Volleyball Monthly’s July 2009 issue states:
- Volleyball has become the second-most-played sport in the world. On average, nearly one out of eight people on the planet play volleyball at least once a week.
- Volleyball boasts the world’s largest sports federation.
- 47.2 million viewers tuned in to watch the U.S. win gold in the last Olympic beach final.
Even the Pope knows volleyball – sweet hands!
Check out the article on Volleyball Magazine.
October 26th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
wtf, volleyball is not even in the top-5 sports
most of the things above is false. 47.2 m people watched the match of USA win the medal or whatever…whereas, in India alone, at least 472 million people watch cricket matches.
Cricket has 100 members…volleyball doesnt come even close. It says 1 out 8 people play volleyball…perhaps it should have been 80.
Reasons for disagreement:
1) Its not even in the top 5 sports
2) There is no world cup
3) No one knows about the players
4) There is no investment in the sport
5) Its not popular at all in its place of origin- srilanka
6) There seems no professional club matches or domestice stuffs or whatever
7) There is n volleybal advertisements
8) The players dont really have much of an income
February 23rd, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Not being rude or anything, but if you actually knew anything about volleyball whatsoever, and somewhat sport in general, you would know that:
- There is a world cup
- Cricket is pretty popular but that doesn’t mean in every country
- Just because more people watch a sport doesn’t mean more people play it
- Maybe to you there “seems to be no professional club matches or doemestic stuffs”, but really there are professional clubs all over the world with players earning a living out of the sport and supporting their daily lives from their professional volleyball income
Also, just because *you* say there is NO investment, the players DON’T have an income, NO ONE knows about the players, there is NO world cup and any other thoughts you have. I can confidently say that these are only oppinions. You are basing them on nothing and clearly haven’t cared to look into the sport at all before making incorrect acusations. It clearly states at the top of this page “2nd most popular sport in the world”. After playing international volleyball I can garuntee you,Volleyball IS a world wide sport and is played in countries all over the world passionately. So I before making false accusations, maybe you should get to understand the sport a little more and understand that your single oppinions and perceptions of the sport aren’t always true.
February 24th, 2011 at 9:52 am
Your reasons are uneducated and irrelevant.
1) It is in fact, the second most popular sport in the world (srilanka isnt the world). Just because you say it isn’t, doesn’t make it untrue.
2) There is a world ‘cup’ but it is called a championship. There are professional and junior world championships for both men and women. The fact that volleyball is not mainly for men or for women makes it appealing to the masses, hence the number of players in the world.
3) Most people know about the players. They are Olympic medal holders, get with it.
4 and 6) Most countries have professional teams and leagues making it a lucrative and highly spectated sport.
5) America doesn’t have a professional league because it is a popular university sport. It is the equivalent to a professional sport as most players receive something for their participation (ie an education) If players graduate and want to be paid professionally, they move to Europe, Asia, South America etc. The top players in America play for the Olympic team (they are winners by the way)
7) There ARE volleyball advertisements. Gatorade, Nike, Adidas, Mikasa, Tachikara, Molten, Asics, Mizuno, just to name a few, all advertise volleyball.
Moral of the story: better to be suspected as ignorant than publish your ignorance online and remove all doubt.
May 17th, 2011 at 2:40 am
IS THIS GAME EXIST ON EARTH , WELL IF IT IS BUT NOT IN SOUTH ASIA
JUST CRICKET ROCKSSSSSSSSSSSSS CRICKET ,CRICKET, CRICKET RULES AND FOOTBALL,BASEBALL,VOLLEYBALL SUCKS MAN I M FROM MALAYSIA
May 20th, 2011 at 6:59 am
Isn’t a cricket a bug?
June 25th, 2011 at 7:04 pm
Now, the confusion is sorted out. in this south Asia (very populated, but not noticed by the rest of the world) cricket rocks as food that they eat fried. As a sport, it is the kind you’ve heard about it, but noone has ever seen a match or know the rules.
October 20th, 2011 at 5:07 am
You are all so ignorant. Volleyball is sooo awesomeeee!! They play volleyball everywhere.. except asia. But everywhere else, everyone loves it. It may not be in the top two… but that doesn’t mean it isn’t fun and everyone hates it
June 6th, 2012 at 11:35 am
well volleyball is an ok sport lax,hockey.football,wreastling,and meany more sports are more physical but this just means its a cleaner sport than most. likly chances of geting hurt in volleyball slim to non, likely hood in other sports 75 percent chance if u dont use your head or play the way u should!!