Volleyball World League

	Volleyball World League The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The women's version of the competition was called FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. This event should not be confused with the other international volleyball competitions, the World Championship, the World Cup and the World Grand Champions Cup. From 2018, the World League and World Grand Prix was replaced by the men's and women's Nations League and men's and women's Challenger Cup. History Origins The World League was created in 1990 as part of the intensive marketing programme that would become a distinctive mark of the FIVB's activities near the end of the century. The idea was to promote the sport of volleyball by establishing an annual competition that would appeal to audiences all over the world. Winners In the 1990s, the Italians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Volleyball At The 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics featured men's and women's Beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ... for the first time as an official Olympic sport. Men's and Women's indoor volleyball tournaments also took place. Medal table Medal summary References External linksVolleyball {{DEFAULTSORT:Volleyball At The 1996 Summer Olympics 1996 Summer Olympics events O O 1996 International volleyball competitions hosted by the United States Volleyball in Georgia (U.S. state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2002 FIVB Volleyball World League The 2002 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 13th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 27 June to 18 August 2002. The Final Round was held in Belo Horizonte (Main) and Recife (Sub), Brazil. Pools composition Intercontinental round The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the Final Round. If the Final Round hosts Brazil finish lower than second in their pool, they will still qualify along with the best three second teams across all four pools. Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Final round All times are Brasília Official Time ( UTC−03:00). Pool play Pool E Venue: Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife, Brazil Pool F Venue: Mineirinho Arena, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Final four Venue: Mineirinho Arena, Belo Horizonte, Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1995 FIVB Volleyball World League The 1995 FIVB Volleyball World League was the sixth edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 19 May to 9 July 1995. The Final Round was held in Rio de Janeiro (Main) and Belo Horizonte (Sub), Brazil. Pools composition Intercontinental round Pool A Pool B Pool C Final round Pool play Teams from the same pool of Intercontinental Round will not play. Venue: Mineirinho Arena, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Venue: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Finals Venue: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards Final round Best Scorer: Dmitriy Fomin Best Spiker: Gilson Bernardo Best Blocker: Pasquale Gravina Best Server: Gilson Bernardo Intercontinental round Best Scorer: Rafael Pascual Best Spiker: Osvald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1993 FIVB Volleyball World League The 1993 FIVB Volleyball World League was the fourth edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 21 May to 31 July 1993. The Final Round was held in São Paulo, Brazil. Pools composition Intercontinental round Pool A Pool B Final round Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards Most Valuable Player ** Giovane Gávio Best Spiker * Dmitriy Fomin Best Setter * Mauricio Lima Best Blocker * Oleg Shatunov Best Server * Dmitriy Fomin Best Receiver * Gilmar Teixeira Best Digger * Damiano Pippi External links 1993 World League Results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	2014 FIVB Volleyball World League The 2014 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 25th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 28 countries from 23 May to 20 July 2014. The Group 1 Final Round was held in Florence, Italy. Qualification No qualification tournament. All teams of the 2013 edition directly qualified. 10 teams were invited by the FIVB. Format It will be the first time the World League will feature 28 teams, having had 18 teams in 2013 and 16 teams from 2001–03 and 2006–12. The World League featured 8 teams in its inaugural year in 1990, 10 in 1991 and then 12 from 1992–2000 and 2004–05. During the Intercontinental Round, Pools A to E will play double home and away matches, for a total of 12 matches per team. Pool F & G will feature two stand-alone tournaments per pool involving the four teams in the pool. The last ranked team of Group 1 after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 2 Final Round can meet the promotion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2004 FIVB Volleyball World League The 2004 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 15th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 4 June to 18 July 2004. The Final Round was held in Rome, Italy. Pools composition Intercontinental round The Final Round hosts Italy, the winners of each pool and a wild card chosen by the FIVB will qualify for the Final Round. If Italy are ranked first in Pool C, the team ranked second of Pool C will qualify for the Final Round. Pool A Pool B Pool C Final round Venue: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00). First final round Final four Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards Best Scorer (Most Valuable Player) : Andrea Sartoretti Best Spiker : Samuele Papi Best Blocker : Luigi Mastrangelo Best Server : Matey Kaziyski References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1998 FIVB Volleyball World League The 1998 FIVB Volleyball World League was the ninth edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 15 May to 19 July 1998. The Final Round was held in Milan, Italy. Pools composition Intercontinental round Pool A Pool B Pool C Playoff round Pool West Host: Alicante, Spain Pool East Host: Belgrade, Yugoslavia Final round Venue: Forum di Assago, Assago, Italy Final standing Awards Best Scorer: Osvaldo Hernández Best Spiker: Osvaldo Hernández Best Blocker: Andrea Giani Best Server: Roman Yakovlyev External links1998 World League Results {{DEFAULTSORT:Fivb World League 1998 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1994 FIVB Volleyball World League The 1994 FIVB Volleyball World League was the fifth edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 