Dear Sir / Madame,

We thank you for your inquiry concerning FIVB homologation.

We draw your attention to the fact that only ball producers (manufacturers) can submit a
request for ball homologation. We are pleased to enclose our Terms & Conditions for Homologation
of ball as well as an Application Form (H1).

If you are interested to submit your product, you have to send us the form H1 duly completed with a
letter of recommendation from the National Volleyball Federation of the country, where the ball is
produced; if the company and production line are not located in the same country, we need also a
recommendation letter from the National Federation. We would also like to point out that the FIVB only
homologates a specific brand name and never company's products in general.

As soon as we receive your payment of CHF 4,000. - (test fees) on our account number:

BIC Code (SWIFT Address): UBSWCHZH8OA

Bank Address:

UBS AG
Place St-François 16
Case postale
CH-1002 Lausanne
Switzerland

Bank clearing: 0243

ACCOUNT:
Account CHF: 0243-146146.01K - IBAN: CH710024324314614601K

Remark: Ball test

The application form H1 duly completed and the recommendation letters, we will send you the
addresses of our testers and laboratories where manufacturer will have to send 34 balls as indicated in
the list.

A homologation agreement with your company will be signed by the FIVB, once the final reports of the
tests have been received by the Technical department approving the homologation of your ball (about 3
months).

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further queries.

With best regards,

Federation Internationale De Volleyball

Helgi THORSTEINSSON,
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
technical@fivb.org

Encl.: Terms and conditions

Application form H1
Standards for volleyballs

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HOMOLOGATION PROCEDURE
FOR MANUFACTURERS
FOR
VOLLEYBALL BALLS

FIVB WORLD, CONTINENTAL & HIGH LEVEL

NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL & BEACH VOLLEYBALL
COMPETITIONS

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 FIVB HOMOLOGATION PROCEDURE
VOLLEYBALL BALLS

SUMMARY

Page
Cover letter

Terms & Conditions …………………………………………………………… 4

Application form H-1…………………………………………………………... 7

Ball standards for synthetic colored Volleyball balls indoor…………… 8

FIVB official approved Volleyball balls indoor…..………………………… 9

Ball standards for synthetic Volleyballs ball Beach …………………….. 10

FIVB official colored Volleyball balls Beach……………….……………… 11

FIVB trademark and official colors………………………………………….. 12

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 TERMS AND CONDITIONS

FOR FIVB HOMOLOGATION (APPROVAL)

BALLS TO BE USED IN OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL COMPETITIONS

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 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR FIVB HOMOLOGATION (APPROVAL)
BALLS TO BE USED IN OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL COMPETITIONS

Any manufacturer of Volleyball balls, wishing to obtain a world-wide valid certificate of official
homologation for one or more of its products under official FIVB standards and quality controls
may proceed as follows:

1. A duly completed application (FIVB form H 1) must be sent to:

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball

Eduouard-Sandoz 2-4 – 1006 Lausanne SWITZERLAND
Telephone: +41 (21) 345 35 35 - Fax: +41 (21) 345 35 45
Attention: Mr. Helgi THORSTEINSSON, Technical Director

2. The following documents must be attached to the application form:

2.1 For a ball manufacturer, a letter of recommendation, signed by the National

Volleyball Association of its country, stating that the ball proposed has been
successfully used in local Volleyball tournaments organized by the Association. If the
production line and the company are not located in the same country, the
manufacturer must also provide a letter of recommendation of the National
Volleyball Association of the country where the factory is located. Each
manufacturer can only produce one specific brand to be homologated by the
FIVB.

2.2 A copy of bank transfer order for the fixed amount for testing and laboratory fees
for each ball type as follows:

For balls - CHF. 4,000.- (four thousand Swiss Francs).

Payments must be made to FIVB account:

ACCOUNT CHF: 0243-146146.01K - IBAN: CH710024324314614601K
UBS AG, Place St-François 16
Case postale, CH-1002 Lausanne
Switzerland

3. Once the documents and payment have been received in Lausanne, the Technical
Department proceeds as follows:

3.1 The manufacturer of the balls will be forwarded a list of names and addresses of
the persons and laboratories, to which he must submit the balls (max.20) to be tested.

3.2 The manufacturer will be informed that he is obliged to send the “test balls” free
of charge and duties, (air freight, insurance) stating in all documents "SAMPLES WITH
NO COMMERCIAL VALUE".

