Fédération Internationale de Volleyball

Türkiye will be hosting the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship for the second successive time, the Turkish Volleyball Federation has announced.

"The competition will be held in [the southern province of] Antalya between Dec. 14 and 18," it said in a statement.

Türkiye will be represented in the tournament with two teams, Vakıfbank and Eczacıbaşı Dynavit.

Fenerbahçe Opet Women's Volleyball team star Eda Erdem Dündar was named one of the 100 greatest players, International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) announced on Feb. 4. 

"A girl who discovers her self-worth and self-esteem can fearlessly chase her dreams," Dündar said on FIVB's website.

The men's volleyball Serbia's national team won the European Championship after beating Slovenia 3-1, thus becoming European Volleyball Champion for the third time.
Players selected by national coach Slobodan Kovac played wonderfully and triumphed on every match on the Championship, keeping their best performance for the finals.

Turkey's national women volleyball team defeated Germany 3-1 on Aug. 2 in their first match at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament. 

Reigning world champions Turkish club Vakıfbank on Dec. 9 again captured the gold medal in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in China.

Bulgaria's thrilling 4-3 comeback win over Cuba to close Day 3 of the 2017 FIVB Women's U23 World Championship here had the victors ecstatic . More so, because it added a lot of fuel to pool B's classification race, as favorites Turkey now stand on third place, volleymob writes.

BELGRADE - World Volleyball Federation (FIVB) accepted today at the Congress in Buenos Aires Kosovo and South Sudan in its membership, said Serbian Volleyball Federation (OSS) in a statement.

As stated, President of OSS Nenad Golijanin said to the delegates during public voting that the Volleyball Federation of Serbia abstains on the issue of Kosovo acceptance into the membership.

The men's volleyball teams of Bulgaria and France are to face each other in the semifinals of the Volleyball European Championship 2015.

The president of the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation (BVF) Dancho Lazarov announced on Tuesday that the country's men national team will compete in Group 1 of the World League in 2016.

Bulgaria's participation in the top group became possible after the country was granted a wild card from the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB).

The international volleyball federation FIVB on Nov. 9 said it will not allow Iran to host international events as long as women are banned from attending the game.
      
The announcement comes a week after a British-Iranian women, Goncheh Ghavami, was jailed by a Tehran court, five months following her arrest in the city after trying to attend a volleyball match.