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Volleyball added the libero in 1998

The specialist defender wears a different shirt and cannot attack The libero plays only in the back row and can replace any player without using a substitution. They cannot serve in most competitions, cannot block and cannot complete an attack from above the net. The role was created to keep long rallies alive with better defence. 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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Volleyball added the libero in 1998: the short answers

Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The specialist defender wears a different shirt and cannot attack. 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.