The Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) (

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: ) is the continental

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for the sports of

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. Its headquarters is located in

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The CSV's origins are still under dispute. Some argue it was founded in

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on February 12, 1946; some, that it was founded in

on July 3 of the same year. Either way, it was formed even before the FIVB itself, and stands as the oldest of all volleyball continental confederations. Up to now (2004), the CSV has had a total of eight presidents, all but one from national federations with some volleyball tradition at a certain point in history: Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia, which is the exception. Following the election of the current president, Brazilian Mr. Ary Graça Filho, in 2003 the headquarters were relocated from

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. The CSV presides over national volleyball federations located in South America and organizes continental competitions such as the

South American Men's Volleyball Championship The Men's South American Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of South America, organized by the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol ( CSV). The initial gap between championships was va ...

(first edition, 1951) and the Pan American Games, sometimes in conjunction with the FIVB and with other confederations, notably

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with whom CSV co-organises the Pan-American tournaments. It also takes part in the organization of qualification tournaments for major events such as the

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or the men's and

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world championships, and of international competitions hosted by one of its affiliated federations.CSV History

Teams

Lately, the only national South American federation with expressive results in international competitions is Brazil, which maintains intensive development programs for men's and women's volleyball. Argentina has some tradition in men's volleyball, but it has shown unmistakable signs of decline: in recent years, Venezuela has been constantly threatening to take its long held position as the second volleyball force of the continent. However, Argentina is still one of the dominant forces in Men's volleyball. With a silver medal at the

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, Peru had a very strong women's volleyball team in the 1980s. Its level of play has nevertheless dropped after the retirement of superstar players like

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and

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. Nevertheless, Peru is still a respectively good team, and one of the main forces of the continent. In recent years, the Junior and Youth categories in both boys and girls categories have started to shine in the CSV; as with their senior teams, Brazil in one of the world main forces in Junior and Youth categories but Argentina and Peru have started to shine in the Boys and Girls category respectively; after the I Youth Olympic Games where Argentinean boys got silver and Peruvian girls took bronze, Argentina claimed the top spot and Peru the third spot at the

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.CSV Affiliated Federations

Affiliated federations

As of 2022, the following 12 national federations were affiliated to the CSV:

Tournaments

Organised entirely by CSV

Men

Men's South American Volleyball Club Championship The South American Men's Volleyball Club Championship is an international men's club volleyball competition organized by the ''Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol'' (CSV), the sport's governing body in South America. The competition was first ...

* U23 South American Volleyball Championship (U23) * Junior South American Volleyball Championship (U21) * Youth South American Volleyball Championship (U19) * Child South American Volleyball Championship (U17)

Women

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Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship The South American Women's Volleyball Club Championship is an international women's club volleyball competition organized by the ''Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol'' (CSV), the sport's governing body in South America. The competition was fi ...

* U22 South American Volleyball Championship (U22) * Junior South American Volleyball Championship (U21) * Youth South American Volleyball Championship (U19) * Child South American Volleyball Championship (U16)

Current champions

Organised alongside NORCECA

Men

Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup The Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup is a men's volleyball tournament organized by NORCECA. Initially, only NORCECA teams participated, but CSV teams have been invited since 2010. The event served as a qualifier for World League and the America's ...

* U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup (U23) * Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup (U21) * Youth Pan-American Volleyball Cup (U19)

Women

Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup The Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup is a Continental Cup organized by NORCECA with teams from all over America ( North-, South- and Central America, and the Caribbean), that served as a qualifier for the World Grand Prix. The tournament als ...

* U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup (U23) * Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup (U20) * Youth Pan-American Volleyball Cup (U18)

Current champions

Beach Tournaments

South American Beach Volleyball Circuit The South American Beach Volleyball Circuit is a unisex sport competition for national teams in the sport of beach volleyball. The championship is held annually by the CSV (the South American volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in wh ...

References

External links

CSV official websiteNational Volleyball Federation of ArgentinaNational Volleyball Federation of BoliviaNational Volleyball Federation of BrazilNational Volleyball Federation of ChileNational Volleyball Federation of ColombiaNational Volleyball Federation of EcuadorNational Volleyball Federation of PeruNational Volleyball Federation of UruguayNational Volleyball Federation of Venezuela
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