The World Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition sponsored by the World Volleyball Federation. This is the earliest and largest volleyball match in the world. Held every four years, it is widely valued by all countries. Originally held in the same year as the Olympic Games, it was changed from 1962 to the second year after the Olympic Games (except for the fifth women's event).
The scale of Olympic volleyball competition has developed from 10 men's team and 6 women's teams to 12 men's and women's teams. So far, five women's teams (Japan, the former Soviet Union, China, Cuba and Brazil) have won the Olympic women's volleyball championship.
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1. The World Cup is an international volleyball competition in which high-level men's and women's teams from all over the world participate. It is held every four years. Since 199 1 World Cup was held one year before the Olympic Games, it was equivalent to the Olympic qualifiers.
The predecessor of the World Cup is the "Three Continents" volleyball match, that is, three continents (Asia, Europe and America). 1964, FIVB changed its name to "world cup" volleyball match, and decided to hold the first world cup men's volleyball match in Poland in September 1965, and the first world cup women's volleyball match in Uruguay in June 1973.
2. The World Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition sponsored by the World Volleyball Federation. This is the earliest and largest volleyball match in the world. Held every four years, it is widely valued by all countries. Originally held in the same year as the Olympic Games, it was changed from 1962 to the second year after the Olympic Games (except for the fifth women's event). The champion can directly participate in the next Olympic Games.
1994 FIVB revised the qualification for the World Championships. The final qualification qualifiers held by FIVB municipality directly under the central government increased from the original top three to the top nine eligible to participate in the competition. Cancel the rule that "2 to 7 players in the last World Championships are eligible to participate".
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