FIVB Constitution and Regulations 

The FIVB has its seat in Lausanne, Switzerland and is organised in the legal form of a not-for-profit association. Through its governing institutions such as the Congress and the Board of Administration, the FIVB has established a legal framework which applies to volleyball activities globally. The FIVB Constitution is the supreme legal text of FIVB and any amendments thereto fall within the exclusive authority of the Congress.

The latest edition of the FIVB Constitution was approved by the Congress held in Lausanne, Switzerland on 5 February 2021.

FIVB Constitution (in force since 05.02.2021) - (Mark-up)
Rules of Procedure of the FIVB Congress (in force since 05.02.21) - (Mark-up)

The FIVB Board of Administration is responsible for the enactment and update of the FIVB Regulations*.

General Regulations - (in force since 12.05.2021) - (Mark-up)
Disciplinary Regulations - (in force since 13.11.2020) - (Mark-up)
Code of Ethics - (in force since 13.11.2020)
Financial Regulations - (in force since 01.06.2018)
Homologation Regulations - (in force since 01.06.2018)
Sports Regulations - (in force since 13.11.2020) - (Mark-up)
Event Regulations - (in force since 13.11.2020) - (Mark-up)
Medical and Anti-Doping Regulations - (in force since 01.01.2021)

* On 7 April 2016, the FIVB Board of Administration decided to split the FIVB Sports Regulations into two set of rules, namely the Event Regulations and the Sports Regulations. The FIVB Tribunal and FIVB agent Regulations have been incorporated in and are now an integral part of the FIVB Sports Regulations.

FIVB Judicial Bodies

Article 2.7 of the FIVB Constitution (ed. 2018) provides for the creation of four (4) judicial bodies:

Disciplinary Panel
Decides on alleged violations of the FIVB Constitution and Regulations. In the event of an anti-doping rule violation, a member appointed by the Medical Commission also participates in the Disciplinary Panel.

Contact: disciplinary@fivb.com

Decisions

Appeals Panel
Decides appeals filed by an affected party against decisions of FIVB bodies (e.g. the President, the Board of Administration, the Disciplinary Panel etc). Appeals procedures are set out in the FIVB Disciplinary Regulations.

Contact: appeals@fivb.com

Ethics Panel
Examines possible violations of FIVB's rules on Ethics (see Disciplinary Regulations) and proposes sanctions to the FIVB Board of Administration or to the FIVB Congress.

Contact: ethics@fivb.com

FIVB Tribunal
Decides on financial disputes of an international dimension between players/coaches/clubs (as well as coaches/NFs) either (a) reviewing a decision taken by the FIVB/Confederation in accordance with the Sports Regulations or (b) directly, upon referral of a case by the FIVB/Confederation.

Contact: fivb.tribunal@fivb.com

All Confederations are represented on the FIVB Judicial Bodies. For the composition of each Judicial Body please access here.

FEDERATION OF ORIGIN SOLIDARITY FEE – FIVB INTERVENTION

Article 6.3.3 let. d FIVB Sports Regulations provides for the possibility, under certain conditions, to request the intervention of the FIVB to decide on the applicable Federation of Origin Solidarity Fee.

Procedure and request form

 Appendix D FIVB Sports Regulations

Decisions

 FIVB decisions (8 October 2021)

Financial Disputes

Procedure
Article 18.1 of the FIVB Sports Regulations provides that a volleyball club, player, an FIVB License agent or coach may file a complaint before the FIVB in order to resolve a financial dispute of international dimension. The same procedure may also apply to a financial dispute between a national federation and a coach.

As of 1 November 2013, the procedure is free of charge save for a handling fee of :

• FIVB Cases CHF 500
• CEV Cases EUR 400

Useful Documents

• Guide to the FIVB procedure for Financial Disputes
  
• [ZIP] Complaint template

For further information please access the FIVB Sports Regulations (Article 18.1).

