04/05/2019 09:11
Technical Commission Meeting confirms programme of 2019 BVA competitions
News from the Zonal Associations
Istanbul, Turkey, May 4, 2019. The annual meeting of the Balkan Volleyball Association (BVA) Technical Commission took place on Friday at Volley Hotel in Istanbul. BVA Secretary General Nilüfer Başak Shimonsky, BVA Technical Commission President Periklis Bakodimos and Turkish Volleyball Federation President Mehmet Akif Üstündağ attended the meeting alongside members of the BVA Technical, Beach Volleyball and Marketing Commissions.
At the end of the meeting, the delegates agreed on the host cities, dates and participants of the many 2019 Balkan Volleyball and Beach Volleyball Championships before a Drawing of Lots took place for the upcoming tournaments. Moreover, the Commissions proposed to discuss the introduction of mandatory live streaming for all BVA events during the next BVA General Assembly.
Tournament dates, age limits and groups read as follows:
VOLLEYBALL
U20 Balkan Championship – Men (Tirana or Durres / Albania)
24-28 June 2019
Players born on 1st January 1999 and after
Group A: Albania, Greece, Former Y.R. of Macedonia, Kosovo
Group B: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Romania
U19 Balkan Championship – Women (Ankara / Turkey)
29 June-03 July 2019
Players born on 1st January 2000 and after
Teams: Turkey, Romania, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, Moldova
U18 Balkan Championship – Men (city TBD / Kosovo)
06-10 July 2019
Players born on 1st January 2001 and after
1st Option
Teams: Turkey, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, Former Y.R. of Macedonia, Bulgaria (if Romania do not participate)
2nd Option
Group A: Kosovo, Romania, Montenegro, Bulgaria
Group B: Turkey, Albania, Former Y.R. of Macedonia
U17 Balkan Championship – Women (city TBD / Bosnia and Herzegovina)
20-24 August 2019
Players born on 1st January 2002 and after
Group A: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former Y.R. of Macedonia, Bulgaria
Group B: Montenegro, Serbia, Albania
Group C: Turkey, Kosovo, Romania
U17 Balkan Championship – Men (Sofia / Bulgaria)
02-06 July 2019
Players born on 1st January 2003 and after
Group A: Bulgaria, Moldova, Serbia, Greece
Group B: Turkey, Montenegro, Romania
U16 Balkan Championship – Women (Vrnjačka Banja / Serbia)
02-06 July or 03-07 July 2019
Players born on 1st January 2004 and after
Group A: Serbia, Former Y.R. of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Montenegro
Group B: Turkey, Romania, Greece
BVA Kids Festival (Novi Sad / Serbia)
1 June 2019
Teams: Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Former Y.R. of Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Moldova
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
U20 Beach Volleyball Balkan Championship (city TBD / Kosovo)
17-20 July 2019
U22 Beach Volleyball Balkan Championship (city TBD / Kosovo)
21-23 July 2019
Balkan Senior Beach Volleyball Tour (Bursa / Turkey)
27-29 September 2019
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