Event Title: U20 Beach Volleyball European Championships - Izmir

Date: 08 - 11 July 2021
Participating Teams: Main Draw of 32 men's and 32 women's teams
In case of a Qualification Tournament, this will be hosted on 07 July 2021

Host City: Izmir (TUR)
Venue: TBC
Airport: Izmir, Adnan Menderes Airport (ADB)

Live Streaming: EuroVolleyTV

Flash Info:

Turkey's 3rd largest city  Izmir has a population of around 4 million, and a history that dates back to 8000 years ago. The city hosts thousands of university students, athletes, educates scientists, artists, business leaders and academics. Izmir, is a rapidly growing city on the Central Aegean coast of Turkey. The city of Izmir has been hosting East and West together throughout history. The ancient city of Ephesus and House of Virgin Mary in the Seljuk district are the most important and fundamental historical reflections of this characteristic of the city. The Clock Tower, Konak Square, The Elevator Tower and Historical Bazaar are the places worth seeing in Izmir. There are also very beautiful and touristic beaches. Pamucak Beach in Selçuk, Ilica and Altinkum Beach, Ayayorgi Bay in Çesme are some of those beaches along with Karaburun, Foca, Gümüldür, Seferihisar beaches.

Izmir had already hosted two Beach Volleyball Balkan Championships in past (in 2010 and 2019) and the U18 & U22 European Championships in 2020.

Turkish Volleyball Federation Vice-President Mr. Alper Sedat Aslandas said, "With huge youth population, Izmir is a very promising city for sports events.  We already hosted two big European Championships in 2020 successfully and more organisations will continue intensively in Izmir next year as well with Covid-19 measures strongly applied. We are once more very happy to host another CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship event in Izmir, this time for U20 category. The event is planned to be organised in July 2021 and we are already getting ready for the event. We appreciate for the support of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, CEV and Yesiltas Organisation.