Beach Volleyball World Championschips

Sounding of the gong kicks off Beach Volleyball World Championschips

Transavia visits Beursplein 5 and sounds the gong for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships The Netherlands 2015. Transavia, subsidiary of Euronext-listed company Air France – KLM (ticker symbol: AF) has been a partner in beach volleyball since the European Beach Volleyball Championships in 2012.

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships The Netherlands 2015 is the 10^th World Championship in beach volleyball and is held in The Netherlands for the first time. It will be held from the 26^th of June till the 5^th of July in Amsterdam, Apeldoorn, Rotterdam and The Hague. The Finals will be in The Hague, where a floating stadium with 5000 seats is built on the Hofvijver pound, next to the Dutch parliament. In Amsterdam the stadium will be the eyecatcher on Dam Square.

96 teams ( 48 men and 48 women) from 40 countries will compete at the World Championships. In total 208 matches will be played.

For more information: netherlands2015.fivb.org

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