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The Game Spreads and FIVB
10 tests · 100 faits · mis à jour le 25 octobre 2026 · markdown
The founding of the FIVB, its presidents and headquarters, the first men's and women's World Championships, the first European Championships, Czechoslovakia as an early power, the beginnings of beach volleyball and its professional growth, the creation of sitting volleyball, and the FIVB's growth around the world.
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Test 1Founding the FIVBFaire un test
The constitutive congress met in Paris in April 1947.
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Fourteen federations from five continents attended.
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Libaud led the FIVB from its founding.
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The congress ran from 18 to 20 April 1947.
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The FIVB keeps its French name.
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One body could set common rules and run world events.
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The first men's World Championship followed in 1949.
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1947, 1949 and 1952.
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The FIVB grew from 14 founders to over 200 members.
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The Paris congress founded the FIVB.
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Test 2Presidents and headquartersFaire un test
Acosta was Mexican and led the FIVB from 1984 to 2008.
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After Acosta's election the head office left Paris.
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The FIVB settled in Lausanne.
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Wei Jizhong of China was the third president.
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Wei Jizhong came from China.
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He led it from 1947 until 1984.
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Lausanne is the Olympic capital.
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France, Mexico, then China.
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1947, 1984, the move after it, then 2008.
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The FIVB moved from Paris to Lausanne.
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Test 3The first men's World ChampionshipsFaire un test
The FIVB held its first World Championship two years after its founding.
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Prague, in Czechoslovakia, hosted it in 1949.
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The Soviet Union beat the hosts to the title.
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The hosts took silver.
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The Soviet Union won again, at home.
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Czechoslovakia won the 1956 title in France.
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Eastern European teams led the early world game.
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Two Soviet titles, then Czechoslovakia.
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1947, 1949 and 1964.
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The Soviet Union won the first title.
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Test 4The first women's World ChampionshipsFaire un test
Women's world titles began three years after the men's.
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It was held in the Soviet Union in 1952.
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The hosts won the first women's title.
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Poland took silver in 1952.
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Japan's women won in Moscow in 1962.
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1949 for men, 1952 for women.
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The Soviet Union won three in a row.
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Three Soviet titles, then Japan.
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Around 1930, 1952 and 1964.
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The first women's World Championship was in 1952.
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Test 5The first European ChampionshipsFaire un test
Europe's first men's championship came in 1948.
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Italy hosted the 1948 championship.
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Czechoslovakia won the 1948 title.
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France took silver in 1948.
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The European Volleyball Confederation organises them.
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The Soviet Union won both.
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Europe had the deepest pool of national teams.
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1948, 1949 and 1952.
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Czechoslovakia first, then two Soviet titles.
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Czechoslovakia won the first European title.
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Test 6Czechoslovakia, an early powerFaire un test
Czechoslovakia was an early European power.
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It won world titles in 1956 and 1966.
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The Soviet Union won gold, Czechoslovakia silver.
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Czechoslovakia was runner-up in 1949, 1952, 1960 and 1962.
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Romania took silver in 1966.
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Czechoslovakia split in 1993.
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National programmes and leagues made them strong.
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Titles over two decades.
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1949, 1956, 1970 and 1974.
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Czechoslovakia won Europe in 1948 and the world in 1956 and 1966.
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Test 7Beach volleyball beginsFaire un test
A net went up at the Outrigger Canoe Club in Waikiki.
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George 'Dad' Center is said to have put it up.
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Beach clubs sprang up on Santa Monica's sands.
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Johnson of the Santa Monica Athletic Club started two-a-side play.
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Short of players, they played two against two.
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More sand meant more room for courts.
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The two-player game became the standard.
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Around 1915, the 1920s and 1930.
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Six a side at first, then Johnson's pairs, which later reached the Olympics.
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The first beach net at Waikiki dates from around 1915.
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Test 8Beach volleyball turns professionalFaire un test
The winners took home a case of soft drinks.
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The Olympia World Championship of Beach Volleyball was played in 1976.
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The Association of Volleyball Professionals was founded in 1984.
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Ipanema hosted the first FIVB beach event.
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The American pair won at Ipanema.
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The men's series started in 1989; women's in 1992.
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The first FIVB World Tour was held in 1997.
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1948, 1976, 1984 and 1987.
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1987, 1989, 1992 and 1996.
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The 1948 event is the first known to offer a prize.
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Test 9Sitting volleyball beginsFaire un test
It was developed in the Netherlands.
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The Dutch Sport Committee devised it in 1956.
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Sitzball, a seated German game without a net, was joined with volleyball.
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It began as a rehabilitation sport.
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It was demonstrated in 1976 before becoming a medal event.
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Women's sitting volleyball was added in 2004.
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German and Dutch clubs met in 1958.
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1956, 1958, 1976 and 1980.
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1976, 1980 and 2004.
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Sitting volleyball was created in the Netherlands.
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Test 10A worldwide gameFaire un test
The FIVB lists over 200 national federations.
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The Asian Volleyball Confederation covers Asia and Oceania.
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The African Volleyball Confederation runs the game in Africa.
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The South American Volleyball Confederation covers South America.
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A larger membership opened the events to the world.
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A net and a ball were enough to start.
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The FIVB governs indoor, beach and snow volleyball.
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1895, around 1915, 1956 and the 2000s.
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1947, 1949, 1964 and today.
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Membership grew from 14 to more than 200.
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Sources
FIVB history pages, Olympic and FIVB results records; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered FIVB rules belong to the Rules category.
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