Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol

The CSV's origins are still under dispute. Some argue it was founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina on February 12, 1946; some, that it was founded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 3 of the same year. Either way, it was formed even before the FIVB itself, and stands as the oldest of all volleyball continental confederations.

Up to now (2004), the CSV has had a total of eight presidents, all but one from national federations with some volleyball tradition at a certain point in history: Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia, which is the exception. Following the election of the current president, Brazilian Mr. Ary Graça Filho, in 2003 the headquarters were relocated from Lima, Peru to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The CSV presides over national volleyball federations located in South America and organizes continental competitions such as the South American Men's Volleyball Championship (first edition, 1951) and the Pan American Games, sometimes in conjunction with the FIVB and with other confederations, notably NORCECA with whom CSV co-organises the Pan-American tournaments. It also takes part in the organization of qualification tournaments for major events such as the Olympic Games or the men's and women's world championships, and of international competitions hosted by one of its affiliated federations.^[1]

Lately, the only national South American federation with expressive results in international competitions is Brazil, which maintains intensive development programs for men's and women's volleyball.

Argentina has some tradition in men's volleyball, but it has shown unmistakable signs of decline: in recent years, Venezuela has been constantly threatening to take its long held position as the second volleyball force of the continent. However, Argentina is still one of the dominant forces in Men's volleyball.

With a silver medal at the Seoul Olympic Games, Peru had a very strong women's volleyball team in the 1980s. Its level of play has nevertheless dropped after the retirement of superstar players like Cecilia Tait, Natalia Málaga, Rosa García and Gabriela Pérez del Solar.

In recent years, the Junior and Youth categories in both boys and girls categories have started to shine in the CSV; as with their senior teams, Brazil in one of the world main forces in Junior and Youth categories but Argentina and Peru have started to shine in the Boys and Girls category respectively; after the I Youth Olympic Games where Argentinean boys got silver and Peruvian girls took bronze, Argentina claimed the top spot and Peru the third spot at the FIVB Senior World Rankings.^[2]

As of 2022, the following 12 national federations were affiliated to the CSV:

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Code	Federation	National teams	Founded	FIVB affiliation	CSV affiliation	IOC member
ARG	Argentina	Men's U23 U21 U19 U17 Women's U23 U21 U19 U17	2003	2003	2003	Yes
BOL	Bolivia	Men's U23 U21 U19 U17 Women's U23 U21 U19 U17				Yes
BRA	Brazil	Men's U23 U21 U19 U17 Women's U23 U21 U19 U17	1954			Yes
CHI	Chile	Men's U23 U21 U19 U17 Women's U23 U21 U19 U17				Yes
COL	Colombia	Men's U23 U21 U19 U17 Women's U23 U21 U19 U17				Yes
ECU	Ecuador	Men's U23 U21 U19 U17 Women's U23 U21 U19 U17				Yes
GUF	French Guiana	Men's U23 U21 U19 U17 Women's U23 U21 U19 U17				No
GUY	Guyana	Men's U23 U21 U19 U17 Women's U23 U21 U19 U17				Yes
PAR	Paraguay	Men's U23 U21 U19 U17 Women's U23 U21 U19 U17	1943			Yes
PER	Peru	Men's U23 U21 U19 U17 Women's U23 U21 U19 U17	1942			Yes
URU	Uruguay	Men's U23 U21 U19 U17 Women's U23 U21 U19 U17				Yes
VEN	Venezuela	Men's U23 U21 U19 U17 Women's U23 U21 U19 U17				Yes

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