, BRA (1) def. Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan, USA (8) 15-11 MAZURY, Poland — July 1-7, 2013 - 48 teams, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket Bronze Liz Masakayan / Youngs, USA (13) won by forfeit over Sandra Pires / Adriana Samuel, BRA (3) Semifinals Davis / Johnson Jordan def. Masakayan / Youngs 11-15 Play for Teams Results Semifinals Shelda / Adriana won by forfeit over Sandra / Adriana Samuel Gold Chen Xue / Xi Zhang , CHN (2) def. Karla Borger / Britta Büthe, GER (17) 2-1 (18-21, 21-17, 21-19) Bronze Liliane Maestrini / Barbara Seixas, BRA (13) def. April Ross / Whitney Pavlik, USA (3) 2-0 (21-18, 21-15) LOS ANGELES, United States — September 10-13, 1997 – Qualifier, 32 teams, single-elimination bracket Semifinals Borger / Büthe def. Ross / Pavlik 2-0 (21-15, 21-19) Semifinals Xue / Zhang def. Lili / Seixas 2-0 (21-11, 21-17) Gold Sandra Pires / Jackie Silva, BRA (3) def. Lisa Arce / Holly McPeak, USA (1) 2-1 (12-11, 1-12, 12-10) Bronze Not contested Semifinals Arce / McPeak def. Karolyn Kirby / Nancy Reno, USA (12) 2-0 (12-4, 12-9) ROME, Italy — June 13-19, 2011 – 48 teams, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket Semifinals Sandra / Jackie Silva def. Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, BRA (2) 2-1 (12-11, 4-12, 12-3)

Gold Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva, BRA (1) def. Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh, USA (5) 2-1 (21-17, 13-21, 16-14) Bronze Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, CHN (8) def. Hana Klapalova / Lenka Hajeckova, CZE (22) 2-0 (21-14, 21-12) Semifinals Juliana / Larissa def. Klapalova / Hajeckova 2-0 (21-14, 21-13) Semifinals May-Treanor / Walsh def. Xue / Zhang 2-1 (21-17, 15-21, 15-10) FIVB Men’s U23 World Championship Medal matches STAVANGER, Norway — June 25-July 4, 2009 – 48 teams, pool play - 32-team single-elimination bracket

Gold Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, USA (1) def. Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva, BRA (3) 2-0 (30-28, 23-21) MYSLOWICE, Poland — June 10-15, 2014 Bronze Maria Antonelli / Talita Antunes, BRA (2) def. Shelda Bede / Ana Paula Connelly, BRA (5) 2-0 (21-13, 21-16) Semifinals Kessy / Ross def. Shelda / Ana Paula 2-1 (28-26, 15-21, 15-9) Gold Maciej Kosiak / Maciej Rudol, POL def. Lars Fredrik Tvinde / Hendrik Nikolai Mol NOR 2-1 (25-23, 18-21, 15-12) Semifinals Larissa / Juliana def. Antonelli / Talita 2-1 (21-17, 18-21, 15-13) Bronze Allison Cittadin Francioni / Gustavo Albrecht Carvalhaes BRA def. Bennet / David Poniewaz 2-0 (21-13, 21-15)

MYSLOWICE, Poland — June 5-9, 2013 GSTAAD, Switzerland — July 24-29, 2007 – 48 teams, pool play - 32-team single-elimination bracket

Gold Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, POL def. Vitor Felipe / Marcio Gaudie, BRA 2-0 (21-16, 21-17) Gold Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh, USA (1) def. Jia Tian / Jie Wang, CHN (3) 2-0 (21-16, 21-10) Bronze Lorenz Petutschnig / Tobias Winter, AUT def. Rihards Finsters / Aleksandrs Solovejs, LAT 2-0 (21-17, 21-19) Bronze Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva, BRA (2) def. Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, CHN (4) 2-1 (19-21, 21-19, 18-16) Semifinals May-Treanor / Walsh def. Xue / Zhang 2-0 (21-14, 21-19) Semifinals Tian / Jie Wang def. Juliana / Larissa 2-1 (23-25, 21-19, 15-11)

BERLIN, Germany — June 21-25, 2005 – 48 teams, double-elimination bracket FIVB Women’s U23 World Championship Medal matches Gold May-Treanor / Walsh, USA (19) def. Juliana / Larissa, BRA (1) 2-0 (21-17, 21-17) Bronze Jia Tian / Fei Wang, CHN (5) def. Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, CUB (13) 2-0 (21-13, 21-17) Semifinals Larissa / Juliana def. Fernandez Grasset / Larrea Peraza 2-0 (21-15, 21-16) MYSLOWICE, Poland — June 10-15, 2014 Semifinals May-Treanor / Walsh def. Tian / Fei Wang 2-0 (retired 21-16, 19-21, 5-4) Gold Nicole Laird / Mariafe Artacho AUS def. Lara Dykstra / Jace Pardon USA 2-1 (21-19, 17-21, 15-7) Bronze Melissa Humana-Paredes / Taylor Pischke CAN def. Taru Lahti / Anniina Parkkinen FIN 2-1 (21-18, 14-21, 15-10) RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — October 7-12, 2003 – 48 teams, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket

Gold May-Treanor / Walsh, USA (1) def. Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, BRA (3) 2-0 (21-19, 21-19) MYSLOWICE, Poland — June 5-9, 2013 Bronze Natalie Cook / Nicole Sanderson, AUS (5) def. Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan, USA (7) 2-0 (21-16, 21-17) Semifinals May-Treanor / Walsh def. Cook / Sanderson 2-1 (19-21, 21-19, 18-16) Gold Victoria Bieneck / Isabell Schneider, GER def. Eduarda / Thais, BRA 2-1 (19-21, 21-12, 15-13) Semifinals Shelda / Adriana def. Davis / Johnson Jordan 2-0 (21-16, 21-16) Bronze Taylor Pischke / Melissa Humana-Paredes, CAN def. Eliska Galova / Adela Machova, CZE 2-1 (19-21, 21-15, 16-14)

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FIVB Men’s U21 World Championship BRIGHTON, England — September 3-7, 2008 Gold Francesco Giontella / Paolo Nicolai, ITA def. Alexander Brouwer / Christiaan Varenhorst, NED 2-0 (21-15, 21-17) Bronze Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, ITA def. Matthias Penk / Alexander Walkenhorst, GER 2-0 (21-12, 21-18)

MODENA, Italy — September 5-9, 2007

Gold Francesco Giontella / Paolo Nicolai, ITA def. Adrián Gavira / Alejandro Rojas, ESP 2-1 (13-21, 21-17, 15-13) Medal matches Bronze Jonathan Erdmann / Stefan Windscheif, GER def. Marco Daalmeijer / Tim Oude Elferink, NED 2-0 (21-14, 21-16)

LARNAKA, Cyprus — July 23-27, 2014 MYSLOWICE, Poland — August 24-27, 2006 Play for Teams Results Gold Michal Bryl / Kacper Kujawiak POL def. lya Leshukov / Aleksandr Margiev RUS 2-0 (21-16, 21-15) Gold Bruno Oscar Schmidt / Pedro Salgado, BRA def. Tomasz Sinczak / Rafal Szternel, POL 2-0 (21-11, 21-13) Bronze Maxime Thiercy / Romain Di Giantommaso FRA def. Hendrik Mol / Christian Sorum NOR 2-0 (22-20, 21-18) Bronze Piotr Marciniak / Krzysztof Orman, POL def. Janis Smedins-Toms Smedins, LAT 2-1 (21-13, 17-21, 15-13)

UMAG, Croatia — June 19-23, 2013 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — September 7-11, 2005

Gold Gustavo Carvalhaes / Allison Cittadin, BRA def. Grant O’Gorman / Aaron Nusbaum, CAN 2-0 (21-12, 23-21) Gold Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, LAT def. Jackson Henriquez / Jesus Villafañe, VEN 2-0 (21-15, 21-9) Bronze Maciej Kosiak / Maciej Rudol, POL def. Viacheslav Kirienko / Dmitry Uraikin, RUS 2-0 (21-19, 21-19) Bronze Serguei Prokopiev / Yaroslav Koshkarev, RUS def. Pedro Salgado / Tiago Santos, BRA 2-0 (21-16, 29-27)

HALIFAX, Canada — August 29-September 2, 2012 PORTO SANTO, Portugal — September 16-19, 2004

Gold Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, POL def. Mirco Gerson / Gabriel Kissling, SUI 2-0 (21-15, 21-14) Gold Miguel Angel Amo / Inocencio Lario, ESP def. Valters Ramma / Toms Smedins, LAT 2-0 (21-19, 21-12) Bronze Dominik Stork / Fabian Schmidt, GER def. Andrey Bolgov / Artem Kucherenko, RUS 2-1 (25-23, 22-24, 15-11) Bronze Mois Santos / Pedro Salgado, BRA def. Tom Gotz / Stefan Uhmann, GER 2-0 (21-17, 25-23)

HALIFAX, Canada — August 31-September 4, 2011 SAINT-QUAY-PORTRIEUX, France — August 7-10, 2003

Gold Sergiy Popov / Valeriy Samoday, UKR def. Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, POL 2-1 (22-20, 19-21, 15-12) Gold Pedro Cunha / Pedro Salgado, BRA def. Daniel Krug / Mischa Urbatzka, GER 2-0 (21-12, 21-18) Bronze Marcus Carvalhaes / Vitor Felipe, BRA def. Dany Demyanenko / Garrett May, CAN 2-1 (21-23, 21-14, 15-13) Bronze Ravel Rotreki / Pavel Kolar, CZE def. Grégoire Capitaine / Damien Quoirin, FRA 2-0 (21-15, 21-16)

ALANYA, Turkey — September 15-19, 2010 CATANIA, Italy —July 10-14, 2002

Gold Garrett May / Sam Schachter, CAN def. Vitor Felipe / Alvaro Filho, BRA 2-1 (21-23, 21-16, 15-13) Gold Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, ESP def. Pedro Cunha / Adriano Fonseca, BRA 2-0 (21-11, 21-19) Bronze Bronze Peter Eglseer / Felix Koraimann, AUT def. Andrey Bolgov / Ruslan Bykanov, RUS 2-0 (21-15, 23-21) Bronze Matthias Karger / Maarten Lammens, GER def. Andreas Gortsianouk / Georgios Knapek, GRE 2-1 (17-21, 21-19, 15-11)

BLACKPOOL, England — September 16-20, 2009 LE LAVANDOU, France — August 24-26, 2001

Gold Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, POL def. Vitor Felipe / Alvaro Filho, BRA 2-0 (23-21, 21-19) Gold Pedro Cunha / Anselmo Sigoli, BRA def. Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, ESP 2-1 (17-21, 21-17, 15-13) Bronze Bronze Sergey Kostyukhin / Alexey Pastukhov, RUS def. Armin Dollinger / Malte Stiel, GER 2-1 (13-21, 21-18, 17-15) Bronze Bronze Anton Koulinovski / Alexei Verbov, RUS def. Alfredo Tabarini / Francesco Tabarini, SMR 2-0 (22-20, 21-17)

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FIVB Women’s U21 World Championship BRIGHTON, England — September 3-7, 2008 Gold Danielle Remmers / Marleen van Iersel, NED def. Michelle Stiekema / Sophie van Gestel, NED 2-0 (21-14, 21-14) Bronze Monika Brzostek / Karolina Sowala, POL def. Tanja Goricanec / Taryn Sciarini, SUI 2-1 (20-22, 21-17, 15-12)

MODENA, Italy — September 5-9, 2007

Gold Lili Maestrini / Barbara Figueiredo Seixas, BRA def. Becchara Palmer / Alice Rohkamper, AUS 2-1 (25-27, 21-17, 15-7) Medal matches Bronze Bronze Marleen van Iersel / Maloes Wesselink, NED def. Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Steiner, ESP 2-0 (21-16, 21-19)

LARNAKA, Cyprus — July 23-27, 2014 MYSLOWICE, Poland — August 24-27, 2006 Play for Teams Results Gold Sophie Bukovec / Tia Miric CAN def. Ieva Dumbauskaite / Monika Povilaityte LIT 2-1 (21-19, 18-21, 15-10) Gold Carolina Aragao / Barbara Figueiredo Seixas, BRA def. Julia Sude / Jana Kohler, GER 2-1 (21-13, 20-22, 15-6) Bronze Kelly Claes / Sara Hughes USA def. Nina Betschart / Nicole Eiholzer SUI 2-1 (21-16, 21-23, 15-7) Bronze Marleen van Iersel / Maloes Wesselink, NED def. Carolina Solberg Salgado / Julia Caldas, BRA 2-1 (19-21, 21-12, 18-16)

UMAG, Croatia — June 19-23, 2013 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — September 7-11, 2005

Gold Katarzyna Kociolek / Jagoda Gruszczynska, POL def. Anita Krebs / Jelena Wlk, GER 2-0 (22-20, 23-21) Gold Carolina Solberg Salgado / Camillinha Saldanha, BRA def. Ruth Flemig / Ilka Semmler, GER 2-1 (11-21, 21-17, 17-15) Bronze Katharina Schützenhöfer / Lena Plesiutschnig, AUT def. Paula Soria Gutierrez / Raquel Brun Forcadell, ESP 2-0 (21-15, 21-13) Bronze Stefanie Schwaiger / Doris Schwaiger, AUT def. Nadine Zumkehr / Muriel Graessli, SUI 2-0 (21-18, 21-19)

HALIFAX, Canada — August 29-September 2, 2012 PORTO SANTO, Portugal — September 16-19, 2004

Gold Nina Betschart / Anouk Vergé-Depré, SUI def. Drussyla Andressa Felix Costa / Rebecca 2-0 (21-16, 21-17) Gold Taiana Lima / Carolina Solberg Salgado, BRA def. Marion Castelli / Eva Hamzaoui, FRA 2-0 (21-11, 21-12) Cavalcanti Barbosa Silva, BRA Bronze Bronze Sarka Nakladalova / Veronika Opravilova, CZE def. Arjanne Stevens / Marleen van Iersel, NED 2-0 (21-16, 21-17) Bronze Mariafe Artacho / Taliqua Clancy, AUS def. Summer Ross / Sara Hughes, USA 2-1 (23-25, 21-14, 16-14)

HALIFAX, Canada — August 31-September 4, 2011 SAINT-QUAY-PORTRIEUX, France — August 7-10, 2003

Gold Nina Betschart / Joana Heidrich, SUI def. Victoria Altomare / Melissa Humana-Paredes, CAN 2-1 (21-16, 14-21, 15-11) Gold Anna Morozova / Alexandra Shiryaeva, RUS def. Katrin Holtwick / Maria Kleefisch, GER 2-0 (21-19, 21-16) Bronze Rimke Braakman / Sophie van Gestel, NED def. Renata Bekier / Daria Paszek, POL 2-0 (21-18, 25-23) Bronze Carolina Solberg Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, BRA def. Tanya Schmocker / Melanie 2-0 (21-12, 21-18) Schoneberger, SUI

ALANYA, Turkey — September 15-19, 2010 CATANIA, Italy —July 10-14, 2002

Gold Tara Roenicke / Summer Ross, USA def. Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth, ITA 2-1 (19-21, 26-24, 15-13) Gold Juliana Felisberta da Silva / Taiana Lima, BRA def. Isabelle Forrer / Melanie Schoneberger, SUI 2-0 (21-18, 21-15) Bronze Fabiane Boogaerdt / Julia Schmidt, BRA def. Victoria Bieneck / Chantal Laboureur, GER 2-1 (11-21, 21-18, 16-14) Bronze Bronze Talita Rocha / Maria Clara Salgado, BRA def. Vassiliki Arvaniti / Efthalia 2-0 (21-15, 21-9) Koutroumanidou, GRE

BLACKPOOL, England — September 16-20, 2009 LE LAVANDOU, France — August 24-26, 2001

Gold Monika Brzostek / Kinga Kolosinska, POL def. Danielle Remmers / Michelle Stiekema, NED 2-1 (21-18, 17-21, 15-11) Gold Shaylyn Bede / Maria Clara Salgado, BRA def. Anna Bobrova / Anna Morozova, RUS 2-0 (21-16, 21-10) Bronze Irina Chaika / Anna Vozakova, RUS def. Martina Bonnerova / Barbora Hermannova, CZE 2-1 (21-12, 18-21, 20-18) Bronze Katerina Tychnova / Markiea Tychnova, CZE def. Jeaqueline Alvares / Norma Perez, MEX 2-0 (21-13, 21-15)

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ALANYA, Turkey — August 19-23, 2009

FIVB Men’s U19 Gold Sergiy Popov / Valeriy Samoday, UKR def. Andrey Bolgov / Ruslan Bykanov, RUS 2-0 (21-16, 21-18) World Championship Bronze Kevin Medina / Cesar Menendez, ESP def. Michel Bargmann / Felix Quecke, GER 2-1 (16-21, 23-21, 16-14)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — July 30-August 3, 2008

