in International Competition (Pan Am Games) 1964 - Tokyo, First Olympic titles are awarded to Japan (Women's) and USSR (Men's) 1968 - Canada and USA join the Central American and Caribbean Zone, which thereafter becomes known as NORCECA 1972 - First international medal won by the Canadian Men's Team by placing third at the NORCECA Championship in Mexico 1976 - Canada hosts Montreal Olympic Games 1977 - First Junior Men's and Women's World Championships 1977 - Canada's Men's Team wins bronze medal at the Pan Am Games – first major game medal 1980 - 1st Gold Medal won by Canada internationally - NORCECA Junior's - Women (Calgary, Canada) 1983 - Canada hosts Universiade Games in Edmonton. Canadian men qualify for 1984 Olympics by defeating Cuba 1984 - Canadian men finish fourth at Los Angeles Olympic Games 1990 - FIVB introduces the World League 1991 - Canadian Men participate for the first time in the World League 1991 - Canada hosts NORCECA Championships in Regina and Team Canada Men qualifies for 1992 Olympics 1996 - Canada hosts NORCECA Olympic qualifiers for Men and Women 1996 - Team Canada Women participate in Atlanta Olympics 1996 - Beach Volleyball debuts as a full medal sport in Atlanta Olympic Games 1996 - Canadians John Child and Mark Heese win bronze medal for beach volleyball in Atlanta Olympics 1998 - Canadian Men's Junior National Team wins at NORCECA to qualify for Junior World Championships 1999 - Canada returns to Men's World League and plays in it for the 1999 and 2000 seasons 1999 - Canada hosts Women's World Junior Championships in Saskatoon/Edmonton 1999 - Canada wins the bronze medal for Men's Indoor and the gold medal for Men's Beach (Conrad Leinemann/Jody Holden) at the *1999 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg 1999 - New Rules of the game 2000 - Canada's Men's Standing Disabled team wins silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games 2002 - Canada's Men's and Women's Indoor National Teams qualify for World Championships 2002 - Canada's Men's Standing Disabled team wins gold medal at the 2002 World Disabled Volleyball Championships World Organization Volleyball for Disabled See also Canada men's national volleyball team Canada women's national volleyball team Canada men's junior national volleyball team References External links Volleyball Canada