COACHES MANUAL
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Level I - Coaches Manual<br />
The World Cup<br />
In 1965, Poland hosted the first World Cup for Men before Uruguay hosted the first World Cup for Women in<br />
1973. Following the first two editions for Men and the first edition for Women, Japan gave new life to Men’s and<br />
Women’s World Cups by staging the third and second editions respectively in 1977. From there on until today,<br />
with the sponsorship of Fuji Television, the quadrennial World Cup has become a major event and qualifies three<br />
teams for the Olympic Games.<br />
Members rising<br />
From the 14 founding members the FIVB grew to 45 in 1955, 89 in 1964 and 101 in 1968, distributed over the<br />
five continents: 25 in Europe, 25 in Asia, 25 in Africa, 11 in South America, and 15 in NORCECA (North, Central<br />
America and the Caribbean). Today the Federation counts 220 affiliated national federations including 53 in Africa,<br />
65 in Asia, 55 in Europe, 35 in NORCECA and 12 in South America.<br />
Dr. Rubén Acosta succeeds President Paul Libaud<br />
One of the big turning points for the FIVB came in 1984<br />
when President Paul Libaud, by then in his 80s and highly<br />
acclaimed for having founded the Federation and making<br />
it a significant reality on the world sports stage, resigned<br />
after 37 years of leadership. Dr. Rubén Acosta was elected<br />
new President to succeed Libaud at the World Congress in<br />
Long Beach, California.<br />
The move<br />
The FIVB moved its headquarters to Lausanne, Switzerland, the same year, bringing it closer to the International<br />
Olympic Committee and providing a wonderful base to promote the sport in worldwide competitions held in the<br />
five continents (Asia, Africa, Europe, South America and NORCECA).<br />
From game to great TV<br />
spectacle<br />
At the same time, Volleyball<br />
went through a number of<br />
modifications to change the face<br />
of the sport. The need to make it<br />
more telegenic in order to attract<br />
fans and sponsors led to major<br />
modifications in 1998, such as<br />
the introduction of the Rally Point<br />
System, the Libero player, the “let<br />
ball in play” rule and many other<br />
new rules that makes the game<br />
much more attractive.<br />
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