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The FIFA World Cup official mascots are a series of characters for each World Cup event. The trend began with Willie in 1966 FIFA World Cup, one of the first mascots to be associated with a major sporting competition. The mascot designs represent a characteristic or symbol of the host country, such as flora, fauna, or costume. [1]
Since volleyball was to be added to the Olympic Program in 1964, the 4-cycles were advanced in 2 years after the fourth edition (1960), so that the World Championship may alternate with the Summer Olympic Games. As of 1970, teams from Africa also took part in the competition, and the original goal of having members from all five continental ...
1989 Men's South American Volleyball Championship: 23–30 September 1989 Curitiba: 1 Venezuela: 1989 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship: 15–24 September 1989 Seoul: 1 South Korea: 1989 Men's African Volleyball Championship September 1989 Abidjan: 1 Cameroon: 1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World B Championship 12–22 April 1990 Japan: 3 Sweden ...
The World Cup was created in 1965 with the purpose of partially filling the gap between the two most important volleyball tournaments, the Olympic Games and the World Championship, which take place in alternating four-year cycles. The establishment of a third international competition would leave only one in every four years with no major events.
Andrea Zorzi (born 29 July 1965) is an Italian former volleyball player, won two World Championships with the Italy men's national volleyball team (1990 and 1994). A 201 cm athlete, Zorzi was an effective spiker who played as an opposite hitter. He was popularly known as "Zorro". [1] In 1991, he was declared World's Best Player by the FIVB. [1]
His first cap with Italy national volleyball team was on 27 May 1987, he played for a total of 306 times in "Azzurri" colours, winning two European gold medals in (1989 and 1995), two World Championships (1990 and 1994), three Volleyball World Leagues and the Volleyball World Cup in 1995. His international tally also includes two more gold ...
The national team is controlled by the Italian Volleyball Federation, the governing body for Volleyball in Italy. It is one of the most successful national teams in the history of volleyball, having won four World Championships ( 1990 , 1994 , 1998 and 2022 ), seven European Championships , one World Cup (1995) and eight World League (1990 ...
The 14 World Cup tournaments have been won by six different national teams. China have won five times. The other World Cup winners are Cuba, with four titles; Italy, with two titles; Japan and Russia (as Soviet Union) with one title each. This tournament should not be confused with the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.