International Volleyball Federation

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international sports federation volleyball governing body

The International Volleyball Federation is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and organizing international volleyball competitions and setting the sport’s official rules.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Fédération Internationale de Volleyball	18
FIVB	13
International Volleyball Federation canonical	6
FIVB Beach Volleyball Department	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3206242 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: International Volleyball Federation
Context triple: [International Sports Federation, example, International Volleyball Federation]

A. Union Académique Internationale
The Union Académique Internationale is a global federation of national academies dedicated to advancing collaborative research and publications in the humanities and social sciences.
B. International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the global governing body of tennis, responsible for overseeing international competitions, setting the rules of the sport, and promoting its development worldwide.
C. Volleyball Hall of Fame
The Volleyball Hall of Fame is a museum and shrine dedicated to honoring the greatest players, coaches, officials, and contributors in the sport of volleyball worldwide.
D. IOC President
The IOC President is the head of the International Olympic Committee, responsible for leading the Olympic Movement and overseeing the organization of the Olympic Games.
E. International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is the global governing body responsible for overseeing the Olympic Movement and staging the modern Olympic Games.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: International Volleyball Federation
Target entity description: The International Volleyball Federation is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and organizing international volleyball competitions and setting the sport’s official rules.

A. Union Académique Internationale
The Union Académique Internationale is a global federation of national academies dedicated to advancing collaborative research and publications in the humanities and social sciences.
B. International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the global governing body of tennis, responsible for overseeing international competitions, setting the rules of the sport, and promoting its development worldwide.
C. Volleyball Hall of Fame
The Volleyball Hall of Fame is a museum and shrine dedicated to honoring the greatest players, coaches, officials, and contributors in the sport of volleyball worldwide.
D. IOC President
The IOC President is the head of the International Olympic Committee, responsible for leading the Olympic Movement and overseeing the organization of the Olympic Games.
E. International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is the global governing body responsible for overseeing the Olympic Movement and staging the modern Olympic Games.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international sports federation ⓘ volleyball governing body ⓘ
abbreviationMeaning	Fédération Internationale de Volleyball ⓘ linked to: International Volleyball Federation
continentScope	worldwide ⓘ
foundedIn	Paris, France ⓘ linked to: Paris
foundedOn	1947-04-18 ⓘ
foundingCountry	France ⓘ
governs	international beach volleyball competitions ⓘ international volleyball competitions ⓘ
hasDiscipline	beach volleyball ⓘ indoor volleyball ⓘ snow volleyball ⓘ
hasMemberFederations	national volleyball federations ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Switzerland ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Lausanne, Switzerland ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
memberOf	Association of Summer Olympic International Federations ⓘ
nonProfitStatus	non-profit organization ⓘ
officialName	Fédération Internationale de Volleyball ⓘ linked to: International Volleyball Federation
organizes	FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships ⓘ FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour ⓘ FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup ⓘ FIVB Volleyball Club World Championship ⓘ FIVB Volleyball World Championship ⓘ FIVB Volleyball World Cup ⓘ linked to: Volleyball World Cup FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup ⓘ Volleyball Nations League ⓘ linked to: FIVB Volleyball Nations League
oversees	qualification system for Olympic beach volleyball tournaments ⓘ qualification system for Olympic volleyball tournaments ⓘ
primaryRole	governance of international volleyball ⓘ organization of world-level volleyball events ⓘ standardization of volleyball rules ⓘ
recognizedBy	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
regionStructure	continental confederations ⓘ
sector	sports administration ⓘ
setsRulesFor	beach volleyball ⓘ volleyball ⓘ
shortName	FIVB ⓘ linked to: International Volleyball Federation
sportGoverned	beach volleyball ⓘ snow volleyball ⓘ volleyball ⓘ
website	https://www.fivb.com ⓘ

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Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Sports Federation → example → International Volleyball Federation ⓘ

subject linked to: International Sports Federations

Lausanne → hosts → International Volleyball Federation ⓘ

Association of Summer Olympic International Federations → hasMember → International Volleyball Federation ⓘ

London 2012 Olympic beach volleyball tournament → governingBody → Fédération Internationale de Volleyball ⓘ