Volleyball Federation of India

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Volleyball Federation of India

Sport	Volleyball
Abbreviation	VFI
Founded	1951
Affiliation	International Volleyball Federation (FIVB)
Regional affiliation	Asian Volleyball Confederation
Headquarters	Chennai, India
President	Prof. Achyuta Samanta
Official website
www.volleyballindia.com

The Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) is the governing body of volleyball in India.

History[]

The Volleyball Federation of India was formed in the year 1951. Prior to the formation of the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI), the game was controlled by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and at that time the Interstate Volleyball Championship was held every two years from 1936 to 1950 for men only. The first Championship was held in the year 1936 at Lahore (now in Pakistan). In 1951, the Volleyball Federation of India was formed and its first meeting was held in Ludhiana (Punjab).

National teams[]

Men[]

• India men's national volleyball team
• https://www.ytdevolper.co/2021/07/volleyball-india-team-list-2021.html

Women[]

• India women's national volleyball team

Tournaments[]

• Asian Games 1986

The Indian team which was coached by late Achutha Kurup and Sethumadhvan and captained by Cyril Valoor won the bronze medal. The following shared the team in 1986 and since then India has not won any medal in Asian Games till date:

• Abdul Basith
• Jimmy George
• K. Udayakumar (Late - died in Heart attack in Trivandrum, Kerala)
• Shaikh Kareemullah Khan
• Mehar Singh
• Kirtesh Kumar Trivedi
• Dalel Singh
• Sandeep Sharma
• Sukhpal Singh
• P. V. Ramana
• G. E. Sridharan

See also[]

Indian Volley League
Pro Volleyball League
Prime Volleyball League

References[]

External links[]

• Official website