Scotland women's national volleyball team
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| Association | Scottish Volleyball Association | ||
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| Confederation | CEV | ||
| FIVB ranking | – (as of 31 July 2023) | ||
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The Scotland women's national volleyball team represents Scotland in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches, The Team Ruled and managed by the Scotland Volleyball Association (SVA) that is a part of the Federation of International Volleyball (FIVB) as well as the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV),[1] [2] The Scotland Team also follow the Small Countries Association (SCA).[3] The Scottish national team had never made any debut in major international tournaments like the FIVB World Championship or the CEV European Championship they often compete in the qualifiers for these tournaments, as well they paticipate in regional competitions for small countries like the Small Countries Division Championship and the Games of the Small States of Europe.[4]
Team History[edit]
The Scottish Volleyball Association[5] was founded in 1968 by the withdrawal of Scottish volleyball organizations from the jurisdiction of English Volleyball Association and joined the FIVB two years later. The Scottish women's volleyball team did not enter the official international competitions until 2004, when the team took part in the European Small Nations Championships for the first time. After confidently passing the qualifications, the Scottish won only one match out of four and took the final 4th place. Afterwards, the Scottish national team regularly participated in such competitions, but only in 2013 they manage to be among the medalists for the first time, winning the bronze medal. Two years later, they again won a medal in this competition but this time it was silver, losing only to the national team of Cyprus. In 2022, the Scottish team won the Small Nations Championship for the first time. Apart from the European Small Nations Championships, the Scottish team took part in the qualifiers for the FIVB World Championships three times, but each time they were eliminated from the competition at the first group stage.
References[edit]
- ^ "Scotland Team in CEV". Old.cev.eu. 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Scotland Volleyball News". Inside.cev.eu. 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Small Countries Association". CEVSCA. 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Small States Games History". eocgsse.org. 2 January 2024.
- ^ "SVA Articles of Association" (PDF). Scottish Volleyball Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
