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Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

for the year

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throughout the world.

Beach volleyball

2016 Summer Olympics ( FIVB–BVB)

* August 6 – 18: 2016 Summer Olympics for Men and

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Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

Copacabana Beach Copacabana ( , , ) is a Brazilian (neighbourhood) located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is most prominently known for its 4 km (2.5 miles) balneario beach, which is one of the most famous in ...

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Alison Cerutti Alison Conte Cerutti (born 7 December 1985), known as Alison Cerutti or simply Alison, is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. He plays as a blocker. In 2011, along with Emanuel Rego he won the Swatch FIVB World Tour in Prague, Czech Republic. ...

Bruno Oscar Schmidt Bruno Oscar Schmidt (born 6 October 1986) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player . Bruno is the nephew of the former Brazilian basketball player Oscar Schmidt and of the TV news announcer Tadeu Schmidt. In 2010, he was named the FIVB Beach Volley ...

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Daniele Lupo Daniele Lupo (born 6 May 1991) is an Italian beach volleyball player. He competed for Italy at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Along with partner, Paolo Nicolai, he won the silver medal in men's beach volleyball in 20 ...

Paolo Nicolai Paolo Nicolai (born 6 August 1988) is an Italian beach volleyball player. Biography Nicolai was born in Ortona, province of Chieti. In 2007 and 2008, he won the FIVB Youth Beach Volleyball World Championships (with Francesco Giontella). From ...

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Alexander Brouwer Alexander Brouwer (born 3 November 1989 in Leiden) is a Dutch male beach volleyball player. He is the 2013 World Champion alongside his teammate Robert Meeuwsen Robert Meeuwsen (born 21 March 1988 in Nieuwegein) is a Dutch male beach volleybal ...

Robert Meeuwsen Robert Meeuwsen (born 21 March 1988 in Nieuwegein) is a Dutch male beach volleyball player. He is the 2013 World Champion alongside his teammate Alexander Brouwer. He is also a beach volleyball bronze medalist from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Ri ...

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Laura Ludwig Laura Ludwig-Bowes (born 13 January 1986) is a German professional beach volleyball player, playing as a defender. Previously forming a pair with compatriot Kira Walkenhorst, she represents Hamburger SV and has won four European championships. Sh ...

Kira Walkenhorst Kira Katharina Walkenhorst (born 18 November 1990) is a German retired beach volleyball player who played as a Beach volleyball#Player specializations, blocker. She has an older brother Alexander Walkenhorst who is a professional beach volleyball ...

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Ágatha Bednarczuk Ágatha Bednarczuk Rippel (born 22 June 1983), frequently referred to as just ''Ágatha'', is a Brazilian international beach volleyball player, playing as a blocker. She won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships, as well as a silver m ...

Bárbara Seixas Bárbara Seixas de Freitas (born 8 March 1987) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player, playing as a defender. In 2012, she was named FIVB top Rookie of the year. Seixas is a three-time youth World Champion and has reached the podium in several F ...

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April Ross April Elizabeth Ross (born June 20, 1982) is a former American beach volleyball player and three-time Olympic medalist. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Jennifer Kessy, a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Kerr ...

Kerri Walsh Jennings Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings (born August 15, 1978) is an American professional beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and a one-time Olympic bronze medalist. She is the beach volleyball leader in career victories as of 2016 hav ...

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International beach volleyball championships

* May 11 – 16: 2016

FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships The FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championship is a double-gender international beach volleyball tournament for athletes under the age of 21. The competition first took place in Le Lavandou, France in 2001. Results summary Men's tournament Wo ...

Lucerne Lucerne ( ) or Luzern ()Other languages: ; ; ; . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the Lucerne (district), di ...

** Men: George Souto Maior Wanderley / Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci ** Women: Eduarda Santos Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva Ramos * July 6 – 10: 2016 FIVB World Continental Cup Olympic Qualification in

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Сочи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg, from – ''seaside'') is the largest Resort town, resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi (river), Sochi River, along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Souther ...

** Men: Both and qualified to compete at Rio 2016. ** Women: Both the and qualified to compete at Rio 2016. * July 26 – 31: 2016

FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships The FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships (previously known as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch Youth World Championships) is a double-gender international beach volleyball tournament for athletes under the age of 19. The competition first t ...

