Finalmente il beach volley internazionale sbarca nuovamente in Italia! La FIVB nella giornata di ieri ha ufficializzato il calendario del prossimo World Tour, che prevede lo svolgimento di 25 tornei a partire dal 12 gennaio (Isole Fiji) per finire il 15 ottobre con la tappa cinese di Qinzhou. In mezzo, dal 7 all’11 giugno, la tappa che si svolgerà a Roma.
Quest’anno la Federazione internazionale ha utilizzato un nuovo sistema per classificare le tappe: si va da 1 ad un massimo di 5 stelle (l’equivalente dei “vecchi” Grand Slam). A Roma è stato assegnato il massimo punteggio: ne consegue che vedremo cimentarsi sulla sabbia le migliori coppie internazionali maschili e femminili.
Questo il calendario definitivo:
January 12-14 – Pacific Harbour, Fiji (One star, double gender)
February 7-12 – Fort Lauderdale Major, Fort Lauderdale, United States (Five star, Swatch Major Series, double gender)
February 15-18 – Kish Island, Iran (Three star, men only)
March 3-5 – Shepparton, Australia (One star, double gender)
March 17-19 – Sydney, Australia (Two star, women only)
April 15-16 – Selangor, Malaysia (One star, double gender)
April 20-23 – Xiamen, China (Three star, double gender)
May 3-7 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Three star, double gender) – To be confirmed
May 11-14 – Prague, Czech Republic (Four star, double gender) – To be confirmed
May 23-28 – Lucerne, Switzerland (Four star, double gender)
May 31-June 4 – Moscow, Russia (Three star, double gender)
June 7-11 – Rome, Italy (Five star, double gender)
June 17-18 – Principality of Monaco (One star, women only)
June 27-July 2 – Poreč Major, Poreč, Croatia (Five star, Swatch Major Series, double gender)
July 4-9 – Gstaad Major, Gstaad, Switzerland (Five star, Swatch Major Series, double gender)
July 11-16 – Nanjing, China (U21 World Championship, double gender)
July 14-16 – Daegu, Korea (One star, women only)
July 20-23 – Olsztyn, Poland (Three star – Category TBC, double gender)
July 20-22 – Ulsan, Korea (One star, women only)
July 21-23 – Agadir Beach, Morocco (One star, double gender)
July 28-30 – Espinho, Portugal (Two star, men only)
July 28-August 6 – Vienna, Austria for the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships (Double gender)
August 8-13 – Hamburg Major, Hamburg, Germany (Five star, Swatch Major Series, double gender)
August 22-27 – Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals in Canada (double gender)
October 11-15 – Qinzhou, China (Three star, double gender)
Event in Long Beach – To be confirmed.