Beach Volleyball is coming back to Rio!
Last year Rio de Janeiro was the centre of the beach volleyball world. The Olympic tournament showed great and exciting matches.
Olympic Tennis Centre in Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro (Source: FIVB)
This year a FIVB 4**** event takes place at Olympic Tennis Centre in Barra da Tijuca district in Rio between May 17-21. It is the second time that the venue is hosting a beach volleyball event after an exhibition tournament in February 2017. Thus despite having great beaches such as Copacabana and Ipanema, Rio organizers decided to play in a stadium away from the beach.
Some of the world’s best beach volleyball teams will be back. Among them are Alison/Bruno Schmidt (Brazil) as well Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst (Germany), all of them Olympic gold medal winners from 2016.
The tournament will be played in a combined group stage followed by a classic knock-out mode. For results and further information refer to http://worldtour.2017.fivb.com/en/434.
I love Beach Volleyball. I watch it when I come across it but don’t follow it like I should. This world class event in Brazil looks interesting. The best of the best is a must see.
It definitely is a must see. There are several livestreams online in case you wanna watch it…
Ohh!! Thanks for the post! Since today is 17th, I completely forgot about this event. I am a pretty big fan of Laura Ludwig. What is your favorite team? What team has the best shot at winning?
I would assume that Laura and Kira have very good chances although Laura is still suffering from a recent injury…