Gold Kristo Kollo / Oliver Venno, EST def. Jeffrey Carlson / Antonio Ciarelli, USA 2-0 (21-17, 21-16) Bronze Bronze Marek Leznicki / Damian Wojtasik, POL def. Víctor Bouza / Jesus Castizo, ESP 2-0 (21-17, 21-12)

MYSLOWICE, Poland — July 12-15, 2007 Medal matches Gold Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, POL def. Stefan Kohler / Malte Stiel, GER 2-0 (21-16, 21-16) Bronze Bronze Vitalii Didukh / Pavlo Ostapenko, UKR def. Marcin Kantor / Damian Wojtasik, POL 2-1 (16-21, 21-11, 15-10) PORTO, Portugal — July 29-August 3, 2014

Play for Teams Results HORSESHOE BAY, Bermuda — September 6-10, 2006 Gold Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci / George Souto Maior Wanderley BRA def. Illia Kovalov / Oleh Plotnytskyi UKR 2-1 (21-18, 21-23, 15-11) Bronze Tigrito Gomez / Peter Hernandez VEN def. Jasper Bouter / Tom van Steenis NED 2-1 (21-16, 21-23, 15-7) Gold Jonathan Erdmann / Marvin Klass, GER def. Paolo Nicolai / Francesco Giontella, ITA 2-1 (21-18, 17-21, 15-12) Bronze Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, ITA def. Renaud Ventresque / Brice Thesee, FRA 2-0 (22-20, 21-15)

PORTO, Portugal — July 10-14, 2013 SAINT-QUAY-PORTRIEUX, France — August 3-7, 2005 Gold Moritz Reichert / Clemens Wickler, GER def. Bjarne Nikolai Huus / Christian Sandlie Sørum, NOR 2-0 (21-16, 21-17) Bronze Torey DeFalco / Lucas Yoder, USA def. Lukas Kazdailis / Arnas Rumsevicius, LTU 2-1 (24-22, 21-18, 15-8) Gold Tine Urnaut / Nejc Zemljak, SLO def. Joseph Dykstra / Mark van Zwieten, USA 2-1 (21-13, 21-23, 15-12) Bronze Grzegorz Fijalek / Michal Matyja, POL def. Jonathan Erdmann / Stefan Windscheif, GER 2-0 (12-21, 21-17, 15-10)

LARNAKA, Cyprus — July 11-14, 2012 TERMOLI, Italy — September 8-12, 2004

Gold Michal Bryl / Kacper Kujawiak, POL def.Lukasz Kaczmarek / Sebastian Kaczmarek, POL 2-1 (12-21, 21-19, 15-7) Gold Arunas Kirsnys / Arvydas Miseikis, LTU def. Zbigniew Bartman / Michal Kubiak, POL 2-1 (21-14, 22-24, 15-13) Bronze Dmitry Uraikin / Viacheslav Kirienko, RUS def. Martin Ermacova / Lukas Peter Stranger, AUT 2-0 (21-14, 21-12) Bronze Ingars Ivanovs / Janis Smedins, LAT def. Reid Hall / Adam Podstawka, CAN 2-0 (21-15, 21-14)

UMAG, Croatia — June 22-26, 2011 PATTAYA, Thailand — August 27-31, 2003

Gold Lukasz Kaczmarek / Macjej Kosiak, POL def. Runnar Sannarnes / Andreas Takvan, NOR 2-1 (17-21 , 21-19, 15-13) Gold Sebastian Fuchs / Thomas Kaczmarek, GER def. Ian Borges / Pedro Salgado, BRA 2-1 (21-19, 23-25, 18-16) Bronze Grant O’Gorman / Aaron Nusbaum, CAN def. Benjamin Lerch / Dennis Lerch, SUI 2-1 (21-15, 23-25, 15-13) Bronze Tomasz Sinczak / Rafat Szternal, POL def. Michel Mokomdoko / Juan Virgen, MEX 2-0 (21-17, 21-17)

PORTO, Portugal — July 29-August 1, 2010 XYLOKASTRO, Greece — August 28-September 1, 2002

Gold Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, POL def. Maxim Anufriev / Artem Kucherenko, RUS 2-1 (17-21, 21-19, 15-11) Gold Ian Borges / Pedro Salgado, BRA def. Andreas Gortisanouk / Theodoris Papadimitriou, GRE 2-0 (21-18, 22-20) Bronze Lorenz Schumann / Dominik Stork, GER def. Garrett May / Nick Del Bianco, CAN 2-0 (21-10, 21-19) Bronze Bronze Rouslan Daynov / Yaroslav Koshkarev, RUS def. Kamil Lyczko / Sebastian Pecherz, POL 2-0 (21-19, 21-18)

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ALANYA, Turkey — August 19-23, 2009

FIVB Women’s U19 World Gold Christine Aulenbrock / Victoria Bieneck, GER def. Irina Chaika / Ekaterina Karapischenko, RUS 2-0 (21-18, 21-15) Championship Bronze Ksenia Sukhareva / Maria Ushkova, RUS def. Olga Samul / Izabela Soja, POL 2-1 (19-21, 21-18, 15-10)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — July 30-August 3, 2008

Gold Chantal Laboureur / Levke Spinger, GER def. Rimke Braakman / Sophie van Gestel, NED 2-1 (10-21, 21-16, 15-11) Bronze Irina Chayka / Ekaterina Karapischenko, RUS def. Beata Galek / Daria Paszek, POL 2-0 (21-18, 21-19)

MYSLOWICE, Poland — July 12-15, 2007 Medal matches Gold Danielle Remmers / Michelle Stiekema, NED def. Gilda Lombardo / Marta Menegatti, ITA 2-1 (21-10, 19-21, 15-10) Bronze Iveta Halbichova / Barbora Jerabkova, CZE def. Monika Brzostek / Weonika Kurek, POL 2-1 (14-21, 21-15, 15-9) PORTO, Portugal — July 29-August 3, 2014

Play for Teams Results HORSESHOE BAY, Bermuda — September 6-10, 2006 Gold Eduarda Santos Lisboa / Andressa Cavalcanti Ramalho BRA def. Sarah 2-1 (21-14, 13-21, 19-17) Schneider / Lisa Arnholdt GER 2-1 (17-21, 21-19, 15-11) Bronze Megan McNamara / Nicole McNamara def. Kristyna Adamcikova / Katerina Valkova CZE 2-0 (21-16, 21-12) Gold Becchara Palmer / Alice Rohkamper, AUS def. Marleen van Iersel / Danielle Remmers, NED Bronze Britta Büthe / Svenja Engelhardt, GER def. Tanja Goricanec / Taryn Sciarini, SUI 2-0 (21-12, 21-17)

PORTO, Portugal — July 10-14, 2013 SAINT-QUAY-PORTRIEUX, France — August 3-7, 2005 Gold Eduarda Santos Lisboa / Taina Silva Bigi, BRA def. Gorbunova / Makroguzova, RUS 2-0 (21-12, 21-16) Bronze Sara Hughes / Kelly Claes, USA def. Sarah Schneider / Lara Schreiber, GER 2-1 (21-18, 21-19, 15-12) Gold Carolina Aragao / Figueiredo Seixas, BRA def. Katarzyna Urban / Joanna Wiatr, POL 2-1 (21-14, 15-21, 15-10) Bronze Florentina Büttner / Julia Sude, GER def. Veronika Opravilova / Marketa Slukova, CZE 2-0 (21-18, 21-17)

LARNAKA, Cyprus — July 11-14, 2012 TERMOLI, Italy — September 8-12, 2004 Gold Ieva Dumbaskaite / Monika Povylaityte, LTU def. Katarzyna Kociolek / Karolina Baran, POL 2-0 (21-18, 22-20) Gold Katarzyna Urban / Joanna Wiatr, POL def. Barbara Figueiredo / Carolina Salgado, BRA 2-1 (17-21, 21-17, 15-13) Bronze Bronze Ksenia Dabizha / Anna Gorbunova, RUS def. Sandra Ittlinger / Yanina Weiland, GER 2-1 (19-21, 21-17, 15-9) Bronze Florentina Büttner / Julia Sude, GER def. Marleen van Iersel / Margo Wiltens, NED 2-0 (21-19, 21-10)

UMAG, Croatia — June 22-26, 2011 PATTAYA, Thailand — August 27-31, 2003

Gold Karan Baran / Katarzyna Kociolek, POL def. Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, AUT 2-0 (21-19, 21-14) Gold Jana Kohler / Laura Ludwig, GER def. Figueiredo Seixas / Carolina Salgado, BRA 2-1 (21-11, 30-32, 15-7) Bronze Bronze Lingling Lin / Changning Zhang, CHN def. Pauline Martin / Lisa Menet-Haure, FRA 2-1 (20-22, 21-17, 15-11) Bronze Frederike Fischer / Sandra Piasecki, GER def. Diana Estrada / Martha Revuelta, MEX 2-1 (21-19, 17-21, 15-7)

PORTO, Portugal — July 29-August 1, 2010 XYLOKASTRO, Greece — August 28-September 1, 2002

Gold Jane Croson / Summer Ross, USA def. Ekaterina Karapischenko / Maria Ushkova, RUS 2-1 (21-10, 18-21, 15-7) Gold Sanne Keizer / Arjanne Stevens, NED def. Claudia Lehmann / Friederike Romberg, GER 2-0 (24-22, 21-14) Bronze Taliqua Clancy / Eliza Hynes, AUS def. Rebecca Cavalcanti / Juliana Simões, BRA 2-0 (21-13, 21-11) Bronze Ruth Flemig / Ilka Semmler, GER def. Isabel Grael / Carolina Salgado, BRA 2-0 (21-14, 21-16)

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Olympic Games

Champions

FIVB Men’s U17 Men Women World Championship Year Team Country Year Team Country

2012 Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann GER 2012 Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh USA

Medal matches 2008 Todd Rogers / Phil Dalhausser USA 2008 Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh USA 2004 Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos BRA 2004 Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh USA

ACAPULCO, Mexico — July 15-20, 2014 2000 Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana USA 2000 Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst AUS

Play for Teams Results 1996 Karch Kiraly / Kent Steffes USA 1996 Sandra Pires / Jackie Silva BRA Gold Florian Breer / Yves Haussener SUI def. Oscar Jimenez / Alejandro Huerta ESP 2-1 (22-20, 20-22, 15-11) Bronze Marc Darrieux / Timothee Platre FRA Sharone Vernon Evans / Parvir Jhajj CAN 2-0 (26-24, 21-19)

honours

Men Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd FIVB Women’s U17 World Championship 2012 London (GBR) Brink / Reckermann (GER) Emanuel / Alison (BRA) Martins / Smedins J. (LAT) 2008 Beijing (CHN) Rogers / Dalhausser (USA) Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz (BRA) Ricardo / Emanuel (BRA)

2004 Athens (GRE) Ricardo / Emanuel (BRA) Bosma / Herrera (ESP) Heuscher / Kobel (SUI) Medal matches 2000 Sydney (AUS) Blanton / Fonoimoana (USA) Zé Marco / Ricardo (BRA) Hager / Ahmann (GER)

1996 Atlanta (USA) Kiraly / Steffes (USA) Dodd / Whitmarsh (USA) Child / Heese (CAN) ACAPULCO, Mexico — July 15-20, 2014

Play for Teams Results Gold Morgan Martin / Kathryn Plummer USA def. / Joy Dennis USA 2-1 (20-22, 21-18, 15-13) Women Bronze Tina Graudina / Linda Gramberga LAT def. Duygu Nur Dogan / Pelin Ilgin TUR 2-0 (21-9, 21-9) Year Organiser 1st 2nd 3rd

2012 London (GBR) May-Treanor / Walsh (USA) Kessy / Ross (USA) Larissa / Juliana (BRA)

2008 Beijing (CHN) May-Treanor / Walsh (USA) Tian Jia / Wang (CHN) Zhang / Xue (CHN)

2004 Athens (GRE) May-Treanor / Walsh (USA) Adriana / Shelda (BRA) McPeak / Youngs (USA)

2000 Sydney (AUS) Cook / Pottharst (AUS) Adriana / Shelda (BRA) Sandra / Samuel (BRA)

1996 Atlanta (USA) Sandra / Jackie Silva (BRA) Rodrigues / Samuel (BRA) Rodrigues / Samuel (BRA)

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Olympic Games

Final Four / MEN Final Four / WOMEN

LONDON, Great Britain — 2012 LONDON, Great Britain — 2012

Play for Teams Results Play for Teams Results Gold Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, GER (3) def. Emanuel Rego / Alison Cerutti, BRA (1) 2-1 (23-21, 16-21, 16-14) Gold Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh, USA (3) def. Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, USA (4) 2-0 (21-16, 21-16) Bronze Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, LAT (17) def. Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, NED (5) 2-1 (19-21, 21-19, 15-11) Bronze Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta da Silva, BRA (1) def. Zhang / Xue, CHN (2) 2-1 (11-21, 21-19, 15-12) Semifinals Brink / Reckermann, GER (3) def. Nummerdor / Schuil, NED (5) 2-0 (21-14, 21-16) Semifinals May-Treanor / Walsh, USA (3) def. Zhang / Xue, CHN (2) 2-0 (22-20, 22-20) Semifinals Emanuel / Alison, BRA (1) def. Plavins / Smedins J., LAT (17) 2-0 (21-15, 22-20) Semifinals Kessy / Ross, USA (4) def. Larissa / Juliana, BRA (1) 2-1 (15-21, 21-19, 15-12)

BEIJING, China — 2008 BEIJING, China — 2008

Gold Todd Rogers / Phil Dalhausser, USA (2) def. Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhães, BRA (4) 2-1 (23-21, 17-21, 15-4) Gold Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh, USA (2) def. Jia Tian / Jie Wang, CHN (1) 2-0 (21-18, 21-18) Bronze Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, BRA (3) def. Renato "Geor" Gomes / Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, GEO (15) 2-0 (21-15, 21-10) Bronze Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, CHN (4) def. Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, BRA (6) 2-0 (21-19, 21-17) Semifinals Marcio Araujo / Fabio def. Emanuel / Ricardo 2-0 (22-20, 21-18) Semifinals Tian Jia / Wang def. Xue / Zhang 2-1 (22-24, 29-27, 15-8) Semifinals Rogers / Dalhausser def. Gomes / Terceiro 2-0 (21-11, 21-13) Semifinals May-Treanor / Walsh def. Talita / Renata 2-0 (21-12, 21-14)

ATHENS, Greece — 2004 ATHENS, Greece — 2004

Gold Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, BRA (1) def. Javier Bosma / Pablo Herrera, ESP (15) 2-0 (21-16, 21-15) Gold Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh, USA (1) def. Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, BRA (2) 2-0 (21-17, 21-11) Bronze Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, SUI (5) def. Julien Prosser / Mark Williams, AUS (17) 2-1 (19-21, 21-17, 15-13) Bronze Holly McPeak / Elaine Youngs, USA (4) def. Natalie Cook / Nicole Sanderson, AUS (5) 2-1 (21-18, 15-21, 15-9) Semifinals Bosma / Herrera def. Prosser / Williams 2-0 (21-18, 21-18) Semifinals May-Treanor / Walsh def. McPeak / Youngs 2-0 (21-18, 21-15) Semifinals Emanuel / Ricardo def. Heuscher / Kobel 2-1 (21-14, 19-21, 15-12) Semifinals Shelda / Adriana def. Cook / Sanderson 2-0 (21-17, 21-16)

SYDNEY, Australia — 2000 SYDNEY, Australia — 2000

Gold Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana, USA (9) def. Zé Marco de Melo / Ricardo Santos, BRA (3) 2-0 (12-11, 12-9) Gold Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst, AUS (1) def. Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, BRA (2) 2-0 (12-11, 12-10) Bronze Jorg Ahmann / Axel Hager, GER (15) def. Joao Brenha / Luis Maia, POR (12) 2-0 (12-9, 12-6) Bronze Sandra Pires / Adriana Samuel, BRA (5) def. Yukiko Takahashi / Mika Teru Saiki, JPN (6) 2-0 (12-4, 12-6) Semifinals Zé Marco / Ricardo def. Ahmann / Hager 15-5 Semifinals Adriana / Shelda def. Takahashi / Teru Saiki 15-10 Semifinals Blanton / Fonoimoana def. Maia / Brenha 15-12 Semifinals Cook / Pottharst def. Pires / Samuel 15-6

ATLANTA, United States — 1996 ATLANTA, United States — 1996

Gold Karch Kiraly / Kent Steffes, USA (3) def. Mike Dodd / Mike Whitmarsh, USA (4) 2-0 (12-5, 12-8) Gold Jackie Silva / Sandra Pires, BRA (1) def. Monica Rodrigues / Adriana Samuel, BRA (5) 2-0 (12-11, 12-6) Bronze John Child / Mark Heese, CAN (8) def. Joao Brenha / Luis Maia, POR (18) 2-0 (12-5, 12-8) Bronze Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst, AUS (6) def. Barbara Fontana / Linda Hanley, USA (4) 2-0 (12-11, 12-7) Semifinals Kiraly / Steffes def. Child / Heese 15-11 Semifinals Silva / Pires def. Fontana / Hanley 15-8 Semifinals Dodd / Whitmarsh def. Maia / Brenha 15-13 Semifinals Rodrigues / Samuel def. Cook / Pottharst 15-3

