Dr. Ary S. Graça F° and IOC President Thomas Bach discussed plans for Rio 2016
Lausanne, Switzerland, February 2, 2015 - FIVB President Dr. Ary S. Graça F° met with IOC President Thomas Bach when he attended a two-hour long lunch meeting in the IOC’s headquarters across town in Lausanne last week.
The Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games and the organisation of volleyball and beach volleyball tournaments were the main items of discussion on the agenda. Volleyball was recently revealed to be the most popular sport when registration for tickets became available online.
At Rio 2016 volleyball and beach volleyball will be held in two signature venues. The Maracanazinho Arena, the traditional home of volleyball in Brazil will host volleyball, while the world famous Copacabana Beach is set to provide another iconic venue for an Olympic beach volleyball tournament.
Lausanne, Switzerland, February 2, 2015 - FIVB President Dr. Ary S. Graça F° met with IOC President Thomas Bach when he attended a two-hour long lunch meeting in the IOC’s headquarters across town in Lausanne last week.
The Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games and the organisation of volleyball and beach volleyball tournaments were the main items of discussion on the agenda. Volleyball was recently revealed to be the most popular sport when registration for tickets became available online.
At Rio 2016 volleyball and beach volleyball will be held in two signature venues. The Maracanazinho Arena, the traditional home of volleyball in Brazil will host volleyball, while the world famous Copacabana Beach is set to provide another iconic venue for an Olympic beach volleyball tournament.
Also discussed during the meeting was the increasingly positive relationship between the FIVB and the IOC, the 2014 Men’s World Championship in Poland - which attracted a record crowd of 62,000 people for the opening match in Warsaw - and the Women’s World Championship in Italy which was last year named the “Championship of firsts”.
The meeting ended with discussion about the FIVB’s major upcoming events in 2015, including the Beach Volleyball Continental Cup – an Olympic qualification event which has already seen a record 195 registrations for the 2014-2016 edition.
The meeting ended with discussion about the FIVB’s major upcoming events in 2015, including the Beach Volleyball Continental Cup – an Olympic qualification event which has already seen a record 195 registrations for the 2014-2016 edition.
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