Mario Goijman is one Argentinean who dislikes corruption and dishonesty. His strong conviction that sport leaders should act as role models has led him to a three year long battle against giants in the world of sport.

Mario Goijman has given up on his plans to appeal the verdict in the Volleygate case where FIVB president Ruben Acosta and former financial controller Franz Schmied were cleared of charges of intentionally deceiving the FIVB Congress. Instead Goijman is standing for election to the FIVB Board of Adminstration.

When the court case against FIVB president Ruben Acosta and two other FIVB officials opens in Lausanne on 8 March, the only witnesses allowed are those of the defendants. Judge Michel Carrard has turned down all witnesses sugggested by Mario Goijman, the former president of the former Argentine Volleyball Federation who brought the matter to trial.

In October 2001, the Swedish volleyball leader Lasse Svensson received a letter from the International Volleyball Federation.

Knowledge bank: Mario Goijman is well known for his fight for a democratic and corruption free volleyball management on an international level.

It had been a long and arduous road, but in the end Mario Goijman of the Argentinean Volleyball Federation was able to stand before the Play the Game conference in Copenhagen and relate compelling evidence of corruption, greed and blatant misuse of power in the ruling body of his sport that occasionally had the audience gasping in disbelief.

This timeline uses primary sources to trace the allegations and counter-allegations between the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and Mario Goijman, former President of the Argentinean Volleyball Federation.

The International Volleyball Federation, FIVB, will not succeed in its attempts at stopping one of its strongest critics, the Argentine Mario Goijman, from addressing the world communication conference, Play the Game, which takes place in Copenhagen from 6-10 November 2005.