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Men — Russia, Moscow, June 28-July 1 Rank Code Country Points Matches Won Loss FIVB Beach Volleyball World Continental Cup 1 RUS Russia 9 5 4 1 2 MEX Mexico 9 5 4 1 3 NED Netherlands 8 5 3 2 4 CHI Chile 7 5 2 3 World Continental Cup winners 5 AUS Australia 7 5 2 3 Continent Men’s winner Women’s winner NGR Nigeria 3 5 0 5

Africa South Africa Mauritius Women — Russia, Moscow, June 28-July 1 South America Venezuela Argentina Rank Code Country Points Matches Won Loss NORCECA Canada Canada 1 ITA Italy 8 4 4 0 Asia Japan Australia 2 CHN China 7 4 3 1 Europe Norway Russia 3 SUI Switzerland 6 4 2 2 4 URU Uruguay 5 4 1 3 5 KEN Kenya 3 4 0 4

FIVB World Cup Olympic Qualification Pool B rankings

Men — Russia, Moscow, June 28-July 1 Rank Code Country Points Matches Won Loss FINAL RANKINGS 1 AUT Austria 10 5 5 0 Men — Russia, Moscow, June 28-July 1 Women — Russia, Moscow, June 28-July 1 2 POL Poland 9 5 4 1 Rank Code Country Rank Code Country 3 CHN China 8 5 3 3 4 CUB Cuba 7 5 3 3 1 RUS Russia Q 1 RUS Russia Q 5 ANG Angola 6 5 1 4 AUT Austria Q NED Netherlands Q 6 URU Uruguay 5 5 0 5 3 MEX Mexico 3 CHN China

POL Poland ITA Italy Women — Russia, Moscow, June 28-July 1 Rank Code Country Points Matches Won Loss

1 RUS Russia 10 5 5 0 2 NED Netherland 9 5 4 1 3 MEX Mexico 8 5 3 3 4 KAZ Kazakhstan 7 5 3 3 5 VEN Venezuela 6 5 1 4 6 MOZ Mozambique 5 5 0 5

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FIVB World Cup Olympic FIVB Beach Volleyball qualification tournament World Cup Final

Participating countries Final Four

Men Women Men’s competition — May 29 to June 2, 2013 – Campinas, Brazil Angola Africa World Continental Cup runners up Kenya Africa World Continental Cup runners up Nigeria Africa World Continental Cup third place Mozambique Africa World Continental Cup third place Play for Teams Results Gold Alison / Emanuel, BRA (1) def. Gibb / Patterson, USA (2) 2-1 (21-13, 19-21, 11-15) Chile South America World Continental Cup runners up Uruguay South America World Continental Cup runners up Bronze Plavins / Smedins, J., LAT (4) def. Erdmann / Matysik, GER (3) 2-0 (21-18, 21-14) Uruguay South America World Continental Cup third place Venezuela South America World Continental Cup third place Semifinals Alison-Emanuel BRA (1) def. Erdmann-Matysik GER (3) 2-1 (21-17, 16-21, 9-15) Semifinals Gibb-Patterson USA (2) def. Plavins-Smedins, J. LAT (4) 2-0 (19-21, 20-22) Mexico NORCECA World Continental Cup runners up Mexico NORCECA World Continental Cup runners up Cuba NORCECA World Continental Cup third place Puerto Rico NORCECA World Continental Cup third place

Australia Asia World Continental Cup runners up China Asia World Continental Cup runners up Women’s competition — May 29 to June 2, 2013 – Campinas, Brazil China Asia World Continental Cup third place Kazakhstan Asia World Continental Cup third place The Netherlands Europe World Continental Cup runners up The Netherlands Europe World Continental Cup runners up Gold Antonelli / Talita, BRA (1) def. Ross / Kessy, USA (2) 2-0 (21-23, 12-21) Bronze Holtwick / Semmler, GER (4) def. Bawden-Clancy AUS (7) 2-1 (16-21, 21-19, 15-10) Poland Europe World Continental Cup third place Switzerland Europe World Continental Cup third place Semifinals Antonelli-Talita BRA (1) def. Bawden / Clancy AUS (7) 2-0 (21-15, 21-19) Austria Europe World Continental Cup fourth place* Italy Europe World Continental Cup fourth place* Semifinals Ross / Kessy USA (2) def. Holtwick / Semmler GER (4) 2-1 (21-23, 21-17, 16-14) Russia Host country Russia Host country

* The fourth place winner at the World Europe Continental Cup events qualified for the FIVB World Cup Olympic QualificationT ournament due to the need to have an extra team since hosts Russia were also competing. Europe was previously chosen as the continent to provide the extra team at a drawing of lots during the 2012 FIVB Board of Administration meeting in March 2012.

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Cup Final determined the champion country from the World Continental Cup, featuring 10 countries per gender represented by one team each. The 10 countries included the winners of each of the Beach Volleyball World Continental Cup Finals and the national federations who qualified a maximum of two teams at the 2012 Olympic Games via the Olympic rankings.

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The founding Members rising A decisive moment in the history of volleyball’s first 100 From the 14 founding members the FIVB grew to 45 in years was certainly the founding of the FIVB (International 1955, 89 in 1964 and 101 in 1968, distributed over the Volleyball Federation) when in April 1947 representatives five continents : 25 in Europe, 25 in Asia, 25 in Africa, 11 of 14 countries (Belgium, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, in South America, and 15 in NORCECA (North, Central France, Netherlands, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, America and the Caribbean). Today the Federation Romania, Uruguay, USA and Yugoslavia) met in Paris counts 220 affiliated national federations including 53 under the leadership of France’s Paul Libaud to found in Africa, 65 in Asia, 56 in Europe, 34 in NORCECA and the FIVB. Libaud, president of the French Federation, was 12 in South America. elected first President of the FIVB.

The headquarters were established in Paris, where they Dr Ruben Acosta succeeds remained for the first 37 years until 1984 when the FIVB President Paul Libaud moved to Lausanne, Switzerland. One of the big turning points for the FIVB came in 1984 when President Paul Libaud, by then in his 80s and highly acclaimed for having founded the Federation and making it a significant reality on the world sporting stage, resigned after 37 years of leadership. Dr Ruben The Move Continued growth Acosta was elected President to succeed Libaud at the The FIVB moved its headquarters to Lausanne, Switzer- In 1993 the FIVB became the largest sports organisation World Congress in Long Beach, California, USA. land, the same year, bringing it closer to the International in the world with 210 affiliated member associations. Olympic Committee and providing a wonderful base to promote the sport in global competitions held in the five continents. Jizhong Wei becomes third FIVB President The FIVB entered the next phase of its life in 2008 when From game to great Jizhong Wei was elected the new President at the 31st TV spectacle World Congress in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The third At the same time, volleyball went through a number of leader of the organisation came after 37 and 24 years modifications to change the face of the sport.T he need of continuous improvement under President Libaud to make it more telegenic in order to attract fans and and Dr Acosta respectively. At the same time, the FIVB sponsors led to major modifications in 1998, such as moved its headquarters within Lausanne from Avenue the introduction of the Rally Point System, the Libero de la Gare to the stunning “Château Les Tourelles ”. player, the “ let ball in play ” rule and many other new regulations that made the game much more attractive.

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Investing in FIVB-United Nations Evolution Development collaboration of the Rules The FIVB invested more in development during 2009 The UN and the FIVB signed a Global Partnership A challenge system is introduced for the FIVB’s major than any other year in its history by allocating increased for Development agreement in 2011 where both volleyball events allowing the captain of the team financial resources to the FIVB confederations to help organisations announced their intention to promote to challenge and the second referee to consult a national federations. The key behind the new initiative shared values, to drive forward international development television replay courtside to verify a decision. There is increased support for grass roots development, with and to support the attainment of the UN Millennium are a maximum of two challenges per team, per set. A the beneficiary in the long term being volleyball right Development Goals throughout the world. team keeps the number of available challenges if their around the world. challenge is successful.

Dr. Ary S. Graça F° elected The entry process for FIVB beach volleyball events was A brand new FIVB fourth FIVB President also modified providing greater recognition to the In 2011 the FIVB launched a new rebranding and Jizhong Wei announced he was to step down as FIVB national federations. The National Federation ranking marketing campaign in order to usher in a new era for President in 2012, paving the way for the organisation’s was introduced to determine which countries could volleyball and beach volleyball. As part of the rebranding next leader. Brazilian Dr. Ary S. Graça F° was elected his participate in tournaments plus whether they would a new FIVB logo was unveiled. successor at the 33rd FIVB Congress in Anaheim, USA, play in the Main Draw or Qualifying Round of those signalling a new era for volleyball as he promised to tournaments. Once the national federation positions innovate the sport through technology. are determined, the teams (registered to play) with the highest entry points from those respective countries fill those vacancies. Expanding tournaments for increasing audiences The FIVB U23 Volleyball World Championships Open and TECHNOLOGICAL PAVING THE WAY FOR THE the FIVB U23 Beach Volleyball World Championships ADVANCEMENT FUTURE provides further opportunities for players and helps The year 2014 saw two ground breaking FIVB World Following the completion of the World Championships, bridge the gap between age group volleyball and beach Championships take place in Poland and Italy, with a the volleyball family met in Cagliari, Italy for 34th volleyball and the senior level. record 62,000 fans attending the opening ceremony FIVB World Congress. In a key decision, the Congress and match of the Men’s World Championship at limited FIVB Presidents to serving a maximum of two The World League and World Grand Prix are also the Warsaw Stadium. The World Championships terms (an initial term of eight years followed by a four remodelled with an increase of teams of 16 to 18 also marked a turning point for the FIVB in terms of year term) after approving a proposal from the Legal for World League and 18 to 20 for World Grand Prix. innovation and its focus on making the game more Commission to bring the Constitution in line with This is expanded again for the 2014 season with both modern through the use of technology. the International Olympic Committee. The decision tournaments welcoming 28 teams. The 2015 World enhances the transparency in governance the FIVB League will welcome 32 teams for the first time. continues to strive towards.

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Key Dates FIVB World Congress History

Year Events Year Dates Location N°delegates from NF (incl. Proxies)

1954 Asian Confederation is created as a Zone Commission. 1 April 18-20, 1947 Paris 14 1958 South American Confederation is created as a Zone Commission. 2 September 12-18, 1949 Prague 11 3 September 18-22, 1951 Paris 23 1963 European Confederation is created as a Zone Commission. 4 November 14-16, 1953 Bucharest 20 1967 African Confederation is created as a Zone Commission. 5 November 25-27, 1955 Florence 23 1969 NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean) Confederation is created as a Zone Commission. 6 September 7-8, 1957 Moscow 30 1972 The five Continental Zone Sport Commissions are recognized as Continental Confederations. 7 October 2-6, 1959 Budapest 32 1984 FIVB moves its headquarters to Lausanne, Switzerland 8 September 6-11, 1961 Marseille 34 1993 FIVB becomes the largest sports organisation in the world with 210 affiliated member associations. 9 October 16-20, 1964 Tokyo 46 10 September 8-10, 1966 Prague 47 11 October 18-22, 1968 Mexico 74 12 September 25-29, 1970 Sofia 70 FIVB Presidents 13 September 4-6, 1972 Munich 81 14 October 9-10, 1974 Mexico 79 Year Presidents 15 July 28-29, 1976 Montreal 77 16 September 29-30, 1978 Rome 70 1947-1984 Paul Libaud (FRA) 17 July 31 - August 1, 1980 Moscow 84 1984-2008 Ruben Acosta (MEX) 18 September 29-30, 1982 Buenos Aires 88 2008-2012 Jizhong Wei (CHN) 19 July 25-26, 1984 Los Angeles 90 2012 Dr. Ary S. Graça F° (BRA) 20 September 5-6, 1986 Prague 62 21 September 14-15, 1988 Seoul 91 22 October 13-14, 1990 Rio de Janeiro 101 23 July 21-22, 1992 Barcelona 110 24 September 23-24, 1994 Athens 134 25 July 14-16, 1996 Atlanta 134 26 October 26-28, 1998 Tokyo 139 27 August 2-4, 2000 Seville 156 28 September 21-23, 2002 Buenos Aires 177 29 May 12-13, 2004 Porto 168 30 October 23-25, 2006 Tokyo 196 31 June 16-17, 2008 Dubai 184 32 September 9-10, 2010 Rome 195 33 September 19-21, 2012 Anaheim 196 34 October 31 - November 1, 2014 Cagliari, Italy 210

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1895 1915 • Volleyball is born at the YMCA in Holyoke, Massa- • Beach volleyball, a descendant of volleyball, begins chusetts, by William G. Morgan, a New Yorker born life on the beaches of Waikiki beach in Hawaii, USA. in 1870. 1918 1896 • Introduction of six-a-side volleyball. • Another American, Alfred T. Halstead, proposes “ volleyball ” as a more appropriate name for the sport 1922 instead of the original “ Mintonette ”. • The three hits per side rule is adopted. • The first known volleyball and basketball association 1898 is created in Czechoslovakia. • Canada adopts volleyball for its recreational pro- grammes. 1928 • The American Volleyball Association is created. The 1908 first USA National Volleyball Championships are • Franklin H. Brown introduces volleyball in Japan. played at the Brooklyn Central YMCA. 1913 1929 1933 1949 • Volleyball is adopted at the first Far Eastern Games in • Men’s volleyball is adopted at the second Central • Women’s volleyball is played at the Central American • The International Olympic Committee adopts volley- Manila, Philippines. American and Caribbean Games in Havana, Cuba. and Caribbean Games in San Salvador. ball as a non Olympic sport. • First Men’s World Championship in Prague. 1930 1934 • First Women’s European Championship in Prague. • The first two-man beach volleyball game is played in • The first volleyball international committee is created • Introduction of the three player attack and the Santa Monica, California. under the Field Handball Federation. penetration of the back court setter. 1946 1951 • Poland, France, Czechoslovakia, USA, USSR and • Hands can pass over the net under certain conditions Romania set up the firstA utonomous Volleyball Com- (block). mission. 1952 1947 • First Women’s World Championship held in Moscow. • The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is founded by 14 National Federations in Paris and 1955 elects Paul Libaud as its first President.T he founders • Volleyball enters the programme of the second Pan are Belgium, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, American Games in Mexico City. Netherlands, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Uruguay, USA and Yugoslavia. 1956 • Men’s and Women’s World Championships are held 1948 together for the first time in Paris with 24 men’s and • First Men’s European Championship is held in Rome, 17 women’s teams. Italy.

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1957 1985 • IOC Session in Sofia recognises volleyball as an • The first major Volleyball World Plan is approved to Olympic sport and the FIVB as the sole worldwide bring volleyball into the professional sports arena. volleyball governing body in all its disciplines on • The first World Gala is held in Beijing and Shanghai September 24. with China Women’s Olympic champions facing the All Star World team. 1961 • IOC Sessions and Japan OCOG in Athens add 1989 volleyball to the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. • The first Club World Championship for men takes place in Parma, Italy while the Boys’ and Girls’ Youth World 1964 Championships makes their debut in the United Arab • First Olympic volleyball competitions for men and Emirates and Brazil respectively. women are held in Tokyo. • The Beach Volleyball FIVB World Series for men is • Adoption of the new blocking rule (hands over the launched. net, block multiple contacts allowed). 1990 1965 • First Men’s World League with eight countries and $1 • The first Men’s World Cup is held in Warsaw, Poland. million in prize money. 1973 1991 1998 • The first Women’s World Cup is held in Uruguay. • The first Women’s Club World Championship is held • The Rally Point System and libero are officially in São Paulo, Brazil. accepted and played at the World Championships in 1974 Tokyo, following the 26th FIVB World Congress. • Men’s and Women’s World Championships are 1992 broadcast on live TV from Mexico to Japan and many • Beach Volleyball FIVB World Series is recreated as a 2000 other countries for the first time. World Tour for both men and women to determine 1994 • The Rally Point System is extended to beach volleyball. the world champions (men and women). Events are • The ball can touch any part of the body including the The rule allowing play to continue when a serve hits 1975 held in Japan, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Italy and Australia. feet. The service zone is extended to the full outline. the net and continues to the opposition court is • Africa Women’s Championships start in Dakar, Senegal. adopted. 1993 1995 • Karch Kiraly of the USA, Lorenzo Bernardi of Italy and 1976 • First World Grand Champions Cup for men and • Volleyball celebrates its 100th birthday. three-time Olympic champion Regla Torres of Cuba • Olympic Games are played in Montreal for the first women is held in Japan. are celebrated as best players of the century. time with the three-ball system and three hits after • The first women’s World Grand Prix with eight 1996 the block are permitted. countries and $1 million in prize money is held in • Beach volleyball makes its debut in the Atlanta 2001 • Width of the net is reduced to nine metres. eight Asian cities. Olympic Games. • The Beach Volleyball Junior World Championships • IOC Session in Monte Carlo includes beach volleyball in make their debut in Le Lavandou, France. 1977 the 1996 Olympic Games programme as a full medal 1997 • First Junior (U21) Men’s and Women’s World Champi- discipline for women (16 pairs) and men (24 pairs). • The first Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2002 onships are held in Brazil. its current (double gender) format are held in Los • The FIVB World Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina Angeles, USA with total prize money of $600,000 for introduces a height limit to competitions (185cm for 1980 both genders. men, 175cm for women). • First FIVB Rules of the Game are adopted in French • The eighth edition of the World League increases its • The Beach Volleyball Youth World Championships are and Spanish at Moscow Congress. prize money to $8 million. held for the first time in Xylokastro, Greece.

