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Poland confirmed as hosts of 2013 Beach Volleyball World Championships
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Article Fri, Apr 8 2011
Lausanne, Switzerland, April 8, 2011. The Board of Administration of the FIVB appointed Poland as the hosts of the ninth edition of the FIVB’s top Beach Volleyball event – the World Championships – due to be held in 2013. The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships were first held in Los Angeles, USA in 1997, with 2011 seeing the eighth edition due to be held in Rome, Italy from June 13-19.
Poland has an extensive history of hosting Volleyball events and will be the host of the 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Finals from July 6-10 in Gdansk-Sopot and the 2014 Men’s Volleyball World Championship.
“With the standing of Volleyball in Poland at the moment at an extremely high level we are confident the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2013 will be an outstanding success,” FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Council President and Board member Dr. Ary Graça said. “We are looking forward to continue our tradition of world class Beach Volleyball events in 2013”.
“We are grateful to the FIVB for the trust and confidence they have shown in our ability to host the premier FIVB Beach Volleyball property,” said the President of the Polish Volleyball Federation and FIVB Executive Committee Co-opted member, Mr. Miroslaw Przedpelski. “Volleyball in Poland is at an all time high and with three key international events in four years, Volleyball fans in Poland and right around the world are going to have a fantastic experience”.
Poland has an extensive history of hosting Volleyball events and will be the host of the 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Finals from July 6-10 in Gdansk-Sopot and the 2014 Men’s Volleyball World Championship.
“With the standing of Volleyball in Poland at the moment at an extremely high level we are confident the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2013 will be an outstanding success,” FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Council President and Board member Dr. Ary Graça said. “We are looking forward to continue our tradition of world class Beach Volleyball events in 2013”.
“We are grateful to the FIVB for the trust and confidence they have shown in our ability to host the premier FIVB Beach Volleyball property,” said the President of the Polish Volleyball Federation and FIVB Executive Committee Co-opted member, Mr. Miroslaw Przedpelski. “Volleyball in Poland is at an all time high and with three key international events in four years, Volleyball fans in Poland and right around the world are going to have a fantastic experience”.