September 12, 2025 | Club news | ~2min read time
Antwerp is home and hub to many international professionals and students. No Blockers is the first international volleyball club in Antwerp, founded to bring people from all cultures together on and off the court through the passion for the sport. In just 4 months, we developed the club and materialised the dream that began in 2022.
Humble beginnings
Three years ago, a small group of friends organised regular games together but when competing in their first tournament in Delft, they had to come up with a team name. None of the no-blockers at the time was particularly tall, so they decided to call themselves ‘No Blockers’. And just like so, the name was born on April 11, 2022. The group continued playing at tournaments and some of the players also were involved in organising local international volleyball games in Antwerp. This is also where things took a steep development curve.
In May 2025, two members took the initiative to register No Blockers as an official club with Sporta. Up until then, internationals had loosely organised regular matches via MeetUp and WhatsApp groups, but the family element was missing; with increasing numbers of international players, people were looking for belonging.
The 4-month miracle
It’s incredibly hard to grasp – even for us – but it took only 4 months to materialise the dream that the founding partners set into the world in 2022. From designing our logo, getting our teamwear and setting up our website and socials as well as organising trainings and securing a permanent field for our home matches. We will elaborate more about this process in future blogs.
Focus on internationals
No Blockers took a steep development curve to become the first international volleyball club in Antwerp. Yet, at its heart, No Blockers has remained loyal to its premise: to offer safe, fun and inclusive volleyball activities specifically for the international community of Antwerp. With players from more than 15 countries we celebrate diversity and bring out the best in everyone.
If you have moved to Antwerp from abroad to study or to work, No Blockers offers you the opportunity to exercise while effortlessly making new friends.
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