Cyprus Volleyball Federation (Kypriaki Omospondia Petosfairisis = Greek: Kυπριακή Oμοσπονδία Πετοσφαίρισης) is the governing body of volleyball in Cyprus. It organises the first division, second division leagues and a cup competition.
Volleyball first made its appearance in Cyprus in the 1920s and was first included as a competitive event in the 1928 Pancyprian Games. After the World War II it was played a lot at schools and a Student Championshi...
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Cyprus Volleyball Federation (Kypriaki Omospondia Petosfairisis = Greek: Kυπριακή Oμοσπονδία Πετοσφαίρισης) is the governing body of volleyball in Cyprus. It organises the first division, second division leagues and a cup competition.
Volleyball first made its appearance in Cyprus in the 1920s and was first included as a competitive event in the 1928 Pancyprian Games. After the World War II it was played a lot at schools and a Student Championship was established. The Local Committee of SEGAS Cyprus (SEGAS is the sports governing body of Greece) was founded in 1947 and established annual championships between the Gymnastic Clubs and then between those clubs that had a volleyball section. A representative team of Cyprus was invited in 1953 in Egypt to play against Greek and Egyptian teams of Cairo and Alexandria.
On November 23, 1966, the Local Committee of Cypriot Athletes was established by 15 sport clubs as a local federation of the Greek one. In 1971, the first championship took...
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