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The United States men's national volleyball team has won three gold medals at the 1984, 1988, and 2008 Olympic Games, the 1986 FIVB World Championship, the 1985 and 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup, and the 2014 FIVB World League.
William George Morgan (January 23, 1870 – December 27, 1942) was the inventor of volleyball, originally called "Mintonette", a name derived from the game of badminton which he later agreed to change to better reflect the nature of the sport. [1]
USA Volleyball (USAV) is a non-profit organization which is recognized as the national governing body of volleyball in the United States by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC). [1] It is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and was founded by the YMCA of the USA.
U.S. women’s volleyball qualified for each of the first two Olympic competitions, in 1964 and 1968. They won a grand total of one match at those Games, then failed to qualify in ‘72 and ‘76.
The UTEP volleyball team will play tonight for the NIVC championship match vs. Wichita State. Match time is set for 7 p.m. at Memorial Gym. The Miners are 25-9 overall and defeated South Florida ...
As the birthplace of volleyball, the United States founded the first association to regulate the sport. The United States Volleyball Association was formed in 1927, and was the founding member of FIVB in 1947. [1] However, by the time of volleyball's international growth in the 1940s, the U.S. was no longer a major power.
The United States fell to Poland in five sets, ... Team USA men's volleyball has had mixed results at the Olympics: Despite winning golds in 1984, 1988 and 2008 — and a pair of bronzes in 1992 ...
Nebraska plays its home games at the Bob Devaney Sports Center and has sold out every home match since 2001. [2] The team has been coached by Dani Busboom Kelly since 2025. The program was founded in 1975 and is one of the most decorated in women's volleyball, with more wins than any other program and five national championships. [3]