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Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV) is the continental governing body for the sport of volleyball in Europe. Its headquarters are located in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. A sport governing body comes in several forms. ... Volleyball is a popular sport where teams separated by a high net hit a ball back and forth between the teams. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. ...

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Although the CEV was only formed on October 21, 1963, volleyball became popular in Europe many years before. The majority of the teams that attended the Congress which eventually lead to the foundation of the FIVB in 1947 were from this continent. In fact, the foundation itself is supposed to have been a move on the part of european national federations. October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... FIVB Logo Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is the international governing body for the sport of volleyball. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Volleyball was invented in the USA, but became for the first time an extremely popular sport in eastern Europe, after being introduced by american soldiers during World War I. By the middle of the century, it had already spread through the rest of the continent as well. Many techniques and tatics that are commonplace in modern volleyball have been allegedly introduced by europeans teams. Amongst others, it would be worthy of note here: blocking (Czechoslovakia, 1938); penetration of the setter, which eventually led to the development of the so called 5-1 system (USSR, 1949); forearm pass (Czechoslovakia, 1958); and backrow attack (Poland, 1974). An invented sport refers to a modern-day sport which is conceived and developed by a single person, team, or committee. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

The long and significant tradition of the sport in the continent may at least partially account for the administrative structure employed by the CEV, that rivals with the FIVB's in size and comprehensiveness. It is the biggest of all volleyball confederations, and the one that organizes the largest number of annual competitions and tournaments. As of 2005, its headquarters are located in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

As the presiding entity over european volleyball federations, the CEV organizes continental competitions such as the prestigious European Championship (first edition, 1948), the CEV Cup and the European League. It participates in the organization of qualification tournaments for major events such as the Olympic Games or the World Championship, and of international competitions hosted by one of its affiliated federations. 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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Europe is considered the strongest continent in the field of volleyball. The CEV has usually more spots reserved in international competitions than any other confederation. World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...

Russia, which inherited most of the players and coaches from former USSR and CIS, has arguably the most stable volleyball programme, supporting top level women's and men's teams. The same may be said of Italy, although only in later years women's volleyball was fully developped in this country. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (in Russian: Содружество Независимых Государств (СНГ) - Sodruzhestvo Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv) is a confederation or alliance consisting of 11 of the 15 former Soviet Republics, the exceptions being the three Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), and Georgia. ...

Serbia & Montenegro, former Yugoslavia, and The Netherlands must also be counted as continental forces in men's volleyball. At a lower level of play, one may consider a few other teams with some tradition in this realm, such as Spain, Bulgaria and France; and at an even lower level, but still capable of ocasionally upseting stronger teams, Germany, Greece, Poland and possibly Portugal. Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ...

Competition is less tough in the domain of women's volleyball. Russia and Italy are rarely threatened by any other team in major competitions. Apart from these two, Germany, which has drawn players both from West and East Germany, may be viewed as the next most traditional european team. With more inconsistent results and often depending on the excellence of individual players, one may also take into consideration: The Netherlands, Croatia, Romania, and more recently Turkey, Poland and Bulgaria. West Germany was the informal but almost universally used name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990, during which years the Federal Republic did not yet include East Germany. ... East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a Communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ...

Affiliated Federations

As of 2004, the following national federations were afiliated to the CEV:

External links

• CEV Homepage (http://www.cev.lu/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Andorra (http://www.fav.ad/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Austria (http://www.volleynet.at/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Azerbaijan (http://www.azvolley.org/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Belgium (http://www.volleyvvb.be)
• National Volleyball Federation of Bulgaria (http://www.volleyball.bg/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Croatia (http://www.hos.hr/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Czech Republic (http://www.volejbalcz.cz/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Denmark (http://www.volleyball.dk/)
• National Volleyball Federation of England (http://www.volleyballengland.org/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Spain (http://www.rfevb.com/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Estonia (http://www.evf.ee/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Faroe Islands (http://www.fbf.fo/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Finland (http://www.lentopalloliitto.fi/)
• National Volleyball Federation of France (http://www.volley.asso.fr/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Germany (http://www.volleyball-verband.de/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Greece (http://www.volleyball.gr/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Greenland (http://www.volleyball.gl/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Hungary (http://www.hunvolley.hu/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Iceland (http://www.bli.is/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Ireland (http://www.clubi.ie/volleyball/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Italy (http://www.federvolley.it/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Latvia (http://www.volejbols.lv/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Luxembourg (http://www.flvb.lu/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Malta (http://www.maltavolleyball.org/)
• National Volleyball Federation of The Netherlands (http://www.volleybal.nl/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Northern Ireland (http://www.nivb.co.uk/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Norway (http://www.volleyball.no/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Poland (http://www.pzps.pl/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Portugal (http://www.fpvoleibol.pt/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Romania (http://www.frv.ro/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Russia (http://www.volley.ru/)
• National Volleyball Federation of San Marino (http://www.fspav.sm/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Scotland (http://www.scottishvolleyball.org/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Serbia & Montenegro (http://www.osscg.org.yu/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Slovenia (http://www.odboj-zveza.si/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Slovakia (http://www.svf.sk/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Sweden (http://www.volleyboll.se/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Switzerland (http://www.volleyball.ch/)
• National Volleyball Federation of Turkey (http://www.voleybol.org.tr/)