O volleyballAnd the second sport most played in Brazil, second only to soccer. With the beginning of the practice in the beginning of the 20th century, today, Brazilian athletes carry many victories.
With the high performance that the national teams have been showing in the last decades, Brazil has already occupied the first place in the ranking of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) in both modalities – female and male.
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Although it is difficult to know exactly how volleyball began to be played in Brazil, there are reports that the first match was in 1915, at Colégio Marista de Recife.
Thus, he began to gain notoriety in 1916 and 1917 by the Young Men's Christian Association of São Paulo. In 1923, Fluminense was the first professional Brazilian club in the sport.
In the same year, the club was responsible for the open tournament for members of the Metropolitan League of Terrestrial Sports at its headquarters. It was in the same place that the 1st edition of the Men's South American Volleyball Championship took place in 1951.
The 1st edition of the South American Women's Volleyball Championship also took place. Both had victories for Brazil.
In 1947, the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) was founded, with Brazil as one of the founding countries.
Thus, in the 50s and 60s, the sport was practiced only by the Brazilian elites and with little contact with world powers. Thus, it was only in 1956 that the national team got to know the fundamentals of the headline, at the Men's Volleyball World Championship.
Despite the growth, the sport was considered feminine because it did not have much contact and violence. This scenario began to change in 1975 with the new president of the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation, Carlos Arthur Nuzman.
Thanks to the encouragement of the then president, the sport gained even more notoriety, which made the so-called Silver Generation possible.
Silver Generation
Nuzman believed that Brazil should implement the practices of Italy It's from Japan in sport. Thus, with increased performance and professionalism, in 1984, the Silver Generation won its first Olympic medal.
From then on, the sport gained more investment and encouragement.
Generation of the Muses
With players like Isabel, Vera Mossa, Dulce, Regina Uchôa and Jaqueline, also in the 80s, women's volleyball gained national attention.
On August 16, 1954, the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation (CBV) was founded. Until that moment, Brazilian volleyball was linked to the Brazilian Sports Confederation (CBD).
The CBV was responsible for promoting courses to spread the sport, as well as creating volleyball schools.
The Confederation's first president was former player Denis Rupet Hathaway, who held the post from 1955 to 1957. Until today, the CBV is responsible for the support and growth of the sport in Brazil.
The current Brazilian Men's Volleyball Team is considered one of the best in the world. Thus, the legacy has been built through generations.
The men's team has two world attendance records. In 1983, at the Maracanã stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, 95,887 people watched The Great Volleyball Challenge – Brazil X USSR. The match was friendly and Brazil defeated the then Olympic and world champion, Soviet Union, by 3-1. That record was absolute.
In 1995, at the Mineirinho gym, in Belo Horizonte, the attendance record for a match was broken indoor. The stadium was packed to capacity with 25,326 fans to see Italy beat Brazil 3-2.
In addition, the team is three times world champion (1992, 2004 and 2016) and won six medals Olympic, three gold and three silver.
The women's team has four Olympic medals: two gold won in Beijing (2008) and London (2012) and two bronze won in Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000).
At the Pan American Games, the women's team has won four gold medals (1959, 1963, 1999 and 2011), three silver medals (1991, 2007 and 2015) and two bronze medals (1955 and 1979).
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