What are the three major events in volleyball?

The three major volleyball events in the world refer to the World Volleyball Championship, the World Cup Volleyball Competition and the Olympic Volleyball Competition.

1, World Volleyball Championships

The World Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition sponsored by the World Volleyball Federation. It is the earliest and largest volleyball competition in the world. Originally held in the same year as the Olympic Games, it was changed from 1962 to the second year after the Olympic Games (except for the fifth women's event). The champion can directly participate in the next Olympic Games.

2. World Cup Volleyball Match

The World Cup Volleyball Competition is an international volleyball competition in which high-level men's and women's teams from all over the world participate. It is held every four years. Since 199 1 World Cup was held one year before the Olympic Games, it was equivalent to the Olympic qualifiers.

3. Olympic volleyball match

1964, volleyball made its debut at the Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan. 10 men's team and 6 women's teams participated. By the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, volleyball has entered the sacred palace of the Olympic Games for 40 years. In this 40 years full of glory and dreams, the scale of Olympic volleyball competition has developed from the initial 10 men's team and 6 women's teams to 12 men's and women's teams.

Volleyball competition rules

Volleyball competition is a team competition, each team consists of 12 players, and each team sends 6 players to play on the court separated by the net. The game begins with serving, and the server hits the ball to fly from the net to the opponent's court. The game continues until the ball hits the ground, goes out of bounds or a team cannot legally send the ball back to the opponent's court.

The volleyball match adopts the best of five games, with three games winning one game. In the match, if a team scores 1, it will score 1. The receiving team wins 1, gets 1 point, and gets the right to serve at the same time. The players rotate one position clockwise. 25 points per game, and the one who leads the opponent by 2 points wins one game. When the score is 24: 24, the game continues until the first team leads by 2 points, and then 1 game. The deciding game 15 points leads the opponent by 2 points to win.