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2009 • The FIVB Men’s Club World Championship returns to the international volleyball calendar after last featuring in 1992. 2013 2014 won 3-2 mean the winners come away with two • The FIVB includes a new championship to the age • The FIVB World League and World Grand Prix 2010 points and the losers one. In the event of a tie in the group tournaments – the Under 23 Volleyball and are expanded once again with both tournaments • Volleyball is a huge success at the inaugural Youth group, the teams will be separated on set ratio as Beach Volleyball Championships – in order to reduce including 28 teams for the first time illustrating Olympic Games in Singapore. opposed to points ratio as in the past. Additionally, the gap between age group and senior level volleyball. volleyball’s growing global appeal. • The FIVB Women’s Club World Championship also in the case of a tie in the number of points, sides are It is also the first year that the Video ChallengeS ystem • The 34th FIVB World Congress is held in Sardinia, Italy makes its return to the calendar for the first time divided by number of wins, then set ratio (as opposed is used, in the World League and World Grand Prix with a record 210 national federations represented. since 1994 following the successful reincarnation of to points ratio in the past), then points ratio. Finals. • The FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship the men’s event a year earlier. • The Beach Volleyball World Cup Final brings to Poland 2014 are a huge success, with 62,000 fans • The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Continental Cup 2012 a close the incredibly successful first FIVB Beach attending the first match in Warsaw Stadium. The makes its debut as a new qualifying event for beach • The FIVB amends uniform regulations for female Volleyball World Continental Cup cycle, featuring the hosts go on to win their first crown in 40 years. volleyball at the London 2012 Olympic Games with beach volleyball players, giving athletes three extra Continental champions and countries who qualified • The United States win the FIVB Volleyball Women’s record breaking levels of participation. choices. Players can wear shorts of a maximum length teams for the Olympic Games. World Championship Italy 2014 in Milan later the of 3cm above the knee with sleeved or sleeveless tops • In a new and enhanced World Tour, Grand Slams same year, with legendary volleyball and beach 2011 or a full body suit. This is to respect the customs and/ are clearly established as the core events while the volleyball star Karch Kiraly leading them as coach. • Following extensive trialling, a new point allocation or religious beliefs of countries. Previously there were number of Open events is expanded for the year, • The challenge system is rolled out and included in all system was confirmed by the FIVB Board of two uniform choices for female players, a one-piece giving teams more opportunities to participate. FIVB volleyball tournaments. Administration for all competitions where matches bathing suit or a bikini with a maximum side width • The FIVB turns a corner in terms of innovation, which are won 3-0 or 3-1 will see the winners come of 7cm. A full body suit could also be used under the promising to focus more on making the game more away with three points and the losers zero, and those bikini in cold weather. modern through the use of technology.

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The FIVB is the governing body responsible The structure for all forms of volleyball on a global level. As the FIVB’s basic platform and comprising all affiliated Working closely with national federations national federations, the World Congress is the supreme and private enterprises the FIVB aims to authority. Convened every two years, the Congress develop volleyball as a major world media elects the President and members of the Board. and entertainment sport through world-class planning and organisation of competitions, The Board of Administration is responsible for the overall marketing and development activities. The FIVB management of the FIVB, overseeing the work of the is part of the Olympic Movement, contributing national federations, confederations, commissions and to the success of the Olympic Games. councils and appoints officials including members of the Executive Committee.

The Board of Administration is composed of Executive Committee members, who are charged with important and specific responsibilities, and Board members, with the Executive Committee meeting between gatherings of the Board to ensure the regular functioning of the decision making process.

The FIVB President is personally accountable before the Congress and the Board of Administration whose decisions he is responsible for executing and is supported by the Executive Committee members and FIVB Secretariat.

A Strong Foundation • World Congress – the ultimate authority • Board of Administration – overall management responsibility • President – provides leadership • Secretariat – professional staff implementing projects & programmes

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FIVB Executive Committee FIVB Board Members of Administration

Name Function Country Name Function Country

Dr. Ary Da Silva Graça Filho FIVB President BRA Mr Theofanis Tsiokris Honorary Executive Vice-President & Member GRE Mr Jizhong Wei Honorary Life President and Advisor to the Board of Admin. CHN M Vicente Henrique Araujo Executive Board Member in charge of Beach Volleyball POR Sr Cristóbal Marte Hoffiz 1st Executive Vice-President DOM Mr Miroslaw Przedpelski Executive Board Member in charge of Marketing POL M André Meyer 2nd Executive Vice-President LUX Mr Saul Castro Verdugo Executive Vice-President in charge of the Technical Commission MEX Dr. Amr M Elwani Executive Vice-President & Treasurer EGY Mr Shanrit Wongprasert Member THA Dr. Saleh Ahmad Bin Nasser Executive Vice-President KSA Mr Stanislav Shevchenko Member RUS Dr. Rafael Lloreda Currea Executive Vice-President COL Mr Mushtaque Mohammed Member TRI Mrs Rita Subowo Executive Vice-President INA Cdor. Julio Perez Alfaro Member URU Mr Habu Ahmed Gumel Executive Vice-President NGR Mr Douglas P. Beal Member USA M Aleksandar Boricic Executive Vice-President SRB Mr Hugh Wong Member CAN Mr Saul Castro Verdugo Executive Vice-President MEX M Majoré Louis Timba Member CMR Mrs Marta Eugenia Centeno O. De Sajche Executive Vice-President GUA Mr Yi Cai Member CHN Mr Essa Hamza Ahmad Al Failakawi Executive Vice-President KUW Mr Renato Arena Member ITA Sr Roberto Wilfrido Escobar Gonzalez Executive Vice-President PAR M Issiaka Sawadogo Member BUR Mr Miroslaw Przedpelski Executive Board Member in charge of Marketing POL Mr Agustin Martin Santos Member ESP Mr Carlo Magri Executive Co-Opted Member ITA Mr Philip Berben Member BEL Dr. Yuichiro Hamu Member JPN Dr. Han Joo Eom Member KOR Mr Craig Carracher Member AUS Mr Marco Tullio Teixeira Member BRA

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FIVB Commissions

Legal Commission FIVB Controller

Name Function Country Name Function Country

Sr Cristóbal Marte Hoffiz FIVB 1st Executive Vice-President in charge DOM Mr Olivier Zysset FIVB Controller SUI Mr Jaime A. Lamboy President PUR Mr Vasavan Samuel Secretary RSA Mr Mounir Ben Slimane Assistant Secretary TUN Mr Hannu Kananen Member FIN

Mr François Dikoume Member CMR Internal Auditors Mr Domenico D’Alessio Member ITA Name Country Ms Maria Luisa Perez Grasa Member ESP Mr Jesus M Prieto PUR Mr Rogerio Oliveira Member POR Mr Eva Maria Kheil AUT Mr Tomohiro Tohyama Member JPN Mr Nasiwu Zaid Sadik UGA Ms Sabinah Clement Member IVB Mr Ezequiel Machicado Perez Member BOL Mr Philip Berben Member BEL

Press Commission

Finance Commission Name Function Country

Name Function Country Sr Cristóbal Marte Hoffiz 1st Executive Vice-President in charge DOM M André Meyer President LUX Mr Hiroshi Takeuchi President JPN Dr. Amr M Elwani FIVB Executive Vice-President & Treasurer EGY Mrs Agneta Kristina Elmegard Secretary SWE Mr Essa Hamza Ahmad Al Failakawi Secretary KUW M Mauro De Sanctis Member ITA Sr Cristóbal Marte Hoffiz Member DOM Mr Ali Ghanem Al-Kuwari Member QAT Mr Habu Ahmed Gumel Member NGR Mr Lev Rossoshik Member RUS M Majoré Louis Timba Member CMR Mr Marco Trozzi Member ITA Mr Jan Zaremba Member POL Mr Julio Arturo Couoh Amador Member MEX Mr Alberto Arreola Sanchez Member MEX Mrs Joyce Jane Pereira Da Silva Correa Meyer Member BRA Mr Minoru Ihara Member JPN Mr Jingyu Wang Member CHN Mr Robert Urbanek Member CZE Mr Stefan Cholakov Member BUL Mr Achilleas Mavromatis Member GRE Mr Abdelkader Ebrahim Member EGY

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Rules of the Game Commission Refereeing Commission

Name Function Country Name Function Country

M André Meyer 2nd Executive Vice-President in charge LUX M André Meyer 2nd Executive Vice-President in charge LUX Mr Alexander James Steel President SCO Mr Hassan Ahmed Mohamed President EGY Mr László Herpai Secretary HUN Mr Sergey Titov Secretary RUS Mr Tomoyuki Nishikawa Member JPN Mr José Ramón Perez Vento Member PUR Mr Pat Powers Member USA Mr Takashi Shimoyama Member JPN Mr Guillermo Enrique Paredes Member ARG Mr Jaafar Ali Naseeb Member BRN Mr Jacek Spisak Member POL Mr Songsak Chareonpong Member THA Mr Guy Bradbury Member CAN Mr Jian Hui Sun Member CHN Mr Joep Van Iersel Member NED Mr José Casanova Member POR Gen. Idriss Dokony Member CHA Mr André Trottier Member CAN Prof. Dr Bingshu Zhong Member CHN Mr Umit Sokullu Member TUR Lieutenant Colonel David Kabre Member BUR Prof. Juan Angel Pereyra Member ARG M Jean-Claude Baccus Member BEL Mr Wayne Douglas Wilson Member USA Mr Abdelmajid Kilani Djerad Member TUN Mr Svetoslav Zlatarev Member BUL Mr Francesco D’alo Member ITA Technical Commission Dr. Jan Rek Member SUI Name Function Country Mr Grzegorz Jacyna Member POL

Mr Jivko Pavlov Jetchev President BUL Mr Zdravko Hranic Member CRO Mr Gianfranco Formentin Secretary ITA Mr Peter Murphy Member NED Mr Edward Skorek Member POL Mr Antonio Rizola Neto Member BRA Mr Toshiro Endo Member JPN Mrs Judith del Carmen Sandino Alguera Member NCA Mr Francis Druenne Member FRA Mr Julien Boucher Member CAN Mr Waithaka Kioni Member KEN M Louis Rwakiranya Member BDI

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Coaching Commission Development Commission

Name Function Country Name Function Country

Mr Stanislav Shevchenko Executive Board Member in charge RUS Dr. Saleh Ahmad Bin Nasser President & Executive Vice-President in charge KSA Mr Philippe Blain President FRA Sr Cristóbal Marte Hoffiz 1st Executive Vice-President Coordinator DOM Mr Hugh Donald Mccutcheon Secretary NZL Dr. Amr M Elwani Executive Vice-President & Treasurer EGY Mr Jin Hu Member CHN Mr Mushtaque Mohammed Secretary TRI Mr Zbigniew Rusek Member POL Mr Mark Tennant Member CAN Mr Antonio Lerbach Member BRA Cdor. Julio Perez Alfaro Member URU Mr Takeshi Yasaka Member JPN Mr Vladimir Grbic Member SRB Dr. Vladimir Kondra Member RUS Mr Ramón Suzara Member PHI Mr Francisco Cruz Jimenez Member CUB Mr Julius Hafstein Member ISL Mr Giovanni Guidetti Member ITA Mr Nelson José Ramirez Member DOM Mr Sherif Hamdy Elshemerly Member EGY Mrs Touria Aarab Member MAR Ms Audrey Cooper Member ENG Sr Gabriel Fabian Salvia Member ARG Mr Mohammed Al Thawadi Member BRN M Charles Uyisenga Member RWA Mr Zdeslav Barac Member CRO M Sanga Issouf Kone Member CIV Mr Hirotaka Miyaji Member JPN Mrs Renata Araujo Lopes Blauth Member BRA Medical Commission Mrs Howyda Mondy Member EGY Name Function Country Mr Almers Ludviks Member LAT Dr. Amr M Elwani FIVB Executive Vice-President in charge EGY Dr. Yuichiro Hamu President JPN FIVB TV and New Media Commission Dr. Bruno Borges Da Fonseca Secretary BRA Dr. Annie Peytavin Assistant Secretary FRA Name Function Country Dr. Hossam Eldin Omar Bahgat Member EGY Dr. Piotr Pykel Secretary POL Dr. Bernard Nau Member HAI Mr Mizuta Takao Representative of TBS JPN Dr. Fernando Avila España Member ESP Mr Yuichi Kawano Representative of FUJI TV JPN Prof. Dr. Jacek Kruczynski Member POL Mr Vasily Kiknadze Representative of ANO RUS Prof. Dr. Roald Bahr Member NOR Mr Peter C. Diamond Representative of NBC USA Prof. Mamadou Ndoye Member SEN Mr Francesco Bilotta Member ITA Dr. Victor Miguel Figueroa Gonzalez Member DOM Mr Heping Jiang Representative of CCTV CHN Prof. Dr. Ufuk Demirkilic Member TUR Ms Cecilia Gomez de la Torre Representative of FRECUENCIA LATINA PER Dr. Sergio Cameli Member ITA Ms Leila Smati Representative of AL JAZEERA SPORT QAT Prof. Dr. Manfred Holzgraefe Member GER Mr Michel Abi Ramia Member LIB

