About Corona FootVolley
Footvolley (Futevólei in Protégées) emerged on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in
the mid-1960s with informal rules, spreading to Brazilian cities such as Recife, Salvador,
Santos, and Florianopolis in the 1970s. It was only in the 1980s that FootVolley became
popular all over Brazil.
Footvolley started growing internationally in the 1990s when amateur Brazilian athletes
took Footvolley to different parts of the world (including the US, Europe and Asia)
gaining the admiration of local athletes.
Today, Footvolley is played on beaches all over the world, imitating beach conditions in
those countries not blessed with a beach.
Footvolley was first played in Israel on Gordon beach, Tel Aviv, in summer 2003 when
pro Brazilian soccer players inspired a few Israeli beach boys with the lovable ball game.
It was in 2007 that Corona in Israel got involved in Footvolley, establishing 5 local
tournaments. 2008 is when Corona FootVolley League was established in Israel. It was
also the organizers of the Corona FootVolley League that invented the Hebrew name
pronounced "Fuccivolley" to be used exclusively for the game played in their league and
other events.
Corona FootVolley League is played since 2008 every summer starting in May/June until
the final four in September/October with 14 teams and 13 league rounds in the Premium
league and 12 teams playing 11 rounds in the Masters league.
The Israeli southernmost touristic city of Eilat hosted the Corona FootVolley European
Tour in April 2009 and March 2010.
In 2011 Corona FootVolley European Tour was upgraded to Corona FootVolley World
Tour inviting teams from all over the world to play. For the very first time in its 4000
years of known history, FootVolley was played in Jerusalem! The holy city for Jews,
Christians and Muslims, the city nested in the hurt of the Judean Mountains between the
Mediterranean and the Dead Sea hosted the “Corona FootVolley World Tour – Jerusalem
2011” tournament with 16 teams; 10 international teams from Brazil, Bolivia, USA,
Russia, Germany, The Netherlands and Portugal in addition to 6 teams from Israel.
Corona FootVolley Winter Cup, a 2 days' tournament, was conducted in February 2010
and 2011. The Corona FootVolley Winter Cup champion is crowned the winter cup holder
and the top 6 teams earn their ticket to the Corona FootVolley international tournament.
Corona FootVolley League, established in 2008 and played every year since, is the world's
first and so far only ordinary footvolley league.