Israel women's national volleyball team
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| Association | איגוד הכדורעף בישראל Israel Volleyball Association |
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| Confederation | CEV | ||
| Head coach | Arie Selinger | ||
| FIVB ranking | 33 (as of August 2016) | ||
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| Appearances | 0 | ||
| www.iva.org.il (Hebrew) | |||
The Israel women's national volleyball team represents Israel in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches. It is governed by the Israel Volleyball Association. Just like in other sports, even though Israel is geographically located in Asia, it competes in European competitions. Its best result so far was a fourth place, in the 2010 European League, in Turkey. On September 11, 2010, after losing the first leg of the repechage against Belarus side by 3:2, and beating them by 3:1 at home, the team qualified for the 2011 European Championship after thirty nine years of absence on this competition.
In the beginning of the State of Israel, volleyball was one the sports with regular disputes, including women's championships. But because of the 1948 War of Independence, like most of the Israeli sports, volleyball was suspended, in order to help the army in the battlefield.
The first time Israel women's national team participated in a prestigious competition, was the 1956 World Championship, in France. The squad was seeded in a group along with the Soviet Union, United States and Luxembourg. Israel finished third in the group, and then went on to dispute from 11th to 17th places, where it got a final 14th, whereas Brazil finished 11th and the Soviet Union claimed the world championship.
In 1967, the Israeli national team celebrated her first European Championship. The tournament was held in Istanbul, Turkey, and the team played in the group stages, finishing second, after Turkey and before Sweden and Bulgaria. The next stage, the final round, had the top eight teams in the tournament. There, Israel has achieved two wins and seven losses and finished eighth in the final rankings.
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