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News Volleyball celebrates return to Olympic birthplace for Tokyo 2020 Looking back at volleyball’s Tokyo 1964 Olympic debut and the making of Japan’s volleyball heroines With the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 volleyball competition underway, many in Japan and beyond will remember Tokyo 1964; the Olympic birthplace of volleyball and the Japan women’s national team’s historic gold-medal-winning performance which captured the hearts of a nation. Volleyball’s illustrious history at the Games actually began at the Olympic Games Paris 1924 with a demonstration event performed by the USA. However, it would be a long 40-year wait – which included the founding of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) in 1947 - for the sport which was booming in popularity worldwide to finally make its official Olympic debut.

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