Footvolley
sport which combines aspects of beach volleyball and association football
Footvolley (Portuguese: Futevôlei [futʃiˈvolej] in Brazil, Futevólei [ˌfutɨˈvɔlɐj] in Portugal) (first known as pevoley) is a sport which combines aspects of beach volleyball, tennis, and association football. The sport is similar to kick volleyball and futnet.
Footvolley was created by Octavio de Moraes in 1965 in Rio de Janeiro. Footvolley combines field rules which are based beach volleyball rules with ball-touch rules taken from association football. Essentially footvolley is beach volleyball except players are not allowed to use their hands and a football replaces the volleyball.
World Federation
There is no official world championship or official world federation in footvolley. Here are registered active leagues.
World Footvolley - worldfootvolley.com (since 2016)
Thefootvolley.com - thefootvolley.com/
International Footvolley Federation
Federation International of Footvolley - FIFV
World Footvolley Federation (FWW) (@the_footvolley) - thefootvolley.com/our-members.html (since 2016/2022)
European Footvolley League - footvolleyeurope.com The European Footvolley League (EFVL)
Asian Footvolley Federation (AFF) - ocasia.org/sports/federations/107-asian-footvolley-federation.html
South Asia Footvolley Federation (SAFVF) - footvolleytechnical.gmail.com
Azərbaycan Futnet Federasiyası - futnet.az
Kenya Footvolley League - kenyafootvolley.org
African Footvolley League
History
Footvolley was created by Octavio de Moraes in 1965 on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach. The game of footvolley was first called 'pévolei' (from pé=foot and vôlei=volley), but the name was discarded in favor of "futevôlei" (cf. Portuguese futebol, "association football").
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