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VOLLEYBALL AT THE 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES One of the greatest head to head matches in this sport's history. Period. The Netherlands-Italy match that took place at Atlanta City in 1996 was an incredible showcase of the highest level of the sport between the two strongest countries. https://www.gettyimages.ae/detail/news-photo/olympic-games-atlanta-usa-mens-volleyball-an-aerial-view-of-news-photo/79621306 The stakes were incredibly high- it was for Olympic Gold. It went to final 5th round with Netherlands pulling ahead with the 3-2 victory over Italy. Every set was fought to the pinnacle- with each set averaging only 5 points between each other.  Netherlands and Italy enjoyed incredible success against the other Olympic teams for Volleyball, with most games ending with only 1 set lost.  When both teams arrived in Atlanta for the Olympic Games, Italy were touted as the unanimous favourites amongst analysts. The head to head between Italy and Netherlands in other ...

Moving forward towards a new chapter of competitive Volleyball.  (Jason Cho) Just like how FIFA and the football community hosts the World Cup, the administrating body for volleyball, FIVB, has hosted tournaments at a global scale including the Volleyball World League and the World Grand Prix. Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the FIVB's operations, starting from 2018 a new tournament has been hyped up... .                   http:/www.fivb.com It'll be interesting to see what direction FIVB wants to take the league into. Volleyball has historically been a very strong spectator sport with fans from many countries. The league consists of both men's and women's competitions and comprises of 12 core countries and 4 contenders. A total of 130 games will be organised for play with each team playing 15 matches. Personally, I want a more fan-centric model mirroring the NBA and MLB. This would definitely improve our ...

This is the introduction to our blog. In this blog we shall each be blogging about our chosen sport and sports in general. We chose sports because it's something we found in common that we all enjoy. left to right: Seung, Josh, Simon, Jason, Joseph. aka the wolfpacc Seung: I am a first year student studying software engineering at Macquarie university. I enjoy playing/watching basketball. Josh: I am a second year student studying Bachelor of Business Admin At Macquarie University, my topic will be soccer more specifically the English Premier League Simon: I'm studying a Bachelor of IT at Macquarie University. Currently in my first year. I'm interested in combat sports. I'll be covering MMA in my blog posts. Jason:I am a second year student studying commerce at Macquarie University. I enjoy various things including volleyball, basketball, etc.  Joseph: I am a second year student studying Bachelor of Business Analytics of Security Studies. I am ...