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Centenary of Volleyball

Volleyball was created in 1895 by William G. Morgan who was then director of physical education at the YMCA in Holyhoke, Massachusetts (USA). This sport was first called mintonette before the name volleyball was definitively adopted. Thanks to the YMCA, volleyball was introduced to Canada and many other countries such as Japan, China and the Philippines. The first national volleyball championships took place in the United States of America in 1922. The first constitutive congress of the International Volleyball Federation was held in Paris in 1947 and was followed by the first European championships in Rome in 1948 and the first world championship in Prague in 1949. Volleyball was recognized as an Olympic sport and included in the 1964 Tokyo games. year, Algeria joins the 70 nations affiliated to the International Volleyball Federation. Today, thanks to its promotional activity and its 210 affiliated federations, volleyball is one of the five main Olympic sports. The total number of licensees is 250 million, while 800 million people play volleyball at least once a week. The total number of spectators and financial stability enjoyed by the International Volleyball Federation make it one of the world's leading sports federations. In Algeria, volleyball has recorded a certain qualitative development since 1990 with two African Nations Champion titles in 1991 and 1993, an Arab Champion title in 1994, a ninth place at the World Cup in 1991 and a first participation in the last Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 and in the 13th World Championship in Athens in 1994.