The league system for volleyball in Spain has the top teams playing in the Superliga. Each team plays all other teams twice, once at home and once away.
Volleyball is a popular team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964.
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country mostly located in Europe. Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula. Its territory also includes two archipelagoes: the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Asia to the east, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia.
Copa del Rey de Voleibol is the second top flight volleyball competition played in Spain. The inaugural edition was played in 1950. It is hosted by Real Federación Española de Voleibol. The competition was renamed "Copa del Generalisimo" until 1976 due to the Francoist regime.
Copa de la Reina de Voleibol is the second most important competition of female volleyball in Spain. Inaugural edition was played in 1976. It's hosted by Real Federación Española de Voleibol.
There are at least 220,151 volleyball players in this country and also have at least 1,033 Clubs in Spain according to various sources in 2015.
The Spain national volleyball team represents the whole country, although there are unofficial autonomous community volleyball teams. Spain volleyball is played only in the summer.
The Spain men's national volleyball team is the national team of Spain. The team in 2007 won the European Championship, which is the most notable result achieved by the team to date.
The Spanish handball league is divided into divisions. The top teams play in the Liga ASOBAL. In each division, a team plays all other teams twice, once at home and once away.
Superliga can refer to different sports leagues:
Club Voleibol Las Palmas akas Hotel Cantur Las Palmas was a Spanish volleyball club which is playing their home matches at the Centro Insular de Deportes in Las Palmas. The team participated in the Women's CEV Champions League 2006-07
Club Voleibol Pòrtol is a professional volleyball team based in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. It plays in the 1ª Balear de Voleibol after its renounce to play in Superliga just before 2011–12 season.
Nancy Jean Metcalf is an American indoor volleyball player. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished in fifth place with the USA National Team. She missed the 2008 Olympics with a torn labrum, and was not named to the national team in 2012.
Annerys Victoria Vargas Valdez is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won four consecutive gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
The Superliga de Voleibol Masculina, (SVM) is the top level of the Spanish volleyball. The championship was founded in 1983. Formerly known as Campeonato Nacional de División de Honor Masculina, and, since 1983 as the current name. The administration of the league is carried out by the Real Federación Española de Voleibol.
The Superliga Femenina de Voleibol (SFM) is the top level of women's volleyball in Spain. The championship was founded in 1989. The administration of the league is carried out by the Real Federación Española de Voleibol. Formerly known as 1ª División de la Liga Nacional Femenina de Voleibol, and, since 1989 as the current name.
Prisilla Altagracia Rivera Brens is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic.
Cosiri Rodríguez Andino de Dionicio is a retired volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #15 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Dominican Republic women's national team.
Club Voleibol Logroño is a professional Volleyball team based in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. It plays in Superliga Femenina.
José Miguel Cáceres is a men's volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won a bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2008 Pan American Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Osasco Voleibol Clube is a women's volleyball club, based in Osasco, São Paulo (state), Brazil. It includes volleyball teams for females of all ages, children through adult.
Víctor Arístides Batista Lemos is a male volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2008 Pan American Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He play as wing spiker.
María Ángela Leyva Tagle is a peruvian volleyball player who plays for the Peru national team. At the age of 14 she had already been in all categories of Peru's national team, Child (U16), Youth (U18), Junior (U20) and Senior.
The Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol is the top level Peruvian volleyball competition and it is organized by the Peruvian Volleyball Confederation. There are both men's and women's competitions. The number of participating clubs has been 12 per division since the 2011–12 season. The team champions qualify for the men's and women's South American Volleyball Club Championship.
Real Club Deportivo Espanyol Voleibol was a Spanish women's volleyball club from Barcelona. It was founded as CPAR Cornellá, and was absorbed by RCD Espanyol in 1982 after it won its first double. It was one of the leading Spanish teams in the 1980s, winning five national leagues and six national cups between 1980 and 1992 and representing Spain in European Volleyball Confederation competitions. It was disbanded in 1993.
The Supercopa de España de Voleibol is an annual Spanish volleyball tournament played by the Superliga champions and Copa del Rey winners. It's managed by Real Federación Española de Voleibol.
The 2014 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship was the sixth official edition of the women's volleyball tournament, played by eight teams from 5 – 9 February 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Real Madrid Voleibol was the volleyball section of Spanish Real Madrid C.F.. The sport was added in 1954, following the policy of expansion of the club. It was one of the most successful department of the club history after football, the main one and basketball, as well as the one that more years remained active after them.
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