" Please keep in mind that Wallyball and Volleyball are two different games, with different rules " states Steve Fuhrman, a National Wallyball Rules Director of over 15 years, " Many facilities play with house rules which is great!

An international federation, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball ( FIVB ), was founded in 1947, and the first World Championships were held in 1949 for men and 1952 for women.

The High School teams were MSHAA Class B Football Champions in 1986 and 1992, and Class B Volleyball State Champions consecutively from 1997 to 2004 inclusive, and again in 2006.

The early 1990s, however, were good years for the Zalma Lady Bulldogs varsity volleyball team as they won the Class 1A MSHSAA State Volleyball Championship in 1990-1991, defeating Osceola for the title.

Men's Cross Country and Men's Soccer were state champions, while Women's Tennis and Women's Volleyball were state runner-ups.

Events of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games were also sited in the district of Kallithea, notably handball and Taekwondo in the new Sports Pavilion ( Faliro ) by the bottom of Syngrou Avenue, and beach volleyball in the Olympic Beach Volleyball Center on Kallithea Bay ( Tzitzifies ).

Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of indoor volleyball held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium and beach volleyball held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre, in the southern portion of the Roth Pavilion ; both were located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex.

* 2003: The topless cheat for Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball in which players were supposed to go to a career mode and reset the game while, at the same time, play no beach volley ball, then return to the menu and, in the suit-selection menu, there would be a topless feature ; this confused many people, some attempted it and sent several angry letters.

The men's volleyball team won the 2003 NCAA Division I / II National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship by defeating Brigham Young University, but it later voluntarily gave back its title after an internal investigation found ineligibility issues that were kept private from the NCAA.

Women's Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex between August 14 and August 29.

They won a bronze medal at the 2003 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, and by the end of the 2003 world tour, were ranked fourth in the world.

Among the teams cut were Men's and Women's Rugby union, Track and Field, Swimming, Rowing, Biathlon and Karate ; while the college kept the Hockey, Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball, Taekwondo and Fencing teams.

In the period between 1935 and 1937 a three-hectare sports ground for the classes of physical education was built ( on the grounds of present day FC “ Index ”). Volleyball courts, basketball courts, football fields, tennis courts and gyms were built there.

Gold medals seem more evenly distributed in men's volleyball than in women's: United States and the former Soviet Union have three ; and Brazil, two ; the remaining four editions of the Volleyball Olympic Tournament were won each by a different country.

The twelve editions of the Volleyball Olympic Tournament were won by only five different countries: Brazil, Soviet Union, Cuba, China and Japan.

The Plainfield North Boy's Volleyball Team became conference Champions in 2009, and were Regional runners-up in both the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

The Men's Volleyball team were Maxpreps Top-Ranked team in CA in 2011.

Volleyball matches were held at the arena during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic games.

A slightly altered version of it was used at the title screen of the NES title, Volleyball, also by Nintendo.

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net.

Volleyball is also a sport at the Paralympics managed by the World Organization Volleyball for Disabled.

The Bulgarian Volleyball Federation is the world's second-oldest, and it was an exhibition tournament organised by the BVF in Sofia that convinced the International Olympic Committee to include volleyball as an olympic sport in 1957.

Jensen Beach was rated the " Top Spot for Beach Volleyball " in 2008 by the " Prime Time Magazine " is a part of the Treasure Coast which derives its name from the ships that wrecked during the 17th century because of coral reefs in the shallow waters.

In August 2006 Coney Island hosted a major national volleyball tournament sponsored by the Association of Volleyball Professionals.

* Asia Volleyball Championship: men's and women's tournaments both won by China

* European Volleyball Championship held in France: men's and women's tournaments both won by USSR

* Volleyball at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico: men's and women's tournaments both won by Cuba

* European Volleyball Championship held in Finland: both men's and women's tournaments won by USSR

* Asia Volleyball Championship held in Melbourne: men's and women's tournaments both won by Japan

* European Volleyball Championship held in Yugoslavia: men's and women's tournaments both won by USSR

* Volleyball at the 1975 Pan American Games held in Mexico City: men's and women's tournaments both won by Cuba

** 1971 Men's European Volleyball Championship won by the USSR

** 1971 Women's European Volleyball Championship won by the USSR

* European Volleyball Championships held in Bulgaria and won by USSR ( men ) and Bulgaria ( women )

* 1989 Men's European Volleyball Championship won by Italy

* 1989 Women's European Volleyball Championship won by USSR

* Asia Volleyball Championships won by Japan ( men ) and China ( women )

* European Volleyball Championships in Gent, Belgium won by USSR ( men ) and DDR ( women )

* Pan American Games Volleyball in Indianapolis won by USA ( men ) and Cuba ( women )

* European Volleyball Championship held in the Netherlands: both men's and women's tournaments won by USSR

* Asian Volleyball Championships held in Japan: both men's and women's tournaments won by Japan

* European Volleyball Championships held in East Germany won by USSR ( men ) and DDR ( women )