The CAVB Beach Volleyball Commission held its ordinary meeting in Cairo on Wednesday
Cairo, Egypt, January 14, 2015 - The CAVB Beach Volleyball Commission has confirmed the dates and hosts of the CAVB Continental Cup, which will see participants compete to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
CAVB President Dr. Amr Elwani attended the meeting and urged the commission members to use their experience to help put new strategies in place for the sport and come forward with proposals for the next Board of Administration meeting.
"We are coming to a very busy beach volleyball season and we need the experience of each person here to spread beach volleyball across Africa," Elwani said.
Cairo, Egypt, January 14, 2015 - The CAVB Beach Volleyball Commission has confirmed the dates and hosts of the CAVB Continental Cup, which will see participants compete to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
CAVB President Dr. Amr Elwani attended the meeting and urged the commission members to use their experience to help put new strategies in place for the sport and come forward with proposals for the next Board of Administration meeting.
"We are coming to a very busy beach volleyball season and we need the experience of each person here to spread beach volleyball across Africa," Elwani said.
CAVB Vice President and Beach Volleyball Commission Supervisor Waithaka Kioni and Beach Volleyball Commission President Ayaovi Babanaw welcomed the commission members and started the meeting agenda with a confirmation of the dates and hosts for the sub-zonal phase of the second edition of the CAVB Continental Cup. The sub-zonal phase will be completed by the end April. The second round will be organised in October and November 2015, while the semifinals will take place in March 2016 ahead of the finals from June 2 to 6, 2016, which will determine the African representatives at the 2016 Olympic Games in both genders.
The second edition of the competition has attracted over 40 national federations, which will compete over four different rounds until the African representatives at the Olympics are decided.
The Commission also confirmed the dates of the 2015 All Africa Games qualifiers, which will be held in each zone to determine which 24 teams book their tickets to the event due to be held in Congo Brazzaville from September 4 to 14, 2015.
The first ever African qualifiers for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships The Netherlands 2015 will be held from 14 to 20 February, 2015 to fill the four African spots at the elite World Beach Volleyball Championships.
The meeting was attended by CAVB President Dr. Amr Elwani, CAVB Vice President Waithaka Kioni, CAVB Beach Commission President Ayaovi Babanaw and by Commission members Musa Nimrod, Ali Yaro, Antonio Rodriguez, Ben Juma, Gershon Rorich, Augustine Agapa, Alexis Mbarga, Bah Oury and Fouad Abdelsalam.
The full CAVB beach volleyball calendar will be announced soon.
The second edition of the competition has attracted over 40 national federations, which will compete over four different rounds until the African representatives at the Olympics are decided.
The Commission also confirmed the dates of the 2015 All Africa Games qualifiers, which will be held in each zone to determine which 24 teams book their tickets to the event due to be held in Congo Brazzaville from September 4 to 14, 2015.
The first ever African qualifiers for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships The Netherlands 2015 will be held from 14 to 20 February, 2015 to fill the four African spots at the elite World Beach Volleyball Championships.
The meeting was attended by CAVB President Dr. Amr Elwani, CAVB Vice President Waithaka Kioni, CAVB Beach Commission President Ayaovi Babanaw and by Commission members Musa Nimrod, Ali Yaro, Antonio Rodriguez, Ben Juma, Gershon Rorich, Augustine Agapa, Alexis Mbarga, Bah Oury and Fouad Abdelsalam.
The full CAVB beach volleyball calendar will be announced soon.
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