Larnaca Larnaca, also spelled Larnaka, is a city on the southeast coast of Cyprus and the capital of the Larnaca District, district of the same name. With a district population of 155.000 in 2021, it is the third largest city in the country after Nicosi ...

** Men: Renato Andrew Lima de Carvalho / Rafael José Mendonça de Queiroz ** Women: Eduarda Santos Lisboa / Victoria Lopes Pereira Tosta * September 13 – 18: 2016 FIVB World Tour Finals in

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BV Grand Slam

* March 8 – 13: Grand Slam #1 in Rio de Janeiro ** Men: Bartosz Losiak / Piotr Kantor ** Women:

* May 24 – 29: Grand Slam #2 in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

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Reinder Nummerdor Reinder Aart Nummerdor (born 10 September 1976) is a Dutch volleyball player who represented his native country at five consecutive Summer Olympics. Two times as a member of the indoor volleyball team in 2000 and 2004, and three more times after ...

/ Christiaan Varenhorst ** Women: Kerri Walsh Jennings / April Ross * June 14 – 19: Grand Slam #3 in

Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ) is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with powiat rights, city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 169,793 residents Olsz ...

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Aleksandrs Samoilovs Aleksandrs Samoilovs (born April 6, 1985) is a Latvian beach volleyball player. Samoilovs and teammate Mārtiņš Pļaviņš, with whom he partnered since 2004, represented Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The duo defeated t ...

Jānis Šmēdiņš Jānis Šmēdiņš (born 31 July 1987) is a Latvian beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game i ...

** Women:

* August 23 – 28: Grand Slam #4 (final) in

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Pedro Solberg Salgado Pedro Salgado Collett Solberg (born 27 March 1986) is a Brazilian male beach volleyball player. Solberg's mother, Isabel Salgado, was herself a successful beach volleyball player who in 1994 won a FIVB World Tour event in Miami. His sisters M ...

Evandro Oliveira Evandro Gonçalves de Oliveira Junior (born 17 July 1990) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. Oliveira competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the men's beach volleyball tournament along with his partner Pedro Solberg, ...

** Women: Kerri Walsh Jennings / April Ross

BV Major

* June 7 – 12: Major #1 in

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** Men: Nicholas Lucena /

Phil Dalhausser Philip Peter Dalhausser (born January 26, 1980) is an American former professional beach volleyball player, who played as a blocker. He and his former playing partner, Todd Rogers, were the 2007 AVP Tour and FIVB world champions. Dalhausser ...

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* June 28 – July 3: Major #2 in

Poreč Poreč (; known also by several alternative names) is a town and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, west Croatia. Its major landmark is the 6th-century Euphrasian Basilica, which was designated a UN ...

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** Women: Julia Sude / Chantal Laboureur * July 5 – 10: Major #3 in

Gstaad Gstaad ( , ) is a town in the German language, German-speaking section of the Canton of Bern in southwestern Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Saanen and is known as a major ski resort and a popular destination amongst high society ...

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/ Evandro Gonçalves Oliveira Júnior ** Women:

Larissa França Larissa França Maestrini (born April 14, 1982) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. She is the all-time leader of beach volleyball titles, with 57 FIVB career gold medals, including the 2011 Beach Volleyball World Championships with Juliana ...

Talita Antunes Talita Antunes da Rocha (born August 29, 1982) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player, playing as a blocker. She was Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, FIVB rookie of the year in 2005, and FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, World Tour Win ...

* July 26 – 31: Major #4 (final) in Klagenfurt ** Men:

** Women: Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst

BV Open

* February 15 – 19: Open #1 in

Kish Island Kish ( ) is a resort island in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, off the southern coast of Iran in the Gulf. The island constitutes the city of Kish, Iran, Kish. Owing to its free trade zone status, the island is marketed as a consumers ...

(men only) ** Winners: Jefferson Santos Pereira / Cherif Younousse * February 23 – 28: Open #2 in

Maceió Maceió (), formerly anglicised as Maceio, is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state of Alagoas, Brazil. The name "Maceió" is an Indigenous term for a Spring (hydrology), spring. Most maceiós flow to the sea, but some get trapped ...

