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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.
Indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and sitting volleyball. Major achievements in volleyball by nation; Indoor volleyball. List of indoor volleyball world medalists;
Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser; Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser; If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
There is also an NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship, which until 2012 was open to members of all three NCAA divisions,, as there are far fewer men's programs than women's. However, starting in the 2011–12 school year (2011 women's season, 2012 men's season), a Division III championship was established.
20 teams take part in the League round where they are split into 5 groups. After each match the following points are assigned: Winner (3:0 or 3:1) – 3 points; Winner (3:2) – 2 points; Loser (2:3) – 1 point; Loser (1:3 or 0:3) – 0 points; Each pool will be contested in a six-leg double round-robin home-and-away format.
The FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup will be a competition for national teams which will run in concurrence with the Volleyball Nations League. The Challenger Cup will consist of teams not participating in the current edition of the Volleyball Nations League and will feature one host team and seven teams from the five continental confederations ...
The opening set was back-and-forth, point by point until Liz VanderSlice slammed a kill down the line and Kamryn Burbridge put down a block to give Hope a 19-17 lead. Burbridge threw down two more ...
The FIVB Senior World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in volleyball. The teams of the member nations of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), volleyball's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. A points system is used, with ...