The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) has announced its beach volleyball calendar for 2010 including the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, which will feature six Grand Slam events for the second time in its history.
With total prize money of $7.02 million, the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour will include 16 women’s events and 14 men’s tournaments including Grand Slams offering $600,000 prize money and bonus pool in Russia, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Poland and a new Grand Slam in Rome, Italy – the venue for the 2011 SWATCH FIVB World Championships. The only other time there were six Grand Slams in one season was 2008. The events in Italy and Poland have been upgraded from opens to Grand Slams.
The 2010 season will open with a double gender open on April 19-25 in Brazilia, Brazil. The first Grand Slam takes place on May 17-23 in Rome, Italy.
“The FIVB has developed the latest calendar in order to ensure the best symmetry with continental and national tours throughout the world,” President of the Beach Volleyball Commission Dr. Ary Graça said. “In fact, apart for the month of August, all remaining months in the calendar will have at least one free week to accommodate the continental and national activities. We hope that now, FIVB confederations and federations will seize this great opportunity, exploiting the potential that beach volleyball can offer to all of them, by involving more teams and the best partners which will help increase the overall beach volleyball audience. This will also help to further boost the SWATCH FIVB World Tour as well.”
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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