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5 unusual facts about volleyball


Creson Antao

The Majorda-based footballer, who first started as a Volleyball player only to be spotted later by coach Shabbir Ali to join Fransa-Pax FC, had a good stint with his former club for two seasons where he served as the captain, before he switched allegiance to Dempo S.C..

Girls Sport Victoria

Zoned groups of schools were established for weekly interschool competitions in Netball, Basketball, Softball, Tennis, Indoor Cricket, Hockey, Waterpolo, Soccer, Volleyball and Badminton.

Volleyball at the 2011 Pacific Games

Volleyball at the 2011 Pacific Games was held from August 29–September 9, 2011 at several venues.

Volleyball in the United States

Volleyball in the United States is popular with both male and female participants of all ages.

Junior volleyball is played in the U.S. in many organizations such as churches, the YMCA and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), but the largest sponsoring organization is USA Volleyball, which oversees what is commonly referred to as "club volleyball" and hosts a Junior Olympic Championship each year.


1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

The 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship Qualification was the qualifying event for the 20th edition of the event, hosted in Eindhoven and Den Bosch, Netherlands from September 6 to September 14, 1997 and organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the European Volleyball Confederation.

2004 Men's European Volleyball League

The 2004 Men's European Volleyball League was the first ever edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by eight European countries from May 21 to July 11, 2004.

2012 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship

The 2012 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship is being held in Gdynia, Poland and Randers, Denmark from August 24 to September 2, 2012.

Ana Yorkira Binet

Ana Yorkira Binet Stephens (born February 9, 1992 in Sánchez, Samaná) is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic.

Andrés Manzanillo

Andrés Manzanillo (born August 1, 1977) is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Arkadiusz Gołaś

Arkadiusz Gołaś (May 10, 1981 in Przasnysz – September 16, 2005 died in a car accident on the Austrian motorway A2 in Griffen near Klagenfurt) was a Polish volleyball player, Olympic athlete, member of the Polish national team between 2001 and 2005.

Basketball positions

They are responsible for directing plays, making the position equivalent to that of play-making midfielder in association football, setter in volleyball, quarterback in American football, or center in ice hockey.

Bev Buckway

As a former curler, Buckway represented the Yukon at the Scott Tournament of Hearts and as a former volleyball player at the Arctic Winter Games and the Canada Winter Games.

Carlos Teixeira

Carlos Teixeira (born March 11, 1976) is a volleyball player from Portugal, who plays as a libero for the Men's National Team.

Christina Bauer

She was born in Bergen, Norway during a Christmas holiday to a French father, Jean-Luc Bauer, a professional volleyball player, and a Norwegian mother, Tone Bauer, a handball player who played several years in France.

D'Coque

During the 2013 Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) in Luxembourg, Basketball, Volleyball, Table tennis, and Swimming (sport) were hosted in the various sports facilities in d'Coque.

Dreaming Now!

The song was written by Koda Kumi in honor of Japan's part in the 2013 Volleyball World Grand Champion Cup for men and women, both of which were held in Japan.

General Amherst High School

GAHS has been recognized for a number of causes, including (but not limited to): the Canadian record of per capita student contributions in donations to the Canadian Cancer Society, championships in football, hockey, basketball, track & field, wrestling, tennis, cross country and volleyball; the recipient of several Essex County "Student Prime Minister of the Year" awards (2004, 2005, & 2009) and high rankings in the University of Waterloo Fermat Mathematics competition.

Godoy

Gilberto Godoy Filho (born 1976), Brazilian professional volleyball player better known as Giba

Gustavo Valderrama

Gustavo Valderrama (born July 31, 1977 in Zulia State) is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Haldun Alagaş Sports Hall

It is in usage of sport teams such as Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Men's Volleyball and Men's Handball Teams and Tekelspor basketball team.

Hisham Abdulqader Abdulla

Hisham Abdulqader Abdulla, (born December 30, 1976 in Muharraq) is a Bahraini coach and a former professional volleyball player.

İlkay Gündoğan

Gündoğan's cousin Naz Aydemir is a volleyball player for Vakıfbank and the Turkish women's national team.

Jack Trice Stadium

The Jacobson Building is the home of Cyclone athletics containing all sport and administrative offices except men's and women's basketball and volleyball.

Jenny Johnson Jordan

Jenny Johnson Jordan (born June 8, 1973) is an American beach volleyball player, who won the silver medal at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Marseille, alongside Annett Davis.

