Mehdi Ben Cheikh

Mehdi Ben Cheikh competed in VOLLEYBALL

Did you know?

• There are six players in a volleyball team, and the net is 2.43m high for men and 2.24m high for women.
• They are allowed a maximum of three touches of the ball between them before it must cross the net.
• Crucial is the set and spike, in which a player feeds the ball (the set) for a team-mate to smash it into the opposition's side of the court (the spike).
• The London 2012 men’s and women’s events feature 12 teams, divided into two pools of six. The best eight progress to the knock-out phase.
• Volleyball made its Olympic debut at the 1964 Games in Tokyo, with Japan winning the women’s tournament in front of a jubilant home crowd.