The Italy women's national volleyball team is governed by the Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (FIPAV). The team's biggest victories were the gold medal at the 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship, being the first team to break the domination of Russia, Cuba, China and Japan, and the 2007 and the 2011 World Cup, winning 21 out of the 22 matches in both tournaments.
The Poland women's national volleyball team represents Poland in international volleyball competition. The team is controlled by the Polish Volleyball Federation, the governing body for volleyball in Poland, which represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches.
The United States women's national volleyball team participates in international volleyball competitions and friendly games, and is governed by USA Volleyball. The current head coach is three-time Olympic gold medalist and retired dominant beach volleyball professional Karch Kiraly.
The Serbia men's national volleyball team is the national team of Serbia. FIVB and CEV considers Serbia the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia (1948–1991) and Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006). Serbia won gold at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and bronze at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
The China women's national volleyball team represents the People's Republic of China in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches governed by Chinese Volleyball Association. The current head coach is Cai Bin.
The South Korea men's national volleyball team represents South Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Korea Volleyball Association. The Republic of Korea (ROK) has competed in the Olympic Games eight times, but has not featured since the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The national team's best performance at the Olympic Games was 5th place at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, California, United States. The national team at the FIVB World Championship competed nine times, with their best result at 4th place in 1978. On continental level, The national team won three gold medals at the Asian Games in 1978, 2002 and 2006. And at the Asian Championship, the national team won four gold medals, two of these was at home in 1989 Seoul and 2001 Changwon and the other two are in 1993 and 2003. The national team now ranks 30th in the FIVB World Rankings and their current head coach is Im Do-heon.
Maja Ognjenović is a Serbian professional volleyball player of the Serbia women's national volleyball team. Ognjenović won gold with the national team at the 2018 World Championship, and the 2011/2019 edition of the European Championship, silver at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, and bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
The France women's national volleyball team represents France in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches. It is governed by the French Volleyball Federation.
The Slovakia women's national basketball team represents Slovakia in international women's basketball, and is run by the Slovak Basketball Association. Slovakia are one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from Czechoslovakia after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993, with the Slovakia women's national basketball team continuing as the successor state of Czechoslovakia.
Sport in Slovakia is influenced by its climate and geography; popular summer sports include football, tennis, volleyball, swimming, cycling and hiking, popular winter sports include skiing and snowboarding. The most watched sports in Slovakia are football, ice hockey and tennis. Internationally, the most successful sport in Slovakia is ice hockey where currently, as of 2022, the country is ranked as the eighth best team in the world by the IIHF World Ranking.
The Turkey men's national under-19 volleyball team represents Turkey in international men's volleyball competitions and friendly matches under the age 19 and it is ruled by the Turkish Volleyball Federation body that is an affiliate of the Federation of International Volleyball FIVB and also part of the European Volleyball Confederation CEV.
The Slovakia women's national under-20 volleyball team represents Slovakia in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches under the age 20 and it is ruled by the Slovak Volleyball Federation That is an affiliate of Federation of International Volleyball FIVB and also a part of European Volleyball Confederation CEV.
The Slovakia men's national under-19 volleyball team represents Slovakia in international men's volleyball competitions and friendly matches under the age 19 and it is ruled by the Slovak Volleyball Federation body that is an affiliate of the Federation of International Volleyball FIVB and also part of the European Volleyball Confederation CEV.
The Slovakia men's national under-21 volleyball team represents Slovakia in international men's volleyball competitions and friendly matches under the age 21 and it is ruled by the Slovak Volleyball Federation body that is an affiliate of the Federation of International Volleyball FIVB and also part of the European Volleyball Confederation CEV.
Veronika Hrončeková is a Slovak female volleyball player. She is part of the Slovakia women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship, 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship, 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship.
The Slovakia women's national water polo team is the representative for Slovakia in international women's water polo. Slovakia will perform at the 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship for the second time.
The Italy women's national under-18 volleyball team represents Italy in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches under the age 18 and it is ruled by the Italian Volleyball Federation That is an affiliate of Federation of International Volleyball FIVB and also a part of European Volleyball Confederation CEV.
The Slovakia women's national under-19 volleyball team represents Slovakia in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches under the age 19 and it is ruled and managed by the Slovak Volleyball Federation That is an affiliate of Federation of International Volleyball FIVB and also a part of European Volleyball Confederation CEV.
The Russia women's national under-19 volleyball team represents Russia in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches under the age of 19 and is ruled by the Russian Volleyball Federation that is a member of The Federation of International Volleyball FIVB and is also a part of the European Volleyball Confederation CEV.
Piešťanské Čajky is a Slovak women's basketball club that was founded in 2012 in the city of Piešťany. Piešťanské Čajky plays in the Slovak League, the highest competition in the Slovak Republic. It is a 2-time national champion and current champion as of 2023. On the international scene, the greatest success was the runner-up of the EWBL the 2021/22 season and the win of the CEWL in the 2018/19 season.
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