The FIVB has added two new additional tournaments to the 2018-19 Beach Volleyball World Tour with countries Norway and Sweden being named as hosts.
A mens-only 1-star tournament will take place February 21-24 in Sand, Norway. The Swedish tournament will take place in Gothenburg as a double gender 1-Star event on April 18-21. Both events will be indoor beach tournaments.
According to the FIVB, this is the first time that Norway will host a volleyball tournament since doing so in 2015 with the Stavanger Major on the West coast of the country. This will be the first time that Sweden has hosted a World Tour tournament, however Swedish fans have had the fortune of watching high-level international volleyball at home before considering that Gothenburg has hosted several European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) tournaments.
The FIVB previously announced the addition of more high-level events in cooperation with the demands of some elite players. Now there will be 26 three-Star or higher events on the calendar.
See the updated 2018-19 calendar below:
2018-19 FIVB BEACH CALENDAR
August 23-26, 2018: Siofok, Hungary – 1-star – Double gender
August 28-September 1, 2018: Montpellier, France – 1-star – Double gender
September 13-16, 2018: Zhongwei, China, 2-star, Single gender – Women
September 30-October 4: Qinzhou, China – 3-star – Double gender
October 2-5, 2018: Bandar Torkaman, Iran, 1-star, Single gender – Men
October 9-12, 2018: Babolsar, Iran, 1-star, Single gender – Men
October 10-14, 2018: Yangzhou, China, 4-star – Double gender
October 16-19, 2018: Bandar Anzali, Iran, 1-star, Single gender – Men
October 17-21, 2018: Las Vegas, USA, 4-star, Double gender
October 24-28, 2018: Chetumal, Mexico, 3-star, Single gender – Women
November 29-December 2, 2018: Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1-star, Double gender
January 2-6, 2019: The Hague, Netherlands, 4-star, Double gender
January 17-20, 2019: Visakhapatnam, India, 1-star, Double gender
February 5-10, 2019: Fort Lauderdale, USA, 5-star (Beach Major Series), Double gender
February 13-17, 2019: Florida (city TBD), USA, 3-star, Double gender
February 21-24, 2019: Sand, Norway, 1-star, Single gender – Men
February 21-24, 2019: Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2-star, Single gender – Women
March 6-10, 2019: TBC Sydney, Australia, 4-star – Double gender
March 7-10, 2019: Kg Speu, Cambodia, 1-star, Single gender – Men
March 12-16, 2019: Doha, Qatar, 4-star, Single gender – Men
March 20-24, 2019: Texas (city TBD), USA, 3-star, Double gender
March 21-24, 2019: Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2-star, Single gender – Men
April 4-7, 2019: Battambang, Cambodia, 1-star, Single gender – Women
April 8-11, 2019: Satun, Thailand, 1-star, Double gender
April 11-14, 2019: Langkawi, Malaysia,1-star, Double gender
April 18-21, 2019: Gothenburg, Norway, 1-star, Double Gender
April 24-28, 2019: Xiamen, China, 3-star, Double gender
April 25-28, 2019: Bangkok, Thailand, 1-star, Double gender
May 1-5, 2019: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3-star, Double gender
May 8-12, 2019: Los Angeles (exact location TBD), USA, 4-star, Double gender
May 8-12, 2019: TBC Lucerne, Switzerland, 3-star, Double gender
May 9-12, 2019: Tuan Chau Island, Vietnam, 1-star, Single gender – Women
May 15-19, 2019: Itapema, Brazil, 4-star, Double gender
May 22-26, 2019: Jinjiang, China,4-star (TBC), Double gender
May 23-26, 2019: Manila, Philippines, 1-star, Double gender
May 29-June 2, 2019: Ostrava, Czech Republic, 4-star, Double gender
May 30-June 2, 2019: TBC Nanjing, China, 2-star, Single gender – Women
June 5-9, 2019: Alexandria, Egypt, 4-star, Single gender – Women
June 6-9, 2019: Singapore, Singapore, 2-star, Double gender
June 12-16, 2019: Warsaw, Poland, 4-star, Double gender
June 13-16, 2019: TBC Nantong, China, 2-star, Single gender – Women
June 19-23, 2019: TBC Rome, Italy, 5-star, Double gender
June 27-30, 2019 Miguel Pereira, Brazil, 1-star, Double gender
June 28-July 7, 2019: FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, Hamburg, Germany, Double gender
July 4-7, 2019: Qidong, China, 2-star, Double gender
July 9-14, 2019: Gstaad, Switzerland, 5-star (Beach Major Series), Double gender
July 11-14, 2019: Daegu, Korea, 1-star, Single gender – Women
July 17-21, 2019: Espinho, Portugal, 4-star, Double gender
July 17-21, 2019: Edmonton, Canada, 3-star, Double gender
July 18-21, 2019: Ulsan, Korea, 1-star, Single gender – Women
July 24-28, 2019: Tokyo, Japan, 4-star, Double gender
July 31-August 4, 2019: Vienna, Austria, 5-star (Beach Major Series), Double gender
August 14-18, 2019: Moscow, Russia, 4-star, Double gender
August 21-24, 2019: Salalah, Oman, 1-star, Single gender – Men
August 21-24, 2019: Rubawu, Rwanda, 1-star, Double gender
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