Volleyball World Championships taking shape as European qualification comes to an end
By Gary Anderson
January 6 -
The line-ups for both the men's and women's 2014 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Championships are taking shape after the final rounds of European qualification concluded this weekend, with the Netherlands being the biggest name to miss out.
January 6 -
The line-ups for both the men's and women's 2014 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Championships are taking shape after the final rounds of European qualification concluded this weekend, with the Netherlands being the biggest name to miss out.
The International Federation of Volleyball's (FIVB) Sports Events Council today approved a new four-year events calendar through to 2017 and which will now be considered by the governing body's Executive Committee tomorrow (Sunday) in Lausanne.
December 1 - The International Federation of Volleyball (FIVB) World League will be expanding from 18 teams to 28 when the premier annual men's volleyball event gets underway in 2014.
November 10 - Vanuatu's beach volleyball team, whose lifestyles and London 2012 ambitions featured in an International Olympic Committee (IOC) film chosen by the Queen for her Silver Jubilee Time Capsule, faces the collapse of its Olympic ambitions next year unless immediate extra sponsorship can be found to sustain its programme.
August 9 - Swiss city Biel has beat off competition from eight other cities to be named as the host of the 2016 European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) Beach Championships.
July 21 - Olympic champions Russia became the third country to win three or more Volleyball World League titles after an impressive 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-19) victory over nine-time champions Brazil in Mar del Plata, Argentina, with Italy defeating Bulgaria 3-2 in the bronze-medal match.
June 3 - International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) President Ary Graça has expressed his disappointment that no major beach volleyball event will be played in London this year due to lack of sponsorship, even though the sport was one of the most popular events to be take place during last year's Olympics.
May 27 - Honda were today unveiled as the new high-profile sponsor of international professional volleyball in a groundbreaking four-year sponsorship deal.
April 10 - The European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) have announced their beach volleyball qualifying tournament for the Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games.
March 9 - The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) have announced that the Volleyball World League will get underway on May 31 at the Helsinki Ice Hall in Finland, as the hosts take on Egypt in Pool C.
February 5 - The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has secured an eight-year extension of its exclusive marketing, tournament organising and television rights deal with the Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) and Fuji TV to cover the 2015 and 2019 FIVB Volleyball World Cups.
September 21 - Brazilian Ary Graca was tonight elected as the new President of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) after winning the first election in the 65 year history of world governing body.
September 20 - There will be three candidates hoping to replace China's Jizhong Wei as President of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) in what will be an historic election at the sport's Congress at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California, tomorrow.
September 15 - Karch Kiraly, an American triple Olympic champion, has been named as the United States women's indoor volleyball head coach in a four-year deal that will culminate in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
