History Of The United States Women Volleyball Team ( A Strong Favorite To Win The 2012 Olympics To Win )

1955 in Mexico, the U.S. national team beat the Brazilian team 3-2 (15-7, 7-15, 13-15, 16-14 and 15-9) to the opening of his first medal (silver) Victory women volleyball tournament at the second Pan American Games (1959 and 1963 repeatedly feat). This medal is the first medal of any kind for the United volleyball at an international championship.

1956 United States of America, the birthplace of volleyball, for the first time at the Women's World Championships in Paris, France, with athletes from 16 countries (Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Israel, Luxembourg, Netherlands, North Korea, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the host country).

1959 The U.S. team finished second in women's volleyball at the Pan American Games III in Chicago, IL (perhaps in the first international women's volleyball on American soil), falling to Brazil in the final 3-1 (15-7, 15 -10, 9-15, 15-11).

The national team participates in the 1960 FIVB World Championships in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), one sixth 10 countries.

1962 America refuses to participate in the World Cup. Party in the Russian capital Moscow in October

1963 IV Pan American Games in Brazil (which held every four years since 1951), and will serve as Olympic qualifiers women's volleyball. On Brazilian soil, the U.S. team the third Pan American Silver medal won after the defeat in the final against Brazil (3-1:12-15, 15-12, 15-4, 15-11).

1964 volleyball as an Olympic sport for the first time on the 18th Olympics in Japan and the United States is accepted, one of the participants, after Brazil announced its decision to his participation as the winner of the Pan American Games in 1963 cancel (pre - Olympic tournament for athletes from Latin America and North America).

Twelve selected for 1964 U.S. volleyball team's first Olympic women athletes. They are: Linda Murphy, Jane Ward, John Gaertner, Lou Galloway, Verneda Thomas, Barbara Harweth, Patti Lucas-Bright, Gail O 'Rourke, Nancy Owen, Mary Jo Peppler, Mary Margaret Perry and Sharon Peterson.

1964 States is the first country in the Americas completed (Alaska to Argentina) in the first Olympic tournament in fifth place, behind Japan participate, the Soviet Union, Poland and Romania.

1967 to compete in 1962, the U.S. team was not in the final in Japan in the 5th World Championships in Tokyo.

1967 The United States Volleyball Team outsider made international headlines when she won the international tournament of the Pan American Games in Winnipeg (first Pan American gold medal in women's volleyball countries and the first major international title) against five opponents - Canada (3 - 0: 15-6,15-5, 15-2), Peru (3-0:15-12, 15-8, 15-6), Mexico (3-0:15-7,15 - 4, 15 - 5), Cuba (3-0:15-8,15-8,15-10) and defending champion Brazil (3-0:15-8,15-10,15-12). The winner will receive a spot in the Olympics next year in Mexico City.

1968 The United States sends players to the United States from Mexico for the Games of the 19th Olympics. The North American countries qualified for the Olympic Games Pan American Games last year.

The 1969 U.S. volleyball wins bronze in the inaugural NORCECA (North and Central America and the Caribbean regional championship volleyball) tournament in Mexico City.