6 May to 30 July 1994. The Final Round was held in Milan, Italy. Pools composition Intercontinental round Pool A Pool B Pool C Final round Venue: Forum di Assago, Assago, Italy Pool play Pool winners of Intercontinental Round will play against runners-up from other pools. Final four Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards Most Valuable Player * Andrea Giani Best Spiker * Kim Se-jin Best Setter * Shin Young-chul Best Blocker * Jan Posthuma Best Server * Lyubomir Ganev Best Receiver * Park Hee-sang Best Digger * Akihiko Matsuda External links 1994 World League Results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1992 FIVB Volleyball World League The 1992 FIVB Volleyball World League was the third edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 1 May to 5 September 1992. The Final Round was held in Genoa, Italy. Pools composition Intercontinental round Pool A Pool B Pool C Playoff round * The top four teams qualified for the final phase. * The results of all the matches in the first round were taken into account for this round. Final round Venue: Palasport di Genova, Genoa, Italy All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00). Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards Most Valuable Player * Lorenzo Bernardi Best Spiker * Marcelo Negrão Best Setter * Raúl Diago Best Blocker * Ruslan Olihver Best Server * Andrea Zorzi Best Receiver * Xiang Chang Best Digger * Jan Posthuma Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1991 FIVB Volleyball World League The 1991 FIVB Volleyball World League was the second edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 10 countries from 17 May to 27 July 1991. The Final Round was held in Milan, Italy. Pools composition Intercontinental round Pool A Pool B Final round Venue: Forum di Assago, Assago, Italy Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards Most Valuable Player ** Andrea Zorzi * Best Spiker ** Ron Zwerver * Best Setter ** Shin Young-chul * Best Blocker ** Martin van der Horst * Best Server ** Ron Zwerver * Best Receiver ** Scott Fortune * Best Digger Scott Fortune External links 1991 World League results {{DEFAULTSORT:Fivb World League 1991 FIVB Volleyball World League FIVB World League Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Volleyball At The 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball competitions (beach and indoor) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from 9 to 24 August 2008. Indoor volleyball events were held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium. Beach volleyball competitions were held from 9 to 22 August 2008 at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park. The 2008 Summer Olympics volleyball competitions brought the introduction of the new ball with a new moulding design making it more softened compared to the Mikasa MVP200. Events 4 sets of medals were awarded in the following events: * Indoor volleyball – men (12 teams) * Indoor volleyball – women (12 teams) * Beach volleyball – men (24 teams) * Beach volleyball – women (24 teams) Medal summary Medal table Medalists See also Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from 7 September to 15 September. Two sitting volleyball team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	Volleyball World League The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The women's version of the competition was called FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. This event should not be confused with the other international volleyball competitions, the World Championship, the World Cup and the World Grand Champions Cup. From 2018, the World League and World Grand Prix was replaced by the men's and women's Nations League and men's and women's Challenger Cup. History Origins The World League was created in 1990 as part of the intensive marketing programme that would become a distinctive mark of the FIVB's activities near the end of the century. The idea was to promote the sport of volleyball by establishing an annual competition that would appeal to audiences all over the world. Winners In the 1990s, the Italians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Volleyball At The 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics featured men's and women's Beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ... for the first time as an official Olympic sport. Men's and Women's indoor volleyball tournaments also took place. Medal table Medal summary References External linksVolleyball {{DEFAULTSORT:Volleyball At The 1996 Summer Olympics 1996 Summer Olympics events O O 1996 International volleyball competitions hosted by the United States Volleyball in Georgia (U.S. state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2002 FIVB Volleyball World League The 2002 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 13th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 27 June to 18 August 2002. The Final Round was held in Belo Horizonte (Main) and Recife (Sub), Brazil. Pools composition Intercontinental round The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the Final Round. If the Final Round hosts Brazil finish lower than second in their pool, they will still qualify along with the best three second teams across all four pools. Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Final round All times are Brasília Official Time ( UTC−03:00). Pool play Pool E Venue: Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife, Brazil Pool F Venue: Mineirinho Arena, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Final four Venue: Mineirinho Arena, Belo Horizonte, Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1995 FIVB Volleyball World League The 1995 FIVB Volleyball World League was the sixth edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 19 May to 9 July 1995. The Final Round was held in Rio de Janeiro (Main) and Belo Horizonte (Sub), Brazil. Pools composition Intercontinental round Pool A Pool B Pool C Final round Pool play Teams from the same pool of Intercontinental Round will not play. Venue: Mineirinho Arena, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Venue: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Finals Venue: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards Final round Best Scorer: Dmitriy Fomin Best Spiker: Gilson Bernardo Best Blocker: Pasquale Gravina Best Server: Gilson Bernardo Intercontinental round Best Scorer: Rafael Pascual Best Spiker: Osvald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1993 FIVB Volleyball World League The 1993 FIVB Volleyball World League was the fourth edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 21 May to 31 July 1993. The Final Round was held in São Paulo, Brazil. Pools composition Intercontinental round Pool A Pool B Final round Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards Most Valuable Player ** Giovane Gávio Best Spiker * Dmitriy Fomin Best Setter * Mauricio Lima Best Blocker * Oleg Shatunov Best Server * Dmitriy Fomin Best Receiver * Gilmar Teixeira Best Digger * Damiano Pippi External links 1993 World League Results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	2014 FIVB Volleyball World League The 2014 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 25th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 28 countries from 23 May to 20 July 2014. The Group 1 Final Round was held in Florence, Italy. Qualification No qualification tournament. All teams of the 2013 edition directly qualified. 