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/ Nicholas Lucena ** Women: Eduarda Santos Lisboa / Elize Secomandi Maia * March 15 – 20: Open #3 in

Vitória, Espírito Santo Vitória (; ) is the capital of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. It is located on a small island within a bay where a number of rivers meet the sea. It was founded in 1551. The city proper is and has a population of 322,869 (2022), whilst ...

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* April 5 – 8: Open #4 in

Doha Doha ( ) is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor (city), Al Khor and Lusail, it is home to most of the country's population. It ...

(men only) ** Winners: Alex Ranghieri / Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich * April 12 – 17: Open #5 in

Xiamen Xiamen,), also known as Amoy ( ; from the Zhangzhou Hokkien pronunciation, zh, c=, s=, t=, p=, poj=Ē͘-mûi, historically romanized as Amoy, is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Stra ...

** Men: Pablo Herrera /

Adrián Gavira Adrián Gavira Collado (born 17 September 1987 in San Roque) is a Spanish beach volleyball player. He currently plays with Pablo Herrera. The pair participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament and lost in the round of 16 to Brazilians R ...

** Women: Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Vergé-Dépré * April 19 – 24: Open #6 in

Fuzhou Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...

** Men: Phil Dalhausser / Nicholas Lucena ** Women:

* April 26 – May 1: Open #7 in

Fortaleza Fortaleza ( ; ; ) is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeastern Brazil. It is Brazil's 4th largest city—Fortaleza surpassed Salvador, Bahia, Salvador in 2022 census with a population of slightly over 2.4 mi ...

** Men: Oscar Brandão / Andre Loyola Stein ** Women: Elize Secomandi Maia / Eduarda Santos Lisboa * May 3 – 8: Open #8 in Sochi ** Men:

** Women: Joana Heidrich /

Nadine Zumkehr Nadine Zumkehr (born 5 February 1985) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. As of 2012, she played with Simone Kuhn. The pair participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament and were eliminated in the round of 16 by the American pair of Jenn ...

* May 10 – 15: Open #9 in

Antalya Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tau ...

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* May 17 – 21: Open #10 (final) in

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...

** Men: Gustavo Albrecht Carvalhaes / Saymon Barbosa Santos ** Women: Kerri Walsh Jennings / April Ross

Volleyball

2016 Summer Olympics ( FIVB–VB)

* August 6 – 20: 2016 Summer Olympics (Women) in

(at the

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho Ginásio Gilberto Cardoso or Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, commonly known as the Maracanãzinho ("Little Maracanã" or "Mini Maracanã"), is an indoor arena located in Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Maracanã in the north zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ...

) ** ; ; * August 7 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics (Men) in Rio de Janeiro (at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho) ** ; ;

International volleyball events

* January 4 – 9: 2016 European Women's Continental Olympic Qualification in

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** has qualified to compete at Rio 2016. ** and has qualified to compete at FIVB World Qualification Tournament. * January 5 – 10: 2016 European Men's Continental Olympic Qualification in

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** has qualified to compete at Rio 2016. ** and has qualified to compete at FIVB World Qualification Tournament. * January 6 – 10: 2016 CSV Women's South American Olympic Qualification in

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** has qualified to compete at Rio 2016. ** has qualified to compete at FIVB World Qualification Tournament. ** has qualified to compete at FIVB Intercontinental Qualification Tournament. * January 7 – 9: 2016 NORCECA Women's Continental Olympic Qualification at

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** The has qualified to compete at Rio 2016. ** has qualified to compete at FIVB World Qualification Tournament. ** has qualified to compete at FIVB Intercontinental Qualification Tournament. * January 7 – 14: 2016 African Men's Continental Olympic Qualification in

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** has qualified to compete at Rio 2016. ** and has qualified to compete at FIVB Intercontinental Qualification Tournament. * January 8 – 10: 2016 NORCECA Men's Continental Olympic Qualification in

Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...

** has qualified to compete at Rio 2016. ** has qualified to compete at FIVB World Qualification Tournament. ** has qualified to compete at FIVB Intercontinental Qualification Tournament. * February 12 – 16: 2016 African Women's Continental Olympic Qualification in

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** has qualified to compete at Rio 2016. * March 23 – April 1: 2016 Men's African Club Championship in

Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...

** El Geish defeated Espérance, 3–1 in matches won, to win their first Men's African Club Championship title. Smouha took third place. * April 22 – 30: 2016 Women's African Club Championship in

Tunis Tunis (, ') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. , it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region (after Casabl ...

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defeated Carthage, 3–2 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and seventh overall Women's African Club Championship title. ** Kenya Pipeline took third place. * May 14 – 22: Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 in

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** , the , , and all qualified to compete at Rio 2016. * May 20 – 22: Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 in

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** has qualified to compete at Rio 2016. * May 19 – 27: 2016 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in

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** defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win their second Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup title. took third place. * May 28 – June 5: Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 in Tokyo ** , , , and all qualified to compete at Rio 2016. * June 3 – 5: Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 in

** qualified to compete at Rio 2016. * June 24 – 29:

2016 Boys' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship The 2016 Boys' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship is the tenth edition of the bi-annual volleyball tournament. It will be held in La Habana, Cuba from 24 June to 29 June. Eight countries will be competing in the tournament. Pool composition ...

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** Round–robin group: 1. , 2. –A, 3. * July 2 – 10:

2016 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup The 2016 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the 15th edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament. It was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 2 July to 10 July. Twelve teams competed in the tournament, won by the Dominican R ...

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** The defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win their fourth Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup title. ** The took the bronze medal. * July 4 – 10:

2016 Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship The 2016 Men's Junior Continental Championship is the tenth edition of the bi-annual tournament. It is played from 5–10 July on Gatineau, Quebec. The tournament will consist of seven teams. The top finisher at the final standing will qualify to ...

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** The defeated , 3–1 in matches played, to win their third Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship title. ** took the bronze medal. * July 9 – 17: 2016 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship in

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** The defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win their 4th Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship. ** took the bronze medal. * July 16 – 20: 2016 Southeast Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship in

Sisaket Sisaket (, , ; Northern Khmer dialect, Northern Khmer: ) is a Thesaban#Town municipality, town municipality in Isan, northeast Thailand, incorporating Mueang Nuea and Mueang Tai Subdistricts and parts of Cham, Nong Khrok, Pho, Phon kha, and Ya P ...

** defeated , 3–1 in matches played, in the final. took third place. * July 23 – 31: 2016 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship in

Nakhon Ratchasima Nakhon Ratchasima (, ) is the capital of Nakhon Ratchasima province, the largest city in Isan, Northeastern Thailand and the List of municipalities in Thailand#Largest cities by urban population, third-largest city in Thailand. It is 250 km (1 ...

** defeated , 3–2 in matches played, in the final. took third place. * July 26 – August 1:

2016 Women's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship The 2016 Women's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the tenth edition of the bi-annual tournament. It was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from 26 July to 31 July, and featured eight teams. The Dominican Republic won the tournament and qua ...

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** The defeated the , 3–1 in matches played, to win their second Women's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship title. ** took third place. * August 23 – 31:

2016 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship The 2016 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 17th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar from 23 to 31 August 2016. The champions qualified for the 2017 Club World Championship as Asia' ...

in **

Sarmayeh Bank Tehran VC Sarmayeh Bank Volleyball Club (, Bâshgâh-e Vâlibâl-e Bânk-e Sarmâye) was an Iranian professional volleyball team based in Tehran, Iran. History In 2015 Sarmayeh Bank Volleyball Club was established in Tehran, Iran. Sarmayeh started its app ...

defeated Al Arabi, 3–1 in matches played, to win their first Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship title. **

Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza The Wolf Dogs Nagoya () are a men's volleyball team based in Inazawa, Aichi, Japan. They play in the V.League (Japan), V.Premier League. History The Toyota Gosei Trefuerza volleyball team was founded in 1961 by enthusiasts as a 9-player team. I ...

took third place. * August 27 – September 4:

2016 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship The 2016 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship was played in Slovakia and Hungary from 27 August to 4 September 2016. Participating teams *Host Countries ** ** *Qualified through 2016 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship Qualific ...

in and ** defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their second Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship title. ** took third place. * September 2 – 10:

2016 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship The 2016 CEV U20 Volleyball European Championship is the 25th edition of the Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship, organised by CEV. It will be played in Bulgaria from 2 to 10 September 2016. Poland won the gold medals for a second time ...

in ** defeated , 3–1 in matches played, to win their second Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship title. ** took third place. * September 3 – 11:

2016 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship The 2016 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 17th staging of the AVC Club Championships which was hosted by the Philippines. The tournament was held at the Alonte Sports Arena in Biñan, Laguna. It was held from September 3 to Se ...

