Volleyball in India

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Volleyball in India
CountryIndia
Governing body Volleyball Federation of India
National team(s) Men
Women

Volleyball is a sport played all over India, both in rural as well as urban India. It is a popular recreation sport. India was ranked 5th in Asia, and 27th in the world in 2013. Doing well in the youth and junior levels, in second in the 2003 World Youth Championships. Currently, a major problem for the sport is the lack of sponsors. The Indian senior men's team is currently ranked 73th in the world. [1]

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Domestic leagues

List of National Sports award recipients in Volleyball, showing the year, award, and gender

YearRecipientAwardGender
1961 A. Palanisamy Arjuna AwardMale
1962 Nripjit Singh Bedi Arjuna AwardMale
1972 Balwant Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1973G. Mulilini ReddyArjuna AwardFemale
1974M. Syamsunder RaoArjuna AwardMale
1975K. C. ElammaArjuna AwardFemale
1975Ranvir SinghArjuna AwardMale
1976 Jimmy George Arjuna AwardMale
1977–1978 A. Ramana Rao Arjuna AwardMale
1978–1979Kutty KrishnanArjuna AwardMale
1979–1980 Suresh Kumar Mishra Arjuna AwardMale
1982 G. E. Sridharan Arjuna AwardMale
1983 R. K. Purohit Arjuna AwardFemale
1984Saly JosephArjuna AwardFemale
1986 Cyril C. Valloor Arjuna AwardMale
1989 Abdul Basith Arjuna AwardMale
1990 Dalel Singh Ror Arjuna AwardMale
1991 K. Udayakumar Arjuna AwardMale
1999Sukhpal SinghArjuna AwardMale
2000 P. V. Ramana +Arjuna AwardMale
2001Amir SinghArjuna AwardMale
2002Ravikant ReddyArjuna AwardMale
2010 K. J. Kapil Dev Arjuna AwardMale
2011Sanjay KumarArjuna AwardMale
2014 Tom Joseph Arjuna AwardMale
2003Om PrakashDhyan Chand AwardMale
2015T. P. Padmanabhan NairDhyan Chand AwardMale
1990 A. Ramana Rao Dronacharya AwardMale
1995 Shyam Sunder Rao Dronacharya AwardMale
2007 G. E. Sridharan Dronacharya AwardMale
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   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour

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References

  1. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). "FIVB World Rankings" . Retrieved 10 January 2018.