10 teams were invited by the FIVB. Format It will be the first time the World League will feature 28 teams, having had 18 teams in 2013 and 16 teams from 2001–03 and 2006–12. The World League featured 8 teams in its inaugural year in 1990, 10 in 1991 and then 12 from 1992–2000 and 2004–05. During the Intercontinental Round, Pools A to E will play double home and away matches, for a total of 12 matches per team. Pool F & G will feature two stand-alone tournaments per pool involving the four teams in the pool. The last ranked team of Group 1 after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 2 Final Round can meet the promotion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2004 FIVB Volleyball World League The 2004 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 15th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 4 June to 18 July 2004. The Final Round was held in Rome, Italy. Pools composition Intercontinental round The Final Round hosts Italy, the winners of each pool and a wild card chosen by the FIVB will qualify for the Final Round. If Italy are ranked first in Pool C, the team ranked second of Pool C will qualify for the Final Round. Pool A Pool B Pool C Final round Venue: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00). First final round Final four Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards Best Scorer (Most Valuable Player) : Andrea Sartoretti Best Spiker : Samuele Papi Best Blocker : Luigi Mastrangelo Best Server : Matey Kaziyski References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1998 FIVB Volleyball World League The 1998 FIVB Volleyball World League was the ninth edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 15 May to 19 July 1998. The Final Round was held in Milan, Italy. Pools composition Intercontinental round Pool A Pool B Pool C Playoff round Pool West Host: Alicante, Spain Pool East Host: Belgrade, Yugoslavia Final round Venue: Forum di Assago, Assago, Italy Final standing Awards Best Scorer: Osvaldo Hernández Best Spiker: Osvaldo Hernández Best Blocker: Andrea Giani Best Server: Roman Yakovlyev External links1998 World League Results {{DEFAULTSORT:Fivb World League 1998 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1994 FIVB Volleyball World League The 1994 FIVB Volleyball World League was the fifth edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 6 May to 30 July 1994. The Final Round was held in Milan, Italy. Pools composition Intercontinental round Pool A Pool B Pool C Final round Venue: Forum di Assago, Assago, Italy Pool play Pool winners of Intercontinental Round will play against runners-up from other pools. Final four Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards Most Valuable Player * Andrea Giani Best Spiker * Kim Se-jin Best Setter * Shin Young-chul Best Blocker * Jan Posthuma Best Server * Lyubomir Ganev Best Receiver * Park Hee-sang Best Digger * Akihiko Matsuda External links 1994 World League Results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1992 FIVB Volleyball World League The 1992 FIVB Volleyball World League was the third edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 1 May to 5 September 1992. The Final Round was held in Genoa, Italy. Pools composition Intercontinental round Pool A Pool B Pool C Playoff round * The top four teams qualified for the final phase. * The results of all the matches in the first round were taken into account for this round. Final round Venue: Palasport di Genova, Genoa, Italy All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00). Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards Most Valuable Player * Lorenzo Bernardi Best Spiker * Marcelo Negrão Best Setter * Raúl Diago Best Blocker * Ruslan Olihver Best Server * Andrea Zorzi Best Receiver * Xiang Chang Best Digger * Jan Posthuma Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1991 FIVB Volleyball World League The 1991 FIVB Volleyball World League was the second edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 10 countries from 17 May to 27 July 1991. The Final Round was held in Milan, Italy. Pools composition Intercontinental round Pool A Pool B Final round Venue: Forum di Assago, Assago, Italy Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final standing Awards Most Valuable Player ** Andrea Zorzi * Best Spiker ** Ron Zwerver * Best Setter ** Shin Young-chul * Best Blocker ** Martin van der Horst * Best Server ** Ron Zwerver * Best Receiver ** Scott Fortune * Best Digger Scott Fortune External links 1991 World League results {{DEFAULTSORT:Fivb World League 1991 FIVB Volleyball World League FIVB World League Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Volleyball At The 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball competitions (beach and indoor) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from 9 to 24 August 2008. Indoor volleyball events were held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium. Beach volleyball competitions were held from 9 to 22 August 2008 at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park. The 2008 Summer Olympics volleyball competitions brought the introduction of the new ball with a new moulding design making it more softened compared to the Mikasa MVP200. Events 4 sets of medals were awarded in the following events: * Indoor volleyball – men (12 teams) * Indoor volleyball – women (12 teams) * Beach volleyball – men (24 teams) * Beach volleyball – women (24 teams) Medal summary Medal table Medalists See also Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from 7 September to 15 September. Two sitting volleyball team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]