Back to table of contents 112 113 FIVB / MEDIA / VB EVENTS / BVB EVENTS / VB PropERTIES / BVB PropERTIES / dEVELOPMENT / MEDICAL / RECORDS / HISTORY / STRUCTURE / INFO federation CONTACTS CHN China, People‘s Republic of ~1953 IND India ~1951 China Volleyball Association Volleyball Federation Of India 2 Tiyuguan Road - 100763 BEIJING Room No. 72 - Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium - CHENNAI Pdt: Mr Weimin YUAN Pdt: Mr Chaudhary Avadesh KUMAR Phone +86 (10) 8718 35 17 / Fax +86 (10) 6711 39 40 Phone +91 135 2656155 (Office-Pdt) AVC Federation Contacts [email protected] Fax +91 (44) 2538 03 18 www.volleyball.org.cn [email protected] Asian Volleyball Confederation www.volleyballindia.com TPE Chinese Taipei ~1982 Chinese Taipei Volleyball Association INA Indonesia ~1959 — — 8 F N° 20 Chu Lun Street - Room 802 -TAIPEI 104 Persuatan Bola Volley Seluruh Indonesia Room No.1 – 2, 12th Floor, Main Building, Sports Authority of Thailand President: Saleh A. Bin Nasser (KSA) Pdt: Mr Kuei-Shiang WANG Ruko Graha Permata Pancoran Blok A. 10-11 & D. 10 - 286 Ramkhamhaeng Road, Huamark, General Manager: Rueangsak Siriphol Phone +886 (2)277 86 222 / Fax +886 (2)277 86 209 JL Raya Pasar Minggu Kav. 32 Triloka Pancoran Bangkapi, Bangkok 10240, Thailand Press Officer: Preechachan Wiriyanupappong [email protected] AKARTA - SELATAN 12780 Phone +662-136 2861-3 / Fax +662-136 2864 www.ctvba.org.tw Pdt: Mr Imam SUDJARWO [email protected] Phone +62 21 79191976 / Fax +62 21 79191976 www.asianvolleyball.org COK Cook Islands ~1973 [email protected] Cook Islands Volleyball Federation (CIVF) www.volleyindonesia.or.id C/ Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic - Committee (CISNOC) Office - RAROTONGA IRQ Iraq ~1959 Pdt: Mr Hugh R. GRAHAM Iraqi Volleyball Federation Affiliated National Federations Phone +682 24095 NOC / Fax +682 243 21 Karada Meriem - Salhya - P.O. Box 441 - BAGHDAD [email protected] Pdt: Mr Muayad Makdid HAMA AMIN Phone +964 7706211436 AFG Afghanistan ~1980 BAN Bangladesh ~1976 TLS East Timor ~2004 [email protected] Afghanistan Volleyball Federation Bangladesh Volleyball Federation Federação Voleibol Timor Leste Ghazi Stadium - P.O. Box 20255 - KABUL Moulana Bhasani Stadium - Room no. 291-294 1st floor Rue Jacinto Candido 44 - P.O. Box 331 - DILI IRI Iran ~1959 Pdt: Dr Mohammad Yonus Imal POPALZAY Bangabndhu National Stadium Complex - DHAKA 1000 Pdt: Mr Inocencio ARAUJO DA SILVA Volleyball Federation Islamic Republic Of Iran Phone +93 707 102 020 / Fax +93 210 24 70 Pdt: Mr Golam QUDDUS CHOWDHURY Phone +670 (72) 739 009 Azzdi Sports Complex - TEHRAN [email protected] Phone +880 (2) 955 63 52 / Fax +880 2 883 45 84 [email protected] Pdt: Mr M. R. DAVARZANI [email protected] Phone +98 (21) 44 73 90 21 ASA American Samoa ~1988 FIJ Fiji ~1982 Fax +98 (21) 44 73 91 28 American Samoa Volleyball Association BHU Bhutan ~1984 FIJI Volleyball Federation [email protected] P.O. Box 753 - PAGO PAGO 96799 Bhutan Volleyball Federation C/ FASANOC - P.O. Box 1279 - SUVA www.volleyball.ir Pdt: Mr LEFAOSEU P.O. Box 939 - THIMPHU Pdt: Mr Kemueli NAIQAMA Phone +1 684 699 8855 / Fax +1 684 699 88 66 Pdt: H.E. Dasho Karma TSHITEEM Phone +679 9388413 / Fax +679 3 30 1647 JPN Japan ~1951 [email protected] Phone +975 2 322 138 / Fax +975 2 323 937 [email protected] Japan Volleyball Association [email protected] www.oceaniasport.com 5th Floor - 1-30-8 Sendagaya, Shibuya-Ku AUS Australia ~1968 www.bhutansports.com.bt TOKYO 151-0051 Australian Volleyball Federation GUM Guam ~1976 Pdt: Dr Yuichiro HAMU P.O. Box 162 - MITCHELL ACT 2911 BRU Brunei Darussalam ~1982 Guam Volleyball Federation Phone +81 (3) 5786 2100 / Fax +81 (3) 5786 2109 Pdt: Mr Craig CARRACHER Brunei Darussalam Amateur P.O. Box GV - HAGATNA 96932 [email protected] Phone +61 2 6247 6633 / Fax +61 2 6247 6722 Volleyball Association Pdt: Mrs Sandra LOW www.jva.or.jp [email protected] Pembangunan Sukan Phone +1 671 688 8860 / Fax +1 671 472 8150 www.avf.org.au Stadium Negara Hassanal Bolkiah - Berakas [email protected] JOR Jordan ~1970 NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Jordan Volleyball Federation BRN Bahrain ~1976 Pdt: Awang Haji Wan Ramli BIN HAJI IBRAHIM HKG Hong Kong ~1959 P.O. Box 520344 - Bahrain Volleyball Association Phone +673 889774 / Fax +673 (2) 22 08 12 Volleyball Association of Hong Kong, China limited Palace Al Hussein Youth City, Gate 3, Sport - P.O. Box 5176 - MANAMA [email protected] Rm 1007, Sports House, 1 Stadium Path - AMMAN 11152 Pdt: Sheik Ali Bin Mohamed AL KHALIFA So Kon Po Causeway Bay - HONG KONG Pdt: Mr Theyab ALSHATARAT Phone +973 17 122003 / Fax +973 17 122004 CAM Cambodia ~1968 Pdt: Mr Victor Chun-Fui HUI Phone +962 (6) 565 01 59 / Fax +962 (6) 56 501 59 [email protected] Cambodia Volleyball Federation Phone +852 2771 02 93 / Fax +852 2834 65 10 [email protected] National Olympic Stadium [email protected] P.O. Box 101 - PHNOM PENH www.vbahk.org.hk Pdt: H.E. Neth SAVOEUN Phone +855 12 856 623 / Fax +855 22 35 62 [email protected]

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KAZ Kazakhstan ~1992 LIB Lebanon ~1949 MYA Myanmar, Union of ~1961 PAK Pakistan ~1955 Volleyball Federation Of The Republic Of Kazakhstan Lebanese Volleyball Federation Myanmar Volleyball Federation Pakistan Volleyball Federation 498, Seifullin Str., office 405 - Bauchrie, Centre St. Joseph, 4ème étage Aung San Stadium - Mingalar Taung Nyunt T/S YANGON House N° 5, Palm Street “ Altyn Zaman ” business centre - 050000 ALMATY P.O. Box 90-440 - JDEIDET Pdt: Mr U Tun MYINT NAING Green Acres, Raiwind Road – 111 - LAHORE Pdt: Mr Nurtay ABYKAYEV Pdt: Mr Jean Antoine HAMMAM Phone +951 24 04 50 / Fax +951 29 40 54 Pdt: Mr Chaudhry Muhammad YAQOOB Phone +7 (727) 225 16 05 / Fax +7 (727) 225 12 18 Phone +961 12 41 188 / Fax +961 12 41 188 [email protected] Phone +92 42 35322831 / Fax +92 51 920 40 29 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.volley.kz NRU Nauru, Republic of ~1951 MAC Macau ~1986 Nauru Volleyball Association PAU Palau ~1951 KIR Kiribati, Republic of ~2000 Volleyball Association Of Macau, China C/ Airport Terminal Building - YAREN Palau Volleyball Federation Kiribati National Volleyball Association P.O. Box 1846 - MACAU (VIA HONG KONG) Pdt: Ms Melaney BILL P.O. Box 155 - 96940 KOROR PW C/ Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports - Pdt: Mr Ma Chong PAU Phone +674 555 68 37 / Fax +674 444 37 30 Pdt : Ms Hila ASANUMA BIKENIBEU, TARAWA Phone +853 70 33 78 / Fax +853 70 33 78 [email protected] Phone +680 488 43 67 / Fax +680 488 65 63 Pdt: Mr Kourabi NENEM [email protected] [email protected] Phone +686 98 983 (private) / Fax + 686 21 133 www.volleyball.org.mo NEP Nepal ~1980 [email protected] Nepal Volleyball Association PLE Palestine ~1980 MAS Malaysia ~1964 National Sports Council, Tripureshwor Palestine Volleyball Association KOR Korea ~1959 Malaysia Volleyball Association P.O. Box 21302 - KATHMANDU P.O. 5021 - GAZA-RIMAL 44/44 Korea Volleyball Association 2-10-13, Level 2, Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil - Pdt: Mr Dan Bahadur TAMANG Pdt: Mr Reneh ZAMBEEL 8F, 542-1, Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu Kompleks Sukan Negara - Phone +977 (1) 4259969 / Fax +977 (1) 4262079 Phone +972 598202144 / Fax +970 22522367 SEOUL 135-857 57000 KUALA LUMPUR [email protected] [email protected] Pdt: Mr Tae-Hee YIM Pdt: Mr Tan Sri Dato Koo Yuen KIM www.nepalvolleyballassociation.org.np www.pvf.ps Phone +82 2 578 9026 7 / Fax +82 2 568 6719 Phone +60 3 899 822 18 / Fax +60 3 899 650 26 [email protected] [email protected] NZL New Zealand ~1970 PNG Papua New Guinea ~1988 www.kva.or.kr www.mava.org.my Volleyball New Zealand INC. Papua New Guinea Volleyball Federation ASB Sports Centre - 72 Kemp Street - P.O. Box 1831 - PORT Moresby 121 - PRK Korea, People‘s Dem. Republic ~1955 MDV Maldive Islands ~1984 Kilbirnie - WELLINGTON 6022 NATIONAL CAPITAL DISTRICT The Volleyball Association Of The D.P.R. Of Korea Volleyball Association Of Maldives Pdt: Mr Jock MURLEY Pdt: Mr Bernard ALU Kumsongdong 2, Kwangbok Street - 2nd Floor, Malé Sports Complex Phone +64 4 387 36 26 / Fax +64 4 387 36 27 Phone +675 308 2679 / Fax +675 320 3260 Mangyongdae District, P.O. Box 56 - PYONGYANG Maafaiy Thakurufaanu Magu - 20002 Malé [email protected] Ms. Carpinter [email protected] Pdt: Mr Yong Jin PAK Pdt: Mr Mohamed RIYAZ www.volleyballnz.org.nz Phone +850 2 18 111 Ext 8164 / Fax +850 2 381 4403 Phone +960 330 70 03 / Fax +960 331 41 63 PHI Philippines ~1951 [email protected] [email protected] NIU Niue Island ~1964 Philippine Volleyball Federation www.maldivesvolleyball.org Niue Island Volleyball Association Rizal Memorial Sports Complex - KUW Kuwait ~1964 P.O. Box 175 - ALOFI SOUTH Pablo Ocampo Sr. St., Malate - 1004 MANILA Kuwait Volleyball Association MSH Marshall Islands ~1992 Pdt: Ms Mona AINUU Pdt: Mr Karl CHAN P.O. Box 4136 - 13042 SAFAT Marshall Islands Volleyball Federation Phone +683 45 13 / Fax +683 40 10 Phone +63 2 526 84 38 / Fax +63 2 526 84 38 Pdt: Mr Waleed Abdullah AMAN c/o Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee [email protected] [email protected] Phone +965 2263 54 34 / Fax +965 2265 23 46 P.O. Box 3002 - MAJURO, MH 96960 www.oceaniasport.com/niue www.pvf.com.ph [email protected] Pdt: Mr Iso LANGBATA www.kwvolley.com Phone +692 625 7869 / Fax +692 625 5353 NM Northern Mariana Islands ~1986 QAT Qatar ~1974 [email protected] Northern Mariana Islands Qatar Volleyball Association KGZ Kyrgyzstan ~1991 Volleyball Association (NMIVA) Indoor Hall 1st Floor - Al Mishaal St. Al Salata Al Jadeeda Kyrgyzstan Volleyball Federation FSM Micronesia ~1996 P. O. Box 502476 - SAIPAN, MP 96950 P.O. Box 6522 - DOHA Turusbekova str - 720004 BISHKEK Federated States Of Micronesia Volleyball Association Pdt: Ms Laurie PETERKA Pdt: Mr Khalid Ali AL-MAWLAWI Pdt : Mr Satybaldiev Elmurza RAKIYEVICH P.O.Box 1038 COLONIA - YAP FM 96943 Phone +11 1 670 234 6547 / Fax +11 1 670 234 9537 Phone +974 44703777 / Fax +974 4455 46 58 Phone +996 312 317 320 / Fax +996 312 317 320 Pdt: Mrs Lucinda KAMLOY [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Phone +691 370 3008 / Fax +691 370 2045 www.nmivolleyball.org www.qatarvolleyball.com www.volley.kg [email protected] OMA Oman, Sultanate of ~1978 SAM Samoa ~1984 LAO Laos, D.P.R. ~1968 MGL Mongolia ~1957 OMAN Volleyball Association Volleyball Samoa Federation Laos Volleyball Federation Mongolian Volleyball Association P.O. Box 3516, PC - 112 - Ruwi - MUSCAT P.O. BOX 6276 - APIA Chao Anouvong Stadium - ASSOCIATION Olympic House 4/F Pdt : Mr Badar Ali Said AL RAWAS Pdt: Mr Petelo VAIFALE MULIAGA P.O. Box 3183 - VIENTIANE Khan Uul District 15 - Chinggis Avenue - Phone +968 22 05 85 23 / Fax +968 24 12 11 43 Phone +685 42727 (home) / Fax +685 27 271 Pdt: Mr Phengsangouan CHOUNLAMANY 14210 ULAANBAATAR [email protected] [email protected] Phone +856 21 264934 / Fax +856 21 412434 Pdt: Mr Tsendsuren BAYARBAATAR [email protected] Phone +976 11 344 340 / Fax +976 11 344 340 [email protected]

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KSA Saudi Arabia ~1964 THA Thailand, Kingdom of ~1964 VIE Vietnam ~1961 Affiliated regional Federation Saudi Arabian Volleyball Federation Thailand Volleyball Association Volleyball Federation Of Vietnam P.O. Box 2400 - RIYADH 11451 No 286, Room No 2, 17th Floor 36, Tran-Phu Road - HANOI PLY French Polynesia ~1998 Pdt : Mr Fahad NASSER A ALHURAISHI Main Building of Sports Authority of Thailand - Pdt: Mr Minh Hong LE Federation Tahitienne De Volleyball Phone +966 (1) 482 1579 / Fax +966 (1) 482 1676 Huamark, Bangkapi - BANGKOK 10240 Phone +84 (4) 8234 555 / Fax +84 (4) 8433 915 Complexe Napoléon Spitz [email protected] Pdt: Mr Somporn CHAIBANGYANG [email protected] BP 53068 - PIRAE - TAHITI www.saudivb.net Phone +66 (2) 170 9491 / Fax +66 (2) 170 9490 Pdt: Mr Abel TEMARII [email protected] YEM Yemen ~1970 Phone +689 48 25 21 / Fax +689 50 27 95 SIN Singapore ~1965 www.volleyball.or.th Yemen Volleyball Association [email protected] Volleyball Association Of Singapore P.O. Box 20 TAHRIR - SANA‘A www.ftvb.pf c/o Pei Chun Public School - 16 Toa Payoh Lorong 7 - TGA Tonga ~1987 Pdt: Mr Mohsen Ahmed SALEH SINGAPORE 319320 Tonga Volleyball Association Phone +967 (1) 480 782 / Fax +967 (1) 480 781 Pdt: Mr Yam Keng BAEY c/o TASANOC - P.O. Box 1278, Haveluloto - TONGATAPU [email protected] Phone +65 6259 27 86 / Fax +65 6259 87 47 Pdt: Mr Hailame MINONETI www.alyemenvolleyball.org.ye [email protected] Phone +676 786 3067 / Fax +676 24127 www.vas.org.sg [email protected] www.tongavolleyballassociation.sportingpulse.net SRI Sri Lanka ~1955 Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation Ministry Office TKM Turkmenistan ~1992 Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment, No 234 - Volleyball Federation Of Turkmenistan Denzel Kobbekaduwa Mawatha Koswaththa - 57 Ata-Govshudov Str. - 744004 ASHGABAT CAVB Federation Contacts BATTARAMULLA Pdt: Mr Serdar TACHNAZAROV Pdt: Mr Dilan PERERA Phone +993 12920554 / Fax +993 12920554 African Volleyball Confederation Phone +94 11 28 80 500 Ext : 289 / Fax +94 11 28 64 137 [email protected] [email protected] — — ~1992 www.volleyballsrilanka.org TUV Tuvalu 26, Rue Ahmed Taiseer - Marwa Héliopolis - Cairo - Egypt President : Amr M. Elwani (EGY) Tuvalu Volleyball Federation Phone +202 2414 4852 / Fax +202 2417 3368 Press Officer : Tarek Al-Adwar (EGY) ~1990 SOL Solomon Islands c/o Office of theA ttorney General [email protected] Phone +2 012 3940 595 / Fax +202 4173 368 Solomon Islands Volleyball Federation P.O. Box 63 - FUNAFUTI www.cavb.org [email protected] P.O. Box 1310 - HONIARA Pdt: Ms Eselealofa APINELU Pdt: Mr Morris MAITAKI Phone +688 900823 / Fax +688 (20) 817 Phone +677 22208 / Fax +677 28423 [email protected] [email protected] Affiliated National Federations UAE United Arab Emirates ~1976 United Arab Emirates Volleyball Association SYR Syria ~1955 Salahuddin Street, Nasser Al Sayer Building - 2nd Floor, Deira - ALG Algeria ~1964 BOT Botswana ~1988 Syria Arab Volleyball Federation P.O. Box 6250 - DUBAI Algerian Volleyball Federation Botswana Volleyball Federation General Federation of Sport - Pdt: Mr Yousef ALMULLA Rue Ahmed Ouaked (ex CNOSAOS) P.O. Box 1917 P.O. Box 967-421 - BARAMKE - DAMASCUS Phone +971 (4) 254 53 53 / Fax +971 4 2547711 BP 111 Dely Brahim - 16320 ALGER Plot 61542, Goals Town - Pdt: Brigadier General Bassam HUMAIDAN [email protected] Pdt: Mr Houkba GOUGAM National Sports Council AffiliatesO ffices - Phone +963 11 44 62 732 / Fax +963 11 44 62 732 www.uaevba.ae Phone +213 23 25 81 30 / Fax +213 23 25 81 15 MARUAPULA, GABORONE [email protected] [email protected] Prdt: Mr Daniel MOLAODI UZB Uzbekistan ~1992 www.afvb.org Phone +267 3923090 / Fax +267 3901352 TJK Tadjikistan ~1992 Federation Of Volleyball Of Uzbekistan [email protected] Tadjikistan Volleyball Federation Akkurganskaya Str. 2 - C/ Institute of Physical Culture - ANG Angola ~1978 2 avenue Muhammad street 13 - 744024 DUSHANBE TASHKENT 700052 Federação Angolana De Voleibol BUR Burkina Faso ~1964 Pdt: Mr Said ZUVAIDOV Pdt: Mr Elyor M. GANIEV Complexo da Cidadela Despotiva 22 - Federation De Volleyball De Burkina Faso Phone +992 372 27 38 07 Phone +998 (712) 68 06 98 / Fax +998 (712) 68 06 98 Rua Senado da Camara, Rangel - 2099 LUANDA Stade du 4 Août - 01 B.P. 1753 - OUAGADOUGOU 01 [email protected] [email protected] Pdt: Mr Geraldo Domingos VALENTIM Pdt: Mr Casimir SAWADOGO Phone +244 912 20 24 37 / Fax +244 222 26 53 14 Phone +226 50 46 47 80 / Fax +226 50 31 77 66 VAN Vanuatu ~1986 [email protected] [email protected] Vanuatu Amateur Volleyball Federation P.O. Box 382 - 00678 PORT VILA BEN Benin ~1964 BDI Burundi ~1991 Pdt: Mrs Debbie WOOSTER-MASAUFAKALO Federation Beninoise De Volleyball Federation Burundaise De Volleyball Phone +678 7106816 / Fax +678 27 314 03 BP 2767 Cotonou - Gbegamey COTONOU B.P. 6662 - BUJUMBURA [email protected] Pdt : Mr Dider APLOGAN Pdt: Mr Louis RWAKIRANYA www.vanuatuvolleyball.org Fax +229 21 38 04 65 Phone +257 22 243 647 / Fax +257 22 24 25 90 [email protected] [email protected]

