Topic

Competitions & Leagues

The FIVB World Championship, the Volleyball Nations League, Olympic volleyball, NCAA volleyball, and the world's leading professional leagues.

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Competitions & Leagues The FIVB World Championship Held roughly every four years since 1949 for men and 1952 for women, the FIVB World Championship is the sport's oldest continuous international team title, predating volleyball's Olympic debut by over a decade. March 15, 2026 · 2 min read

Competitions & Leagues The Volleyball Nations League Launched in 2018, the Volleyball Nations League replaced the older World League and World Grand Prix with a slicker, heavily broadcast annual event contested by sixteen national teams each in the men's and women's competitions. March 12, 2026 · 2 min read

Competitions & Leagues Olympic Volleyball Indoor volleyball has been a full Olympic sport since Tokyo 1964, and beach volleyball since Atlanta 1996 — together, the two disciplines make volleyball one of only a handful of sports to appear at the Summer Games in two distinct formats. March 9, 2026 · 2 min read

Competitions & Leagues NCAA Volleyball NCAA women's volleyball has crowned a national champion since 1981, and men's volleyball since 1970 — together forming one of the deepest amateur talent pipelines feeding both American national teams and professional leagues abroad. March 6, 2026 · 2 min read

Competitions & Leagues Major Domestic Professional Leagues From Italy's Superlega and Poland's PlusLiga to Brazil's Superliga and Turkey's top women's league, a network of well-funded domestic professional leagues employs the sport's top talent year-round outside the international calendar. March 3, 2026 · 2 min read

Competitions & Leagues The FIVB Volleyball Club World Championship The Club World Championship brings together the champion clubs of the world's strongest domestic leagues and continental club competitions to determine an annual world champion at club, rather than national-team, level. February 28, 2026 · 2 min read

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Volleyball Decoded is an independent, plain-language encyclopedia of volleyball, indoor and beach. It exists for players learning the game, coaches building a system, and fans who want the real story behind the rules, the rotations and the rally.

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