Volleyball

Christopher Lopez

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball

• International governing body for the

Sport of indoor, beach and grass

volleyball

• 220 affiliated national federations

• President since 2012 Ary Garca

• Season all year long

• 12 players in indoor games

• 2 players in beach games

• Only difference between men and

women is height of net

FIVB

http://www.fivb.org

League headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x26dey

u_fivb-president-ary-s-garca-about-men-s-

world-championship-and-technology-

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Championship

148 teams participate

24 qualify - 4 pools of 6 teams

Top 4 go to 2 pools of 8 teams

Top 3 go to 2 pools of 3 teams

Top 2 go semifinals

Finals

For women 3rd place in each pool play for 5th place

Trophy

Poland

USA

Kerri Walsh – Misty May Treaner

Gold medalist in 3

consecutives Olympics:

2004, 2008, 2012

LinkedIN

Anima sana in corpore sano“a healthy mind in a healthy body”

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• Martial Arts

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Headquarters• Kihachiro Onitsuka founded in 1949

• Headquarters still in his hometown of Kobe, Japan

Website/Job Opportunities

http://www.asicsamerica.com

Sources

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x26deyu_fivb-president-ary-s-

garca-about-men-s-world-championship-and-technology-

improvements-in-volleyball_sport

http://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/Misty-MayTreanor

http://www.fivbheroes.com

http://www.fivb.org/EN/Refereeing-Rules/MultimediaReferees2013/

http://fansided.com/2014/10/12/usa-women-win-fivb-volleyball-world-

championship/