Interesting Facts About Volleyball World Championship You Probably Didn’t Know as Beginner Players
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The international volleyball federation (FIVB) organizes the volleyball world championships between a gap of every 4 years. The competition has a rich history of over 5 decades and top national volleyball teams will participate in it.
All the matches are pretty competitive and every team will give their best to win the championship. The first volleyball world championship took place at Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1949. The first edition of the tournament was restricted to only European teams.
In 1952, the second edition took place and this time, the tournament was expanded to include Asian teams as well. Since then, the international volleyball federation (FIVB) organizes the volleyball world championship in 4-year cycles.
At the time of writing this post, 20 editions of volleyball world championships were held in various parts of the world and in this one, I’ll talk about some of the interesting facts about volleyball world championship that you may not have heard of.
Let’s get started!
Interesting Facts About Volleyball World Championship
- Russia, Brazil, Poland, Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakia and the USA are the successful teams in the volleyball world championships. Among them, Russia is the only team that has won the title for 7 times. The second best would be Brazil and Italy, with both the teams winning it for 3 times each.
- There were so many epic 5 set long matches took place throughout the history of the competition and the world record for the longest match of volleyball world championship is between Poland and Germany that lasted for approximately 25 hours. That must have been an epic encounter for sure.
- The record attendance for a single volleyball match was 62000 people packing into the stadium. The match took place at the 2014 volleyball world championship in the Warsaw national volleyball stadium between host nation Poland and Serbia. The match was won by Poland and eventually, they won the tournament for that particular year.
- Brazil is the only team that won the volleyball world championship for 3 consecutive times. They won the championship in 2002, 2006 and 2010.
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What’s One Interesting Fact About Volleyball World Championship that You Enjoyed the Most from This List?
The interesting fact that I enjoyed the most from this list is definitely the consecutive championship titles by Brazil. As I said above, they won the volleyball world championship title in 2002, 2006 and 2010. This is a fabulous record to have as a country.
Brazil is consistently one of the top performing countries in volleyball and there’s no surprise that they won the championship for 3 consecutive years.
Why is 1952 A Significant Year for Volleyball?
Along with the second edition of the volleyball world championship, 1952 saw women’s volleyball was accepted into the international volleyball federation for the very first time and in the same year, a separate world championship tournament introduced for them. Since then, women’s volleyball has reached significant heights all over the world.
How Many Volleyball World Championships Have Took Place as of Now?
At the time of writing this post, 20 editions of volleyball world championships were held in various parts of the world and the overall reach for each edition of the tournament is significantly better than the previous one.
Conclusion
As I said earlier, volleyball world championship is one of the top competitions and I really hope that you’ve learned some critical facts about this prestigious tournament through this post.
Now, it’s your turn!
Which fact have you enjoyed reading about the most?
What’s one fact that surprised you?
Share away in the comments section below!
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Loved reading this! I don’t know much about this game and find your posts informative and I get to learn something new every time. Thank you!
Hi Padma, thanks for your super encouraging comment. So happy that you learn something new every time you read a post from this blog.
You share some amazing information about Volleyball which I have never heard. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Hi Khush, thank you very much for your encouraging words!
excellent post right here! There are some really fun and interesting facts about volleyball for sure. good to bring out info like this at dinner parties x
Hi Melanie w, thanks for your very encouraging comment. Glad you found the facts about volleyball world championship helpful and interesting to know.
WOW! 25 hours for a match, that’s incredible! Lots of interesting facts here, thanks for sharing!
Hi Heather, thanks for your encouraging comment. Glad you found the facts about volleyball world championship interesting to know.
Wow, I had no idea about these fun facts about the Volleyball World Championship! Learning about the longest match and the record number of aces is so cool, thanks for sharing!
Hi Cindy, thanks for your encouraging comment. Glad you found the facts about volleyball world championship interesting to know.
It sounds like Brazil is just as dominant in volleyball as it is in soccer! This was a really interesting read.
Hi Claudia, thanks for your comment. Glad you found the facts about volleyball world championship interesting to know. I totally agree that Brazil is one of the dominant teams in both volleyball and soccer.
Well done to Brazil making such a record! Thank you for sharing these interesting facts.
Hi Jupiter Hadley, thanks for your comment. Glad you found the facts in this post about volleyball world championship interesting to know.
They sure are some interesting facts! I had to show this article to my daughter, she really loves volleyball.
Hi Lavanda, thanks for your encouraging comment. Glad you found the facts in this post helpful to know. Very happy to know that your daughter loves volleyball. If she’s currently playing, then convey my best wishes to her!
These are very interesting facts that I didn’t know before! It was good to know the year in which the first volleyball world championship took place, that’s really cool!
Hi Following the Rivera, thanks for your encouraging comment. Glad you found the facts in this post about volleyball world championship interesting to know.
Wow, I have learnt a lot here. I can’t believe that a match lasted approximately 25 hours! Now that sounds like it must have been epic!
Hi Yeah Lifestyle, thanks for your comment. Glad you found the facts in this post interesting to know!
I did not know about the Brazil team winnings. So much to know about this sport! Fascinating!
Hi Celebrate Woman Today, thanks for your comment. Glad you learned some interesting facts about the volleyball world championship from this post. Brazil is one of the consistently top performing countries in volleyball.
Great post! Super interested to hear when women’s volleyball got recognition.
Hi Claire Chambers, thanks for your comment. Glad you found the facts in this post on volleyball world championship interesting to know about. I also felt happy that women’s volleyball was recognized pretty early and at the same year, the international governing body started organizing a world championship tournament specifically for them.
These were really fun facts! I had no idea that matches could go on for so long.
Hi Beth, thanks for your comment. Glad you found the facts about volleyball world championship interesting to know. All matches won’t go that far but I guess both the teams weren’t ready to give up the victory to another one on that particular day.
That’s so interesting! I didn’t realize the women’s team wasn’t accepted until 1952. Thank you for sharing!
Hi Angelia, thanks for your comment. Glad you found the facts in this post about volleyball world championship interesting to know.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing. It’s fascinating to learn about the historic matches and the impressive achievements of teams like Brazil and Russia.
Hi Elizabeth, thanks for your comment. Glad you found the facts in this post on volleyball world championship interesting to know. Brazil and Russia are one of the top performing volleyball teams when it comes to volleyball world championships.
I used to play volleyball in school! I thought this fact was very interesting. 62000 people for a single volleyball match!
Hi Carolyn, thanks for your comment. Glad you found the facts about volleyball world championship interesting to know. Yes, 62000 people for a single volleyball match is pretty amazing indeed. Very happy to know that you’ve played volleyball in your school days.
Love this! Thank you for sharing.
Hi Mallory, thank you so very much!