Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser; 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 ...
Matches take place continuously through two weeks, with one-day breaks every two or three days. Each day, six matches are played. Final standings are calculated by usual volleyball criteria: match points, numbers of matches won, sets ratio (the total number of sets won divided by the total number of sets lost), points ratio, direct confrontation.
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.
Women's volleyball semifinals match between the United States and South Korea at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The opening edition of the volleyball Olympic tournament, in 1964, was won by the host nation Japan. There followed two victories in a row by the Soviet Union, in 1968 and 1972.
How the Hope College volleyball team was able to bounce back to win a fifth set and advance to the NCAA regional final. ... and one on match point to seal a 25-22, 25-15, 16-25, 19-25, 15-10 win ...
The total number of matches in the pool phase will be 96. The finals; The Finals will see the eight strongest teams moving directly to the knockout phase which will consist of eight matches in total: four quarterfinals, two semi-finals and the bronze and gold medal matches. The total number of matches in the final phase will be 8.
The NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament is an annual event that leads to the championship in women's volleyball from teams in Division I contested by the NCAA each winter since 1981. Penn State won the most recent tournament, defeating Louisville 3–1 at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky.