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2024 PVF season; League: Pro Volleyball Federation: Sport: Volleyball: Duration: January 24 – May 19: Number of games: 24: Number of teams: 7: Total attendance: 376,920
Before 2014, the United States women's national volleyball team had achieved second place six times in major competitions (1967 World Women's Volleyball Championship, 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, 2002 World Women's Volleyball Championship, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, 2011 World Cup, 2012 London Olympic Games) but had never reached the top.
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. [ 1 ] It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964 .
United States national volleyball team in World League 2015. 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]
Boys' volleyball is popular on a regional basis, and by far the greatest number of boys' teams are in Southern California. [26] However, on the national stage, boys' volleyball remains far less popular than the girls' game at the high school level, as borne out by the following statistics from the aforementioned 2022 NFHS survey: [24]
The Japan men's national volleyball team (Japanese: 男子バレーボール日本代表), also referred to as Ryujin Nippon (Japanese: 龍神ニッポン; Lit. trans: Dragon God of Japan) or simply Nippon, represents Japan in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Japan Volleyball Association. [1]
The Germany men's national volleyball team represents Germany in international volleyball competitions. It is governed by the German Volleyball Association.Germany won the gold medal at the 1970 World Championship as East Germany and the bronze medal at the 2014 World Championship.
It is the first Olympics' volleyball medal for the Japanese since the 1984 Summer Olympics. [9] On August 13, 2012, Japan Women's Team was ranked 3rd in the world behind United States women's national volleyball team and Brazil women's national volleyball team.