THE HISTORY OF VOLLEYBALL

TIMELINE OF
SIGNIFICANT
VOLLEYBALL EVENTS
Pecio, Hannah Marie L.

1895
A physical instructor named William
Morgan of YMCA created a game called
Mintonette.

Alfred Halstead suggested the name

Volleyball.

1896
At Springfield College, the first game of
"volleyball" was played.

1897
The Athletic League of the YMCA of
North America published the first

1905
official rules for Volleyball

Volleyball was played in Cuba

1908
Volleyball was played in Japan
1910
Volleyball was played in Philippines

1916
The National Collegiate Athletic
Association joined with YMCA

1922
The National Collegiate Athletic
Association joined with YMCA

The first YMCA national championships

were held in Brooklyn, NY. 27 teams
from 11 states were represented.
1928
United States Volleyball Association
(USVBA, now USA Volleyball) was formed

1937
at the AAU convention in Boston, action
was taken to recognize the U.S.
Volleyball Association as the official

1947 national governing body in the U.S.

the Federation Internationale De Volley-

Ball (FIVB) was founded.
1949
The initial World Championships were
held in Prague, Czechoslovakia
1964
Volleyball was introduced to the Olympic Games
in Tokyo.
1949
The World Championships in Mexico were
telecast in Japan
 1983
The Association of Volleyball Professionals
(AVP) was formed

1984
The US won their first medals at the
Olympics in Los Angeles.

1986
The Women’s Professional Volleyball
Association (WPVA) was formed

1990
The World League was created

1995
Volleyball turned 100 year old

1999
Beach volleyball was included for the
first time in the Pan American Games
which were held in Canada

2002
Beach volleyball court dimensions
reduced to 8m x 8m per side.

2016-PRESENT
Today, people all over the world play
volleyball.
Volleyball become the top 3 most popular
sports for women to play in high school.