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HISTORY OF VOLLEYBALL CANADA Five years after its inception in 1895, volleyball made its first appearance in Canada when an Ottawa branch of the YMCA included it in its schedule. The sport caught on, and soon spread to YMCAs in Toronto and Montreal. These centers conducted various tournaments, which were, for a long time, the only organized manifestations of the sport in Canada. While the sport spread throughout the U.S., Russia and the Orient before the First World War, it lay relatively dormant in Canada. With the creation of the Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) shortly after the Second World War, the sport gained international recognition. Canada joined the FIVB in 1953, the same year the Canadian Volleyball Association was founded. Gordon Odell served as interim president before Wes McVicar took over as the association’s first president. The current president, Dave Carey, oversees an organization of over 80,000 members. Renamed Volleyball Canada (VC), the Association has its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario. When founded, VC was divided into three regions - Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. Today, the regions are drawn along provincial/territorial lines and take in the whole of Canada. Canada’s first international experience in the sport took place in 1959 at the Pan-American Games in Chicago. Today, the Canadian teams strive to qualify for all of the international tournaments for which they are eligible. Since 1976, both the Men’s and Women’s indoor National Teams have participated in the Olympic Games and the World Championships on several occasions. The best result for both the Men’s and Women’s teams was achieved at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles where they finished 4th and 8th respectively. In 1998, Volleyball Canada became the umbrella organization for the national disabled volleyball program, a program that has had continued success since this partnership. The National Men’s Standing Disabled Volleyball Team brought home Volleyball Canada’s first gold medal at the 2002 World Championships in Poland, and went on to defend it’s title in 2004. MAJOR VOLLEYBALL EVENTS 1895 - William G. Morgan invents the game of volleyball 1947 - The FIVB (Fédération International de Volley-Ball) is founded 1949 - Prague, First Men's World Championship 1952 - Moscow, First Women's World Championship 1953 - First Canadian Championship 1959 - Canadian Men's National Volleyball Team first participates in International Competition (Pan Am Games) 1964 - Tokyo, First Olympic titles are awarded to Japan (Women's) and USSR (Men's) 1968 - Canada and USA join the Central American and Caribbean Zone, which thereafter becomes known as NORCECA 1972 - First international medal won by the Canadian Men's Team by placing third at the NORCECA Championship in Mexico 1976 - Canada hosts Montreal Olympic Games 1977 - First Junior Men's and Women's World Championships 1977 - Canada’s Men’s Team wins bronze medal at the Pan Am Games – first major game medal 1980 - 1st Gold Medal won by Canada internationally - NORCECA Junior's - Women (Calgary, Canada) 1983 - Canada hosts Universiade Games in Edmonton. Canadian men qualify for 1984 Olympics by defeating Cuba 1984 - Canadian men finish fourth at Los Angeles Olympic Games 1990 - FIVB introduces the World League 1991 - Canadian Men participate for the first time in the World League 1991 - Canada hosts NORCECA Championships in Regina and Team Canada Men qualifies for 1992 Olympics 1996 - Canada hosts NORCECA Olympic qualifiers for Men and Women 1996 - Team Canada Women participate in Atlanta Olympics 1996 - Beach Volleyball debuts as a full medal sport in Atlanta Olympic Games 1996 - Canadians John Child and Mark Heese win bronze medal for beach volleyball in Atlanta Olympics 1998 - Canadian Men's Junior National Team wins at NORCECA to qualify for Junior World Championships 1999 - Canada returns to Men’s World League and plays in it for the 1999 and 2000 seasons 1999 - Canada hosts Women's World Junior Championships in Saskatoon/Edmonton 1999 - Canada wins the bronze medal for Men’s Indoor and the gold medal for Men’s Beach (Conrad Leinemann/Jody Holden) at the 1999 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg 1999 - New Rules of the game 2000 - Canada’s Men’s Standing Disabled team wins silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games 2002 - Canada’s Men’s and Women’s Indoor National Teams qualify for World Championships 2002 - Canada’s Men’s Standing Disabled team wins gold medal at the 2002 World Disabled Volleyball Championships EXTERNAL LINKS Official Site for Volleyball Canada - http://volleyball.ca |
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