The Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) is the governing body of

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 ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

History

The Volleyball Federation of India was formed in the year 1951. Prior to the formation of the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI), the game was controlled by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and at that time the Interstate Volleyball Championship was held every two years from 1936 to 1950 for men only. The first Championship was held in the year 1936 at Lahore (now in Pakistan). In 1951, the Volleyball Federation of India was formed and its first meeting was held in Ludhiana (Punjab).

National teams

Men

* India men's national volleyball team * India men's national under-20 volleyball team * India men's national under-18 volleyball team

Women

India women's national volleyball team Indian women's national volleyball team represents India in international competitions and is managed by the Volleyball Federation of India. In July 2018, Minimol Abraham was appointed as the captain of the Indian national team for the 2018 As ...

* India women's national under-20 volleyball team * India women's national under-18 volleyball team

Tournaments

*Asian Games 1986 The Indian team which was coached by late Achutha Kurup and Sethumadhvan and captained by Cyril Valoor won the bronze medal. The following shared the team in 1986 and since then India has not won any medal in Asian Games till date: * Abdul Basith *

Jimmy George Jimmy George (8 March 1955 – 30 November 1987) is often considered one of the greatest volleyball players of all time and was a member of India men's national volleyball team. He was the first Indian volleyball player to become a prof ...

* K. Udayakumar (Late - died in Heart attack in Trivandrum, Kerala) *Shaikh Kareemullah Khan *Mehar Singh *Kirtesh Kumar Trivedi * Dalel Singh *Sandeep Sharma *Sukhpal Singh * P. V. Ramana * G. E. Sridharan

References

External links

Official website
{{National members of the International Federation of Volleyball

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Organisations based in Chennai 1951 establishments in Madras State Sports organizations established in 1951