Snow volleyball

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Snow volleyball ( also Snow volleyball or snow volleyball, dt. Snow volleyball) is a winter sport that is played by two teams of three players on a snow course, which is divided by a net. The goal of each team is to score points by playing a ball over the net in order to land it on the opponent's field and prevent the opponent from making equal effort. A team may make up to three touches to pass the ball over the net and individual players may not touch the ball twice in a row.

The sport originated in Austria as a variant of beach volleyball . The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is the international sports association .

history

The concept of snow volleyball is attributed to Martin Kaswurm, who set up a playing field in front of his restaurant in Austria. Snow volleyball first gained popularity in 2008 in Wagrain, Austria. The Salzburg event manager Martin Kaswurm developed this variant and organized the first tournament in Wagrain in 2009 . Snow volleyball was recognized as an official sport by the Austrian volleyball association in 2011. The Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV) officially added the sport in October 2015 and organized the first European Snow Volleyball Tour in 2016. In 2012, the first series of tournaments took place in Wagrain, St. Anton and Spitzingsee . In 2013 tournaments took place in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Italy; For the first time, female teams were also there. 2015 was also played in the Czech Republic. The first CEV European Snow Volleyball Championships took place in Austria in March 2018. In 2017 the FIVB announced its plans to make snow volleyball part of the future Olympic Winter Games program. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, the FIVB and CEV recruited former beach volleyball Olympics to take part in a demonstration of the sport in the Austria House.

Teams from the USA, Brazil and Kazakhstan were invited for the first time at the first tournament of the 2018/19 European Tour season.

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Playing field and equipment

Snow volleyball is played on a rectangular snow pitch. The square is 16 m long and 8 m wide, surrounded by an open space that is at least 2 m wide on all sides. The lines are marked by high-contrast bands that should be 5 cm wide. The snow should be at least 30 cm deep and as free as possible from possible hazards. The square is divided into two halves by a net that is 8.0 to 8.5 m long and 1 m wide. The top of the net is 1.43 m above the ground for men and 2.24 m for women. An antenna with a length of 1.8 m and a diameter of 10 mm is attached to each side edge of the net. The antennas are considered part of the net and extend 80 cm above it, forming the lateral boundaries that the ball can cross.

The FIVB regulations dictate that the ball must be spherical and made of flexible and water-resistant material to be suitable for outdoor conditions. Suitable materials are leather or synthetic leather or similar. A snow volleyball has a circumference of 66 to 68 cm and a weight of 260 to 280 g.

The players wear suitable thermal clothing and football boots with studs.

Teams

A team consists of three starters and one substitute player. Each team can make up to two substitutions per set. Coaching during the game is not allowed.

Rating

A team scores a point if the ball lands on the opposing team's court, or the opposing team knocks the ball out of the way, or the opposing team makes a mistake, or the opposing team receives a penalty. The team that won the point serves the next point. The ball is considered out if it lands completely outside the boundary lines on the ground or if it touches an object or person (other than a player) outside the field of play or if it touches the antennas of the net or if it does not return inside the antennas or if there are more than three ball contacts by a team or if it goes completely under the net.

A set is won by the first team to score 15 points with a two point lead. A match is won by the team that wins two sets.

Difference to beach volleyball

The rules of snow volleyball are similar to those of beach volleyball. The main differences between snow and beach volleyball, besides the playing surface, are the point system and the number of players. As in the beach version, the game was originally played on two winning sets with 21 points and two players in one team. In December 2018, the FIVB passed new rules for snow volleyball, which changed the point system to 15 points and the number of players to three starters and one substitute player in a team. Another difference is that, unlike beach volleyball, a take-off block is not counted as one of the three permitted touches and every player can make the next touch after the block.

Gameplay

The teams start on opposite sides of the network. One team is designated as the serving team and the opposing team is the returning team. The referee flips a coin before the three-minute warm-up to determine which team will serve first and on which side of the field the teams will begin the first two sets. If a third set of decisions is required, another coin toss is made before the third set. The loser of the coin toss decides in the second set whether he chooses information or chooses the side of the field.