4. Once the test is completed:

4.1 The Technical department will request to receive the reports from the testers and
the results from the laboratories.

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 4.2 If the tests prove that the products do not meet FIVB standards:

a) The manufacturer will be informed on the test results.

b) The Technical Department will inform the manufacturer that a second

application is acceptable within the ensuing 12 months, with no test charge.
When the required improvements have been made the manufacturer must
send a new collection to be tested.

c) After a 12-month delay, a new application is required with new payment

for testing and laboratory fees.

4.3 If the tests prove satisfactory:

a) When the product has been approved by the Board of Administration, the
manufacturer proceeds to sign a maximum four-year contract with the FIVB
for the official approval of its product.

b) When the contract has been signed and the first yearly fee has been paid,
the FIVB will issue a CERTIFICATE OF OFFICIAL HOMOLOGATION for
each product approved.

c) Together with the certificate the manufacturer will receive a model of the
Official FIVB Approved seal with instructions for stamping or printing it on
each unit of the approved product.

5. Ball manufacturers are obliged to obtain certificate for each type of ball they intend to
market with the FIVB seal for approval. The types of ball subject to approval are :

FIVB Approved balls:

Size 5, 8 -18 panels, senior Volleyball (color) synthetic: CHF. 60,000 per year
Size 5, 10 -18 panels, senior Beach Volleyball (color): CHF. 40,000 per year

FIVB Inspected balls:

Size 5, 8 -18 panels, senior Volleyball (color) synthetic: CHF. 12,500 per year

5.1 FIVB Tested balls:

Size 5, Volleyball (color) synthetic:

Balls tested for FIVB standards. No stamps applied but direct cost for the tests
applicable.

6. Upon signature of the contract: The manufacturer will be authorized to stamp or print
its name or logo on each of the approved balls.

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 The following dimensions must not be exceeded:

Balls: height of letters 2.5cm x length of make 12 cm (30 sq. cm)

7. The FIVB logo may be printed or stamped once on each of the approved products, no
less than 3 x 3 cm in size on balls and in proportion to the manufacturer's logo on other
products. It should always be placed below and centrally to the manufacturer's name or
logo strictly in accordance with the design and measurements provided by the FIVB.

8. Contact details for the FIVB Testing laboratory in Switzerland:

EMPA
Materials Science & Technology
Mr. Ivo RECHSTEINER
Lerchenfeldstrasse 5
ST. GALLEN 9014
Switzerland

Tel:+ 41 (71( 274 77 79

Fax: + 41 (71) 274 77 62
E-mail: ivo.rechsteiner@empa.ch
Website: www.empa.ch

9. FIVB active testers.

Information provided individually after the laboratory tests have been conducted.

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 FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE VOLLEYBALL H-1
APPLICATION FORM FOR THE OFFICIAL HOMOLOGATION OF BALLS,
UNIFORMS, SPORTS MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT
(only for manufacturer)

Manufacturer's name :

Address :

Country : Tel. : Fax: E-mail

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
(to be completed only by the manufactur er)
A. Category Balls, type of : Equipment, type of :
Indoor Posts + Post Pads Shoes
Beach Net + Antennae Uniforms
School Mini Referees' Stand Floor cover
Club Mini Scoreboard
Recreational

B. Brand name :

C. Catalogue identification :

D. Other useful information :

Units produced per year : Price per unit approx. US$

National Continental Worldwide

We, the undersigned, certify that we are the owners of the brand name of the product and that we
intend to execute a max. 4 year contract with the FIVB for our product(s) recognition under FIVB
standards.

Manufacturer : Date :
(Day - Month - Year)
(signature and stamp)

Reception dates of : (for FIVB use only) FIVB Signatures of approval

Application :

Samples : Technical Commission President

Lab payment :

1st lab. result : FIVB Manager

2nd lab result :

Board approval : FIVB President

H1-Application form for Homologation / GHT 09.2003

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 FIVB COMPETITION COLOR VOLLEYBALL (INDOOR)

LABORATORY REQUIREMENTS AND BALL STANDARDS

FOR THE APPROVAL OF SYNTHETIC COLOR INDOOR VOLLEYBALL

1. Temperature in the laboratory: 20 – 25 degrees centigrade (20° - 25°C)

2. Minimum standard and range of test results.

2.1 Ball size 5 for seniors Synthetic color indoor Volleyball:

A) Material: Synthetic leather (Non-woven fabric + PU).

