The FIVB's Anti-Doping program seeks to preserve the spirit of Volleyball, Beach Volleyball and Snow Volleyball, maintain ethics, fair play and honesty and the health of the players. As doping is fundamentally contrary to the spirit of sport, FIVB wants to keep a clean and level playing field. One of the main aims is to educate Volleyball, Beach Volleyball and Snow Volleyball players and their respective Support Personnel on Doping Prevention as well as informing them on their rights and responsibilities regarding this matter.
This section contains the most relevant rules and regulations concerning Anti-Doping in order for the players and their respective Support Personnel to know their rights and responsibilities regarding this subject.
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FIVB Medical & Anti-Doping Regulations
Medical & Anti-Doping Rules, are rules governing the specificities for Medical issues and the Anti-Doping Regulations provided by the WADA Code.
FIVB Medical and Anti-Doping Regulations - (in force since 26.04.2022)
WADA Code - (in force since 01.01.2021)
In addition, WADA's International Standard for Testing (ISTI) foresee procedures which assure and maintain the integrity of testing and identity of samples, from notifying the athlete to transporting samples for analysis, as well as regulations on Whereabouts requirements in order to conduct unannounced out-of-competition testing and investigations.
WADA's International Standard for Testing and Investigations (ISTI)
Doping Control
Athletes might get tested anytime and anywhere without previous notice, no matter if they are included in an FIVB Registered Testing Pool (RTP) or not. Generally we distinguish In-competition testing and Out-of-competition testing.
“In-Competition” means the period commencing at 11:59 pm on the day before a Competition in which the Athlete is scheduled to participate through the end of such Competition and the Sample collection process related to such Competition.
By default, “Out-of-Competition” is any period which is not “In-Competition”.
For more information about the doping control process, please refer to WADA video below, available in 10 languages at the WADA’s YouTube channel, and to the WADA Leaflet on doping control process, available in 4 languages.
Be aware: Refusing, or failing without compelling justification, to submit to Sample collection after notification as authorized in applicable anti-doping rules or otherwise evading Sample collection is considered as an anti-doping rule violation.
Athletes and their Support Personnel (Parents, Coaches, Trainers, Managers, Agents, Team Staff, Officials & Medical Personnel) play an essential role in keeping volleyball as a clean sport. Stay committed and check out your rights and responsibilities in order to avoid inadvertent doping!
It is not simply the detection of a banned substance in a sample that can result in an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). Please note that there are 11 ADRVs that can result in a sanction and are not only applicable to Athletes, but also to Athlete Support Personnel.
WADA Leaflet on doping control process
Athletes' and Athletes Support Personnel's rights and responsibilities
Whereabouts Information
Athletes User Guide
Team Managers User Guide
Whereabouts is information provided by a limited number of top elite Athletes concerning their location to the International Sport Federation (IF) or National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO) which includes them in their respective Registered Testing Pool (RTP) as part of these top elite Athletes’ Anti-Doping responsibilities. Please find the following additional information here:
Information on Athlete's Whereabouts and Athlete's rights and responsibilities
Some hints on Whereabouts Filing via ADAMS
Relevant Provisions of the FIVB Medical and Anti-Doping Regulations on Whereabouts Failures 2021
CRITERIA – 2022 FIVB Registered Testing Pools (RTPs) Volleyball and Beach Volleybal
2022 Athletes List FIVB Registered Testing Pool (RTP) Beach Volleyball
VB Team Whereabouts Procedures 2021
Team Whereabouts nomination of responsible person form
Doping tests Statistics 2012-2021
The Prohibited List
The List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), is the International Standard that designates what is prohibited in- and out-of competition. The List also indicates whether particular substances are banned in particular sports. Substances and methods are classified by categories (e.g. steroids, stimulants, gene doping). The List is updated annually, published by 1 October and comes into effect on 1 January of the following year.
For anti-doping rule violations (“ADRVs”) of presence or use of a prohibited substance, please note the following:
- If you intended to cheat, whatever the substance, the period of ineligibility is 4 (four) years.
- Otherwise, it is 2 (two) years – unless you prove you had no significant fault or negligence, in which case ineligibility may be reduced to a minimum of one year.
- If the violation involved a specified substance or a contaminated product, and you can demonstrate you had no significant fault, ineligibility may range from 2 (two) years to a reprimand (depending on the level of fault).
- Please note that multiple ADRVs, or the presence of multiple substances, may increase the sanction beyond 4 (four) years. And for some ADRVs the penalty can be a life ban from sport.
There is also the possibility of a reduction of the sanction if an Athlete (or other person charged) admits guilt promptly following an ADRV or provides useful and reliable information about an ADRV committed by other person, which is known as “substantial assistance” in the WADA Code.

