confdration europenne de volleyball

Confdration Europenne de Volleyball (CEV) is the continental governing body for the sport of volleyball in Europe. Its headquarters are located in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

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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. 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 (Czech Republic, 1938); penetration of the setter, which eventually led to the development of the so called 5-1 system (USSR, 1949); forearm pass (Czech Republic, 1958); and backrow attack (Poland, 1974). 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.

Teams

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. 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. 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. 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.

Affiliated Federations

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

ode!!Country!!Federation
LB	Albania	Fdration Albanaise de Volleyball
ND	Andorra	Federaci Andorrana de Voleibol
RM	Armenia	Fdration de Volleyball de la Republique d'Armenie
UT	Austria	sterreichischer Volleyball Verband
ZE	Azerbaijan	Azerbaycan Voleybol Federasiyasi
LR	Belarus	Bielorusskaia Federatsija Volejbola
EL	Belgium	Fdration Royale Belge de Volleyball
IH	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Volleyball Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina *
UL	Bulgaria	Bulgarska Federatsiya Volejbol
RO	Croatia	Hrvatski Odbojkaski Savez
YP	Cyprus	Cyprus Volleyball Association *
ZE	Czech Republic	esk Volejbalov Svaz
EN	Denmark	Dansk Volleyball Forbund
NG	England	England Volleyball Association
SP	Spain	Real Federacin Espaola de Voleibol
ST	Estonia	Eesti Vrkpalli Liit
ER	Faroe Islands	Flogbltssamband Froya
IN	Finland	Suomen Lentopalloliitto F. Y.
RA	France	Fdration Franaise de Volleyball
EO	Georgia	Georgian Volleyball Federation *
ER	Germany	Deutscher Volleyball Verband
IB	Gibraltar	Gibraltar Volleyball Association
RE	Greece	Elliniki Omospondia Petosferiseos
RL	Greenland	Kalaallit Nunaanni Volleyballertartut Kattuffiat
UN	Hungary	Magyar Roplabda Szovetseg
RL	Ireland	Volleyball Association of Ireland
SL	Iceland	Blaksamband slands
SR	Israel	Israel Volleyball Association *
TA	Italy	Federazione Italiana Pallavolo
AT	Latvia	Latvijas Volejbola Federcija
IE	Liechtenstein	Liechtensteiner Volleyball Verband
TU	Lithuania	Lithuanian Volleyball Federation *
UX	Luxembourg	Fdration Luxembourgeoise de Volleyball
KD	Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Odbojkarska Federatsija Na Makedonija
LD	Moldavia	Fdration de Volleyball de la Republique de Moldavie
LT	Malta	Malta Volleyball Association
ON	Monaco	Fdration Monegasque de Volleyball
ED	The Netherlands	Nederlandse Volleybal Bond
IR	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Volleyball Association
OR	Norway	Norges Volleyballforbund
OL	Poland	Polski Zwiazek Pilki Siatkowej
OR	Portugal	Federao Portuguesa de Voleibol
OM	Romania	Federatia Romania de Volei
US	Russia	Vserossijskaya Federatsiya Volejbola
CG	Serbia & Montenegro	Odbojkaški Savez Srbije I Crne Gore
CO	Scotland	Scottish Volleyball Association
LO	Slovenia	Odbojkarska Zveza Slovenije
MR	San Marino	Federazione Sammarinese Pallavolo
VK	Slovakia	Slovensk Volejbalov Federcia
UI	Switzerland	Swiss Volley
WE	Sweden	Svenska Volleybollfrbundet
UR	Turkey	Turkiye Voleybol Federasyonu
KR	Ukraine	Ukranian Volleyball Federation *
AL	Wales	Welsh Volleyball Association
colspan="3" style="font-size:9px" \|* romanization unknown

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