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| Association | Gibraltar Volleyball Association | ||
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| Confederation | CEV | ||
| FIVB ranking | NR (29 June 2025)[1] | ||
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TheGibraltar women's national volleyball team representsGibraltar in internationalwomen'svolleyball competitions and friendly matches, The Team Ruled and managed by theGibraltar Volleyball Association that is a part of theFederation of International Volleyball (FIVB) as well as theEuropean Volleyball Confederation (CEV),[2][3] The Gibraltar Team also follow theSmall Countries Association (SCA).[4]The Gibraltarians have never qualified to any major international tournaments[5] like theFIVB World Championship or theCEV European Championship in contrast they often participate in the qualifiers for these tournaments as well they participate in regional competitions for small countries like theSmall Countries Division Championship and theIsland Games.[6]
TheGibraltar Volleyball Association has been a member of theFIVB and theCEV since 1984.TheGibraltarwomen'svolleyball team made its international debut in September 1987 at theIsland Games held inGuernsey. The Gibraltarian finished 2nd in their preliminary group, and lost to theAland Islands team for the bronze medal match. Later the Gibraltar team participated in most of the volleyball tournaments of these multi-sport competitions, but did not manage to win any medal.In addition, the Gibraltar team twice participated in theEuropean Small Countries Championships. In 1992, the tournament was held inGibraltar, where the home team won silver medal. At the preliminary stage of the tournament Gibraltar defeated the teams ofLuxembourg andSan Marino, in the semifinals the team ofCyprus, and in the final they lost toSan Marino. In 2006, the Gibraltarian hosted one of the group stages of theEuropean Championship qualifying tournament (Small Countries Division) Zone, but they were defeated by the teams ofLiechtenstein andLuxembourg, losing both matches with a score of 0:3 and failing to score more than 11 points in any of the 6 sets played.After a disappointing performance at the2011 Island Games, where the Gibraltar volleyball team finished in 12th place, the Gibraltar national team did not participate in international competitions for 6 years.In June 2017, the Gibraltar team was once again among the participants in the volleyball tournament of theIsland Games held on theSwedish island ofGotland. After suffering 4 defeats in four matches in their preliminary stage group, the Gibraltarians managed to beat theGuernsey national team 3:0 in their last match for the 9th place. It is interesting that the position of the central blocker of the Gibraltar national team for many seasons is played by the president of the national volleyball association Emma Labrador.
