Second Congress of the World Volleyball and Beach Volleyball Federation

" On the road to the IOC ”
(Lugano, on Thursday, December 11th, 2008) the Congress of the World Volleyball and Beach
volleyball federation (WVBF in the text), unanimously approved the resolution inviting the WVBF board
of administration to implement everything for obtaining from the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) the recognition for the Olympic sport of Volleyball and for its disciplines specially the Beach
Volleyball.
Since its creation, the WVBF is the only world Volleyball and Beach volleyball federation who respect
and apply:
• The Olympic charter
• The Olympic movement fundamentals
• The ethics
• The democracy among which elections by secret ballot
• The financial transparency
• The Court Arbitration of the sport (CAS)
• The world anti-doping agency ( WADA)
• The protection of the athletes
This resolution signs a new era in WVBF’s life WVBF, a determinedly forward-looking era where
sports lives in harmony with ethics.