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CMR Cameroon ~1964 DJI Djibouti ~1984 GUI Guinea ~1961 MLI Mali ~1964 Federation Camerounaise De Volleyball (FCVB) Federation Djiboutienne De Volleyball Federation Guinéenne De Volleyball Federation Malienne de Volleyball 143, Rue 1075, Immeuble Wandji B.P. 1366 - DJIBOUTI B.P. 2739 - CONAKRY Direction Nationale des Sports - B.P. 1071 - BAMAKO B.P. 2124 MESSA YAOUNDE Pdt: Mr Elias ABDILLAHI Pdt: Mr Mory KEITA Pdt: Mr Bakary CAMARA Pdt : Mr Julien Serge ABOUEM A BOUL Phone +253 35 20 62 / Fax +253 35 81 24 Phone +224 622 35 41 / Fax +224 45 55 70 Phone +223 20 22 88 86 / Fax +223 223 25 16 Phone +237 22 22 49 23 / Fax +237 22 22 49 23 [email protected] [email protected] President [email protected] [email protected] EGY Egypt ~1947 GBS Guinea-Bissau ~1992 MTN Mauritania, Islamic Rep. of ~1964 CPV Cape Verde, Republic of ~1988 Egyptian Volleyball Federation Federação De Voleibol Da Guiné-Bissau Federation De Volleyball Federação Cabo-Verdiana de Voleibol Sport Federations Building - El Estad El Bahary St. - Nasr City 340 - CAIRO Sede provisional de FVGB - Edificio Club Sport, Bissau e Benfica De La République Islamique De Mauritanie Villa da Ribeira Grande - 60 SANTO ANTÃO Pdt: Mr Fouad Abdel Salam Ahmed SHOUKRI C.P. 881 - BISSAU Case postale 1734 - ZRC 441, Tevragh Zeina NOUAKCHOTT Pdt: Mr Antonio Carlos RODRIGUES Phone +202 (2) 262 16 96 / Fax +202 2291 4516 Pdt: Mr Anibal PEREIRA BATISTA Pdt: Mr Brahim Ould Bakar OULD SNEIBA Phone + 238 9 922 017 / Fax +238 2 211 449 [email protected] Phone +245 72 01 355 / Fax +245 20 57 44 Phone +222 524 06 51 / Fax +222 524 06 51 [email protected] www.fevb.org [email protected] [email protected]

CAF Central African Republic ~1964 GEQ Equatorial Guinea ~1992 KEN Kenya ~1964 MRI Mauritius ~1959 Federation Centrafricaine De Volleyball Federacion Ecuatoguineana De Voleibol Kenya Volleyball Federation Mauritius Volleyball Association B.P. 1521 - Rue de Lakouanga - BANGUI Palacio de los Deportes - Complejo Polideportivo del Estadio de Malabo Nyayo Stadium - KNSC Wing - P.O. Box 61106 - NAIROBI Pandit Sahadeo Gymnasium - St Vincent Street - VACOAS Pdt: Mr Jérôme LAVOU MALABO, BIOCO NORTE Pdt: Mr Waithaka KIONI Pdt: Mr Dayabharun Govindasawmy TEEROOVENGADUM Phone +236 75 05 08 92 / Fax +236 61 68 88 Pdt: Sr Rocky Marciano BUERIBERI Phone +254 (20) 60 48 45 / Fax +254 (20) 35 40 791 Phone +230 697 76 70 / Fax +230 697 76 91 [email protected] Phone +240 222 27 14 27 / Fax +240 092 932 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.amvb.com02.com CHA Chad ~1964 LES Lesotho ~1988 Federation Tchadienne De Volleyball ERT Eritrea ~1964 Lesotho Volleyball Association MAR Morocco ~1959 B.P. 335 - N‘DJAMENA Eritrean National Volleyball Federation National University of Lesotho - P.O. Roma 180 - MASERU Fédération Royale Marocaine de Volleyball Pdt: Gen. Idriss DOKONY Bidho street 171 - P.O. Box 10591 - ASMARA Pdt: Mr William NHLAPO Compl. Sportif Mohamed V - Stade - Porte no. 10 Phone +235 523 363 / Fax +235 515 625 Pdt: Col. Desale KALEI Phone +266 22 340601 / Fax +266 22213000 CASABLANCA 20100 [email protected] Phone +291 (1) 11 94 76 / Fax +291 (1) 12 09 67 [email protected] Pdt: Mme Bouchra HAJIJ [email protected] www.nul.ls Phone +212 522 39 28 12 / Fax +212 522 3675 36 COM Comoros, Fed. & Islamic Rep. ~1982 [email protected] Federation Comorienne De Volleyball ETH Ethiopia ~1955 LBR Liberia ~1987 B.P. 990 - MORONI Ethiopian Volleyball Federation Liberia Volleyball Federation MOZ Mozambique ~1978 Pdt: Mr Madiane MOHAMED ISSA P.O. Box 3241 - ADDIS ABABA P.O. Box 913 - Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex - 1000 MONROVIA 10 Federação Moçambicana De Voleibol Phone +269 73 59 27 / Fax +269 73 59 27 Pdt: Mr Begziabher ALEBEL Pdt: Mr Moiffie KANNEH Av. da Malhangalene N° 692 - Caixa Postal - 771 MAPUTO [email protected] Phone +251 (11) 550 95 25 / Fax +251 (11) 55 09 525 Phone +231 6913397 Pdt: Mr Khalid CASSAM [email protected] [email protected] Phone +258 2146 0591 / Fax +258 2146 0591 CGO Congo ~1964 [email protected] Federation Congolaise De Volleyball GAB Gabon ~1965 LBA Libya ~1968 B.P. 2097 - BRAZZAVILLE Federation Gabonaise De Volleyball Libyan Volleyball Federation NAM Namibia ~1991 Pdt: Mr Jean Paul MOPITA P.O. Box 1039 - LIBREVILLE P.O. Box 910 - TRIPOLI Namibian Volleyball Federation Phone +242 055 103 53 Pdt: Mr Frédéric NDOUNDA Pdt: Mr Adnan Abdalla BEKBAK P.O. Box 3671 - 344 Independence Av. [email protected] Phone +24106191143 / Fax +241 70 26 94 Phone +218 21 725 1712 / Fax +218 21 4780484 WINDHOEK [email protected] (President) [email protected] Pdt. Pdt: Mr Joel MATHEUS COD Congo Democratic Republic ~1964 www.libyavbf.com Phone +264 061 255 253 / Fax +264 88 613 752 Federation De Volleyball Du Congo GAM Gambia ~1972 [email protected] P.O. Box 6219 - 10, rue Dima - KINSHASA 6 Gambia Volleyball Association MAD Madagascar ~1964 www.namibiavolleyball.org Pdt: Mrs Adèle MPIDI A SHAMP P.O. Box 1556 - BANJUL Federation Malagasy De Volleyball Phone +243 81 65 34905 Pdt Pdt: Mr Yunusa BARRY Lot II M 51 Bis Besarety - B.P. 4108 - ANTANANARIVO 101 NIG Niger ~1964 [email protected] Phone +220 4 497441 / Fax +220 4 49 74 42 Pdt : Mme Clarisse RANDRIANILANA BAKOLY Fédération Nigerienne De Volleyball [email protected] Phone +261 20 24 381 28 Stage Général Seyni KOUNTCHE, Porte 1059 CIV Côte d‘Ivoire ~1964 [email protected] B.P. 13865 - NIAMEY Federation Ivoirienne De Volleyball GHA Ghana ~1961 Pdt: Mr Badr ISSOUF ZOUDI Stade Champroux - Marcory Ghana Volleyball Association MAW Malawi ~1984 Phone +227 21 79 32 34 / Fax +227 20 72 59 24 18 BP 3458 - ABIDJAN 18 P.O. Box JT-23 - Jamestown - ACCRA Volleyball Association Of Malawi [email protected] Pdt : Mr Kone SANGA ISSOUF Pdt: Mr Paul ATCHOE P.O. Box 20644 - LILONGWE 2 Phone +225 21 26 86 88 / Fax +225 21 26 86 88 Phone +233 572700251 / Fax +233 (21) 662 281 Pdt: Mr Jappie MHANGO [email protected] [email protected] Phone +265 179 09 75 / Fax +265 177 52 56 [email protected]

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NGR Nigeria ~1972 SUD Sudan ~1972 CEV Federation Contacts Nigeria Volleyball Federation Sudan Volleyball Association Indoor Sports Hall (Package B) - National Stadium Complex - P.O. Box 8017 - Alamarat 12217 - KHARTOUM European Volleyball Confederation P.M.B. 287 GARKI, ABUJA Pdt: Mr Omer Elhag Mohamed ELHAG Pdt: Engr Habu Ahmed GUMEL Phone +249 155 151 167 / Fax +249 155 151 165 Phone +234 803 43 59 536 / Fax +234 9 524 02 96 [email protected] — — [email protected] 6, Rue de la Fonderie President: André Meyer (LUX) SWZ Swaziland ~1984 L-1531 Luxembourg Administrative Director: Thorsten Endres (GER) RWA Rwanda ~1978 Swaziland National Volleyball Association Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Press Officer: Federico Ferraro (ITA) Federation Rwandaise De Volleyball (FRVB) P.O. Box 1818 - MBABANE Phone +352 25 46 46 1 / Fax +352 25 46 46 40 Phone +352 25 46 37 / Fax +352 25 46 46 38 B.P. 3991 - Stade National Amahoro de Remera KIGALI Pdt: Mr Eric SIBANDA [email protected] [email protected] Pdt: Mr Gustave NKURUNZIZA Phone +268 313 4370 / Fax +268 313 4409 www.cev.lu Phone +250 252 58 70 89 / Fax +250 252 58 70 89 [email protected] [email protected] Pdt TAN Tanzania ~1984 STP Sao Tome and Principe ~1984 Tanzania Volleyball Association Federação Santomense De Voleibol P.O. Box 10496 - DAR ES SALAAM Affiliated National Federations Parque de Jogos do ex-Snecia - Caixa Postal N. 42 - SAO TOME Pdt: Mr Agustino Israel AGAPA Pdt: Mr José Luis DE JESUS Phone +255 27 26 44 431 / Fax +255 27 26 44 432 Phone +239 2221604 / Fax +239 (2) 223 32 [email protected] ALB Albania ~1949 BEL Belgium ~1947 [email protected] Federata Shqiptare E Volejbollit Federation Royale Belge De Volleyball TOG Togo ~1968 Dritan Hoxha pall. 92 H.15 - Postal Code 1026 Nj. Bashkiake 11 - TIRANA Heestraat 138 - 3740 BILZEN-HEES - BRUXELLES SEN Senegal ~1961 Federation Togolaise De Volleyball Pdt: Mr Adrian DOÇI Pdt: Mr Willy BRUNINX Federation Senegalaise De Volleyball Stade Omnisports de Lomé - B.P. 2033 - LOME Phone +355 445 00 638 / Fax +355 445 00 637 Phone +32 12 45 22 71 / Fax +32 (2) 788 21 01 Stadium Marius NDIAYE - Avenue Bourguiba Dakar - 2325 DAKAR Pdt: Mr Essossanneyou NDADIYA [email protected] [email protected] Pdt: Prof Mamadou NDOYE Phone +228 22 34 40 93 / Fax +228 222 57 90 www.fshv.org www.volleyvvb.be Phone +221 30 103 92 55 / Fax +22 (1) 33 825 80 93 [email protected] [email protected] www.ftvb.tg AND Andorra, Principality of ~1987 BLR Belarus ~1991 Federaciao Andorrana De Voleibol Volleyball Federation Of The Republic Of Belarus SEY Seychelles ~1982 TUN Tunisia ~1957 Casal de l‘Esport - Baixada del Moli 31 - ANDORRA LA VELLA - AD 500 Kalvariiskaya Str. 25, 427 - 220073 MINSK Seychelles Volleyball Federation Federation Tunisienne De Volleyball Pdt: Sr Eloi TORRES Pdt: Mr Boris BATOURA P.O. Box 580 - Victoria - MAHE Maison des Fédérations Sportives - 1er étage Phone +376 890 381 / Fax +376 89 03 59 Phone +375 17 252 50 59 / Fax +375 17 252 50 59 Pdt: Mr Jude FLORENTINE Av. MedAli Akid - B.P. 51 - CITE OLYMPIQUE 1003 - TUNIS [email protected] [email protected] Phone +248 32 13 20 / Fax +248 32 13 20 Pdt: Mr Mounir BEN SLIMANE www.fav.ad www.bvf.by [email protected] Phone +216 (71) 755 100 / Fax +216 (71) 236 999 [email protected] ARM Armenia ~1991 BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina ~1992 SLE Sierra Leone ~1964 Volleyball Federation Of The Republic Of Armenia Volleyball Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina Fédération De Volleyball De La Sierra Leone UGA Uganda ~1982 Abovyan 43 str., apt. 401 - P.O. Box 025 - 0009 YEREVAN Alipasina 14 L - 71000 SARAJEVO Private Mail Bag 208 - FREETOWN Uganda Volleyball Federation Pdt: Mr Arthur BAGHDASARYAN Pdt: Mr Milutin POPOVIC Pdt: Mr Christopher E. F. JOHN Lugogo Indoor Stadium - P.O. Box 11232 - KAMPALA Phone +374 91 429 129 / Fax +374 10 54 66 96 Phone +387 33 552891 / Fax +387 33 55 28 90 Phone +232 76 670 461 / Fax +232 (22) 22 40 52 Pdt: Mr Nasiwu Zaid SADIK [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Fax +256 414 258350 www.avf.am www.osbih.ba [email protected] SOM Somalia ~1972 AUT Austria ~1953 BUL Bulgaria ~1949 Somali Volleyball Federation ZAM Zambia ~1970 Oesterreichischer Volleyballverband Bulgarian Volleyball Federation P. O. Box 248 - MOGADISHU 2521 Zambia Volleyball Association Prinz Eugenstrasse 12 - 1040 WIEN 25, Nezabravka str. - 1113 SOFIA Pdt: Mr Omer Elhag Mohamed ELHAG P.O. Box 50917 - 17 Enock Kavu Road - LUSAKA Pdt: Dr Peter KLEINMANN Pdt: Mr Dancho LAZAROV Phone +2521 215663 / Fax +2525 942999 Pdt: Dr Gabriel MUYINDA Phone +43 (1) 7294190 / Fax +43 (1) 7294190601 Phone +359 2 902 64 40 / Fax +359 (2) 981 23 32 [email protected] Phone +260 1 253 464 / Fax +260 1 253 464 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.volleynet.at www.volleyball.bg RSA South Africa ~1992 Volleyball South Africa (VSA) ZIM Zimbabwe ~1982 AZE Azerbaijan ~1991 CRO Croatia ~1946 Office Number 4 North side, Johannesburg Stadium 124 Van Beek Street - Zimbabwe Volleyball Association Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation Croatia Volleyball Association 2001 NEW DOORNFONTEIN 2nd Floor Kuwirirana House Byul-Byul Av., 12 - 1000 BAKU Haulikova 6 - 10 000 ZAGREB Pdt: Mr Sundrasegren REDDY 7 George Silundika House - P.O. Box 5257 - HARARE Pdt: Mr Ziya Arzuman Oglu MAMEDOV Pdt: Mr Zdeslav BARAC Phone +27 (11) 402 1703 / Fax +27 (11) 402 4397 Pdt: Mr Fredreck NDLOVU Phone +994 (12) 498 0984 / Fax +994 (12) 498 0984 Phone +385 1 5634835 / Fax +385 1 4577 307 [email protected] Phone +263 4 250571 / Fax +263 4 77 82 42 [email protected] [email protected] www.volleyballsa.co.za [email protected] www.azvolley.org www.hou.hr