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defeated Ba'yi Shenzhen, 3–0 in matches played, to win their first Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship title. **

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took third place. * September 14 – 20:

2016 Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship The 2016 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2016 AVC Cup for Women was the fifth edition of the Asian Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vi ...

Vĩnh Phúc Province Vĩnh Phúc was a former province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. Administrative divisions Vĩnh Phúc is subdivided into 8 district-level sub-divisions: * 7 districts: ** Sông Lô ** Bình Xuyên ** Lập Thạch ** Tam Đả ...

** defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and fourth overall Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship title. ** took third place. * September 22 – 28: 2016 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship in

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** defeated , 3–1 in matches played, to win their third AVC Cup for Men title. ** took third place. * October 17 – 23:

2016 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship The 2016 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 12th edition of the event. It was held in Betim, Brazil from 18 to 23 October 2016. Brazil's Sada Cruzeiro defeated Russia's Zenit Kazan in the final and won FIVB Men’s Club Wor ...

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** Sada Cruzeiro defeated

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, 3–0 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and third overall FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship title. ** Trentino Diatec took third place. * October 18 – 23:

2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship The 2016 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the 10th edition of the event. It was held for the first time in the Philippines, on 18–23 October 2016 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. For the first time, eight teams competed, including four wil ...

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Eczacıbaşı VitrA Eczacıbaşı Holding is a Turkish industrial group of companies founded in 1942. As of 2023, the Group's 50 companies employ more than 13,500 people, operate 40 production plants, and generate a combined net turnover of TL 33 billion. Group E ...

defeated Pomì Casalmaggiore, 3–2 in matches played, to win their second consecutive FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship title. ** Vakıfbank İstanbul took third place.

2016 FIVB Volleyball World League The 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 27th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament which was played by a record of 36 teams from 16 June to 17 July 2016. The Group 1 final round was held in Kraków, Poland. After b ...

* July 1 – 3: Group 3 Finals in

Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...

** Winners: ** Second: ** Third: * July 9 & 10: Group 2 Finals in

Matosinhos Matosinhos () is a City#Portugal, city and a Concelho, municipality in the district of Porto District, Porto in Portugal. The municipality covers an area of approximately and had 172,557 inhabitants in 2021. It is bordered by the municipalities o ...

** Winners: ** Second: ** Third: The * July 13 – 17: Group 1 Finals in

Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...

** Winners: ** Second: ** Third:

2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix The 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 24th edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 teams from 3 June to 10 July 2016. The Group 1 final round was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Brazil captured their ...

* June 17 – 19: Group 3 Finals in

Almaty Almaty, formerly Alma-Ata, is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population exceeding two million residents within its metropolitan area. Located in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains ...

** Winners: ** Second: ** Third: * June 17 – 19: Group 2 Finals in

Plovdiv Plovdiv (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 490,983 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub ...

** Winners: ** Second: ** Third: * July 6 – 10: Group 1 Finals in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...

FIVB's 2016 Volleyball World Grand Prix Group 1 Page
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Volleyball Hall of Fame The International Volleyball Hall of Fame (IVHF) was founded to honor extraordinary players, coaches, officials, and leaders who have made significant contributions to the game of volleyball. The Hall of Fame is located in Holyoke, Massachusetts ...

*Class of 2016: **

Emanuel Rego Emanuel Fernando Sheffer Rego (born 15 April 1973) is a Brazilian male former beach volleyball player who competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Rego partnered with José Loiola at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, t ...

Nikola Grbić Nikola Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Грбић; born 6 September 1973) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player who is currently serving as head coach for the Poland national team. Grbić is a gold medalist of the 2000 Sum ...

Misty May-Treanor Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (; née May; born July 30, 1977) is an American retired professional beach volleyball player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and , was the most successful female beach volleyball player having won 112 tou ...

Danielle Scott-Arruda Danielle Racquel Scott-Arruda (born October 1, 1972) is an American former volleyball player. She played at the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, breaking a U.S. female volleyball athlete record for Olympic appearances. For ...

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