Jersey Shore

Seaside Heights hosted the AVP volleyball tournament for two years during the Summers of 2006 and 2007, with volleyball greats such as Karch Kiraly competing for the $200,000 purse.

Jesse Boone

His sister Amy played basketball and volleyball at George Mason University and played semi-pro basketball for the San Diego Waves of the National Women's Basketball League.

José Guimarães

José Roberto Guimarães (born 1954), Brazilian former volleyball player and current coach

Marcin Gortat

His father Janusz Gortat was a Polish boxer and a bronze medalist in light heavyweight during the Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976 Olympics, and his mother Alicja Gortat was a representative of the Polish national team in volleyball.

Mohammad Akram Qureshi

He has also coached the Wah Cantonment's POF volleyball team and is currently a sports instructor in the University of Wah.

Mônica Angélica de Paula

Before, she used to practice basketball — even played with Adrianinha and Kelly of the current national team — and volleyball, which she abandoned after a pregnancy.

Montreux Volley Masters

The Montreux Volley Masters is an international women's volleyball competition, held annually in Montreux, Switzerland.

Nea Salamis Famagusta

After the invasion and refugees in 1974, Nikis Georgiou in 1975 proposed the creation of volleyball team in Limassol, in order to maintain the entity of the club.

Nebraska Cornhuskers women's volleyball

In 1991, the Huskers played their games at the Bob Devaney Sports Center while the building was being renovated and tailored specifically for volleyball.

Nicole Fawcett

Her mother played volleyball at Wright State and her maternal grandfather was a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles in 1945.

Northeast Oklahoma Association of Homeschools

Tennis, Volleyball, Shooting, and Ultimate Frisbee were further additions, and N.O.A.H. fielded its first high school girls’ fast-pitch Softball team for the summer of 2007.

Paenui Fagota

At the Pacific Games in 2011, Paenui was called up to the national Volleyball team however, the team lost all four games they played.

Pakistan men's national volleyball team

The Federation received recognition and was affiliated to the Pakistan Olympic Association and the International Volleyball Federation the same year.

Phil Hubbard

Hubbard's daughter, Whitney, is a graduate of Hampton University and played high school volleyball also for Westfield High School.

Pobjeda

Each day, half of its pages are devoted to football (National team of Montenegro, Montenegrin League and international leagues), whereas the rest deal with, in order of importance, basketball, volleyball, waterpolo, handball etc.

Prikeba Phipps

Prikeba ("Keba") Reed Phipps (born June 30, 1969 in Lakewood, California) is a retired volleyball player from the United States, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Robert Prygiel

Robert Prygiel (born 14 April 1976 in Radom) - Polish volleyball player, who played for Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and has played over 136 matches for Polish national team.

Sainik School, Amaravathinagar

Football, hockey, volleyball, basketball, cricket, athletics, cross-country running, swimming, gymnastics, canoeing, cycling, horse riding, mountaineering, parasailing, trekking (hiking), obstacles course, rifle shooting, boxing, NCC,karate,music clubs, literary clubs, theater arts, elocution, photography, fine arts, craftwork, philately, aero-modeling, ship-modeling, Marching band, Choir

Saint Francis Red Flash

The Saint Francis Red Flash are the 22 sports teams representing Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, track and field, and volleyball; women's-only bowling, field hockey, lacrosse, softball, and swimming; and men's-only football.

Stefan Basta

Stefan Basta and Igor Tešić won 7th place at the 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship - Novi Sad Masters .

Todd Rogers

Despite their success, Rogers and Dalhausser finished the 2006 AVP season in second place, just six points shy of leaders Mike Lambert and Stein Metzger.

Tomislav Ružić

Ružić is married to the former Croatian international volleyball player, Barbara Jelić-Ružić.

Unicaja

It is the name sponsor of the ACB basketball club CB Málaga, a frequent participant in the Euroleague, and of the volleyball club CV Almería, and is also a major sponsor, though not name sponsor, of Málaga CF.

World Organization Volleyball for Disabled

The game of Volleyball was created by William G. Morgan,a YMCA physical education director, on February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA).

Young-ja

Kim Young-Ja (born 1949), South Korean former volleyball player

Yudelka Bonilla

Yudelka Bonilla (born September 19, 1976 in Mao) is a female volleyball and beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador, partnering Iris Santos.


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