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A volleyball court is 18 by 9 metres

The net stands 2.43 metres high for men and 2.24 metres for women An attack line stands 3 metres from the centre line on each side and marks where back-row players may jump to hit. The antennae above the net mark the crossing space the ball must pass through. The ball itself weighs between 260 and 280 grams. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The net stands 2.43 metres high for men and 2.24 metres for women. The figure is taken from Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.