2022 Prohibited List - (in force as of 01.01.2022)
Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE)
Athletes may have illnesses or conditions that require them to take particular medications. If the medication an Athlete is required to take to treat an illness or condition happens to fall under the Prohibited List, a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) may give that Athlete the authorization to take the needed medicine.
Please note that as of the 2022 Prohibited List, glucocorticoids (GCs) are prohibited in-competition when administered by all injectable, oral or rectal routes. All relevant information on the use of GCs in Athletes and the general requirements of a TUE can be find in the document below.
The application for a TUE must be made as soon as possible (in case of an Athlete in the Registered Testing Pool, this would be when he/she is first notified of his/her inclusion in the pool) and no later than 30 days before the Athlete’s participation in the event. To obtain a TUE, fill out the M-8 Form in print or type and send it to the FIVB enclosing all relevant medical files.
For more specific information thereon, please check the following documents below:
WADA International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions (ISTUE)
WADA Checklists for TUE Applications
WADA Glucocorticoids and Therapeutic Use Exemptions
WADA Guidelines for the 2021 International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions (ISTUE)
WADA Anti-Doping Education and Learning (ADEL)
Results Management – Player's rights
Results Management is the process that deals with possible Anti-Doping Rules Violations (ADRV), starting from the reporting of an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF), also called positive test – when the laboratory reports the presence of a Prohibited Substance or evidence of the use of a Prohibited Method in a sample after analysis – until the final sanctioning of an athlete.
The above WADA doping control video also includes the Results Management process. Once informed of an AAF, the Athlete has the following rights:
To request for the B sample to be analyzed and to attend himself or via his representative the identification, opening and analysis of the B sample;
- To request copies of the A and B Sample laboratory documentation package;
- Right of a fair and timely hearing
- The right to appeal FIVB's decision which may be heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
Athletes' Anti-Doping Rights Act
Anti-Doping Rule Violations
List of volleyball and beach volleyball players sanctioned :
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016 -
2015 -
2014 -
2013 -
2012 -
2009-2011
2021 FIVB Case Resolution Agreement on the Doping Case of :
Dmitriy Muserskiy (RUS)–05.10.2021
2019 FIVB Disciplinary Panel full decision on the Doping Case of :
Javier Ismael Rodriguez Perez (PUR)–15.01.2020
2018 FIVB Disciplinary Panel full decision on the Doping Case of :
Erika Isabel Asencio Soriano (DOM)–04.02.2019
2017 FIVB Anti-Doping Panel full decisions on the Doping Case of:
Endres Murilo (BRA) - 03.11.2017
China - 21.08.2017
Fabien Whitfield (TTO) – 05.05.2017
2016 FIVB Anti-Doping Panel full decisions on the Doping Case of:
Daniel Koncal (SVK) - 09.02.2016
Martha Revuelta Jimenez (MEX) - 23.02.2016
Alexander Markin (RUS) – 28.04.2016
Sheila Ocasio Clemente (PUR) - 20.06.2016
Saber Hoshmand (IRI) - 05.09.2016
2015 FIVB Anti-Doping Panel full decisions on the Doping Case of:
Diogo Sousa (ISV) – 19.10.2015
2014 FIVB Anti-Doping Panel full decisions on the Doping Case of:
Dariam ACEVEDO (PUR) - 07.02.2014
Lucia LOZANA LORENZINI (CHI) - 23.05.2014
2013 FIVB Anti-Doping Panel full decisions on the Doping Case of:
Jinling CHU (CHN) - 10.07.2013
Borja RUIZ MIRA (ESP) - 8.11.2013
Kyle CALDWELL (USA) - 20.12.2013
FIVB Data Protection: how your personal information is processed
It’s the FIVB‘s commitment and responsibility to ensure that the privacy rights of Persons subject to anti-doping programs based on the WADA Code and the FIVB Medical and Anti-Doping Regulations are fully respected. Consequently, we only process personal information that is relevant or necessary to conduct anti-doping activities under the WADA Code and the International Standards.
International Standard for Protection of Privacy and Personal Information (ISPPPI)
The FIVB and your personal information
Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Report Doping in VolleyballAnyone who detects, identifies, witnesses, knows of or has reasonable grounds to suspect that cheating has occurred, is encouraged to Speak Up!
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Anti-Doping from a player’s perspective:
Our Ambassador: Fabiana Oliveira, Brazilian Volleyball player, Libero and Two-time Olympic Champion walks us through her experience as a player with every step of anti-doping during her career.
ANTI-DOPING: what is anti-doping ? it’s all about fair-play to other teams and teammates, what used to be a tabu is now something that people speak about.
DOPING TEST: What is your experience with doping tests, urine and blood tests?
ENTOURAGE: What do you expect from your entourage, team personnel? Trust and knowledge.
EDUCATION: What can you learn from an Olympic Player about anti-doping ? a player is 100% responsible for what he ingests
Nutritional supplements, injuries are other topics touched upon in this video.