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Pāvels Seļivanovs
Pavels Seļivanovs (born 23 July 1952) is a Latvian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with .... In 1976, Selivanovs was part of the Soviet team that won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. Four years later, he won the gold medal with the Soviet team in the 1980 Olympic tournament. Awards * Olympic volleyball silver medal 1976 * Olympic volleyball gold medal 1980 * Four-time European Championship gold medal 1975, 1977, 1979, 1983 * Two-time FIVB World Championship gold medal 1978, 1982 * Two-time FIVB World Cup gold medal 1977, 1981 References External links Olympedia profile: Pāvels SeļivanovsVolleybox.net profile* ...
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Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to the southeast, and shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9million. The country has a Temperate climate, temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city is Riga. Latvians, who are the titular nation and comprise 65.5% of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of the Balts and speak Latvian language, Latvian. Russians in Latvia, Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population; 37.7% of the population speak Russian language, Russian as their native tongue. After centuries of State of the Teutonic Order, Teutonic, Swedish Livonia, Swedish, Inflanty Voi ...
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FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
The FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. Initially, the tournament was played in the year following the Olympic Games, except for 1973 when no tournament was held, but between 1991 and 2019, the World Cup was awarded in the year preceding the Olympic Games. The 2023 edition, however, did not take place as the qualification tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics was not officially recognized by the FIVB as a World Cup. The last champion was Brazil, who won their third title at the 2019 tournament. The 2019 edition of the competition involved twelve teams. The World Cup (with the exception of the 2019 edition) acted as the first qualification event for the following year's Olympic Games with the top two teams qualifying. There have been a total of 14 World Cups, with six different national teams winning the tournament. Russia is the m ...
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Volleyball At The 1973 Summer Universiade
Volleyball events were contested at the 1973 Summer Universiade in Moscow, Soviet Union. References * Universiade volleyball medalists on HickokSports () U Events at the 1973 Summer Universiade 1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ... International volleyball competitions hosted by the Soviet Union 1973 in Soviet sport {{Volleyball-competition-stub ...
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Universiade
The FISU World University Games, formerly the Universiade, is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The former name is a Blend word, portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred to in English as the World University Games or World Student Games; however, this latter term can also refer to competitions for sub-University grades students. In July 2020 as part of a new branding system by the FISU, it was stated that the Universiade was to be officially branded as the FISU World University Games. The most recent summer event was the 2021 Summer World University Games held in Chengdu, China from 28 July – 8 August 2023, after being postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China, COVID-19 pandemic. It effectively replaced the 2023 Summer World University Games, that was set to be held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, which were cancelled due to the Russian i ...
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1983 Men's European Volleyball Championship
The 1983 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the thirteenth edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in East Germany from September 17 to September 25, 1983. Teams ;Group A – Erfurt * * * * ;Group B – Suhl * * * * ;Group C – East Berlin * * * * Preliminary round Final round Final ranking References Results {{Volleyball European Championship Men's European Volleyball Championships E V Volleyball Volleyball Championship International volleyball competitions hosted by Germany Volleyball in East Germany Men's European Volleyball Championship The Men's European Volleyball Championship (''EuroVolley'') is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation ( CEV). The initial gap between championships was va ...
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1979 Men's European Volleyball Championship
The 1979 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the eleventh edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in France from October 5 to October 12, 1979, with the final round held in Paris. Teams ;Group A – Nantes * * * * ;Group B – Saint-Quentin * * * * ;Group C – Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ... * * * * Preliminary round Final round Final ranking References Results Men's European Volleyball Championships E Volleyball Championship V Volleyball in Paris {{Volleyball-competition-stub ...
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1977 Men's European Volleyball Championship
The 1977 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the tenth edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Helsinki, Finland, Tampere, Turku and Oulu from September 25 to October 2, 1977, with the final round held in Helsinki. Teams ;Group A – Helsinki * * * * * * ;Group B – Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ... * * * * * * Preliminary round Final round Final ranking References Results {{Volleyball European Championship Men's European Volleyball Championships E Volleyball Championship V International sports competitions in Helsinki September 1977 sports events in Europe October 1977 sports events in Europe 1970s in Helsinki ...
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1975 Men's European Volleyball Championship
The 1975 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the ninth edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Skopje, Kraljevo and Subotica, Yugoslavia from October 18 to October 25, 1975, with the final round held in Belgrade. Teams ;Group A – Skopje SRC Kale * * * * ;Group B – Subotica * * * * ;Group C – Kraljevo Kraljevo ( sr-Cyrl, Краљево, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Raška District in central Serbia. It is situated on the confluence of West Morava and Ibar River, Ibar, in the geographical region of ... * * * * Preliminary round Final round Final ranking References Results {{Volleyball European Championship Men's European Volleyball Championships E Volleyball Championship V V 1970s in Belgrade October 1975 sports events in Europe ...
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Men's European Volleyball Championship
The Men's European Volleyball Championship (''EuroVolley'') is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation ( CEV). The initial gap between championships was variable, but since 1975 they have been awarded every two years. The current champion is Poland, which won its second title at the 2023 tournament. History The first tournament was held in 1948 with participation of six national teams. Being only participant from Eastern Europe, Czechoslovakia captured gold. The teams from Eastern Europe dominated at the tournament for next four decades. The next two editions held in 1950 and 1951 were won by the Soviet Union (who also won two World Championships in 1949 and 1952). However, in late 1950s Czechoslovakia returned to first position. They captured European gold in 1955 and repeated this success at next edition in 1958 (also winning World Championship in 1956). In 1963, twice runner-up Romania ...
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Volleyball At The Friendship Games
Volleyball at the Friendship Games was contested in two events. Men's event took place at the Ciudad Deportiva in Havana, Cuba between 18 and 26 August 1984. Women's event took place in Varna, Bulgaria between 8 and 15 July 1984. Men's event Six teams competed in a round-robin tournament. Results Women's event Ten teams were drawn into two groups. Group A Results Group B Results Final round Final Classification 5th–10th Winning teams' squads Medal table See also * Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics References * * {{Friendship Games Friendship Games 1984 in volleyball 1984 in Cuban sport 1984 in Bulgarian sport Friendship Games Volleyball 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 ...
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Friendship Games
The 1984 Friendship Games, or Friendship-84 (, ''Druzhba-84''), was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other Eastern Bloc states which boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Although Friendship Games officials denied that the Games were a counter-Olympic event to avoid conflicts with the International Olympic Committee, the competition was often dubbed the Soviet Bloc's "alternative Olympics". Some fifty states took part in the competition. While the boycotting countries were represented by their strongest athletes, other states sent their reserve teams, consisting of athletes who failed to qualify for the games in Los Angeles. Background On 8 May 1984, less than three months before the 1984 Summer Olympics were scheduled to begin, the Soviet Union announced its decision to boycott the Games, citing lack of security for Soviet athletes in Los Angeles. The TASS news agency further accused th ...
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1986 Goodwill Games
The 1986 Goodwill Games was the inaugural edition of the international multi-sport event created by Ted Turner, which was held from 5 – 20 July 1986. The main stadium was the Luzhniki Stadium, Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. The Games were a response to the Olympic boycotts of the period, which saw the United States refuse to attend the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, and the Soviet Union refusing to attend the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Soviet athletes dominated the competition, winning 118 gold medals and 241 medals overall. The United States finished in second place, with 42 golds and 142 medals in total. Summary A total of 3000 athletes from 79 nations took part in events in eighteen different sports. The Goodwill Games was the first time in ten years that elite athletes from Soviet Union and United States competed against each other in a major summer multi-sport event. In contrast to the selection methods of other ...
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