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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball

international governing body for the sport of indoor, beach and grass volleyball
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Summary

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball is an international sport governing body[1]. It draws 2,229 Wikipedia views per month (international sport governing body category, ranking #26 of 247).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Global Association of International Sports Federations[3], Association of Summer Olympic International Federations[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Instance of: volleyball association[6]
  • Official language: English[7], French[8], Russian[9], Spanish[10], Chinese[11], Arabic[12]
  • Headquarters location: Lausanne[13]
  • Chairperson: Paul Libaud[14]
  • Inception: April 20, 1947[15]
  • Sport: volleyball[16]
  • Official website: https://www.fivb.com/[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fédération Internationale de Volleyball[18]
  • Replaces: International Amateur Handball Federation[19]
  • Official name: Fédération Internationale de Volleyball[20]
  • Related Wikidata property: P2801[21]
  • Operating area: worldwide[22]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
  • Terms of service URL: https://www.fivb.com/terms-of-service/[24]
  • Privacy policy URL: https://www.fivb.com/privacy-policy/[25]
  • Social media followers: 252,602[26], 1,170,000[27], 1,550,000[28], 2,050,000[29], 2,820,000[30], 3,210,000[31], 3,660,000[32], 4,050,000[33]
  • Contact page URL: https://www.fivb.com/inside-fivb/fivb/contact/[34]

Why It Matters

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Global Association of International Sports Federations Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  28. [30] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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