Swedish Volleyball Federation ( sv, Svenska Volleybollförbundet) is a special sports association for

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. It was established on 3 June 1961 and was appointed into the

Swedish Sports Confederation The Swedish Sports Confederation ( sv, Riksidrottsförbundet, RF) is the umbrella organisation of the Swedish sports movement. Through its member organisations, it has three million members in 22,000 clubs. The Confederation was formed on 31 May 1 ...

in 1961. It is based in Solna. It represents Sweden with national teams like the

Sweden men's national volleyball team The Sweden men's national volleyball team represents Sweden in international men's volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team's biggest success came in 1989, when Sweden won the silver medal at the 1989 European Championship in Örebr ...

and the Sweden women's national volleyball team.

References

External links

Official website
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Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Volleyball in Sweden