B) Number of Panels: Minimum 8 – Maximum 18
C) Colors: Combination of: Min. 2 – Max. 3 colors**(Ultra fine fiber structure).
D) Weight: 270 g ± 10 g.
E) Circumference: 66.0 ± 1.0 cm.
F) Impact power from 1 m height on Kistler Force Plate:
Range (387.5 – 402.5 N).
G) Height of rebound from 1 m height on Kistler Force Plate:
Range (60.0 - 66.0 cm.)
H) Endurance test in Endurance Test Machine :
Minimum number of times: Min. 10,000 repetitions at speed 50 km/h
I) Pressure in the ball; 0.30 – 0.325 kg/cm2 or 294.3 – 318.82 m. bar or hPa.
J) Contact time: 8 +/- 0.5 ms

K) Detection of use of banned Azo Colorants**:

Banned azo colorants are such colorants that may form one of the following
amines of class MAK III A1 and MAK III A2 splitting up one or more ago groups.
Detection limit: 5 ppm.
L) Test for Pentachlorophenol (PCP) and Tectrachloropenol (TeCP)
(Test method according to DIN 53313) – No detection allowed

3. Diagram on design of the reflex plate and how endurance test is completed:

(Design on the reflex plate)

572 Ø B
A 100 mm 200 mm.

17,35mm When the ball hits

2/3 diameter
Reflex plate outside of circle B.
Stop the test.

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 FIVB Official Colored Synthetic Volleyball ball Indoor

MIKASA MVA200

Panel and color construction:

Pantone colors: Blue 072C
Yellow: Yellow 012C

OFFICIAL FIVB GAME BALL INDOOR

Front side Back side

The patterns are registered by Mikasa Corporation and cannot be used.

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 FIVB COMPETITION COLOR VOLLEYBALL (BEACH)

LABORATORY REQUIREMENTS AND BALL STANDARDS

FOR THE APPROVAL OF BEACH VOLLEYBALL BALLS

1. Temperature in the laboratory: 20 – 25 degrees centigrade (20° -25° C)

2. Minimum standard and range of test results.

2.1 Balls size 5, BEACH Volleyball, flexible material* (leather

or similar), 10 to 18 panels:

A) Material: Man-made leather (Non-woven fabric + PU).

B) Colors: 3 colors**.
C) Weight: 270 g ± 10 g.
D) Circumference: 67.0 ± 1.0 cm
E) Impact power from 1 m height on Kistler Force Plate:
Range (290 – 360 N).
F) Height of rebound from 1 m height on Kistler Force Plate:
Range (53.0 - 61.0 cm.)
Endurance test in Endurance Test Machine:
Minimum number of times: Min. 5,000 repetitions at speed 50 km/h.
Pressure in the ball; 0.225 kg/cm2 or 221 M. bar or hPa.
Loss of pressure ≤10% and sphericity required ≤ 1.5%
I) Detection of use of Banned Azo Colorants*:
Banned azo colorants are such colorants that may form one of the following:
Amines of class MAK III A1 and MAK III A2 splitting up one or more azo groups.
Detection limit: 5 ppm.
J) Test for Pentachlorophenol (PCP) and Tetrachlorphenol (TeCP)
Test method according to DIN 53313) - No Detection allowed

3. Diagram on design of the reflex plate and how endurance test is completed:

(Design on the reflex plate)

572 Ø B
A 100 mm 200 mm.

17,35mm When the ball hits

2/3 diameter
Reflex plate outside of circle B.
Stop the test.

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 FIVB Official Colored Synthetic Beach Volleyball

Mikasa VLS 300

Colors FIVB Official Volleyball ball:

Pantone colors: Blue 072C, Yellow 012C and White

FIVB GAME BALL BEACH VOLLEYBALL PATTERN

Front side Back side

Panel color combination and panel construction are shown on the picture above.

The patterns are registered by Mikasa Corporation and cannot be used.

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 FIVB REGISTRATED TRADEMARK AND OFFICIAL COLORS

The FIVB™, Federation Internationale de Volleyball (Switzerland non-profit organization) and its
corporate logo are registered trademarks. The use of the FIVB logo and the below approval stamps is
strictly prohibited unless by the authorization of the FIVB.

FIVB OFFICIAL APPROVED STAMP

FIVB INSPECTED STAMP

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