14/10/2011 09:00
Aalsmeer proudly welcomes second indoor Satellite in January 2012
CEV Beach Volleyball Challenger and Satellites
Aalsmeer, Netherlands, October 14, 2011. After the very successful premiere celebrated this past winter, a second indoor Satellite tournament will be hosted by “The Beach – Indoor Sports and Event Center” in Aalsmeer and run there through next January 11-15, 2012. This is to follow up the great experience enjoyed some 10 months ago as CEV and FIVB ranking points were – for the first time in history – distributed by an indoor tournament.
Dutch stars and triple European champions Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil – winners of the Morocco Open in Agadir this past weekend – have already confirmed their intention to compete in Aalsmeer by including this Satellite in their intense preparations for the 2012 London Olympics.
They will be joined by all other Dutch teams that have been touring internationally in the past couple of years.
“The CEV Satellite in Aalsmeer is an excellent opportunity for international players to play top matches along their road to the London Olympics” says Tournament Director Irene van Uden. “As we staged a World Tour event this past August in The Hague, we were asked by quite many players who had joined the inaugural edition if we intended to organize this event again and we are very proud to announce that we have finalized our project”.
The CEV Satellite will start on Wednesday, January 11, with the Country Quotas followed by the qualification on Thursday and the Main Draw on Friday. The semifinals and finals are scheduled for Sunday, January 15, 2012.
The tournament is a joint effort of “The Beach Sport Service”, a local promoter, the Dutch Volleyball Federation (NeVoBo) and the company managing that splendid facility, “The Beach”, in Aalsmeer.
Apart from the men’s tournament, some more matches involving top female duos will be organized throughout the week.
Additional information is available at www.beach.nl or via the iPhone/iPad application downloadable there
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