FIVB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Mazury | 1 - 7 July 2013 |
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Press release
Women lead off as FIVB’s premier beach volleyball event starts Monday
A warm welcome to the 100,000 fans expected through the gates at Stare Jablonki
The best of the best of international beach volleyball will take centre stage over seven days culminating in the finals for women on Saturday and Sunday for men.
The FIVB’s premier beach volleyball event, which takes place every two years, starts with the women’s competition, with opening matches across four of the five courts starting at 09:45. Pool play for women will run from Monday until Wednesday before the knockout phase starts on Thursday while the men’s pool play starts Tuesday with the Round of 32 getting underway on Friday.
A total of 48 teams per gender from 31 different countries will play for $1m in prize money. A total of 24 nations are represented in the women’s draw and 22 in the men’s with the likes of Brazil, USA, the Netherlands and Germany boasting four teams in each of the women’s and men’s competitions while Thailand, Paraguay and Vanuatu will make their World Championship debuts.
Host broadcasters TVP will provide cutting edge technology to bring the experience of Stare Jablonki to the living rooms of millions around the world. With live matches on centre court and further coverage on their subsidiary channel TVP Sport, the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013 will not only enrapture the expected crowd of more than 100,000 over the seven days, including the 9,000 capacity at centre court but also the millions of fans around the world watching either on television or being streamed live on FIVB Web TV.
A selection of the main stories building up to the start of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013 are below. For the complete story visit: http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/2013/index.asp
A victory for Vanuatu
before World Championships start
Stare
Jablonki, Poland, June 30, 2013 - Miller Elwin and Henriette Iatika will make
history on Monday when they become the first women’s team from Vanuatu and from
the South Pacific to participate in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World
Championships. More
Talita and Taiana
good enough to become world champions – Pottharst
Stare
Jablonki, Poland, June 30, 2013 - Olympic champion Kerri Pottharst picks a
Brazil-USA double for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013
which start in Stare Jablonki on Monday.
Here she gives her thoughts on who the contenders are. More
Brink ruled out
Stare
Jablonki, Poland, June 30, 2013 - Olympic champion Julius Brink has pulled out
of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, which starts on Monday, due
to a thigh injury, which had already ruled him out of The Hague and Rome Grand
Slams. More
Alison and Emanuel
fully prepared for title defence
Rio de Janiero, Brazil, June 30, 2013 - While one has played the last
two editions, the other is the only athlete in the world to have played in all
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in its current format dating back to
1997. More
Goller backs Chen
Xue and Zhang Xi for World Championships gold
Stare Jablonki, Poland, June 29, 2013 - Former FIVB Beach Volleyball
World Tour regular and double Olympian Sara Goller of Germany singles out the
Chinese bronze medallists from two years ago Zhang Xi and Chen Xue as the ones
to beat as she casts her eye over the women's field ahead of the World
Championships in Stare Jablonki, which start on Monday. More
Full stats preview
on Beach Volleyball World Championships
Stare Jablonki, Poland, June 29, 2013 - The FIVB Beach Volleyball World
Championships Mazury 2013 will be the 251st women’s event and 289th men’s event
on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (Open, Grand Slam, Olympic Games and
Goodwill Games). More
World Championships
broadcast deal set to take beach volleyball to new audiences
Stare Jablonki, Poland, June 29, 2013 – The television coverage for the
FIVB 2013 Beach Volleyball World Championships will be broadcast in at least 96
nations and territories and take the sport to new audiences across the globe. More
Pedro and Bruno
reunited and out to repeat U21 success
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 28, 2013 – This year may have been the
first time that Pedro Salgado and Bruno Oscar Schmidt have played together in
seven years, but they have already positioned themselves among the top teams in
the world rankings. More
Pavlik replaces
Kessy for World Championships
Stare Jablonki, Poland, June 28, 2013 – Whitney Pavlik has been handed a
last-minute place at the upcoming FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
after Jennifer Kessy was forced to withdraw through injury. More
Sinjin Smith: Beach
volleyball undergoing a changing of the guard
Lausanne, Switzerland, June 28, 2013 – On the eve of the ninth FIVB
Beach Volleyball World Championships (in its current format), beach volleyball
legend Sinjin Smith sat down with FIVB.org to shares his thoughts ahead of
events in Poland. “The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships are much like
the Olympics in that the more experienced players with a history of success
know what it takes to prepare for them. They will hope to be able to dig deep
into their experience at the right time to bring home victory.” More
All eyes on local
heroes as World Championships draw closer
Stare Jablonki, Poland, June 26, 2013 – With the FIVB Beach Volleyball
World Championships set to start on Monday local fans are turning their
attention to the Polish men’s teams and their hopes of seeing one of them
finish on the podium. More
Lausanne, Switzerland, June 24, 2013 – With the $1 million FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships set to begin on July 1 in Stare Jablonki, Poland, the first half of the 2013 FIVB World Tour has clearly shown that Brazil is as dominate as ever in international competition as well as the fact that there are several other men and women’s teams capable of winning gold in Poland and throughout the second half of the FIVB international season. More
Beach Volleyball
World Champs match schedule unveiled
Stare Jablonki, Poland, June 20, 2013 – The Czech Republic’s Kristyna
Kolocova and Marketa Slukova will have the honour of playing the opening match
of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships on centre court against
Russia’s Maria Prokopeva and Svetlana Popova when play begins in Stare
Jablonki, Poland on July 1 at 09:45 (local time) following the confirmation of
the playing schedule. More
Polish pair handed
baptism of fire as World Championship Pools confirmed
Stare Jablonki, Poland, June 15, 2013 – Daria Paszek and Katarzyna
Kociolek, Poland’s youngest team, will have an early introduction to the
highest level of beach volleyball and need all the support of their home crowd
after they were placed in Pool B with the women’s leading seeds Chen Xue and
Zhang Xi of China at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships following the
confirmation of the groups. More
Brazilian defending
champs and Chinese duo top seeds for FIVB World Championships
Stare Jablonki, Poland, June 13, 2013 – Defending champions Alison
Cerutti and Emanuel Rego of Brazil are set to head up the men’s seeds at the
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Stare Jablonki, while China’s Chen
Xue and Zhang Xi lead the women’s seedings following the confirmation of teams
for the FIVB's premier beach volleyball event. More
For more info contact:
FIVB Press Director Richard Baker
press@fivb.org
0048 601 426 597
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013 Tournament Notes
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013 Media Guide
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Tournament Page
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Women's Schedule
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Men's Schedule
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Women's Entry List
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Men's Entry List
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