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CYP Cyprus ~1980 FIN Finland ~1957 HUN Hungary ~1947 LIE Liechtenstein ~1978 Cyprus Volleyball Federation Finnish Volleyball Association Hungarian Volleyball Federation Liechtensteiner Volleyball-Verband P.O. Box 25600 - Ionos 20, Engomi - 1310 NICOSIA Radiokatu 20 - 00093 SLU / HELSINKI Istvánmezei út 1-3 - 1146 BUDAPEST Postfach 365 - 9490 VADUZ Pdt: Mr Damianos HADJIDAMIANOU Pdt: Mr Pasi SYDÄNLAMMI Pdt: Mr Csaba POOR Pdt: Mr Philippe SCHÜRMANN Phone +357 22 44 98 10 / Fax +357 22 44 98 13 Phone +358 9 348 121 / Fax +358 9 147 746 Phone +36 (1) 460 68 89 / Fax +36 (1) 460 68 90 Phone +423 2 30 03 00 / Fax +423 2 30 03 01 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.volleyball.org.cy www.lentopalloliitto.fi www.hunvolley.hu www.lvbv.li

CZE Czech Republic ~1947 FRA France ~1947 ISL Iceland ~1974 LTU Lithuania ~1991 Czech Volleyball Federation Federation Française De Volleyball Icelandic Volleyball Association Lithuanian Volleyball Federation Zatopkova 100/2 - PS 40 - 160 17 PRAHA 6 - STRAHOV 17, Rue Georges Clémenceau Sport Center Laugardalur - Ithrottamidstodinni Laugardal 104 REYKJAVIK Zemaites Str. 6 - 03117 VILNIUS Pdt: Mr Zdenek HANIK 94607 CHOISY LE ROI CEDEX Pdt: Mr Jason IVARSSON Pdt: Mr Marius VASILIAUSKAS Phone +420 (2) 45 006 210 / Fax +420 (2) 45 006 209 Pdt: Mr Yves BOUGET Phone +354 514 41 11 / Fax +354 514 41 12 Phone +370 (5) 233 39 01 / Fax +370 (5) 233 39 01 [email protected] Phone +33 (1) 5842 22 22 / Fax +33 (1) 5842 22 32 [email protected] [email protected] www.cvf.cz [email protected] www.bli.is www.ltf.lt www.ffvb.org DEN Denmark ~1955 IRL Ireland (Eire) ~1982 LUX Luxembourg ~1951 Dansk Volleyball Forbund GEO Georgia ~1991 Volleyball Association Of Ireland Federation Luxembourgeoise De Volleyball Hojager 18 - 2670 GREVE Georgian Volleyball Federation First Floor, 141 Thomas Street - DUBLIN 8 3 Route d‘Arlon - L-8009 Strassen - LUXEMBOURG Pdt: Mr Erik JACOBSEN 8a, Kiev Str. - 0159 TBILISI Pdt: Mr Desmond CURRIVAN Pdt: Mr Guy ERPELDING Phone +45 43 90 34 06 / Fax +45 43 63 24 10 Pdt: Mr Irakli CHACHUA Phone +353 (1) 670 71 65 / Fax +353 (1) 670 71 67 Phone +352 48 41 86 / Fax +352 48 41 81 [email protected] Phone +995 (322) 95 03 55 / Fax +995 (322) 95 03 55 [email protected] [email protected] www.volleyball.dk [email protected] www.volleyballireland.com www.flvb.lu

ENG England ~1964 GER Germany ~1957 ISR Israel ~1953 MLT Malta ~1984 Volleyball England Sportpark German Volleyball Federation Israel Volleyball Association Malta Volleyball Association No. 3 Oakwood Drive – Loughborough - LEICESTERSHIRE LE11 3QF Otto-Fleck-Schneise 8 6, Shitrit Street - Hadar Yosef - TEL AVIV 69482 Cottonera Sports Complex - Vjal il-Kottoner Pdt: Mr. Geoff ALLEN 60528 FRANKFURT AM MAIN Pdt: Mr Arie LOCKER CSP01 COSPICUA Phone +44 (1509) 227722 / Fax +44 (1509) 227733 Pdt: Mr Thomas KROHNE Phone +972 3 649 74 44 / Fax +972 3 649 59 99 Pdt: Mr Branco VLAHOVIC [email protected] Phone +49 (69) 69 500 10 / Fax +49 (69) 69 50 0124 [email protected] Phone +356 2122 1590 / Fax +356 21 82 12 43 www.volleyballengland.org [email protected] www.iva.org.il [email protected] www.volleyball-verband.de www.maltavolleyball.org EST Estonia ~1948 NIR Ireland, Northern (Ulster) ~1982 Estonian Volleyball Federation (EESTI VORKPALLI LIIT) GIB Gibraltar ~1984 Volleyball Association MLD Moldova ~1992 Tondi 84 - 11316 TALLINN Gibraltar Volleyball Association President‘s Office NIVA Volleyball Federation Of The Republic Of Moldova Pdt: Mr Hanno PEVKUR P.O. Box 456 - GIBRALTAR 21 Broughton Park - Ravenhill - BELFAST BT6 0BD Str. I. Creanga 45 of 13 - 2064 CHISINAU Phone +372 603 1552 Gen. Sec. / Fax +372 603 1551 Pdt: Mrs Emma LABRADOR Pdt: Mr Patrick G. MURPHY Pdt: Mr Artur ROMASCAN [email protected] Phone +350 44 965 / Fax +350 495 74 Phone +44 28 90 36 63 73 / Fax +44 87 04 32 25 59 Phone +373 22 59 32 27 / Fax +373 22 59 32 27 www.evf.ee [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.nivb.com/index.php MKD Former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia ~1993 GRE Greece ~1951 MON Monaco, Principality of ~1988 Volleyball Federation Of The Former Y.R. Of Macedonia Federation Hellenique De Volleyball ITA Italy ~1947 Fédération Monégasque De Volleyball KK Rabotnicki BB - P.O. Box 118 Olympic Aquatic Center (OAKA) Federazione Italiana Pallavolo Stade Louis II - 7, Av. des Castelans 1000 SKOPJE Spiyrou Loui 151 23 MAROUSI ATHENS Via Vitorchiano, 107/109 - 00189 ROME MC-98000 MONACO Pdt: Mr Petar JOVANOVSKI Pdt: Mr Achilleas MAVROMATIS Pdt: Mr Carlo MAGRI Pdt: Mr Christian PALMARO Phone +389 (2) 31 61 605 / Fax +389 (2) 31 61 605 Phone +30 210 6801 950 / Fax +30 210 6801 960 Phone +39 06 368 594 17/18/19 Pdt Phone +377 97 98 10 98 / Fax +377 97 98 10 98 [email protected] [email protected] Fax +39 06 36 85 94 20 Pdt [email protected] www.volleyball.gr [email protected] www.federation-volleyball@mc FER Faroe Islands ~1978 www.federvolley.it Faroe Islands Volleyball Association GRL Greenland ~1955 MNE Montenegro ~2006 Flogbóltssamband Foroya Greenlandic Volleyball Federation LAT Latvia ~1942 Volleyball Federation Of Montenegro P.O. Box 1021 - 110 TORSHAVN Gertrud Raskvej 53 - P.O. Box 191 - 3900 NUUK Volleyball Federation Of Latvia 19 Decembar br. 5 - 81000 PODGORICA Pdt: Mr Jakup FJALLSBAK Pdt: Mr Ove THOMASSEN Grostonas 6B - 418 - RIGA 1013 Pdt: Mr Cvetko PAJKOVIC Phone +298 21 87 66 / Fax +298 31 24 21 Phone +299 32 89 13 GS / Fax +299 32 01 06 Pdt: Mr Atis SAUSNITIS Phone +382 20 665 115 / Fax +382 20 665 113 [email protected] [email protected] Phone +371 67 87 6317 / Fax +371 67 33 43 59 [email protected] - [email protected] www.fbf.fo www.volleyball.gl [email protected] www.oscg.me www.volejbols.lv www.volleybal.nl

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NED Netherlands ~1947 SCO Scotland ~1970 TUR Turkey ~1949 UKR Ukraine ~1991 Nederlandse Volleyball Bond (NeVoBo) Scottish Volleyball Association Turkish Volleyball Federation Ukrainian Volleyball Federation P.O. Box 2659 Huis van de Sport - Wattbaan 31-49 48 The Pleasance - EDINBURGH EH8 9TJ Emniyet Mahallesi Bogazici Sokak No: 5/A - Bestepe - ANKARA Str. Triokhsviatitelska, 13, of. 5 - P.O. Box B-17 - 01001 KIYIV 3439 ML NIEUWEGEIN Pdt: Ms Melissa COUTTS Pdt: Mr Ozkan MUTLUGIL Pdt: Mr Volodymyr TUROVSKYI Pdt: Mr Hans NIEUKERKE Phone +44 (131) 556 46 33 / Fax +44 (131) 557 4314 Phone +90 312 221 40 40 / Fax +90 312 221 40 10 Phone +380 (44) 279 90 26 / Fax +380 (44) 279 90 26 Phone +31 30 75 13 600 / Fax +31 30 75 13 601 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.scottishvolleyball.org www.voleybol.org.tr www.uvf.com.ua www.volleybal.nl SRB Serbia ~1947 WAL Wales ~1989 NOR Norway ~1949 Volleyball Federation Of Serbia Volleyball Wales Norges Volleyball Forbund Terazije 35/II - 11000 BEOGRAD 13, Beckgrove Close - CARDIFF CF24 2SE Serviceboks 1 - Ulleval stadion - 0840 OSLO Pdt: Mr Aleksandar BORICIC Pdt: Mrs Yvonne SAKER Pdt: Mr Stein-Gunnar BONDEVIK Phone +381 11 323 13 57 / Fax +381 11 32 32 985 Phone +44 29 20 41 65 37 / Fax +44 29 20 41 67 68 Phone +47 21 02 90 00 / Fax +47 22 02 62 00 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.ossrb.org www.volleyballwales.org www.volleyball.no SVK Slovakia ~1993 POL Poland ~1947 Slovak Volleyball Federation Polski Zwiazek Pilki Siatkowej Junacka, 6 - 832 80 - BRATISLAVA UL. PULAWSKA 383 - 02-801 WARSZAWA Pdt: Mr Lubor HALANDA Phone +48 (22) 462 82 20 / Fax +48 (22) 462 82 49 Phone +421 (2) 4924 92 84 / Fax +421 (2) 4924 95 66 [email protected] [email protected] www.pzps.pl www.svf.sk CSV Federation Contacts POR Portugal ~1947 SLO Slovenia ~1991 South American Volleyball Confederation Federação Portuguesa De Voleibol Volleyball Federation Of Slovenia Avenida de França 549 - 4050-279 PORTO Celovska Cesta 25 - 1000 LJUBLJANA Pdt: Mr Vicente Henrique GONCALVES DE ARAUJO Pdt: Mr Metod ROPRET — — Phone +351 (22) 834 95 70 / Fax +351 (22) 832 54 94 Phone +386 (1) 438 53 70 / Fax +386 (1) 438 53 75 Avenida das Américas, nº 700 Bloco 6 sala 232 President: Rafael LLOREDA CURREA (COL) [email protected] [email protected] Barra da Tijuca Rio de Janeiro 202640-100 Brazil Executive Director: Mauricio LEVY (BRA) www.fpvoleibol.pt www.odbojka.si Phone +55 (21) 2132 7857 / 7255 / Fax +55 (21) 2493 1179 Press Officer: Marcia Loureiro (BRA) [email protected] Phone/Fax: +55 (21) 2247 3442 ROU Romania ~1947 ESP Spain ~1953 www.voleysur.org [email protected] Federatia Romana De Volei Real Federacion Española De Voleibol 16 Vasile Conta Street - Sector 2 c/ Augusto Figueroa, 3-2º - 28004 MADRID BUCHAREST 020954 Pdt: Mr Agustin Martin SANTOS Pdt: Mr Gheorghe VISAN Phone +34 91 701 40 90 Federation / Fax +34 91 701 40 94 Federation Phone +40 (21) 317 17 48 / Fax +40 (21) 317 17 48 [email protected] Affiliated National Federations [email protected] www.rfevb.com www.frvolei.ro ARG Argentina ~2004 BRA Brazil ~1947 SWE Sweden ~1961 Federacion Del Voleibol Argentino (FEVA) Confederação Brazileira De Voleibol RUS Russia ~1991 Swedish Volleyball Association Av. Monroe 2142 - 1° piso - CP C1428 - BLH Av. das Américas 700/ bl 7 Volleyball Federation Of Russia Tralgränd 2 - 116 68 STOCKHOLM CIUDAD AUTONOMA DE BUENOS AIRES Shopping Città America Barra da Tijuca 8, Luzhnetskaya nab. - Office 370 - MOSCOW 119992 Pdt: Mr Saffet ERAYBAR Pdt: Prof Juan Antonio GUTIERREZ CEP: 22640-100 RIO DE JANEIRO Pdt: Mr Stanislav SHEVCHENKO Phone +46 86 27 40 85 / Fax +46 8 28 1452 Phone +54 (11) 4780 4202 / Fax + 54 11 4782 3340 Pdt : Mr Walter Pitombo LARANGEIRAS Phone +7 (495) 637 00 00 President / Fax +7 (495) 637 09 71 GS [email protected] [email protected] Phone +55 21 2114 7272 / Fax +55 21 2114 7291 [email protected] www.volleyboll.se www.feva.org.ar [email protected] www.volley.ru www.volei.org.br SUI Switzerland ~1957 BOL Bolivia ~1966 SMR San Marino ~1987 Swiss Volley Federacion Boliviana De Voleibol CHI Chile ~1959 Federazione Sammarinese Pallavolo (FSPAV) Zieglerstrasse 29 - Postfach 318 Calle México N° 1638 - esq. Otero de la Vega 11572 LA PAZ Federacion Del Voleibol De Chile Via Rancaglia 22 - 47899 SERRAVALLE 3000 BERN 14 Pdt: Sr Mario ARCE BARRON Ramon Cruz 1176 Ñuñoa SAN MARINO Pdt: Mr Christoph STERN Phone +591 (22) 310 213 / Fax +591 (22) 316 419 SANTIAGO DE CHILE Pdt: Mr Gian Luigi LAZZARINI Phone +41 61 931 22 27 / Fax +41 (31) 387 37 58 [email protected] Pdt: Sr José BELTRAN GUTIERREZ Phone + 378 0549 88 56 78 / Fax +378 0549 88 56 76 [email protected] www.boliviavolei.org Phone +56 2 272 8815 / Fax +56 2 272 1739 [email protected] - [email protected] www.volleyball.ch [email protected] www.fspav.sm www.fevochi.cl

