Canberra, Australia, February 3, 2020 – Australia has Monday launched the official website for its 2020 Gold Coast VolleySlam festival at Coolangatta, a coastal suburb and the southernmost suburb of City of Gold Coast, Queensland named after the sch
Lausanne, Switzerland, February 1, 2020 – After the men opened the 2020 portion of the 2019-2020 FIVB World Tour calendar last month with events in Iran and the Cook Islands, the women’s first stop of the calendar year on the international bea
Lausanne, Switzerland, February 1, 2020 – The FIVB’s new and improved World Ranking System will come into action today, ensuring a more accurate and reactive system than ever before. All results from 1 January 2019 will contribute to establishing each
Lausanne, Switzerland, January 31, 2020 – The pool composition for the men’s and women’s volleyball tournaments at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been confirmed. The 12 qualified teams per gender have been split into two single round robin poo
Lausanne, Switzerland, January 31, 2020 – The FIVB Communication Commission finalised plans for the 2020 volleyball and beach volleyball seasons when it met via videoconference this week. The meeting focused on updating members of the Commission about t
Bangkok, Thailand, January 31, 2020 – The official launch of the Referee Resource Centre, the FIVB’s ongoing commitment to referee education, has recently been prompted by the world’s volleyball-governing body for emerging referees. The Referee
Bangkok, Thailand, January 30, 2020 – Feng Kun, a former China women’s national volleyball team setter and captain who steered China to the 2004 Summer Olympics gold medal in Athens, where she was awarded MVP and Best Setter, has been appointed as
FROM VOLLEYBALL AUSTRALIA Canberra, Australia, January 29, 2020 – Australian Volleyball legend, Louise Bawden, has been appointed as an FIVB Instructor after her candidature was reviewed during the 2020 FIVB Technical and Coaching Commission. Louise
Lausanne, Switzerland, January 29, 2020 – The FIVB Refereeing and Rules of the Game Commission expressed its delight with the standard of refereeing at the FIVB’s events throughout 2019, as well as the quality of technological advancements introduced
Tokyo, Japan, January 27, 2020 – The final weekend of the Japanese Women’s V1 League involved four teams, Denso Airybees, JT Marvelous, Okayama Seagulls and the Saitama Ageo Medics. Two days and four matches at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tok