FIVB Volleyball World Championship

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international volleyball competition world championship

The FIVB Volleyball World Championship is the premier international volleyball tournament for national teams, held every four years and organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
FIVB Volleyball World Championship canonical	7
2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship	2
1956 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship	1
1986 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship	1
FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship	1
FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship	1
FIVB Volleyball World Championship matches	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7023732 — 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: FIVB Volleyball World Championship
Context triple: [USA Volleyball (indoor national team training), competitionPreparationFor, FIVB Volleyball World Championship]

A. Volleyball World Cup
The Volleyball World Cup is an international quadrennial tournament organized by the FIVB that features top national teams competing for one of the sport’s most prestigious titles and Olympic qualification spots.
B. International Volleyball Federation
The International Volleyball Federation is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and organizing international volleyball competitions and setting the sport’s official rules.
C. FIBA Basketball World Cup
The FIBA Basketball World Cup is the premier international basketball championship for men's national teams, held every four years and featuring top squads from around the globe competing for the world title.
D. FISU World University Championships
The FISU World University Championships are international sports competitions that bring together university athletes from around the world to compete in various disciplines under the governance of the International University Sports Federation.
E. FIFA Futsal World Cup
The FIFA Futsal World Cup is the premier international futsal championship for men's national teams, held every four years and featuring the world's top indoor football sides.
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: FIVB Volleyball World Championship
Target entity description: The FIVB Volleyball World Championship is the premier international volleyball tournament for national teams, held every four years and organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.

A. Volleyball World Cup
The Volleyball World Cup is an international quadrennial tournament organized by the FIVB that features top national teams competing for one of the sport’s most prestigious titles and Olympic qualification spots.
B. International Volleyball Federation
The International Volleyball Federation is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and organizing international volleyball competitions and setting the sport’s official rules.
C. FIBA Basketball World Cup
The FIBA Basketball World Cup is the premier international basketball championship for men's national teams, held every four years and featuring top squads from around the globe competing for the world title.
D. FISU World University Championships
The FISU World University Championships are international sports competitions that bring together university athletes from around the world to compete in various disciplines under the governance of the International University Sports Federation.
E. FIFA Futsal World Cup
The FIFA Futsal World Cup is the premier international futsal championship for men's national teams, held every four years and featuring the world's top indoor football sides.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international volleyball competition ⓘ world championship ⓘ
ageCategory	senior ⓘ
competitionType	indoor volleyball world championship ⓘ
confederationsInvolved	AVC ⓘ CAVB ⓘ CEV ⓘ CSV ⓘ NORCECA ⓘ
continent	worldwide ⓘ
firstMenEditionYear	1949 ⓘ
firstWomenEditionYear	1952 ⓘ
formatFeatures	group stage ⓘ knockout stage ⓘ
frequency	every four years ⓘ
genderCategory	men's tournament ⓘ women's tournament ⓘ
governingBody	FIVB ⓘ linked to: International Volleyball Federation
governingBodyAbbreviation	FIVB ⓘ linked to: International Volleyball Federation
governingBodyFounded	1947 ⓘ
governingBodyHeadquarters	Lausanne, Switzerland ⓘ
governingBodySport	volleyball ⓘ
importance	one of the most prestigious volleyball tournaments ⓘ
inception	1949 ⓘ
level	senior national teams ⓘ
matchFormat	best of five sets ⓘ
mediaCoverage	global television broadcast ⓘ
officialLanguageOfOrganizer	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
organizer	FIVB ⓘ linked to: International Volleyball Federation Fédération Internationale de Volleyball ⓘ linked to: International Volleyball Federation
qualificationMethod	continental qualification tournaments ⓘ host nation automatic qualification ⓘ world ranking places ⓘ
rankingImpact	affects FIVB world rankings ⓘ
relatedCompetition	FIVB Volleyball Nations League ⓘ FIVB Volleyball World Cup ⓘ linked to: Volleyball World Cup Olympic volleyball tournament ⓘ
scope	global ⓘ
setScoring	rally point system ⓘ
sport	volleyball ⓘ
sportFormat	indoor volleyball ⓘ
sportType	team sport ⓘ
teamType	national teams ⓘ
trophy	World Championship trophy ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

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

USA Volleyball (indoor national team training) → competitionPreparationFor → FIVB Volleyball World Championship ⓘ

International Volleyball Federation → organizes → FIVB Volleyball World Championship ⓘ

Zhu Ting → participantIn → 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship ⓘ