Volleyball

Volleyball is a sport played by two teams on a playing court divided by a net. The object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent. The team has three hits for returning the ball

The ball is put in play with a service: hit by the server over the net to the opponents. The rally continues until the ball is grounded on the playing court, goes “out” or a team fails to return it properly.

In Volleyball, the team winning a rally scores a point When the receiving team wins a rally, it gains a point and the right to serve, and its players rotate one position clockwise.

The FIVB World Ranking is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in volleyball. The teams of the member nations of FIVB, volleyball's world governing body, are ranked based on their competitions results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. A point system is used, with points being awarded based on the importance of each FIVB International competitions and Continental competitions also. Under the existing system, rankings are based on a team's performance, with more recent results and more significant competitions being more heavily weighted to help reflect the current competitive state of a team. As of July, 2016 the top 3 teams in men's category are, world's in. 1 Brazil, in. 2 Poland, in. 3 Russia and in women's category are as follows, world's in. 1 United States, in.2 Brazil, in. 3 China.

Sofia Walenciuk Citton

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