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Volleyball in India

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Volleyball in India
CountryIndia
Governing bodyVolleyball Federation of India
National team(s)Men
Women

Volleyball is a sport played all over India, both in rural as well as urban India. It is a popular recreation sport. India was ranked 5th in Asia, and 27th in the world in 2013. Doing well in the youth and junior levels, in second in the 2003 World Youth Championships. Currently, a major problem for the sport is the lack of sponsors. The Indian senior men's team is currently ranked 73th in the world.[1]

Domestic leagues

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List of National Sports award recipients in Volleyball, showing the year, award, and gender

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Year Recipient Award Gender
1961 A. Palanisamy Arjuna Award Male
1962 Nripjit Singh Bedi Arjuna Award Male
1972 Balwant Singh Arjuna Award Male
1973 G. Mulilini Reddy Arjuna Award Female
1974 M. Syamsunder Rao Arjuna Award Male
1975 K. C. Elamma Arjuna Award Female
1975 Ranvir Singh Arjuna Award Male
1976 Jimmy George Arjuna Award Male
1977–1978 A. Ramana Rao Arjuna Award Male
1978–1979 Kutty Krishnan Arjuna Award Male
1979–1980 Suresh Kumar Mishra Arjuna Award Male
1982 G. E. Sridharan Arjuna Award Male
1983 R. K. Purohit Arjuna Award Female
1984 Saly Joseph Arjuna Award Female
1986 Cyril C. Valloor Arjuna Award Male
1989 Abdul Basith Arjuna Award Male
1990 Dalel Singh Ror Arjuna Award Male
1991 K. Udayakumar Arjuna Award Male
1999 Sukhpal Singh Arjuna Award Male
2000 P. V. Ramana + Arjuna Award Male
2001 Amir Singh Arjuna Award Male
2002 Ravikant Reddy Arjuna Award Male
2010 K. J. Kapil Dev Arjuna Award Male
2011 Sanjay Kumar Arjuna Award Male
2014 Tom Joseph Arjuna Award Male
2003 Om Prakash Dhyan Chand Award Male
2015 T. P. Padmanabhan Nair Dhyan Chand Award Male
1990 A. Ramana Rao Dronacharya Award Male
1995 Shyam Sunder Rao Dronacharya Award Male
2007 G. E. Sridharan Dronacharya Award Male
Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). "FIVB World Rankings". Retrieved 10 January 2018.
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