Snow volleyball
A snow volleyball event | |
| Highest governing body | FIVB |
|---|---|
| Characteristics | |
| Contact | No |
| Team members | 3 per side |
| Type | Outdoor, winter team sport |
| Equipment | Volleyball |
| Presence | |
| Country or region | Europe |
Snow volleyball is a winter team sport played by two teams of three players on a snow-covered court divided by a net. Each team aims to score points by sending the ball over the net to ground on the opponent's side. A team is allowed up to three touches to return the ball across the net, and individual players may not touch the ball consecutively.
The sport originated in Austria as a variant of beach volleyball, with a local Snow Volleyball Tour being established in 2009. The sport gained recognition by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) in 2015, and the following year saw the inaugural CEV Snow Volleyball European Tour, followed by the inaugural FIVB Snow Volleyball World Tour in 2019. The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is the international governing body for the sport.