The UBC Thunderbirds are the athletic teams that represent the University of British Columbia. In Canadian intercollegiate competition, the Thunderbirds are the most successful athletic program both regionally in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association, and nationally in U Sports, winning 116 national titles. UBC has won an additional 20 national titles competing in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics against collegiate competition from the United States and 40 national titles in sports that compete in independent competitions.
Jastrzębski Węgiel, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Jastrzębie-Zdrój in southern Poland, founded in 1961. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga. Since the beginning of its foundation, the club is closely linked to coal mining in the region.
The Denver Barbarians Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in Denver, Colorado. The Denver Barbarians have won 4 national championships dating back to their first DI title in 1990. The club's second title came in 1999, during the height of the Rugby Super League, defeating Belmont Shore RFC 22-18. The Barbarians third title came in the 2018 DII National Championship, defeating the Detroit Tradesmen in an all-time thriller at Infinity Park, 39-38. The Barbarians added a fourth title with a 49-34 victory over a strong Boise United side in the 2023 DII National Championship in St Charles, Missouri.
RC Cannes is a French women's volleyball club based in Cannes and playing in the Ligue AF.
The women's national volleyball team of Thailand represents the Thailand in international volleyball competitions. It is managed by the Thailand Volleyball Association.
Benjamin Kirk Hardy is an Australian former volleyball player.
Chinese Volleyball Super League, often abbreviated to CVL, are the pre-eminent men's and women's professional volleyball leagues in China. It was founded in 1996 as the Chinese Volleyball League and is organized by the Chinese Volleyball Association (CVA), operating with China National Sports Group (CNSG). The league was rebranded to the Chinese Volleyball Super League when it became fully professional in 2017. The champions qualify for the Asian Men's and Women's Club Volleyball Championships.
Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento, in northern Italy. It plays in the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 2000. It has won five times the Italian Volleyball League, three times the Italian Cup, three times the Italian Super Cup, three consecutive times the CEV Champions League and a record of five the FIVB Men's Club World Volleyball Championship. In the 2010–11 season it won national, continental and world championship. It was the first team in volleyball history to have done that.
The Sonoma State Seawolves are the athletic teams that represent Sonoma State University, located in Rohnert Park, California, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Seawolves compete as members of the California Collegiate Athletic Association for all 11 varsity sports.
Al Arabi Volleyball is a professional Volleyball team based in Doha, Qatar. It competes in the Qatari Volleyball League. The team automatically qualified for the 2009, 2010, and 2011 edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship as Qatar were the hosts. In 2012 Al Arabi team qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship as the Champion of AVC Club Volleyball Championship They have never advanced past the group stage in their appearances.
Travis Passier is an Australian volleyball player. He competed for Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Passier is a 6’10" middle blocker for the Australia men's national volleyball team. His nicknames are T-rannosaurus Pas, Trang pak, and Pasinator, and he speaks Italian and English.
The Qatar men's national volleyball team represents Qatar in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. As of 20 September 2021, the team was ranked 20th in the world. Qatar's best rank in Asian Championship 3rd place, 2023 year.
Scott Newcomb is a former Australian male volleyball player. Scott was part of the Australia men's national volleyball team. He competed with the Australian Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing 8th. He was also in the Australian teams that competed in World League-1999, World Championships-1998, Grand Champions Cup-1997, World Student Games-1995 and Asian Championships-1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999, in which the team won the bronze medal at the 1997 and the silver medal at the 1999 Asian Volleyball Championships and Scott finished as the best ranked setter at the 1997 championships and 2nd ranked setter at the 1999 championships. Scott played 290 International games for Australia, he also captained the team against Slovakia in Canberra in 1999 and was vice captain between 1998 and 2000. Scott played professional Volleyball in Germany for Duren in the Bundesliga (1996–1998) and in Holland for Ominworld in the Eredivisie (1998–2002) where he was the first Australian to win a domestic European Championship. Scott was named Australian Volleyball Player of the year in 1996 and came 2nd in this in 1997,1999 and 2000, he was also Queensland Volleyball player of the year in 1994,1995 and 1998. Scott was named Queensland Male Volleyball player of the Decade (1990–1999) and named in the Queensland Team of the last 50 years (1969–2019), alongside his father John Newcomb. They were the first Father and Son to represent Australia in Volleyball and are the only Father and Son to Captain Australia in Volleyball. Scott has also coached junior club teams in Holland and Germany, Queensland Junior teams and at the Queensland Academy of Sport.
Benkato "Kato" Ottio was a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer. Primarily playing as a centre, Ottio represented Papua New Guinea, most notably at the 2017 World Cup.
The Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, previously the AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament, is an annual continental club volleyball competition organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continental governing body. The competition was first contested in 1999 in China. It was not held in 2003 and 2020 due to 2002–2004 SARS outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic respectively.
Sharone Vernon-Evans is a Canadian volleyball player. He is a member of the Canada men's national volleyball team and Japanese club Osaka Blazers Sakai.
Leslie (Les) James Bruce Young has been coaching and administering volleyball clubs since 1989, state volleyball teams since 1997 and national teams since 2001. Les is the Head Coach of the Canberra Heat Men who compete in the Australian Volleyball League, the program director for the Volleyball Australia Junior Men's Development Program and the Program Head Coach for the Australian Youth Boys squad. Some notable coaching roles include Australia's second assistant coach for the 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship, head coach for the 2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship and head coach for the 2017 and 2018 Men's AVC Club Volleyball Championship.
Mark Lebedew is an Australian professional volleyball coach. He is the current head coach of VfB Friedrichshafen.
Luke Reynolds is an Australian professional volleyball coach. He currently serves as head coach for the University of Charleston men's volleyball team, Charleston Golden Eagles.
Chaumont Volley-Ball 52 is a French volleyball club, founded in 1996 and based in Chaumont (Haute-Marne) and have played in Ligue A since the 2012–2013 season. It won the 2017 LNV Ligue A and the French Supercup in 2017 and 2021. The club finished second in the same year of the CEV Cup. It also participates in other major European competitions such as CEV Champions League and CEV Top Teams Cup.
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