2009 Swatch - FIVB World Championships

Beach Volleyball at Pulpit Rock in Norway May 25

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Beach Volleyball: 2009 FIVB WCh features something unique
2009-05-15 28:00
http://en.olympic.cn/news/sports_news/2009-05-15/1796087.html

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Stavanger Norway Grand Slam Beach Volleyball

For a week in June - July the FIVB World Tour beach volleyball event comes to Stavanger, for the Norway Grand Slam event.


Conoco Phillips is the main sponsor of the event, which brings people from all over the world - and hundreds of tons of beach sand to Vaagen - the main harbour in Stavanger, with volleyball courts all around the harbour, plus a stadium built each year for the event.


In the first couple of years it was just the men that competed here, but now it is both men and women.It brings a great atmosphere - and Stavanger is popular with the players - made even more special by the visits of large cruise ships in the harbour most days. It also has one of the biggest prize-money purses.


In the days before the beach volleyball tournament a ship arrives in town carrying sand, which is then placed half a metre deep around the harbour, where the courts (about 10 of them) will be.In 2006 there was a barge in the harbour with 2 courts and a beach-bar - a nice addition.It takes about three weeks to build the main stadium, which closes the road on the north side of the harbour.


When: Thursday 25 June - Sunday 5 July 2009
Where: Vaagen harbour in central Stavanger
Website (norsk): http://www.vmstavanger.no/

Borrowed From StavangerTravel.com write up of 2007 event
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See Also Wikipedia...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Beach_Volleyball_World_Championships


The 2009 SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships is an upcoming beach volleyball event, which is scheduled to be held from June 26 to July 5, 2009 in Stavanger, Norway. The Swatch FIVB World Championships are organized every two years, and Norway is the first Northern European country to host the event. The city of Stavanger has earlier hosted ten Open and Grand Slam events at the SWATCH FIVB World Tour.

Prize Money - US$1Mil

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Another article & mention of special events for the event - Beach Volleyball on Pulpit Rock (that's surreal?!) http://en.olympic.cn/news/sports_news/2009-05-15/1796087.html

Here the original article (Norsk): www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=572749