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Volleyball · Level 9: Master · Sub-level 9.2

The Game Spreads and FIVB

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 25 October 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.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Founding the FIVBTake a test

  1. The constitutive congress met in Paris in April 1947.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  2. Fourteen federations from five continents attended.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  3. Libaud led the FIVB from its founding.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  4. The congress ran from 18 to 20 April 1947.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  5. The FIVB keeps its French name.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  6. One body could set common rules and run world events.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  7. The first men's World Championship followed in 1949.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  8. 1947, 1949 and 1952.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  9. The FIVB grew from 14 founders to over 200 members.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  10. The Paris congress founded the FIVB.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

Test 2Presidents and headquartersTake a test

  1. Acosta was Mexican and led the FIVB from 1984 to 2008.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  2. After Acosta's election the head office left Paris.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  3. The FIVB settled in Lausanne.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  4. Wei Jizhong of China was the third president.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  5. Wei Jizhong came from China.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  6. He led it from 1947 until 1984.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  7. Lausanne is the Olympic capital.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  8. France, Mexico, then China.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  9. 1947, 1984, the move after it, then 2008.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  10. The FIVB moved from Paris to Lausanne.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

Test 3The first men's World ChampionshipsTake a test

  1. The FIVB held its first World Championship two years after its founding.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  2. Prague, in Czechoslovakia, hosted it in 1949.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  3. The Soviet Union beat the hosts to the title.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  4. The hosts took silver.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  5. The Soviet Union won again, at home.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  6. Czechoslovakia won the 1956 title in France.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  7. Eastern European teams led the early world game.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  8. Two Soviet titles, then Czechoslovakia.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  9. 1947, 1949 and 1964.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  10. The Soviet Union won the first title.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

Test 4The first women's World ChampionshipsTake a test

  1. Women's world titles began three years after the men's.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  2. It was held in the Soviet Union in 1952.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  3. The hosts won the first women's title.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  4. Poland took silver in 1952.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  5. Japan's women won in Moscow in 1962.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  6. 1949 for men, 1952 for women.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  7. The Soviet Union won three in a row.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  8. Three Soviet titles, then Japan.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  9. Around 1930, 1952 and 1964.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  10. The first women's World Championship was in 1952.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

Test 5The first European ChampionshipsTake a test

  1. Europe's first men's championship came in 1948.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  2. Italy hosted the 1948 championship.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  3. Czechoslovakia won the 1948 title.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  4. France took silver in 1948.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  5. The European Volleyball Confederation organises them.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  6. The Soviet Union won both.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  7. Europe had the deepest pool of national teams.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  8. 1948, 1949 and 1952.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  9. Czechoslovakia first, then two Soviet titles.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  10. Czechoslovakia won the first European title.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

Test 6Czechoslovakia, an early powerTake a test

  1. Czechoslovakia was an early European power.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  2. It won world titles in 1956 and 1966.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  3. The Soviet Union won gold, Czechoslovakia silver.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  4. Czechoslovakia was runner-up in 1949, 1952, 1960 and 1962.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  5. Romania took silver in 1966.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  6. Czechoslovakia split in 1993.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  7. National programmes and leagues made them strong.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  8. Titles over two decades.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  9. 1949, 1956, 1970 and 1974.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  10. Czechoslovakia won Europe in 1948 and the world in 1956 and 1966.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

Test 7Beach volleyball beginsTake a test

  1. A net went up at the Outrigger Canoe Club in Waikiki.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  2. George 'Dad' Center is said to have put it up.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  3. Beach clubs sprang up on Santa Monica's sands.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  4. Johnson of the Santa Monica Athletic Club started two-a-side play.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  5. Short of players, they played two against two.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  6. More sand meant more room for courts.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  7. The two-player game became the standard.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  8. Around 1915, the 1920s and 1930.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  9. Six a side at first, then Johnson's pairs, which later reached the Olympics.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  10. The first beach net at Waikiki dates from around 1915.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

Test 8Beach volleyball turns professionalTake a test

  1. The winners took home a case of soft drinks.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  2. The Olympia World Championship of Beach Volleyball was played in 1976.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  3. The Association of Volleyball Professionals was founded in 1984.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  4. Ipanema hosted the first FIVB beach event.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  5. The American pair won at Ipanema.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  6. The men's series started in 1989; women's in 1992.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  7. The first FIVB World Tour was held in 1997.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  8. 1948, 1976, 1984 and 1987.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  9. 1987, 1989, 1992 and 1996.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  10. The 1948 event is the first known to offer a prize.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

Test 9Sitting volleyball beginsTake a test

  1. It was developed in the Netherlands.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  2. The Dutch Sport Committee devised it in 1956.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  3. Sitzball, a seated German game without a net, was joined with volleyball.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  4. It began as a rehabilitation sport.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  5. It was demonstrated in 1976 before becoming a medal event.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  6. Women's sitting volleyball was added in 2004.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  7. German and Dutch clubs met in 1958.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  8. 1956, 1958, 1976 and 1980.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  9. 1976, 1980 and 2004.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  10. Sitting volleyball was created in the Netherlands.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

Test 10A worldwide gameTake a test

  1. The FIVB lists over 200 national federations.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  2. The Asian Volleyball Confederation covers Asia and Oceania.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  3. The African Volleyball Confederation runs the game in Africa.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  4. The South American Volleyball Confederation covers South America.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  5. A larger membership opened the events to the world.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  6. A net and a ball were enough to start.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  7. The FIVB governs indoor, beach and snow volleyball.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · recall

  8. 1895, around 1915, 1956 and the 2000s.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  9. 1947, 1949, 1964 and today.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

  10. Membership grew from 14 to more than 200.

    Source: FIVB history; Wikipedia: FIVB, World and European Championships, beach and sitting volleyball · applied

Sources

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