Pallavolo · Livello 9: Maestro · Sottolivello 9.2
The Game Spreads and FIVB
10 test · 100 fatti · aggiornato il 25 ottobre 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.
Ogni test qui sotto è fatto di dieci domande su Insporta. L'elenco sotto un test mostra ciò che le domande verificano: un fatto per domanda, con la fonte da cui è stato scritto. Leggilo prima del test, oppure torna qui dopo una risposta sbagliata.
Test 1Founding the FIVBFai un test
The constitutive congress met in Paris in April 1947.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Fourteen federations from five continents attended.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Libaud led the FIVB from its founding.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The congress ran from 18 to 20 April 1947.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The FIVB keeps its French name.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
One body could set common rules and run world events.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The first men's World Championship followed in 1949.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
1947, 1949 and 1952.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
The FIVB grew from 14 founders to over 200 members.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
The Paris congress founded the FIVB.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Test 2Presidents and headquartersFai un test
Acosta was Mexican and led the FIVB from 1984 to 2008.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
After Acosta's election the head office left Paris.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The FIVB settled in Lausanne.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Wei Jizhong of China was the third president.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Wei Jizhong came from China.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
He led it from 1947 until 1984.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Lausanne is the Olympic capital.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
France, Mexico, then China.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
1947, 1984, the move after it, then 2008.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
The FIVB moved from Paris to Lausanne.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Test 3The first men's World ChampionshipsFai un test
The FIVB held its first World Championship two years after its founding.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Prague, in Czechoslovakia, hosted it in 1949.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The Soviet Union beat the hosts to the title.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The hosts took silver.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The Soviet Union won again, at home.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Czechoslovakia won the 1956 title in France.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Eastern European teams led the early world game.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Two Soviet titles, then Czechoslovakia.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
1947, 1949 and 1964.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
The Soviet Union won the first title.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Test 4The first women's World ChampionshipsFai un test
Women's world titles began three years after the men's.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
It was held in the Soviet Union in 1952.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The hosts won the first women's title.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Poland took silver in 1952.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Japan's women won in Moscow in 1962.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
1949 for men, 1952 for women.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The Soviet Union won three in a row.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Three Soviet titles, then Japan.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Around 1930, 1952 and 1964.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
The first women's World Championship was in 1952.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Test 5The first European ChampionshipsFai un test
Europe's first men's championship came in 1948.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Italy hosted the 1948 championship.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Czechoslovakia won the 1948 title.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
France took silver in 1948.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The European Volleyball Confederation organises them.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The Soviet Union won both.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Europe had the deepest pool of national teams.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
1948, 1949 and 1952.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Czechoslovakia first, then two Soviet titles.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Czechoslovakia won the first European title.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Test 6Czechoslovakia, an early powerFai un test
Czechoslovakia was an early European power.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
It won world titles in 1956 and 1966.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The Soviet Union won gold, Czechoslovakia silver.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Czechoslovakia was runner-up in 1949, 1952, 1960 and 1962.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Romania took silver in 1966.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Czechoslovakia split in 1993.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
National programmes and leagues made them strong.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Titles over two decades.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
1949, 1956, 1970 and 1974.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Czechoslovakia won Europe in 1948 and the world in 1956 and 1966.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Test 7Beach volleyball beginsFai un test
A net went up at the Outrigger Canoe Club in Waikiki.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
George 'Dad' Center is said to have put it up.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Beach clubs sprang up on Santa Monica's sands.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Johnson of the Santa Monica Athletic Club started two-a-side play.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Short of players, they played two against two.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
More sand meant more room for courts.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The two-player game became the standard.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Around 1915, the 1920s and 1930.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Six a side at first, then Johnson's pairs, which later reached the Olympics.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
The first beach net at Waikiki dates from around 1915.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Test 8Beach volleyball turns professionalFai un test
The winners took home a case of soft drinks.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The Olympia World Championship of Beach Volleyball was played in 1976.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The Association of Volleyball Professionals was founded in 1984.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Ipanema hosted the first FIVB beach event.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The American pair won at Ipanema.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The men's series started in 1989; women's in 1992.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The first FIVB World Tour was held in 1997.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
1948, 1976, 1984 and 1987.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
1987, 1989, 1992 and 1996.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
The 1948 event is the first known to offer a prize.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Test 9Sitting volleyball beginsFai un test
It was developed in the Netherlands.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The Dutch Sport Committee devised it in 1956.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Sitzball, a seated German game without a net, was joined with volleyball.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
It began as a rehabilitation sport.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
It was demonstrated in 1976 before becoming a medal event.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
Women's sitting volleyball was added in 2004.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
German and Dutch clubs met in 1958.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
1956, 1958, 1976 and 1980.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
1976, 1980 and 2004.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Sitting volleyball was created in the Netherlands.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Test 10A worldwide gameFai un test
The FIVB lists over 200 national federations.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The Asian Volleyball Confederation covers Asia and Oceania.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The African Volleyball Confederation runs the game in Africa.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The South American Volleyball Confederation covers South America.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
A larger membership opened the events to the world.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
A net and a ball were enough to start.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
The FIVB governs indoor, beach and snow volleyball.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · richiamo
1895, around 1915, 1956 and the 2000s.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
1947, 1949, 1964 and today.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Membership grew from 14 to more than 200.
Fonte: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applicazione
Fonti
FIVB history pages, Olympic and FIVB results records; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered FIVB rules belong to the Rules category.
- FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball100