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FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification: Qualification: List of FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship finals: List of finals, results by nation, results by confederation: National team appearances in the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship: Debut of national teams, summary: Men's World Cup: FIVB Volleyball Men's ...
Sport Name Age played Year retired American football: Manfred Burgsmüller [1]: 52 years, 182 days 2002 Association football: Ezzeldin Bahader (one-off) [2]: 74 years, 348 days
While it is adherent that volleyball was invented in 1895, and the first world tournaments were held 1949, organized tournaments of ecuavolley were held in 1958, suggesting it could not have spread throughout the world that quickly, which would mean that the national volley game was developed independently and had a convergent evolution. [2]
The new world record they needed to beat was 50,970 strokes, set by a pair from Germany. For their record attempt the brothers rallied with volleys rather than from the baseline as the task was time limited. At the 5 hour and 28 minute mark, after 30,579 strokes, the ball was hit into the net.
William George Morgan (January 23, 1870 – December 27, 1942) was the inventor of volleyball, originally called "Mintonette", a name derived from the game of badminton which he later agreed to change to better reflect the nature of the sport. [1]
The 1984 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 6th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Long Beach , California , United States from July 30 to August 7, 1984.
The tournament has taken place every four years. The most recent World Championship, hosted by Italy in 2014, was won by the United States, who beat China 3–1. [1] [2] Just like the men's tournament the World Championship final match is the last of the competition, and the result determines which country is declared world champions.
The 1960 FIVB Men's World Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 28 October to 11 November 1960 in Brazil . Teams