Volleyball was invented in February 1895 by William G. Morgan, a twenty-five-year-old physical education director at the YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts, four years after and a few miles from James Naismith's invention of basketball. Morgan devised the game, first called Mintonette, as a less physically demanding alternative to basketball for his older members; the first Mintonette game was played in December 1895, and Dr. Alfred S. Halstead soon suggested the name volleyball, describing the object of volleying the ball over the net. The Federation Internationale de Volleyball, its international governing body, was founded in 1947.
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Origin YearMarks William G. Morgan invention of the game, first called Mintonette, at the Holyoke, Massachusetts YMCA. Originating RegionUnited States (Holyoke, Massachusetts, for William G. Morgan's 1895 invention). 2 International Governing BodyFederation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), founded 1947. 2 Team or Individual Contact Level Classification
Olympic Programme Status Volleyball
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Derived From: Badminton, History
Because he originally derived the game from badminton, he initially named the sport mintonette.
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He was a one-time student of basketball inventor James Naismith and invented the game for his clients at the YMCA, most of whom were middle-aged businessmen for whom the physical demands of basketball were too great.
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Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net.
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volleyball (indoors and beach), wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman), canoeing (flatwater and slalom)
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Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics was represented by two events: men's team and women's team.
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Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics was represented by two events: men's team and women's team.
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Sepak takraw is often referred to as a mixture of volleyball, for its use of a net, and association football, as players use their feet.
Wikipedia, 1980 Summer Olympics
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both volleyball competitions was the USSR
Wikipedia, 1984 Summer Olympics
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volleyball
Wikipedia, 1988 Summer Olympics
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volleyball preliminaries
Wikipedia, 1992 Summer Olympics
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Volleyball (2)
Wikipedia, 1996 Summer Olympics
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Volleyball (2)
Jonas Reckermann (Olympedia)
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Beach Volleyball ( Volleyball )
Sara Goller (Olympedia)
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Laura Ludwig (Wikipedia)
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Laura Ludwig-Bowes (born 13 January 1986) is a German professional beach volleyball player, playing as a defender.
Katharina Bullin (Olympedia)
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was on the 1980 East German women’s volleyball team at the Moskva Olympics
Markus Böckermann (Wikipedia)
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is a German Olympic volleyball player
Lorenzo Bernardi (Wikipedia)
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is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player
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is a Polish former volleyball player and coach
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is a Brazilian politician and former volleyball player
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is a Serbian volleyball player, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team
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is an Italian professional volleyball player of Russian origin
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is a French professional volleyball player
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is a Polish professional volleyball player
Tijana Bošković (Wikipedia)
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is a Serbian professional volleyball player
Zehra Güneş (Wikipedia)
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is a Turkish professional volleyball player
Yekaterina Gamova (Wikipedia)
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is a Russian retired volleyball player
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is a Cuban professional volleyball player
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is an Italian professional volleyball player
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is a Turkish professional volleyball club based in Istanbul, Turkey
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is the professional women's volleyball department of Eczacıbaşı S.K., a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey
Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's volleyball) (Wikipedia)
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are the professional women's volleyball department of Fenerbahçe SK, a major Turkish multi-sport club based in Istanbul, Turkey
Dinamo Kazan (Wikipedia)
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is a Russian professional women's volleyball club based in Kazan
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is a Russian professional women's volleyball club based in Moscow
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is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Novara
Imoco Volley (Wikipedia)
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is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Conegliano in Northern Italy
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is a French professional volleyball player who plays as a setter
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is an international volleyball competition
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is the official competition for senior women's national volleyball teams of Europe
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is an Italian volleyball player
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was an annual women's volleyball competition created in 1993
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is a men's volleyball team based in Hirakata City, Osaka, Japan
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is a Russian volleyball player of Ukrainian descent
Sergey Tetyukhin (Wikipedia)
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is a former Russian volleyball player
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is the top-level professional volleyball league for both men and women in Japan since 2024
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second-level professional volleyball league
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is a Brazilian former professional volleyball player
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is a Brazilian professional volleyball player
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is a Brazilian former professional volleyball player
Yuan Xinyue (Wikipedia)
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is a Chinese volleyball player
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is an American professional volleyball player
Nikola Grbić (Wikipedia)
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is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player
Matey Kaziyski (Wikipedia)
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is a Bulgarian professional volleyball player
Matt Anderson (Wikipedia)
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is an American professional volleyball player
Foluke Akinradewo (Wikipedia)
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is a former indoor volleyball player
Murilo Endres (Wikipedia)
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is a Brazilian volleyball player
Zhu Ting (Wikipedia)
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is a professional Chinese volleyball player
Sérgio Santos (Wikipedia)
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is a Brazilian former volleyball player and four-time Olympian
Brankica Mihajlović (Wikipedia)
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is a Serbian professional volleyball player
Gabriela Guimarães (Wikipedia)
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is a Brazilian professional indoor volleyball player
Lang Ping (Wikipedia)
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is a Chinese former volleyball player and coach
Thaísa Menezes (Wikipedia)
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is a Brazilian professional volleyball player
Jenia Grebennikov (Wikipedia)
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is a French professional volleyball player of Russian descent
Regla Torres (Wikipedia)
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is a Cuban former volleyball player
Saori Kimura (Wikipedia)
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is a retired Japanese volleyball player who played for Toray Arrows
Ivan Miljković (Wikipedia)
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is a Serbian businessman and former professional volleyball player
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is a South Korean professional volleyball player
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born 7 March 1980) is a former Brazilian volleyball player
Ana Bjelica (Wikipedia)
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is a Serbian volleyball player
FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League (Wikipedia)
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is an annual international volleyball competition
Men's European Volleyball Championship (Wikipedia)
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is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of Europe
FIVB Volleyball World League (Wikipedia)
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was an annual international men's volleyball competition
Julius Brink (Wikipedia)
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is a German beach volleyball player
Stéphen Boyer (Olympedia)
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Volleyball, Men
Wikipedia, Misty May-Treanor
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Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (; née May; born July 30, 1977) is an American retired professional beach volleyball player.
Wikipedia, Wilfredo Leon
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Wilfredo León Venero (born 31 July 1993) is a professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the Polish PlusLiga club Bogdanka LUK Lublin and the Poland national team.
Wikipedia, Kerri Walsh Jennings
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Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings (born August 15, 1978) is a retired American professional beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and a one-time Olympic bronze medalist.
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