The Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol (CBV) (Portuguese

Portuguese language

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 for Brazilian Volleyball Confederation) is the governing body of volleyball

Volleyball

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 and beach volleyball

Beach volleyball

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 in Brazil

Brazil

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. Formed in 1954, its headquarters are in Barra da Tijuca

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, Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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. The CBV is a member of the International Volleyball Federation

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 (FIVB) and the South American Volleyball Confederation

Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol

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 (CSV) and it is affiliated to the Brazilian Olympic Committee

Brazilian Olympic Committee

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. It organizes both the men's and women's Brazilian Volleyball Superleague

Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol

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, which are the top level's volleyball competition in Brazil, and also organizes the Salonpas Cup

Salonpas Cup

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, which is an international women's club cup competition played annually in Brazil. The organization also administrates the Brazil men's national volleyball team

Brazil men's national volleyball team

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 and the Brazil women's national volleyball team

Brazil women's national volleyball team

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.

Presidents

Below is a list of all CBV presidents:

#	Name	Term
1.	Denis Rupet Hathaway	1955-1957
2.	Abrahão Antônio Jaber	1957-1959
3.	Paulo Monteiro Mendes	1959-1961
4.	Roberto Moreira Calçada	1961-1975
5.	Carlos Arthur Nuzman Carlos Arthur Nuzman Carlos Arthur Nuzman is a Brazilian lawyer and a former volleyball player, having competed professionally from 1957 to 1972 and represented the national team between 1962 and 1968...	1975-1997
6.	Ary Graça Filho	1997-present

Affiliated state federations

All the Brazilian state federations are affiliated to the CBV:

Abbreviation	Federation
AC Acre (state) Acre is one of the 27 states of Brazil. It is situated in the southwest of the Northern Region, bordering Amazonas to the north, Rondônia to the east, Bolivia to the southeast and the Ucayali Region of Peru to the south and west. It occupies an area of 152,581.4 km2, being slightly smaller...	Federação Acreana de Voleibol
AL Alagoas Alagoas is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco ; Sergipe ; Bahia ; and the Atlantic Ocean . It occupies an area of 27,767 km², being slightly larger than Haiti...	Federação Alagoana de Voleibol
AM	Federação Amazonense de Voleibol
AP Amapá Amapá is one of the states of Brazil, located in the extreme north, bordering French Guiana and Suriname to the north. To the east is the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south and west is the Brazilian state of Pará. Perhaps one of the main features of the state is the River Oiapoque, as it was once...	Federação Amapaense de Voleibol
BA Bahia Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...	Federação Baiana de Volley-Ball
CE Ceará Ceará is one of the 27 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is currently the 8th largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the main touristic destinations in Brazil. The state capital is the city of...	Federação Cearense de Voleibol
DF Brazilian Federal District The Federal District is set apart for Brasília, the capital of Brazil. Located in a region called Planalto Central, or Central Plateau, the Federal District is divided in 29 administrative regions. Brasilia - place where the three branches of the Federal Government are located - is the main...	Federação Brasiliense de Voleibol
ES Espírito Santo Espírito Santo is one of the states of southeastern Brazil, often referred to by the abbreviation "ES". Its capital is Vitória and the largest city is Vila Velha. The name of the state means literally "holy spirit" after the Holy Ghost of Christianity...	Federação Espírito-Santense de Voleibol
GO Goiás Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The name Goiás comes from the name of an indigenous community...	Entidade de Administração Goiana de Voleibol
MA Maranhão Maranhão is a northeastern state of Brazil. To the north lies the Atlantic Ocean. Maranhão is neighbored by the states of Piauí, Tocantins and Pará. The people of Maranhão have a distinctive accent...	Federação Maranhense de Voleibol
MG Minas Gerais Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...	Federação Mineira de Voleibol
MT Mato Grosso Mato Grosso is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest in area, located in the western part of the country.Neighboring states are Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul. It also borders Bolivia to the southwest...	Federação Matogrossense de Voleibol
MS Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul is one of the states of Brazil.Neighboring Brazilian states are Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay and Bolivia to the west. The economy of the state is largely based on agriculture and cattle-raising...	Federação de Volley-Ball do Mato Grosso do Sul
PA Pará Pará is a state in the north of Brazil. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest it also borders Guyana and Suriname, and to the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Belém.Pará is the most populous state...	Federação Paraense de Voleibol
PB Paraíba Paraíba Paraíba Paraíba (Tupi: pa'ra a'íba: "bad to navigation"; Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east...	Federação Paraíbana de Voleibol
PE Pernambuco Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...	Federação de Voleibol do Estado de Pernambuco
PI Piauí Piauí is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country.Piauí has the shortest coastline of any of the non-landlocked Brazilian states at 66 km , and the capital, Teresina, is the only state capital in the north east to be located inland...	Federação Piauiense de Voleibol
PR Paraná (state) Paraná is one of the states of Brazil, located in the South of the country, bordered on the north by São Paulo state, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Santa Catarina state and the Misiones Province of Argentina, and on the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and the republic of Paraguay,...	Federação Paranaense de Voleibol
RJ Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast...	Federação de Volley-Ball do Rio de Janeiro
RN Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern region of the country, occupying the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. Because of its geographic position, Rio Grande do Norte has a strategic importance. The capital and largest city is Natal...	Federação Norte-Riograndense de Voleibol
RO Rondônia Rondônia is a state in Brazil, located in the north-western part of the country. To the west is a short border with the state of Acre, to the north is the state of Amazonas, in the east is Mato Grosso, and in the south is Bolivia. Its capital is Porto Velho. The state was named after Candido Rondon...	Federação Rondoniense de Voleibol
RR Roraima Roraima is the northernmost and least populated state of Brazil, located in the Amazon region. It borders the states of Amazonas and Pará, as well as the nations of Venezuela and Guyana. The population is 400,000 and the capital is Boa Vista...	Federação Roraimense de Voleibol
RS Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...	Federação Gaúcha de Volley-Ball
SC Santa Catarina (state) Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by...	Federação Catarinense de Voleibol
SE Sergipe Sergipe , is the smallest state of the Brazilian Federation, located on the northeastern Atlantic coast of the country. It borders on two other states, Bahia to the south and west and Alagoas to the north, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean...	Federação Sergipana de Volley-Ball
SP São Paulo (state) São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...	Federação Paulista de Voleibol
TO Tocantins (state) Tocantins is one of the states of Brazil. . The state was formed in 1988 out of the northern part of Goiás, and construction began on the capital, Palmas, in 1989, in contrast to most of the other cities in the state which date back to the Portuguese colonial period...	Federação Tocantinense de Voleibol

External links

Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol official website