Note: The FIVB Sports Regulations entered into force during the 2012/13 season. Consequently, only cases which arose during the 2012/13 season (or later) are admissible as Financial Disputes under the procedure of Art. 18.1 of the FIVB Sports Regulations. Contractual violations relating to previous seasons may, depending on their circumstances, fall under the scope of Art. 6.10.2 of the FIVB Sports Regulations.

The FIVB Agent Regulations (now incorporated into the FIVB Sports Regulations) enter into force during the 2014/15 season. Consequently, only cases which arose during the 2014/15 season (or later) are admissible as Financial Disputes under the procedure of Art. 18.1 of the FIVB Sports Regulations.

• FIVB Financial Disputes Sanctions Table  (21 October 2021)

Application to change Federation of Origin

Applications must be received by the FIVB by no later than 17 October 2021 in order to be considered by the FIVB Executive Committee at its next meeting.

• Download the form 

FIVB Licensed Agents

1. Rogério Teruo Hangai (BRA)
2. Miomir Krasic (SRB)
3. Theo Hofland (NED)
4. Irena Tomovic (SRB)
5. Jin Yong-Ju (KOR)
6. Bojan Milic (SRB)
7. Keunhyuk IM (KOR)
8. Roberto Mogentale (POL)
9. Beltrami Luca (ITA)
10. Vannucci Edoardo (ITA)
11. GU Seonmo (KOR)
12. Matijasevic Georges (FRA)
13. Novi Luca (ITA)
14. Huttunen Nisse (FIN)
15. Grzyb Boleslaw (POL)
16. Lee Taeho (KOR)
17. Sandzaka Tatjana (LAT)
18. Quinones Vera Eddy (FIN)
19. Geraldo Maciel Neto (BRA)
20. Donato Saltini (ITA)
21. Boris Simurina (CRO)
22. Nam Hee Park (KOR)
23. Marco Raguzzoni (ITA)
24. Jaewoo Kwon (KOR)
25. Davide Gollini (ITA)
26. Andrzej Grzyb (POL)
27. Jakub Dolata (POL)
28. Paolo Buongiorno (ITA)
29. Sung Hun (Chris) Kim (KOR)
30. Tunc Afsar (TUR)
31. Massimo Tomalino (ITA)
32. Guido Caccamo (ITA)
33. Andris Inveiss (USA)
34. Chiara Castagnetti (ITA)
35. Stefano Bartocci (ITA)
36. Guray Sahin Tarik (TUR)
37. Branislav Mitrovic (SRB)
38. Alessandro De Lima  (BRA)
39. Wongi Byun (KOR)
40. Yusuf Nahum (TUR)
41. Chris Chen (CAN)
42. Özdin Attila Aydin (TUR)
43. Sergio Turzo (ITA)
44. Ana Flávia Sanglard (BRA)
45. Ho Suk Bang (KOR)
46. Joost Kooistra (NED)
47. Marcus Eloe (BRA)
48. Hyun Gon Song (KOR)
49. Ricardo Hyon Do Kim (BRA)
50. Martin Lebl (CZE)
51. Liu Huawei (CHN)
52. Guilherme Santos (BRA)
53. Tak Nam Gyun (KOR)
54. Nisa Kurt (TUR)
55. Anton Bobrov (RUS)
56. Mr. Hugo Conte (ARG)
57. Guillaume Samica (FRA)
58. Stevan Manojlovic (CAN)
59. David Botrel (FRA)
60. Anis Hidri (TUN)
61. Jong Suk Lim (KOR)
62. Edina Dobi (HUN)
63. Bogdan Olteanu (ROU)
64. Nicolas Oroz (ARG)
65. Diego Velazquez (ARG)
66. Carolina Costagrande (ITA)
67. Xavier Kapfer (FRA)
68. Predrag Mladenovic (SRB)
69. Vojtech Herrmann (CZE)
70. Thomas McCarthy (USA)
71. Oleg Zasidkovych (UKR)
72. Stefano Barbieri (ITA)
73. Norberto Santana Velez (PUR)
74. Charlotte Harris (USA)