Bear Wool Volley

A group of people with a common goal!

Who we are

The Bear Wool Volley was founded in 2003 with the common intention of all the companies belonging to FIPAV Biella to organize a tournament for the promotion of youth volleyball.

We are a team of volunteers who cooperate throughout the year to realize an event among the most renowned at the Italian youth level that has helped make Biella European Community of Sport 2023.

  • BWV for young people
  • BWV for culture
  • BWV for the social
  • BWV for inclusion

The volleyball teams that organize the Bear Wool Volley!

The team is composed, in addition to the many volunteers, by a representative of each company registered with the Fipav Committee of Biella and it deals only with the organization of the tournament.
The Bear Wool Volley is a tournament run by the ASD Biellese Volleyball School.

Why Bear Wool Volley?

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Bear

Symbol of the city of Biella

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Wool

Biella, wool province par excellence

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Volley

Our Sport!

The name was created to promote the Biella area and make our history known throughout the world:

Until the 14th century, in the Biella area the bear was the typical animal of the local valleys, especially in the areas of Oropa, Graglia and Muzzano.

Wool in the Biella area has ancient origins: the hills surrounding the city, which are not very fertile, have pushed the people of Biella, since the 1600s, to dedicate themselves to sheep breeding and the production of yarns and fabrics.

BWV for social good

One of the categories of the tournament is Volleyball Unified Special Olympics, which participate teams from all over Italy and composed by athletes with intellectual disability and Athletes Partners without disabilities.

Young people and Sport

More than 90 teams registered each year in the main youth categories (from 12 to 19 years) female and male, coming from Biella, Italy and abroad to try to take home the title.