Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
[email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 FACT SHEET – $600,000 FIVB Fort Lauderdale Major Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, February 26- March 4, 2018 Updated on February 25, 2018, this fact sheet provides information on the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and the 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar. The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour continues with the starred classification of its events, with three five-star events, all of which are the Major Series, ten four-star events, five three-star events, five two-star events, and 16 one-star events, along with the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals. One FIVB Age Group World Championships for players under the age of 19 will also be held. The 2018 World Tour began in September of 2017 in France and concludes in August in Germany. 2018 marks the 32nd anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Four events played in 2017: France (Montpellier), China (Qinzhou), Netherlands (Aalsmeer), and Australia (Sydney), are part of the 2018 FIVB World Tour. One event held in October, 2018 in China (Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. · The double-gender $600,000 FIVB Fort Lauderdale Major is the eighth men’s event and sixth women’s event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour. The FIVB returns to the United States for the sixth straight year and 13th season overall. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.com. · February 26-March 4, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, Men and Women, $600,000 – The United States has hosted 34 previous FIVB World Tour events, every season from 1995 through 1998, including the 1996 Olympic Games, 1997 World Championships, and 1998 Goodwill Games, then 2000 and 2003 before the previous five seasons.