The World Cup, one of the three world major competitions including the Olympics and the World Championship, was inaugurated in Poland. In those days, volleyball was extremely popular in the then communist countries, and among eleven participating teams there were only three teams from democratic countries i.e. Japan, France and the Netherlands. ...[FULL STORY]

Eight years after the men's tournament, the memorable first World Cup for women was staged in Uruguay in South America. The U.S.S.R....[FULL STORY]