More than a 1,000 Chinese American volleyball players from the United States and Canada have descended on Washington, D.C. for a game known as 9-man.
Texas Public Radio reports the tournament revives a game popular with Chinese immigrants in Chinatowns across the country.
The net is lower than in regular volleyball and the court is bigger.
Players in the North American Chinese Invitational Volleyball Tournament must be of East Asian or South East Asian descent and at least 6 players must be 100 percent Chinese.
You can read more about the popularity and origin of this sport in Texas Public Radio.
RE: Texas Public radio Asian Volleyball Tournament Revives Cultural Tradition of Street Ball: I definitely agree that it is very interesting to know that over 1,000 Chinese American volleyball players from the United States and Canada participated for a game known as 9-man on Washington, D.C. I, too, wish that I was given a chance to be there and see all of them.