21-FEBRUARY-2013
BEACH VOLLEYBALL WILL INVADE
BEACHES AROUND THE WORLD
From April to December 2013, Beach Volleyball will be at the centre of worldwide attention.
The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) announced the Beach Volleyball World Tour revolutionary calendar for 2013. Being this year organised with a new structure, the World Tour consists in 20 stages: 11 Grand Slams, 8 Opens and 1 World Championship. The tour will be the more extensive in the competition’s history, extending for 9 months, from April to December.
The World Championship will be held from 1st to 7th July in the Polish city of Stare Jablonki.
Vicente Araújo, Portuguese
Volleyball Federation President and FIVB Beach Volleyball Council stated:
“Following a 2012 season of great achievement, it was necessary to create a
new vision to capitalize, from 2013 forward, the excellent moment that Beach
Volleyball experienced in the last months.
The objective is to create new opportunities for the players and a
sustainable structure for Beach Volleyball”.
The European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) also announced a provisional calendar for the events taking place on the European sands, among which, the European Championship Final (men and women) stands out, set to 30th July to 4th August, at Klagenfurt, Austria.
Is worth remembering that the
European University Sports Association (EUSA) granted the Porto Academic
Federation, the 9th European Universities Beach Volleyball Championship
organization, which will occur from 23rd - 28th July 2013, as well as the
World University Beach Volleyball Championship 2014, these granted by the
International University Sports Federation (FISU).
The organization will be carried by FAP, along with the Porto University and
the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, under the aegis of the Academic
University Sports Federation, being FPV the institutional partner of the
event.
This will be the fifth time in four years that Porto will host international Beach Volleyball competitions, following the U-18 European Championship, the U-19 World Championship, bth in 2010, and the U-23 European Championship in 2011, organised by the Portuguese Volleyball Federation.
Joana Neto and Mariana Filipe
Alexandre claimed a silver medal at the U-18 European Championship, while
the team Fabrício Barros/Januário Alvar obtained bronze at the 8th European
Universities Championship held in Málaga, Spain.
In 2012, Joana Resende/Tânia Oliveira and Januário Silva/Sebastião Alves
were ranked 9th at the 6th World University Championship, held in Maceió,
Brazil.
World Championship
1st – 7th July – Stare Jablonki (Poland) – Men & Women
World Tour – Grand Slams
30th April – 5th May – Xangai (China)
22nd – 26th May – Corrientes (Argentina)
11th – 16th June – Haia (The Netherlands)
19th – 23rd June – Rome (Italy)
9th - 14 July – Gstaad (Switzerland)
23rd – 28th July – Long Beach (USA)
7th – 11th August – Berlin (Germany)
21st – 25th August – Moscow (Russia)
2nd – 6th October – Beijing (China)
9th – 13rd October – São Paulo (Brazil)
20th – 24th November – Dubai (UAE) *
World Tour – Opens
23rd – 28th April – Fuzhou (China)
23rd – 28th July – Anapa (Russia)
14th – 18th August – London (England) *
11th – 15th September – Vizag (India)
25th – 29th September – Kampala (Uganda)
23rd – 27th October – Xiamen (China) – only Women
29th October – 3rd November – Phuket (Tailand) only Women
11th – 15th December – Durban (South Africa)
*To be
confirmed
**Without satellite tournaments
European Championship
29th May – 2nd June –Baden Masters (Austria) *
16th – 20th July – Novi Sad Masters (Serbia) – only Men
30th July – 4th August – Final at Klagenfurt (Austria)
European Championship - Youth
8th – 11th August – U-20 Euro (Vilnius, Lithuania)
15th – 18th August – U-22 Euro (Varna, Bulgaria)
28th – 31st August – U-18 Euro (Molodechno, Belarus)
European Championship -
Satellites
3rd – 7th April – Antalya (Turkey)
5th – 9th June – Montpellier (France)
27th - 30 June – Lausanne (Switzerland) –only Men
7th – 11th August – Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
*To be confirmed
More info: www.fivb.org / www.cev.lu / www.eucbeachvolley2013.com