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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, January 3, 2022 – USA Volleyball, the U.S. national governing body for the sport of volleyball, and Mizuno, the global specialty sporting goods company, have announced details on a new multi-year partnership beginning in January of 2022 and lasting through the 2024 Olympics in Paris and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Mizuno will exclusively provide uniforms and apparel to all national teams, footwear to any athletes that choose, and will outfit all USAV staff both corporately and at USAV-owned amateur events. Mizuno will also have a dedicated presence at USAV events both from an activation and a retail store perspective.

“We are thrilled to welcome USA Volleyball back into the Mizuno family,” said Clint Sammons, Team Sports Director at Mizuno USA. “Mizuno is—and always will be—committed to growing the sport of volleyball across the United States and the globe, and we firmly believe our goals align perfectly with those of USA Volleyball.”

Formerly longtime partners, Mizuno and USA Volleyball look to continue to build upon the success that they shared in the volleyball community for many years.

“USA Volleyball is excited to be collaborating again with Mizuno,” said Jamie Davis, President and CEO of USA Volleyball. “As a leader in performance apparel and footwear, I know that our athletes, coaches, officials, staff and members will enjoy wearing their top-quality products and that Mizuno will be a key partner in helping us grow the sport of volleyball over the next seven years.”

In addition to supplying performance apparel and footwear to all respective men and women’s national teams (indoor, beach, sitting, beach ParaVolley, and the up-and-coming sport of snow volleyball), Mizuno will work closely with USAV to maximize the promotional value and exposure of the partnership, as the sport continues to gain global popularity.

“By agreeing to a multi-year partnership covering the next two Olympic Games, we are committed to supporting not only the fantastic national teams in their respective quests for gold through 2028, but also to doing our part to continue growing the great game of volleyball at every level,” said Sammons. 

The meeting was directed by the president of the commission Ariel Sainz, from Cuba, under the supervision of the president of NORCECA Cristobal Marte Hoffiz.

The members of the commission, including the presidents of the four zonal associations within NORCECA, were informed about the qualification process to the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador 2023, the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile 2023 and to the Olympic Games in Paris 2024.

The participants received a complete report on the new competition system of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL), the FIVB World Championships and the ranking of FIVB and weight factor for the different competitions including the confederations events.

They also discussed different topics including the competition calendar for the different zones as well as NORCECA competitions of 2022 and 2023.

The participants also received a complete report of activities for the years 2020 (only two qualifying event to the Olympic Games) and 2021.