The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, commonly known by the acronym FIVB, is the international governing body for all forms of volleyball. Its headquarters are located in Lausanne, Switzerland and its current president is Brazilian Ary Graça.
Julius Brink is a beach volleyball player from Germany, who won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2006 European Beach Volleyball Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, partnering Christoph Dieckmann. He took part at the Olympic Games in 2008.
Lo Bianco is an Italian volleyball player.
Christiane Fürst is a retired German female volleyball player. She plays for Turkish side Eczacıbaşı VitrA.
Jonas Reckermann is a retired beach volleyball player from Germany. Together with his most recent partner Julius Brink, he won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which, along with Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst are the most successful Olympic appearances of a German beach volleyball team. They were the first European duo to win the Olympic gold medal – male or female competition. In addition to that they also were the first European team ever to win a world championship title and are currently ranked 22nd on the FIVB World Tour.
Tatiana Sergeyevna Kosheleva is a Russian female volleyball player. She was a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 2010 World Championship, the 2013 European Championship and the 2015 European Championship.
The 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship was the 17th staging of the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, contested by the 24 senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Italy from 23 September to 12 October 2014. Italy played hosts for this event for the first time. The final four was held at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan.
Nikola Rosić is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and Romanian club Tomis Constanța, a participant at the Olympic Games London 2012, winner of the European Championship 2011, bronze medalist of the World Championship 2010, and medalist in the World League.
The Montenegro men's national volleyball team represents Montenegro in international men's volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The national volleyball team was formed in 2006, recently after independence. Montenegro has been a full member of FIVB and CEV since 2006.
Irina Andreyevna Fetisova is a Russian female volleyball player. She plays for the Russia women's national volleyball team and Dinamo Moscow at club level.
Jenia Grebennikov is a French volleyball player of Russian descent, member of the France men's national volleyball team and Italian club Leo Shoes Modena, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the World League.
Tijana Bošković is a Serbian volleyball player for the Serbia women's national volleyball team. She was the leading scorer for the Serbia women's national volleyball team in her debut in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, and 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Her current club is Eczacıbaşı VitrA She has been playing for Eczacıbaşı VitrA since the 2015-2016 season. She has won the Serbian Championship title and two Serbian Super Cups before she joined the Tigers.
Earvin N'Gapeth is a French volleyball player, member of the France national volleyball team and Russian club Zenit Kazan, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the World League, French Champion (2010), Italian Champion (2016).
Kévin Le Roux is a French volleyball player, member of the France men's national volleyball team and German club Berlin Recycling Volleys, 2015 European Champion, two–time gold medallist of the World League, Turkish Champion (2016).
Kathleen Weiß is a German volleyball player. She plays as setter and has over 300 appearances for the Germany women's national volleyball team. At club level she plays for Czech VK Agel Prostějov. Weiß has played in many international competitions and won various national championships and cups with the clubs she played for.
Louisa-Christin Lippmann is a German female volleyball player. She plays as an outside hitter or opposite and has over 100 appearances for the Germany women's national volleyball team. At club level she currently plays for Schweriner SC. Lippmann played in many international competitions and won the German league, cup and supercup with the clubs she played for.
Laura Emonts, née Weihenmaier is a German volleyball player. She is a member of the Germany women's national volleyball team. She was part of the German national team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy.
The FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was variable, but since 1962 they have been awarded every four years. The current champion is Poland, which won its third title at the 2018 tournament defending the championship title.
Irina Andreyevna Voronkova is a Russian female volleyball player. She is part of the Russia women's national volleyball team and was part of the national teams at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, the 2015 Montreux Volley Masters, the 2015 European Games in Baku, the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix in Thailand, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Aleksandar Okolić is a Serbian male volleyball player. He is part of the Serbia men's national volleyball team and played at the 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship. On club level he now plays for Greek club Olympiacos Piraeus.