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Affiliated National Federations GUY Guyana ~1966 NORCECA Federation Contacts Guyana Volleyball Federation ARG Argentina ~2004 C/ Olympic House - 76 High Street, North, Central America and Caribbean Federacion Del Voleibol Argentino (FEVA) Kingston GEORGETOWN Av. Monroe 2142 - 1° piso - CP C1428 - BLH Pdt: Mr John FLORES Volleyball Confederation CIUDAD AUTONOMA DE BUENOS AIRES Phone +592 223 63 76 / Fax +592 223 53 22 Pdt: Prof Juan Antonio GUTIERREZ [email protected] — — Phone +54 (11) 4780 4202 / Fax + 54 11 4782 3340 Ave. 27 de Febrero Esq. Máximo Gómez President: Cristóbal Marte Hoffiz (DOM) [email protected] PAR Paraguay ~1955 Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte Press Officer: Roosevelt Comarazamy (DOM) ra www.feva.org.ar Federacion Paraguaya De Voleibol Pabellón de Voleibol 3 planta Phone +1 809 566 7264 / Fax +1 809 227 3242 Eusebio Ayala Km 4,5 Apto. Postal 2706 Santo Domingo [email protected] BOL Bolivia ~1966 Secretaria nacional de deportes Dominican Republic Federacion Boliviana De Voleibol Gimnasio de la Federacion Paraguaya de Voleibol Phone +1 809 472 1222 / Fax +1 809 227 3242 Calle México N° 1638 - esq. Otero de la Vega 11572 LA PAZ 1209 ASUNCION [email protected] Pdt: Sr Mario ARCE BARRON Pdt: Mr Bruno ZUBIZARRETA www.norceca.org Phone +591 (22) 310 213 / Fax +591 (22) 316 419 Phone +595 21 426095 / Fax +595 21 426095 [email protected] [email protected] www.boliviavolei.org PER Peru ~1955 BRA Brazil ~1947 Federacion Peruna De Voleibol Affiliated National Federations IVB British Virgin Islands ~1980 Confederação Brazileira De Voleibol Av. Horacio Urteaga n° 2011 - Coliseo el Olivar - Virgin Islands Volleyball Association (VIVA) Av. das Américas 700/ bl 7 Distrito de Jesús Maria - LIMA 11 P.O. Box 4330 - Road Town - TORTOLA VG 1110 Shopping Città America Barra da Tijuca Pdt: Sr Luis Alberto LINARES PABLO AGU Anguilla ~1991 Pdt : Ms Sabinah CLEMENT CEP: 22640-100 RIO DE JANEIRO Phone +51 1 461 1342 / Fax +51 (1) 431 8727 Anguilla Amateur Volleyball Federation Phone +1 (284) 542 4545 Pdt : Mr Walter Pitombo LARANGEIRAS [email protected] P. O Box 60 - THE VALLEY, AI 2640 [email protected] Phone +55 21 2114 7272 / Fax +55 21 2114 7291 www.fpv.com.pe Pdt: Mr Winston DUNCAN [email protected] Phone +1 (264) 497 5403 / Fax +1 (264) 497 0092 BAR Barbados ~1988 www.volei.org.br URU Uruguay ~1947 [email protected] Barbados Volleyball Association Federacion Uruguaya De Volleyball Barbados Olympic Centre - Sir Garfield Sobers Gymnasium, Wildey CHI Chile ~1959 Calle Canelones 980 ANT Antigua ~1986 ST MICHAEL Federacion Del Voleibol De Chile Casilla de Correo Antigua-Barbuda Amateur Volleyball Association Pdt: Mr John F. GRIFFITH Ramon Cruz 1176 Ñuñoa 11100 MONTEVIDEO 41 Redcliffe Street - P.O. Box 2470 - ST. JOHN‘S Phone +1 (246) 431 57 52 / Fax +1 (246) 429 26 03 SANTIAGO DE CHILE Pdt: Cdor. Julio PEREZ ALFARO Pdt: Mr Wilbur A. HARRIGAN [email protected] Pdt: Sr José BELTRAN GUTIERREZ Phone +598 (2) 900 75 23 / Fax +598 (2) 900 75 23 Phone +1 268 462 08 27/28 / Fax +1 268 462 47 47 www.volleybarbados.com Phone +56 2 272 8815 / Fax +56 2 272 1739 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.uruvoley.org.uy BIZ Belize, C.A. ~1984 www.fevochi.cl AHO Curaçao ~1955 Belize Volleyball Association VEN Venezuela ~1951 Nederlands Antilliaanse Volleybal Bond Navobo 1 Hyde’s Lane - P.O. Box 1839 - BELIZE CITY COL Colombia ~1955 Federacion Venezolana De Voleibol P.O. Box 3195 - Curaçao Pdt: Mr Allan M. SHARP Federacion Colombiana De Voleibol Apartado Postal 316 Pdt: Mr Eric OGENIA Phone +501 223 1725 / Fax +501 223 0738 Coliseo El Campín - Puerta 17 Of. 8, Costado Norte Velodromo Teo Capriles Gimnasio Gaston Portillo Phone +5999 869 3600 Pdt. Home / Fax +5999 461 70 71 [email protected] BOGOTA 2, D.E. MONTALBAN - LA VEGA CARACAS [email protected] www.belizevolleyball.org Pdt : Lic. Carlos Alberto GRISALES Pdt: Sra. Judith RODRIGUEZ [email protected] Phone +57 (1) 211 82 53 / Fax +57 (1) 255 00 75 Phone +58 212 471 70 45 / Fax +58 212 44 37 041 BER Bermuda ~1984 [email protected] [email protected] ARU Aruba ~1986 Bermuda Volleyball Association www.fedevolei.com www.fvvb.com.ve Aruba Volleyball Association A.V.A. Suite 885 - 48 Par-la-Ville Road - HAMILTON HM 11 P.O. Box 736 - Caya Ernesto Petronia # 70 ORANJESTAD Pdt: Ms Elisabeth RAE ECU Ecuador ~1951 Pdt: Mrs Filomena DANIEL CURIEL Phone +1 (441) 291 1898 / Fax +1 (441) 295 8355 Federacion Ecuatoriana De Voleibol Phone +297 567 89 55 / Fax +297 568 41 66 [email protected] Ladron de Guevara y Toledo Affiliated regional Federation [email protected] www.bermudavolleyball.bm Palacio de los Deportes (Coliseo Rumiñahui) - QUITO FGU French Guyana ~1997 BAH Bahamas ~1968 IVB British Virgin Islands ~1980 Pdt : Sr Lauro Hipolito CEDEÑO COBEÑA Ligue De Guyane De Volleyball Bahamas Volleyball Federation Virgin Islands (UK) Volleyball Association (VIVA) Phone +593 4 255 0545 / Fax +593 4 255 0545 B.P. 1178 - 53 Rue René Jadfard, 97346 CAYENNE CEDEX P.O. Box CB 11471 - NASSAU P.O. Box 4330 - Road Town - TORTOLA VG 1110 [email protected] Pdt: Mr Cristophe DALPHRASE Pdt: Mr Joseph SMITH Pdt: Ms Sabinah CLEMENT www.voleibolecuador.org Phone +594 28 74 74 / Fax +594 28 74 72 Phone +1 (242) 324 4637 Pdt / Fax +1 (242) 367 0129 Phone +1 (284) 542 4545 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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CAN Canada ~1959 GRN Grenada ~1989 MTS Montserrat ~1986 VIN St-Vincent, West Indies ~1987 Volleyball Canada Grenada Volleyball Association Montserrat Volleyball Association St Vincent And The Grenadines Volleyball Association 1A-1084 Rue Kenaston Street - OTTAWA, ONTARIO K1B 3P5 c/o Ministry of Sports - Botanical Gardens - ST. GEORGE‘S Government Headquarters/Post Office P.O. Box 2389 - KINGSTOWN Pdt: Mrs Debra ARMSTRONG Pdt : Mr Ralph C. S. LORD Brades PLYMOUTH Pdt: Ms Alana McMASTER Phone +1 613 748 56 81 / Fax +1 613 748 57 27 Phone +1 (473) 439 78 37 Pdt: Mr Denfield MORRIS Phone +1 784 528 6905 / Fax +1 784 457 0208 [email protected] [email protected] Phone +1 664 493 53 34 / Fax +1 664 491 23 42 [email protected] www.volleyball.ca [email protected] GDP Guadeloupe ~1992 SUR Surinam ~1976 CAY Cayman Islands ~1976 Ligue De Guadeloupe De Volleyball NCA Nicaragua ~1980 Surinaamse Volleyball Bond Suvobo Cayman Islands Volleyball Federation Boîte Postale 673 - 97169 POINTE A PITRE CEDEX Federacion Nicaraguense De Voleibol Kennedystraat #13 - PARAMARIBO P.O. Box 10242 APO - GRAND CAYMAN Pdt: Mr Victor BORDELAIS Rotonda el Gueguense 500 mts al sur Pdt: Mr Winston CAIRO Pdt: Mr Kennedy MCGOWAN Phone +590 91 51 22 / Fax +590 91 51 22 Antigua Hacienda El-Retiro (INJUDE) Phone +597 45 07 21 / Fax +597 35 63 41 Phone +1 345 916 4382 / Fax +1 (345) 947 24 83 [email protected] P-260 MANAGUA [email protected] [email protected] Pdt: Ing. Bertha A. CUADRA www.civfweb.netfirms.com GUA Guatemala ~1951 Phone +505 266 08 56 / Fax +505 265 07 33 TRI Trinidad And Tobago ~1964 Federacion Nacional De Voleibol De Guatemala [email protected] Trinidad And Tobago Volleyball Federation CRC Costa Rica ~1970 Gimnasio 7 de Diciembre - Ciudad de Los Deportes Zona 5 - GUATEMALA Building 8, Apartment 5, Olera Heights, Circular Road SAN FERNANDO Federacion Costarricence De Voleibol Fecovol Pdt : Sr Luis Enrique SANTIS BERRIOS PAN Panama ~1968 Pdt: Mr Daymian STEWART Centro Colon Apdo. 655 - 1007 - 92-1009 SAN JOSE Phone +502 2 334 16 29 / Fax +502 2 334 14 03 Federacion Panameña De Voleibol Phone +1 (868) 225 8703 Pdt : Sr José Luis JIMENEZ LAO [email protected] Apt. Postal 00595 - 0835 - Zona 10 - PANAMA [email protected] Phone +506 2 233 04 14 / Fax +506 2 233 04 14 Pdt: Sr Carlos QUINTANA www.ttvf.org [email protected] HAI Haiti ~1959 Phone +507 233 03 57 / Fax +507 233 06 48 www.fecovol.org Federation Haitienne De Volleyball [email protected] USA United States of America ~1947 c/o Comité Olympique Haitien - 48, Rue Clerveaux Immeuble Bouchara - USA Volleyball CUB Cuba ~1955 PETIONVILLE HT6140 PUR Puerto Rico ~1959 4065 Sinton Road, Suite 200 - COLORADO SPRINGS CO 80907-5096 Federacion Cubana De Voleibol Pdt: Mrs Margareth C. GRAHAM Federacion Puertorriqueña De Voleibol Pdt: Mr Doug BEAL Ave. Independencia y Esq. 3ra - Boyeros Phone +509 2 244 01 18 P.O. Box 363711 - SAN JUAN 00936-3711 Phone +1 (719) 228 68 00 / Fax +1 (719) 228 68 99 10800 CIUDAD HABANA [email protected] Pdt: Sr Nelson PÉREZ CRUZ [email protected] Pdt: Sr Ariel SAINZ RODRIGUEZ www.haitivolleyball.org Phone +1 787 282 75 24 / Fax +1 787 282 75 26 www.usavolleyball.org Phone +53 7 6 44 45 46 / Fax +53 7 6 44 45 46 [email protected] [email protected] HON Honduras ~1974 www.fpvoleibol.com ISV Virgin Islands ~1966 Federacion Nacional De Voleibol De Honduras Virgin Islands Volleyball Federation DMA Dominica ~1991 Complejo Deportivo Ing. José S. - Gimnasio N° 2 Jorge A. Galeano - SXM Saint Martin ~2013 P.O. Box 7764 - CHRISTIANSTED, V.I. 00823-7764 Dominica Amateur Volleyball Association AZCONA, TEGUCIGALPA D.C. Dutch St. Marteen National Volleyball Federation Pdt: Ms Lucille R. HOBSON P.O. Box 475 - ROSEAU Pdt: Sr Félix Ambrosio SABIO GONZALEZ PHILIPSBURG Phone +1340 719 09 76 / Fax +1340 719 09 76 Pdt: Mr Albert LOBLACK Phone +504 2239 1744 / Fax +504 2239 1744 Pdt: Mr. Raymond JACOBS [email protected] Phone +1 767 255 4131 Pdt office / Fax +1 767 448 10 51 [email protected] Phone / Fax [email protected] www.fenavoleih.com [email protected]

DOM Dominican Republic ~1955 JAM Jamaica ~1961 SKN St. Kitts ~1988 Affiliated regional Federations Federacion Dominicana De Voleibol Jamaica Volleyball Association St Kitts Amateur Volleyball Association Centro Olimpico Juan Pablo Duarte - Pabellon de Voleibol 3ra planta The Annex, National Arena c/o St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee Av. Maximo Gomes, Esq. 27 de Febrero - SANTO DOMINGO Independence Park Complex - KINGSTON 6 P.O. Box 208 - BASSETERRE GDP Guadeloupe ~1992 Pdt: Mr Ramón A. GARCIA Pdt: Mr. Rudolph SPEID Pdt: Mr Glenn QUINLAN Ligue De Guadeloupe De Volleyball Phone +1 (809) 472 40 09 / 1547/ 1222 / Fax +1 (809) 472 33 37 Phone +1 (876) 857 8112 / Fax +1 (876) 926 8243 Phone +1 (869) 465 26 81 / Fax +1 (869) 466 26 81 Boîte Postale 673 - 97169 POINTE A PITRE CEDEX [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Pdt: Mr Victor BORDELAIS www.fedovoli.org www.jamaicaVolleyball.org www.sknoc.com Phone +590 91 51 22 / Fax +590 91 51 22 [email protected] ESA El Salvador ~1964 MEX Mexico ~1955 LCA St. Lucia ~1986 Federacion Salvadoreña De Voleibol Federacion Mexicana De Voleibol St Lucia Amateur Volleyball Association MQE Martinique ~1992 Calle 6-10, Costado Pte. Gimnasio Nacional “José Adolfo Pineda” Av. Rio Churubusco S/N, edificio CODEME, P.O. Box 1261 - CASTRIES W.I. Ligue De Volleyball De Martinique SAN SALVADOR Ciudad Deportiva - “Magdalena Mixhuca” Pdt: Mr Brian LOUISY Maison des Sports - Pointe de la Vierge Pdt: Mr Oscar A. VALDEZ I. Puerta 9, Oficina 208 y 297 - 08400 MEXICO, D.F Phone +1 758 452 31 65 / Fax +1 758 453 69 07 97256 FORT DE FRANCE Phone +503 7784 1179 / Fax +503 2 298 87 01 Pdt: Lic. Jesus PERALES NAVARRO [email protected] Pdt: Mr Jean-Jacques PUJAR [email protected] Phone +52 55 5650 7792 / Fax +52 55 5803 7094 Phone +596 61 36 12 / Fax +596 61 58 39 [email protected] [email protected] www.fmvb.mx

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Ball not tossed or released at Delay in service Catch the service hit Technical indications

Authorisation to serve Team to serve Change of courts Double contact Four hits Ball crossing the lower space or the server touches the court (end line) or the player steps outside his/her court at the moment of the service hit

Time-out Substitution End of set (or match) Double fault and replay

Player’s Judgement on faults the ball by the first referee Blocking fault or screening Positional or rotation Net touched by player Ball “ in ” Ball ” out “ Ball touched fault

Judgement on the ball by the Reaching beyond the net Attack hit fault line judges

Ball ” in “ Ball ” out “ Ball touched (flag signals) (flag signals) Sanctions

Misconduct warning Misconduct penalty Expulsion

Judgement impossible Ball touched an outside object Disqualification Delay Warning / Delay Penalty

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The libero is a key defender The libero is a skilled defensive player who is fast and is usually first to the ball.

The libero helps keep the rally alive The libero’s main responsibilities are to receive More territory service and defend opposition attacks in a controlled manner in order to enable subsequent attacking The libero is responsible for a options for his/her own team. much greater part of the court than his/her teammates.

“Bump”: a controlled pass between players. “Shoulder roll”: a last resort in defence in order to dig the ball, more common in the women’s game. “Dive”: enables a player to get low to the ground to pull off a great dig or save.

The libero has a special set of rules The libero can replace any back- row player but only when the ball Obviously different Libero is out of play. Front-row The libero may only perform as a The libero wears a different colour shirt in back-row player, therefore cannot order to stand out. Though performing as a serve, block or hit the ball when it leader, the libero cannot be team captain. is higher than the top of the net. Source: FIVB

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On the beach. Service order Serving team wins rally Caution – do not be mislead by the nice appearance: this is a rock-hard sport! player who served before, serves again. Special rules Receiving team wins rally

player who did not serve last time will serve.

Block counts as Overhand pass as attack- Open-handed tip or a team touch. hit only perpendicular dink is not allowed. to the line of shoulders.

Block signals SBlockignals a rsignalse meant to coordinate a strategy between players. One index finger behind the back means the blocker will take the line parallel to the outside of the court while the player at the back covers the diagonal angle. Two index fingers means the blocker takes the diagonal while Court switches Court switches the player at the back covers the shot down the line. Other signals are eBstloacbk liosfh ae d to impleBlmocekn ot ft aacnt ics which Darier emceat bntl otoc ke xploiNt toh eb lock. The teams switch after eTvheer ytea 7 mpso swintist ch after every 7 points oplinpeo antetnatcsk’ .weaknanessgelse. attack. of the ball. in set 1 and 2 or every 5 poinin stest 1in a sendt 2 3 o.r every 5 points in set 3.

Weight [g] Head for a “kill”. From defence to attack with a maximum of 3 hits. 3rd hit: attack Scoring system Try to make a “kill” grounding the ball on the opponent’s court. Beach Volleyball

1 time out per set. Volleyball

2 time outs per set. Graphic: josekdesign.com

Weight [g]

2nd hit: set 1st hit: reception Play the ball to the place where the attacker can do his job. Prevent the ball from touching your court and pass it to the setter.

Object of the game Send the ball over the net to ground it on the opponent’s court or to provoke a fault – and prevent the same effort by the opponent.

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