The FIVB and Senoh, the official supplier of volleyball and beach volleyball equipment for all FIVB events and the Olympic Games, will be working together starting this year up to the 2024 Olympics.

According to this FIVB article, the LED volleyball net is making a return.

The agreement between the Japan based Senoh Corporation and the FIVB is a natural partnership between two dynamic organisations committed to investing and developing in technology to make volleyball an attractive sport for the whole family. Of interest is the development and enhancement of the LED net, a prototype of which was first shown at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Championship in Poland and at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball World League Finals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. While the LED net functions as a regular net during a match, the encapsulated LEDs allow for the possibility of showing a variety of different in-game information between points.

The partnership – beginning in the 2017 season until the Olympic Games in 2024 – will see Senoh providing posts, pads, nets, antennae, referee chairs and floor apparatus for volleyball, and court lines and post bases for beach volleyball. Senoh’s financial investment will also include providing expert technicians to support the installation and maintenance of equipment on-site. The organisation will also have the opportunity to extend its reach to all affiliated national associations and federations in the world.

Take note, the LED volleyball net was first used at the 2014 FIVB Men’s World Championship in Poland and then at the 2015 FIVB World League Finals in Brazil. Not sure why the FIVB stopped using in other major events in 2015 and 2016 but new partner Senoh will most likely bring it back.

We are happy with the new partnership and we look forward to the other exciting things Senoh will do for the sport.

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