Confédération Européenne de Volleyball

The Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV) is the European umbrella organization for volleyball . The association's headquarters are in Luxembourg .

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The CEV was founded on October 21, 1963, but the sport had reached Europe many years earlier. At the congress in 1947 that led to the founding of the world association FIVB , the majority of the participants came from this continent.

The administrative structure used by the CEV and rivaling the structure of the FIVB in terms of size and scope can also be justified with the long tradition of sport in Europe. The CEV is the largest of all volleyball associations and it organizes most of the annual competitions and tournaments.

The CEV is superordinate to the individual national associations and organizes continental competitions such as the prestigious European Championship (first in 1948), the Champions League , the CEV Cup , the Challenge Cup and the European League . It is also involved in the organization of qualifying tournaments for the Olympic Games and World Championships, as well as international competitions organized by member associations.

Member associations

Europe is considered to be the strongest continent in volleyball. The CEV usually has more participants in international competitions than any other association.

Leading leagues in Europe are Russia and Italy . There are also Poland for men and Turkey and Azerbaijan for women. In Germany and France there are only a few teams that can keep up in terms of performance.

The following table shows the current 56 member associations of the CEV in alphabetical order.

code	country	Association	link
ALB	Albania	Federata Shqiptare e Volejbollit	[1]
AND	Andorra	Federació Andorrana de Voleibol	[2]
POOR	Armenia	Hajastani Hanrapetutjan wolejboli federazia	[3]
AUT	Austria	Austrian volleyball association	[4]
AZE	Azerbaijan	Azerbaycan Voleybol Federasyonu	[5]
BEL	Belgium	Fédération Royale Belge de Volleyball Koninklijk Belgian Volleybal Verbond	[6]
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Odbojkaški savez Bosne i Hercegovine	[7]
BLR	Belarus	Belaruskaya federazyja valejbola	[8th]
BUL	Bulgaria	Bulgarska Federazija Volejbol	[9]
CRO	Croatia	Hrvatska odbojkaška udruga	[10]
CYP	Cyprus	Kypriaki Omospondia Petosferisis	[11]
CZE	Czech Republic	Český volejbalový svaz	[12]
THE	Denmark	Dansk Volleyball Forbund	[13]
CLOSELY	England	England Volleyball Association	[14]
ESP	Spain	Real Federación Española de Voleibol	[15]
EST	Estonia	Eesti Võrkpalli Liit	[16]
FER	Faroe Islands	Flogbóltssamband Føroya	[17]
FIN	Finland	Suomen Lentopalloliitto RY	[18]
FRA	France	Fédération Française de Volley Ball	[19]
GEO	Georgia	Sakartwelos prenburtis pederazia
GER	Germany	German volleyball association	[20]
GIB	Gibraltar	Gibraltar Volleyball Association
GRE	Greece	Elliniki Omospondia Petosferisis	[21]
GRL	Greenland	Kalaallit Nunaanni Volleyball Tartut Kattuffiat	[22]
HUN	Hungary	Magyar Röplabda Szövetség	[23]
IRL	Ireland	Volleyball Association of Ireland	[24]
ISL	Iceland	Blaksamband Íslands	[25]
ISR	Israel	Igud HaKadur'af BeIsrael	[26]
ITA	Italy	Federazione Italiana Pallavolo	[27]
KOS	Kosovo	Federata e Volejebollit e Kosovës	[28]
LAT	Latvia	Latvijas Volejbola federācija	[29]
LIE	Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein Volleyball Association	[30]
LTU	Lithuania	Lietuvos tinklinio federacija	[31]
LUX	Luxembourg	Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Volleyball	[32]
MKD	North Macedonia	Odbojkarska federacija na Makedonija
MLD	Moldova	Federația de Volei din Republica Moldova
MLT	Malta	Malta Volleyball Association	[33]
MNE	Montenegro	Odbojkaški Savez Crne Gore	[34]
MON	Monaco	Fédération Monégasque de Volley Ball	[35]
NED	Netherlands	Nederlandse Volleybal Bond	[36]
NIR	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Volleyball Association	[37]
NOR	Norway	Norges Volleyball Association	[38]
POLE	Poland	Polski Związek Piłki Siatkowej	[39]
POR	Portugal	Federação Portuguesa de Voleibol	[40]
ROME	Romania	Federația Română de Volei	[41]
RUS	Russia	Vserossiyskaya federation volejbola	[42]
SCO	Scotland	Scottish Volleyball Association	[43]
SLO	Slovenia	Odbojkarska zveza Slovenije	[44]
SMR	San Marino	Federazione Sammarinese Pallavolo	[45]
SRB	Serbia	Odbojkaški savez Srbije	[46]
SUI	Switzerland	Swiss volley	[47]
SVK	Slovakia	Slovenská volejbalová federácia	[48]
SWE	Sweden	Svenska Volleybollförbundet	[49]
DOOR	Turkey	Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu	[50]
UKR	Ukraine	Federazija wolejboly Ukrajiny	[51]
WHALE	Wales	Volleyball wales	[52]

Web links

• Official website (English)