You are here: Home » Olympic Volleyball »News TODAY Olympic History: Volleyball Volleyball was invented by Massachusetts natives Dr. James Naismith and William Morgan in 1892, but world-wide influences have helped shape the sport as we know it today. After reaching Japan and Asia through the YMCA network by 1896, a specially designed ball came to be by 1900, and over the next 20 years, rules were set into place. The Philippines created the "set" and ...

www.olympic.org Français Olympic Games Sports Athletes News Passion Organisation olympic news © IOC/RRH8 June 2006 Vancouver 2010: learning from the past, progressing confidently forward After two days of meetings and visits by the IOC Coordination Commission, under the Chairmanship of IOC member René Fasel, the Commission has successfully completed its 3rd visit to the Organising Committee for the Vancouver... [Full story] 12th Olympic Collectors World Fair12th Olympic Colle ...

OLYMPIC HISTORY The Federation Internationale de Volleyball was born in 1947 and was recognised by the IOC in 1949, when the first world championship for men was held. The women held their first world championship in 1952. Both inaugural titles went to Russia, which led the way in the sport until it joined the Olympic Games at Tokyo in 1964, when the Soviet Union won the men's title and Japan, the host, the women's. Captain of the Japan women's t ...