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Footvolley is a sport which combines soccer and beach volleyball. Points are awarded if the ball hits the ground in the opponents' court, if the opponents commit a fault, or if they fail to return the ball properly. Scoring is done using the rally point system. Team that wins first two sets (18pts with 2pt tie-break) wins match.
The footvolley court is 30 x 60 ft beach volleyball with the net height set to 7'2" beach volleyball.
Created in Brazil, during the 1960s, it become a trend setting beach sport riding the Brazilian influence wave of fashion, models, and bikini's in the early 2000s. Footvolley has become big in Europe during the summer months, Thailand, and in the US. The US has a good population of players in Florida, California, Virginia, and Hawaii.
US Footvolley in Miami Beach, the sport's National Governing Body, fields a National Team which are those American players having placed highest in US Footvolley sanctioned tournaments. The squad is composed of mostly former college soccer players. Top US players are: Sergio Menezes, Jevin Albuquerque, Francis Faberhoff, among others. In International play, the US #1 squad of Sergio Menezes and Betto Lima won Gold in Canada (2002) and Silver in Austria 2004. The women's team is mostly based in the Virginia Beach area, where an annual event has grown the player base significantly.
2006 US Pro Footvolley Summer tour will feature cities along both East & West Coasts.
Dutch National soccer stars take part in an annual footvolley match in Aruba which is shown on national TV. Brazilian soccer stars routinely play in charitable events in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo beaches as well.
Similar games in include jianzi, sepak takraw, and footbag net. Bossaball mixes elements of footvolley with gymnastics and volleyball on a court of inflatables and trampolines.
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