For each point, a player starts serving by throwing the ball in the air and trying to hit the ball so that it lands on the opposing team's field. The opposing team must make a combination of a maximum of three contacts with the ball in order to bring the ball to the opposing side of the opponent, whereby individual players are not allowed to touch the ball twice in a row. The three contacts usually consist of the acceptance, the placement of the ball and the attack stroke.

The defending team tries to prevent the attacking team from playing the ball onto their field: the player or players jump on the net and reach over the top of the net to block the attacked ball. When the ball is hit around, over or through the block, the defensive players positioned behind the blocker try to control the ball with diggers (usually with their forearm). After successful excavation, the team goes on to attack.

The game continues until the ball touches the playing field within the limits or until a mistake is made.

The team changes half of the game after every 5 points played. Each team can request a timeout (game interruption) of 30 seconds per set.

CEV tournament series

After the recognition, the CEV organized the first official snow volleyball tour. In March and April 2016 there were tournaments in Wagrain, at Plan de Corones and in Špindlerův Mlýn .

In 2017 the series was expanded to six countries.

CEV Snow Volleyball Tour 2017
date place country
25./26. February Špindlerův Mlýn Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
11./12. March Disentis / Mustér SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
18./19. March Kranjska Gora SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
25./26. March Wagrain AustriaAustria Austria
1./2. April Malbun LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein
March 16-18 Kronplatz AustriaAustria Austria

The 2018 CEV Tour consisted of six tournaments in five countries. The prize money per tournament was between € 1,000 and € 2,500.

CEV snow volleyball tour 2018
date place country
January 12-14 Erciyes Dağı TurkeyTurkey Turkey
February 16-18 Roccaraso ItalyItaly Italy
February 24-25 Bakuriani GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia
the 14th of March Uludag TurkeyTurkey Turkey
March 9-11 Kranjska Gora SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
March 16-18 Kronplatz AustriaAustria Austria

European Championship

From March 23 to 25, 2018, the first European snow volleyball championship was held in Wagrain-Kleinarl and Flachau . For men and women, 24 teams each competed for € 10,000 prize money. The men's final was won by Russians Ruslan Daianov and Taras Myskiv against the German duo Paul Becker and Jonas Schröder . In the women's final, Lithuanians Ieva Dumbauskaitė and Monika Povilaitytė won. The German participants Lena Overländer and Karoline Fröhlich came in ninth. The tournament was televised on Eurosport 2 .

National championships

Germany

On 17./18. February 2018 the first German championship in snow volleyball took place on Sahnehang in Winterberg . Eight male and six female duos competed. The first German champions were Paul Becker and Jonas Schröder as well as Lena Overländer and Karoline Fröhlich, who qualified for the European championship with the title. The tournament was broadcast on Sportdeutschland.TV .

Austria

The first Austrian state championship in snow volleyball took place on January 20, 2018 in Zell am See . Alexander Huber and Martin Streitfellner won the men , while Elisabeth Klopf and Viktoria Mair won the women .

Switzerland

The first Swiss snow volleyball championship was held on February 25, 2018 in Engelberg . The first masters were Alexei Strasser and Sébastien Chevallier as well as Sarah Leemann and Claudia Schmid .

Olympic games

Snow volleyball is not yet an Olympic sport . It will be shown as a demonstration sport at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing . The aim is to join the Olympic program for the 2026 Winter Games . Then volleyball with its variants would be represented as the first sport at summer and winter games.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  11. ↑ a b Russian 'Kings of the Snow' crowned first-ever #EuroSnowVolley champions. CEV, March 25, 2018, accessed on August 29, 2018 .
  12. ↑ a b c Paul Becker / Jonas Schröder win historical SILVER. DVV, March 22, 2018, accessed on August 29, 2018 .
  13. ↑ a b c German championship. DVV, January 30, 2018, accessed on August 29, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Two DVV teams make history. DVV, March 21, 2018, accessed on August 29, 2018 .
  15. ↑ a b Dredging in the snow: The first Austrian State Snow Volleyball Championship took place in Zell am See-Kaprun. zellamsee-kaprun.com, January 22, 2018, accessed on August 29, 2018 .
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  17. ↑ a b Hamburg agency to make snow volleyball Olympic. Hamburger Abendblatt , March 24, 2018, accessed on August 29, 2018 .